religiously dominated society in which men obeid allah and women obeid men and allah is distance andmen are at hand. it is probably less strange to me as it is for most visitors because of my own background. like matthew from a little town in alabama i am from texas, 92 people for churches, one blinking stoplight and no movie theaters. religion is what people did. everyone went to church and my father cahan was more conservative than the average person in the town. we were not permitted to wear pants, shorts, no alcohol, no dancing, no musical instruments in our church of christ. so is not some of ways i was quiet home in saudi arabia. i devoted my time to try to figure this country out because it is the one arab country street -- and truly strategic not because it is only the largest exporter of oil that sustains for western rail of life, but because i'm convinced will be critical with the ultimate resolution of islam that is going on between radical jihad is and more modernizing and that goes on inside saudi arabia. to understand the society it is like someone coming here to write

and allah is distant, and men are at hand. it is probably less strange to me than it is to most visitors because of my own background. like matthew here who is from a little town in alabama, i'm from a little town in texas, 900 people with four churches, one blinking stoplight and no movie theaters. so religion was what people did. everyone went to church, and my father was far more conservative than the average person in the town. we were not permitted to wear pants, shorts, no alcohol, no dancing, no musical instruments in our church of christ. in lots of ways i was quiet at home in saudi arabia. [laughter] i devoted my time to trying to figure this country out precisely because i think it is the one arab country that is truly strategic. not only because it is the world's largest exporter of oil, which sustains the western way of life, but because saudi arabia, i am convinced, will be critical in the ultimate resolution of what is the proper islam which is going on now between the radicals, jihadists if you will, and the mor

. >> there were these terrible screams, somebody shouting allah, allah. it wasn't religious ecstasy. these were screams of pain and terror. cenk: it's not just the journalists, u.s. troops witnessed it. the 69th armored soldier said: cenk: all right now let me bring in one of the reporters from the guardian who worked on this piece now a journalist for the center for investigative reporting. great to have you with us on "the young turks." >> hey cenk, how are you? cenk: good, james steel was involved with the contras and right wingers including rumsfeld think he is a hero. why do they think that and what does he actually do? >> this man has had a fascinating career. we looked at where he started his military career. he started with a recon unit in vietnam. from there he quickly excelled and was deployed in el salvador as head of the military group commander, in charge of all the counter insurgency units that we went in and helped train in el salvador during their civil war there, wimp as we know now was incredibly bloody. you'll see in the documentary tha

. >> stubborn fire burning in allah made, and our news reporter is live on the scene and joins us withhe latest on how the firefighters are doing. >> as you can see as i step out of the way in downtown allah made, this is still smoke and fire in the roof so about 30 alameda firefighters are trying to put out the fire and make sure it is not hiding and make sure that the smoke stops coming from the roof. we will get you to the video of the fire that broke out, and they think in the third story of this three-story building here on park and san jose, above a business, it appears the fire broke out early this morning and no injuries, no word on the cause yet, but residents in the building and neighboring buildings were awoken in the middle of the night with firefighters breaking down the doors and saying "get out i it appears the fire was worse at first and they got it under control quickly. i want to bring in lori who joins the we building -- the first floor of the building. >> we got a call at 4 a.m. saying our alarm went off and it was a walk through according to the dispatcher with a f

brothers need to understand and what we need to explain to them as they will be accountable before allah for doing these things, for damaging the image of islam, and for misrepresenting. >> of billy lives in cologne. his name used to be marvin. -- abdullah lives in cologne. he regards the arab rebellion is just the beginning. he converted in may 2009 while he was talking on the telephone with a salafist cleric. the 21-year-old says germans are wrong to equate salafism with danger. >> i tried to follow the profit and his companions, and i do not call myself a salafist. i just try my best to maintain strict face with my doctrine. i am is perfectly normal muslim. >> shortly after our interview, he traveled to egypt, following militant internet propaganda. >> [inaudible] >> i would not go blow myself up at a train station in europe and kill thousands of innocent people. these people have nothing to do with it. but of course, i hope that god removes this coward is from my heart and that i will be a man and help my brothers and sisters who are oppressed and under attack. >> the islamist strugg

city even the mosques are under military protection the internet in killing goes on in the name of allah. a leave muscle with no regrets. this road fraught with danger can also hold certain surprises and. stops to help a friend even in iraq one can run alphabet. arius we have the world's second biggest oil reserves and we're short of petrol and gas. were reduced to filling up on the black market at exorbitant prices. common sense would suggest that petrol was available in quantity and free perhaps not free but not too expensive anyway and what john. as soon as we arrived on the outskirts of tikrit saddam hussein's former stronghold where arrested by the police i have the feeling we were expected. after a few hours of questioning were put under house arrest in a hotel and forbidden from going out. and the situation eases the following afternoon when we're granted two hours of freedom but we're still under close surveillance. the next man who joins us in the taxi is in mourning his name's feel he's a journalist and he lost his best friends just two days ago. but god will save iraq . sorry.

the holy cross of zero one one by a promise he had to be given the name corben because he's a boy allah gave him the name do you think ally would be angry for call him call us anyway we call him put upon but others don't we can't do anything about it. this is how you do it no no like this. for the first time in his life doesn't feel ashamed of his roots he's happy to be cooled by his true name. on. there are many children around here they're all good natured i wish you'd stay here for good although you understand sometimes what we say to him because he responds although he answers in russian you can also speak our language. the twins mother is arriving late took some account. the flight from moscow was delayed the children a shy because they haven't seen their mother for such a long time. what's the matter to your mother they're shy in front of their own mother. they probably resent me because i've been away for such a long time they were just little kids when they left. this is an unusual morning for. one she's preparing breakfast for her own children in her own flat her mother both th

according to a constitution allah professor, margaret russell, this may be why more californians are opposing prop 8. marriage isn't simply about procreating anymore. >> what if you have a 55-year-old who want procreate they can marry if they are of different genders, right? >> they think the justices will decide not to rule on prop 8 at all which means the last local court decision would stand. >> and that would mean that proposition 8 is unconstitutional, but it would be a decision limited only to california. >> and the justices should render their decisions in june. live in santa clara county tonight, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> lisa, thank you. the justices should render their decision in june. and again, you are now looking at a symbol in support of same-sex marriage. the supporters #r* changing their profile picture to the red and pink colored equal sign logo from the human rights campaign. it is an organization in support of gay marriage. as carolyn tyler mentioned, she will be back at the u.s. supreme court tomorrow as the justices consider the defense of marriage act.

"killing jews is worship that draws us closer to allah," reads one. >> the purpose of our campaign is to show the reality of jihad, the root causes of terrorism, using the exact quotes and text they use. >> reporter: the group put up similar billboards last year. they compared israel's enemies as savages. >> san francisco won't tolerate islamic bigotry. >> the only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to look the other way and do nothing. >> when somebody like -- attacks our religion, they attack us. >> i am only using high-profile muslims in their own words. how does that paint every muslim with the same brush? i don't understand that. >> reporter: is it hate speech or free speech? doesn't seem to matter much to muni. >> can i swear on a bus ad? >> depends what you're saying. >> reporter: in this case, muni felt obligated to run the ads because in similar cases, the court ruled that the first amendment applies to such ads. but they decided not to make any revenue on them. >> we're transferring it to the human rights commission to help encourage tolerance. >> reporte

set to debut in san francisco like the one that says killing jews is worship that draws us close to allah homosexuality is ugly. the ads are being posted on buses around san francisco. ten of them have gone up. the woman behind them and her group, american freedom defense initiative. thank you for being with us here this morning. a lot of controversy about the ads. tell us why you want them up and what is the point? >> well, these ads are a response to a deceptive and fallacious ad campaign being run by the phus hrupl brotherhood group saying jihad is about getting to the gym every day, and our ads are to show the reality of jihad, and it's high profile quotes to increase awareness about the ideology that sanctions the violence and supremism of jihad. >> you are being accused of this being anti-muslim, though. what is your reaction to that criticism? >> well, it's deeply offensive to muslims because the implication is that all muslims support jihad and we know that's not true. but we don't have to pat on the back every muslim that doesn't want to kill us. we expect that. that's our bar. i

according to a constitution allah professor, margaret russell, this may be why more californians are opposing prop 8. marriage isn't simply about procreating anymore. >> what if you have a 55-year-old who want procreate they can marry if they are of different genders, right? >> they think the justices will decide not to rule on prop 8 at all which means the last local court decision would stand. >> and that would mean that proposition 8 is unconstitutional, but it would be a decision limited only to california. >> and the justices should render their in in june. live in santa clara county tonight, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> lisa, thank you. the justices should render their decision in june. and again, you are now looking at a symbol in support of same-sex marriage. the supporters #r* changing their profile picture to the red and pink colored equal sign logo from the human rights campaign. it is an organization in support of gay marriage. as carolyn tyler mentioned, she will be back at the u.s. supreme court tomorrow as the justices consider the defense of marriage act. she wil

according to a constitution allah professor, margaret russell, this may be why more californians arepposing prop 8. marriage isn't simply about procreating anymore. >> what if you have a 55-year-old who want procreate they can marry if they are of different genders, right? >> they think the justices will decide not to rule on prop 8 at all which means the last local court decision would stand. >> and that would mean that proposition 8 is unconstitutional, but it would be a decision limited only to california. >> and the justices should render their decisions in june. live in santa clara county tonight, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> lisa, thank you. the justices should render their decision in june. and again, you are now looking at a symbol in support of same-sex marriage. the supporters #r* changing their profile picture to the red and pink colored equal sign logo from the human rights campaign. it is an organization in support of gay marriage. as carolyn tyler mentioned, she will be back at the u.s. supreme court tomorrow as the justices consider the defense of marriage act. sh

. >> god, buddha, allah, baby jesus, gardian angel, somebody.as watching out for me. >> no question. so great to see tanner the boy scout all these years later. "nightline" coming your way later tonight. for diane sawyer and all of us here, thank you for watching. i'll see you right here >>> a homeland security agent in the bay area faces child pornography charges. inside information on the arrest. >> a standoff on the shore line, surfers and a former congressman risk trespassing charges in demanding access to a beach. >> we're live tonight at the nation's largest community college. the school that is fighting for survival with a major deadline looming. >> and michael finney looks into why some water users are drowning in debt they haven't been bill forward months. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> a homeland security agent is facing child pornography charges. >> this investigation started in 2011 and ended last week with arrest of this man, gilbert lamb. vic lee is live tonight with the exclusive details of the arrest. vic? it was a lengthy i

. >> (translated): i finished compulsory military service in 2006, and by allah's grace went on to study economics at the university of aleppo. that was me until the revolution started. >> takbir. >> allahu akbar. >> takbir. >> allahu akbar. >> narrator: ghaith continued his journey into aleppo. abu bakri said god willing he'd see him on the front line in two days. >> we are being smuggled into aleppo by rebels and activists. we're taking a long route through side streets, through residential ighborhoods and through villages, anit's a very complicated process. we have scouts moving ahead of us. we crossed a couple of the streets, and then we started hearing the bullets, the shelling, the machine gun fire. (machine gun fire) (explosion) >> narrator: ghaith reached one of the first rebel positions in aleppo. government soldiers had advanced to a building close by. the rebels were preparing to counterattack. (gunfire) >> we are withdrawing now after the attack. they fired into the street, and after almost half an hour of shooting, now they're withdrawing. it just basically shows you how bra

allah was is that he heard her speak a couple of times. this plate dramatizes the moments that they meet. the guy was wonderful, he had a smoldering and eastern european accident rate he sounded a lot like dracula, but in a good way, if you know what i mean. [laughter] he said that i am goldman and i am in love with you. she said she didn't have time to be in love with him. it was cute, but my one misgiving. i thought the woman was to ladylike, too much of a wallflower. emma goldman, loud, rational, gung ho, inspired a guy to kill a president. maybe i am persuaded by the way the marines stapleton played goldman. our member stapleton, i remember him playing the character. he laughed too loud and smashed pottery and wears a blood red vest to symbolize that she is alive. wait, i lost my train of thought, where was i? [laughter] >> i believe dracula was in love with stapleton. oh, right, john hinckley seeing it in best interest, he sings a duet with jodie foster. i really believed him. he says baby, i'd die for you -- it's adorable. mr. connec

. >> the pentagon will spend 1 billion to add interceptors to an allah cass based missile defense systemere is problems with nuclear weapons and missiles. the transportation security administration says it is standing by to remove small knives inside a cabin next month. announcing also it will improve a new device making a better job protecting explosives. ar they will neville, is sounds like we need this after they missed a big bomb of two levels of security. >> it is called the quantum sniffer. it acts like a bomb sniffing dog. it has traces of xhem cal compounds. once detected it alerts screeners by taking a closer look. the makers say their product is more traditional methods. >> the steel shank in the shoe will be metal did ybut it doesn necessarily tell you it's an explosive. the advantage to explosive traces we are telling you exactly what it is that you have detected. >> it has been used in pirates across the country. it can also detect illegal drugs. >> i understand cargo ships on planes does not necessarily go through the same kind of screening process as people in their bags d

buses today to point out what some terrorists have said, killing jews is worship, draws us closer to allah. >> the purpose of our campaign is to show the reality of jihad of the root causes of terrorism using the exact quotes and the texas that they used. >> reporter: she is with the group that put up similar billboards here last year, these. they compared israel's enemies as savages. >> the san francisco won't tolerate islamic phobic bigotry. >> reporter: san francisco d.a. george gascon led a group of city leaders denouncing the ad. >> the only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to look the other way and do nothing. >> when somebody attacks our religious, they attack us. >> i'm using high-profile muslims and their own words. how does that paint every muslim with the same brush? i don't understand that. >> no more hate! no more hate! >> reporter: is it hate speech or free speech? doesn't seem to matter much to muni. can i swear on a bus ad? >> it depends on the issue, the ad, what you're saying. >> reporter: in this case, muni felt obligated to run the ads because in s

if you insult allah or muhammad, the prophet, the muslims, you know, you will be threatened with deathll right? and we certainly don't want that. now, we see the school districts saying easter bunny. now, we know that easter bunny is a secular symbol and it's just to bring pleasure to children so they can have some kind of fun, primarily religious ceremony for adults. this is insulting to christian believers, is it not? >> absolutely is and i think the reason, bill, people aren't standing up and fighting back. many christians think it's unchristian to stand up and fight for your rights. >> you have got to turn the other cheek? is that what it is. >> that is certainly true in personal offenses. i would remind pastors this past year the apostle paul spent two years fighting against the legal system to preserve his right to speak freely. we need to do the same thing as well. the other problem bill is is that a lot of christians have bought into this perverted idea of the first amendment. they don't understand the first amendment simply says congress can't establish a state religion. it ha

there are thousands of young muslims who desire martyrdom in the path of allah. >> warner: federal prosecutors say in 2002, abu ghaith left afghanistan for iran, where he's lived since. then, last month, he traveled to ankara, turkey, only to be detained and deported to kuwait. but during a stopover in amman, jordan, he was nabbed by u.s. authorities. and flown to new york to face charges in federal court. that move drew criticism from some republicans, who argued that terror suspects should be tried by military tribunals at guantanamo bay, cuba. senator lindsey graham, of south carolina: >> you're putting people like this into federal court, giving them the same constitutional rights as an american citizens. >> warner: similar objections in 2010 forced attorney general eric holder to back down from plans to try alleged 9-11 mastermind khaled sheik mohammed in new york. but today, a white house spokesman, josh earnest, defended going to civilian court. >> they are a... in many ways a more efficient way for us to deliver justice to those who seek to harm the united states of america and that is

there are thousands of young muslims who are desirous to follow the path of allah. >> not everyone ispy to see the suspect in a new york court. "outfront," cliff may, president of the foundation for the defense of democracies, and david frum, former speechwriter for president george w. bush. cliff, you want to see him at guantanamo. the justice department though put out this statement last night. the it said the president's policy is clear on this issue, the administration is seeking to close guantanamo, not add to its population. why can't justice be served in this case outside of guantanamo? >> well, a number of robeeasons. he's been read his rights, his right to remain silent. he is somebody we very much should have been able to interrogate thoroughly. he's been living in iran. al qaeda has an agreement with ir iran. al qaeda has what's called by the administration a facilitation network in iran. we needed to know from him exactly what are the relationships between al qaeda, our terrorist enemy, and iran, the leading sponsor of trim in the world. we may never find this out from him

. >> al allah can i, a u.s. citizen overseas working with the enemy. where are you on that?> that is a tough one. that is a real tough one. there's evidence that guy was actively involved in planning attacks against the united states. if that's the case what's the difference between sending in a s.e.a.l. team and sending in a drone? but if you apply that domestically what's the difference between sending in a s.w.a.t. team and sending in a drone instead if i'm a police commander. i don't want to send guys through the door -- >> no, i agree it's about lethal. i want to focus -- back to you cynthia. suppose some kid glows up in california, he thinks we're too pro-israeli. he decides to join the other side if you will. join al qaeda. so he ends up over there in some country like yemen and he's sitting around in a cafe basically hanging around trying to make contact with the enemy. is he a ripe target by our standards of justice in this country to be knocked off by our military, by drone or any other means? is it wrong to consort with the enemy? >> that's the question. you know,

because nidal hasan when he stormed in there yelled allah iraq bar and had talked in the past some ofd some of the other evidence that exist that he was a terrorist. by all accounts a terrorist. it has been labeled work place violence thus far. now the victims and the victims families have been pushing for these purple hearts. it doesn't look like it's going to happen because it could throw the whole trial into chaos. >> very disturbing when you have the defense department basically giving this kind of statement, let's read this right now. passage of this legislation could directly and indirectly influence court martial panel members, witnesses or the chain of command. all of which exercise a critical role under the uniformed code of military justice. defense counsel will argue that major hasan cannot receive a fair trial because of abrarge of government has indirectly declared that major hasan is a terrorist, that he is criminally culpable. well, if you have that, how do you move forward in getting the purple heart for these men and women who deserve it. >> it doesn't sound like they

. >> god, buddha, allah, baby jesus, guardian angel, somebody, somebody was watching out for me. >> reportere fine. not a single serious injury and no reason he says not to jump again, just as soon as he can. for "good morning america," neal karlinsky, abc news, seattle. >> someone was watching out for him. >> yes. >> wow. >> i agree. all except for the jump again. >> yeah, give it up. >> just let -- >> stop while you're ahead. >> happy friday, everybody. we'll start with a beautiful shot out of wabc. if you're visiting new york and not watching wabc, the power of the biggest city in america, then unplug the tv set. we say you're just wasting power. >> wow. >> wabc is the deal. >> you are -- >> i'm just saying, 25 is the windchill. it's a little chilly from the great lakes into new england. check out boston windchill at about 7, in the single digits. what, spring is next week? doesn't feel like it. atlanta, 38. some milder air does start to swing in. phoenix got about 95 degrees. that's a record. a record again today. some of that milder air will start to spread across the south just like th

killing jews is worship that draws us closer to allah.round san francisco. earlier i talked to a woman behind the ads and i asked the group american freedom defense initiative why. >> our ads were designed to show the reality of jihad using actual quotes from high profile muslims like the prime minister of turkey, the times square bomber, to increase awareness about the ideology that sanctions the violence of jihad. >> you are accused of this being anti-muslim. what's your reaction to that criticism? >> well, it's deeply offensive to muslims because the implication is that all muslim support jihad and we know that's not true. we don't have to pat on the back every muslim that doesn't want to kill us. we expect that. that's our bar. so i know from my own e-mail box that many muslims stand with us because they escaped jihady wars and there have been over 20,000 deadly islamic attacks since 2011 and they need to understand the ideology that inspires these acts of war. >> i want to bring in linda from the national network of arab american com

nine states and district of columbia allah same-sex marriage. six states allow civil unions. but 35 states or ma jo the still have a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. bill: i think it is fascinating when we get audio clips and justices and lawyers arguing. it bounces off the walls. you get a sense for the drama of the moment we'll have that later. we're just getting rolling here. anger on the rise in america. why more voters are just unhappy, flat-out unhappy after the election of november with their government today. we'll explain. alisyn: plus a vial containing a deadly virus goes missing. who is now involved in trying to track this down? bill: also growing outrage over what some view as a major government excess that is costing you, the taxpayer, a lot of money. >> you can't get your job done. you have a 124 properties out of 14,000 properties. this is one property that i don't care if it is republican or democrat administration, if this administration or previous administrations the job is not getting done. i you're suffering from constipation, miralax or metamucil