Hegseth announces public livestream of firing squad execution

The Pentagon said Thursday it will livestream the military’s first firing squad execution since 1945, allowing the public to watch as the man who killed 13 people in a 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood is put to death. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in an interview this week to let the public watch a firing squad execute Nidal Hasan at the same base in Texas where he carried out the massacre. “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it, that it’s public, because people need to understand that there’s serious consequences for these types of things,” Hegseth told far-right podcaster Jack Posobiec in an interview aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Wednesday, drawing swift backlash from both sides of the aisle. CNN senior national security reporter Haley Britzsky reports on the Pentagon's plan, and Audie Cornish rounds up reaction online and in her "CNN This Morning" Group Chat 0:00 Hegseth announces public livestream of firing squad execution 0:47 Pentagon announcement sparks bipartisan backlash 2:16 Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) reacts to Pentagon's plan 3:33 Legal expert Elliot Williams unpacks how military justice system differs from federal & states 4:44 Audie Cornish rounds up reactions online and in her Group Chat Watch 24/7 live news with CNN Headlines: https://bit.ly/4eIvlTr #Execution #FiringSquad #News