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Captagon. there's a robust black market for the drug in the middle east. the profits funds weapons purchases for jihadist groups. >> hezbollah, people affiliated with hezbollah have a long history in the production and sale of captagon. at one point there was a fight between hezbollah-affiliated persons because some people are angry they weren't getting a cut of some of the business. >> reporter: captagon was developed in the '60s and first used to treat people with hyperactivity. it's since been banned in the u.s. and elsewhere. and while some question the drug's prevalence among fighter who ...

You can stay awake for days at a time. you don't have to sleep. and it gives a sense of well being and euphoria and nothing can harm you. >> reporter: recently the u.n.'s drug czar said isis and the al qaeda affiliated nusra front were said to be smuggling the precursors to captagon. a law enforcement official says there's a robust black market in the middle east. the profits fund weapons purchases for jihadist groups. >> hezbollah, people affiliated with hezbollah have a long procedure in the production and sale of captagon. at one point, this was a fight between hezbollah-affiliated persons....

U.n.'s drug czar says isis and the al qaeda-affiliated nusra front were believed to be smuggling the chemical precursors for captagon. a u.s. law enforcement official tells cnn there's a robust black market for the drug in the middle east. analysts say the profits fund weapons purchases for jihadist groups. >> hezbollah, people affiliated with hezbollah have a long history in the production and sale of captagon. at one point, there was a fight between hezbollah-affiliated the persons, because some people were angry they weren't getting a cut of some of this business. >> reporter: captagon was ...

Including the transportation department which oversees air traffic control will be impacted. nbc's michelle franzen has more on what's in store if washington misses the sequester deadline. michelle. >> reporter: alex, like you said just about every federal agency could feel the brunt of the automatic cuts if washington can't reach a deal by friday. the defense department could take the biggest hit. they could see a cut of nearly $43 billion which will impact weapons purchases and base operations. under the sequester we could see nearly 1 million layoffs, including 800,000 civilian defense depa...

we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. there's not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. i'm talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced he'll continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. >> monetary policy is not a panacea, it's not going to solve our economic problems. >> the fed fed's drugs didn't come cheap either. there have...