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The $5 billion Captagon drug trade is directly funding the illicit activities of the Assad regime in Syria and Hezbollah in Lebanon. 

First choice to succeed him. tell me about that, david. >> well, bazel was the first to succeed. everyone believes that to be the case. until he died in a car accident in 1994. as is usual in the arab world, the second eldest son then takes over or is groomed for the family business. that's what bashar was in the mid to late 1990s. he was elevated in the state apparatus in a number of ways very, very quickly. in almost a race against time to build a credible base of power before his father, who was in ill health, died in 2000. >> and let's throw the picture back up. i want to talk more about t...

0 it was all such a crscramble. from talking to the boat crew i did on the beach, they said it was a combination of something to do with the phase of the moon and the salinity in the water. it's things as minuscule as that that can make a difference. they actually only ran into one jelly fish the entire time. as you guys know, that's what plagued her in the last three attempts were these deadly jelly fish. they are potentially deadly jelly fish stings. >> matt, we're going to have a lot more of a conversation with you in the moments to come. history being made. diana nyad completing that swim ...