Vice President JD Vance is casting doubt on whether the Pentagon will follow through with plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan ... but if it does happen, he won't be tuning in.
"I don't know that that's actually going to happen," Vance told reporters Friday when asked about the Pentagon's plan to livestream Hasan's December execution by firing squad.
Vance then tried to move past the controversy surrounding the unprecedented broadcast, saying Hasan's crimes shouldn't be forgotten.
Pete Hegseth wants the public to be able to see the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan ... and a War Department official tells us it will be livestreamed.
The Secretary of War went on Real America's Voice on Thursday to address President Trump's decision to reinstate the firing squad for former Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who was sentenced to death for killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others.
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There hasn't been a public execution in the United States in over 90 years, but Hegseth promises, "we'll make sure that people are able to watch it and that it's public."
Hegseth didn't go into detail, but we're told it will be streamed live for the public.
Christa Pike's aunt says her niece is still alive because it's what God wants ... she believes the Almighty is in control now -- not officials in Tennessee.
Carrie Ross -- Christa's aunt who helped raise her -- told the Daily Mail she believes Christa surviving execution by lethal injection last week proves God wants her to live.
Christa's aunt says, "When God puts his hand on someone, God is in control. Not the Department of Correction, not us, but God."
Christa Pike's courtroom battle produced one surprisingly hopeful clue about her recovery ... she wants her iPad back, a telling clue about her brain function.
Los Angeles Magazine reporter Lauren Conlin joined Jaksonon TMZ's "In The Know" Wednesday and said that detail jumped out at her ... if Pike wants to message friends, family and her attorneys, Conlin thinks that's a good sign she may not be dealing with the severe brain damage many feared.
Conlin also says Wednesday's preservation order is a big deal ... because Pike's lawyers want the actual pentobarbital from the failed execution tested.
Christa Pike woke up Tuesday asking, "Where am I and who are you?" ... just hours after her attorneys say they believed she was brain-dead and would be taken off life support.
Her lawyers revealed the stunning turn Wednesday, saying Pike is now conscious and talking -- but she's angry, confused and still trying to understand what happened to her.
They say Pike has pneumonia and a blood clot in one arm, can't move either arm and still can't eat because she can't swallow. Her attorneys say they don't know how much function she'll regain.
The swelling is also severe -- one attorney compared her hands and arms to an inflated surgical glove -- and she's still shackled at the feet and on her right arm.
A Tennessee judge has ordered evidence from Christa Pike's botched execution to be preserved ... as her attorneys fight over what happens next.
Pike's legal team was back in court Wednesday morning for a status conference tied to an emergency motion filed after the failed execution.
Her legal team also revealed Pike is still shackled and handcuffed to her hospital bed ... even though medical staff have asked for the restraints to be removed.
As we reported, Tennessee tried to put Pike to death last week, but she survived two doses of the lethal injection drug pentobarbital and was rushed from prison to a Nashville hospital.
Texas is moving forward with an execution just one week after Christa Pike survived a botched lethal injection in Tennessee ... and the condemned man's lawyers want to pump the brakes.
Jamaal Howard is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday in Texas, which uses the same drug -- pentobarbital -- that failed to kill Pike after two doses.
Howard's attorneys are asking Gov. Greg Abbott for a 30-day delay while they seek more information about Texas' supply of the drug ... arguing he shouldn't be executed "within days of the same drug failing in another state."
Christa Pike is awake and talking after surviving Tennessee's botched attempt to execute her last week ... her attorneys told TMZ Tuesday.
Pike remains hospitalized in Nashville, where her lawyers say she's still receiving critical care after suffering severe damage to her arms. Despite the improvement, they say her prognosis remains unclear, and she's facing a long recovery.
We're told her legal team plans to see and speak with her this evening.
