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Etheridge was, visibly irked. >> do you fully support the obama agenda? >> who are you? who are you? i have a right to know who you are. >> were students. >> so am i, who are you? who are you? >> please let go of my arm, sir. >> who are you? >> congressman -- >> let go of me, please. >> bret: efforts said in a news conference today, "i apologize for my actions, they were unacceptable." no word yet who the students were. president obama and white house officials frequently tout energy secretary...

Jim beat this gu guy 50,000 vot. at the end of the day, i dont see any republican fingerprints on this. i see a lot of angst from party regulars. a do-over is probably not going to happen. but republicans voted in a republican primary 2-1. the bad news is that overwhelmingly the public vote for the republican candidate. and there wasnt any cross-pollination in those primaries. shannon: we thank you for your time. its an unusual situation. well stay on it. thank you. this is a fox news alert. we ...

Confrontation with a young man on a street. this piece of tape wound up being posted online. it went viral. we only saw one side of what happened from that tape. here is the congressman and his explanations. >> i apologize for my actions, they are unacceptable. i served the people of north carolina for a long time. no matter how partisan and no matter how difficult things get sometimes, thats no excuse for my response. im sorry, i apologize. >> was there any other physical contact other than wha...

Them accountable. that seems like the posture he has decide will be the best one going forward. >> reporter: yet at the same time we hear from the president that the president is not antibritish and so hes walking a fine line. on the one hand he wants to demonstrate mastery of this situation to the american people who seem to question his competence in the handling of this disaster. but by the same token he dont want to do anything that would put international relations with the british at jeopa...

Posted on a conservative website. its gone viral. as you know the captions were put up there by the conservative website. its obvious, i mean, no matter if they were conservatives, if they were political opponents, you obviously dont behave like that. you just keep on walking. you ignore them. >> well, thats the first rule of politics. but heres the other rule. when you do something like that, you apologize. and bob etheridge has issued a statement. hes also requested that these students, we don...

>> thank you. sorry i had to call this press conference. shannon: that was north carolina congressman bob etheridge responding to video showing him having a confrontation with young men. he said he was tired and it had been a long time, but he says none of that was an excuse. he apologized. when asked if he would apologize to those young men. he said if i knew who when were i would. the gulf oil spill putting the energy policies fronts and center. front and center. to keep in balance after 50,

Regret -- deeply and profoundly regret my reaction. i always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect no matter how inrulessive and partisan our d no matter how intrusive and partisan our politics have birmingham. i have and always will work to promote a civil public discourse. well be hearing from him in a matter of minutes. but hes up for reelection against a rough can in north carolina. bob etheridge is defending his conduct now. his conduct didnt just happen today or yesterday,...

Shannon: we are awaiting a news conference from north carolina congressman bob etheridge. he was caught on amateur video a few days tea go, he got involved in a physical confrontation with a young man. here is the news conference. >> i want to call this press conference so i could say personally how i apologize for my actions. they were unacceptable. i have served the people of north carolina for a long time. no matter how partisan and no matter how difficult things get

Brad woodhouse a democratic spokesman said this was a republican party tracking operation. if it wasnt a party tracker or an intern, why is the face blurred? you know it was a right wing blog, they would be put -- a lot of people saying wait, hold on, this guy was put out to do this by the republican party. but its interesting we dont know who the folks who took this video are, this late in the process. you would think they would want some notoriety. so its going to be interesting to see what ha...

Kennedys life. we all suspected he lived under threats his entire life. now we know for sure. the fbi revealed over 2,000 pages in teds file. heres a letter sent to ted in 1968 after his brother robert was assassinated. it reads dont run for president or vice president or you will be shot dead, too. the threats came from individuals, anonymous people, the ku klux klan and other organizations, there are also allegations of an alleged mafia plot to kill the normer senator who passed away a year ...