then the defendant will go into the custody of the federal bureau of prisons, and then they will determine whether he goes to adx or goes to terre haute, awaiting the appellate process, but we have nothing to do with that. the federal bureau of prisons will then be in charge. [ inaudible ] to a point that you or law enforcement a particular part of this case something you that found that really drove you guys to the death penalty how do you feel about what [ inaudible ] tsarnaev s behavior that made him think we need to [ inaudible ] when you look at the crimes that occurred here the heinous gravity of the crimes the number of deaths you know a child was murdered with a weapon of mass destruction. another young two young women as well. a police officer was executed in the line of duty. and so when you look at the gravity of the of the harm and in particular as well the many many victims who became every amputees and many others suffering with many other forms of i
a texas freeway in an apparent case of road rage. you re live in the cnn newsroom. hello, everyone thank you for joining us. the last u.s. special operations forces are now out of yemen. the evacuation involved about 100 members. last month the u.s. embassy was closed who took over the strategic city but is seen as strategically important because it lies just south of the capitol of we re also hearing of an apparent threat by a group claiming affiliation by isis. it called for attacks on american soldiers on u.s. soil. more on that in just a moment. the united nations is also raising concerns over the deteriorating concerns in yemen, coming up in about one hour from now eastern time the security council is holding a meeting to discuss concerns. so this meeting apparently came at the request of yemen s president, what is he hoping will come out of this? he s hoping for some dramatic action from the u.n. security council, which i m not sure he s going to get. this is a be
as an attorney for the police union doubles down. today saying his officers had every right to arrest freddie gray. you re right now looking at live pictures of the streets of baltimore. protesters are angry, they re demanding justice for the 25-year-old baltimore man who died a week after being taken into police custody. this comes as we have new video surfacing tonight. this was shot after gray had been driven from the site of his arrest in a police van. so what happened was, the van stopped en route. officers say gray had become unruly. they took him out of the van, shackle his legs. all along, though police are insisting gray was arrested without force or incident. a few moments earlier right before this picture, gray entered the van, still able to speak, partly mobile. but when he arrived at a hospital he was unresponsive. at a late afternoon press conference an attorney for the bamt more police union confirmed the central question in this case. something happened in t
been attempting to cover up allegations of sexual misconduct. and city underwater. massive flooding brings one of the most important highways in dallas to a standstill. instead of coming to the rescue even police cars are caught in the rising water. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we re following multiple breaking stories including president obama s last-different effort to save programs for tracking potential terrorists. they go dark this weekend unless congress reauthorizes parts of the patriot act and just now the president demanded swift action. we ll go to the white house in just a moment. also breaking now isis claiming responsibility for a pair of deadly bombings at hotels right in the heart of baghdad. and amaas bombing in saudi arabia again. we ve seen isis do this before terrorize a city with bombs then send in fighters once people are parm lies paralyzed by fear. could baghdad be next. and ryan zincy here to take questions. a former na
as the brutal jihadist group goes on a rampage in iraq, the u.s. considers a drone strike to take out its leader. and crisis on the border. president obama will talk about it in texas this hour with the texas governor rick perry, but why won t he take a trip to see what s going on firsthand? i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room qwest. captions by vitac www.vitac.com this is cnn breaking news. dozens of rocketses rained down on israel today, some intercepted over major cities like tel aviv or in a worrisome new development near israel s desert nuclear reactor at demona, israel is responding. look at this. israel s responding with waves of air strikes, hammering targets linked to the islamist militants of hamas and other groups. palestinians say the gaza death toll is now at least 53, many civilians among them. israel warning its operation will intensify until the rockets stop and with 40,000 israeli military reserves potentially on alert, the president of i