they housed osama bin laden. they provided safe haven for osama bin laden. all during the time the 1993 bombing of the world trade center, and 2001 bombings of the world trade center that happened, but it goes further. bear with me a second. some of the atrocities use children as young as seven as suicide bombers in afghanistan. 14 civilian victims in january of 201 including a human rights activist, the family of four including children as youngest victims of 2-year-old with a gunshot to the head as well as being burned. these are terrorists. evil people. there is no negotiation with the taliban no matter how much president obama wants to say we will get out when we negotiate it is a loss. when we leave, it will revert back to what it was. >>bob: but if we don't leave, there will be -- we have been there 10 years. the taliban will be there. this negotiation started with the afghan government, in one. number two, the idea of splitting the taliban up with the hardcore terrorist leaders at the top if they get the foot soldiers to go home and agree to disassoci

a vaccination program said that dna samples could be taken from children living in the house where osama bin laden was thought to be living. we are joined from chicago by a journalist from pakistan's largest english-language daily newspaper. has it worsened relations between the united states and pakistan? >> i do not think the doctor will be the only reason why the relations have worsened. relations worsened when the raid happened, when the attack -- the conviction of this doctor shows just how much rage there is against the u.s.. particularly, the cia, which has pushed the public health of pakistani children at risk. >> if the americans continue to pressure the pakistan government, could this lead to the release of the doctor? >> it does not look like that would be the case. the way this was done in pakistan, he was tried by a tribal courts. one of the reasons for that was to give the -- give some importance to the province in which -- they looked over all of this and the doctor belonged to. what is being ignored is the fact that internal divisions between pakistan, inside pakistan, are being ex

mitt romney told reporters of course he would have gone after osama bin laden if he was president. >> coming up, the white house reveals the threat al-qaeda thoses one year after the death of osama bin laden. >>> poll doesn't deliver a clear picture of mayor jean quan. the poll says 3-4 oakland voters believe mayor jean quan is doing a poor or november -- negative job. 57% said they oppose a recall effort to remove her from office. >>> our camera was inside the courtroom as the man accused of killing 7 people at oikos university enters his plea. >> in 10 minutes a cool down coming your way and the fog is moving in, i will have the details on your tuesday forecast. >>> police said a lamborghini owned by guy fieri that was stolen has been recovered. the $200,000 lamborghini gallardo was stolen last year from the british motor car distributors. the car was located over the weekend inside a storage unit. investigators say it belonged to a 17-year-old who is the suspect in a shooting earlier this month. the teen was arrested. >>> the man accused of killing 7 people at oikos university faced a judge this afternoon. k

house. the death of osama bin laden as the first anniversary approaches. tonight, a first look at the untold story. what happened in the west wing that night. >>> the rising at ground zero and what we witnessed. there today, that was a decade in the making. >>> epidemic. the diabetes crisis may be worse than first thought for millions of young americans. >>> and it's here. the first big wave of tsunami debris from japan arriving now on this side of the pacific, including an incredible collection. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. one year ago tonight, while we didn't yet know it, u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s were already in motion, as was the machinery of an ultra secret u.s. military strike that killed osama bin laden. on the night of the raid, the very top government and military leadership gathered in the white house situation room, and since then, this single still photo has stood as the symbol of the attack. and now, we have more to add to the public record. just today, the president talked about the attack and the risk it represented, but we want t

tonight, being here, reporting from the white house, where this were a lot of young people, students from the washington, dc area, who upon hearing that osama bin ladenwas killed, they raced over to the white house, were outside the northwest gate, there, and were chanting "usa, usa," as you mentioned. there was a lot of afternoonty that night a year later, there is a lot of continuing right now as we get closer to the november election. about whether the anniversary is politicized. >>shepard: there s here in new york as we return from europe as i mention people chanting the same thing around the fence that was the world trade center and the pit on our city and thousands upon things of people descended on lower manhattan and in times square, and came together in unity, that the united states had at long last killed the man who killed so many of our neighbors. it was a wonderful moment in cities around the nation. there were questions of the way people reacted and the rest but the thing that stays with you is the unity of the moment, and a year later for the politicians to do this to us, not red, not blue, not republican, not democrat, not conservativ

no administration officials will comment on the record, but a white house source confirmed the osama bin laden account and much of the other details. i'm investigative reporter, 9news now. >>> a new chapter in our federal bonus investigation finds more top payouts from our investigative reporter. >>> right place, right time, right man for the job. right now, we are -- a good samaritan chased down a suspected purse thief at wal- mart in culpeper. that suspect ran a woman's purse and ran out of the store. then came bystander number three. his name is howard. he's the father of five, a navy vet. oh yeah, let's not forget he's a try carat triathalete. >> i said, should i go? she said yeah, you're a good runner. i took off down the sidewalk. >> before long, he passed those other two good samaritans and finally he caught up with the suspect, grabbed him, put him in an arm lock. police later arrested 23-year- old kelly lee minor. >>> tomorrow, leaders from the world's 8 largest economies will join president obama at camp david in maryland for the g8 summit. the state of maryland and frederick county

repeated requests, no federal agency would talk on the record about this but a white house official confirms the osama bin laden account and other key details behind the nation's top federal worker bonuses. i'm investigator reporter ross ross, 9 nusz now. -- russ ptacek, 9news now. >> so does this change how you feel about government workers. log on any time and join that conversation. >>> well, tonight new evidence in the murder of florida teenager trayvon martin. officials have released images that seem to lend more credibility to the gunman's side of the story. we're monitoring the details coming in today and he joins us live now from the satellite center. ken. >> reporter: the evidence released today is more than 183 pages long. in it there are interviews, recordings, there is pictures and video, all of which we've never seen before. . >> these are the last known images of trayvon martin alive. he's seen at a convenience store wearing his black hoodie wearing candy and a drink. 20 minutes later he would be dead. the video was made public and also pictures of a bullet casing as well as zimmerman's 9 9-millim

but a white house official has confirmed the osama bin laden tie and much details in this case. >> hard to argue osama bin laden fella didn't deserve extra pay. >> it will change the mood of some people. >> thanks, appreciate that. >>> less than 24 hours after the world lost the godfather of go-go, we learned of the passing of another music legend this morning. donna summer died today after a lengthy battle with cancer. ♪ [ music ] five hits that earned summer grammy awards. the queen of disco was the staple of 70s, but also found fame in the 80s. donna summer died at her home in florida. she was 63. >>> now while most of the country turned to disco in the 70s, d.c. was moving to a slightly different beat and groups like the backyard band that you've been listening to all afternoon long stem from the go-go sound that started with chuck brown. our matt jablow is down along chuck brown way in northwest d.c. with more on the man who started the movement. matt. >> reporter: tributes for the godfather of go-go are pouring in tonight from all over. from those who love chuck brown the musician

. >>> did the white house give moviemakers classified information on the plan to kill osama bin laden? a new movie has a conservative group demanding answers and the cia making explanations. >> the water is still rising in prince william county and the flood warning goes till 4:45 in prince william. we have more heavy showers and thunderstorms moving in from the south there along southern st. mary's county. i'll let you know what we're looking at tomorrow and we're talking about the weekend forecast, too, in a few minutes. >> check out the rundown. we're back.  >> this is fox 5 news edge at 11:00.  >>> did the white house give classified information on the raid on osama bin laden to hollywood filmmakers? a conservative government watchdog said it has the proof the government arranged for special access. >> reporter: president obama again referencing the takedown of the world's most wanted terrorist this, time to graduates at the air force acme. >> thanks to air force personnel -- academy. >> thanks to air force personnel who did their part osama bin lade

we know that even as recently as some of the letters from the osama bin laden house in pakistan, where he himself, the head of the organization, still talked about targeting u.s. and particularly aviation. it is not entirely a surprise that these groups are going to continue to try to find ways to defeat the security apparatus that is at airports. >> and on the other hand, clearly, the foiling of a plot of this kind showing the level of security and vigilance by the u.s. authorities. >> we have many layers of security in place, particularly when it comes to air travel. but the device -- as these devices get more sophisticated, and even as recent as within the last couple of weeks, there was information talking about bombs that could be implanted inside the human body that could essentially self-detonate based on chemical reactions that take place. your typical security measures that we have in many airports would not defeat this kind of device. we're going to have to continue to develop new technologies that will allow security people to be able to find these nontraditional devices, de

president was on a ground a year after the killing of osama bin laden and almost an inevitable fall opportunity in this contentious election year. the white house is pointing to the substance of the trip. -- the president was on the ground a year after the killing of osama bin laden and almost inevitable photo op. >> i thought was a statesman- like, excellent piece of political theater, but i'm skeptical it will work. >> republicans are complaining that the president is taking a victory lap. >> he took all the information from the bush administration, and was able to crystalize an effort to capture and ultimately kill osama bin laden. >> predictable fallout from a surprise trip that put the focus back on afghanistan. this promises an end to america's longest war. this also pledges military assistance until the 2024. >> it has become one of the more iconic image is from the historic night that bin laden was killed. an exclusive behind the scenes look. with for a peepreview brian williams. >> we're preparing for tonight. we have been paring for this broadcast for several days. we have a very special hour for you this week. to mark this one-year a

show you brian williams and his exclusive look at what happened inside the white house situation room the night osama bin laden was killed. enjoy the show. we'll be back tomorrow night. >>> tonight on "rock center," from the chair the president was sitting in when this photo was taken, from this very room, television cameras are inside the white house situation room for the very first time as we look back on the death of osama bin laden. >> we had been preparing for months. we had seen mock-ups of the compound. we had looked at helicopter flight patterns. >> the president said, it's a go. and we looked at him. he said, it's a go. >> you know, in that situation, you just, you do some praying. >> what were you watching? >> we were able to monitor in realtime what was taking place. >> the mood was tense. >> we could see the helicopters, we could see our guys moving. >> when we saw the helicopter spinning, we said, that's not the plan. >> we were all holding our breath. >> and everyone went like, whoa. >> we thought about if there was a failure here, it would have disastrous consequences. >> when we got the messag

that kathryn bigelow spoking to john brennan, the white house chief counter-terrorism adviser and that the secrets about the raid on osama bin laden's compound were meant for a film that was first scheduled to be released this october just a month before the presidential election. >>> the white house said tonight that the agencies involved cooperate with a lot of movies, both documentaries and feature films. jay carney has previously said nothing was given to these filmmakers that has not been given to journalists. the film is now scheduled for release in december. jim? >> thanks. tonight, four secret service agents caught up in the colombian scandal are fighting dismissal. the government official tells nbc news some of the agents will contest their firing on grounds they didn't know the women were prostitutes. others will reportedly argue their behavior is not prohibited. two dozen secret service and military brrnl implicated in that scandal last month in the colombia preparing for president obama's visit to that country. >> tonight there is no evidence of any real threat follow a body bomb south carolina on a flight from paris to

political gain as we have seen in the past with the authorized leaks from the white house about the operation to kill osama bin laden. do you agree with me that this leak was damaging to our national security to fight terrorism? >> let me start by saying that we have initiated an investigation into this leak. and also, as i think you indicated before that, leaks such as this threaten ongoing operations. it puts at risk the lives of sources and makes it much more difficult to recruit sources and damages our relations with foreign partners. consequently, a leak like this is taken seriously and we'll investigate thoroughly. >> okay. i guess you have answered my question there, but the last point that you made was a point i wanted you to make. so i guess i would, regardless of political consequences, i hope you get to the bottom of it. our international parter ins have been weary of cooperating with us in the wake of the wikileaks affair in which our ability to keep their confidence was severely damaged. what effect do you think the leaks in this case will have on our ability to work with allies in combatting terrorism?

osama bin laden in pakistan. president obama makes a surprise visit to neighboring afghanistan. danielle nottingham reports for wjz, from the white house>> reporter: president obama marks the one-year anniversary of the killing of osama bin laden, with an unannounced visit to afghanistan. he is meeting with troops fighting the taliban and the war against terror. the visit comes one year after u.s. navy seals killed the al qaeda leader in neighboring pakistan. there has been no information from the pakistani government about who was helping the terror leader hide in plain sight. u.s. officials are still looking for answers. >> reporter: the white house has been giving interviews and access to the situation room, where the president gave the go ahead for the bin laden mission. >> i said that i'd go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him. and i didn't. >> reporter: the president's trip to afghanistan is officially to sign a new security agreement. his republican rival accuses the president of exploit being the anniversary for political gains. >> reporter: mitt romney, along with former mayor rudy giuliani brought pizzas to firefigh

options to deal with syria and the white house leaks on the osama bin laden raid. jazz legend winston mar sell liss brings us a rare interview with paul simon. great conversation when those two get together. we'll see you starting at 7:00. >> we'll be watching. >>> the public viewing of chuck brown had to be cut short last night. police cleared the crowd around 8:30. they didn't want anyone to get hurt in the storms which moved through. thousands of people visited howard theatre tuesday to pay their respects to the godfather of go go music. brown died two weeks ago. he was 75. the scene resembled a street party, something people say brown really would have enjoyed. >> a great man that brought the city together through music. >> rest in peace, chuck. we love you. it will never be the same without you. ♪ feel like busting loose >> can't not love that music when it comes on. there will will be a public service for chuck brown tomorrow. doors open at 10:00 and the memorial begins at noon. >>> a police officer from the town of culpeper, virginia has been indicted on mur

osama bin laden. >> he spoke to a true sense formally address the nation. we have the latest -- he spoke to troops and formally addressed the nation. we have the latest from the white house. >> in afghanistan a year ago today seal teams killed osama bin laden. >> the goal i set is now within our reach. >> he met with u.s. troops and gave them credit along with the campaign for killing 28 of bin ranks.ospit >> we were able to bring osama bin laden to justice. >> the afghanistan flew to of three did the president flew to afghanistan overnight who signed a treaty with karzai. u.s. forces will focus only on what is left of the al qaeda. critics see this as a victory lap on an anniversary that ought to have been off limits. good >> we have a of have to fulfill our message in afghanistan while delivering justice to al qaeda. >> democrats are cheering their candidate taking the credit they see is his due. >> 11 news spoke with the founder and director of the maryland center for health and homeland security. michael greenberg said there is more to this anniversary than just the death of osama bin laden. think anyonebeli believes this is the end of terror, but i think it establis

. >> huge crowds and from the white house and i that unify the nation. osama bin laden was dead. one year later, has become a matter of the moment in presidential politics to correct a said that i would go after bin laden if we had a clear shot at him, and i did. >> those comments come on heels of a new obama campaign video about bin laden's death, questioning if presumptive republican nominee mitt romney would have done the same thing. campaigning in new hampshire today, romney said absolutely. the romney campaign now accusing president obama of using the anniversary it a partisan political attack through cracks if there are others who have said one thing and now suggest that would do something else, then i would go ahead and let them explain. >> but the economy remains issue number one in this race. the union members today, the president blamed the gop for killing bills to create jobs. >> rebuilding our infrastructure is common sense. an investment in tomorrow that we need to make today. ronald reagan said that, that great socialist, ronald reagan. >> mitt romney meanwhile on a

be summed up in a bumper sticker that said general motors is alive and osama bin laden is dead. >> norah o'donnell at the white house. norah, thank you. we'll ask mitt romney about osama bin laden's death when he sits down with us in studio 57. he and his wife ann will be here in the next half hour. >>> for security reasons they attacked last year. >> one year later many are still upset about the raid. they're also angrile the attacks by drones over the area. collarry sa, what are they telling you? >> well, it's very interesting, charlie. one year after osama bin laden's death and many people across the country don't believe osama bin laden was ever living in the compound or killed by the u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s last year, and those people who do believe it, rather than being perturbed about the glaring security breach, they're more angered at the fact that the u.s. violated their sovereign integrity by staging that raid. >> and the government itself, what are they saying one year later about the raid? >> reporter: one year later, there are still so many questions. ho su it possible that osama bin laden, the world's mos

you saw bill clinton, former president clinton, making the same point about osama bin laden. the white house to the situation room, of course, to, you know, tout this, tout this great achievement. >> right. >> army going to put osama bin laden's personal writings on display. is the president going over the line? >> no. there was a legitimate difference. romney was critical of the effort to go after bin laden. the secretary of defense, bob gates, who's not even a democrat, said it's the guttiest call he's ever seen any president make. and actually, i think the white house is delighted by all of this controversy sounding this. i'm not sure that there's a lot of votes in this, but everybody looks sort of like, what's going on? remember rudy giuliani and 9/11, the mission accomplished. people are sort of taken credit for accomplishments for a long time. it's nothing new in politics, but the president jumped right back if the fray. i think they were very happy to the response to this. >> it's interesting, the president did comment on the whole controversy. i love this sound bite, because he uses

. >> the public will get to see some of the last writings of osama bin laden. the white house says some of the declassified documents seized in the raid will be posted on line this week by the u.s. army's combating terrorism center at west point. >>> the montgomery county school superintendent blasting report that he says imply a cheating scandal in the county. highland elementary school in silver spring is one of 27 schools nationwide cited by a recent "atlanta journal constitution" investigation into cheating. the school made a sifth turnaround in recent years, even earning a blue ribbon award in 2009, the highest award from the department of education. the atlanta newspaper questions the success in part because many students come from poor households who don't speak english. according to the report, 15% of fifth graders scored at the advanced reading level in 2006. by 2009, that jumped to 94%. the "atlanta journal constitution" classmates this achievement is "virtually impossible." >> we have experts who looked at the swings in the school's scores and said they are highly,

. >> reporter: president obama meantime raised some eyebrows at the white house yesterday when he used osama bin laden's death to take a not so vailed swipe at mitt romney during an official visit by the prime minister of japan >> i said i would go after osama bin laden if we had a clear shot at him and i did, if there are others who have said one thing and now suggest they would do something else, then, i would go ahead and let them explain it. >> reporter: an obama campaign ad once said, romney once said he wouldn't move heaven and earth to hunt down osama bin laden. romney says it was a no brainer. >> you would have given the order? >> yep. >> is it criticism from the obama campaign ... >> reporter: as far as the anniversary is concerned there are no specific threats that coincide but recognize it is a day that carries a great deal of significance for remnants of al qaeda in washington doug luzader fox news. >>> in the race for the white house, mitt romney is looking to pick up endorsements from former rivals he will meet with rick santorum friday and expects to hear from gingrich some time this week

show you brian williams and his exclusive look at what happened inside the white house situation room the night osama bin laden was killed. enjoy the show. we'll be back tomorrow night.

i'm mindful of both as a member of the house armed services committee and the house intelligence committee. if osama bin laden could have directed that kind of attack on the united states, without a doubt he would have. he was one of the few people who could have rallied al qaeda around a single mission. because of president obama and his team and the extraordinary work of seal team six, that threat has been eliminated. of course al qaeda still exists. one thing i'm concerned about still is although we're more secure we condition let our guard down. an area we're not seeing enough focus and attention on, most national security experts and leaders including secretary of defense panetta and the director of fbi talking about the threat of cybersecurity, something i've spent a lot of time on. what clearly could have been done, attacks through the use of kinetic weapons could now be carried out using a few strokes on a keyboard with someone with the right skill set. that's something we have to pay more attention to and i'm concerned about. >> congressman james langevin, thank you so much. let me bring michael and

underwear bomb to be detonated sometime around last week's one year anniversary of osama bin laden's death. but the white houses the bomb was seized by the cia well before the suspected bomber had chosen a specific plane as a target. >> what this incident makes clear is this country has to continue to remain vigilant against those that would seek to attack this country. >> national security experts say this latest underwear bomb was significantly more sophisticated than the device that failed to detonate on the 2009 flight to detroit. for starters, it was not made of metal, apparently to avoid detection by airport screeners. it's widely believed the al qaeda bomb maker who built the two underwear bombs also built the bomb built into a trenter cartridge built in a bomb heading for the u.s. in 2010. >> they're out there and i think they will keep trying. >> reporter: it's not clear if a nonmetal underwear become could be detected by the full body scanners. the homeland security say they expect no noticeable changes in airport security as the latest of this latest foiled bomb plot. matt jablow, wusa. >>> a road r

house this afternoon. >> this command the anniversary on the death of osama bin laden. they got another reminder that the violence continues. >> president obama is home after delivering the first presidential address from inside a war zone. the president declared that the war in afghanistan is coming to an end. >> we can see the light of a new day on the horizon. >> the president a credit for a strategy that he said helped turn the tide in a decade-long war. >> we broke the momentum. we felt strong. the goal that i set to defeat al qaeda and denied a chance to rebuild. it is within our reach. >> the allies are set to hand of security to afghan by thes year. they signed an agreement by karzai. >> the agreement sends a clear message to the afghan people. as the stand-up you will not stand a long. >> the president also greeted troops while and afghanistan and thanking them for their sacrifice and service. >> a reminder of the fragile security situation with an early morning suicide attack in the capital. at least six people were killed. >> the president said his demonstrat

the conservative watch dog group is accusing the white house of turning over sensitive information about the navy team that killed osama bin laden and we will get reaction from the white house just ahead. wanna know the difference between a trader and an elite trader? it's this... the etrade pro platform. fast. beautiful. totally customizable. finds top performg stocks -- in three clicks. quickly scans the market for new trading ideas. it can even match options strategies to your goals and lets you see the potential risk and reward. and, it also comes with a dedicated elite service team. got it? get it. good. introducing new etrade pro elite. ♪ the teacher that comes to mind for me is my high school math teacher, dr. gilmore. i mean he could teach. he was there for us, even if we needed him in college. you could call him, you had his phone number. he was just focused on making sure we were gonna be successful. he would never give up on any of us. >>shepard: political scandals. pentagon officials are accused of revealing the commander of a navy seal team six to make a movie about the raid that killed osama bin laden. that is the

officials from the pentagon, the cia and the white house gave unprecedented access to hollywood filmmakers making a movie about the raid that killed osama bin ladenuse denies releasing any classified information. jim miklaszewski has been working the story for us. jim, what's the information the watchdog group says was released to the filmmakers? >> reporter: in all these e-mails, there's no indication that any classified material was in any way compromised. but they certainly had access to classified facilities at the cia and individuals who had high security clearances. and i think what's raised the eyebrows here in the building at the pentagon is that these filmmakers even had access to the commander of that s.e.a.l. team 6 group that planned and went in and executed the mission that killed osama bin laden there in pakistan. and this s.e.a.l. team 6 has always been considered so highly secretive that if one of their members walks across the street, it's considered a classified operation. that's how tightly held the identities of those individuals has been. i think what the flap here is about is that this movie, about the bin laden raid, had th

>> at the white house, officials have said the president is not overcelebrating the death of osama bin ladene've heard criticism from a number of republicans. we haven't really heard any criticism coming from republicans yet, the news here is so fresh that president obama is in afghanistan. but the fact is no matter how much really politics president obama may make of the death of osama bin laden today and now in this high profile visit to afghanistan, politically this is a trip that can serve him well. when you talk about sort of his accomplishments, the thing that he has sought to do as a president, taking out osama bin laden is one that is harder to debate than, say, his treatment of the economy or passage of health care reform, other things that he is hit by republicans on and lately certainly the obama campaign has tried to minimize some of that criticism or really tried to hit back on the criticism from for instance those in the romney camp who are obviously trying to main minimize this will accomplishment. >> we're getting ready to hear from the president, he'll be speaking to the nat

osama bin laden's death. delia goncalves is live outside the white house with more. >> good morning. that presumptive nominee mitt romney continues to blast president obama for what he says is playing politics with the death of osama bin laden. still romney says it was good that the president visited afghanistan. in fact, it was the president's third trip to that country where he surprised troops last night and sign add ten-year agreement with -- signed a ten- year agreement with afghanistan. the conflict will end in 2014 according to the president but an undetermined number of troops may still stay in the country to train afghan soldiers. the agreement also commits the u.s. to seek funding from congress annually for this transition. the president signed a deal. then spoke directly to the troops. >> we've reached an agreement to transition detention facilities to afghan control and to put afghans in the lead on special operations. today we're agreeing to be long- term partners in combating terrorism. >> when we see our homeland violated, when we see our fellow citizens killed, then we

house. >> right up until the end, osama bin laden was plotting terror. a collection of letters from his final hide out shows that he wanted to target airplanes carrying president barack obama. he said that killing him automatically would make joe biden take over the presidency for the remainder of the term. he described the vice-president as totally unprepared for the job. former deputy director of national intelligence and cbs news senior correspondent john miller was the last western journalist to interview him. >> i think in the end he was struggling to figure out what al qaeda was at that point. >> the navy seals who killed osama bin laden when your go gathered the documents from his compound in pakistan. 17 of the letters are now declassified and posted on an army website. they show osama bin laden also wanted to go after the war commander general david petraeus. he wrote " killing him would alter the words . and you worry about this function within al qaeda, fretting about losing trust among radical muslims. >> and you can see him struggling for co

in the white house released top secret info about the raid that killed osama bin laden to a hollywood director is this an attempt to gain positive attention in an election year we'll explore. it's wednesday may twenty third five pm in washington d.c. i'm abbie martin and you're watching our t.v. the first amendment clearly states that congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion the founders clearly understood the importance of your right to practice or not practice religion in this country however in a predominately christian nation the significance of atheism is growing poppy that popularity has underscored in today's social dialogue atheism is one of the fastest growing social movements in the country yes it is a movement and it's gaining substantial political ground earlier this year d.c. has reason rally and brought in twenty thousand people in the pouring rain to stand for it theistic ideals so as atheism a force to be reckoned with and what will this mean and then dynamics of our country to answer that i'm joined by c sorry but i see it monthly is not her