japan, one arresuspected of mur reporter: we are learning more about the case. tokyo police were holding him on different charges but now holding him on murder charges, looking to advance their case against this unidentified man, unidentified because he s still considered a minor under japanese law. for the minor of fur dg long, an irish exchange student found dead in a tokyo hotel room, strangled to death. the tokyo police say the only other person in the room was the 19-year-old. they are moving forward on a case against another american, blackston, an l.a. native. we spoke to his attorney and he says the tokyo prosecutor s office has officially charged him with groping furlong s friend on the night of her murder. the attorney says that these charges are not valid, that he intends to fight on behalf of his client trying to get his client off. he does not feel there s any sort of validity to this. the attorney also says that at this point he could face, if found guilty, an
this particular place, they ve sort of got themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place. he talked about how pain that they caused, they were blind sideded by it. they had no idea that the controversy would come out of their proposed project and really framed all of this where we are today, as a national security issue. take a look. on national security now, it hinges on how we negotiate this, how we speak about it, and what we do. it is important for us now to raise the bar on our conversation what s at risk, when you say national security? as i mentioned, because if we move, the radicals have shaped the discourse. the radicals will shift on both sides. those of us who are moderates on both sides you see, soledad, the battle front is not between muslims and nonmuslims. the real battle front is between moderates on all sides on all faiths of traditions and
repeatedly, he said, if i d known the controversy it was going to create, i wouldn t have done it in the first place. they had no idea. as they said, a couple time, blind sided by the fallout. let s listen to a little bit of that. if i knew this would happen, this would cause this kind of pain, i wouldn t have done it. my life has been devoted to peacemaking, soledad. there are so many people who say, if you re saying it s a mistake, then why can t you get out of it and not do it? because we have to now make sure whatever we do actually results in greater peace, than in greater conflict. you know, he s a peacemaker, and he s got a long track record as a moderate peacemaker. they re in a position that s very awkward. the way to get out of it is not just to yank. there are implications to the globe. does he ultimately believe it s going to happen? you know, he said, the center
will happen. left it very open where it will be. the center will happen. so, take that for what it s worth. where it will be we ll continue to discuss that. did he find a problem with people to build it because trade unions are you know new york. anyway, it was a great interview. great that you had the opportunity to sit down and talk with him for that long and get him to address a lot of these issues. yes, there was a lot of shouting on both sides and it s nice have an actual conversation about it. thanks. thanks a lot. see you in the next hour. thanks soledad. this is cnn, breaking news. and we re following breaking news right now. the president of indonesia writing a letter to president obama urging hill to step in and stop the planned burning of korans at a florida church nine years after the terror attacks. now pakistan wants the burning