begin a federal judge blocked prosecutors from using a key witness, maybe the key witness because the key witness was subjected to harsh interrogations. in other words, torture. interrogation tactics that are illegal in the united states of america. human rights activists say it is, in fact, torture. for context this is a big deal because it is the first civilian trail for any gitmo detainee, sort of a road map for other terror suspects including the mastermind of 9/11. prosecutors accuse this man of conspiring to kill americans in the 1998 bombings of two u.s. embassies in africa in kenya. the attacks kill 224 people including 12 americans. our senior correspondent with the news live from the federal courthouse in new york city. the reaction to the judge s ruling? reporter: well, prosecutors reaction was to ask for a delay to consider an appeal and the judge granted the request and the trial is put off until tuesday and we heard from u.s. attorney holder influential in the
me wreck my life. shepard: you seem to be doing that all by yourself. tonight, new charges for the accused acid hoaxer and new details about how police say she used drain cleaner to do this to herself. but first from fox this tuesday night yemen launch as new offensive in an area where a radical american cleric is believed to be hiding out. at one point there was word security forces had cornered one anwar al awlaki. he is the first american citizen to be on the u.s. government s capture or kill list. for context he is said to inspire and motivate terrorists online. u.s. officials say is he a senior talent recruiter. today on studio b terror expert and author of the most dangerous places robert pelton explained why they decided to target him. he is like a minibin laden. is he more powerful than bin laden because speaks perfect english and motivates people in this country to do violent acts. shepard: that s what he has done. linking him to the fort hood massacre and u
Election there s. they tracked the commander and two other militants to a field and took action but only after ensuring no civilians were are in the area. with us is robert pelton. he has been to afghanistan many times. we keep hearing of the same stuff over and over again with the concerns for civilians. the good news is that they have thoroughly penetrated the transportation network out of pakistan and they are able to predict and five the groups even before they get to kabul and they know where most of the safe houses are and you are seeing more action in kabul with arrests and asass nations and actions. shepard: this seems to be less and less about a big military and more and more about one guy doing one job door to door. right. they are trying to keep up the newsbeat. they want something coming out of kabul or afghanistan on a
but first from fox at 3:00, a special edition today, live on the banks of new york liberty state park. less than 2,000 feet from the statue of liberty. not much farther from the city of new york in a place meant as a gift to the nation to mark the bicentennial in 1976. we would have been able to see the twin towers rising above the skyline just behind me. the following day, 9/11 the deadliest terror attacks ever on american soil. we will be here this hour on studio b and tonight for the fox report and tomorrow broadcasting live from liberty state park for a special saturday edition of the fox report. it is really nearly impossible to come to this time of the year without thinking about terrorism and national security. we all know it. the former heads of the 9/11 commission know it as well and they were aware of that when they held a news conference in washington. they warned of the shifting threat to america and the possible forms that terrorism could take really at any momen
san francisco to jfk before takeoff. here s the deal. they were planning to take off flight 24 from sfo to jfk and they got this phone call and it was a security threat. out of an abundance of caution the transportation security asked it be removed to this location and passengers will be taken off the plane, interviewed and rescreened. the aircraft will be swept by law enforcement. think of it, you have to be careful and you have a threat, you have to do it. that said, imagine you re on had a flight, you got five or six hours to jfk out of san francisco. this is no joyride. they re stuck and they ll be rescreened and check the plane and hopefully it will be not a darn thing but the day is messed up. frustrated investigators releasing more information on the escaped imfrom arizona and hissy an see/first cousin. john mcclusky, the dude on the left. he lost a pretty important tooth. his left lateral insizer, you can see the whole there. then casslyn mae welch is missing mos