case it's just part of a larger trend it seems of assault on the freedom of press and morocco i mean how would you describe the state of journalism in the country. well right now reporters without borders bring small rocco within the lower third countries and the world for press freedom and the big issue all of these journalist rights groups are asking for abby is just to drop the criminalization of journalism the criminal defamation charges can you imagine the chilling effect that this has on investigative journalism in morocco when reporters are terrified to criticize public officials to do their job because they're scared they're going to end up in prison and that's what makes you safe so courageous because he's willing to put his neck out on the line and continue to expose corruption even though you know it could end up costing him dearly i mean he could he could seek asylum somewhere else with his choosing to stay in the country and make his case known to highlight really the serious threat against journalists in morocco is very courageous of him and let's talk about some other

and seen a growing resistance from its people however one country i have not touched upon yet is morocco which in its close premix price proximity to the media libya and egypt countries that were all revolutionized by the arab spring and i love morocco didn't encourage official uprising like its neighbors there is growing dissent against its regime happening yet similar to jordan morocco as monarchy has implemented reforms and established certain governmental bodies to quell dissent in fact because of this it's been labeled by some as the smartest dictatorship in the world and one characteristic of a smart dictatorship is a target the truth tellers who expose government corruption and there's a growing trend of government crackdowns on journalists in the country in fact it's so bad reporters without borders ranks morocco one hundred thirty eight out of one hundred and seventy nine countries in the world for press freedom due to their imprisonment of journalists and just one of the most outrageous examples in march of last year eighteen year old student named walid a home and was sentence

government crackdowns on journalists in the country in fact it's so bad reporters without borders ranks morocco one hundred thirty eight out of one hundred and thirty nine countries in the world for press freedom due to their imprisonment of journalists and just one of the most outrageous examples in march of last year eighteen year old student named while lead a home and was sentenced to a year and a half in prison simply for making fun of the king on facebook and most recently independent investigative journalist you said. the editor of the magazine alone is being charged with criminal defamation for exposing government corruption which was extremely harsh penalties so you talk about you case in the full out assault on the press in morocco i'm joined now by amber lyon award winning investigative journalist. so in her talk about the corruption that you expose and why it was particularly embarrassing for this public official. well abbe yousef to tell you a little bit about him he is a passionate muckraking investigative journalist and in true youssef style he published an article in his magazin

. >> reporter: brandon morocco wheeled himself into a packed news conference in baltimore today. what's remarkable, he did it with a pair of arms he received just six weeks ago in a double-transplant operation. >> you know, i never really accepted the fact that i didn't have arms, so now that i have them again, it's -- it's almost like it never happened. >> reporter: as an army private in iraq, morocco lost both his legs and arms to a roadside bomb. the military's first quadruple amputee to survive, but he never gave up hope. and amazingly, considered himself lucky. >> i was still alive. so, that's really all that mattered to me at the time. >> reporter: for nearly four years, morocco suffered through the excruciating pain of therapy at walter reed hospital. >> pretty much anything that touches them, pushes on them, hurts real bad. >> reporter: driven, he mastered his artificial limbs, all four of them. but that would never be good enough. >> i hated not having arms. i was all right with not having legs. not having arms takes so much away from you out of -- even your personality.

in morocco it's true. can you provide me with more affirmation? what problems happen in morocco? >> stand of quickly. this is the head of human rights watch, so i imagine he could provide you with a great deal of documentation. [laughter] >> just three days ago there was a journalist who was prosecuted. there is a big movement in morocco to repeal criminal defamation. people can still be sued civilly for defamation. to prosecute somebody criminally is a penalty that is widely considered to violate international freedom of expression. both of your governments are making regular use of criminal defamation prosecutions. i'm asking whether you would commit to that. [laughter] [inaudible conversations] [speaking arabic] [laughter] >> after. after we are going to. [speaking arabic] >> i want to -- [speaking arabic] >> translator: can i respond, please? i think -- but this shows that things are excellent and morocco because only one year after the elections which are held the 29 of november, if there was only one trial three days ago for someone who engaged in defamation. but i think th

he often spoke about his time in morocco.e had already started the process of applying for foreign service and reading books about american diplomats. i still remember him reading memoirs of george cannon, one of our most famous diplomats and reading publications like foreign affairs magazines. as a summer associate in a washington office he was tasked to go to yale law school and talk about his experiences in the middle east. his mother received post card from chris saying, hi, everybody. i'm here at yale law school giving a lecture on morocco carpet law. he lived his family. his grandmother, an artist, had a number of paintings at the old mint in san francisco. they reflected scenes from that part of california. he took us down there and proudly showed us her work. although he traveled the world his family was always in his thoughts. california was always his home. what i will most remember about chris is how thoughtful he was and how people were drawn to him. chancellor wu wrote when chris was appointed ambassador, friends

but morocco. the project was completed the main church resembles the one in orangeburg that was torn down in soviet times the design of the orthodox school was copied from in one thousand nine hundred diary as through the administrative building it was inspired by a picture in a book of fairy tales by alexander pushkin. the cushions the last house across the road it is big enough to accommodate father nicholas incredibly large family of seventy children. as a young boy i drowned over a family with many children. a modest wife and enough money to buy her a nice dress for. a country and then i married and bought a dress. at the moon. we had no kids of our own so i think so we went to an orphanage to adopt some young children. just took away the ones that were offered and we had no idea how the children should be cared for so on their

>> i did not forget morocco.ughter] because you acted so fast in your reform process, i think that two years ago maybe you would have been here. [laughter] and so i was being careful. [laughter] but i think that itself gives one a great deal of hope, and i want to on that note ask that you all give these gentlemen a wonderful round of applause. [applause] [inaudible conversations] >> the senate is gaveling in at 2 eastern this afternoon. at 5:30 senators plan to vote on the final hurricane sandy relief package. and another vote tomorrow on the confirmation of massachusetts senator john kerry to be the next secretary of state. as always, the senate is live here on c-span2. >>> off the floor a bipartisan group of senators today will unveil immigration proposals. those senators scheduled a news conference for 2:30 eastern. live coverage over on c-span. this comes a day before president obama speaks about immigration policies in las vegas. >>> and there are three new members of the indiana delegation serving in the 1

and seen a growing resistance from its people however one country i have not touched upon yet is morocco which in its close premix price proximity to the media libya and egypt countries that were all revolutionized by the arab spring and i love morocco didn't encourage official uprising like its neighbors there is growing dissent against its regime happening yet similar to jordan morocco the monarchy has implemented reforms and established certain governmental bodies to quell dissent and fact because of this it's been labeled by some as the smartest dictatorship in the world and one characteristic of a smart dictatorship is a target the truth tellers who expose government corruption and there's a growing trend of government crackdowns on journalists in the country in fact it's .

to the media libya and egypt countries that were all revolutionized by the arab spring and i love morocco didn't encourage official uprising like its neighbors there is growing dissent against its regime happening yet similar to jordan morocco monarchy has implemented reforms and established certain governmental bodies to quell dissent and fact because of this it's been labeled by some as the smartest dictatorship in the world and one characteristic of a smart.

he taught english in morocco. i taught math. we talked about the joys of living and working over seas. we spoke french together. later he helped me get an assignment with a pediatric a.i.d.s. group. now i work in a county hospital in stockton caring for patients from all over the world. like chris, i am genuinely interested in listening to their stories and learning about their lives. i was really hoping he would still be here. i dreamt of someday working as a detector in a country where he was ambassador. i was looking forward to showing off my growing new family. our daughter was born in april. chris got to hold her before leaving for his post in libya. as our father said best at 5 a.m. on september 12th, he made it to the top. he tried his best. he was a great brother. i couldn't agree more. [applause] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> good afternoon, steve mcdonald. chris and i have been friends since we pledged the fraternity at uc berkeley in 1978. i want to first thank chris's family for allowing me the honor of speaking today as we celebrate

brendon morocco was injured while serving in iraq in 2009. he is the first quadruple amputee to survive his injuries. he received a double arm surgery recently. his story will be on 11 news at 5:00 p.m. i'm sure it will be a moving one. knew today as recover the nation, the senate foreign relations committee has approved john carey as the next secretary of state. he will replace hillary clinton. the senate panel approved his nomination with no opposition. a second vote will be taking place this afternoon by the full senate. for the past 28 years, he has served on the senate foreign relations panel and has been its leader for the past four years. there will be special election in late june to replace him. considering lifting its decades- long ban on gays, the boy scouts showed signs of areas to remove the band from the national organization roles. that would leave it up to the sponsoring organizations of local troops. if the national policy change is approved, it could be announced as early as next week. in washington, the senate joined the ho

. >> reporter: brendan morocco wheeled himself into his own news conference.is arms transplant he seemed comfortable with his new limbs. >> you know, i never really accepted the fact that i didn't have arms, so now that i have them again, it's almost like it never happened. it's like i went back four years, and i'm me again. >> reporter: four years ago more rockco lost his arms and both legs to a roadside bomb. a year later he told cbs news which loss was greater. >> without legs you can still be independent, you know. without arms there's so much more that you can't do. >> reporter: it took 16 doctors at johns hopkins hospital to13 hours to attach the arms of an anonymous donor who had died and they also performed a relatively new procedure that would reduce the chance of rejection. >> he received a bone marrow cells from the arm donor so he'll only take one anti-rejection injection instead of the triple-drug cocktail. his tissues will grow into the maximum rate of an inch a month. doctors say he should regain enough feeling and control do just about everythi

closure of the strait of hormuz, if you have serious islamism and insurgency al qaeda presence of moroccomens and what that could do to international shipping industry of gibraltar? gerri: the pets are high. it's interesting because we just had an increased expectation for oil demand in 2013. the numbers coming out show that people are going to want more oil, not less. are we going to see oil prices go through the roof here? if. >> i think there's a better chance that the threat of demand -- the threat of terror will drive prices higher. we just get new evidence today that the u.s. is an energy powerhouse, producing the most loyal with the biggest increase since before the civil war. and in a weird way that is changing the global energy balance. and a great way. i mean, it's going to change the world. hopefully it's going to a, you know, change that taxes. i think the bottom line here windy like energy this year, were coming from a very low level of demand. demand is going to go up. we have new supplies, new things like fracking. that will keep that under control. but that threat of terro

. >> brendan morocco was a private fist class what en he hit a roadside bomb and lost all four of his limbs. he has two new arms and two new reasons to smile. >> i can move my elbow, the one i had before. i can rotate a little bit. >> the 26-year-old from staten island became the war's first gra quadruple amputee. he was the first to receive a double arm transplant at johns koppins in baltimore. the top physicians haveable to attach donor arms to the wounded soldier which one day should be fully functional. >> it feels amazing. it was something i was waiting for for a long time. now that it finally happened, i really don't know what to say. it's such a big thing for my life. it's just fantastic. >> fox news first met brendan morocco last summer when the tunnels to tours built him a new home. it was damaged hurricane sandy but it is being rebuilt. >> he was asked what he misses most? >> driving. absolutely driving. i used to love to drive. it was a lot of fun for me. one of my goals is to hand cycle a marathon. yeah. i would love to get back to that. >> i think he will be able to try t

we did not see the wreckage. >> the family had been returning to morocco after spending their holidaythe french alps. >>> he dresses madonna, katie holmes and jennifer lopez and is a favorite of stars from new york to hollywood, but now he is missing. the plane carrying italian fashion mogul vittorio missoni and his wife friday disappeared off the coast of venezuela. the missoni brand known for its multi-color zigzag design has been known. joining me for much more on this, nadia. there are reports he was headed back home to italy possibly to unveil new designs. >> the men's wear was going to launch in milan later this month, but an amazing group of designers that he's managed to recruit. his sister, angela, and a family business that started in 1953, his parents started the company. >> we know they're looking for them. they haven't been able to find the plane. but how did he become such a popular brand? how did the brand missoni become so popular? >> started by his parents and in the beginning it was really cutour but what victoria and his siblings managed to do was popularize it. mis

with a bilateral transplant on brendan morocco dr.ays they spent two years rehearsing on cadavers at the hospital. so so much work went into that surgery. >> it's microsurgery. it's so tiny. what's the prognosis on this? >> they're thinking more than a year. they'd find out the full functionality. they first need to figure out if the nerves will regenerate. it's looking good so far. so their hope is obviously that he will have a great amount of function in his arm. >> and that they reattach and start to function again bit by bit by bit. >> that's right because every inch past the wrist is that much more severe and concerning and it takes a month for every inch farther from that wrist. >>> well, chuck hagel faced hours of sharp questions from his former colleagues at his senate confirmation hearing. >> president obama wants hagel to be his new defense secretary, but he had to work today to explain some past policy positions on israel, iran and iraq. danielle nottingham with the story from capitol hill. >> we would like an answer yes or

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morocco says he can't fully feel his new arms, but he gaining function.d comb his hair. doctors say if a few years, there's very little he won't be able to do. >> i think he'll be able to try and throw a football. i don't know if he'll be hitting 60-yard runs like joe flacco with the broncos, but i suspect he'll getcl"ññ there. >> reporter: first up on his list that he wants to do, driving his dodge charger sr-t8. >> yeah, it's the car. i can't give up because i haven't driven it yet. i think it's just kind of who i am. i never really gave up on too much that really mattered to me. >> reporter: morocco says the first person he wants to shake hands, that is, after his doctors, country music star blake shelton. right now, he has enough use of his new arms to give hiscx2 mom hug this way. >> you know, for now. you know, when he's able to -- you know, he can't lift. but we'll get there. he's a tough cookie, without a doubt. he's not changed that and he's just taken it and made it an form. you know, he's never going to stop. he's going to be that boy i always

. >> brendan morocco is proof of that. he received a unique medical procedure.parker has the story. >> reporter: brendan morocco lost all four limbs in an explosion in iraq. the doctors in this room helped give two of those limbs back. >> i hated not having arms. i was all right with not having legs. >> reporter: six week ago, brendan hay trouble arm transplant at johns hopkins. >> only sick other patients have undergone successful double hand transplants in the u.s. >> i can rotate a little bit. >> reporter: sixteen doctors and a host of others helped to connect the blood vessels, muscles nerves and skip. he will always remember the first time he moved his new arm i don't i was sitting there with my friends and did it by accident. one of my friend was just like freaking out. he was like did you do that on purpose? no, i didn't know i was doing it. >> reporter: brendan's house on staten island is being cleaned up from the floods of hurricane sandy but his dodge charger is still waiting for him. >> i used to love to drive. >> his proud mom looks forward to his ho

organizers, an impromptu group who previously worked in the region, managed to reassure artists from morocco to oman. >> the most important thing is to say to the syrian people you are not alone. this art proves their solidarity. >> the exhibition showcases the work of artists, many of them young, inspired by political and social changes in their region. some have constructed or an -- confronted war and destruction in their lives. >> there is a lot of innocent people being killed, so all this art is going to be sold to raise money. it is a good reason for me to be here. >> other works tell a story. >> when i was asked to contribute, this one fited perfect. >> this one was scheduled to last just a few days, but its relevance to the events unfolding daly has created a huge interest here. now-from the sale of art will create health care -- cash from the sale of the art will help with health care. >> sex education is to be taught after a controversial health care bill. the law which allows contraceptives to be available to all has been criticized by the catholic church. many who support the bill

he started off in the peace corps in morocco and was a fluent speaker.ad served with distinction throughout the arab world and when i asked if he would be interested in going to benghazi where we had nothing and he bunked up in a hotel and didn't have support to speak of, he was thrilled. he understood what it would mean. in the wake of this traj doe, this terrible terrorist attack, i think one of the most poignant events has been overlooked. that is what happened after the libyan people from benghazi to tripoli learned that chris stevens, someone whom they had got tone know and trusted and admired had murdered. they went out into the streets and protested themselves. tens of thousands and far more than the dozens of highly armed invaders of our compound and annex. they made it clear that that was not the kind of country they were trying to build. in some way chris's faith after his death was certainly validated. >> thank you. >> mr. smith of new jersey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. we deeply mourn the tragic loss of four brave americans, including our di

. >> brendan morocco. met you a few years ago. you were one of those guys who said you would do it all over again. how. help us understand that? >> it is a lot of pride. pride in serving. i loved my time in the army. i would do it all over again. it's one of those things that i am very proud of and i wouldn't give it up for anything. >> got to love him. incredible update on that incredible young man. 26-year-old brendan morocco. we met him as a wounded warrior who lost all four limbs in iraq. remember it was july 4th it was severely wounded warriors who were being helped by the tunnels and towers fund dags tunnels and towers.org who were trying to get these guys houses. today he's speaking out for the first time since under going a dramatic transplant. our national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more of his inspirational story. jennifer? >> brendan morocco seated next to his surgeon is going home today talking about his new arms. >> it feels amazing. it was something i was waiting for for a long time. now that it fina

this is reportedly in morocco. foreign diplomat who decided he wanted something unique.two jeep wranglers and welded them together to create this 12-foot wide jeep. >> it doesn't even fit in the lane. like, you have to be on a four-lane road in order to drive this thing. >> how -- >> the most ridiculous car i think i've ever seen. it's wider than a hummer. >> it's kind of like a limousine, the other wanchts yeah. i've to sgot to say, i love it! >>> you guy, i think a trained, sneaky thief was caught on came camera somewhere in russia. >> a trained, sneaky thief did the bird. >> it's a crow, and watch what he does. this little guy's got a distraction technique. what he wants is that pan. >> because the pan has, like some food in it or something. >> i don't know if there's food in the pan. i think he just wants to take it back to his nest and just cook with it and he knows this lady the pan and every time she unties the shoe lace, she puts the pan down and he can go after it. >> that is really smart. >> it's hilarious, she does it over and over and over again, and they are

scholars from cairo, from fez in morocco, from tunisia came in.heir own scholars began major debates on issues of religion, of law, and shared scientific knowledge. >> brown: that's the melting pot, right, because of all those different cultures because it was such a commercial center >> absolutely. it was a wealthy center. it was a commercial center and it was open. open to people coming from different parts of africa, of the middle east, and even from turkey and from europe. so it was an enormously cosmopolitan if you want as well as learning centers >> brown: it's no longer that and yet it preserves much of that past. i mean, how much is... how much of that life stil goes on now? >> well, it's limited. obviously. it is still at the cross roads. it is still important at times but it is those manuscripts that are the heart of timbuktu. it is there that preserves the history of the people who live there. of course, the monuments themselves. timbuktu is a world heritage site. so it remains like some of the ancient cities, a place of wonder and of b