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Stephens, why not for his own security? you say hes an expert in libya and north africa but not when he asked for a security detail to extent their stay? >> reporter: this mornings hearing heard testimony that security problems within beyond the consulate in the 2012 attack and in some cases u.s. government personnel are operating in warehouses and not fortified compounds. in this exchange republican congressman jim jordan asked why the state department was in benghazi and if physical security s...

About 30 commandos from s.e.a.l. team 6 and combat medics began hiking to the xounl where lukesomers and south african pierre corky were being held. just yards from the target, dogs began barking. the u.s. says the s.e.a.l.s were spotted. a firefight erupt. with aircraft keeping watch, the s.e.a.l.s battled the terrorists. u.s. officials say one terrorist ran back into the compounds, shooting sommers and corky. the u.s. did not know. it was a desperate 30 minutes on the ground. the medics tried ...

>> in the last four years, more than 300 synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, n-bomb and bath salts have flooded into the united states. even the popular club drug, molly, which is marketed as a pure form of the drug ecstasy, is being replaced by a variety of synthetic compounds. according to dea scientists, the highs may be the same, but the molecular structure is modified just enough to evade the law. >> these chemical companies are altering the compound ever so slightly to avoid ou...

>> parents across the country are now learning the painful truth about synthetic designer drugs. >> investigators say he overdosed on a synthetic marijuana -- >> otherwise known as k-2. >> reporter: with deaths and overdoses reported almost daily. >> poisons a 15-year-old girl. >> 16-year-old -- >> life bankruabruptly ended at 18 years old. >> these drugs are being marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, lsd and heroin. >> reporter: in the last four years,...

Designer drugs. >> investigators say he overdosed on a synthetic marijuana. >> otherwise known as k-2. >> reporter: with deaths and overdoses reported almost daily. >> poisons a 15-year-old girl. >> 16-year-old -- >> abruptly ended at 18 years old. >> these dugs are being marketed and sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, lsd, and heroin. >> reporter: in the last four years more than 300 synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, m-bomb and bath salts have flood...

>> otherwise known as k2. >> with deaths and overdoses reported daily. >> life abruptly ended at just 18 years old. >> these drugs are sold as legal alternatives to marijuana, methamphetamine, lsd, and heroin. >> synthetic designer drugs with names like spice, enbalm and bath salts have flooded into the united states. even the popular club drug molly, which is marketed as a pure form of the drug ecstacy, is being replaced by a variety of synthetic compounds. according to dea scientists, the high...

We have a portion of our program tonight dealing with that. but to your point, these are chemicals manufactured by businesspeople. >> and so as i understand it, the businesses are getting ahead of the legal system. and whatever catch-up the law is trying to do isnt fast enough. its cat and mouse. >> they changed the molecular content just enough to make it legal in their eyes for a split second. the law catches up and says, oh, a new form we have to ban. now the u.s. is trying to get ahead of th...

Understanding the hundreds of chemicals. some more therapeutic than others. those are the cannabinoids. >> in our clinical research, were able to say what each individual cannabinoid does. each one represents a potential new medicine for us. we can then breed into the plant the materials that will provide us with a range of beneficial effects. >> designer cannabis plants are then reduced to a whole plant extract, and thats crucial according to the grand daddy of all marijuana research, israels d...

Understanding the hundreds of chemicals. some more therapeutic than others. those are the cannabinoids. >> in our clinical research, were able to say what each individual cannabinoid does. each one represents a potential new medicine for us. we can then breed into the plant the materials that will provide us with a range of beneficial effects. >> designer cannabis plants are then reduced to a whole plant extract, and thats crucial according to the grand daddy of all marijuana research, israels d...

One as the israeli government points out hamas isnt particularly concerned that they locate weapons c are aches, even missile launchers, rocket launchers close to civilians within civilian compounds. because part of what they are trying to do is trigger an israeli reaction which will end up killing civilians. there is another piece. gaza is the most densely populated place in the planet. so these people are all huddled together. it points to the overall futility here which is that youve got four...