martha. martha: bill, thank you very much. well, he says that september 8th, 2009 in afghanistan was the worst day of his life. but last week, marine sergeant dakota meyer was given the medal of honor, the nation's highest military honor for his actions on that day . the 21-year-old dakota meyer went against orders, straight into the middle of a massive firefight, a convoy of fellow marines were being am burred in a valley in eastern afghanistan, they dragged out the wounded and then went back, five times in all, under heavy and close fire. in the end, 13 americans and 23 afghan soldiers were saved. we are honored to have marine sergeant dakota meyer here in "america's newsroom". thank you for your service is an understatement in this situation. so we are so happy to have you here today. >> thank you. martha: welcome and congratulations. we just watched that moment of you with president obama. what was that like for you? >> well, you know, it was like surreal, you know? you hear about it, and finally, you're there and you're i

martha: i'm martha maccallum. it's a devastating scene across central texas, according to officials, fires are burning everywhere, thousands are forced into shelters, waiting to see if they have anything to come home to. >> i know i was outside working on my car and i happened to look up and i saw the flames -- not the flames but the smoke so i grabbed my family and started gathering my personal belongings. >> we didn't know where to go. it was to the -- it was to the point i couldn't see past my truck. it was so bad, you couldn't breathe. i'm scared. i'm scared to death. >> it's tragic is what it is. it's unfortunate that we aren't able to prevent this from happening. bill: let's go to kris gutierrez, watching this out of dallas, texas. there's so much to cover here. how bad is it, chris? -- kris? >> for a little perspective, we should tell our viewers this, last year firefighters at the state and local level have responded to 21,000 wildfires that have consumed 3.1 million acres across the texas an area roughly

martha: dejavu, right? good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. so the perry camp is trying to hit romney on two fronts, linking him to president obama's education policy and then changing his mind about it, so this is the percent time anywhere you're going to see this ad, this big comeback from perry. check it out: >> i think secretary duncan has done some good things, he's the current secretary of education, he has a program called race to the top which encourages schools to have more choice, more testing of kids, more evaluation of teachers, those are things that i think make sense tkpwhrao there's one person on this stage that is for obama's race to the top and that is governor romney. he said so just this last week. being in favor of the obama race to the top, that is not conservative. >> did governor perry say something that wasn't true? >> i'm not sure exactly what he was saying, i don't support any particular program that he's describing. >> race to the top which encourages schools to have more choice, more testing of kids, more evaluation

>> martha: good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. you had nine candidates, great questions and really a new take on who's gaining momentum and who seems to be losing it a little bit. take a listen to some of this: >> i'm tempted to say that when all is said and done the two guys standing in the middle, romney and perry, aren't going to be around because they're going to bludgeon each other to death. >> let me fell you the title i want to hear about president pwr-pl -- president obama and that is former president barack obama. >> president obama has the lowest public approval rating of any president in modern time. he hasn't gone to the basement yet. it will be a lot lower than what it is now. >> he gave in a speech in 2001 where he talked about buying national health insurance between mexico and texas. i don't even think barack obama would buy national health insurance. >> have you ever even been to the border with mexico? i'm surprised if you have, but you weren't paying taken. unlike governor romney's plan, my plan throws out the o

martha? martha: have you heard this? she is 78 years old, a justice, on the supreme court of the united states, why ruth bader ginsburg was forced to jump out of a plane. we'll tell you what happened with that. bill: and rick perry putting jobs on the sideline at a major address in virginia. talking about his faith instead. how will that play in the republican nomination? we'll check into it. martha: and, remember this lovely couple, the salahis, the white house party crashers, nobody figured out how they got in, yesterday, big drama for them, folks, he got on the phone, called police, and said she may have been kidnapped. >> my dispute spoke to her and she was fine and she said she didn't want to go home and she was where she wanted to be and we made attempt with the fbi and spoke to family and friends including her mother, and, hope to make more contact with her. but, no, i can't say where she has been over the last day. martha: somebody thinks they know where she has been... hanging out with a very famous '80s guitari

martha.traordinary thing that that moment was captured on video that way. so how did the events of september 11th, what did these students say about how all this affected their lives? >> reporter: well, the students say they immediately felt vulnerable, however, they say they did not grow up in fear, and that was based largely on the conversations that they had with grownups, teachers and parents. in fact their teacher, kay daniels, recalls what it was like trying to explain to a class of seven-year-olds what exactly had happened during the emotion of the moment. listen to her: >> that was tough. that was really tough. because that's how i found out what had happened. it took me a moment to absorb it and to grieve a little and i had to do it really quickly because i had to get back over to the kids >> reporter: now, even though president bush had to cut his visit short here at booker elementary, it still made a lasting impression on the students. the students who were selected to read to him

martha. martha: let's go overseas now to this story, an american shot dead in another high profile attack at the u.s. embassy compound in kabul. officials say that an afghan employee opened fire last night in a building that is used by the cia. steve centanni is live in our d.c. bureau with the very latest on this. what do we know this morning? >> >> reporter: hi martha. details are sketchy because the cia doesn't want to acknowledge it happened at their kabul station but from all indications, that's exactly the case. one u.s. official speaking with fox news did not deny that is where the shooting tack operation but would not confirm either that the person shot to death is a cia officer. here's what happened. an afghan, working in the office, opened fire, and this shooter, someone not authorized to carry a gun, was then killed. one other american was injured, and was taken to a local hospital. the embassy then resumed operations. martha. martha: there's been a lot of talk about the haqqani ne

martha. were several key moments, including testy exchanges over social security and of course, jobs and the economy. i watched the clock, the first 15-20 minutes of that debate was devoted to jobs and the economy. we saw texas governor rick perry coming out swinging against mitt romney, attacking his record of creating jobs when he was governor of massachusetts, and romney fired right back. take a listen to this exchange that took place early on in the debate: >> i know back and forth, michael dukakis created jobs three times faster than you did, myth. -- mitt. >> as a matter of fact, george bush and his predecessor created jobs at a faster rate than you did, governor! >> [laughter] >> governor romney left the private sector, he did a great job of creating jobs in the private sector around the world, but the fact is, when he moved that experience to government, he had one of the lowest job creation rates in the country. >> reporter: those were just a few of the dustups between mitt romney an

martha? martha, i beg to differ. martha: we do. >> pensions -- well, i know, we could differ, we probably should kick around facts rather than, you know, he said, she said. at the end of the day, we have to make sure that we don't continue to deepen our problems by laying off more teachers, firefighters and police officers. we have to make sure we put construction workers back to work like the american jobs plan would do, by investing in the infrastructure we need, and we have to make sure this is paid for by folks who are not paying their fair share now. march okay. >> making sure the wealthy and most fortunate step up to the plate. that's how we're going to get is done. martha: i don't want to belabor this but if you talk to the governors in california and new jersey, you will clear that clearly -- hear that clearly the pension systems have cracked on the states and both states have taken dramatic action toss cure that problem. but you brought up the issue of how it's going -- going to be paid for and people look a

how you doing martha is that. >> martha: how you doing bill? good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. this is explosive, actually. congressional sources telling fox news that during a classified briefing, air force commander general william shelton said he was pressured before that testimony to kind of change the way that he was going to talk about this whole company and ram tpeubgtss of this wireless deal. bill: as you can imagine there are questions and the questions, who was applying the pressure. so far the general is not saying. republicans are asking whether or not the white house is exerting influence to try to get this project through. more on that now, molly henneberg leading our coverage in washington. good morning, molly. >> reporter: hi bill. bill: what was he being pressured to say? >> >> reporter: hi, bill and martha, that, and by whom. that is what the house armed services commit see trying to find out if -- and if it was meant to help out trying to build that network, a staffer confirms to fox that four star air force gene

martha. martha: and that's insult to injury at this stage, and all the businesses that are closed in that area, losing money, of course, and folks who can't go to work because of all of this. it's a very tough situation. david lee miller, we thank you very much, from paterson, new jersey. >>> a quick snapshot of what folks in new jersey are dealing with, tens of thousands not allowed to return home, major roadways in the state are still closed and this flooding is said to be the worst since the great flood of 1903. bill: that is remarkable and historic for all the wrong reasons, huh? >>> busy thursday already, some of the stories we're watching now, you heard about them, but much more ahead, including the president, the speaker -- the president, the speaker of the house, did the president blink? good politics or more to it? we've got a terrific panel on that in moments. martha: should you be allowed to smoke a cigarette in your own car? which state now says huh-uh? no lighting up in your own

martha. i think you're right about that. and so the rest of the country will just have to wait because new york has to keep donald trump doing what he's doing for now, new jersey gets to keep chris christie and doing what he's doing for now and we need to keep you guys around. >> you have a great show. martha: thank you, take care, donald. bill: this is a rite of passage, you have to come to new york, get a pastrami sandwich. >> or a piece of pizza! bill: and his reaction, after he meets them is taken to heart and you can tell when they talk to him. martha: i think people see him as a guy who speaks his mine and they like that and that's a huge attraction to chris christie as well. i think that's why you have people from georgia saying they want him to run because he speaks his mind, it'sie freshing, he doesn't exactly answer every single question the way you think he's going to answer it. sometimes these people say things that are just true and from their gut and that's what people respond t

martha? >> martha: good morning. isn't that funny? he's probably going, was there someone else out there, was there a guy out there with me? good morning, i'm martha maccallum. the gloves are definitely off not only between shaq and brian but with the gop hopefuls, they drew the battle line between perry last night, key issues, jobs, taxes, a very hot back and forth on social security as well. watch this. >> congressman, you're from texas, does your governor deserve all that cred snit. >> not quite. i'm a taxpayer there. my taxes have gone up. our taxes have doubled since he's been in office, our spending has gone up, our debt has gone up nearly triple, so no, and 170,000 jobs were government jobs. so i would put a little damper on this, but i don't want to offend the governor because he might raise my taxes or something! >> we have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat out wrong. that should never be done. >> but th

i'm martha maccallum.ll hemmer, a massachusetts man, with a bachelor's degree from northwestern university said to be radicalized by watching jihad videos online. martha: prosecutors say he was convinced that america was evil. >> kept getting into troubles and that kind of stuff, more or less juvenile kind of things. i thought it was pranks and vandalism stuff, like what i heard, but nothing like this. >> it's shocking, it's certainly unusual, nothing you'd expect here but that's the scary part because you don't know where these things pop up. they're advise -- sruzry unprickeddable. martha: jennifer grif ip, live, do the feds think he was capable of causing serious damage? >> reporter: the federal authorities i've spoken to think he was a danger but didn't pose a threat to the public. they say the explosives they provided to the alleged attacker, that they always hold them on suspicion. fardu was arrested, had traveled in may to washington to take photographic surveillance of the pentagon and capitol. he

martha: i'm martha maccallum. the associated press says the president's plan is weighed down in $130 million in new government fees that will hit pretty much every american. the fees will affect air travelers, federal workers, military retirees, welfare beneficiaries and people take out newport gauges. bill: the white house says these are not taxes, they are savings. >> reporter: all they want is four money, a tax, a fee, doesn't matter. they want your money. the millionaires tax, the buffet rule. that captured all the attention yesterday. now we are getting the details on the plan and we see these fees. almost everybody will see their fees they pay for various services go up. the list includes airline passengers, federal workers, military retirees, corporate jet owners, industrial fees. they are all going up. you have already seen this at state level. now it's come together federal level. they want your money. bill: if you put that out over 10 years, would that make a difference in cutting into our huge deficit?

martha? a new poll shows that americans are not optimistic about getting rich any time soon, the associated press survey shows two in ten believes they'll ever reach millionaire status in the next ten years, 61 percent say it is extremely or very difficult to reach that threshold in the country, 29 percent think it is modetely difficult. start saving! we all are. martha: and anger at the ultra rich is inspiring demonstrations on wall street. hundreds gathering in downtown manhattan to protest what they call a culture of greed, occupiing -- occupying the streets near the world famous financial district, here, city police spending much of the weekend secure thank area so that people can get in and out of their jobs this morning. the most militant protestors, tweeting online that they plan to occupy their space on wall street for, quote, as long as it takes to make their point. so this is many individuals, those that don't make a million dollars a year, can get back to work today. >>> there is n

martha: we'll see.he controversy has done one more thing, put a lot more focus on the speech and he'll be in front of all of you and everybody will be watching across the nation, before the football game, apparent and we'll see where it goes and, zero jobs added in august, got a lot of attention this morning, congresswoman blackburn, thank you. >> yes, it has. bill: packers, saints, you like green bay or new orleans. martha: i'll take new orleans in that game. bill: i'll take green bay, for a coffee. serious warning for beach-goers. now there is a swimmer missing, and dangerous high waves and rip currents hit the beaches right on labor day weekend. martha: and remembering september 11th as the nation prepares to mark ten years since the attacks that changed our country forever. >> as we approach this, you really feel it, deep inside and you come close to them and see the individual names of people who died on that day and you see, literally, hundreds and hundreds of names, surrounding each pool. ♪ okay,

martha. martha: how about this? we showed you this video yesterday, they made a life or death decision to save one man, without worrying their own safety. this whole group of people who got together. a person, underneath that burning car. the incredible effort to rescue him, and now we're hearing the emergency calls for all of this. listen to this: >> okay, i think i'm going to back up. the motorcycle was spitting out fire, and i don't know if it's going to explode or not. are you still there? >> martha: more of those dramatic 911 calls, and we will hear from one of those heros who just would not stand by and watch. we'll be right back. bill: we are now hearing from the dramatic response from police while a group ofby stander necessary oudz pulled a man from underath a burning car. listen here: >> there was an accident in between a four door sedan and motorcycle. >> is anybody hurt? >> yeah, one guy -- i can't see on the other side but i think the motorcycle rider is down. >> the motorcyclist? >> yes. >> okay. the m

martha. martha: you know, do they think there's any other option for any kind of appellate this point? >> reporter: well, i spoke with a representative from the board, the pardons board this morning and he said at this point, that board has made their decision, and now we just heard from the georgia department of corrects and they -- and they say that poly graph test which the attorney said was their last hope has since been rejected so right now he is scheduled, this is his fourth execution schedule. he was granted three over the past four years, this is the fourth that will take place at 7:00 p.m. this evening. martha: a long road in this case, elizabeth. thank you very much. bill: in a moment, president obama will say he inherited the economy from president bush. do americans agree with that? there's a new poll that shows the opinions on that matter might be changing. we'll fill you in on that. martha: will she or won't she get into this political race for president? new polls on how sarah

martha?ue to listen to the names being read this morning and watch these incredible images of the family members flooding in, to surround the area where these waterfalls are, and where they are seeing the name, etched, of their loved ones for the first time, it is really quite something to watch these families, as they surround this very special place, and, some of the most incredible pictures that the nation watched on september 11th, came from our own rick leventhal and his crew. because they were there, as it unfolded in the middle of it all, covered in soot, he captured the terror as thousands of people were running for their lives. rick leventhal is back at ground zero, this morning. on this very special and important day for our nation. good morning, rick. what goes through your mind on this incredible day? >> rick: it is tough to narrow it down, martha. we are on the tenth floor balcony of the world financial center across west side highway from the the world trade center site and we c

martha jenna: here it how it all went down. the president announcing sed he will outline his jobs plan on september 7th, that is the same date as the next gop presidential debate and this is the date when this is not going to happen. wendell goler has how the world turns in washingto washington, d.c. what is the latest? >> reporter: it's the first time in history a president has been denied a request to address a joint session of congress. press secretary jay carney shrugs it off, he says thursday will work and the president promises it will be done before the kickoff season opener on thursday. this comes weeks after the country almost defaulted for the first time in history. press secretary carney says that shows the partisanship have gone too far. >> americans are sick and tired of the partisan bickering, the gridlock. what we saw over the summer, gridlock and partisan bickering is not new. what we saw over the summer is instead of being annoying it can be harmful and dangerous to the economy, to the livelihood of americans.

now let's look at the world through martha's eyes. she finds herself in a vibrant, charismatic city. we always think of that world, i certainly did, as drab, black and white, shaded in grays merely because that is the kind of imagery we come across. we see black and white photographs. we see news reels. there are some color images that have surfaced but for the most part seems like a black and white world. seems like there wasn't a bright sunny day in germany until 1965 when kodachrome became the film of choice. she saw something very different than the black and white world. she saw color everywhere. trams, brightly-colored trams which ran on all the main streets just as perfect as toys. every balcony had a box of red geraniums or seemed to at least. at christmas the city went wild. there were christmas lights everywhere. christmas trees of every square. christmas trees on every street corner. so much so dodd was moved to write, you would almost think the nazis believed in jesus. there were glorious cafes sat hundreds of people at a

martha: that was good.esident tries firing up his base in california, the gop rifles ar gopriva rivals are trying to get the top spot. >> reporter: herman cain got more votes than mitt romney and rick perry behind. perry and romney were in a close third. some are calling this a fluke. of course not cane he says it's time that people stop viewing this as a two-man race. >> in florida these were delegates making the call. they were making the call based upon who they saw as the person with the most substance in their message. that's why i believe that i'm resonating, and the establishment and awful these other people, sooner or later they'll have to get out of denial and recognize that my message is what is resonating with the people who are going to actually cast the votes. >> reporter: today the perry campaign is on the attack put out a new web video pointing out romney's position on health insurance mandates and how romney changed the wording on that issue between the time that his book came out in hard co

then associated press national writer martha mendoza reports writer martha mendoza reports on the

he was at martha's vineyard. >> why wasn't hea given it in six months?isn't pearl harbor or time sensitive. wednesday, thursday? the economy is going to suck either night. >> sean: not a day that will live in infamy. >> he thought he was going to pull a slick move. john boehner said sorry. this is what we're going to do. now, he looks silly. >> have you to respect the office. he should have granted the request. there are going to be 40 republican debates he says yes. but this is not the appropriate date for it. that is not disrespect. >> sean: if so important he didn't have to go toxs martha's vineyard. >> congress was out of session. what is he going to do? speak to one person? so he can't make account.ments? challenging the authority of the presidency? we don't want a weak president. >> we have one. >> other thing is that you've got two -- two. >> boehner needs to have respect for the office. >> two sitting members of congress goring to participate f the speech is so damn important doesn't the president want every member of congress sitting there? he k

i wouldn't want to read only about martha. i'm not sure i could sustain an entire book but to get to the capture something much bigger i think and they provide divergent windows on the whole period and with actually undergoing a very satisfying transformation in the course of that first year of theirs in berlin which is when most of the action in the book takes place in the summer of 33 to summer of 34 when something quite terrific occurs that the united states and the world should have paid more attention to but failed to do so. so i realize the story is really shed light if you are looking for a more fundamental reason for doing this story to shed light why it took so long to recognize the injured and why appeasement became the first half of dealing with these people. some of the things the surprise me, and this may not come as a surprise to certain people in the room but to me it was a shock. the extent and intensity of anti-semitism in the united states and also the upper ranks of the state department itself into the lower

>> martha rad dad reporting from afghanistan on how they tracked him down. but a question. could this mark the beginning of the end for al qaeda? abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross has been tracking awlaki for years and tells us what his death means. >> reporter: man who u.s. officials said posed the greatest threat to america was a true 21st century terrorist. harnessing the power of the internet, youtube, facebook and twitter for his soft-spoken calls to muslims to attack america. >> we are against evil. and america has a whole has turned into a nation of evil. >> reporter: born in the united states, in new mexico in 1971, anwar al awlaki went to college in colorado, before heading up mosques in san diego and virginia. he was considered a moderate, asked to help the u.s. government reach out to muslims, but all that changed just a few months after the 9/11 attacks. >> we're now feeling that things are changing and that the authorities are really putting the whole muslim community under siege. >> reporter: by 2004, he had moved to yemen and begun to inspire

things are just a little different for the anointed one now that he's not on martha's vineyard. it started when the president a letter to speak boehner to ask that the join session be held next wednesday night. that happens to be the same night of the next republican presidential debate. let not your heart be troubled. today the white house press secretary generously announced that he wouldn't mind if the republicans rescheduled their debate, which has been on the books for months. the debate organizers have dismissed mr. carney's suggestion that brings us to speaker boehner who in light of the pending gop debate and other legislative concerns, has asked that the speech take place thursday instead. we'll get ann coulter's reaction, straight ahead. >> it was high noon deep in the heart of texas yesterday. the two republican presidential front runners collided for a brief moment. the showdown took place at the veterans foreign affairs national convention in san antonio. massachusetts governor romney showed he was not afraid of taking a shot at the texas governor perry. let's take

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martha, did you want to respond? guest: what everybody has been saying and what president bush said, even, the day of the 9/11 attacks, the muslim is not being a terrorist. that is what we were able to show. he was mentioning things to look back on the web. we have posted all of our documents that we received back fromgovernments fro, australia, italy, south africa, where we did ask for proof of who had been arrested and how many. we opened our notebooks and put a far spreadsheets so people could see where we came up with this -- put up our spreadsheets so people could see where we came up with this. host: the fbi also has a list of most dangerous terrorists. how does the fbi classified a terrorist? guest: and the fbi says it needs to be a person who commits acts of violence against a civilian population in the name of a political motivation or an ideology. there's a lot of controversy between countries of who is on their list of terrorists. some countries less certain groups, others will list different groups. there

martha gómez de guerrero/esposa 7:32:00 para mi es importante ahorrar para mi jubilación por eso estoya juntar mi dinero, para que mis hijos más tarde no tengan una carga con nosotros.. la pareja tiene 5 hijos aunque solo una hija todava depende de ellos.. pero en estos tiempos de colegiaturas y jubilaciones sumamente costosas cual debera ser su prioridad.. s.o.t. xiomara vielman/asesora financiera 1:58:00 deberian de tener una cuenta especificamente para retiro y otra cuenta separada para ahorrar para sus hijos especialmente para la universidad.. xiomara vielman es una asesora financiera certificada.. ella reconoce que lo ideal no siempre se hace realidad y que a veces hay que escoger entre uno o lo otro.. s.o.t. 4:05:00 es más importante ahorrar para la jubilación porque no le puede pedir prestamos a un banco para su retiro, no le puede pedir dinero gratis para su retiro, pero todo eso es posible con lo que se dice 'financial aid,' ayuda financiera especificamente para la universidad.. asesores agregan que no se debe utilizar ahorros de jubilacin para gastos universitarios de los hij

bette davis was 52, as was martha, and james mason had always been 46, you know, so... [laughter] so it was--it was good. and so i said okay, knowing at the time that when you sell the rights of a play to be made into a movie, you lose absolute control over it-- understanding that. if you write a play, you have absolute control over what is done to your play onstage. they can't change a word without your permission. but you take a chance when you sell a movie. but that whole combination struck me as being pretty good. but then there's a thing called movie magic, and bette davis and james mason turned into elizabeth taylor and richard burton. and oddly enough, mike nichols stayed mike nichols, and...but i sort of trusted mike. i didn't think he was going to allow them to really screw it up. and what happened, finally, by some great fortune: there was no screenplay. i mean, there's this guy, ernest lehman, who is credited with the screenplay. but then again, he produced the movie too. but i think he changed two sentences of my entire script and maybe cut about five minute

abc's martha raddatz has more, now, on how u.s. intelligence hunted him down in yemen. martha?was able to take out al awlaki in some sort of air strike hours ago. they had been tracking the terrorist for months. they knew he had been living in a particular compound. they had been watching that compound. there was discussion whether to use cruise missiles or a drone strike. it's not certain in the end what they did use. although the yemenis say it was a drone strike. there was a near miss in may, when al awlaki got away. three missiles were fired at him. but he was able to drive away in a convoy. u.s. officials say he had not been in a convoy since. he has been sitting in that compound. josh? >> thank you, martha. >>> meanwhile, al awlaki's death is seen as important if not more important than the killing of osama bin laden. pierre thomas joins us live to explain why. pierre? >> reporter: josh, u.s. officials say you can't overstate the importance of al awlaki's killing. even before osama bin laden was killed last may, al awlaki was described to me by the highest levels of gover

he never took communion which martha did regularly. very significantly, he did not call for a minister on his death bed which, again, martha did. i had the feeling that washington was deeply religious. there is not a battle in the revolutionary war that washington does not, you know, claim that divine providence had been looking out for the country, and is o his pay -- so his papers are saturated with references to a providence that is closely following american events and seem to be watching over the fortunes of the country. but it's very hard from a kind of denominational, a theological point of view to pin down with precision exactly what his religious views were. >> thank you. >> in alexander hamilton you went to an extent with the marquee delafayette's relationship with mr. hamilton. how did washington take the french outlook and help in the war to the extent there was any, and how did, how did he accept foreign support during the revolution -- >> how did he accept foreign support, you know, with difficulty. all these french offic

so martha, people in the terrorism field know that martha has done so much, contributed so much to thisfield. i could go on for an hour about her many accomplishments but i'll just say that she is a very treasured member of s.t.a.r.t. as is entire panel. and martha is also a member of the world economic forum network of global agenda councils for 2010-2011. she edited the consequences of counterterrorism, a recent book of hers, 2010. and explaining terrorism which is a collection of martha's published work since 1972 was published by this year. welcome, martha. next going to look at dr. steven wine, who is a psychiatrist, researcher, writer, teacher clinician in the department of psychiatry at university of illinois at chicago. his scholarly work focuses on the personal familial, social, cultural and historical dimensions of trauma and migration. his books include when history is a nightmare. the memories of ethnic cleansing in bosnia and testimony and catastrophe, traumas of political violence. steven has a lot of experience with actually engaging one-on-one in addressing angela king's

abc's martha raddatz with more. >> reporter: the attacks have been spectacularly bold. >> rpg, get down! >> reporter: machine gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades raining down on the u.s. embassy in kabul, resulting in a day-long battle. and the truck bombing of a u.s. base that left 77 soldiers wounded and five people dead. these are the attacks that the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, mike mullen, today blamed directly on the pakistani government, accusing its spy agency, the isi, of helping the terrorist group, known as the haqqani network, every step of the way. >> with isi support, haqqani operatives planned and conducted that truck bomb attack as well as the assault on our embassy. >> reporter: never before has an american official so publicly linked the government of pakistan to attacks on the u.s. a sickening accusation, given that the u.s. has been giving pakistan more than $2 billion a year, money to fight terrorism, not support it. the white house says it will not discuss any options that are now being considered, but if this is the opening round in a war of words, m

>> all right, martha raddatz, with us tonight. thank you so much. bring in abc's christiane amanpour, the host of "this week." and christiane, so moved this morning by the headlines you recalled around the world on 9/11. >> reporter: you know, the one ray of sunshine out of 9/11 was that instant global solidarity, that famous french headline from "le monde" saying, "we arerell americans today." that feeling was ripped asunder by the division over iraq, but now, ten years later, in the arab part of the world, this arab uprising, this arab spring, which is a direct repudiation of osama bin laden, everything he stood for and a direct desire for democracy and freedom and a progressive relationship with the rest of the world. >> and you and i saw it in tahrir square in egypt, the dominos falling and many people telling us they want a new relationship with america. >> a relationship based on mutual respect and dignity and one that, now, really, american foreign policy will have to take into account the arab street and maybe now it will be more friendly, b

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martha, did you want to respond? guest: what everybody has been saying and what president bush said, even, the day of the 9/11 attacks, the muslim is not being a terrorist. that is what we were able to show. he was mentioning things to look back on the web. we have posted all of our documents that we received back fromgovernments fro, australia, italy, south africa, where we did ask for proof of who had been arrested and how many. we opened our notebooks and put a far spreadsheets so people could see where we came up with this -- put up our spreadsheets so people could see where we came up with this. host: the fbi also has a list of most dangerous terrorists. how does the fbi classified a terrorist? guest: and the fbi says it needs to be a person who commits acts of violence against a civilian population in the name of a political motivation or an ideology. there's a lot of controversy between countries of who is on their list of terrorists. some countries less certain groups, others will list different groups. there

in fact, martha was a year older than george.so when george washington frees all his slaves, he knows he's not leaving martha, you know, for years and years and years to live without slaves. but madison would know that, and i'm sure that's a reason he didn't. his hope was a fantastic one. it was liberia. he was president of the american colonization at the end of his life. liberia was a project to take freed slave and ship them to africa. and there was a lot of idealism behind it. abolitionists came to criticize it very early because they thought it was way of dodging the issue, it's also a way, possibly, of keeping the price of slaves up andal getting free slaves -- and also getting free slaves out of the country. you know, we take them all to africa, and we won't have to deal with this anomaly of having free slaves among us. so it was controversial. what wasn't controversial was it wasn't working very well. um, an english lady, a young english writer named harriet visited madison at the end of his life, a year before he died, a

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> congratulations, general, and thank you for your service.t's all for us tonight. as you know, we're always reporting on abcnews.com. and don't forget to watch "nightline" later. i'll see you tomorrow on "gma." have a good night. >>> half a billion dollars of tax money down the drain. wiped out for an east bay solar company. >> three women testified they were assaulted on dates made through craig's list. the defense claims it has tapes that will prove they're lying. >> a leader is chosen to confront issues facing bart. shootings and shut downs are not the only problem autos overgrown weeds turning streets into a dangerous ride. you said in this story. we help you fix it. >>> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and an unexpect add announcement today from a bay area company that seemed to represent the future of green technology. >> it did. solyndra was a green tech poster child, attracting politicians and government investments. tonight, it's out of business. it hosted the president last year, and is

so welcome, martha.look at doctor steven weine is a psychiatrist, researcher, writer, teacher in the department of psychiatry at the university of illinois and chicago. his work focuses on the personal social cultural and historic dimensions of migration. and his books include when history is a nightmare, the lives and memories. as well as testimony and catastrophe. stephen has a lot of experience with engaging one on one in addressing, stephen has a lot of experience indian with one on one. last but by no means least, the speaker is dr. fran norris to the committee psychologist and a research professor in the department of psychiatry at dartmouth medical school. she's also a fairly with the department of veterans affairs national ptsd, post traumatic stress disorder, and is also the director of the national center for disaster mental health research. fran is a former deputy editor of the journal of traumatic stress and his present editor of the ptsd. she received the robert s. award for outstanding cont

just say something very brief about martha crenshaw who is going to moderate this last panel. she's also professor of political science at stanford university and i'm proud of the fact that she is a founding member and senior researcher for the start center. so i'll turn it over to martha to introduce our last panel. >> thank you in advance to all of our panelists. the way we're going to do this is i'm going to introduce everybody very briefly. then i'm going to pose a set of questions to the panelists which will all have a chance to answer. then we'll open it up for some questions from the audience. then i'll have a closing question for the panelists so that we hope that this will be conversational discussion format, very informal. and to give you the full benefit of the people who actually have had experience we talked this morning about radicalization, we talked about deradicalization. i think almost everybody who spoke to you is a scholar who stands outside this process. what we're bringing to you now is people who have been within this process who have both joined and lef