Major nadal hassan was found guilty of the fort hood rampage that left 14 fellow soldiers death. And a military jury sentenced Sergeant Robert bales to life without parole. Bales pleaded guilty in june of 2012 to a shooting spree. It was part of a deal to avoid the Death Penalty but he will be ineligible to receive a chance at parole. Those are the headlines. Im tony harris. Inside story is next. High costs, high debt as the president announces plans to make universities more affordable. Well look at how the u. S. Education system compares with others from around the world. From washington, this is inside story. [ music ] welcome, im libby casey. A comin College Education in the United States costs more than anywhere else in the world. Despite the high bill American Colleges are slipping in the international rankings. On thursday president obama introduced a plan that he says will help make college for affordable. Im proposing major new reforms that will shake up the current system, cr
Delivered guilty verdicts today in two high profile military cases. Army major nadal hassan was convicted of murder for the deadly shooting spree aimed at unarmed u. S. Soldiers at fort hood, texas. Warner and Staff Sergeant robert bales was sentenced to life without parole in the massacre of 16 innocent afghan civilians. We get details of both military court outcomes. Woodruff and in a separate military case the army private found guilty of giving troves of highly classified information to wikileaks now wants to live as a woman, chelsea manning. Ray saurez examines the legal and cultural questions connected with this story. Warner mark shields and rich lowry analyze the weeks news. Woodruff and we look back at Robert Macneil questioning the reverend Martin Luther king, jr, on the fight for civil rights. On nbcs meet the press just three days before the 1963 march on washington. All of these barriers must be removed before the negro can even begin moving up the highway of freedom in al
Massacres by American Service men. One involves the sentencing of an Army Sergeant who killed 16 civilians in afghanistan. The other, an Army Psychiatrist who killed 13 of his fellow service members. In that case the verdict unanimously came in guilty for the murders in 2009. Lets start with heidi jo, and heidi jo, the court has wrapped courtmartial begin, and thats where things get more implicated. Would sentencing him to death give him what he wants . Would that be justice . These are questions never before asked in a military courtmartial until now. Former Army International law chief chris jenks believe the jury will sentence him to death. It will be tough to look back on the road and feel comfortable with. Reporter the man who gunned dowdown soldiers may never be executed. No one has been executed in two decades. Now there are five soldiers sitting on death row. One has been there for 25 years. Historically that suggests that major hassan will languish on death row. What if hassan
Thank you for joining us at the news at noon. Im mike hydeck, happy friday. So many of us have been dealing with winter storm fatigue and there was a chance we were going to get taste of it again today. But erica grow says we can start think of spring very consider thinking of spring thinking of spring very soon instead. Erica . The Winter Weather advisory that was in olefect for the entire effect for the entire d. C. Metro area has been dropped. Its still in effect in the southern reaches of the Shenandoah Valley and portions of virginia. This is whey Winter Weather advisory why the Winter Weather advisory has been dropped. You can see here don develop a on live doppler 9000 hd a three hour loop here. The showers have been contained to the south and the east of the metro. This system will continue to spin its way occupy the coast up the coast bringing the heaviest rainfall to the delmarva peninsula and some strong winds to the peninsula but maybe just a sprinkle or a light shower to u
Confession was heard today on Oprah Winfrey. Deborah villalon is live where she watched the Oprah Winfrey interview with other cyclists. Win at all cost truly. Serves me well on the bike, served me well during the disease. But the level that it went to for whatever reason, is a fall. Reporter as details poured out, bicyclists poured in. Some say armstrong deserves some slack. It doesnt take away from what he has done for the sport and its still a remarkable feet no matter what. Reporter others race competitive. We race clean, we race fair. I think it puts a big dark shadow over it. Reporter Lance Armstrong says he never forced teammates to cheat. I think hes mean. Hes mean spirited and i think that really comes across. Reporter occasionally armstrongs answers drew laughter. He called doping a habit like putting air in his tires, water in his bottle. Thats probably my favorite quote of the night so far. Even scarier. Reporter did you feel in any way that you were cheating . No. The scar