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Raised $6.1 million in its first 24 hours of his campaign. that is the largest announced her first day all of any 2020 democratic candidate to date. but betos rollout, not without its temples. the former congressman apologizing for a joke he made about raising his kids, saying his wife has done all the work. "sometimes with my help." knowing that he is a beneficiary of white privilege. >> much more thoughtful going forward, and the way that i talk about our marriage and also the way in which i a...

The democratic party has ignored it. to my colleagues, they have risen to the occasion. >> ilhan omar, democratic congressman apologizing for anti-semitic comments. >> it is anti-semitic and there is anti-israel hate that is infiltrating american politics. we see it on college campuses. >> she was condemned by leadership. >> it was as if they needed time to play to the consequences lead disappointing. >> some democrats out there will ever fear the moral high ground to republicans is on the presi...

A republican congressman apologizing over a nude picture scandal, but is he a victim of revenge porn? were going to discuss that. also ahead, is the trump brand taking hits because hes in office? the organization walking away from another struggling project. but first on this weeks staying well, a study finds learning how to dance is good for your brain and one colorado couple says they are living proof. >> here we go. ♪ >> i dance because i love it. i love everything from the motion and t...

theblaze.com. happy friday lets get to our "starting point." protests happening right now in afghanistan, protesting the decision of some nato trops to burn korans. hundreds of people to surround the embassy. five people have been hurt. nick paton walsh is live for news kabul. whats the latest? >> well, what were hearing is that the west of the country, hurat, one of the main city theres. u.s. consulate in kabul, the u.s. consulate out there have a very angry crowd outside. hundreds of...

But you see almost every week, a new example of some problem because you get -- again, you have a huge government bureaucracy and its very difficult to control the soviet style operation out of washington. >> congressman, you point out theres 65,000 employees of the tsa right now. how many of those are screeners? >> theres about 51,000. we get different figures. there are 3,820 administrative personnel, again, in washington making on average $105,000. there are about 8200 administrative personne...

Wounded in the legs. we have seen this before. what people might not know. while the drug activity and violence seems to be focused on mexico, these drug cartels have tentacles that reach deep into the continent at united states. >> in small rural areas, we are not just looking at the big cities, we are going right to the communities where we can make the biggest impact. >> reporter: thanks very much for inviting us in today. well be with you throughout the day. operation bombardier its being ca...

This is finally the point where the left and the right now agree that obama has had a lackluster performance to say the least when it comes to responding to this oil spill. and i think theres this growing realization that obama just isnt going to have a bull horn moment. remember the bull horn moment when president bush stood in the rubble three days after 9/11, said i can hear you and approval ratings went to 90%. obamas are less than half that now and falling because people feel that hes helpl...

This is finally the point where the left and the right now agree that obama has had a lackluster performance to say the least when it comes to responding to this oil spill. and i think theres this growing realization that obama just isnt going to have a bull horn moment. remember the bull horn moment when president bush stood in the rubble three days after 9/11, said i can hear you and approval ratings went to 90%. obamas are less than half that now and falling because people feel that hes helpl...

This is finally the point where the left and the right now agree that obama has had a lackluster performance to say the least when it comes to responding to this oil spill. and i think theres this growing realization that obama just isnt going to have a bull horn moment. remember the bull horn moment when president bush stood in the rubble three days after 9/11, said i can hear you and approval ratings went to 90%. obamas are less than half that now and falling because people feel that hes helpl...

The opposition party try to offer something worse than that. is that a fair assessment? >> yes, it is. we saw that yesterday with the republican congressman apologizing to bp. im sorry you destroyed the gulf. whats he apologizing for? >> thats beyond beyond. is the ultimate problem, and then ill let you go, the fact that we dont have a competitive primary process? so were not getting the yield of the competition that may be better because the incumbents are reelected 95% of the time. as a result...