court-martial bringing prosecutors more time to prepare the closing arguments. it is not clear whether hassan will have his closing arguments. he is limited as to what he can argue. he might wave his right to have a closing argument and move on to the death penalty phase which is what he is asking for to begin with. the 42-year-old army psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in november 2009. hasan says he carried out the attack to protect muslim insurgents in gaven stan. during 11 days of testimony prosecutors called nearly 90 witnesses but hasan only questioned three of them. the jury or panel is expected to begin deliberations after closing arguments and after they receive their instructions from
how is it possible that everybody was there, even if they were to speak out and say, nothing went wrong here. this is a crazy world. things happen. nobody wanted this to happen but it wasn t anyone s fault, why don t we hear that from those people? but nothing, nothing. that is incredibly unusual because you re right, we usually hear from survivors after anything. in this case we have not. one republican congressman awhile back accused the administration making the people sign non-disclosure agreements. the administration totally denied that. says it has not happened. for some reason congress has not been able to talk to any of these people. it is not one or two. it is 30 people who were on the ground that night. martha: we re in a little bit after quiet period before labor day. feels like a lot of stuff is percolating. no doubt we ll hear from very unhappy people when they come back in a couple of weeks. byron, think you re right on the mark about that. have a good day. thank you.
martin s. we are beginning week number 3 of this trial with an attorney bench conference. zimmerman s sister as well as trayvon martin s mortar and father. out in the hallway we know a detective with the sanford police departments out there. she is likely to be the first witness called monday morning. she is the first officer with sanford, p.d. to interview zimmerman after the shooting that night back in february of 2012. a little emotional george zimmerman was friday evening as his uncle testified the scream was his nephew and his mother just as certain. do you know whose voice that was streaming in the background. yes, sir. whose voice was that? my son george. russert of that? because he s my son. over 9 days of testimony prosecutors called under 40
we ve got the highlights this hour on cnn. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. nice to have you with us. i m ashleigh banfield. i m zoraida sambolin. we begin with the shocking and sometimes sickening testimony in the child sex abuse trial of former penn state football defensive coordinator jerry sandusky. we have heard from two alleged victims already, and a third could take the stand later this morning. yesterday former assistant football coach mike mcqueary also testified, describing what he thought appeared to be sandusky molesting a young boy in a shower. and there was tearful, riveting testimony from the man whose accusations helped trigger the criminal investigation. alleged victim number one said that he stayed at jerry sandusky s house more than 100 times as a boy, and he was sexually assaulted repeat lid when he was just 12 years old. susan candiotti is live in bellefonte, pennsylvania. susan, what made victim number one break down in tears on the st