Thank you for having me. Look at the conversation you started with this book, zealot, the life and times of jesus of nazareth. The jesus that so many of us came to know through the bible through pastors was also the jesus of your youth. Thats right. Yeah, when i was 15 years old, i heard the gospel story for the first time. It was a transformative story for me. I didnt grow up with much religious teaching. When we came to the United States to iran, we scrubbed our history, the 1980s was not a time to be of iran ian origin. I was deeply spiritual kid. Didnt have much instruction. But maybe what it had to could with childhood images of revolutionary iran, the way in which i experienced in a deep and profound way the way that religion has a power to transform a society for good and for bad. I think that really seared itself in my subconscious because i have always been deeply interested in religious matters. But sometime in high school someone shared the gospel story in me. What was that
Per im tamron hall. The news nation is following round two. Secretary of state Hillary Clinton any minute expected to testify at her second hearing of the day to the attack on the u. S. Consulate in bengazi. Earlier the secretary took on republican members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for more than two hours, standing her ground and at times getting emotional. And we were misled that there were supposedly protests and something sprang out of that. That was easily ascertained that was not the fact. The American People could have known that within days and they didnt. Worry all due respect the fact is we have four dead americans. Was it because of a protest or guys out for a walk decided they would go kill americans . What difference at this point does it make . It is our job to figure out what happened and do everything we can to prevent it from ever happening again, senator. I have been president at the time and i found that you did not read the cables from benghazi. You d
Commander says was a terror attack from the getgo. An attack and violence in benghazi again that looks much like it did two years ago. Gregg palkot with more on this mornings attack there. What happened . Reporter benghazi is a dangerous place. When that attack happened on the u. S. Consulate in 2012 when we were there and right now. We are talking to our contact in the city. He says there was a lot of fighting triggered by islamists. The numbers we are getting are varied. Many, many more wound. This follows a car bomb attack at an army camp early in the week in the outskirts of that Eastern Libyan city. Increasingly the car bombs are the choice of islamists including the Ansar Alsharia group said to be involved in the u. S. Consulate back in 2012. In the 18 months since that attack the attacks have increased on foreign targets. Also assassinations and kidnappings of diplomats. Rival militia groups, rebels, clans, with a big, big Lucrative Oil city that has been see you n stymied. Mart
Reporter those are serious allegations and we expect the committee to fully investigate them. Well hear how they will prevent future benghazi attacks. I think our fellow citizens have a good sense of who is trying to be fair and who is not, and i think they have a sense of the gravity of what we have been asked to do, which is what happened to these four great americans. Anyone who tries to polite sizeo politicize the investigation runs a risk with their fellow citizens. Reporter . That sets the stage for todays first public hearing. Martha everybody wondering the answer to this question. Whats going happen when this hearing gets underway. Well speak with one of the members of this select committee. Then at 10 00 a. M. The hearing gets underway. Well speak with Chris Stirewalt and tucker carlson. An american accused of trying to aid the enemy. This new york man is facing charges of recruiting for isis here in the United States. It seems to have come to fruition in this case as we are g
We are not at war with islam. We are pat war with people who perverted islam. They propagate the notion that america and the west generally is at war with islam. Thats how they recruit and try to radicalize young people. We must never accept the premise that they put forward. Because it is a lie. Nor should we grant these terrorists the religious legitimacy they seek. They are not ridge leaders they are not religious leaders they are terrorists. Martha what do we expect to hear today from the president . Reporter the white house has been hard pressed to explain the deliverable on this conference. Meaning what they hope will come out of these discussions that would make the world a safer place. Yesterday the president s speech to muslim language was rich with language but short with how the United States will win on the battlefield. At one point even suggesting some terrorists have legitimate grievances. The administration is in a serious state of denial and doesnt want to face up to th