square. he sent at series of profane laced tweets calling the woman among other things an animal, ranted about violence and it was deleted overnight but promised to address the story next week. and new orleans police say they ve arrested the alleged bourbon street shooter. charged with first-degree murder saying he opened fire in the crowded new orleans clubbing area. one woman was killed. number five, convicted killer joran van der sloot is a newlywed and about to be a father. he s in prison, but remember, the laws are different there in peru. his attorney says van der sloot married a pregnant peruvian woman yelled at the prison, is serving a 28-year-old sentence for killing stephany flores back in 2010. when he is expected to get out of prison he s expected to be
why? louis jimmenez told us he would plead guilty to murder. we got in the trial and you heard what he did. it s either that he wanted to stop this trial in its tracks, which he did, or he didn t understand the question from the judge. he doesn t want to plead guilty to cruelty and he was just so, so horrific with stephany flores when he killed her so brutal. he doesn t want to admit that, but that s part of the charges. so he didn t want to answer the question. so he halted the whole thing. there s something about this posttraumatic stress he s experiencing? this is very interesting. we spoke with his attorney as you said. it was the fifth year anniversary of natalee
high gas prices sparking outrage. joran van der sloot wants more time to decide how he will plead in his murder trial. he s charged with killing stephany flores two years ago. you also know him from the natalee holloway case. he was considered the prime suspect but never charged in that case. at his trial in peru yesterday he asked for more time to reflect. translator: you don t think yourself guilt according to what the prosecution has stated. translator: do i have time to think this further? so i want to bring in jean casarez from in session on our sister network trutv who interviewed van der sloot s lawyer. earlier yesterday there were reports van der sloot planned to plead guilty to all the charges. now he s reconsidering.
people, gregg. gregg: david piper live in baghdad, past midnight now, thank you. information on the joran van der sloot case, the accused murderer suing the woman, who represented him on the day he was said to confess to killing stephany flores, and, he claims the lawyer posed is a public defender, when she was actually a private attorney, and van der sloot has since recanted his confession that he killed flores and is the sole suspect in the dis appearance of american teen, natalee holloway. gregg: general petraeus taking over command of u.n. and nato forces u.s. and nato forces in afghan and the challenges that lay ahead for the new leader of the troubled war and his message to u.s. troops. we believe y re at your best when you can truly be yourlf.
general petraeus takes command at a crucial juncture here during this nearly nine year afghan war. the violence is at record levels and the taliban have opened up several new fronts across afghanistan against international and afghan soldiers. but he also now heads the largest international and u.s. force ever assembled here in afghanistan. the military officials believe with the strategy in place and now the resources in place they will begin to make significant improvements over the next course of the next year or so, alisyn. alisyn: conor powell, thank you so much for that update. meanwhile, joran van der sloot is now suing the woman that represented him on the day that authorities say he confessed to killing stephany flores. his current attorney charges the first lawyer with misrepresentation and conspiracy to commit a imcrew. he claims the lawyer posed as a public defender when she actually was a private attorney. van der sloot has since recanted his confession that he killed