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The speech at liberty today was a mixed bag, i think. >> david, lets take a listen to a bit more of what the first lady had to say during her commencement speech at north carolina a & t. >> women now make up nearly half of our workforce yet they still earn only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. and for african-american women, its just 64 cents. yeah, we passed a federal hate crimes law. but we all know that prejudice of all kinds exists for all kinds too often that still remains. >> how big...

Paycheck fairness complements the lilly ledbetter act which gives women more time to file discrimination suits. lilly ledbetter remarked giving women the act is like giving them the nail without the hammer. a woman makes 77 cents for each dollar a man makes, yet republicans arent buying it. here is romneys surrogate who voted against the led better act trying to sell the gop lie. >> the 77% number is misleading. it doesnt tell the whole story. when you compare men and women in the same positions...

Paycheck fairness complements the lilly ledbetter act which gives women more time to file discrimination suits. lilly ledbetter remarked giving women the act is like giving them the nail without the hammer. a woman makes 77 cents for each dollar a man makes, yet republicans arent buying it. here is romneys surrogate who voted against the led better act trying to sell the gop lie. >> the 77% number is misleading. it doesnt tell the whole story. when you compare men and women in the same positions...

Due to other reasons than gender. republicans blocked the legislation two years ago. paycheck fairness complements the lilly ledbetter act which gives women more time to file discrimination suits. lilly ledbetter remarked giving women the act is like giving them the nail without the hammer. a woman makes 77 cents for each dollar a man makes, yet republicans arent buying it. here is romneys surrogate who voted against the led better act trying to sell the gop lie. >> the 77% number is misleading....

million miles in 39 missions. well bring you more what it means for the future of space travel. >> president obama blames oil speculators for the soaring gas prices. a short time ago call forward tougher measures to crack down on the speculators. he wants to require traders to put more of their own money and increase the penalties for manipulating the markets. republicans blame the presidents policies for the rising prices. he says drilling alone is not going to solve the problem. >> p...

before this. but actually, the decision by secretary clinton was to allow them to shutter the embassy and the rest of the staff got out were told in a convoy over land to jordan. now, the reason the u.s. is doing this, they say, is that the government has refused -- the syrian government has refused to address its security concerns. and what were they? well, the embassy in damascus is located right off on a very busy street. and the u.s. says there was concern after some car bombs last...

Reaction to that. >> i have a question for you, courtney. are we going to be facebook millionaires? >> i wish that we were. i think the issue, though, is that many people that will want to get to the shares arent going to be able to. we dont know how many shares will be offered to the public. but it is believed that the majority of shares will go to mutual funds, pension funds. theres some institutional investors that have private shares in the company. mark zuckerberg will be a billionaire. $24...

Arrested and is now in police custody. william la jeunesse live on this. what do we know about the man accused of starting all these fires. >> reporter: hes a german national who immigrated to southern, california. his mistake with us an angry outburst in immigration court recently where he reportedly made multiple anti-american statements during his mothers deportation hearing. well a state department official remembered the scene and when he saw this surveillance video recognized the 24-year-o...

He saw this surveillance video, recognized the person of interest in the arson case. he contacted police. burkhardt lives in a second story apartment in hollywood. neighbors dont know if he had a job. he is charged with one count of arson now and is being held without bail. >> an arrest is not a prosecution, and a prosecution is not a conviction. we are very confident in this arrest, but we have a long way to go. >> reporter: now, in a county of ten million people, catching burkhardt wasnt easy,...

He saw this surveillance video, recognized the person of interest in the arson case. he contacted police. burkhardt lives in a second story apartment in hollywood. neighbors dont know if he had a job. he is charged with one count of arson now and is being held without bail. >> an arrest is not a prosecution, and a prosecution is not a conviction. we are very confident in this arrest, but we have a long way to go. >> reporter: now, in a county of ten million people, catching burkhardt wasnt easy,...