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welcome back everyone. here are the stories making news around the world right now. in guantanamo bay, cuba, more prisoners have joined a hunger strike at the u.s. detention facility there. a pentagon spokesperson says 24 suspects terrorists are now involved. and eight of them require feeding tubes. an attorney for some of the detainees says he was alarmed to see several had lost more than 20 or 30 pounds. he says they re protesting searches of their personal items, letters, photographs, that sort of thing, and also he says the rough handling of qurans during searches. and saying the claim is nonsense. he was just inaugurated, but he will celebrate holy mass at a
reporter: hi, patti ann. khattala has left the dc courthouse behind me. he left a few hours ago. he was taken to a u.s. detention facility in alexandria, virginia. it s a facility that has been used before for high profile terrorism cases. he will be staying there while the trial takes place here at the downtown dc courthouse. inside the courtroom here, khattala was presented to the judge where he was read one charge against him, one count providing material support for a terrorist group result not guilty death, a charge which brings with it a maximum life sentence. the proceeding lasted about ten to 15 minutes. khattala was wearing black sweat pants. his hair was matted. his gray beard looked matted. he looked like a deer in the headlights, according to those in the courtroom. he was wearing plastic sandals, not shackled. he spoke arabic and was very soft spoken when he spoke to the