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on his feet. this prisoner has the face of the syrian regime tattooed on his chest. portraits of of the family that has ruled syria for more than 40 years. former president haffaz assad, and on the back, a tribute to hezbollah, the shiite movement in syria, and then someone has put tattoos showing assad s face, and allah is great is all that the prisoner says. this prisoner is a member of the group that is a former member of the agricultural industry who does not want to be identified. it looked to me that somebody deliberately cut on the tattoos of the assad family. . this man was cut because he wanted to show loyalty to the rebels. it is unlikely. and now this man trembles looking at the caps or the loo g looking at his captors every time he speaks. i worked in aleppo until it was blown up. desperate to pay for his wife s cesarean section, he took money as a guard and he said he had been on the job for fife dve da when the rebels captured him. the top enforcer in the fac
simply seizing firearms purchased from mexican drug cartels by so-called straw buyers throughout the southwest. instead, says the report, fast and furious was part of a plan to let those buyers and the guns walk in hopes of identifying and busting entire gun running networks. instead, fast and furious guns began turning up at crime scenes in mexico and here at home, including the killing of u.s. border agent brian terry in 2010 right before christmas. his death came at the end of a long chain of mistakes starting at gun shops it the gun dealers were reassured atf was closely monitoring the transactions and interdicting the weapons. the report focuses sharply on this man. william newell. the republican investigators concluding that agent newell authorized and endorsed fast and furious and let it continue long after atf had the goods on the straw buyers. bill newell had the ability and the duty to end operation fast and furious much sooner than it did. instead, the report state
i m carol costello. we begin with chick-fil-a appreciation day. and what s become depending on who you talk to a fight for religious freedom. today, hundreds of thousands say they ll show support for chick-fil-a s coo dan cathy and his stand against same-sex marriage. that includes evangelicals, including the reverend billy graham, who s in poor health. a staffer will deliver chick-fil-a to his home. george, good morning. reporter: carol, good morning. according to chick-fil-a, today will be business as usual. the company does not officially support this idea that was sparked by a once republican presidential candidate mike huckabee. nor will it support the national same-sex kiss day that is expected to happen on friday. but when you look at huckaby s facebook page, the page he created to ask people to sign up and support chick-fil-a today, you find that more than half a million people will be showing up to these different stores to show their support. that s what we expect
plus, a young woman who pulls a car off of her father saving his life. like a scene out of superman. you have to see this. pretty incredible. up first, the golden girls. of course, everyone still talking about the magical night for the u.s. women s gymnastics team. they routed the russians and everyone else on their way to the gold medal in the team competition. take a look, folks. michael phelps cementing his legacy. he is now the most decorated olympian of all time. winning his record breaking 19th medal and adding another gold just for fun to his all-time mark. amanda davies is live in london. amanda, the debate is raging this morning. also here, mr. john berman and i have been debating this. is michael phelps the best olympian ever? reporter: morning. i ll tell you, there s no debate about the fact it was stars and stripes all the way here at the olympics last night. but it s a really difficult question to answer that. it is the topic of conversation across breakfast