let s talk about what happened here in this move of khattala from this uss to the city of washington, d.c. the alleged mastermind of the benghazi attacks. he pleaded not guilty in that appearance in federal court. he was standing before the court with long graying hair and a beard. his name again ahmed abu khattala. he only spoke once, whispering his name in barely an audible voice. he has been charged with one count of providing material support to terrorists. but the justice department s expected to bring additional charges, ones that could bring the death penalty. khattala is expected back in court on tuesday. as i was saying we have senior international correspondent in the capital of baghdad to get us updated on what is happening in iraq. can you help us understand what s going on in benghazi and around it this morning?
time to have your city stay short while the world is putting up skyscrapers. in d.c. the decision create aid city skyline like no other. one where you can see great federal monuments of our nation from long ways away, there are no buildings blocking your view. i don t know why they did it in the first place in 1910, the overall effect of the height restrictions an ak architectural thing. rich people have the view. poor people have the view. it isn t something to trade on. d.c. height restrictions are permanent. more than a century. nobody was ever going to take away that view. two years ago, in august 2011, a rare east coast earthquake rattled the washington monument. so hard that they had to close it off from visitors ever since. the earthquake cracked the
find out more at aflac.com. hing,[ male announcer ] helicopthierhis hibuzzing, andk aengine humming.ash. sfx: birds chirping sfx: birds chirping best new thing in the world today. city of washington, d.c., a low slung place. most buildings in washington, d.c. are short. by law. because d.c. is governed by the u.s. congress, the law in d.c. that says buildings in d.c. have to be short buildings, is a law that was passed not by the city itself but by congress. in 1910. an act to regulate the height of buildings in the district of columbia. 1910, congress passed that. more than a century is a long
molly henneberg live in d.c. with more on the story. reporter: hi, jenna. here is what is comes down to congress controls the money for the city of washington d.c. locally elected leaders in this very blue democratic city are pressing president obama and senate democrats to loosen those purse strings during the shutdown. specifically, they want the president to withdraw his veto threat of a house bill that would allah d.c. to use its tax money as generated by people who live in d.c. to fund city operations, even while the federal government is shut down. and that is what prompted non-voting delegate, eleanor holmes norton to take on the president yesterday, interrupting him a few times we re told to make her case. holmes tells fox, the president s point of view i had to take issue with. the city is running out of its contingency funds. d.c. mayor, democrat vincent gray, also took up the cause yesterday on the steps of the capitol with senate democratic
the house or in the senate. so we believe very strongly that if a vote were called, that we would get that bill passed. we are willing, of course, to compromise. it would go to conference. we could all sit down together and hammer out a piece of legislation. certainly among the groups outside and the individuals, we had over 170 demonstrations in cities in 41 states across the country. a huge one yesterday. so this is a real issue. it s not a manufactured one. it is a real issue. what do you say about the critics that charge that the obama administration allowed the immigration rally to take place on the national mall? that s a national park, just a week after veterans have been impacted not being able to go and visit their national memoria memorials. well, the city of washington, d.c. is actually taking care of the logistics and the cleanup. they re paying for that themselves, out of city funds.