agents. they are were undercover fbi agents. he traveled to washington to scope out a launch site and check out the scene thereo further his plans. and during course of his contact with these undercover fbi agents he supplied them with cell phones he altered to become explosive devices. he phase an extensive amount of time. attempting to damage and destroy government buildings. injure and destroy national defense and attempting to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization. the prosecutors are expected to argue he should be held without bail pending trial. gregg: molly, thanks very much. martha: anwar al-awlaki may be gone, but police across the country are on alert. the state department is warning all americans about travel
issue now. i think likelihood of supreme court review has increased. i think all of these factors together make it a pretty difficult invitation for the supreme court to turn down. reporter: it is a heated issue. there already have been requests for recuseals by justice thomas and kagan. we have no indication either one of them is considering it, gregg. gregg: given lower courts are split on the subject, seems inevitable they will have to sort it out one way or the other. shannon bream at u.s. supreme court. thanks very much. martha: thousands of miles away in los angeles emergency room doctors back on the stand today in the manslaughter trial of michael jackson. dr. conrad murray, aexcused of gross negligence in the king of pop s death. adam housley live at los angeles superior court. adam, as they get ready for things to role today, what do we connect? reporter: dr. rochelle cooper will be back on the stand today. she was the doctor on duty and got everybody ready when michael ja
other politician. martha: right. there is a distinctive quality about him that people find welcome. on the other hand, you know, there are elements of his record that would not be popular with a lot of conservatives and i think that has been overlooked to some extent as people excited about his persona and his style have urged him to get in. martha: brit, always good to talk to you. thanks so much. thank you, martha. martha: see you soon. also a big question, gregg, about the family. you have to get the family on board in these things. they need to be 100% supportive. we ll see what their take is on all of this too because it is a big commitment. gregg: it sure is. let s turn to the u.s. supreme court because it is a big day. now in session it is expected to be one for the history books. on the docket this year, major cases on issues involving immigration, gay marriage but of course the new health care law that is dominating the headlines. now with a new poll out showing nearly hal
course, is the president has been out on the road as suggested, making this very case, and so far, he s shown very little momentum, for example, for getting that jobs bill passed, even as he uses this same kind of rhetoric, gregg. gregg: but speaking of rhetoric, he has been more and more direct lately, hasn t he? reporter: no doubt about it. over the weekend we heard the president at the human rights campaign dinner really go after republicans in general about this moment in that recent debate where u.s. soldiers stood up 57bd talked about being gay and don t ask don t tell, it was booed by the audience and the president republican presidential field did field did not rise town this soldier s defense. here s the president ripping into the republican field. we don t believe in the smallness that says it s okay for a stage full of political leaders, one of whom could end up being the president of the united states, being silent when an american soldier is booed. [applause]
but as you point out, only 16 years. he had much of his sentence shaved off when he cooperated with the italian authorities she implicated amanda knox and rafael sollecito. martha: we ll keep an eye on this. that is meredith kercher s family. we re couple hours away from learning amanda knox s fate. we ll play for when we get the statement from the kercher family. we ll take a quick break and be right back. raphael sole sole