COLLINS: Five Guantanamo Bay detainees now say they want to plead guilty to the 9/11 attack. The defendants announced their decision in front of relatives of the victims. Tim Ewart, from Britain's ITN now reports.</s>TIM EWART, ITN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The guilty pleas came as mothers of two of those who died arrived at Guantanamo Bay. Alice Hoglund's (ph) son Mark was on the highjack jet which crashed after passengers fought back. She said she wants the defendants to be spared the death penalty so they can live out their miserable lives in prison. Maureen Santore (ph), his son Christopher was a New York fight fighter killed when the Twin Towers collapsed. She said she wanted to look the defendants in the eye. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is the self- styled mastermind of the 9/11 attacks. He and his four co-accused today handed the judge a note saying they wanted to announce their confessions. They're being detain in these holding cells awaiting trial. But what will happen to an already controversial judicial process now isn't clear. The judge said he would question the men to ensure they did want to plead guilty. They've charge, but a count of murder for every one of those killed in the 9/11 attacks, a total of nearly 3,000. But all five face the death penalty. Any trial is unlikely to be held at Guantanamo Bay itself which still holds 250 prisons. President-elect Barack Obama has said he'll shut it down and try detainees in normal civilian or military courts in America. Whatever happens, today's case could drag on for years, even if the guilty pleas are accepted, there will be several automatic appeals. Tim Ewart, ITV, News.</s>COLLINS: The news here today, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich in federal custody. Breaking news in fact. We're going to bring you the very latest at the top of the hour.
Guantanamo Bay Detainees Want to Plead Guilty