uma: right now a new judge in the fort hood shooting case is hearing arguments on whether to allow major nidal hasan to enter a guilty plea and avoid the death penalty. he is accused you may remember of killing 13 people in the 2009 massacre which was the worst mass shooting on a united states military base. we re joined by fred tecce, former federal prosecutor. great to have you here. thanks for having me. uma: a lot of people would be surprised to know if he does plead guilty he does avoid the death penalty. fred, what is your reaction to that? no, that is not the way it works. we don t let the defendants pick the penalty. under the uniform court of military justice you can t accept a guilty plea if you have the death penalty on the table. when our prosecutor, get a haircut, try the guy and
across the country with a smoking ban. before the end of the year, crews on aircraft carriers and elsewhere will no longer be allowed to light up in submarines. yes, submarines. the commander of the submarine forces says the decision came after a study shows high levels of second-hand smoke when intmdz are underwar and the navy will stop nicotine stalk nicotine patches and gum on board. a loophole, individual commanders can make their own decisions about whether crews can smoke on deck while the subs are above water. an important lifeline for american forces in afghanistan, but a united states military base is now right in the middle of a violent uprising. tonight, troops could not leave the base. we have a live update next and you are looking like, we are awaiting a news conference on the mine rescue effort in west virginia and we will bring you updates as we get them as fox reports live tonight.
there were words that the government might have been toppled. they weren t true we are told. we heard people left the presidential s family s house carrying clothes, dishes and carpets. as i mentioned according to another report an opposition leader says she will lead an interim government for six months. we re also hearing part of the country s border is now closed. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. kyrgyzstan. [gunfire] major unrest in the capital city. protesters reportedly angry over government corruption and hike in power rates. they are demanding the president step down. as you can see riot police out in force. many of the cops and demonstrators injured in the fighting. the former soviet republic public now houses the united states military base which is a key supply center in the fight against the taliban in nearby afghanistan. brazil. more than 100 people said to be dead after the heaviest rains in three decades triggered flooding and mud slides in rio de
man, firing. they re firing. again, they re backing them up. as you could see, it s a very violent and deadly situation. kyrgyzstan is located just east of china, northeast of afghanistan. a u.s. military base in the country serves as a key supply and transit link for u.s. forces moving in and out of afghanistan. the latest word from the pentagon, by the way, is that the base and u.s. personnel have not been affected by this crisis. all right. there s a huge controversy erupting in virginia right now involving the confederacy and slaves. let s go to lisa sylvester, the governor, bob mcdonnell, is now
all right. this just coming into the situation room. earlier we told you that united states military base in kyrgyzstan was not affected by the political violence, the deadly violence, that s going on right now, but the latest word from the pentagon is that u.s. the u.s. military is now halting flights in and out of that air base. the base is an important part of the supply operations for u.s. forces in afghanistan. the pentagon says there are contingency plans in place. we re watching what s happening there. important story for the u.s. he s the man believed to be linked to the deadly ft. hood shootings and this warted christmas day bomb plot, and now he s wanted dead or alive by the u.s. the u.s. government confirming today that the american-born muslim cleric anwar al awlaki is a target to be killed or