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away for the holiday weekend. im bill hemmer. welcome to "americas newsroom.". martha: im doing well. thank you. what a story. im martha maccallum. good morning, everybody. the lawyers for oscar pistorius reading his affidavit this morning. he shot his girlfriend by mistake he claims, pumping four bullets into the bathroom door thinking she climbed in through the window in the bathroom and was a robber. bill: starting to set up his defense as you can tell. amy kellogg live in london. w...

0 we have no guidance how long this will take. the trial may not get started for some time. bill: you say more court tomorrow, for what? >> reporter: well, this is the bail hearing and it was just a morning hearing today. so there will be more discussion about whether or not oscar pistorius should be granted bail in this interim period before the trial starts. its a trial, bill, by judge and possibly an assess sore or two. they dont have juries in south africa. it is a different system and it wi...

Dianne feinstein, is calling for even more openness about that drone program. outgoing defense secretary dee leon panetta has revealed for the first time that there was a plan in place to support rebels in syria. but that plan was eventually vetoed by president obama because of worries that the weapons might actually fall into the wrong hands. more than 60,000 people have died in syrias civil war. theres really -- im sorry. go ahead. >> by the way, i was just going to add to that civil war. it...

good morning. im martha mccallum. rick: im rick folbaum. hes wanted in connection with the murder of two people. police say he also shot three police officers, killing one of them. >> we are asking for the publics help in finding him. we have strong cause to believe dorner is armed and dangerous. martha: police say he promised more violence on a chilling manifesto shortly before this got underway. >> reporter: dramatic events here in california. the man believed to have shot the office...

0 dont go theology, nothing happening with that crowd. whats the government doing messing around with this kind of stuff? your thoughts? >> im not the best because im a history major. i couldnt figure out what the heck to do with that. >> i majored basically in philosophy. >> i think that for a lot of parents who are worried about the high cost of education, especially college education, if they want to know, and they should know, what are they getting out of that deal and what are the best majo...

0 caring only about the deficit. they have to care about practical -- the reason youre so upset is you know it was a good speech. >> he went over to the aei, the number one war center, this is totally neocon. your thoughts. this is hopeless. i thought hed admit the truth here today. >> it was a bit jarring to hear some of that coming from eric cantor who has been a warrior. >> hasnt he been the guy standing behind boehners back waiting to trip him over because hes been too moderate? >> no questi...

Done in the obama administration acknowledges that and is working with the private sector to do that work. >> here is what i thought was interesting. since the rebound or the end of the great recession over the last three years, of the jobs that have been added back into the economy, 2% of them are middle class jobs. 70% of them are identified as low paying jobs. what say you, dee dee? >> yeah, the promo is very depressing. i was expecting it to be something a little more like survivor because o...

Find that bachelor or bachelorette and get married. whether or not you are able to make over your homes these are tasks for every day americans that everybody could identify with. wouldnt it be fun to -- >> going to be in the system. >> personally i think it would be fun and maybe tee dewill agree with me where they had a task oare where your averter got to see next end near you too long some tasks and running them around. >> while thats currently in not in the budget. >> cosmopolitan. that soun...

Show if they would make it like its is a foot in the door and we want to move up in the world and as americans we want to do the best we can and not make it like oh its is tough and the economy is so bad and this is what you are going to get. >> can we make one -- >> shannon: we have got to leave it there maybe you guys could get your own show. >> im all for it. >> im going to get my own show. you hear me, mark? you can be my guest on it. >> shannon: dee dee and mark good to see you both. >> mys...

Americans are looking for jobs. >> im fresh out of college, im hungry, im ready to work. >> with some candidates applying for each job opening, the odds are stacked against them and employer has all the power. >> in the last year alone, i have been on over 70 interviews. >> you can send out a thousand resumes. you have to know someone to have a job. >> now, one new series will try to make a difference. this is the job. >> shannon: mark is a democratic strategist and former aid to john kerry and ...