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Toobin: Setting change for 9/11 trial will not change outcome
(CNN)— Attorney General Eric Holder announced Monday that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other 9/11 terror suspects will face a military trial at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba. The decision is a sharp reversal for the Obama administration, which wanted the terror suspects to have federal civilian trials. Besides Mohammed, the other suspects to face charges of participating in the 9/11 plot are Walid bin Attash, Ramzi bin al-Shibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali and Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi. All five are at Guantanamo.
Today on American Morning, CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin talks about the differences between a military and civilian trial for Khalid Sheik Mohammed, how the trial will play out, and the political implications of Obama’s reversal on his original decision.
Jesse Ventura talks conspiracy theory, 2012 presidential race
He's been the governor of Minnesota, a Navy SEAL, a pro-wrestler, a Harvard professor, and most recently an author. Today on American Morning, Kiran Chetry, Ali Velshi and Christine Romans talk politics with the man himself, Jesse Ventura.
Ventura, the author of a new book 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read, explains the documents in his book and gives his take on the 2012 elections. Does he think a third party has a chance in the 2012 presidential race? "Probably not because as Ralph Nader said we live under a two-party dictatorship." Ventura tells AM. "Nobody else is let into the game."
Ventura says if Ron Paul leaves the Republican Party and chooses to run in 2012 under a third party, then he would consider being Paul's running mate.
For more of Ventura's outlook on the day's politics, watch here:
Food Columnist Mark Bittman protests budget cuts by fasting for four days
Mark Bittman, New York Times Food and Opinion Columnist, has just concluded a four-day fast.
Bittman stopped eating Monday as part of a national campaign to call attention to proposed budget cuts that would slash food assistance for America's poor. Bittman talks to Kiran Chetry and Christine Romans about his participation in the fast.
Sen. Durbin: "What we are seeing today is encouraging in Libya"
In response to President Obama's speech on Libya Monday, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) says the no-fly zone is working and says, "What we are seeing today is encouraging in Libya".
Sen. Durbin will also be holding hearings on protecting the civil rights of American Muslims Tuesday, just a few weeks after Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) hearing on the "radicalization of American Muslims".
Sen. Dick Durbin talks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry about Libya and the hearings.
Sen. McCain responds to Obama's address, says he wants Gadhafi out
President Obama addressed the nation about the U.S.'s involvement in Libya Monday and said the goal there is regime change without force.
Senator John McCain (R-AZ), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, has criticized the President's statement and says military force against the leader shouldn't be taken off the table. Sen. McCain talks to Christine Romans about Monday's address.
Wis. Republicans vote, pass Budget Repair Bill without Democrats
Wisconsin's State Senate Republicans passed a bill that would strip public workers of most of their collective bargaining rights Wednesday.
The Wisconsin Republicans found a way to pass the bill without Democrats present–most are out of state in opposition to the bill– by removing certain parts of the bill that would have required a quorum. Democrats are calling the move a violation of law but the bill will go to the Assembly Thursday where it will likely pass.
State Senator Jon Erpenbach (D) talks to American Morning's Kiran Chetry from Chicago about Wednesday's vote.
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