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<v Speaker 1>Tuxi.

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<v Speaker 2>This is the seventy seven WABC mini cast.

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<v Speaker 3>Tonight on the Rita Cosby Show. Well, it gets even

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<v Speaker 3>crazier when it comes to Abdul l Sayed. Abdul Rachman

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<v Speaker 3>Mohammad al Sayed, this is of course the far left

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<v Speaker 3>Michigan Senate candidate, and this is really crazy. Now it

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<v Speaker 3>turns out, remember we talked about his sister. We've heard

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<v Speaker 3>of some of the crazy things he said. And now

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<v Speaker 3>it turns out that his mother once worked for an

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<v Speaker 3>organization that was designated as a global terrorist group and

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<v Speaker 3>accused of funneling money to Osama bin Laden, the Taliban,

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<v Speaker 3>and Hamas. Yeah, you heard it right. She worked for

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<v Speaker 3>a group called the Islamic American Relief Agency for at

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<v Speaker 3>least five years, and during the time when the US

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<v Speaker 3>Department of Treasury linked that group to a number of

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<v Speaker 3>very serious terrorist organizations. So what is it going on here?

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<v Speaker 3>The mother worked for that. The sister has said some

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<v Speaker 3>pretty vile things. She's a professor there at the University

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<v Speaker 3>of Chicago. Now it turns out the mother was entrenched

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<v Speaker 3>in all these kooky things. And Abdul l Sayed is

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<v Speaker 3>not running for mayor of Gaza. He is running for

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<v Speaker 3>the US Senate in Michigan, and he's running up against

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<v Speaker 3>a former Army veteran, a decorated military guy, and a

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<v Speaker 3>decorated FBI guy, and a decorated former congressman. I mean

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<v Speaker 3>to me, this is really really shocking, and what a

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<v Speaker 3>contrast between the two candidates. And here is Scott Jennings,

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<v Speaker 3>a conservative commentator on CNN, talking about these terror ties

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<v Speaker 3>tied to Abdel l Sayed's.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, Mom, this stuff coming out of Michigan. It's like

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<v Speaker 2>a little too on the nose. But at this point

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<v Speaker 2>should any of us be surprised? Michigan Democrat socialist candidate

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<v Speaker 2>for Senate, Abdua l Sayed, is facing new scrutiny over

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<v Speaker 2>his mother's former employer. The report is is that El

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<v Speaker 2>Sayed's mother worked for something called the Islamic American Relief

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<v Speaker 2>Agency from nineteen ninety nine until two thousand and four.

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<v Speaker 2>Now that year, the US Treasury Department designated that organization

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<v Speaker 2>as a global terrorist entity, and they alleged that its

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<v Speaker 2>international offices provided financial support to Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, Hamas,

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<v Speaker 2>and other terrorist groups. The organization's US branch later pleaded

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<v Speaker 2>guilty to illegally transferring nearly one point four million dollars

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<v Speaker 2>to Iraq in violation of federal sanctions. Now, l say

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<v Speaker 2>Ed's mother has denied any wrongdoing. But this is what's

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<v Speaker 2>in the news up in Michigan. And l Sayed himself

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<v Speaker 2>in his campaign has exhibited sympathies for terrorists. Remember back

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<v Speaker 2>in the primary, he didn't want to comment on the

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<v Speaker 2>Ayatola's death. He was worried it would offend his supporters.

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<v Speaker 2>Keep an eye on this. This campaign in Michigan is

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<v Speaker 2>wild because of the contrast between American patriot Mike Rogers

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<v Speaker 2>and terror sympathizer Abdul l Sied.

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<v Speaker 3>I would say it's quite a contrast. And of course,

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<v Speaker 3>remember when Abdul l Sied won his primary Haley Stevens,

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<v Speaker 3>who lost. She did well in Detroit, she did well

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<v Speaker 3>in African American cities, and he knows that he didn't

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<v Speaker 3>do as well in those cities. So now he's trying

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<v Speaker 3>to appeal to African Americans. So listen to this new one.

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<v Speaker 3>Abdel el Sayed. Remember his families all from Egypt, and

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<v Speaker 3>here he is making an appeal saying I'm one of you.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen to this. You mean, what do you just make

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<v Speaker 3>it just happen?

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<v Speaker 4>There?

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<v Speaker 1>Guys staying here and hear if you don't care about

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<v Speaker 1>black books. You know, I hate to say this.

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<v Speaker 2>But I continue to hearing from older.

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<v Speaker 1>With black mooks, people like the someone that says, how examined,

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<v Speaker 1>they're uncommitted for you. You know, there's been an effort,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, to divide people against each other, and unfortunately,

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<v Speaker 1>you see that the consequence of that to tell us

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<v Speaker 1>that some group or another group have to be counterposed

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<v Speaker 1>because there's not enough for all of us. I am Arab,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm also African. My family immigrated to this country from Egypt.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm proud of my African heritage.

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<v Speaker 3>I'm proud. I'm one of you. I am one of you.

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<v Speaker 3>And now here he is with a little bit more,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm one of you. People. Take a listen to this.

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<v Speaker 1>You got to read doctor Martin Luther King, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>you got to read the stuff that he actually wrote. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>Malcolm X, Yeah, I learn I learned what it meant

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<v Speaker 1>to be a person of color reading black folk and

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<v Speaker 1>the civil rights struggle. And I understand that my responsibility

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<v Speaker 1>is about trying to address racial and equity.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean come on, it is so pandering, so blatant,

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<v Speaker 3>so disgusting. He knows he did not do well in

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<v Speaker 3>the African American community, knows that he has to tap

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<v Speaker 3>into those people so they don't stay home and go

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<v Speaker 3>who is this guy? And a lot of common sense

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<v Speaker 3>people are looking at this guy, going he's crazy, and

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<v Speaker 3>they're very concerned when they see his history, of his statements,

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<v Speaker 3>the statements that his mother, the things attached to the sister,

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<v Speaker 3>this guy hanging out with us on Piker And yet

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<v Speaker 3>he's saying, oh, no, come one, come on, I'm I'm

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<v Speaker 3>one of you. I'm waiting for him to appeal to

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<v Speaker 3>the drag queens too, since we talked about them too

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<v Speaker 3>as well tonight. But here he is ready for this one. Now,

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<v Speaker 3>this guy, I remember he was born in Michigan. I

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<v Speaker 3>believe in Rochester Hills. I think in Michigan, right, But

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<v Speaker 3>his family's from Egypt, right. And there's a lot of

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<v Speaker 3>questions about the ties to the Muslim brotherhood. So here

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<v Speaker 3>he is and he says, you know what, Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 3>may be a little radical, but someone else in history

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<v Speaker 3>was radical to get this.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh you know, Jesus, Peace and blessings be upon him

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<v Speaker 4>was considered radical in his time too, and there is

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<v Speaker 4>a radical nature to being willing to stand forthright in

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<v Speaker 4>a time of corruption.

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<v Speaker 3>So wait a minute, now, is he comparing himself to Jesus.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's play that again. That is an incredible statement here.

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<v Speaker 4>It is, Oh, you know, Jesus, peace and blessings be

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<v Speaker 4>upon him was considered radical at his time too, and

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<v Speaker 4>there is a radical nature to being willing to stand

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<v Speaker 4>forthright in a time of corruption.

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<v Speaker 3>What like the organization that your mother worked for is

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<v Speaker 3>at the corrupt organization you're talking about, and speaking of radical,

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<v Speaker 3>I would call Osama bin Laden really radical. I would

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<v Speaker 3>call the Taliban radical, and I'd call Hamas radical. I'd

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<v Speaker 3>call them all radical and dangerous. And your mother worked

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<v Speaker 3>for an organization that was accused of funneling money to

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<v Speaker 3>that group. What did she know, We don't know. But

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<v Speaker 3>she was working for a group that was accused of

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<v Speaker 3>being thicke as thieves with them