tortured. nbc national investigative reporter michael isikoff is in guantanamo bay with more. it was a difficult day for a military judge and a painful one for the families of the 9/11 victims. al qaeda al qaeda and four co-defendants were back in the military courtroom at the u.s. naval station in guantanamo bay. for their arraignment on charges they orchestrated the attacks that killed 2,976 people on 9/11. but mohammed and his alleged co-conspirators were defiant, refusing to answer the judge s questions or look at him or even wear a headset to understand the proceedings. the reason he s not putting the ear phones in his ear is because of the torture that was done to him his lawyer told the judge. an accused plotter twice interrupted, once by standing up to pray and another by shouting
u.s. naval station in guantanamo bay. michael isakoff is there for us. we spoke about five hours ago. you predicted a potential rocky start. you were not wrong. tell us what happened. reporter: exactly, alex. this has been quite a contentious morning for the arraignment of these 9/11 suspects. just moments ago one of the key accused plotters, ben al shid stood up in the cord saying for the first time that maybe they will kill us, maybe we will commit suicide. there have been threats against them. this is the first time any of the co-defendants here have spoken out in court because this followed a few rocky hours in which the 9/11 conspirators refused to speak. ka lid shake mohammed chanted