apparently asked that group to please not run that ad. neither the vice president himself nor his office is officially commenting on this directly. but the l.a. times spoke to a person close to the vice president tonight who told the paper the vice president appreciates that they are trying to help but he has seen the ad and thinks the ad treads on sacred ground and he hopes they do not run it. the sacred ground that the ad treads on is presumably the ad s focus on vice president biden s two major family tragedies. his wife and daughter being killed in a car accident soon after he was first elected to the senate in 1972 and his son beau, his adult son beau dying this year from brain cancer. draft biden turned tape of the vice president talking about those personal losses into basically a political cri de coeur in this ad. but vice president biden himself will not countenance that type of thing being done either
the hospital. in june he lost consciousness while attempt being the same escape. facebook ceo mark zuckerberg says the company is working on the long awaited dislike button. zuckerberg says it will be used to show empathy for where the like button seems inappropriate like family tragedies or current events. many people have come to expect free public wi-fi at popular tourist attractions but this morning there is a now warning that could have you thinking twice before logging on. those hotspots could be traps to steal your identity. nbc s tom costello reports on an alarming new way hackers are targeting tourists. reporter: it s tempting to logon to the first wi-fi networks we find when we land in a new city especially if it doesn t require a password. but hackers are hoping that the lure of free wi-fi will be too enticing to ignore. you touch down in a new city and
become reality. she is truly a hero today. gregg: we hear that principal hochsprung implemented new security measures at the school including checking the i.d. of visitors not recognized by staff. now our panel who will be with us throughout the evening, senior writer for the weekly standard, steven hayes, and nina and charles krauthammer. these are tough to listen to. charles, we have listened to this a few days and this is the challenge of the president as he is ready for the rare service. any thoughts? reporter: you have a human tragedy and the family tragedies, community tragedy and then a national tragedy because of the way the news is spread.
that hasn t been referred to greatly in all of the coverage because of the obvious, that s atop the coverage, is the repeated assignments to iraq and afghanistan. not only among the brass but obviously the deployments, among the troops, seven, eight, nine deployments. it takes exacts a crushing burden on families. i mean, in the heart of this whole story, we shouldn t forget that there are real family tragedies here, and there are families who are being ripped apart not just by this immediate story but by the pressure of trying to do the job and the strains on people that have led into this bhowhole scandal are y significant and they need to be discussed more openly and acknowledged. you think about the amount of time petraeus spent in theater. he was out of the country for years on end. someone around here the other day was saying, you know, 4 out of 6 years at one point where he was not at home. you know, there s not a lot of marriages that, you know, will
particularly good example of a successful female role model to take her to gabby and introduce her to a public figure who was doing a very good job of helping other people. bill: kin dread spirits. bill, there is bill: i know you are close with the green family, i can t imagine how this relationship will shape now, and i guess for you and your wife, what have doctors told you about the emotional challenges that your wife especially undergoes now? we haven t really addressed that with the doctors yet. i have met with the head of social work here in the hospital and there s going to be certainly some followup. my wife herself was a professional social worker who has handled many family tragedies of others, and so is somewhat prepared by that. i think the concern we all have, though, is that those strong maternal instincts kick in, and in weaker moments, there s a tendency to go to places of blaming one s self, even when that