we're joined today by ambassador daniel benjamin, ambassador benjamin has been the senior counsel ser terrorism adviser to the state since 2009. in the late '90s, he served on the national security council as director for counterterrorism in the office of trans national threats. before entering government, mr. benjamin was a correspondent for time magazine and for "the wall street journal." he was the co-author of the age of sacred terror, a book that won several awards. so we want to welcome you back to the committee. your complete written testimony, of course, is going to be entered into the record. we'd ask that you give a five-minute summary here if you could and then we'll go to the questions. please begin. >> chairman royce, chairman ranking members that are appearing here today. i have submitted testimony that provides additional information about the policies budget. since i appeared before this committee the last time, my office was upgraded to full bureau status this change will strengthen the state's department to carry out the civilian counterterrorism mission around the w

el final de un capo, benjamín arellano félix, uno de los narcotraficantes más reconocidos de méxico.ulta de 100 millones de dólares. en méxico es señalado de numerosos asesinatos, y en estados unidos el tráfico de droga y lavado de dinero, adriana rodríguez nos informa desde san diego. >> el cerebro del que fuera cártel de la droga más poderoso del planeta pagará en prisión. a benjamín arellano félix se le atribuye homicidios contra el cardenal juan jesús, en 1993 en guadalajara. también secuestros, extorsión de autoridades y además. por más de dos décadas envió cientos de miles de toneladas de mariguana y cocaína a estados unidos y el lavado de millones de dólares en estados unidos. es el fin de la era de los arellano félix, la organización ha desaparecido, está muerta, ya es historia. pero la pena que por gráficos menor de la que han recibido otros narcotraficantes y de rango más bajo. para la fiscalía federal 25 años en lugar de cadena perpetua con fines prácticos, benjamín tiene casi 60 años y después de los 25 que pasar en una cárcel de máxima seguridad en estados unidos deberá

but benjamin rush is not an absolutist.eople that make ed's century and brian's even more -- a pretty grim affair. he's not a prohibitionist. he said you can drink small beer. now, that's only 1%. you can follow me down, which is actually up. we should turn it upside down -- well, down is right. >> i'm getting dizzy here, peter. >> oh, man. >> maybe that's right here. >> you go to cider, that could be 5%, 7%. wine, you know wine, they can be 10%, 12%. po with beer, things are still okay. and this is the takeaway for us moderate drinkers here, that if you incorporate this into a healthy and moderate lifestyle, this is my words of wisdom for the day, you will be rewarded with cheerfulness, strength and nourishment. it's food. particularly taken at meals in moderate quantities. but this is the grim part that i need to share with you. and i told you this is going to get dark. things get worse when you drink punch. now, as you see here, my friends, this is the big pivot point. if it's weak punch, you're still in the temperate zo

and benjamin netanyahu made some news on the palestinian question. here he is on iran. thank you so much for inviting us and letting us come and see your home. >> well, welcome to jerusalem. take a look around. >> we came here to your courtyard. i know we had to move -- there was a table here earlier. when we got here, there were two coffee cups on it. i guess it was yours and tony blair. you were talking this morning. but how important is this space for you? this is sort of your -- this is your get away space, right? >> no this is my prison courtyard because the prime minister of israel like -- i suppose the president of the united states, and maybe the pope, one or two other people. >> so you feel like you're under house arrest? >> for good reason, but i suppose so. but it doesn't mean there's not an endless number of people want to get into the prison cell and live here. >> i'm sure there are. iran. there's been 16 years of diplomacy as you have talked about. you have said repeatedly you said it in march i know you said it to the army radio this morning. it's not a p

at that time, benjamin netanyahu did not support it. contiguous a crucial word.s there going to be a contiguous state, not something that the prime minister said before. we talked to sources in the palestine -- the plo today and they said it's not something he had discussed with them. so that could be significant if peace talks do again start, to have a contiguous, to use that word contiguous. a lot of weight in that particular word. well, we're going to hear what the prime minister has to say about the u.s. elections. it's an important issue for him and what he has to say about iran important there. how well does he know mitt romney? we're going to get some answers to that. plus his obsession with the map. and a new case of mad cow disease in the united states. a lot of people are wondering what it means. and we have some answers. i'm an expert on softball. and tea parties. i'll have more awkward conversations than i'm equipped for because i'm raising two girls on my own. i'll worry about the economy more than a few times before they're grown. but it's for them,

benjamin rush of philadelphia gives us the moral and physical thermometer. to share some of the insights that rush gives us here and this would be a bit of a warning. we're moving into the darker portion of our program. and if you are a water drinker, then i want to tell you things are looking good for you because i can predict health and wealth, serenity of mind and reputation, long life and happiness, what more could you want. >> all you have to do is read. >> it's up there, number 70 at the very top but benjamin rush is not an absolutist. he's not like those people that make ed's century and brian's even more a pretty grim fair. he's not a prohibitionist. he says you can drink a small beer. now, that's only 1%. you can follow me down which is actually up. we should turn it upside down. well, down is right. >> wait, i'm getting dizzy here, peter. >> oh, man. >> maybe that's the beer. >> you go to criider could be 7 wines could be 10, 12%. strong beer, things are still okay. and this is the important take away for us moderate drinkers as we were up until th

this is what this case is about. >> benjamin, thank you very much.p, as with we said, the lawyer for trayvon martin's family. >>> now let's check in with anderson for a look at what's on "a.c. 360" on a friday night. >> we're keeping 'em honest tonight on the program, with the head-scratching politics of how an attempt to keep students seeing a dramatic rise in the cost of their college loans has devolved into finger-pointing and name calling about the so-called war on women. an explanation on that ahead. i'll speak with congressman carolyn maloney. tonight in crime and punishment, 11 years after drowning her five kids in a bathtub, andrea yates, remember her, she may soon get to leave lockup in the mental hospital where she spent the last five years. we'll explain why, at least for a few hours a week, a judge is considering a request to allow her to attend services at a local church. we'll talk to dr. drew on whether andrea should be allowed to leave. that and much more at the top of the hour. >> thanks very much, anderson. >>> next, rush limbaugh a

benjamin is making his way south. benjamin is a hopeless character a little coral legally die who can light a match and not kidding. he smokes cigars constantly so he had someone waiting them for him. everyone thought that he was the one member of the government that had no hope of the skating because he could sit on a horse. he's just helpless. but he does escapes. he changes his name and rides in devotee down to florida and find sense of a nicely place not far from tampa and stays there for some time taking doing a little golf i suppose that he gets on the boat and they sailed on the gulf coast of florida to read benjamin assumes so he takes suit not to appear to be black but to look like he's been slaving over a hot stove. a man that can't light the stove but he is slaving over it. they have a couple of the adventures they reach the keys and it's decided he's going to get to england so they will sail so they start sailing out into the atlantic and on the second day they are hit by what amounts to a tornado at sea t

. >> benjamin crump will be our guest in a couple of moments but first, defense attorney mark o'maranow you weren't aware of this money, but you hear benjamin crump here saying this is evidence that george zimmerman is dishonest, that bail should be revoked. what's your reaction? >> just not an appropriate reaction to it, i don't believe. he did not tell the money was there and available seemingly. i consider it as an oversight, because i don't think that zimmerman is insincere or dishonest. the opposite is true. pause when i first talked to him about it, he was very forthright. it happened at a time when we were doing away with his web presence. i asked him what talking about, about the paypal accounts, i said how much is in it? i said you need to give that to me right now, because i knew of the concern about that money. he fedexed it over to me, the money he had available and then there's more money coming from paypal itself. >> mark, i mean, hearing this, one thing that goes through my mind and i think some of the viewers' minds is look, george zimmerman had this money. he had use

medea benjamin, taking place in washington, d.c..y people have been protesting the drone strikes. outside of syracuse at the hancock air field base, preach airport space from and where else? >> they can come -- people can still come to the conference on saturday or watch it live on the codepink web site. >> thank you both for being with us. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we will be back in a moment. ♪ [music break] ♪ [music break] >> you have been listening to "my rainbow race" sent by tens of thousands of norwegians yesterday. answering the man who massacred more than 70 norwegians last summer in a rampage, who is now on trial right now, anders breivik. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. >> the vatican has reprimanded the largest group of catholic nuns in the united states, accusing them of promoting radical feminist themes and challenging church teachings on homosexuality and male only priesthood. in a repo

then -- >> benjamin is a director but often seems more like a hospital manager. the bear has a today, and he is trying to find out where it hurts. the bear has constant problems with his teeth. visitors were allowed to feed him peanuts and doughnuts before the takeover of the zoo. >> he got used to begging, which we found that is actually quite useful. but he was massively obese when we arrived. then the bear was not the only animal in for condition. he found many cages dirty and full of rotting meat. the former owner had his license revoked. if someone else did not take over the zoo, many of the animals would have probably been destroyed. benjamin and his family were living in southern france where he was working as a journalist. when he read about the situation, he came home, and he has never looked back. >> it seemed like an injustice that was about to unfold, and all it needed was someone to step in. there is nobody else was going to do this, take this step forward. it was a step into the unknown, i suppose. here i am five years later, living with the consequ

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at that time, benjamin netanyau did not support it. contiguous a crucial wordsome there going to be a contiguous state? not something the prime minister said before, talked to sources in the palestine -- plo today, not something he discussed with them that could be significant if peace talks do again start, to have a contiguous -- to use that word contiguous a lot of weight in that particular word. we will hear what the prime minister has to say about the u.s. elections it is an important issue for him and what he has to say about iran important there how well does he know mitt romney? we will get answers to that plus, his on swegs a map and a new case of mad cow disease in the united states a lot of people wondering what it means and we have some answers. [ camera clicks ] ♪ it's hard to resist the craveable nature of a nature valley sweet & salty nut bar. for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager

i have one last question for ambassador benjamin. going through your testimony before the committee last year, you testified we continue to see a strong flow of new recruits into many of the most dangerous terrorist organizations. i was going to ask you if that strong throw is still -- is still the state of play. what do you see? >> it's hard to measure the flow of recruits, but we have a strong sense that in many different parts of the world, the terrorist groups are indeed gaining strength. this is certainly the cakasecase yemen and where it has picked up membership. we have seen that what is going on admittedly not in an aq affiliate but as you said before suggests that that group has grown before. we believe aqim and the islamic magreb has probably added some recruits to its ranks, though exception is probably al qaeda core in the federally administered tribal areas. that group is in particularly difficult circumstances, as i think is well known to this subcommittee. but i, you know, i believe that our work in strategic counterte

finally we come to the fantastic and lurid story of daniel webster's alleged illegitimate son benjamin webster. according to an 1878 rean atlanta paper called the commercial daily, benjamin claimed daniel was his father and mother charlotte gooding, one of john gads by's servants william's actions as a result. the 34i8 eun dollar question remains did the wails and cries of poor souls destined to be sold down south echo from decatur house. evidence lends itself to john and william quietly selling slaves out of their house. his neighbors owned enslaved people are not and many did. they would be publicly aghast as the horrors of the slave trade. given the trade's high visibility, a public sale would have had john gads by held accountable by a strong and vocal anti-slavery and abolitionist contingent. gads by would not risk his public reputation by selling up shop in the celebrated decatur house. he prided himself on the image of a self made man who enjoyed the fruits of his labor in his luxurious new home. there's more about the enslaved people. another question is why the reputations of

finally we come to the fantastic and lurid story of daniel webster's alleged illegitimate son benjamin webster. according to an 1878 atlanta paper called the commercial daily, benjamin claimed daniel was his father and mother charlotte gooding, one of john gadsby's servants. he was sold to help settle a card game in which gadsby lost gold. this shows his willingness to sell people to pay debts. helped explain the involvement in the slave trade prior to the arrival at decatur house. of poor souls destined to be sold down south echo from decatur house. evidence lends itself to john and william quietly selling slaves out of their house. using them as a facade for an ugly enterprise. evidence has not been found to suggest he was selling out of decatur house. whether his own enslaved people or not, they would have been publicly aghast at the horrors of the slave trade. given the trade's high visibility, a public sale would have had john gadsby held accountable by a strong and vocal anti-slavery and abolitionist contingent. gadsby would not risk his public reputation by selling up shop in th

and that would be the divisions of sherman and benjamin prentiss. so part of the problem the con federals were running into is this engagement consumes about an hour. it would be an hour before hardee's troops are commanded to move forward after the squirmish begins. so powell and hardcastle are banging away at one another for nearly an hour before the main line under hardee's command steps forward. when it does, powell quickly realizes this is big-time. because he could just set there and count muskets, count flags and realize he's facing more than a mere reconnaissance. this appears to be a sizeable force much bigger than a brigade and he will begin to retire from this position. the confederates now, and you can just look at the landscape and just realize what they're going to have to encounter as they move forward. because you know how these men fight battles in the mid 19th century. they do it shoulder to shoulder in uniforme lines. linear formations. battle formations. they do that because the individual infantry solder lacks fire power. he's g

benjamin, we meet again.'s kind of like groundhog day every six months, a year, we come to the same part of down and discuss the same issues. my understanding is the foreign terrorist organization has got to do with several things to be a foreign terrorist organization. first, they must be a foreign terrorist organization. they must engage in some kind of terrorism or terrorist activity and have the capability to engage in that terrorist act. and they must threaten the security of the united states, or u.s. nationals. 2004, they gave up their weapons to the united states military. since that time, name one terrorist act for any k. has committed since 2004. >> it is not our contention that the mek can be, has committed an act since the group was disarmed. >> excuse me. i only have limited time. so has not been an act of terrorism i mek against the united states since they gave up their weapons to us, is that rights because we do not allege there was such an act. >> do they have the capability today, 2012, to e

. >> what about benjamin rush's idea of moderation? i get excited about cheerfulness, strength and nourishment. >> no. because you've shown in the first decades of the 19th century you cannot be trusted to drink in moderation. alcohol is out of control. we have the machinery to deliver as much alcohol as people can drink. it's being mass produced, we're going to have to find ways to get this under control. >> who is going to control this? >> we prefer that you control it yourself. >> no way. >> i think early on that's the way we think slavery is going to come to an end as well. and so we'll begin by just talking to you a lot. trying to persuade you of this. if that doesn't work we'll do -- >> i did that with my kids. didn't work out so well. >> by the 1850s, maine has decided that's not going to work, so going to pass a state law that's going to make it illegal so. you have prohibition in the 1850s. so even as we know, peter says they didn't know the revolution was coming. they don'ts know the civil war's coming. if you see the things

joining us now is the attorney for the trayvon martin family benjamin crum. thank you for being with us this evening. >> thank you, judge. >> that was is trayvon's family's reaction to that apology? >> it was an emotional day for them all around. tracy martin wept throughout the hearing and they believed zimmerman's apology was very insincere, very self-serving and it was one of those things it is 50 day 50 days later on t that he never apologized before this. he had the website that he said he authored and that everything that was important and relevant that he had to say he was going to say it and no where on that website did he ever say i'm sorry or ever show remorse for killing trayvon martin. >> judge jeanine: and, of course, you are saying it is really is fornd reelectionly his own benefit with the court and with the public. >> yes, ma'am, we really feel he had ultratearor motives and to do this at the bond hearing, first of all, you take the stand and you don't present any evidence and you are supposed to be addressing the court but then try to sneak a

but right now we're still hopeful that he will be arrested. >> tracy, as benjamin points out, it's been. how are you and the rest of your family holding up? >> we're trying to stay strong. we'll continue to pray. we have strong faith. we believe -- we are very religious people. we believe that when prayer goes up, blessings come down. we continue to pray each and every day. we lean on each other's shoulders. we have our good days and our bad days. we're dealing with the loss of a child. we really haven't had time to grieve. but it's definitely made a drastic change in our lives because you're asking two parents that love and care for their child to adjust their lives without their child now. just learning to deal without him being around every day is something that i don't think i'll ever be able to deal with. >> and sybrina, for you, how are you holding up? >> just like he said, i have my good days and my bad days. i have my moments when i'm smiling, thinking about trayvon's smile. and i have my moments where i'm still crying. and missing him and just want a hug and a kiss and just to

but first martin family attorney, benjamin crump joining us. we all saw george zimmerman and the family face to face. what was their reaction not just to seeing him but to hearing him talk and that apology? >> it was a very emotional day, anderson. to be within feet of the killer of your child, it was very emotional. in fact, mr. martin wept continuously throughout the hearing. and it was something different because normally he would be the person confident. sybrina, trayvon's mother. but this hearing he was crying and she was comforting him telling him we have to stay strong. that the apology was very self-serving in their opinion. they did not feel it was sincere at all. >> because he had not apologized previously? >> not only had he not apologized previously in 50 days. he wanted to apologize when he was arrested. and it was one of those situations he had ulterior motives we believe. it was a situation -- you know, the real george zimmerman website. the website that he said he authored, that he was in complete control of. that everything tha

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i would like to citywide to benjamin -- ambassador benjamin for his service -- state thank you to benjaminssador benjamin for his service. i am considerably less skeptical than the chairman of the bureau of counter-terrorism being infected euro and not an office, and even if did administration was seeking an increase in funding for the bureau, given the importance of your work, i would be supportive, but it appears from the statistics i went over, the and administration is able to function without seeking an increase. one program of particular importance is the countering of violent extremism cve program that aims to prevent at-risk use from turning to -- youth to return to terrorism and to renounce their affiliation. five cve countries have been identified. i especially want to focus on pakistan, where i think it is very important that we reach out to the voice of america, not only in their language, but in other languages that are commonly spoken in pakistan -- this should not be interpreted by the pakistani government as being an effort toward separatism. if you're trying to sell produc

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i am outraged by the outright lies contained in the ler by benjamin crump. no such meeting occurred. i am encouraging those to stop and allow the state attorney angela coreyy complete her work. he's calling you, mr. crump, a lawyer so we'd love to get your response. >> yes. on behalf of the family we are outraged at his and for whatever reason refusal to arrest george zimmerman for arresting their son. it took our letter to get him to comment on why george zimmerman has not been arrested. we hear all these things from the media. we don't get anything from his office or the police department so these folks have been left out in the cold when it's them who should get all the information about why mr. zimmerman is still free for killing their son. and we're going to keep writing letters and asking people to investigate anything that is suspicious in this death because they deserve answers. this family only wants answers. >> mr. crump, have you seen the affidavit that your letter hinges upon? in other words, can you prove your claim? >> no. when we told -- state

benjamin, for you, this is really just the first step. >> yes, sir. anderson, this is the first base, really, in the true sense of the word in this case, because we have this stand your ground law, and that's going to be second base. and we've got to get through that before we can get to actually prosecution and the jury. and so we're preparing ourself for the long journey. it took us so long to just get to this point. we're relieved, especially for sybrina and tracy, to get to this point, to know that he will have to stand accountable. >> sybrina, earlier you made comments that you believe what happened between your son and george zimmerman was an accident. that got a lot of coverage, a lot of people interpreting it different ways. i wanted to give you an opportunity to explain what you meant or -- >> that wasn't actually my intent. it was taken out of context. what i actually said was, i retreated what tracy had just said, that if george zimmerman had not gotten out of his vehicle, we would not have been there and this wouldn't have happened. and i

it is medea benjamin.ding at thedantsing at the thomas jefferson, memorial. >> that, i will take credit ford. >> good to see you. >> great to see you, bi. great. thank you. >> what is exciting to me is that medea has a new book out called "drone warfare: killing by remote control." medea, why aren't more people talking about the use of these drones? first of all, we are using them where is the united states using them today. >> why aren't they talking about it? because it's mostly al secret program. people don't know much about it. there was only one-time barack obama said anything about it and one timeric holder has talked about it. this program has been going on for a long time. we started in pakistan in 2004. we are using drones in somalia and drone basis in seashells, in jabuti, in to burunda and uganda and drones offer of the coast of australia. we have drones in turkey and we -- >> based in turkey. >> based in turkey. the turkish are using it against the kurds. we are inserting ourself into another c