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Fix it. >> you didnt give me a chance. what im going to say is shes aligned herself with people who are anticoal and she thinks thats going to translate. im just reporting. >> just a minute. just a minute. rick, i think youre dealing in prop here. she has said shes opposed to obamas coal policy. why dont people want to correct the record when they have a chance? youve got a perfect chance. >> she has a chance to go out and say you know what? ricket tyler was wrong. >> im going to hold my nose wh...

0 both sides dont like this idea of going to war. whats it like going home to new york? >> no one wanted to go to war. they also were concerned about doing something unilaterally, wanted a more international coalition as to whatever was going to be done. they wanted to make sure it was deliberate. in my district, my individuals are asking me to get as much information as i can. to make a deliberate and a well-thought through decision as to what i should do. but they definitely would not do not w...

>> jamie: imagine if you were a parent here in america and you had an investigation going on in another country about your sons death. thats exactly what happened to shane todds parents after his body was found in a sing apoor apartment last june. police in sing poor declared it an suicide almost immediately, shanes parents have ho have traveled to singapore and spent a lot of time there just left the country convinced that the evidence was faked. the investigation was rigged and they dont have ...

>> jamie: todd had expressed concern about his life. he told his girlfriend and others that somebody was coming after him? >> yes. >> jamie: first, the american government, a lot of people and a lot of parents must be sitting out there right now saying my goodness my child is serving overseas or working overseas, would they not be predicted? what has our government done and what have they havent done that you would like them to do to do. >> the fbi played into the hands of the singapore governme...

Firm. but did his work make him a target? >> reporter: shane todd, 31 years old, had a phd in electrical engineering and by all accounts a very bright future. he was working for the institute of micro electronics or ime, a prominent singapore research facility. his project involved creating faster, more powerful semiconductors. his parents say that in his last few months he was stressed, even expressing fear for his life. he had told them he didnt feel right about his work. that it might be ille...

Didnt commit suicide? this is taken over our life. were fighting for justice. were fighting for our country. no. there is nothing that could be said that would convince us otherwise. >> we dont want to minimize anybody that ever lost a son or a daughter due to suicide. that is a horrendous tragedy. but i would say that would be a lot easier to deal with. i mean we cant put this to bed. we know shane was living it. we lived with his statements every week. ive seen the marks on his necks. ive seen...

0 remember, have you retraced your steps? >> yes, i retraced my steps, anderson, and i have even put up a flyer all around headline news and cnn asking for tips and there is a reward for the necklace. >> on twitter today, as i said, you did accuse me of the theft, and while i do find -- >> i didnt accuse you. i just made a suggestion. >> you suggested it. >> i just threw the bread upon the water to see what would bite. youre turning red. >> no, no, for the record, i find it very fetching. i did ...

0 computers, his diary and his >> these are real, anderson. >> im sure they are. are you sure -- i dont want to cell phone. accuse your children. are you sure the twins didnt >> mary, i want to ask you about steal this necklace? >> no. -- i know this is an awful the twins have never seen the memory that lives with you. necklace. but the suicide note that was the necklace stays at work in a vault hermetically sealed. allegedly shanes. i know that you didnt think they have never even seen the hand...

I mean we cant put this to bed. we know shane was living it. we lived with his statements every week. ive seen the marks on his necks. ive seen his hands that are brutally bruised. i see the bruise on his head. this is something that we live with, we have lived with every day for the past eight months. >> all right. thanks so much for rick and mary. it is important to know that ime the company that shane worked for and the other company say they were not working on a project together and they ...

0 you walk out the door -- >> see you later. >> reporter: you unload on the boss. jay is unloading on jokes about nbcs ratings. in one case, six jokes in under a minute. >> and the most common thing people are giving up for lent this year, watching nbc apparently. yes. the ratings are so bad, "the biggest loser" isnt just a tv show anymore, its our new hot yoe. >> reporter: "new york times" reported the jokes so offended the nbc chief that he fired off a e-mail to jay and jay fired back. when hi...