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Fine. i think to a lot of guys, its a nonissue. hey, guy, if you can help us win, youre here. and as long as he acts well and hangs out with the guys and doesnt isolate himself or anything like that, i dont think thats going to be a big deal. prejudices, whether its racial or sexual or whatever, weve moved from 25 years ago. and the younger generation and the locker room is in their 20s, mainly. and those people, they dont carry the same prejudice people carry. >> let me bring in former nfl play...

Presidents political picks. >> we have ambassadors from business back grounds and from political back grounds, but our picks are approximately a 70/30 balance. >> ambassador nominees with a highly sarcastic remark. he said quoting, i have no more questions for this incredibly highly qualified group of nominees. a verdict could come any moment now in the case of michael dunn, as jury deliberations enter their fourth day. hes the florida man who allegedly killed a teenager during an argument ove...

Together as evidenced this whole thing played out. >> he said the incident in texas is what led to him being discharged from the navy. if i were going to give a security clearance i would say hey, why were you discharged from the navy sne. question, have you ever been arrested? its not like if i go in depth hidden stuff. its amazing. are we hearing who did the check and gave clearance for hewlett-packard? >> i dont have that information. but i think in todays world hear sog much about how thorou...

Together as evidenced this whole thing played out. >> he said the incident in texas is what led to him being discharged from the navy. if i were going to give a security clearance i would say hey, why were you discharged from the navy sne. question, have you ever been arrested? its not like if i go in depth hidden stuff. its amazing. are we hearing who did the check and gave clearance for hewlett-packard? >> i dont have that information. but i think in todays world hear sog much about how thorou...

Overwhelmingly as, because weve got the numbers, is adolescent misbehavior. i mean in every category, weve got a sliver of kids who really need to be treated with the most egregious harshly. but overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly in every category, what were dealing with are things like horseplay and swearing and resisting arrest or resisting a governmental authority. were dealing with things that might in other places and for other kids be viewed as adolescent misbehavior. >> are there civil rights...

That senator kerry will provide as secretary of state and there are sacrifices in that, so we appreciate it very much. let me start off with a round of questioning. the chair will recognize himself. let me say that we -- i think we all appreciate and embrace your offer of an engagement with the committee. we look forward to that, and having come from the senate, i know that we will particularly -- >> senator john kerry on his way to what is sure to be a smooth confirmation process for secretary ...

no points for the movie reference either. lets get to a question of why another vote to repeal obama care. it is an instant death in the senate so why do this? >> you just have to look at the calendar to answer the question. we talk about it so much now that so much of what they do particularly here in congress at this point is because of politics. if you look at the polls it shows that this country has been split along party lines since the inception of this legislation. what republic...

herself. rough weather damaged her boat and today the japanese coast guard picked her up. shes save but disappointed. shes trying to bike and paddle around the world solo. shes already gone 11,000 miles since last april. im fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux. president obama today firing back at accusation that is his administration deliberately leaked classified information about a cyber attack on iran. >> the notion that my white house would purposely release classified ...

>> welcome back. >> piers morgan? >> hes back talking candidly and emotionally about farrah, tatum and his other children and his own battle with cancer. plus only in america. the most electrifying political ad youve ever seen. this is "piers morgan tonight." good evening. our big story tonight, politics and the president. amid charges of him spiking the football, president obama hails the beginning of the end of the war in afghanistan. ill ask a man who knows that troubled region ...

fighters stick to the cease fire agreement. the american ambassador to the united nations says so far, syria is not holding up its end of the bargain. >> the regime has unleashed yet another wave of horrific violation against its own people. resulting in the deaths of scores of syrians daily. the governments use of shelling and heavy weaponry in particular in homs has reached levels that surpass those before the cease-fire. syrian government troops in armor have not been withdrawn from...