Trump Cancels Execution Livestream & Foreign Doctors Spark Safety Concerns? | 10.16.26

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President Trump pulls the plug on live streaming the Fort Hood firing squad.

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Georgia Howe (2:54)

President Trump announced the anticipated execution of Fort Hood terrorist, Nadal Hassan, will no longer be live streamed.

John Bickley (3:01)

Here with more is our White House correspondent, Mary Margaret Olohan. Thanks for coming on.

Mary Margaret Olohan (3:05)

Thanks for having me.

John Bickley (3:07)

So this proposed live stream has caused a lot of controversy and we'll get to that, but to start, can you remind our audience what Nadal Hassan did in the first place to be on death row?

Mary Margaret Olohan (3:18)

Yeah, so this guy was an army psychiatrist who unfortunately opened fire in 2009 on his fellow citizens and soldiers killing 13 people and wounding, I believe, more than 30 others.

He subscribed to radical Islamist beliefs and was trying to kill people out of concerns about protecting his Muslim brethren over in the Middle East. And that was why he committed this act of terror. It's commonly remembered as a Fort Hood massacre, and it took place in Texas. So a really tragic incident and something that he is known to be a terrorist for.

John Bickley (3:56)

Now, we know the live stream has been canceled now, according to Trump's latest announcement. But the execution is still supposed to happen on schedule.

What prompted Trump to reverse Hegs's announcement? Are the two still in lockstep, or does this signal some sort of division?

Mary Margaret Olohan (4:14)

Well, yes, so President Trump announced yesterday that they were canceling the live stream, and this had caused a lot of controversy because there were plenty of people who actually, I would say, agree with the president on many things that were still troubled by the prospect of this live stream.

Catholic bishops, for example, had said, this is not a proper use or a proper way for America to show its might. This is actually the kind of thing that barbaric nations do, and so there were plenty of people who would argue that this was really inappropriate to live stream and execution in 2026 Now, you also have people who were saying that this was a good thing, that it would intimidate our enemies, and it would intimidate people from committing similar acts. And the president said that himself yesterday, actually. He said, I do think this would have shown other countries that we mean business, and shown our enemies that this is what will happen if they try and commit such acts of terror. But he agreed that this was just not an appropriate move. So I think there's a lot of people, especially religious Americans, who might rest easier now knowing that this was not something the administration was promoting.