i wasn t there. i wasn t present in that crime. cnn s matthew chance was in the courtroom. matthew, walk us through this morning s hearing, will you? reporter: yeah, martin. it was very emotional. amanda knox came in escorted by the guards and looked very stressed indeed, very pale. her head was hung down. she didn t even look at her family, who were gathered in one corner of the courtroom to give her support. her former boyfriend also serving a lengthy prison sentence for the murder of meredith kircher, spoke first. he said they were both innocent. then the big moment came. perhaps the biggest speech of amanda knox s life. she turned to the jury and managed to compose herself because she was in tears, and, you know, make this impassioned plea for them to set her free. she said she wanted her life back. she was tired of being punished for something she didn t do, she said. and so she said it all as well in fluent italian. over the past four years since she s been in priso
a u.s. drone fires its missile and one of america s top terror targets is dead. the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlaki s presence was felt in [ sirens [. reporter: the alleged shooter, major nidal hasan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also linked to other terror plots, including the would-be underwear bomber s alleged plan to bring down a usair liner two years ago, the plot to blow up u.s. cargo planes, and the attempt to set off a bomb in new york s times square. i consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas with awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most
the death of awlaki is a major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlaki s presence was felt in the ft. hood massacre. the alleged shooter, major nidal hasan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also linked to other terror plots, including the would-be underwear bomber s alleged plan to bring down a u.s. airliner two years ago, the plot to blow up u.s. cargo planes, and the attempt to set off a bomb in new york s times square. i consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas with awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most significant risk to the u.s. homeland. we had always had a tremendous concer
major blow to al qaeda s most active operational affiliate. anwar al awlaki was a long way from the home when the missile found him in yemen. born in new mexico and educated in the u.s., he radicalized and became a leader in al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. implicated in many plots to kill americans, he was a top terror recruiter, awlaki s presence was felt in reporter: the alleged shooter, major nidal hasan is believed to have exchanged e-mails with awlaki before the rampage that left 13 people dead. awlaki is also linked to other terror plots, including the would-be underwear bomber s alleged plan to bring down a usair liner two years ago, the plot to blow up u.s. cargo planes, and the attempt to set off a bomb in new york s times square. i consider al qaeda in the arabian peninsulas with awlaki as a leader within that organization probably the most significant risk to the u.s. homeland. we had always had a tremendous concern that after getting bin ladin that some
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