he joined the u.s. army. at the same time that he was a u.s. army sergeant and actually working at special forces headquarters in fort bragg, north carolina he was also intimately involved with al qaeda, training bin laden s bodyguards. ali mohammed had done what they call casing of the american embassy in nairobi in december of 1993. a five-year span between casing and operation. reporter: and listen to what ali mohammed said in a u.s. court. my surveillance files and photographs were reviewed by osama bin laden. bin laden looked at the picture of the american embassy and pointed to where a truck could go as a suicide bomber. reporter: shortly after the terrorist attacks on the two u.s. embassies this man, abdul raheem al nashiri, approached bin laden with a new scheme. two years of planning followed. on october 7th, 2000, in the
debate between ross perot and vice president al gore. the problem is this is not good for the people in either country. if this is true why is corporate america downsizing? if this is all true, why do we have the largest number of college granule watts unable to find jobs since any time in the 40s? ross perot jobs jobs. during the debate about the north american free trade agreement between canada mexico and the united states perot believed nafta could create more u.s. jobs and massage the economy much like the concern about tpp deal, many trade unions were concerned nafta could result in a loss of manufacturing jobs in the 90s. still president clinton signed the agreement in december of 1993 of after facing congressional opposition and it was a major policy sickry for the administration. joining in the celebration, of course then was then first lady hillary clinton and secretary of state hillary clinton called the tpp the gold standard in trade
of those local legislative races. you mentioned the story of carolyn mccarthy, she s retiring this year. she got in there because of the long island railroad massacre in december of 1993. it was around that time that there was the last real gun control push in this country, the brady bill, five-day waiting period came through at that time. i think back around that time there were incidents like that that animated the discussion, but also a high crime rate in this country. when you took a poll back then, you asked the people the top question facing the country, crime is number one and number two. if you ask about violent crime right now, it is way down in polls. i can t help but think that s part of it. we ll have these horrible incidents like at newtown, people say let s do something about this. every day there s 33
keeping his eye on the big picture. never putting himself before anything else. it was the struggle. it was a story of success. nelson mandela, a revolutionary throughout his life, a man who never gave up. spent 27 years behind bars, came back. february 2nd, 1990, amidst the escalating pressure, lifted the ban on the anc and released mandela from president from prison. and mandela was awarded the nobel peace prize in december of 1993 and following in 1994, april of that year in the south africa first truly democratic election where all races were allowed to participate, nelson mandela was overwhelmingly elected to the presidency of south africa. he leaves us this day at the age of 95. reverend al sharpton picks up
that they have to do more to provide mental health outreach and treatment. i m glad that the mental health regulations finally, four years late, have been released by the administration, but the need for adam lanza to have received help so that like him, other dangerous people may be helped before they commit these crimes. last january, senator, just a few weeks after the tragedy, support for stricter gun control was at 55%. now according to a poll released today, that number has dropped to 49%. back in december of 1993, 70% of americans supported stricter regulations on gun ownership. what s going on? your side of this debate is losing the public opinion war. i m not so sure that my side of the debate, in favor of