current structures that the money would find other ways even if they couldn't do it directly as united enabledzens united isn't that old of a decision. we should be overturning for sure, and you are completely correct. i think that independents should get the other. i think that republicans and democrats should get together and i hope that you will all check it out and consider helping moving the country forward. we are being played and manipulated to tony's point. >> host: you had mentioned your idea of universal basic income andou how you talked abot that in the campaign as a concept that played out in yireality with cities and states and especially what we saw for the stimulus payments being delivered to americans, plus childcare tax credits now. is that a concept that could work and be tested? >> guest: if you are watching this and got a check for your child [inaudible] [laughter]ou over the last couple of months and thought thisho is great. they designed a letter saying we should keep it forever. it's got to school supplies and people in better positions to actually learn with their famil

-- that the money would find other ways in, even if they could not do it directly as citizens united enable. money has been dominating politics for decades. citizens united is not that old a decision, so we should be thinking about overturning citizens united, but we should not think that our problems will be solved by it. you are completely correct that independents outnumber democrats and republicans. i think independents should get together. i think reform-minded democrats and republicans should get together. that is why i started the forward party. i hope you will all check it out at forwardparty.com and consider moving the country forward, literally. we are being played. we are being manipulated, to tony's point. host: you mentioned your idea of universal basic income. as a concept is it playing out and reality, particularly in cities and states? especially stimulus payments being delivered to americans? is it a concept that could work now? guest: one of the very best things going on right now in our country is the child tax credit. if you are watching this and you got a $300 check for

united states. it actually enables many categories of crime from drug trafficking to political corruption.makes it harder for us to hold politicians accountable when politicians skirt the law and engaging corruption and pocket payments they have ways to hide it that makes it difficult to find. that undermines our democracy and undermines good government. it affects all of us in many ways. >> it is part of an international team of journalists that worked on that project.>>> amazon is trying to catch the early holiday shoppers, and a pivot by the u.s. postal service. >> reporter: the usps is testing out providing financial services. things like bill pay and expanded money order services. the pilot program was launched in mid-september. it could expand after the holidays. rent the runway is going public. they say the subscriber numbers were significantly down during the pandemic, they begun to rebound now that people are going back out more. last year they raised money to give a $750 million valuation. amazon has rolled out a black friday-like sale to entice holiday shoppers. that is to reduc

-- that the money would find other ways in, even if they could not do it directly as citizens united enables been dominating politics for decades. citizens united is not that old a decision, so we should be thinking about overturning citizens united, but we should not think that our problems will be solved by it. you are completely correct that independents outnumber democrats and republicans. i think independents should get together. i think reform-minded democrats and republicans should get together. that is why i started the forward party. i hope you will all check it out at forwardparty.com and consider moving the country forward, literally. we are being played. we are being manipulated, to tony's point. host: you mentioned your idea of universal basic income. as a concept is it playing out and reality, particularly in cities and states? especially stimulus payments being delivered to americans? is it a concept that could work now? guest: one of the very best things going on right now in our country is the child tax credit. if you are watching this and you got a $300 check for your chil

and what that enabled that in precision, in language that refusal to the specific did was to enable the united states and each successive president to use the authorization in countries around the world. if he, if, basically with the idea that this was related somehow to terrorism, and even though we've pulled out of afghanistan now the 2001 authorization that authorized that invasion and the sending of troops afghanistan still persists. so it is a tool that president do not want to get rid of even joe biden, who has shown his intention and desire to really bring to an end of this period of the war on terror that was started with the attacks of $911.00. now we know that when mike bombay was said, non hostile or hostile, non state intelligence agency referring to wiki leaks. subsequently, we've now heard about cia plaza, kidnap julian assad, gum bottles in london. people involved in the songs case and people certainly what journalists said, why didn't we realize that he was actually giving a sort of code in his press conference. you talk about the way enemy belligerence mean, and i mean, compet

but the pandora papers is mostly about the professional enablers in the united states and corrupt figuresbroad. host: it is a good time to talk about the genesis of the "pandora papers." we did that yesterday on this program. greg miller, an investigative reporter, one of those who has been involved in the "pandora papers." and in plenty of the stories coming out this week on the "pandora papers." he answered viewer questions. one of the first he got was on how the "pandora papers" came about. [video clip] >> it came through an organization of investigative journalists, which is a group of journalists that has gathered material like this before. they are best known for "the panama papers," which won a polluter prize of five or six years ago. they work with partners around the world, because the information they get is so expensive, it is too much for any single media organization to go through. so "the washington post" was part of a team that worked on this project for most of the past year. host: what did the information you got from the icij focus on? what were you looking for? guest: t

growing up in the bronx and with not much and he was always so appreciative of what the united states of america enabled his family to do, his country to do, and enabled him to do, and he would always say, sort of like my parents would always say, only in america could something like this happen and it was always so meaningful to me to hear that coming from someone who was chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, retired four-star general, someone who was later secretary of state and it was a true american, a true world leader who commanded such great respect so that's why this is a sad day for all of us who got to know him over the years ago. >> wolf, his life, his career was a demonstration of racial progress. general mark hertling commanded forces in iraq following the invasion. he made this note this morning, which i thought was quite telling. he said he went from being unable to get base housing in ft. benning to becoming the first african-american chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and of course first african-american secretary of state. that is a remarkable lifespan. he could not because of his

to suggest that journalists who are covering these very serious issues of what facebook is enabling in the unitedand around the world have some other intentions. >> doney o'sullivan, you do great work. thank you for your reporting. let's discuss about former federal prosecutor elliott williams. elliott, this crosses into so many categories. we wind up some of the different allegations and what was uncovered in these tens of thousands of pages apparently. we have financial issues, human rights issues, war, sex traffic. if you're in the doj, where do you even begin with a potential investigation here? >> look, to be candid, ana, most of the risk to facebook here isn't what the justice department. the justice department really covers criminal offenses and you really only have a criminal offense if someone at facebook knew information to be true and then went to congress or went to law enforcement and lied about it, right, that's where you would get a criminal offense. most other things are going to be some of these other regulatory bodies like the federal trade commission, like the securities and ex

evak ways as -- evacuees as they underwent the health screenings for them to come to the united states. it was enabled by u.s.'s allies and partners. it demonstrates our bilateral relationships across the globe continue to be a source of great national strength. at home, we have drawn upon another wealth spring of national power -- the generosity and hospitality of the american people. we have welcomed over 65,000 afghan evacuees to eight safe haven sites located on domestic military installations as they complete the necessary steps to be resettled within the united states. american communities are opening their arms and embracing the evacuees. with their support, the resilient afghan spirit is coming to life. an interpreter started an informal education program for afghan children. in fort dix, new jersey, they performed wedding ceremonies. american service members continue to work around the clock to ensure evacuees are safe and welcome on our installations. every day we see our men and women in uniform trading high-fives, trading fist bumps and playing ball with afghan children. despite the end of

they will enable the united states and project sovereignty, protect the resources, counter malign actors and respond to new mission demand. continued progress is vital as they will replace the legacy of 270 medium endurance cutters which have served with distinction for many decades yet they are becoming expensive to maintain and require extraordinary efforts by the personnel despite these maintenance efforts, with its operational capacity over the last two years that is a degradation the frontline performance. i'm increasingly concerned about the ability to sustain operations with our rotary wing and mh 60 helicopters as 65 parts are increasingly hard to locate hence they must immediately transition to the mh 60 fleet. to meet today's standards we must update the facilities. the 2021 appropriation provided substantial support in the 2022 budget request makes continued investments in this important infrastructure. the coast guard must keep pace with the technological advantages and the key economic ud engine that generates $5.6 trillion of annual economic activity in supporting more than

united states. the republican party has enabled and participated in this massive cover up of what happened on januarye the speaker, pardon me, the minority leader of the house, kevin mccarthy and of the senate, senator mcconnell, with no interest whatsoever in investigating an insurrection such as we saw on january 6th? complained that this congressional investigation is partisan when in fact they assured there would be no huge bipartisan investigation has happened in watergate. in watergate, there was a unanimous vote by the senate of the united states, unanimous. to investigate what happened in the election of 1972. mcconnell, mccarthy ensured there would not be a similar investigation so we're left with what this house committee is doing with real due diligence. >> and given the experience you have covering these types of scandals for so many years, do you think that the justice department that the attorney general will proceed with some sort of criminal contempt charge that would force bannon to testify before the -- do you think that will happen? >> i don't know because i haven't talked to the a

the polar security cutters will enable the united states to protect sovereignty, natural marine resources, counter malign actors and respond to new mission demands caused by receding ice. continued progress on the offshore cutter program is vital as they will replace our legacy fleet of 210 and 270 medium endurance cutters which have served with distinction but sold for many decades. yet, they are becoming increasingly expensive to maintain and require extraordinary efforts by our extraordinary efforts by our personnel. despite the hurculean maintenance efforts this fleet of medium endurance cutters has lost roughly 11% of operational capacity over the past two years and that is the degradation the front line mission performance. i am increasingly concerned about our ability to sustain operations with our legacy rotary wing, mh 65 and 60 helicopters as 56 dolphin parts are increasingly hard to locate. hence the coast guard must immediately transition toward an all mh 60 jay hauk fleet. to meet today's standards for energy efficiency and resilience we must update our shore facility. the fi

in some ways, trump is a unique phenomenon and not a good one in the united states and the enabling andnk is tragic for america. in some ways, january 6th was not the culmination of something ugly. it was the commencement of something that was ugly. and that's what we have to deal with and the fight here and we can't put too fine a point on it is about the future of democracy in america. that is what we're fighting for and frankly, i was listening earlier and i think we shouldn't tiptoe around it. donald trump watched television on that day, january 6th, because he enjoyed what he saw. it was feeding his ego. these people were responding to his rhetorical call for them to show up on january 6th and do something to stop the steal and they activated his rhetoric and he took great pleasure in that reportedly when he was watching on television in the white house. >> in his own words, he watched it and had three attempts to record a message and when he disseminated was quote, i love you. we love you. you are very special. so you're right. there's some great -- but in his own words, he made i

for those who wish to come and protest, the united nations encourage that protest so we will enable it gatherings since the pandemic began. the sheer number of people descending on glasgow means even with rigorous controls such as daily testing and face coverings, there is a risk that covid could spike. i think of course whenever you have people mixing, it's clear i think there will be some kind of bump of cases. the question is will it be just a bump or a wave? and will that put pressure on health services? so i think we will know the full extent of it probably by november. for people here, this huge global climate conference will bring disruption and delays. but the message is clear and the aims are big. glasgow is in the spotlight for the next two weeks and the world is watching what happens. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. the government's latest coronavirus figures show there were 39,842 new infections across the uk, recorded in the latest 24—hour period. along with 165 deaths. meanwhile there are warnings from health experts about the risk of people who are double jabbed catchin

united states. this portion was enabled by america's network of allies and partners, a network no other nation can rival demonstrates bilateral relationships across the globe, duty to be a source of great national strength. at home, who drawn upon another spring of national power, generosity and hospitality of the market people. we welcomed over 65000 afghan evacuees to safe haven sites located on domestic military installations, the complete necessary steps to be resettled into the united states. american communities open their arms and embrace evacuees with their support resilient spirit of the afghan people is coming to life. for example, in texas, afghan interpreter organized and started informal education program for afghan children and in new jersey, volunteers organized weddings for afghan couples who delayed ceremonies during the fall of kabul. american servicemember's continue to work around the clock to ensure evacuees are state and welcome on installations. everyday we see men and women in uniform trading high-fives, fist bumps and playing football with afghan children create this mission is

for those who wish to come and protest, the united nations encourage that protest so we will enable itscending on glasgow means even with rigorous controls such as daily testing and face coverings, there is a risk that covid could spike. i think of course whenever you have people mixing, it's clear i think there will be some kind of bump of cases. the question is will it be just a bump or a wave? and will that put pressure on health services? so i think we will know the full extent of it probably by november. for people here, this huge global climate conference will bring disruption and delays. but the message is clear and the aims are big. glasgow is in the spotlight for the next two weeks and the world is watching what happens. lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow. at half past 11 tomorrow morning, we will be answering your questions about climate change and of course, 26. we will be joined by two leading climate change and experience. get in touch, you can use the hashtag... 0r and experience. get in touch, you can use the hashtag... or you can email us your questions to our email. heavy

but the pandora papers is mostly about the professional enablers in the united states and corrupt figuresost: it is a good time to talk about the genesis of the "pandora papers." we did that yesterday on this program. greg miller, an investigative reporter, one of those who has been involved in the "pandora papers." and in plenty of the stories coming out this week on the "pandora papers." he answered viewer questions. one of the first he got was on how the "pandora papers" came about. [video clip] >> it came through an organization of investigative journalists, which is a group of journalists that has gathered material like this before. they are best known for "the panama papers," which won a polluter prize of five or six years ago. they work with partners around the world, because the information they get is so expensive, it is too much for any single media organization to go through. so "the washington post" was part of a team that worked on this project for most of the past year. host: what did the information you got from the icij focus on? what were you looking for? guest: this is a

enabling products that america's need. shell is proud of its history of providing energy to consumers in the united states and around the world and we look forward to enabling a future where we all move to net zero emissions. thank you for the opportunity to be here and i would be happy to answer your questions. >> thank you. mr. summers, you're now recognized for your testimony. >> chairwoman maloney, ranking member comer, chairman khanna, ranking member norman, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. my name is mike summers and i am president and chief executive officer of the american petroleum institute. api is the national trade association representing all segments of america's oil and natural gas industry. our nearly 600 members from large, integrated companies to small, independent operators provide much of our nation's energy and develop safe, responsible operational standards. api's mission is to promote safety across the industry globally and to advocate for public policy in support of a strong, viable u.s. oil and natural gas sector. i would like to focus on three p

repeatedly so many lies, and the fact that he was president of the united states that he's given credence to these lies and he's been enabledof congress and members of the senate. and i would just like to, you know, look into the eyes of these people now and to tell them you should be ashamed of yourselves because, you know, you're throwing away american democracy and putting us on a path that many other states have tread before toward autocracy by basically enabling these lies. >> you said something interesting to npr saying that trump himself was a massive counterintelligence risk because of his vulnerabilities and the fragility of his ego. what led you to say that? >> when i saw this firsthand over and over again. he was incredibly susceptible to flattery and persuasion. he also could be induced to lash out at people simply on the smallest amount of criticism. it didn't take any blackmail or holding any derogatory information over him. it simply was a matter of people realizing what his vulnerabilities were. you become a counterintelligence risk when anyone can manipulate you and that means also foreign adversaies and vl

that indicates the president's clear commitment and will enable him to have a strong seat at the table, regain the united chuck schumer said he plans for a vote next week to try to advance the voting rights bill. given that that vote is coming up, what additional steps does the president plan to take on votes rights. should it fail, what will the administration do? >> josh, ensuring that voting rights legislation becomes law remains a top priority to the president. we have to do it, we must do it. it's not an option not to do it. the president talked with members of congress about his commitment to this. he asked the vice president to run the effort to make voting right as reality across the country. you've seen her take a number of action. i expect the president to be engaged the coming days and he will advocate to get this done to protect our democracy and protect people's fundamental rights. >> you have about 10,000 john deere workers on strikes and a number of other strikes going on. how concerned are you about the impact on the economy and the supply chain and do you have any plans to intervene? >>

regulatory agencies electronically searchable, to further enable the development of regtech and artificial intelligence applications, to put the united states on a path towards building a comprehensive standard business reporting program to ultimately harmonize and reduce the private sector's regulatory compliance burden, while enhancing transparency and accountability, and for other purposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from california, ms. waters, and the gentlewoman from missouri, mrs. wagner, will each control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentlewoman from california. ms. waters: thank you, mr. speaker. i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks on this legislation and to insert extraneous material thereon. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. ms. waters: thank you. i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. waters: i rise in support of h.r. 2989, the financial transparency act of 2021. as chairwoman of the house financial services committee, i'd like to thank

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transition to adverse projection boards and soon i will sign a new directive enabling full collective bargaining rights. we are unitedin memory, together in mission. i thank you for your opportunity and i look forward to your comments on questions. >> thank you very much. i now ask a summary of the statement for that. >> thank you, mister chairman. good morning to you. and the distinguished members of the committee. thank you for inviting me to join, my distinguished colleagues and good friends. recognizing the 20th them in overseer the tsa. and recognizing what is the critically important service that provide store nation. this is essential to our prosperity and our resilience and is a key component of the national security where the greatest privileges of my career was best served of the men and women of the tsa and our nation is more secure because of their work and i remain grateful for their service. the mission encompasses the full spectrum of our nations transportation, aviation maritime, mass transit, passenger, road motor carriers, interstate pipelines and more. it's an extraordinarily dynamic -- even more s

enabling products that america's need. shell is proud of its history of providing energy to consumers in the united states and around the world and we look forward to enabling a future where we all move to net zero emissions. thank you for the opportunity to be here and i would be happy to answer your questions. >> thank you. mr. summers, you're now recognized for your testimony. >> chairwoman maloney, ranking member comer, chairman khanna, ranking member norman, and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. my name is mike summers and i am president and chief executive officer of the american petroleum institute. api is the national trade association representing all segments of america's oil and natural gas industry. our nearly 600 members from large, integrated companies to small, independent operators provide much of our nation's energy and develop safe, responsible operational standards. api's mission is to promote safety across the industry globally and to advocate for public policy in support of a strong, viable u.s. oil and natural gas sector. i would like to focus on three p

enabling him with this behavior? >> i thought about that a lot. in the white house, there's not like a human resources person you can go to do say the president of the unitedtes is acting inappropriately. >> what were you worried might happen if >> that a young, impressionable girl would be put into a sich wagsz that made her uncomfortable. i was worried he would sexually harass her. i didn't know. >> do you think she perceived what you refer to as inappropriate behavior? >> i don't know what she thinks. it's not about her, but his behavior. it's about someone who has had a lot of these allegations lobbed at him. >> are you saying that you believe the women who have made allegations against president trump? >> i believe most of them. >> reporter: she says she wishes she had done more, and compares her time in the west wing to the "hunger games." >> i became so obsessed with surviving, that i think i lost focus on why i was there, which was to serve the country. >> reporter: the book's title, a play on the fact that as press secretary, she never once held a formal press conference. >> should the american public believe what you're saying now when you, in ma

asymmetric strength to the united states against those adversaries or with western european governments and that's why we can refer to the most successful treaty alliance. because it enabledeagan's vision because he has that peaceful victory. >> it's not the soviet union anymore and china is harvey european threat as well but to keep an eye on the shared history and shared values we are a lot better together than when we are part. >> this is a competition of wealth a competition between free and open society and closed authoritarian systems in the speech that has clarity to the competition is what we need today i'm encouraged by the fact that the biden administration has acknowledged at its base it is an ideological competition with the chinese communist party but we have to back data. is that the fact the budget of the defense budget because some people from the biden administration our policies have become too militarized what we need is what will says is the integration of all instruments of national power and efforts of like minded partners to prevail. of course we do need more diplomacy the has to be more than a better atmosphere in berlin or paris our allies have to

now in the congress of the united states is the vote to respect the sanctity of the vote, the fundamental basis of our democracy, that one vote that the filibuster could enable to go forward. that would be the vote. we're talking about stopping the suppression of the vote and the nullification of the elections. we're talking about redistricting, a way that's fair, may not benefit ds, but might open up some of these republican seats. it talks about stopping the big, dark, crush up special-interest money and empowers the grassroots. then, in addition for that, the voting rights act, john lewis wrote the first 300 pages of the first bill. mr. manchin has weighed in, the compromise that they vote odd last week is perfectly good, but we didn't get any republican votes. >> so it's worth it to you -- >> it's fundamental to our democracy. mind you, just to remind what's his name was president was -- and the republicans were in power. >> donald trump? >> mitch mcconnell pulled back the filibuster to enable, with simple majorities, three justice to see go to the supreme court for life. you would think that they could pull it back for the american people to have the vo

take it from a texas and arizona and new mexico problem if you will enable you are making sure he goes everywhere else in the unitedy and border and laws or we don't. >> and to your point about this being the real question that america should be asking especially in those communities were migrants are arriving, are they being vetted? what are the demographics and to your point, westchester county is under a very restrictive covert policies. are those migrants being tested, are they vaccinated? we just don't have the information but we will continue digging to get it. rob, we appreciate you joining us. >> no problem. miranda devine and the post did a great job on this one. >> sandra: we appreciate you joining us. the post editorial board makes the point, of course there is sympathy for this parent. if they are making this dangerous journey and desperate to get children asking as seven years old, they used as an example, to walk to america. but by not having a set policy, you -- the post also says you are encouraging dangerous pipeline, how many children will be assaulted or die trying to get here, to rob's point abo

forces fueled by the big lie and enabled by today's republican party are gaining ground and at an alarming pace. from the lowest level state offices to the halls of the uniteded to have and have entirely capitulated to donald trump and his delusions of a stolen election. that's it. that's the party now. and trump is marshalling those forces to seize power in 2024 whether you, the voters elect him or not. it's clear this is a five-alarm fire. it has been for months and those

that's going to fail because senate republicans say they are standing united, they are not going to help what they see as enablingsaying bipartisanship is not a light switch speaker pelosi and peter schumer they switch on to borrow money and flip off to spend it. republicans position is simple, we have no list of demands for two and a half months we've simply wanted since the party wishes to govern alone, it must handle the debt limit alone as well but even a delay could be dangerous. if the u.s. government is under default for even four months, it spent gdp plummeting 4% biking 29% and 6 million jobs would be lost. the bipartisan policy center is updating their forecast, the situation is more dire. the new date with no u.s. government no longer be able to pay its bills on full on time as soon as october 15, just nine days away but there are options democrats have, they could do this reconciliation although many of them even today have said it's not an option they are willing to consider, they could carve out suspension of the filibuster to get this through but creates a slippery slope with a number of problems a

right now in the congress of the united states is a vote to respect the sanctity of the vote, the fundamental basis of our democracy. one vote that the filibuster could enable to go forward. that would be the vote. >>> and we head now to the breaking news out of wilmington, delaware. president biden meeting with senator joe manchin and chuck schumer. look, mike, the pressure is on to pass both infrastructure bills this week. what kind of difference do you think this could make to senator manchin with getting him on board with the plans? >> reporter: well, every conversation that this president has with the key holdouts at this stage of the negotiations, both senator joe manchin and kyrsten sinema would obviously be crucial to getting to a deal. i'll remind you, alex, that when the president was trying to get his covid relief plan passed earlier this year, they thought they were on a good track with the caucus, and then they called the vote. that vote was held open for hours because there were even last-second negotiations happening with senator manchin that day as they worked toward the finish line. that's an indication of why we're seeing this meeting happ

united states costs $8s ,600. only two million three 3 and 4-year-olds are in publicly funded preschool. this legislation is on track to enable states to expand access to free universal preschool to six million. and increase the quality of preschool for many children enrolled in funded preschool. we know the affordable care act was also its own piece of historic legislation. this would massively build on that. expand access, lower costs for health care, which is of utmost concern to many activists and certainly a big priority for the president. i would say we are excited about this package. the president is excited about this package because it will do so much in a historic nature to address long-standing problems that are overdue. reporter: any reaction to the negotiator saying -- [indiscernible] jen: i know they have made similar comments over the last several days or week, i should say, our commitment remains pursuing a diplomatic path forward. i would leave it to the negotiators to determine when the next round of discussions will be. our framing continues to be compliance for compliance. and we'll leave it up to the euro

right now in the congress of the united states is the vote to respect the sanctity of the vote, the fundamental basis of our democracy. one vote that the filibuster could enablemuch more because we're talking about stopping the suppression of the vote and the nullification of the elections. we're talking about redistricting away that's fair, may not benefit democrats but might open up some of the republican seats. it talks about stopping the big, dark, crushing special interest money and empowers the grass roots. >> all right. joining me right now. normalizen. he severed as counsel to house democrats during the first trump impeachment trial and esics czar during the obama administration and the former u.s. ambassador to the czech republic. good to see you and a professor of history at the history of st. thomas. good to see you as well. professor williams to you first, you know, house speaker pelosi says voting rights is the most important issue in front of congress right now, and if it is going to be up to congress, it seems to be solely because the u.s. supreme court is not going to be able to tackle this. how critical is it in your view that action be taken

unit in the c.i.a.'s counterterrorism center. that's when a.q. khan's other legacy became public. >> a pakistani arms merchant. merchant of death, some have called him. to enablestates that wanted to follow pakistan's secret path. the unique aspect of a.q. khan's network was first, how sophisticated it was. he had unique contacts, unique sources, unique supply chain that i don't think we had ever seen in any other proliferation network. >> schifrin: iran's program started as a virtual copy of pakistan's program. north korea already had a plutonium program, but khan provided a second path to the bomb, through uranium enrichment. and libya's muhamar qaddafi, who gave up khan's network, and the centrifuges bought from khan, after the invasion of iraq. >> a.q. khan seemed to be willing to sell to the highest bidder, but with one obvious exception, which is what you were so focused on, right? al qaeda? >> it was on everybody in the terrorists because we had information that nuclear scientists in pakistan were in contact with al qaida. we ended up finding several sources that it looked like al qaeda had never benefited from any assistance from the a.q. khan network.