reporter: because simply, randi, knonobody knows what he l do. this will be the first time anyone has seen khalid sheikh mohammed in years. we re 90 minutes away from his court appearance. a lot of the family members are here today, they, too, are just less than two hours away from taking their first look at him for some of them. and no one knows what is going to happen. do they plead guilty, in which case all this moves toward a sentencing phase, or does khalid sheikh mohammed and the others keep the soapbox and the opportunity to continue you willy to bash america and plead not guilty that he boasted of planning in previous court appearances. one of the family members we spoke to last night said the united states is going a bit overboard in its efforts to be cultural license tiff. do you blame like the obama administration? for dragging this out? i blame us for trying to too good. too much better than them. we re trying to be too good. you can t have a nice war. war
the chinese activist at the center of the firestorm interrupted a hearing, cried out for help. chen guangcheng the blind chinese dissident who sought refuge in the american embassy in beijing called into the emergency hearing about his case and pleaded through a translator you can see the call happening, asking specifically to speak with secretary of state hillary clinton. translator: i really fear for my other family member s life and we have installed radio cameras and even with electric fence. now, all of this comes after a whirl wind day of developments that forced the u.s. to explain why chen said he wanted to leave. he said he needs to leave for his safety. and that put ambassador gary locke on the defensive. this was his decision and he indicated of what he wanted. he had the option of staying in the embassy for years if necessary. congressman chris smith spoke to chen today. he was overseeing that committee hearing on human rights. he is outfront tonight.
well, good evening. i m erin burnett. we have breaking news tonight. extraordinary scene on capitol hill today. the chinese activist at the center of the firestorm interrupted a hearing, cried out for help. chen guangcheng the blind chinese dissident who sought refuge in the american embassy in beijing called into the emergency hearing about his case and pleaded through a translator you can see the call happening, asking specifically to speak with secretary of state hillary clinton. translator: i really fear for my other family member s life and we have installed radio cameras and even with electric fence. now, all of this comes after a whirl wind day of developments that forced the u.s. to explain why chen said he wanted to leave. he said he needs to leave for his safety. and that put ambassador gary locke on the defensive. this was his decision and he indicated of what he wanted. he had the option of staying in the embassy for years if necessary. congressman chris
because your choice didn t win or you want to checkup the other runners up, go to suzanne malveaux s page,. and it s the big story today. today is the big day for president obama. that long awaited jobs speech on congress. it was planned for last night. you know the republicans were debating last night and had to be moved to tonight, the president s speech. here we are six hours away from the speech. he is expected to propose more investments and tax breaks that will cost $3 billion. the president may call for an infrastructure bank providing for low cost loans to get projects off the ground. he is expected to call for an extension in the payroll tax break which almost every american worker gets. and more tax breaks for those that hire veterans and the long-term unemployed. the white house says none of this ought to come as objectionable to republicans. all of these ideas are bipartisan in nature. they are the kinds of things that republicans and democrats have broadly su