instead, however,s polite and studious 19-year-old from bollingbrook, illinois, is in federal court in chicago trying to persuade a judge to let him go home. cnn's ted rowlands is outside the courthouse. get me up to speed on what's been happening during the hearing? >> well, ashleigh, it's a detention hearing which got -- going a little late, only going about 15 minutes and there was a ten-minute delay here because there's a new lawyer, the khan family has hired a local lawyer here, tom durkin, who by the way, also represents a young man, a 19-year-old, accused of trying to bomb a chicago night club back in 2012. he's well versed in the federal system and specifically with terrorism issues. khan has just been in front of this judge. the judge has done some basic clerical issues. she wanted the recess to review an article submitted in a brief, so they're just getting going right now. at issue, what you said, was absolutely accurate, today this young man wants to go home, he wants to be out on bail. the federal government, the united states, says no. he should not be out on bail because