haven for terrorists, but critics are raising questions about his decision to target and kill an american citizen. let's bring in jessica yellin. >> hi, joe. we are told by national security officials that it is typical in an instance like this that the president after an administration wide review would give the order to capture or kill al-awlaki, but as you have made clear just now, the white house itself is staying mum on this subject. it's president obama's latest successful strike on a wanted al-qaeda terrorist. >> death of al-awlaki is a major blow to al-qaeda's most active operational affiliate. al-awlaki was the leader of extennell operations for al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula. >> but this time, it's different. al-awlaki was an american. this may be the first killing of an american target with no trial or indictment. >> the u.s. has done something i don't think it's done before. it has killed a citizen without any due process. this is about rule of law to keep us all safe. >> warren's organization sued to take al-awlaki off a hit list and lost. >> goes to the assumptions about is circu

american citizens. when someone, an american citizen or not, joins a terrorist organization and tries to kill americans, they're in a place we can't reach them to arrest them. i think under the laws of war, we can use lethal force as we did today. it's not a source of immunity having a u.s. passport. more than that, you join a militant organization. it would be different if we had arrested them and the administration sought to execute them. in these stateless areas and in this new warfare we're in against nation states, but against these organizational enemies, i think it is legal under the law of war. >> who is next? in many ways, it's like the domestic ten most wanted. who now does the u.s. have their sights set on in terms of priority? who do we most want? >> i think al awlaki and al zahari were the top two. al zawahiri because he was one of the pioneers of 9/11. al awlaki had the window into the western mind and the idea of recruiting and self-radicalizing people. those were our top two targets before today. and now

we have just learned that an american citizen linked to al qaeda has been killed. an official statement from the yemen defense ministry confirmed that anwar alawlaki is dead. this is the man who has radical liezed. >> reporter: he's seen as someone who can recruit far and wide. he's a yemeni citizen. he's been hiding there for several years. he's a popular figure in yemen. he's so popular that many people thought that after osama bin laden was killed that he might ascend the hierarchy of al qaeda and be the next leader. he's a charismatic figure. he's someone who is putting his statements on the internet. a different language than a previous generation of al qaeda leaders. able to bring more members into the fold. and just a few months ago, a few days after osama bin laden was killed, a drone strike targeted anwar al awlaki in yemen. u.s. officials at the time confirmed that. he narrowly escaped that attack. then he went back into hiding. he's been a target there for awhile now. the yemeni tried to get him last year. they gave him a guilty verdict. they could never

an important question. targeting american citizens anywhere is a very serious issue. ultimately an individual regardless of whether they are an american citizen or not takes up arms and is plotting terrorist attacks against the west it becomes an issue of self-defense. due process is very different because anwar al-awlaki was plotting in yemen against the united states. >> was this something the united states looked at before they put him on the target list? >> the administration debated quite deeply everyone who was going to be targeted for a strike. a u.s. citizen got even greater levels of review, but ultimately this was about self-defense. >> all right michael leiter, it's good to have your perspective. thank you. >>> there are new tensions in the already strained alliance between the u.s. and pakistan. the rift over the country's relationship with a growing terrorist network accused of attacks on americans. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell joins us now from washington. andrea, good evening. >> good evening, savannah. as the u.s. takes down a

week this one having to do with the case of was a dia so-called dirty bomber but dia who is an american citizen was arrested back in two thousand and two labeled as an enemy combatant and imprisoned for three years without charges and without access to a lawyer again this is an american citizen we're talking about here during those three years but it was denied any contact with the outside world he was abused he was tortured finally put it was given his day in court but none of the evidence of his abuse was permissible in the trial so in the end but he was found guilty on very little evidence and he was sentenced to seventeen years in prison on the basis that he was tortured pretty appeal that conviction but on monday a federal court appeals court issued a ruling denying everyone and put he is appeals and then the court did something unusual increased pretty as seventeen year pro. and sons arguing that it had been too young to lean too lenient so how can something like this happen in our criminal justice system for an answer to that i'm joined from brazil by go by glenn greenwald attorney in ca

he of course was an american citizen living in the country, living in denver. and also seems similar to the attempt to blow up an suv in times square on may 1, 2010 by phase el shazad, also an american citizen. in the case of -- that was an al qaeda directed plot. in the case of faisel sha dodd it was a taliban type of plot. we suspect the suspects may have traveled to the afghan-pakistan border region. and so it has a ring of credibility because it seems similar the more we know about it to other plots which are getting fairly serious and have been broken up in the past, anderson. >> fran, vice-president biden talked today about how the main concern has been over lone wolf type attack. does this sound like -- this sound like somebody more than that. >> that's right. >> if they're traveling to the pakistan border. >> that's right. this is -- the threat emanates out of the pakistan region. we've heard that from multiple sources. and this is -- when i go back and think about the east africa embassy bombing, if you look how al qaeda deploys a truck bomb, there's ty

he of course was an american citizen living in the country, living in denver. and also seems similar to the attempt to blow up an suv in times square on may 1, 2010 by phase el shazad, also an american citizen. in the case of -- that was an al qaeda directed plot. in the case of faisel sha dodd it was a taliban type of plot. we suspect the suspects may have traveled to the afghan-pakistan border region. and so it has a ring of credibility because it seems similar the more we know about it to other plots which are getting fairly serious and have been broken up in the past, anderson. >> fran, vice-president biden talked today about how the main concern has been over lone wolf type attack. does this sound like -- this sound like somebody more than that. >> that's right. >> if they're traveling to the pakistan border. >> that's right. this is -- the threat emanates out of the pakistan region. we've heard that from multiple sources. and this is -- when i go back and think about the east africa embassy bombing, if you look how al qaeda deploys a truck bomb, there's ty

at the start we're going to find out who the second person was that was killed on an american citizen of pakistani origin who is the editor of inspire english language magazine so here we have every mainstream media outlet reporting on the death of one of the worst terrorists in the world and their banners say american born on the bottom and yet not a single one of them bothered to mention that this raises some very very serious legal issues i guess it's not all that surprising considering that they've never shown any concern over the fact that this president place an american citizen out of this fascination list but now that this u.s. citizen and we're all locky and one other have actually been assassinated by their own governments you think they just might do you understand the magnitude of what was just done here you have one man the president of the united states that just decided that he can singlehandedly order the death of a u.s. citizen without asking any courts without any form of due process whatsoever that is exactly the type of thing our constitution is supposed to protect

say this is a victory for president obama but there is an underlying question about targeting an american citizenith missiles, however lethal he may be. >> reporter: that's right. groups like the aclu are pointing out, here is an american president ordering the targeted killing of an american citizen without any due process. no evidence, no courts, and they they is a gross violation of both the u.s. constitution and international law. when you ask the white house, what's the legal basis for such an action, they basically said, it's a state secret and they will not get onto their justification. now, president obama was given the news of awlaki's death at roughly 3:45 this morning. this is a president who has increased the number of predator drones in afghanistan, pakistan, east africa and yemen. all told, the administration can point to more than 20 senior terrorist leaders that have been taken out during the obama administration, diane. >> that's quite a gallery there, jake. thanks. >>> and the president did say today that the white house is going to be watching, on alert, for any signs of a reta

meaning it can cause a tremendous amount of damage. >> reporter: the suspect identified as an american citizen had the idea to use his genius to help al qaeda kill americans. sources tell abc news, ferdaus became radicalized on the internet. in 2010, the fbi claims, ferdaus met with an informant and told him of his desire to wage jihad against the u.s. the fbi sent undercover agents posing as al qaeda recruiters to meet ferdaus. the fbi made the arrest after ferdaus allegedly began planning his plot and came to washington to take photographs of the pentagon. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >> frightening story. >> so alarming. >>> a security guard has testified that dr. conrad murray was sweating and nervous as he tried to revive michael jackson the day the pop star died. >> the guard also said murray asked if anyone in the room knew cpr. faheem muhammad described how jackson's daughter, paris, had fallen to the floor crying after her father died. jackson's bodyguard who called 911 is expected on the stand today. >>> now we turn to the latest on the deadly listeria outbreak. federal healt

. >>> an american citizen has been killed in an attack on the u.s. embassy in afghanistan. it happened overnight at part of the embassy annex in kabul. we don't yet have his name. another u.s. citizen was wounded. that person was rushed to the hospital with nonlight threatening injuries. the shooting involved a non-afghan employee. we'll bring more details as soon as we get them. >>> here's a look at how the world markets are doing. all three major indiss closed in the red. the news has been better in europe. and u.s. stock futures are been up and down so far this morning. we'll keep an eye on greece today. people have been protesting the austerity measures and tax hikes the government has passed to get it out of its deep hole. >>> president obama is on the west coast again today. he'll be in los angeles to raise some big money for his re-election war chest. a dinner tonight costs nearly $18,000 per person. the president was in seattle yesterday and he goes to denver tomorrow before president obama left for the west coast, he spoke at the congressional black caucuses awards

the accused is an american citizen, a college graduate with a degree in physics, and the fbi says he was aiming at the pentagon and the u.s. capitol. and had done his surveillance. abc's pierre thomas reports from washington on the late-breaking details. >> reporter: these huge remote-control model planes seen here in a company sales video, are roughly half the length of a compact car. they make for sophisticated hobbies. but the fbi says they were part of a plan, to pack them with powerful c-4 plastic explosives and slam them into the pentagon and the u.s. capitol, to cause massive damage. >> c-4 is obviously a high explosive, in other words, it can cause a tremendous amount of damage. >> reporter: the suspect is identified as an american citizen, rezwan ferdaus, a 26-year-old physics graduate from northeastern university, who the fbi claims had a desire to use his electronic skills to help al qaeda kill americans. sources tell abc news, ferdaus became radicalized on the internet. an fbi affidavit claims in 2010, ferdaus met with an informant and told him of a desire to wage jihad a

let's listen to ron paul criticize the action. >> awlaki was born here, he's an american citizens. we know he might have been associated with the underwear bomber, but, if the american people accept this blindly and casually, we now have an accepted practice of the president assassinating people who he thinks are bad guys. i think it's sad. >>> let's go to this question. it seems to me if someone in the field, they're doing operations action not just propaganda, you've got a good case to bring them down. >> yeah, look, the individual who was killed alongside him, the other american, sameer chan, published an article in al qaeda's magazine "why i turned trader to america." other articles in that magazine that he authored included "how to build a bomb in the kitchen of your mom." when you start publishing material like that, when you start encouraging terrorist attacks, when you align yourselves with people that are building underwear bombs and trying to bring down u.s. airliners, i don't see where the argument is that you have lack due process. you have identified yourself as an enem

what does an american citizen have to do to fall into that category.econd concern i have, and why i think that a judicial process of some kind would have been useful here is it would have been an opportunity for the u.s. government to lay out all the things that anwar awlaki has done. he may be dead, but his vision and his message is not. and what i think would have been useful is to have a judicial process where you get to talk about the fact that he solicited prostitutes. you get to talk about the fact that he was sort of a hypocrite in among himself. and because of that, the fact that we weren't able to do those things-- we didn't do those things, i think we've missed an opportunity to do more than just kill him but to discredit the ideas that he pushed for years. >> suarez: brian fishman, juan-carlos zarate, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> brown: still to come on the newshour: new fees for debit card use; admiral mullen steps down; shields and brooks; and rita moreno, still going strong at almost 80. but first, the other news of the

an american citizen. very rare. challenged by the aclu and his own father stead was illegal. an government should foug not do this. what is the legality of this? >> no dispute about the legality. this is a war. we are fighting against people who are engaged in armed warfare against us. the fact is, sadly, a handful of the people who are fighting against us are also american citizen, but the legal basis for killing him on foreign soil is really no different than the legal basis for killing osama bin laden, and i think there will be -- even if there is some legal proceeding arising out of this, frankly, which i doubt. i don't think this is going to be a lawsuit, i am sure the united states government will win that case. >> let's talk about broken government, then. >> okay. not so broken government. >> it doesn't look so broke to you. >> right. >> why? >> we'll say -- why can't they work out their differences and compromise? you know, this is an ideological struggle going on in washington now with principle differences. i mean, the democratic and the republican party right now re

he, of course, was an american citizen living in denver. and he was intent to blow up an suv in times square on may 1, 2010 by faisal shazad, also an american person. in one case, it was a personal type plot, with the other, it was a taliban-type plot. the suspects may have travelled to the afghan-pakistan border region. so it has the ring of credibility because it seems similar the more we know about it to other plots which are being somewhat fairly serious and are being broken up in to the past, anderson. >> fran, vice president biden talked about how the main concern has been over a lone wolf type of an attack. this sounds like something more than that. like they're traveling to the pakistan border. >> that's right. this is the threat emanates out of the pakistan region. we heard that from multiple sources. when i go back and think of the east african embassy bombing, two people are in the car, one other -- the third person, is there to cause a distraction so the car or the truck can get to the point where they want to explode it. it's al

well, awlaki, of course, is an american citizen and the u.s. finds itself in somewhat of a delicate international position of explaining why it killed an american citizen abroad. but it has long been said that there was a killer/capture order on awlaki and it looks now that the u.s. was very involved, according to administration officials in getting him at the end. kyra? >> barbara starr from the pentagon, thanks. let's talk more with fran townsend. she was a homeland security adviser to former president george w. bush. fran, just going back, i wanted to double check on what has been said over the past say year or two. and this talk about who is involved and how exactly al awlaki was killed. the national security council, according to reports that came out more than a year ago, did say to the cia, you can target this american. go after him. you know, the threats are clear and we are giving you approval. so, what is your take? how involved do you think the cia was in this operation? >> i don't think the yemen officials had the capability to do th

that way it's not an american citizen and i don't have to treat it with human decency.ughter] but, and this is important, this is important, attending physicians please be careful when delivering the infant. don't cut the umbilical cord. now that it's officially mexican, we're going to reel that baby back into america. you see, we're going... we're going to need it. [audience reacts] we're going the need that baby for cheap, unregulated labor. those small soft hands are perfect for harvesting clementines. [laughter] we do not want to end up with bruised fruit. that would be heartless. and that's "the word." we'll be right back. [cheering and applause] [horn sounding] >> stephen: thank you, ladies and gentlemen. thank you so much. folks, please. it's not the first time i've said it. but nothing beats the sound of a ram horn. oh, and that new ram smell. of course, i am playing the shofar tonight to mark the beginning of the jewish new year, known as rosh hashanah, which kicks off the week of repentance. for my jewish friends it is a time of solemn reflection, atoning for

we just learned that an american citizen linked to an al qaeda ring has been killed.n official statement from the yemeni defense ministry claims the man is dead. awawaki has believed to be inspiring attacks in the u.s. including the christmas day pomming in 2009. we will have more on "good morning america." >>> as parents you want to protect your kids from bumps an bruises but what if one of the steps they take to keep them safe could lead to more injuries. corimne redman is reporting on sliding boards and dangers and standing by with what doctors say could be putting your kids at risk. >> reporter: the problem with slides, broken legs. it is a surprising playground accident but could happen to any child who takes a trip down the slide with mom or dad. spiral leg fractures are not freak accidents and sees as many as 10 toddlers each year all with the same broken bone. it happens when they ride the slide on the lap with their parents and the foot gets caught and made worse by the force of mom or dad riding behind them. >> the foot is twisted this way. rotated outward.

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what made this different is that he is an american citizen. the administration was prepared, if they have the ability to capture him, that would be a possibility. the fact that he was so elusive, on the battlefield, and clearly linked to direct attacks on the united states may have a legitimate target. >> is the u.s. acting strictly within the law when i carries out these targeted strikes, some would call them assassinations? >> and the peninsula is an organization that has clearly demonstrated its purpose in attacking the united states. this was a good hit. >> they say they did this with the cooperation of president balla and his government. can they be sure of such cooperation? >> in some fashion, we have good intelligence. whether it came from the government or other figures, i don't know. yes, the government has cooperated with the united states in the past. but just as clearly, it needs to be part of this transformation. >> thank you very much for joining us. moving to syria where security forces have again reportedly opened fire on prote

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. >> an american citizen has been arrested on charges of planning to fly a remote controlled airplane packed with explosives into the pentagon pented u.s. attorneys said that rezwan ferdaus was arrested by undercover agents posing as members of al qaeda. >> this was the same operation that has become increasingly common in what used to be called the war on terror. a group of fbi agents identified this man. he was someone who potentially had violent jihadists intent. undercover agents posing as al qaeda recruiters made contact with him and over the past year and a half, they tracked his progress in planning to attack u.s. pentagon building. the u.s. capitol building is a center of political life. it is alleged that the suspect had intended to do this using remote-controlled planes that would be guided been buying gps loaded with plastic explosives. he told them that he would be blowing up those targets. all of this ended in the past 24 hours when the suspect took delivery of weapons of what he thought were explosives and all of these remote control planes by investigators. at that poin

i'm just very proud to be an american citizen. even though the recession may have people depressed at the time, personally that makes me want to work harder, with all my education i want to improve society. >> reporter: new challenges for a new generation determined in the face of adversity. jeff johnson, msnbc, florida. >>> and now here's a look at some other stories making news "early today" in america. dramatic new video shows scary moments inside the washington monument during last month's 5.8 magnitude earthquake. tourists can be seen running for safety 500 feet up in the tower as debris falls from surrounding walls. the famed landmark has been deemed secure but park officials say climbers will repel all four faces of the monument to look for any further damage before reopening to the public. >>> in seattle, inspectors from the puget sound energy are checking for natural gas leaks after two people were seriously injured in a violent home explosion. the house was nearly leveled in the blast, which was so powerful, it shattered

in other news, an american citizen has been arrested on charges for planning to fly remote-control airplanes packed with explosives into the pentagon. he was arrested by undercover agents posing as members of al qaeda. hosts >> this was the kind of sting operation that has become increasingly common in what used to be called the war on terror. a group of fbi agents identified this man, a physics graduate living in massachusetts, as someone who potentially had violent jihadists intent. undercover agents made contact with him and over the past year and a half, they tracked his progress in planning to attack the u.s. pentagon building and capitol hill. it is alleged that the suspect, he was attempting to use remote control planes that would be guided by gps loaded with plastic explosives. he allegedly told the investigators to blow up those targets. all this ended during the past 24 hours when the suspect took delivery of weapons of what he thought were explosives. at that point, they arrested him. >> in a completely separate development, the u.s. has issued and emergency warning that terrorist

what made him different is that because he is an american citizen. the administration was prepared and have the ability to capture him. the fact that he was so elusive, he was on the battlefield, he was linked to direct attacks in the united states made him a few legitimate target. >> is the u.s. acting extracting -- strictly within the law when it carries out these targeted strikes? >> yemen is part of the battlefield. al qaeda in the arabian peninsula it is an organization that has clearly demonstrated its purpose in attacking the united states. >> the administration said that it did this with the cooperation of the president and his government. it still wants them to transfer power as quickly as possible. can they be sure of that such cooperation? >> we had good intelligence today. whether that came from the government or other figures, i do not know. the government has cooperated with the united states and the past. it needs to be part of a transformation. >> thank you for joining us. moving to syria, security forces have again reportedly opened

newt gingrich this morning defending the use of lethal force against anwar al awlaki, who was an american citizen. let's watch. >> american citizens engage in war against the united states are legitimate targets and i think it was an appropriate and correct thing to execute him. >> so they give up the right to due process? >> absolutely -- they got due process. the president signed an order the kill them. that was due process. i think president obama did the right thing and i praise him for having had the courage to stand up and defend america against somebody who was clearly engaged in trial to kill americans. >> by the way, that's newt talk. execution, assassinate, that's ridiculous. he shot an enemy in the field. that's what the president did. anyway, it's newt screwing up things with his awful language. anyway, ron paul, as i just said, criticized the action. let's give paul his time in court here. let's listen to ron paul criticize the action. >> this really is a huge deal, an andrea. after killing bin laden, i think awlaki was really the number two target. no one was more important to prote

. >>> an american citizen is hyped bars accused of plotting to destroy the pentagon and u.s. capital. he was arrested in a sting operation yesterday in a boston suburb. now uncover federal agents posed as curriers pretending to deliver materials he requested including grenades machine guns and 24 pounds of c4 explosives. he claims he is a fan of al qaeda. >> it is shocking, it is nothing you would expect because that is the scary part you don't know when things like this will pop-up. >> he planned the terrorist attack by himself. he wanted to fly remote control airplanes packed with explosives into the targets. he is being held without bail, a hearing is set for monday. >>> some tense moments, a bomb squad was called after finding a suspicious truck. coming up, the high profile hearing that was going on not far from the investigation at that time. >>> time now 4:36 san jose leaders will show a proposal offering to reduce their pensions. they unveiled a plan including officers signing up for reduced retirement benefits and raising the retirement age. union leaders say their pl

citizens without the due process of law. congressman called it an assassination. >> he is an american citizen. he was never tried or

two people are dead, one an american citizen who works for the u.s. government. the u.s. government was also killed. the motive is still unclear. >>> five days and counting until a partial government shutdown, unless the house and senate can agree on a spending plan by friday. democrats and republicans are divided on how to fund fema for emergency disaster relief. democrats are okay with charging it. republicans want to offset the cost with spending cuts. >>> strong showing this weekend by mitt romney and herman cain. romney easily captures a michigan straw poll by a three to one margin over rick perry with cain pupping off a shocker in florida's straw poll outpolling perry by a better than 2-1 margin. >>> taking back the house. the gop has its sights set on winning the white house. key states to alter the political landscape and perhaps stack the deck for republicans in 2012. >> reporter: in 2008, candidate obama won the majority of the popular vote in pennsylvania and all of its electoral votes, because it's a winner take all state, but pennsylvania republicans

we just learned that an american citizen linked to aol qaeda has been killed. an official statement says anmar alawaki is dead believed to be killed by an air strike attack that was carried out by u.s. forces. he is believed to have spotted and plotted the recent attacks in the u.s. including the failed christmas day bombing in 2009. more on these stories when it becomes available. >>> if you use the atm card at a store checkout a year from now, think twice about it because it could be costing you a bit more. bank of america will start charging customers five dollars every time you swipe. and we have more on everything you need to know on the new fees. >> if you use your bank of america atm card to just get cash, you won't see new fees. but starting in january, the nation's largest bank will begin charging customers $5 in any month when they make at least one purchase with the debit card. bank of america has about 57 million customers. and 20,000 atms. the big bank announced it will add the new fee which will cost customers $60 a year. the new fee is expected to

signed a formal policy for indefinite detention and an administration excuse me that placed an american citizen on an assassination list without any due process which was continually he was a state secrets privilege in court out of that their push for warrantless tracking with yes devices and the list can go on and on and on not but aside from continuing bush policies and damaging his own track record has this president actually killed the civil liberties movement that's what legal scholar jonathan turley argues in a new op ed that appeared in the l a times he says that obama may prove to be the quote most disastrous president in our history and terms of civil liberties so is he right or disgust as if we as mike riggs associate editor at recent magazine mike thanks so much for being here and i thank you. like i said this is and we talk about all the time you and i have spoken about it there's no question that our civil liberties are being eroded but why do you think that it's missing from the general discussion that you see just on t.v. when people are having to face or in presidential debate y

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attack on washington has now been indicted on federal charges. 26-year-old reswan ferdaus, an american citizenars as we learn new information about his past. as andrea mccarran reports, his arrest has concerns about home

washington are possible targets and they're looking for at least three people, one of them an american citizen. and the plot may involve car bombs. that's a live picture of the world trade center you're looking at now where authorities are already on high alert. we are covering this from all angles this morning. bar ba starr working her sources at the pentagon and susan candiotti in new york with us. >> first to barbara starr at the pentagon. what's the latest? >> good morning to you. specific credible, but unconfirmed threat, that is what we are hearing. what do those words really mean to all of us on this anniversary of september 11th? well, what officials are saying is, they don't have time, date and place, but they do have information. they're very aggressively going after. they believe this involves potentially three people, one possibly a u.s. citizen. they don't know if they have entered the united states yet, but the threat involves the possibility of a vehicle laden with explosives, either in new york or washington. that's the information they have. that's what they are aggressively p

soil and still to come right here do an american citizens really know or care about increasing encroachments on their civil liberties in the wake of nine eleven j.q. their host of young turks joins us for that discussion in just a moment. inside only when there was a mechanism to do the work to bring justice for accountability. i have every right to know what my government's doing it want to know why i pay taxes. but i would characterize obama as a charismatic version of american exceptionalism. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so for like the plague you think you understand it and then you live something else you hear see some other part of it and realize everything is ok if you don't i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. says. let's not forget that we had an apartheid regime right now. i think iraq is beatable and one well. whatever government says they're going to keep you safe get ready because you're going to have freedom. for. a. few. welcome back ten years after nine eleven aside from less wars that we've talked about the country has come to accept what some would call

three people consisted of two indian men and one jewish arab american woman shot ahead she is an american citizen with a saudi father and a jewish mother and despite the fact that she didn't know the two indian men the three of them were greeted with ten cops wearing military fatigues and machine guns so after being handcuffed and taken into custody of the detroit airport have his account of what happens next gets pretty uncomfortable on her blog stories from the heartland she described with the jail cells look like how there were security cameras point that her for hours she also explained she was subjected to a strip search of her phone taken away denied any communication with her husband and the entire time she was never told why she was being detained that is until hours later when officials from the department of homeland security and the f.b.i. explained that somebody on the plane reported three dark skinned individuals sitting in the same row of an airplane conducting suspicious activities now according to have his account he didn't even talk to these two men until they were being approach

out you can say we can say you can buy this car just because you exist just because you're an american citizen or not whatever the logic of taking the thing that people are used here for what they're saying right now those you can buy you can buy a car that has taillights and drive it on public streets but you can't buy a car that doesn't have to you can buy a car other than as a great move right here right there they are very good in action somebody is taking what obamacare as it was regulated x. and some isn't taking they're saying you sitting in your living room not doing anything just sitting there you have to buy health insurance because we told you that's what you have under now it's absolutely not a negative action you're alive if you're alive you're breathing if you're breathing you're sitting next to somebody who had tuberculosis you might be can you might be transmitting contagious disease this is a public health issue but you know live is an active process. it is much different than anything else ever regulated by the commerce clause what the i don't disagree with you on that let me