officials say they were not informed in advance that the algerian military was going to launch this hostage rescue attempt, and, in fact, some officials are somewhat upset over that fact, but they understand and some officials have acknowledged that the algerians are, you know, in a situation in a pretty bad mained that any sign of weakness or any sign of loss of control could prove fatal to a central government in that region and that the algerians apparently felt that sdisive action had to be taken. there s no indication that the hostages were under a immediate threat. as we said, british and american officials were unaware that this operation was going to take place. now, what is interesting is that the u.s. had been providing from the very beginning of that operation electronic surveillance, satellite surveillance, both visual and
. they stand accused of plotting the dets of nearly 3,000 americans. khalid sheikh mohammed and four other suspects facing arraignment today in guantanamo bay. chris lawrence is there for us. it seems like these men are doing everything they can just to drag all of this out further. reporter: yeah, don. and the arraignment was just about over and there was another outburst in the courtroom, just literally a few minutes ago. we were watching the court proceedings. everything seemed to be wrapping up, and then the judge sort of turned to one of the detainees and said no, no, no. and the judge said put your shirt back on and sit down or you will be escorted out of the courtroom. now, because of the vantage point, we couldn t tell which defendant he was speaking to, but clearly there was an attempt by one of the defendants to take his shirt off in the courtroom, which the judge quickly put a stop to and moved on. what about that first outburst during the proceed ings? somet
his mother overcome with grief. fans asking if the game he loved contributed to his death. a hero throws a tackle in a walmart parking lot. the iraq war vet trying to stop a suspect with a knife who took a woman s purse. but up first, al qaeda unmasked. in just four hours, the world gets to see a massive stack of documents from osama bin laden s compound. for the last 12 months, the documents were analyzed by intelligence officials and this morning, at 9:00 a.m. eastern they ll be posted online. we re told the information includes digital, audio and video files, printed materials, recording devices and handwritten documents. nic robertson live in london this morning. nic, peter bergen previewed those bin laden documents. in them, osama bin laden says we need to extend and develop our operations in america and not keep it limited to only blowing up airplanes. it s terrifying. reporter: it s absolutely terrifying. one of those documents, he says, specifically to his sor
this is important, because it s the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney. but here s how it looks now. newt s number has dropped to 29%. romney, as no doubt he s incredibly frustrated by, remains the same. but it doesn t go down, remains around the same, 24%. as we ve seen in this race, anything can happen in the next few weeks. the swings have been dramatic and certainly didn t require 19 days. so how did the candidates do at the debate tonight? game changers? joining us now, john avalon, contributor. david frum, former speechwriter for george w. bush, and ron christie, national republican editor for govote.com. good to have all of you with us. let s get straight to it. first, let s start wi
hello, everyone. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, the republican candidates for president have just finished debating in iowa. this is important, because it s the last day before the iowa caucuses, just 19 days away. and while newt gingrich remains the national front-runner, he has been losing steam. take a look at the latest poll. this is a gallup poll that shows in the beginning of december, just ten days ago, 37% of republican voters say they will pick newt. 22% picked mitt romney. but here s how it looks now. newt s number has dropped to 29%. romney, as no doubt he s incredibly frustrated by, remains the same. but it doesn t go down, remains around the same, 24%. as we ve seen in this race, anything can happen in the next few weeks. the swings have been dramatic and certainly didn t require 19 days. so how did the candidates do at the debate tonight? game changers? joining us now, john avalon, contributor. david frum, former speechwriter for george w. bush, and ron chr