on this sunday night, the final 48 hours in the race for president. a frantic final push on the campaign trail, obama and romney making a mad dash through the swing states. meantime, tempers flare. tonight a final poll on where this race stands and how sandy could impact the election. plus the new big storm closing in threatening to disrupt a massive recovery operation. and making a difference, the marathon may be off, but the race is on to help some of the hardest hit victims of the storm. from our election home, "nightly news" begins now.
good evening. in just over 48 from now, the first polling places here on the east coast will close in the presidential election. the final "countdown" is on and the gut check moment has arrived for president obama and governor romney as they make the crucial decisions as to where and how to marshall their resources into places they can still make a difference. and tonight, we're about to release the results of our time poll in this race, a last-minute snapshot that could give both camps a reason for hope and anxiety. and how the hurricane sandy disaster has affected this race. let's start with our political director and chief white house correspondent chuck todd who's just below me here on democracy plaza. >> let's get right to the numbers, the president with a very narrow lead, 48% to 47%.
this is almost last close presidential election we had which is when president bush also had a 48% to 47% lead. among early voters, president obama with a seven-point advantage here. four in ten voters may vote early this year. and in the battle ground states, the president's got a four-point lead and that's within the margin of error. in the northea let me show you where there may be a sandy effect, and that is the idea of which candidate has better leadership qualities. a week earlier, governor romney led the polls, but now you see
president obama leads. in the middle class, the president leads by n'k11, value versus the economy. and watching the exhausting travel schedule has been like watching a pair of prize fighters in the 12th round. let's get right out on to the campaign trail, along with kristen welker with the president in cincinnati. >> reporter: good evening to you lester. president obama campaigns here in must-win ohio tonight with music legend stevy wonder kicking thing off. with this race too close to call, president obama is enlisting his biggest su egest s and supporters to help him close this deal. president obama in the final sprint of this deadlocked race, stopping first in concord, new hampshire today. >> let's go get them, new hampshire. >> and then to hollywood, florida. >> are you fired up?
>> reporter: mr. obama will travel several thousand miles, stopping in ohio, colorado, wisconsin. today the president enlisted one of the most high profile democrats to fire up voters. former president bill clinton. president obama even borrowing president clinton's campaign song. president clinton slammed romney. >> he's tying himself into knots saying he didn't oppose what he didn't oppose. >> reporter: and obama -- >> we know what change looks like and he ain't it. >> reporter: and president obama
confused the former presidents. that ad th that. >> that ad that you have seen that president clinton bankrupted the auto industry so that china could buy it. >> we're in commanding position, but our big challenge new is to make sure that we execute and get our vote out. >> reporter: michelle obama will join the president in iowa for his final event tomorrow night. kristen welker, nbc news, traveling with the president in cincinnati, ohio. meantime tonight mitt romney is barrelling through a few states of his own. >> reporter: anticipating a dramatic finale -- >> two more days. two more days and we can get to work rebuilding our country. >> reporter: mitt romney this weekend is racing through eight
events in seven states. >> we have got to change course because unless we do, we may be looking at another recession. let's make sure we get everyone out to vote on tuesday. >> reporter: governor romney's carefully crafted final pitch that he would be a bipartisan leader. and he has this new line -- >> don't boo, vote. voting is the best revenge. >> they asked their supporters to vote for revenge. for revenge. instead i ask the american people to vote for love of country. >> reporter: and while upbeat, mr. romney made this acknowledgement. >> if the president were to be re-elected. >> boo! >> it's possible. but not likely. >> reporter: this afternoon, new jersey governor chris christie
who praised president obama's leadership in the aftermath of hurricane sandy, said he's still voting for mitt romney. >> i am voting for mitt romney, but that doesn't mean that i can't turn to president obama and say thank you. >> reporter: romney advisors are projecting confidence and claiming a more enthusiastic base. >> there's a gap on the side of republicans. >> reporter: late saturday mrs. romney rallied supporters in cleveland. >> i'm feeling it r you feeling it? >> reporter: i'm peter alexander
traveling with governor romney in pennsylvania. >> i want to first talk to you about those numbers, about the leadership question, saying that president obama may have gotten a sandy bounce. is there anything that romney can do in that case or does he have to be on the sidelines? >> he is on the sidelineses, there's no question about it. in talking to the president today, they maintain that their zeta is unchanged. he would win bagsd on -- the reality is chris christie is now having to go out of his way to say he's still voting for mitt romney. he did provide him a boost. mitt romney needs to lead, let's face it the country is starved for it at the moment which is why i think it resonates. >> they both really have reason to be confident now, don't they?
>> they have reason to be confident because you saw our poll, it's deadlocked, neck and neck. now it's whether they get their supporters to the polls, this very sophisticated report that the president has had years to vote on. building for mitt romney, perhaps stalled a bit when attention was taken off of him during sandy and during the recovery, whether that passion can be reignited and in his closing message, reaching out to moderates, reaching out to bipartisanship whether that ignites people and gets them to the polls. >> and your thoughts quickly on president clinton's appearance on the campaign trail. >> having covered bill and hillary clinton, this is the anniversary of bill clinton's '92 race. you can see him absolutely energized and igniting these
crowds, he's the closer for barack obama. >> they have got to get young people and might norities out t vote. in florida, anger and frustration today in miami where voters lined up to cast absentee ballots after being cut off from the early voting deadline yesterday. what happened there and other potential election problems. >> reporter: frustrated voters juice the miami-dade election office this afternoon. they had come after the county announced it would open its doors to provide an accept absentee ballots today. but so many voters showed up that election officials were overwhelmed. they shut their doors and then decided to reopen.
the democratic party ensued to extend early voters after some voters were stuck on line for hours. >> i have waited five hours now. >> reporter: election officials are bracing for lots of potential voting problems on tuesday, especiallily in the key battleground states n ohio, experts say because of confusion over new absentee ballot rules, more than 200,000 voters may be forced to cast provisional ballots that won't be counted until ten days after election day. >> there's a realistic chance that we will not know which candidate won the election in ohio. >> reporter: citizen groups like tea to vote, a tea party offshoot who says it's trained more than a million poll watchers to look out for voter fraud. liberal activist groups are saying they're employing their own poll watchers. >> we will be watching the poll
watchers to make sure they are not acting as bullies. >> reporter: meanwhile hurricane sandy's devastation has swamped election plans in the northeast. officials are faced with flooded buildings and power outages are besieged. >> actually the timing of the storm was horrible for us respecting people's ability to get to the polls. >> reporter: this weekend the state announced it will let voters displaced by sandy e-mail or fax their ballots in. and military trucks may be deployed as backup polling stations. all these issues could lead to an election storm that leads to confusion and even chaos at the polls on tuesday. we want to let you know that brian williams and our entire political team will be with you every step of the way on election night. our coverage begins at 7:00, 6 central on tuesday night. amid the long lines for gas
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we're back now with a long road to recovery facing thousands of families hit hard by superstorm sandy. in addition to the immediate needs of food and gas, there's a new emerging crisis. where are they all going to live in the weeks and months ahead? nbc's michelle franzen is on the jersey shore tonight. >> reporter: good evening, lester, aside from our light this neighborhood is in darkness. an hour earlier thanks to the time change and also an early cold night for residents hunkering down in their homes, those still without power. now tonight, new jersey's governor says fema has extended public assistance for all 21 counties in the state a big step as officials here and in new york try to overcome a challenge. in the blue collar fishing towns
of highlands, new jersey amber moskowitz is surrounded by debris. >> we're safe, but it killed us, we lost all our pictures and memories. >> what we're worried about right now is that it's so cold they can't stay? their homes. >> the reality of not know what's next has set in. >> look at that, i don't know how that's going to be repaired. >> reporter: today homeland security secretary janet napolitano toured neighborhoods. >> our goal is to get people out of the shelters now as quickly as possible into something more stable, more satisfying. >> reporter: meanwhile the crisis at the pump continues, with drivers lining up at the
pump to fill up and rationing in place in new jersey until supply can catch up with demand. >> part of the gas thing is that people are worried it's going to run out, it's not going to run out. >> in new york city, ferry sciee back online for tomorrow's commute. but for thousands still without power a crisis is emerging. >> one of the great fears we have with cold weather coming we have to make sure that people can stay warm and among the hardest hit, the rockaways in staten island. >> governmetonight the first ma donation from pepsico and walmart. >> reporter: in staten island, victims waited five days before help arrived. >> please start going door to door and ask some of the owners
if they need anything. >> reporter: in queens more than 100 homes burned to the ground in a raging file fueled by sandy, a church service offered comforting words and a new determination. >> we don't have any crystal balls that will tell us how breezy point will be rebuilt. do not abandon your hope because only hope sustains us. >> reporter: volunteers and military teams continue to travel across the country to help in the recovery effort. the latest, 400 marines helping out in staten island. >> there is another big storm headed toward the region. we're joined tonight by w channel meteorologist kelly cass. >> this is the last thing we need in the northeast, and remember all those protective dunes have been washed away by
sandy so obviously we have some store fronts and residential areas that could be hit with another storm. we'll be dealing with a lot of rain and very windy conditions. it's going to start off on the southeast coast, affecting basically election day. that nor'easter co-moves up the coast, very strong winds traveling up the northeast and those winds will be sustained between 25 and 30 miles an hour, but gusting as high as 50 miles an hour. we could be looking at two to three inches of rainfall. coastal flooding is a huge concern. right now it looks like ohio will be clear, back to you, lester. >> kelly, thank you and we're back in a moment with some of the other day's news.
we're back now with some of the day's other news. in pittsburgh, a boy was killed
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the view here in democracy pla plaza, finally when they cancelled the new york marathon, many found themselves with nothing to do after the storm. many felt they could make a difference in the lives of those hardest hit. >> reporter: after the staten island ferry, it felt like the marathon. >> 600 garbage bags, if everybody can take a garbage bag. >> 1,000 runners suddenly with time on their hands were ready to deliver supplies.
this is the boat that could have taken them over to the starting line this morning. instead they're going to statten island to help, they're man thonners, they have a lot of energy. the father-daughter team from the west coast, they were relieved when the race was cancelled. i didn't think could have felt good about it knowing that all these people were cold and carrying all they own on their backs. >> so they were running. baby wipes, batteries. >> flashlights whatever people need. >> there was anger in this community last week when michael bloomberg said the race would go on, especially with food, water and generators were piled up for the race, not the residents.
now the runners delivered those same supplies and lended a has been where it was needed. >> i'm glad the run was cancelled and they're just able to lend a helping hand. >> in some ways canceling it did the same thing. that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. up next, football night in america, followed by sunday night football, the cowboys take on the falcons. i'm lester holt reporting from democracy plaza here in new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night.
i said my deal with the devil hadn't changed anything. well, i was wrong. all those people... they would still be alive if it wasn't for me. just... just put me out of my misery. just--just take me. stuart, listen to me. we've still got 24 hours. ah... there's still hope. hope? you know what? i wish i'd never listened to you. it hard enough dying... without knowing all the misery you caused to others. thanks for nothing. [ car door closes ] [ engine starts ]
[ dance music playing ] excuse me? i feel totally directionally challenged. could you, like, tell me how to get to the corner of straight and narrow? go away. ooh, touchy much? get over it, morgan. it's just a game, even if you are stretching the rules. what are you talking about? like, duh. you just refused your client's request to jump-start his eternal reward. i didn't turn him down. i talked him out of it. you know, that is so like you, just giving in to your fluffy-bunny feelings for your client, except that is so not the deal. i gave you permission to offer them redemption, not force it on them. look on the bright side. this way, you get to see him squirm for another 24 hours. oh, my god, that is, like, so true. hey, are you trying to trick me? get real, morgan. you lost.
i know it. your soon-to-be-ex-client knows it. everybody pretty much knows it but you, so, like, chill. go swap some bodily fluids with maya and enjoy life. bye. the photos of wei lee's killer were worthless. no one recognizes his face. we're starting to wonder if there's a reason for that. i don't know what you're talking about. maybe someone paid you to doctor the photo-- a little darkroom magic to protect the killer? look, i'll show you the negatives if you want to see them. i didn't do anything to those photographs. i want that guy caught as much as you do. you know, the one thing i like about the western culture is the philosophy of an eye for an eye. if i had a choice, i'd kill wei lee's killer,
and everything would be back in balance, but now...some other member of the born to kill will have to do. no, no, no, no, look, if you do that, you know they'll come back at you. this no longer concerns you, mr. sanderson. if you want to live a long and happy life, forget we ever spoke. look... oh, god. oh, god. excuse me, what do you think you're doing? i know you. i saw you with that supermodel. you're morgan pym. stuart had one of your cards. you know where stuart is? i have to find him. that's his private stuff. it's all right. i've been talking to him about private matters. yeah, like what? if i told you, it wouldn't be private anymore, would it? wait a minute. is this some kind of anonymity thing?
are you one of those a.a. guys? is that what this is all about? are all those people that you hang around with drunks? i used to be a priest. i still talk to people about their souls. if you care about stuart sanderson, you'll tell me where he is. just tell me this. where does he go when he's upset? this is...this is where i proposed to my wife. i was just sitting here, thinking how it was the one thing i've done in my life that was good... and i realized that if i'd never met her,
she'd have been someplace else that day. one thing leads to another, you know? she'd still be alive. it's done. all the death, all the destruction, it's over. the only question now is what are you going to do about it? you're wrong. it's not over. it's just starting. what are you talking about? that asian kid that got killed two days ago, he was a member of a chinese gang, and his buddies, they can't find the killer, but they're using my picture as proof that a vietnamese gang was behind it. don't you see? if i'd never taken the picture, they'd have no idea. now they're going to start a gang war. they'll kill each other, and they'll kill bystanders, and it'll go on for years.
show me the photos you're talking about. why? we still have a few hours left. if nothing else, we can try and prevent more deaths. what's the point? i've already been over the photos. that chinese gang has been over them. nobody recognizes the killer's face. the face isn't what i'm interested in. what is it exactly we're looking for? i'll tell you when i see it. blow that up. see? nothing. try the next one. there. [ sighs ] try the third one. enlarge it there.
what's that? a reflection in the mirror. i think it's the killer's arm. what are those markings? could be a tattoo. most...most gang members have them. can you move in closer? i can sharpen it. flip it. what? what is it? what does it mean? it means no one's ever going to find this killer, no matter how long they look. how do you know that? because i can read chinese.
. sanderson, i didn't expect to see you again. what do you want? this tattoo was on the killer's arm. that's impossible. this is chinese. it isn't the mark of the born to kill. that's why no one recognizes him. the killer's from out of town, and his intention was to start exactly the kind of trouble you're contemplating. a gang war would only serve his interests. you know, we could kill the both of you right now, and no one would ever know. why did you come here? it was a matter of honor. well, i will speak with the born to kill, and if what you say is true, we won't avenge wei lee's death.
you thought that was my redemption. it made sense. we were preventing more violence. i feel like i'm missing something. maybe you're missing the truth. which is? that i deserve to go to hell. no. when you made your deal, you had good intentions. yeah, i hear the road to hell is paved with those. you didn't cause all this death and unhappiness. you didn't pull the trigger. you didn't hire the arsonist. the devil did. what's the difference? all those people still died so i could get the shot. there's no way i can bring them back to life. we accomplished something in there. that means something. we just have to figure out what. if you quit now, your wife's death was for nothing. don't you get it yet?
my wife's death was always for nothing. [ grunts ] what's wrong? nothing you can fix. let me try. where
[ drawer banging ] uh, she's beautiful. i'm guessing she's not your sister? i'm sorry. i should have known a guy like you would have somebody, and it wouldn't be somebody like me. maya...
it's okay. it's okay. i mean, at least now i know why you keep pushing me away. i don't want to hurt you. too late. [ door closes ] [ dialing ] [ telephone ringing ] hello. stuart, it's morgan. i've got it. i know what we missed. i don't want to hear this anymore. just leave me alone. no, wait. don't hang up. just hear me out. the devil chose a vietnamese form
to shoot wei lee instead of a chinese one, because he knew shen au would be able to tell the difference. why would he do that? to give them a new target, okay, to start more killing. yes, but your photograph did more than give them a target. it proved to them that the vietnamese gang wanted them dead. it proved that they could never get along without killing each other. it confirmed their worst fears, and when we convinced them that they were wrong, that the photo was a lie, we undid the damage. we stopped the war. all right, you know, but i still caused all that violence, all that death... when we talked to those people yesterday, all you heard them saying was how the violence came out of nowhere. now we know why they didn't see it coming, but what you didn't hear was their hopelessness. "that's the way life is." "your photos show people "how rough it is out here in the real world." "why do things like this always happen to people like us?" that's what your photos did. they preserved those moments of pain and death so expertly that they overwhelmed people, confirmed their worst fears about the world.
the devil killed their families. that's the damage he did, but you killed their hope. now you've got to give it back. morgan, look, those pictures were published in the paper, right? thousands, hundreds of thousands of people saw them. how am i supposed to make up for that? i'm not sure, but we still have a little time left to figure it out. maybe the star could publish your old photos from before your deal, show people that there's happiness and beauty in the world, too. whatever the answer is, i'm betting your redemption is in those pictures. call jeri slate. talk to her about it. i'll be there in five minutes, and this time, we'll get it right. all right. [ gunshot ] mr. leclaire? it was you, wasn't it? "i just happened to be driving by." isn't that what you said? well, i got to thinking
after you came to see me. i did a little research. well, it seems like you're always just driving by or walking by or standing right there when something's going to happen. it's not what you think. oh, isn't it? well, what exactly do i think, anyway? do i think you get tipped off before something bad happens so you can get there and just get your shot? or do i think you're some kind of sick scumbag who sets these things up yourself? which is it? put the gun down, mr. leclaire. killing me's not going to make anything better. they'll just-- they'll just put you away. why do i care about that? i've got nothing to live for. everybody i loved died because you had to get your damn pictures. i'm sorry. you've got to believe me, i am so sorry, and i would make it up to you if i could. try.
please, please. mr. leclaire, we have to go. i've got nowhere to go. i should have died like this a long time ago. all right, man, we'll talk about it... outside, okay? if all we have left is the past, there's no hope for either one of us. no, no! [ thud ]
[ coughing ] why didn't you just let me die? i've already got enough to answer for. you and me, we both lost what mattered most, but there's more to this world than pain, roy. there's beauty. there's goodness, hope. we can make a future out of that if we try, roy... or anyway, you can. roy, promise me you'll try, roy, please.
promise me you'll try. the photographs are all gone... negatives, too... so i guess that's it. what does that mean? it means i was wrong about the photos. you found your own redemption. it's hope. and you have to come back. the place is dull without you, and all the pictures are out of focus.
maybe i will...someday. there are a few things, though, i have to do first. errands? no... no more errands. wow. i haven't seen you do work like this in a long time. yeah. all the people i've photographed, i need to see them again, you know, talk to them, take some new pictures. it might take a while, but...i'll be back.
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kills dozens, including children. can they avert an all out ground war? the vice president gets a close-up look at the ravaged jersey shore while hundreds of homeowners are told for the first time, their homes can't stay. and for shoppers this year , the battle starts earlier than ever. and they call it turkey town. our visit to the place where turkey isn't just a meal, it's a way of life, 365 days a year. good evening. there are millions of people in israel and the gaza strip who are spending this night living
in fear of rockets and missiles raining down on their homes and neighborhoods as outside parties hurriedly work behind the scenes to stop the exchange fire. huge explosions rocked gaza with one strike killing at least 11 people. israel says the targets were palestinian militants, but several of the dead included women and children. but with palestinians continuing to fire rockets into israel and tel aviv in their crosshairs, israel says it is preparing to expand its attacks. we're on the ground on both sides of this conflict starting with richard engel in gaza. >> reporter: good evening, lester, israel appears to have exceptionally good intelligence about hamas and today was able to target individual militants in their homes, but they're also
killing anyone who happens to be around them. this was a three-story house of hamas militants. israel says it's using precision strikes against gaza. >> there were eight people in this house when they were attacked and they have already pulled out three bodies. there was total panic as rescue cr crews gasans feel that israel what no regard for life. israel warned gazans to stay away from all hamas locations. this man lived next to a hamas
police station. now he doesn't have a home. we can expect anything from israelis. mourners for another hamas militant targeted today, witnesses showed up with the shell that killed the young militants. they say it was fired from an israeli ship. and warships fired more rounds. but that volley didn't stop the funeral. more about expressing defiance here than sadness. they're taking this man's 9-year-old niece to be buriey b. israel wants to eliminate hamas's leadership, but that's coming increasingly as a cost to civilians. >> reporter: this is martin fletcher in tel aviv. more than a hundred strikes from
gaza today. half of israel's 3.5 million people are now within range of hamas long range rockets. tel aviv, israel's largest city was attacked for the fourth straight day. saved by the anti- missile defense system which shot down p rockets. less than three miles from the city center, debris fell right on this car. israel says it's intense air attacks on gaza are meant to gel hamas in gaza and not civilians. >> they're using their homes and their mosques to hide their arms. >> reporter: but the rockets keep coming, leading israel's prime minister to this warning today. the military, benjamin netanyahu, is prepared for significant operations.
to maintain secrecy, cell phones have been taken from the soldiers, they're on full alert waiting only for the order to go. and hamas warned, we will be waiting at the entrance for you, we will shred you to pieces. so the question now is what comes first, a ground invasion of gaza with maybe many dead on both sides or a truce. to stop the war in escalating, muslim leaders as well as americans and europeans are worki working feverishly for a truce. mohammad morsi said today there's a possibility of a cease fire soon. negotiations are in high gear with israel i'ming high. hamas wants israel to stop killing its leaders to end the blockade to gaza, but people are
both sides of the border are living in fear. president obama made his first public comments about the crisis today while overseas on a historic three-nation tour of southeast asia, including the first-ever visit by an american president to myian mar. chuck todd is traveling with the president. >> reporter: the president touched down at bangkok on sunday on a three-day whirlwind trip to east asia. he used a joint press congress fence with the prime minister of thailand to strongly support israel's right to defend lisits. >> there's no country on earth that would tolerate missiles raining down on its citizens from outside it's borders. we fully support israel's right to defend itself.
>> reporter: the president issues a plea to allies of the palestinians playing on their hope that including a palestinian state next to israel. >> if we see a further escalation of the strikes on gaza, then the likelihood of getting back on any kind of a peace track that leads to any kind of solution is going to be pushed off way into the future. >> reporter: tomorrow the president makes an historic visit to myanmar, a country that just a few years ago was isolated from the world community. president obama defended the trip as some human rights advocates say it's coming too soon. >> this is not an endorsement of the bermese government, this is an acknowledgement that there is a process underway inside that country. >> reporter: on his last trip with the outgoing secretary of
state hillary clinton, president obama expects to meet with leaders again. the two reflected on it during their visit to the monastery. after myanmar, it's off to cambodia. meanwhile back here at home, much of the focus here in washington remains on controversy on what happened in gaza. >> reporter: on "meet the press," firm denials on benghazi from a top democrat. >> was there a cover-up? do you believe that the president or anybody serving the president deliberately misled the true nature of this attack for political reasons? >> no. >> reporter: former cia director
david petraeus left no doubt in his testimony on friday. he said all along that the attack was a terror attack. >> it was terror. that's the point. >> reporter: republicans continued their attack on u.n. ambassador susan rice and her account in the days following the attack that expressed her role in an anti-muslim video. >> the stories he told re-enforced a political narrative helpful to the president. she was the most politically compliant person they could find. i don't know what she told, but i know the stories she told were miss leading. >> it was one of the most unfair attacks i have ever seen in washington in 34 years, susan rice was using the unclassifies talking points that were provided by the intelligence community. >> somewhere along the line
those talk points changed. >> what i do know that every member of the intelligence community says the references to al qaeda were removed by somebody and they don't know who. >> reporter: but the administration denied claims of white house interference and says they made only a minor change. >> there's only one thing that was changed and i checked into this, i believe it to be absolute fact and it was the word consulate was changed to mission. >> reporter: and today lawmakers say they want both the current secretary of state hillary clinton and the woman who may be nominated to succeed her susan rise to come before congress and explain how they knew how the attack at benghazi was handled. officials begin to amass a full accounting of what was lost during hurricane sandy. another high powered a mission
from washington. mi >> reporter: fema estimates nearly $3 billion in aid has already been approved and sent into the pockets of storm victims whose homes were destroyed or damaged like many of those here in breezy point, a massive need for assistance in sandy's wake that is still unfolding. a first look for vice president joe biden today touring sandy ravaged seaside heights in new jersey, a visit hitting close to home. >> as a kid, i spent all my time at the jersey shore. >> reporter: the vice president assured the region, this just isn't a local responsibility but a national one. he greeted local first responders. the vice president flew over the beach side communities hit by the force of sandy's surge and wind.
preliminary findings from fema now underscore the massive loss homeowners have suffered. in new jersey alone, fema estimates more than 73,000 homes and businesses sustained damage and the number is expected to rise. >> in region we're about to walk into now, the water was this high. >> fema is assessing the damage on the ground, home by home. >> we pretty much got a handle on the scope at this time, but as this evolves, we're going to continue to look and address anything else that comes up. >> in a city that hit ocean side neighbors, feel -- what would you do if somebody came to you and said oh, i think we're going to have to demolish your house, would you fight it? >> yes. >> now fema is trying to find people to tell them their homes are not livable.
and today new york city mayor michael bloomberg extended the odd/even license gas rationing through the thanksgiving holiday. new york city building flp fors have already examined 2,000 homes and 900 are tagged with that tag that says seemingly unsafe. rescuers have found the body of a man floating in the water on friday. one of the four men who suffered burns in the fire is improving and is now in fair condition. another is in serious condition and two remain crital. still ahead, as nbc "nightly news" continues, forget black friday, this year they want you to stop until you drop even
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you think a personal visit from the usa's fierce five would be enough to thrill even the president of the united states, but let's just say he was not impressed. that's the picture that's got a lot of folks laughing, president obama striking the now famous not impressed pose with olympic gold medalist michaela maroney. she was showing her displeasure at winning silver not gold on her signature event, the vault. nobody was making that not impressed face during a surprise visit to afghanistan. take a look, 007 himself daniel craig who dropped in on camp bastion to the delight of hundreds of british troops. this weekend his new movie became the most successful bond movie in history.
we're about to start the busiest travel week of the year, many are hoping for clear skies and few delays at the airports. julie martin joins us with what we can expect. >> as thanksgiving approaches, here's what we can expect for the millions traveling. we'll see a couple of systems, one in the southeast and one in the northeast. if you're travelinging along the 5, be prepared for rain and wind and snow in those mountain passes. that trend's going to continue on in through tuesday and into the northwest as well. we'll see some light showers on tuesday in michigan. nothing big that will show you down, and wednesday, one of the biggest travel days of the year traditionally looks pretty good across the u.s., we're just going to have that system in the west to contend with once again. and by thanksgiving day, plenty to be thankful for, we're looking at clear skies for the
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finally tonight, as millions of americans give thanks on thank gives, one small community in arkansas will be giving its thanks for the holiday itself.
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so i got to take good part of them. >> reporter: in this barn alone, there are more than 11,000 turkeys and mike has three others just like it. these guys are about six weeks old. that's halfway through the growing process. >> this is thanksgiving dinner for every family in america. >> reporter: there's no down time at the plant. only fresh turkeys come off the line now. >> 26 or 27, everybody's pretty tired and dragging. >> reporter: wilma has worked in the turkey industry almost four years. >> i work there had about eight years. >> reporter: in fact it's hard to find anyone here who doesn't have a connection to it. >> my mom works at butter ball. >> reporter: in a tough economy, a product most americans buy at least once a year keeps the paychecks coming. and a free bird given to the
workers doesn't go to waste. what do you eat for thanksgiving dinner? >> turkey, of course. >> reporter: from a small town that runs on turkey. that's nbc "nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. up next, football night in america, followed by sunday night football, the ravens versus the steelers. i'm lester holt reporting from new york, for all of us here at nbc news, good night. (car horn) paying with your smartphone instead of cash...
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world's attention today was focused on a horrific tragedy in brazil, the death toll tonight at least 230 after a fast-moving fire broke out in a crowded nightclub. officials say too many people and too few exits turned the club into a death trap after a rock band's pyrotechnics apparently ignited the ceiling. many patrons were left unable to get out, overwhelmed by the smoke, and in some cases, the flames themselves much the circumstances are eerily similar to some other deadly nightclub fires the past several years, including one in this country. today's tragedy happened in the southern brazilen university town of santa maria. nbc's mike taibbi reports. >> reporter: the kiss nightclub was packed with the usual saturday night crowd when at 2:00 in the morning, a disaster. the ground floor was filled with smoke. club security initially blocked several emergency exits, thinking patrons were leaving without paying and that left only a few ways out.
in the ensuing panic, many victims were trampled, others died of smoke inhalation. witnesses told police the fire was sparked by a pyrotechnics show on stage, according to nick ravenskroft of itv news. >> the stunt on stage with the flare made the ceiling catch fire. >> reporter: whatever the precise cause, the fire spread incredibly quickly as the crowd struggled to find ways to safety. some clubgoers who did make it out, joined firemen and onlookers in their attempts to open new escape routes using sledge hammers and axes, but it was too late for many inside. does of victims were carried to arising ambulances, if they survived. santa maria's major trauma hospital was quickly overwhelmed. >> translator: the injured are scattered around the hospital. those waiting for news outside are desperate. >> reporter: they were desperate, too, outside the club, as more and more bodies of those who hadn't survived were laid on the ground. the numbers of the dead rose so
quickly that the city morgue ran out of room. the bodies of scores of victims were brought, instead, to a local gymnasium. eat merging details of this disaster, a packed club, too few escape route and a fire triggered by on-stage pyrotechnics brought to mind several other similar nightclub tragedies. there was a 2003 inferno in west warwick, rhode island's, station nightclub that claimed 100 victims much the 2004 blaze in ba when knows aires with 200 victims. but as brazil's president consoled relatives of the victims here, her country, soon to host the world cup and the olympics, remains in shock at one of its worst modern tragedies. mike taibbi, nbc news, los angeles. now to the middle east, an angry egyptian president took to the air waves tonight to announce tough new measures aimed at ending the violence that has claimed at least 50 lifts the last three days. the violent protests in cairo and several other industries
been the biggest challenge yet toz mohamed morsi's government. let's go to cairo for the latest. >> reporter: it is mohamed morsi's biggest test as president of this country. on one hand, an increasing security vacuum across the country, on the other, a political crisis with the country's political parties. tonight, in an address to the nation, he delivered a strong warping. even burying the dead in egypt is now deadly. today in port sayyid, a day after 37 people were killed in protests, thousands walked to mourn them. the grief and prayer turned into fear and chaos. this amateur video, which we couldn't independently ver, if i reportsedly shows the moment the clashes with police turned deadly. meantime, as thousands mourned in port said, others fought in cairo, alexandria and suez. tonight, the country's embattled president, mohamed morsi, addressed the nation, declaring a state of emergency and
imposing a curfew in the cities with the worst fighting. the country's powerful military is back on the street guarding government buildings recently attacked by protesters. and the military wants more power. today, the military requested the right to arrest civilians who break the law, this general said. two years ago, egypt's street full of optimism and hope as united people toppled a dictator. today, stifling tear gas and plumes of smoke filled the air of a divided country. egypt's police are struggling to cope with the protesters. they, too, have suffered losses and are angry. when the country's interior minister came today to pay his respects to fallen policemen, he was hackled by grieving colleagues and their families. and as it has for the past three days, night fall brought more violence. tonight, outside a luxury five-star cairo hotel. with a predictable-like precision, police charged the crowd, firing tear gas but
minutes later, protesters returned, lobbing stones and setting fires to block roads. there are few words president morsi can say to calm these protesters. this man tells me that the president must resign and a new constitution must be written. another says only protests work with a regime that kills its people. president mohamed morsi has invited members of the leading opposition political forces tomorrow for emergency talks on the way out. many people are hoping there will be a breakthrough that could end the four days of deadly violence that have engulfed the country. >> thank you. in this country, the weather remains a big concern for many people in the midwest, where a deep freeze is bringing snow, sleet and freezing rain. the weather channel's mike seidel is in davenport, iowa, tonight with the latest. mike, good evening to you. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it was an icy day across many part its of the midwest. the hardest hit areas were the roads and the airports. at chicago's o'hare, just over
200 flights have been canceled so far, but despite the ice, there wasn't a lot of it there wasn't many power outables. tonight, the temperatures on the way up that will change the freezing rain to rain in chicago in chicago and many areas, like it has here. monday, the snow, sleet and ice will head to the northeast during the day you reaching boston by late afternoon. any snow totals will be on the light side. but for millions that have been in the ice box, the jetstream is our friend. southwest winds from texas to the great lakes will produce a huge warmup. we could see our first 90-degree day in the lower 48 this year in deep south texas. temperatures elsewhere more than 20 to 25 degrees above average. subzero windchills will be replaced by highs in the 40s and 50s on monday. and by tuesday, d.c. cracks 60 and atlanta pushes 70. but many of us will get another shot of frigid air following this fall and that cold front will have lots of wind energy that will help to fire up some big thunderstorms, possibly severe, from houston and dallas to little rock and st. louis on tuesday.
there could be some tornadoes but more than likely, quite a bit of straight line wind damage. and then after that, the bottom falls out on temperatures. for example, lester, chicago will drop 45 degrees between tuesday and thursday. so enjoy the thaw while you can. back to you. >> all right, we will take what we can. mike seidel, thanks. national transportation safety board tonight says further examination of batteries on boeing's new 787 has yet to point to the cause of the january 7th fire on board a japan air lines jet at boston's logan airport. that fire followed days later by a smoking battery aboard another 787 in japan led to a worldwide grounding of the revolutionary new planes. lack of progress in both investigations has raised concerns the planes will remain grounded indefinitely. in washington, the battles over guns and immigration reform are taking center stage this week, as president obama pushes his second term agenda. nbc's peter alexander is at the white house and has more on that.
hi, peter. >> reporter: lester, good evening to you. the president isn't wasting in i time in his second term, tackling two of his top priorities. specifically on immigration, one democratic senator said measures formerly off the table are now back up for discussion. barely a week into his second term, president obama is preparing to dive into the contentious issue of immigration, with a major speech set for las vegas tuesday. the president is expected to push for improving border security you expanding the system for employers to verify their workers a legal status and perhaps most controversially, creating a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. >> we can't go on forever with 11 million people living in this country in the shadows in an illegal status. >> we are committed to a comprehensive approach to finally in this country have an immigration law that we can live with. >> reporter: a bipartisan group of six seine stores planning to unveil its immigration reform proposals this week. last november, president obama won more than 70% of the latino vote, a new political reality
forcing some republicans to reconsider their past opposition. >> first of all, americans support it in poll after poll. secondly, latino voters expect t third, the democrats want it and fourth, republicans need it. >> reporter: senator marco rubio in a nevada newspaper today insisted illegal immigrants must earn their new citizenship. we can't round up millions of people and deport them but we also can't fix our broken immigration system if we provide incentives for people to come here illegally. also front and center, the battle over guns. president obama telling the new "republic" magazine that advocates of gun control have to do a little more listening than they do sometimes. asked if he has ever fired a gun, mr. obama said, up at camp david we do skeet shooting all the time, like jfk used to years ago. on "meet the press," former vice presidential candidate paul ryan referred to last month's newtown tragedy as a watershed moment. >> it's our worst nightmare, something like this happening. let's go beyond just this debate and make sure we get deeper.
what's our policy on mental illness? what's going on in our culture that produces this kind of thing? >> reporter: and for its part, congress will hold its first hearing on gun violence, lester, this wednesday. one other note, by the way, about the president's interview with the new "republic," one one week before the super bowl, the president weighing in on football, if he had a son, we have to think long and hard before letting him play to the game, referring to the violence in the sport. >> peter, thank you. still in washington, the education department is taking action to make sure disabled school children are not shut out from school sports programs. nbc's chief education correspondent rehema ellis has that story. >> reporter: it was a big week for 13-year-old owen grosser. get in there. >> reporter: sinking not one but two three-pointers the first time he stepped out onto the court this season. owen, an eighth grader, has down syndrome. disabled students like him already have the right to participate in school sports but this week, the department of
education released new guidelines on how to incorporate those students onto teams, something some cash-strapped schools have struggled with. >> we have needed more cooperation, more guidelines from the top. and we believe this is going to lead to some standardization and certainly more opportunity for these families and kids. >> reporter: some of the doe's suggestions are simple, a visual cue for hearing-impaired student who wants to run track, the elimination of the two-hand touch rule in swimming so a student with one arm can compete. but the recommendations also state when existing school programs cannot accommodate those with disabilities, the school district should create additional opportunities for those students, meaning, a new team. although some liken it to title ix, the department of education cautions against that comparison, saying these are guidelines, not a mandate. schools will not be required to dismantel an existing team because they don't have enough disabled students to field a comparable team.
>> we have been age to create one or two teams per school district, you're not going to find enough students in one school to necessarily start a team. >> push. push for the basket. >> reporter: adam mcwork, an eighth grader, has cerebral palsy, he lives outside atlanta, an area that has been successfully mainstreaming disabled students in sports for years. >> yes, sir. he used a walker to get around with and we didn't think that sports was something that he could do at all. >> reporter: now, he stands like every proud dad on the sidelines. >> my son scored his first goal in the final game, so excited about that the gym was so loud. we'd good time. shoot it, baby. >> reporter: something more families across the country may soon experience. >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: rehema ellis you nbc news, new york. when nightly news continues on this sunday, your money and the fees that merchants can now charge when you pay by credit card. later, the golden age club, friends for years pulled apart
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we're back with a story involving your money. you may not see it right away but fees for buying things by credit card may be on the rise with merchants starting today now permitted to hit with you a surcharge when you use certain credit cards. we get the story tonight from nbc's katy tur. >> reporter: if you felt like you were digging even deeper into your pocket yesterday, keep your eyes open today. businesses can now charge you for using your credit card. >> this is great news for retailers, not very good news for consumers, which have never had to pay these kind of surcharges when they use credit cards. >> reporter: it is the fallout from a class action settlement
last july giving merchantance option to tack as much as a 4% surcharge onto your bill if you're paying with a visa or master card. >> it would change my shopping patterns, definitely. >> i would carry cash all the time. >> reporter: you may be familiar with gas stations charging one price for cash and another for plastic but could the same happen in shops, restaurants and even doctors offices? in this highly competitive marketplace among retailers and an economy that is really trying to get the consumer back to spending, i highly doubt that retailers are going to charge this fee. >> reporter: in fact, the national retail federation polled its members and found that none planned to add the fee. toys "r" us and target told nbc news they would not pass the buck to their shoppers. retail analysts say that's because most big chain stores have the ability to negotiate lower fees with credit card companies. but small businesses don't have the big chain bargaining power. silvia karch is the own other of a vintage clothing store.
short of a cash-only sign, she is shoirlgtd the fees. >> in order for me to implement another charge, i would have to discount my prices are, it there is a balancing act. i would wouldn't want to have another charge for my customers. >> reporter: not everyone should be worried. ten states already have laws on the books banning merchant surcharges, including some of the biggest, california, new york and texas. still, the power is in the consumer's hand. shoppers could pay cash or use a debit card, which doesn't incur a surcharge. >> i would carry cash or stay away from stores that carry the fee. >> reporter: after all, you ultimately, have the choice to pay or walk away. katy tur, nbc news, atlanta. and here is something that's definitely going up, starting today, the price of a first-class postage stamp will cost a penny more, 46 cents. the sixth time the postal service raised the price in eight years as it continues to
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whose lives were up-ended by sandy and how they were brought back together. here's nbc's michelle franzen. >> reporter: annie hezlin makes tea in her temporary apartment in brooklyn and sorts through some of her photos, some some of the only possessions she has left after losing her breezy point home in superstorm sandy. >> with he an imagined to survive and we are very grateful for that and that is the thing we have to remember, that lives are more important than things. >> reporter: the storm devastated the close-knit community and forced residents to relocate. including members of annie's social group, the golden age club. the women used to meet every tuesday at st. thomas more church, still under repair from flood damage. this weekend, annie and dozens of golden age members boarded a bus. >> hi, rose. >> reporter: first time they were able to see each other in three months.
>> wonderful reunion. it's greet see every ebb and everybody looks good. >> reporter: their destination, manhattan's nightingale been aford, an all-girls school, where the women prin is righted to share their stories, an exchange between generations. >> and this one house slipped with the wind right over the walk and into the other house. >> reporter: that included emotional stories of survival. >> but the water was coming down from the walls. it was coming into the windows. >> reporter: lorraine larson says talking with students and reuniting with her friends helped her realize she's not alone. >> all in the same boat, we're all hurting. we all are longing to be back home. >> reporter: students say the gathering is a reminder of the challenges sandy victims still face. >> talking to them, we found out that they still are suffering a lot of the loss. >> reporter: despite their loss, these golden girls are still singing. ♪ i'm gonna let it shine
>> reporter: and certainly, their best days are still ahead. michelle franzen, nbc news, new york. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night.
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on this sunday night, mall shooting. the identity of the shooter and his victims revealed as hard questions are raised about mall security. to the streets, the deepening crisis and growing violence at a country divided. tonight, we're on the battle lines of ukraine. good enonough to eat? this man says yes. and in his store, everything will be cheap for those willing to ignore those sell-by dates. and bragging rights. they may be on the field in new jersey, but the battle for super bowl dollars, new york is their kind of town.
good evening. we now know who he is, but why he opened fire in a crowded maryland mall yesterday and what his ultimate plan was remains a mystery tonight. two store workers were killed along with the shooter now identified as 19-year-old darion aguilar, who took his own life. he had plenty of ammunition and even crude explosives. on the heels of other recent mall attacks comes the question, can we better secure these sprawling complexes? >> reporter: 21-year-old brianna benlolo and 20-year-old tyler johnson were killed when 19-year-old darion marcus aguilar opened shooting in zoomies, where the two worked. a family friend of aguilar, who
police say was a manager at the dunkin' donuts near the home he shared with his mother. a woman who identified herself as his mother said she was devastated and didn't know her son owned a gn. >> he's never, never had a gun before, never been interested in guns, never been interested in anything like that. i don't know what happened. i just don't know what happened. i don't know what happened. >> reporter: police said today surveillance video shows a cab dropping off aguilar at the mall around 10:15 am. he was carrying a backpack and stayed on the first floor for at least an hour. at that moment, according to authorities, he fired six to nine shots in and around the second-floor store, killing the two victims and shooting another victim in the foot on the first
floor. his body was found next to a mossberg shotgun. there were homemade explosives in a bag nearby. >> with the help of our colleagues with the fbi state fire marshal we were able to render those devices safe. >> reporter: as reality set in, shoppers returned to retrieve their items this afternoon, still haunted by the experience. >> i was scared. obviously, i didn't really know what was going on, so i just kind of ran with everybody else. >> reporter: in nearby washington, some lawmakers said recent shootings in public places beg the question, is more security needed? >> it does highlight the vulnerability of shopping malls to shootings, soft targets like we saw in the kenya shopping mall case. that's the kind of scenario we do not want to see happen in the united states. >> reporter: but the county executive of this grieving community says it's a larger problem. >> we live in a democracy and we are not going to secure our way out of our freedom. we're not going to have metal
detectors at every grocery store and every shop iping center and every mall. we're better than this, as a country. so we have to figure out as a society how to do a better job at these things. >> reporter: now, police say they still don't know the motive behind the shooting. they say aguilar bought that shotgun legally at a store in maryland last year. he didn't have a criminal record. authorities say he did leave behind a journal in which he expressed depressed feelings. while this investigation continues, this mall will reopen tomorrow afternoon. lester? >> chrkristen welker in columbi thank you. in eastern europe, the violent revolt against the government of ukraine deepened today as opponents of the president took over another building in the capital and rejected his offer to include members of the opposition in his government. nbc's ian williams has the latest tonight from kiev. >> reporter: it was before dawn that protesters surrounded and then took over, fighting against
security forces using it as a base. by daybreak the battered building was theirs to clean up. p protesters are now in control of five official buildings across kiev. they've also stormed government buildings in at least a dozen other cities across ukraine. on a hill close by, thousands then gathered for the funeral of a young protester, who died in clashes last week. among the mourners, opposition leaders who, hours earlier, rejected a compromise that would have given them senior government positions. but would almost certainly have provoked a mutiny among the hard-line nationalists, who are increasingly influential here. the deadly violence of the last week has hardened attitudes among protesters who now want to topple the government. even this priest told me the people should stay strong and not retreat in the face of lies. we were taken to the roof of a trade union building that serves
as headquarters of the protest movement and below which lies their sprawling, frozen camp. we really get a sense of what a vast encampment this has become and they continue to expand the fortified boundaries. thousands more gathered near the barricades. among them, we met 16-year-old nestia, brimming with youthful hope. >> this is our future so we have to fight for this. and if we won't do this, who will? >> reporter: on the charred front line, they looked battle weary today, warming themselves from a respite from combat, weapons ready, eyeing the ranks of the riot police beyond. little sign of resolve iing thi increasingly dangerous conflict. ian williams, nbc news, kiev. just before coming on the air here tonight, we lerch elea from the u.s. military that u.s. military forces have launched a military strike in somalia.
senior al qaeda leader and al shabbab leader we're told. they're still trying to assess whether it was successful. a stomach turning experience for hundreds of people aboard a cruise ship. today, the explorer of the seas was in st. thomas and the u.s. virgin islands where the officials from the centers of disease control were looking into the outbreak of a highly contagious stomach virus. more tonight from gabe gutier z gutierrez. >> reporter: today, health officials from the centers for disease control boarded a cruise ship, struggling to contain a norovirus outbreak. >> i was one of them. >> she was one of them. >> it was awful. >> reporter: vomiting and diarrhea symptoms. >> it was a terrible experience. i've been on this boat before. we had an amazing time when we were here. this time, it's just been awful.
>> reporter: after departing new jersey on tuesday, the ship bypassed a planned stop in haiti friday to be san advertised in puerto rico before moving on to st. thomas. sao panto, the mayor of eastern pennsylvania is on board, vacationing with his wife. he is not sick, but says other passengers have been quarantined in their rooms. >> lot of activity with cleaning and san advertising the various railings and elevator shafts. >> reporter: norovirus is a fast-moving stomach bug. each year, the cdc says it sickens 21 million people in the u.s. and kills up to 800. just this month, dozens of travelers got sick on another royal caribbean cruise. >> norovirus can spread very readily from person to person. when you have people confined, the spread can be quick and explosive. >> reporter: royal caribbean says sick passengers were responding well to over-the-counter medications. we sincerely apologize for this disruption to our guests' cruise vacation. >> hopefully, we'll have a good
ride going back. >> reporter: tonight the explorer of the seas is scheduled to leave st. thomas, on its way to st. maarten as health officials try to get rid of an unwelcomed guest. gabe gutierrez, nbc news, atlanta. it's about to get even colder again in much of the eastern half of the country. a new arctic air mass, the coldest of the season, is hitting the midwest and northeast, bringing high winds and dangerously low temperatures. the cold follows heavy snow and ice. whiteout condition that is cause accidents from michigan to kentucky this weekend. almost 1,000 flights were canceled nationwide and another 5,000 delayed. this frigid weather continues to put a strain on propane gas supplies, forcing more than 30 states to issue emergency declarations and pipeline explosion in canada has cut off the natural gas supply to thousands of people, happening not far from the border with north dakota and minnesota and some customers in those states were asked to limit their gas
usage. for more on the cold wave, we're joined by weather channel meteorologist kim cunningham. kim, good evening. >> yes, lester. we'll continue to see that cold aircoming southward the next couple of days. the next big storm will affect even the south. let's go ahead and show you what it looks like, the pattern right now. we have that deep trough over the east. minneapolis tomorrow, 6 below zero. we're talking 30 degrees below your average. chicago, we may go 60 hours or 2 1/2 days with temperatures not even getting above zero. that's how cold this is. atlanta will be in the 30s today. we got near 60 degrees. big temperature change for us all the way in the deep south. new york city, philadelphia, lows to the single digits and teens the next couple of days as well. well below average. south, this will be wintry weather for us. area of low pressure moves by, and look at this forecast. freezing rain. possibly power outages. savannah, charleston and even accumulating snow. three to five inches possible from the outer banks to central
parts of georgia. lester, back to you. >> kim cunningham, it just keeps on coming. thanks. this past week, president obama created a new task force to focus more attention on the problem of sexual assault on college campuses. a report that says college women are at greater risk than ever before. we get more on this from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: a disturbing picture of what's happening to american women on college campuses. one in five have been sexually assaulted at college. only 12% of student victims report the assault. the president says it has to change. >> these young women worked so hard just to get into college. so when they finally make it there only to be assaulted that is not just a nightmare for them and their families, it's an affront to everything they've worked so hard to achieve. it's totally unacceptable. >> reporter: across the country, strong reaction from students. >> if we teach everyone that no
actually does mean no and my body is mine, we won't have this problem. >> i think girls are sometimes scared, what kind of criticisms they would face if they were to tell others about what happened to them. >> reporter: that's exactly what laura dunn thought. >> i didn't know how to talk about it and actually chose to stay silent. >> reporter: dunn says she was raped as a freshman ten years ago by two men on her own rowing team. she didn't report the crime until a year later. why? she blamed herself, because she was drunk. now, a victims' rights advocate, dunn says society has to stop demeaning victims by asking them incriminating questions. >> when were you drunk? why were you there? what were you doing? what were you wearing? all those questions need to go away. >> reporter: the report associates drinking on campus by men and women with increased risk of sexual assault. but the president wanted to make sure his message to young men was loud and clear. >> i want every young man in
america to feel some strong peer pressure in terms of how they are supposed to behave and treat women. that starts before they get to college. >> reporter: for campuses nationwide, the president is promising to have new ideas on how to keep women safe from sexual assault before the semester ends. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. the president will lay out his hopes and visions on other issues when he addresses congress and the american people in his state of the union address tuesday night. for a preview, we turn to cnbc's chief washington correspondent john harwood. john, what can we expect from the president? >> lester, he is in a very different phase of his presidency. strengthen economy, narrowing to push through initiatives. decent chance for immigration reform, long shot hope for winning minimum wage increase. beyond that, raising middle class incomes, narrowing
inequality, knowing congress isn't likely to go along. will he pursue steps he could take on his own and hope congress doesn't get in his way. >> perhaps another debt ceiling debate on his horizon? >> not likely a crisis. yes, a debate. both parties are almost as weary as brinksmanship as the voters and every house seat up for election this fall, house republican leadership aide put it to me this way. will there be noise? yes. will there be a real fight? no. >> john harwood tonight, thank you. our coverage of the president's state of the union address will begin tuesday evening at 9:00 eastern, 6:00 pacific time on nbc. when "nbc nightly news" continues on this sunday, all the food that goes to waste in this country. why not sell it cheap? later, we'll take you to a
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state. in the run-up to the game there's another battle going on for bragging rights. two states divide d by a river. guess which one is winning. here is nbc's ayman moheldyn. >> reporter: the game is actually being played in new jersey, not the big apple. >> oh, yeah, new jersey. same thing. >> reporter: not if you ask new jersey senator bob menendez. >> peyton manning won't be scoring any touchdowns in central park and richard sherman won't be yelling at anybody in the financial district. it will be happening here in new jersey. >> reporter: you wouldn't know it by looking at the hype around the game, the epicenter known as super bowl boulevard is in the heart of times square. on super bowl tickets and promotional material, new york city's skyline is prominently featured. new jersey, barely noticeable. how do you feel about all the
attention being given to new york but the game is actually being held in new jersey? >> oh, no, that's not fair. >> reporter: the nfl insists the super bowl is shared between the two states with the fair share of official activities being held in the garden state. even the teams who arrived today are staying in new jersey. but this is about much more than bragging rights. >> well, you know, one of the reasons that i and others were big advocates and supporters for the effort to get the super bowl xlviii to new jersey is, yes, the pride of having the game here. but nonetheless the economic impact. we're talking about, you know, potentially hundreds of millions of dollars. >> most of the projected revenue brought in is expected to go to new york, but new jersey is footing the bill for additional security and any possible weather contingencies. and while new jersey's business also see achcecsee a spike this week -- the charm of new jersey may have a hard time competing
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youngsters and helping them to learn can be a daunting task when their families are struggling through life. but in one school in albuquerque, new mexico, they've found an unusual recipe for success. our story tonight from nbc's chelsea clinton. >> reporter: cynthia green is 68 years old and raising her great granddaughters on her own. but she doesn't do it alone. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning, girls. >> good morning. >> reporter: much of her support comes from this elementary school, run by principal peggy candelara. >> we don't believe in servicing just the child but the whole family. it's not from bell to bell. >> reporter: for busy parents the schoolyard opens two hours
early. there's sing along time for the youngest and dozens of after-school programs teaching both physical and mental moves that reinforce academics back in the classroom. >> we're going to have a big math test. there's a lot of math homework this week. >> reporter: what are some of the things you don't like about homework? >> don't like the hard questions. >> reporter: you don't like the hard questions? >> i'm going to ask chelsea to pass out the homework. >> reporter: the latest edition? the homework diner, weekly tutoring program that's become a family affair. >> helping her with her homework. everything i showed her how to do, it was all wrong. >> reporter: cynthia, and other caregivers, come to keep up with their kids. >> if they feel like they belong here, if they feel comfortable, their children are much more likely to succeed academically. >> reporter: another ingredient central to the homework diner's popularity? a hot meal. two out of every three students struggle with hungry every day. a grant covers the cost of groceries from a local pantry
and culinary students from a nearby community college do the cooking. >> a lot of parents are busy these days. it's really neat that they get to have help with their homework and get to have a full meal. >> reporter: since it began last year, the diner has tripled in size and the school's grade point average has jumped to one of the best in the city. >> we're the hub of the community. we want everybody to feel like they belong here. >> reporter: a unique recipe for success in an after-school program feeding more than young minds. chelsea clinton, nbc news, albuquerque, new mexico. that's "nbc nightly news" for this sunday. brian williams will be here tomorrow. i'm lester holt, reporting from new york. for all of us here at nbc news, good night. [ superfan ] we're hitting the road to help america discover the new helper.
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sick and desperately need care. and the fallout? >> if they become cynical about that, we're not going to have people show up and volunteer for the kind of rigor we put them through, theç service in uniform. >> he's right. a shocking report coming up ahead. >> shark attack. ♪ ♪ >> yes, music aside, the moment a great white mistakes a boat for a chew toy. another reason to stay on land. mornings, according to everybody we talk to, are better with friends. >> it's sean hannity here. you're watching my good friends, elisabeth, steve and what's his name? >> brian. >> sean just left the building about five minutes ago. >> sometimes i stay up super late and i -- >> later on we're going to
discuss the craziness that happened at the conclusion of brian'sç birthday. it's been written on the blogs. this fine young lady went crazy yesterday. it was a birthday celebration no one will ever forget and we'll tell you all about it. >> i have two things to show, something the crew gave me and something you gave me, which we have to review. the look in your eye at the end of your show is something i still can't get over. i called keith ablow. i said try to make sense of this keith. >> wait until you hear about it. this is really something. we've with been telling you about this terrorist group called boko haram out in afrhsa, how they killed an entire village. in the last couple of weeks they have kidnapped 300 young girls. they're going to sell them into slavery. they burned a bunch of boys. they burned down a village. it's all bad. and now word is because we did not place them on the terror list of officially
known terrorist groups, it is going to be harder to go after them. and who exactly made sure that they were not placed on the terror list? hillary clinton. >> she has enough going on. this can't be added to the list. question as well, can she cover this on twitter? she tweeted this week with the hash tag bring our girls back. >> that brought a lot of attention to this. everyone is lauding her saying isn'tpá great. >> and the rights of women and young girls, those are pillars of what she wanted to accomplish in her time at the state department. but right here what she didn't actually tweet, and perhaps because it was over 140 characters, was the fact that her own state department did not place boko haram on the list of terrorist organizations which would have forbidden authority to increase security to them, increase assistance to nigerian security forces in nigeria and perhaps could have
saved these girls earlier. >> here's the statement. it says there was a concern. and the reason why the state department did not do it, there was a concern thatç putting boko haram on the foreign terrorist list would be in fact, raise its profile, give it greater publicity, help with its recruitment and drive more assistance in its direction. there's all types of theories about how to deal with islamic extremists, which this group is, and they are listed as an al qaeda affiliate. so i don't think giving them additional publicity and credibility might be the number h-p one priority on the surface, especially the f.b.i. called me, the c.i.a. is on my voice mail, all these people are doing it. if you do it and you're in the state department, i feel pretty good i have good backing in washington. >> she did not take that advice. >> mr. carson's explanation on how it would raise their profile notç only with all of us but the bad guys as
well, that is crazy. it is audacious for hillary clinton -- keep in mind, and there are some of the people from that boko haram organization. for hillary clinton now to over the last couple of days to talk about how bad they are, given the fact that she could have done something a couple of years ago and did not and the fact that her big initiative last week was to help women and girls, there is a little hypocrisy going on. >> what is the theory if you continue to say it does not exist it won't be there? this once again proves that is not the case. >>ç we're sending people over there now. it is going to be a lot harder. even china has responded. >> we're sending 20 people over and it sounds like without guns. >> if anyone can, we can. but this is, again, something that was a spark early become full flames now. >> she's got a lot of on
her plate. yesterday she was here in new york city and sat down with robin roberts of abc news, and she was at the ford foundation, and she was asked about that pesky benghazi thing. you know those darned republicans, they keep bringing it up. here's what she had to say about answering all the questions regarding benghazi. listen. >> of course there are a lot ofç reasons why despite all of the hearings, all of the information that's been provided, some choose not to be satisfied and choose to continue to move forward. that's their choice. and i do not believe there is any reason for it to continue in this way, but they get to call the shots in the congress. >> darned republicans. >> so as lindsey graham says if she doesn't want to come and answer the questions, then she shouldn't run for president because there's going to be a lot of people asking the same questions in small towns in new hampshire and
big towns in florida. >> whenç asked why, and provide the explanation for the deaths of, vicious murders of four americans there in benghazi, she didn't want to be there. susan rice was sent with talking points, with a narrativ. that's where you get that quote of saying if she can't handle that, if she can't handle looking at the american people and telling the truth, how dare she consider herself qualified? >> trey gowdy is going to head up the benghazi select committee. he says he is going to call her. he has been receiving death threats as well. he said as long as they're not for my wife, i can handle them, as a former prosecutor. we want to know regarding benghazi, when will you be satisfied? what is it you want to get out of it? is it just for it to be over? is it to finally know about the security lapses or the connection with the whiteç house and it looks like a conspiracy coverup? e-mail us. facebook us. tweet us. >> or is it just that you
want these guys killed or captured. >> the families lost their loved ones that day, at least for them the truth shouldn't be so hard to get. >> heather nauert will be delivering the news. >> i've got a horrible fire to tell you about that police believe was intentionally set. there are new developments on this story. was someone trying to kill a famous tennis player? investigators trying to figure out who set the fire to james blake's house in tampa that left four people dead? and did theyç know that he was not home at the time? that he was renting out his mansion? dramatic 911 calls were released. listen. >> i was walking my dog and the house exploded. oh my god! >> calm down and take a deep breath. >> it is just so horrible. >> police say there were four victims in the house, two parents and their two teenage children. they were brutalized before the fire was set.
this home is in an exclusive area known for its heavy security in the tampa area. we'll keep you posted. new overnight, the country of uruguay is offering to take six gitmo prisoners, but there is a bit of a catch here. the country's president says he will take these terror suspects only ifç washington agrees to let them live free. no response from the white house just yet. the president of uruguay is set to meet with president obama on monday. will lois lerner face prosecution? that's the big question this morning after the former head of the i.r.s. was held in contempt. the vote in the house was 231-187, all republicans voted in favor as well as several democrats. lerner is being held in contempt for refusing to answer questions about the i.r.s. targeting of conservative groups oefrp their proposed tax-exempt status. oklahoma city thunder'sç russell westbrook and m.v.p. kevin durant plan to
wipe out basketball. those were not the only lights going off. just before half time the arena lights went out. 2002 teams playing the final 27 seconds of the half in the dark. finally about halfway through the third quarter the lights went back on. oklahoma wins 112-101. those are your headlines. didn't look like people were too nervous about either. >> that's called panic. >> it was half the stadium. they had to use hand signals instead of electronics to get the plays in. >> they all came out with coal miner hats. >> a little distracting. ten minutes after the hour. let's change gears and talk about something you're quiteç passionate about. that's the state of the v.a. right now. it turns out that if you look at the average that has to get medical care,
about 26 minutes if we walked into the e.r. it's two times longer than that if you are a veteran of service and waiting in a v.a. hospital. >> right. startling information, an accusation that 40 veterans died as a result of waiting in the hospitals. the v.a. department didn't get to them. and those lists thatç were destroyed providing the path to death when it comes to those that have given their life so bravely for this nation. so why is this the case? really it's about a promise that's made. >> 23 veterans throughout the country they say at least have lost their lives waiting for medical care. >> the government is not being forthcoming with statistics on this so "the washington times" took a look. they reviewed eight veterans affairs inspector general reports. it shows the average wait at v.a. e.r.'s can be ten hours. ten hours for the vets to
wait. jim nickolson who used to run veterans affairs says this is awful. >> the real serious term is young americans who we depend on to enlist, men and women who come into our armed services, we have a compact with them that we're going to take care of them if they're hurt while serving urbgs and that's the -- serving us and that's the v.a.'s job, if they become cynical about that they are not going to show up for the rigor we put them through to show up in uniform. >> by the way, the guy who runs it, shinseki, even though the american legion is calling for him to go, also a number of republicans are saying he's got to resign, he says i'm not goingç anywhere. and the white house says we're standing behind him. he's doing a great job. >> jeff miller, who chairs the committee on house affairs says this proves
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it happened in 2011. we show it all the time. it's a prime example of wasteful spending. the group citizens against government waste highlights all kinds of outlandish federal spending inç its annual congressional pig book which is now out. here to take us through this year's porkers is the president of citizens against government waste. we finally for the first time after years of efforts have yielded the booking of a mascot called pig foot. pig foot, wave to your audience. all right. or not. whatever you choose. there you go. tom, let's get to it. pork pick number one, and play along, pig foot, $90 million to upgrade the a1a1 tank. the problem? >> the army wants to wait three years. 2,000 of those tanks sitting in the desert in california unused, and they are susceptible to i.e.d.'s, however we're
still usingç them. they need to modernize the whole tank system, the whole fleet. so they don't want to do anything right now. the congress, where these are being built, wants to keep the money going. >> so who wins? congress? >> well, the members that think the defense department is there just to create jobs feel good about it, but it's not doing anything to improve national security. >> get ready for this pig foot because we have to throw out $2.6 million all part of the denali commission that even obama identified as something that could be cut. >> there are agencies that deep indicate theç work of the denali commission. $2.6 million this year, almost $300 million in earmarks. >> that stayed. pig foot only threw out
about three bucks. symbolism. the last one is the pacific coast recovery salmon fund. it seems to recover salmon is admirable. what's the problem? >> this is money added on by senator patty murray, a member of the appropriations committee. the grouper in florida, lobsters in pha*eup, -- maine, they probably deserve help too. but we don't want them to create new programs to helpç them. just another example of pork. we found more than 109 projects worth $2.7 billion in this year's appropriations bill. >> you have this book out. over the years of having done this, do you see it making a dent on the consciences of those in washington spending the money. >> we have found items, the congress says there are not any. this is way down from the record, $29 billion in earmarks in 2006. the year before we found
14,000 individual earmarks. we're down to just over 100 earmarks worth less than $3ç billion. we're concerned people will keep doing it again. harry reid said the other day let's start earmarking again. we've got to watch them. >> pig foot, i've heard a lot about you but to see you in person is almost a thrill. thank you. tom shatz, good job. go get his book. let me tell you what's straight ahead. speaking of your money, congress can live without a pay raise but there is one thing they cannot live without. having their cars paid for by you. we'll explain. does your mom always tell you not to sit too close to the tv. is that really a health issue? we'll separate mom advice from fact advice with dr. marc siegel. withç mother's day a few days away, he's a brave man.
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we've got headlines for you. colorado lawmakers just approved the first official banking system for pot shots. until now shops could not anksusiness with bigç because marijuana is illegal under federal law. remember? and remember last week when members of congress bragged about blocking their latest pay raise? turns out there was a catch. they removed the amendment that would have blocked their monthly allowance for car payments. bet you didn't know about that. >> because i said so, that's why. did your mom always say that? >> in honor of mother's day this weekend, we are finding out the truth. this is such a dangerous segment. about all the health advice
you remember her doling out while growing up. >> here with mommy myths, dr. marc siegel from our medical a team. good morning to you. >> i know brian's mom and i'm going to speak directly to her. >> the thing about brian's mom right now, she is probably sitting close to the television to watchç brian. when we were growing up, we were told by moms and grandmas don't sit too close to the television. it will screw up your eyes. >> maybe the original tv's from skwrefplt -- general electric caused too much eyestrain. now no. kids that are sitting close to the tv may be showing they need glasses. >> right. that was me. >> pay attention. but the tv is not causing it. >> what about the iphone when i see kids looking like this? >> it is not causing a problem. it can cause eyestrain temporarily. goes away ifç you rest your eyes. >> this one brian wants to be true.
does gum stay in your stomach for seven years if you swallow it? >> that's another myth. it actually gets digested. it's the part that doesn't get absorbed. it's like vegetables. it goes through. it doesn't get absorbed. like celery. it doesn't attach to the stomach walls. you pass it out. >> what about about the gum when you bite on it, it squirts into your mouth? soda will settle your stomach? snacking will ruin your dinner. sugar willç make you hyper. is that a fact? >> soda is bad for your stomach. my mom used to say have a coke, you'll feel better. no. it's acidic. it will aggravate your stomach. sugar bloats you. >> what about the other
one? >> he read them too fast. >> snacking will ruin your dinner. that's true. >> no, it's not true. if you actually have in between like some seeds or some nuts, something to regulate -- >> seeds? >> something to regulate your glucose, a little cereal. something in between. you want to snack on crackers, you want to snack on nuts. fruit isç great to have. fruit is great in between. just don't load up on candy bars. >> sugar makes you hyper? >> i'm calling that a fact. science says i am wrong but i'm positive that's true. there was a study from yale that if you take kids in the morning and give them a lot of sugar it will interfere with their attention span. science, i want you to catch up with mom on this one. >> then you're wrong about the snacking fills you up because it does. >> i'm not wrong about
that. >> time-out. >> the only one that is a fact is that last one. sugar makes you hyper. >> what just happened? i don't even know. >> you read themç all at once. >> don't get over the fact that you just dissed your own study. >> i'm trying to say that mom is sometimes right. if i don't give her one fact here, they're all going to write in. >> dr. marc siegel, thank you very much. >> straight ahead, a chaotic crime scene gets even crazier when this happens. [screaming] >> wait until you hear who is behind the wheel of that car. >> the government needs to tax you more to repair the country's highways. whatç happened to the stimulus? stuart varney says the money is all gone. good morning. all rise. >> happy birthday not to
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always love my mama" has to do with this picture. it is mother's day weekend. they said bring in throw back thursday pictures. this isç the first selfie i did with my son peter. back in the old days when you did a selfie you had to wait to get the pictures back from the drug store to find out if it turned out. >> you get double. >> look at him drooling on my sunglasses. >> oh, that is precious. >> who's that? >> heather nauert. >> mother's day of course is this sunday. i sent in a picture to honor my mother. >> very nice. >> there's maria, i believe, at graduation. >> looks like it could be. >> do we have clarification on that? >> any way, because it is throw back thursday, hash tag tbt, we would love to see your throw back pictures.
we have inç the past given you assignments. send to us whatever you want to. e-mail us at friends@foxnews.com. >> are you saying you gave assignments and they let you down? >> no. we asked for prom pictures, baby pictures. >> we don't want to coach you. later we're going to find out the story behind maria's picture. steve: i want to nope who who -- >> i want to know who those individuals are. >> i'm guessing it was his graduation. i've got news to bring you. it is sad news coming out of houston. there was a real chaotic; @fc @ scene that erupted yesterday at a murder scene in texas. there was a suspected killer's father who plowed his car through a crowd of people. take a look at this. [screaming] >> you can hear the
witnesses, the onlookers and even the journalists screaming as they run for their lives. there were about a hundred people gathered out there as cops were investigating that crime scene. cops arresting that driver after he tried to jump from his moving car. neighbors say he simply snapped after he was taunted by a member of the victim's family. >> the pilot who crashed into a house in colorado walked away. we told you about that story earlier. he actually used to live in thatç house that he crashed into. how bizarre that? 52-year-old brian beach was towing a banner in the sky when the plane lost power and then crashed into that home. the homeowners were not there at the time. certainly a good thing. beach says it wasn't until he ran around to the front of the house that he looked at it and realized he used to live there. it is going to cost you more to ship things with fedex. there will be new prices that will be based on size and not weight. here's the idea. to hit customers who ship all those bulky packages,
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in the universal they took it out. the shark finally got one guy. >> i can't even play sharks in the room. >> welcome back to confessional thursday. heather, thank you very much. 23 minutes before the top of the hour. extreme weather making its way across the country in central kansas. a severe thunderstorm brought powerful winds that were so strong, they threw train cars right off the track. >> that's inç mcpherson, kansas. two people were on board at the time. nobody was hurt. maria molina is out on the streets of new york city where currently it is a little drizzly but p's not the kind of rain we had last night. >> it was pouring last night across parts of the northeast. here in new york city we're going to be dealing with on and off showers not only today but also over the next few days. we have a little bit of a stretch here across the northeast of unsettled weather but across the
plains, that's where we can see possible severe weather. take a look at current temperatures. this is one of the signs that we could be seeing strong to severe storms. in kansas city, you're currently in the 70's. it's very early in the morning. you're in the 60's in chicago. later this afternoon those temperatures are going to continue to warm and we could be seeing severe weather anywhere from texas up intoç minnesota. that area shaded in red across iowa and southern minnesota, that's where the storm predictions think we could see possible long track tornadoes. that is a big concern. if you live in des moines, southern part of minnesota, make sure you have a way to get the warnings today. let's head back inside. >> maria thank you very much. did you know that every time you fill up your gas tank, part of what you pay goes to the government. that's right, 18 cents per gallon is sent to the highway trust fund which is supposed to help build and keep our nation's roads safe and up to date. >> i thought our infrastructureç is falling
apart. we have no financing. except is now the obama administration says these funds are set to run out in august. how can that be? >> what happened to the money we gave during the stimulus? stuart varney has the answers. >> spent it. borrowed more, spent it. we're now out of money by august. we have no more money left to rebuild the nation's infrastructure and highways. >> where did the money go? it obviously didn't go to the highways. >> we don't have a full accounting of whether we got our money's worth. we run out of money come august to rebuild the highways so guess what? what do you think we're going to do?ç borrowing more is an option. >> just raise taxes. >> thank you, steve. >> here's the option. you raise the federal gasoline tax from 18 cents a gallon, you add on 10 to
15 cents per gallon. that's a short-term fix that's what the c.b.o. says you need to give us $18 billion a year for the next ten years. raise taxes. that's interesting because that taxes everybody. everybody who buys a gallon of gas, you pay that tax. this is not tax the rich. this is tax everybody who drives. >> it's people at the lower end of the food chain who hurt the most. you've citedç this in the past, the day that george bush left the white house, i think the price of gasoline a gallon was $1.85. >> that is correct. >> now it is $3.50 a gallon? >> no. the average price now is $3.65 to $3.70. long term there is the option of bringing back tolls on interstate highways. bring back those tolls. we haven't seen that in like 40, 50 years.
bring them back to raise money. or tax drivers for every mile they drive. not every gallon of gas they buy but every mile they drive. >> sending this back to the american people over a mistake. >>ç absolutely. >> people react. are you going to do that? going to drive less? that mean vacation stops are going to be less. people are going to need less tires, less maintenance. everything is link to link to link. they don't see down the road. >> cats and dogs will be living together. the end of the world is nigh. >> you are minimizing my point. >> this is the first time you've quoted "ghost busters." stu varney check him out on fox business today, 11:00. >> coming up, do you want your 14-year-old daughter read[ng porn in school? this dad, he sure doesn't.
>> what are you charging me with? >> disorderly conduct. >> that dad looking out for his daughter was arrested. he joins us next. >> speaking of porn, we have no time to finish that. an e.p.a. worker not fired but rewarded. ♪ ♪
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a father shows up to his school board meeting to express concerns about a risque novel that his daughter who is 14 years old was required to read. watch what happens there. >> what are you charging me with? >> disorderly conduct. >> disorderly conduct.
[inaudible] >> my arm is messed up. my arm is messed up. disorderly conduct. >> joining us now to share his story is that father there in cuffs, williamç bair. good morning. what was your reason for being at that meeting in the first place? >> very simply, the school basically dropped the book on us monday last week, and wednesday we saw some passages in there that were very troubling and they really wouldn't address it. the principal, i wanted to meet with him immediately, and for whatever reason, maybe a scheduling problem, we didn't meet. at that point i realized this was a much more significant issue than just my daughter. i knew at some point we could just not read the book. it's not like they were going to force us technically to read the book, but it was required reading for ninth grade. the story got out and it was all over the papers. and basically what happened
then is i met with the principal monday, this pastç monday, and i asked him about somebody reading the passage so we all know what we're talking about at the school board meeting that was scheduled for this past monday evening. and he didn't want to read it. he said it had to be put in context and all the nuances have to be communicated. i said put it in context, talk about the themes and then read it. finally he, the president at gill ford high school told me in private, he said i don't feel comfortable reading it. my retort was if you don't feel comfortable reading it, why are you requiring my 14-year-old daughter to read it. it is pageç 313 of the book 19 minutes. from my perspective it should not be in the hands of a 14-year-old. if other parents want them to read it, i don't have a problem with this. at the same time i don't need this to be thrust upon my family.
i feel like they violated my family and it continues. >> your daughter is 14 years old. the egg was already out of the shell. it is not as though there was a permission slip that went home. i would have read the material. most parents have a right to do that. i actually couldn't sit here on this program and read it verbatim because it is so explicit, definitely not fit for children, uncomfortable and graphic to say the very least. >> elisabeth, i was going to say that the editor ofç the local paper basically said -- and he's also the mayor of the town, ed engle said in quotation in the lincolnia sun, pretty much no paper in the country could print something like this. the idea that this is not fit to print in a daily paper, but the school board thinks it is appropriate to have this required reading.
even if it were required reading, if that is what the community determined, that's okay. but give us notice. real notice, realç consent. the school, the principal admitted that, he said there was notice in the past and now i find out there was no notice in the past. they said there was notice in 2007 when it was issued and i would like to see that notice because it was probably kind of no-notice notice. >> we hear so much about the need for fathers to step in and what happens when they don't. bill o'reilly has been greatly vocal about the effects of when a dad is not in the picture, how it can lead to devastating results, particularly young women. you as a father step in, you want to say my kid should have the right about reading this. do you feel your first amendment rights were null and void there, completely erase stph-d >> i totally think there is a first amendment isqu and my legal team will be
looking into this. i'm an attorney as well. i was licensed in new jersey for 20 years. there are serious issues here. there is no question this was the quintessential public forum, a school board. and they -- every indication is that two-minute rule was implemented just they don't answer any questions. they refuse to answer questions. there is no accountability. if you meet withç somebody, it is in private. no cameras, no people, no accountability. there's no question there is a first amendment violation here. they compounded it by arresting me for pointing out that it was a first amendment violation. now i'm being prosecuted by the state. i mean, there's violation after violation. rape.
this violation by the state, as far as i'm concerned -- >> i did read that, sir. we're going to stay on this. please let us know what's to come. we wish your daughter well. she's 14. stay with us here. thanks. >> thank you very much. i do a lot oresearch on angie's list before i do any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for bringing us together. find out why more than two million members count on angie's list. angie's list -- reviews you can trust.
president obama is sending a small team of u.s. military and law enforcement to nigeria to help recover almost 300 kidnapped school girls. the president says it's an opportunity for the world to bring down a terror organization. but judge napolitano says what about that? he joins us live right now. do you thi'k it's a good idea we get involved there? >> i don't think it's good idea that we get involved in nigeria. i don't think it's in our national security interest.
i think it establishes a terrible precedents. i say this with my heart bleeding, figuratively, over what's happened to these young women. now, i don't know if the government of nigeria is behind this, is afraid of these people, or is protecting them. but if we enter nigeria absent an invitation from the government, it's the legal equivalent of an invasion, whether we send the nypd, special ops. the president knows that. i honestly think, one of the rare times i'm going to say, this the president's heart is in the right place, but he has to think twice before he uses american power to solve what is basically a domestic police issue in that country. >> i saw on television yesterday, there are a number of democrat congressmen who are calling for the president to go and doñi whatever it takes, drones, whatever. where does that come from? >> i think it comes from their heart's aching over this situation where these young
women, god only knows what's happened to them, absolutely no equity, no benefit, no argument on the side of the bad guys and alt equity, all the sympathy is on the side of the women. but you have to think of the legal and geopolitical consequences of entering another country without a treaty justifying it, without the law justifying it and against the wishes of the authorities there. it's going to have unintended consequences we don't want to live with. >> it was big news yesterday. lois lerner was found in contempt of congress. we want to talk to you a little bit about the ramification of that. can you stick around? >> of course. >> more with judge napolitano coming up. also straight ahead, we're going to be talking about that and you saw brian's big birthday bash on the show yesterday. there it is right there. so what happened after the show and that cake? oh, my goodness. okay. that's not the crazy part. the crazy part comes later. stick around
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good morning. today is thursday, may 8. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. they are vicious criminals accused of killing off entire villages and the white house wanted them designated as terrorists. but hillary clinton said don't use the t word. now the fallout of that decision ahead. and remember when president obama said this about the irs. >> no mass corruption? >> not even mass corruption. not even a smidgen of corruption. >> tell that to congress, the house. now charging lois lerner with contempt. is jail the next stop for her? and if you think things got heated on our set, wait until you see this. that's why we don't have a desk. what led to the table flipping fight seen around the world on
that tv show. this tv show has a motto and the motto is mornings are better with friends. >> this is bob eubanks from the newlywed game. you're watching fox "friends." whoopie. it's my favorite word. >> that is a good word. whoopie. >> you know what? i don't think lois lerner was saying whoopie yesterday. it was bad news for the administration. bipartisan households her in contempt of congress and they have, in a separate resolution, urged the department of justice to appoint a special prosecutor. republicans are hoping this would be a way for her to finally answer their questions about the targeting of conservatives. there were a number of democrats who voted against their own party. so this was bipartisan. >> one of the biggest things to happen is the judge is refusing tother sit-in. >> the judge here to help us with the legal agele and whether
she'll turn up in jail. what also is significant is some democrats say i have a probable with her taking the fifth and not transparent with the irs. >> politically it's significant that the democrats did this. so it doesn't look like it's one party ganging up on her because in reality, what she is accused of doing, accused of doing is abusing authority and tampering with the first amendment. that cuts both ways. nobody can favor that, republican or democrat. it's very complicated where she is legally right now. the house cannot prosecute her. the house can only ask the united states attorney for the district of columbia, a federal appointee, an obama appointee who works for attorney general holder, to prosecute her. >> the irony is that holder is quite familiar with being held in contempt. >> he was held in contempt by the house for the earn ma in which he subpoenaeded to subpoenas over fast and furious. this same u.s. attorney said i'm not going to prosecute my boss, not 'cause he's my boss, but because he has a claim of executive privilege.
he discussed these documents with the president. lois lerner does not have that claim. if she makes it, if she says i discussed that with the president, whole new ball game because you saw what he told bill o'reilly. not a smidge or smidgen. i'm not sure what he used -- of corruption. >> you're saying it would imply there was -- >> coordination between the irs and the president of the united states. her only defense is her statement, i didn't break the law. i followed irs regulation, is not a waiver, a giving up of her right to remain silent. candidly, case law goes both ways. some case law says you invoke your right to remain silence, you can't say anything else. if you say anything else, you've given up the right to remain silence. in other cases, a general denial is a general denial. >> if she didn't break the law, republicans say, she should have testified in fronts of them. what's extraordinary is it all started with an apology. out of nowhere she planted a
question and said i'm sorry about this. >> it's an effort to make herself look good. remember the movies where the mobsters used to read a statement, i'm not going to testify 'cause my lawyer told me i have a right to remain silent? that's what you have to do. you have to be sigh lentz persistently. if you say anything above that, you get yourself in trouble, like she did. i don't know where it's going to go, but my guess is that the u.s. attorney who refused to prosecute his boss will refuse to prosecute her. >> you know with a? darrell issa, who heads up the oversight committee on the house, a republican from california, he tweeted this out yesterday: unless president asserts executive privilege, there is no precedent for the u.s. attorney for dc to do anything but pursue this criminal case. #irstargetsing. >> that's a correct statement of the law. but we're dealing with a very, very, very political department of justice that will find some way to protect its own.
if they prosecute this lady, the statement that the president made to bill o'reilly will be germane to that prosecution. >> this is something that she does, cross party lines. everybody should be concerned about get to get bottom of the truth and admitting, at least giving some information out there. and nancy pelosi missed the boat. she was at a fund-raiser, but there were six democrats who voted for this, voted to hold lois lerner in contempt. >> you have a lot of purple and you have a lot of red states. >> keeping with the colors there. blue dog democrats there basically moderate, centrist democrats who have difficult reelections and don't wants to be perceived as sticking with the party line come november. i don't blame them. part of this is congress' fault. they give the irs a little bit too much leeway to invade
people's lives and scrutinize what they say. >> between benghazi and now the irs, it looks like the white house is on defense. >> i think so. and i don't know that the president can stick with that statement he made to bill. >> all right. judge napolitano, thank you very much. >> pleasure. >> if not, we'll call bill back in and change it. what i meant. >> pleasure. >> look who is over there with the headlines today. hello, mrs. nauert. >> hi, mr. judge. great to see you. i have some news to bring you. some disturbing news. coming out of the state of florida this morning, here is the question that investigatessors are asking: why would someone want to kill a mother, a father and two teenage children in their rented mansion in a ritzy part of tampa, florida? the home was owned by former tennis star james blake, but he wasn't there at the time. he had been renting it out. investigators say there was a fire that was intentionally set and that some sort of accelerant, possibly fireworks, were used. this is the 911 call that's been
released. take a listen. >> i was walking my dog and there was a house exploded. oh, my god! >> take a deep breath. okay? >> it's horrible! >> the four victims tentatively identified as 49-year-old darren campbell, his wife, kim, and their two teenage children, collin and meghan. they were in high school together. police say the victims were brutalized before that fire was set and that home in an exclusive area known for heavy security. we'll keep you posted on developments. the islamic terror group that has been terrorizing nigeria kills once again and this time possibly as many as 300 people in a nigerian village. this as we learn former secretary of state hillary clinton fought to keep the al-qaeda-linked terror group off the state department list of official terror organizations. under clinton, the state department repeatedly refused to go after the group now responsible for kidnapping hundreds of girls.
we've been telling you a lot about that story. that refusal was despite the urging from the f.b.i., c.i.a., and more than a dozen senators and congressmen. new overnight, the country of uruguay is offering to take some prisoners at gitmo. he says he will take them if washington agrees to let them live free. no response from the white house on this yet. the president of that country is set to meet with our president on monday. what do you think of that? no, this is not an episode of jerry springer. it's just an average day in the life of jordannian television. take a look at this. yeah. that fight was over freedom of the press. the guests traded insults and then started tearing apart that table. the host then had to end the
program. keep it going. those are your headlines. >> felt like that. >> that's unbelievable. >> you know what? actually there was some tension on the set yesterday. it was -- >> on the veranda. >> it was in the after the show show. we had guy fieri on from "diners, drive-ins and dives" and he was presenting brian with a birthday cake. i don't know if you heard about it. out of nowhere, elisabeth decided in the after the show show, you were going to take that cake and destroy it -- >> i don't recall any of that. >> i don't know who was in her ear or what took over her body. >> steve doocy. >> but this woman called in her survivor training and went after me like there was no tomorrow. >> my aim was a little off. >> then as weird as that got with her running down 48th street with this cake, out of nowhere came a stranger and it just got weirder. watch. >> it does have a scent of
licorice. it has a -- >> i can't believe it! look out, people! there's a crazy lady in high heels! look out! >> who is hiding brian? >> oh, my gosh! what happened? >> rock'n'roll! >> so what happened? so elisabeth is running by and that guy just grabs the cake out of her hands and smashes it into his face. >> it wasn't his birthday. >> no, it wasn't. and then he gave you a high five, which could have broken your wrist. >> it was behind the bush. i didn't know what else to do but hi five. when in doubt, give a high five. cake everywhere. >> i went over to the guy afterwards and i said, why did
you do that? he said nobody else had. as it turns out, this guy is a prankster from the opie and anthony show. that is an image off of their instagram where he went on in the studio to describe how he screwed up your birthday. >> right. >> he took your cake. >> right. i didn't even know what was happening. i'm on radio and i see this thing pop up on tv news and all of a sudden chaos broke loose. but the look in your eye, i don't know if someone said if you don't throw this cake at him you're going to be fired. so the speed you have is incredible. >> you gave a push and a jab there and a duck. you got out of it. >> elisabeth is unbelievablably creative. she made me this for my p birthday. the whole family. what's behind? >> this is, because of your 50th birthday, we took page 50 from your book and put the
secret 6 in many places to form a 6. kilmeade goes, why a 6? because the book is number one. it should have been a one. >> yesterday during the show, i get a card from the crew. look at this. this is from the crew who i never met in person. brian, in honor of your birthday, i want to show you a side you don't often see. >> of the crew. >> they showed me the back of their heads. >> our generous side. >> this will be great. i get to hang out with the crew. good job. thanks a lot. i appreciate it. that was creative. >> what a crazy party you had yesterday. >> right. as usual the party gets better when i leave. >> i tried to find you. steve made me do it. >> i did not make you do it. she did look crazy. >> team work here. >> coming up straight ahead. this french economist getting rock star status for preaching about income inequality.
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to hear more of michael's story, visit lyrica.com. a new book on income inequality is sending shock waves around the world. french economist, capital in the 21st century, is being embraced by the left and liberal media is off and oning over his theories. saying the most important of the 21st century. the new yorker saying, you can't afford to ignore it. and the "new york times" calling it, not just important.
it's beautiful. fox business senior correspondent, charles gas free know took a look at it. he says what about this book? >> it ain't beautiful. the last thing you want to say about this book is that it's beautiful. it's 700 pages. it's probable low the most 700 legubruius pages i ever read. karl marx in every other line. basically the world is rigged against the little guy. that income inequality is against the little guy and the only solution is socialist policy. i don't know who will be the irs here or collect the taxes. maybe the u.n. but he wants a global tax on anybody that makes more than $500,000 a year. you get taxed at 80%. >> with that global tax on people making more than half a million dollars, the juicy part
is that he would have the united nations running things. they would be the world cop. >> who would be the irs? it would have to be the united nations. so america, would have to give up its sovereignty to the united nations under this plan. >> government should adopt a global tax on wealth, progressive global tax on capital around 2%, punitive 80% on incomes above half a million dollars. also what's interesting is his call for that 80% tax rate is not to generate tax revenue. it's to level the playing field. are successful are closer, beat down to people at the othernd of the food chain. >> what his general thesis is there is no way for the poor and working class to move up because the rich have the game rigged. all they have to do is not invest in companies. they have to just invest in the
stock market and sort of make money out of the games of the stock market rather than investing in businesses to help grow, because market returns will always outpace the returns of gdp, thus the game is rigged against the people that have to live on the gains and gdp. >> all we have to do is look in our rearview mirror during the eisenhower years and jfk's administration. taxes were around, what, 85, 90% back then. it was jfk himself who said this is crazy. i got to cut them. >> right. >> and did he a little bit. reagan did a much bigger job. >> i'm not for income inequality. but let's be honest here, what he forgets and misses is that people go out and earn their money. bill gates, i don't like his politics, but he created microsoft. warren buffet created berkshire hathaway. the author makes it sound like these rich guys just happened to land -- millions of dollars happened outland in their laps. >> he's a french economist in
france. what is it, 60% of the people of france work for the federal government. socialist government. >> i have family in italy. they're alt -- all on the government dole. if you want that economy, america, read this. the "new york times" calls this beautiful, read the first ten pages and tell me how beautiful this is. you can't get it in new york. >> look at that. >> i tried to get it! >> capitalism. thanks. coming up, it's the first in the world, lawmakers in this country approve the first bank for the weed industry. so looks like the country is going to pot. plus, you know her from the hit tv show "gray's anatomy." but there is a not you don't know about sarah drew, like she's a devout christian. she's coming up next. good morning to you, sarah. good job!
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work. nobody got fired. he did get, however, an award for stellar performance. congratulations. >> wow. you know her from love life on "grey's anatomy." now sarah drew is taking on the stresses and joyce of motherhood in a new movie "moms night out." take a look. >> this is me trying not to have a panic attack. i should be happy that they're making me breakfast. instead, all i see is salmonella. everywhere. on the floor, on the counters, on my children. i'm a salmonella phobe. >> wait, that's my house! that's me! >> all of a sudden it looks like john madden -- sarah drew is here. you're watching the movie and laughing at the same time. >> yes. i relate. i relate. >> how did you get into the mind and heart of every single mom? that's exactly what we see. that's you! >> i e. know.
that is me. i read the script when my son was ten months old. i had just become a mom. i don't think i could have played this role had i not been a new mom because it is such a crazy, chaotic, beautiful, terrifying experience all at the same time. i wouldn't have been able to understand it had i not been there myself. >> the movie looks hilarious. we had your co-star, sean astin on here yesterday. this move yes is never going to make it because first of all, it's not dirty. it's loan. it's got a pro-christian message. how dare you? >> how dare we. i know. we're so offensive. >> so set the scene. you guys are frazzled. as a mom, you feel like you're being shut in, so your husband says, go out. have a good time. we'll handle things here. your husbands. >> yes, yes. so we go out for a night on the town and the husbands stay with the kids. and everything goes wrong. it is one disaster after another. there is a car chase, a biker gang gets involved, people get tased. we wind up in jail.
>> typical night for mom. >> i know, yeah. after waiting and waiting for a night out. this is the one that you get. >> this is our weekend plan. i cannot wait to do this. what's exciting is it just relates, there's a strong call to see it because of that. so many moms see it with the salmonella drawing. there was an article in glamour, i believe you talked about relationship. you say sometimes -- correct me if i am wrong -- feeling hopeless doesn't mean your situation is hopeless. you talk about a relationship hiccup that you had. >> yeah. my husband and i had a really dark time in our marriage and we realized that we really needed help. and it was the moment that we realized wed intoed help was a moments when i called my dad and i was like, i feel completely hopeless. >> your father is a pastor? >> my dad is a pastor. i always turn o him when i'm feeling at my wit has end and i
need some wisdom and guidance. he's like, honey, i'm so sorry. my heart is breaking for you. but just because you feel hopeless doesn't mean the situation is hopeless. i believe that there is a way out of this and after several months of therapy, it's just so great! it's like the healing happened and then we came out on the other side so much more in love and so much better friends. such an incredible gift. >> talking can do a lot. >> yeah. >> did you meet your husband before you had all this success? >> yes. i am so thankful that i met my husband when i did. i was so young. i was 18 and it was before anything had happened in my career and he has been my rock. my rock and the person who brings my feet back down to the ground whether i get all caught up in the crazy hollywoodness of everything. so i'm so grateful for him. he loves me for who i am at my core. not for anything that i've done out in the world.
>> you've done so much, though, in addition to this movie that opens tomorrow with the pro-family message, you're in "grey's anatomy," got the big finale coming up. what's interesting is you were telling us during the commercial that when your husband, because you've got a solid relationship now -- when your husband really wants to make an important point to you, he writes you a letter. >> he does. he does. my husband pursued me through handwritten letters. we met at a camp together. >> in the beginning. >> in the beginning when we were young. it was like in a letter, he asked for my e-mail address. in an e-mail, he asked for my phone number. on a phone call, he asked to come visit me. he was very careful and very gracious and respectful of me the whole way through. >> he's a keeper. >> he's a keeper. >> he has his own christian mingle. >> mingle of one. >> thanks for sharing that story with us. >> yeah. >> good luck with the movie. it's going to be a big hit. >> thank you.
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fascinating -- that before becoming that hate preacher, he ran a strip club. he's a((uáq" of organizing a terror training camp in oregon and als supporting the taliban and al-qaeda. he faces life in prison if convicted. he also claims he had worked for mi 5. chaos erupts outside of a murder scene in texas when a suspected killer's father plows his car through a crowd of more than 100 people. look at this. a whole lot of witnesses out there. even journalists and a lot of folks there running and screaming for their lives. cops availably arrested the driver as he tried to jump from the moving car. neighbors say that he snapped after he was taunted by a member of the victim's family. we'll keep you posted on the update. the country is the first ever banking system for pot shops has now been approved by
colorado state lawmakers. until now, most of the businesses were cash only because banks rejected basic services to those companies because pot is still considered illegal under federal law. and speak of drugs, toronto crack's smoking mayor rob ford is apparently having a great time in rehab. in a new interview he says, quote, rehab is amazing. it reminds me of football camp. okay. let me keep going here. he says it's kind of like washington redskins camp he went to as a kid. what? poor thing. he checked into rehab a week after a new picture surfaced of him smoke crack in his sister's basement. you can't make this up. those are your headlines. >> you can't. is rob ford at betty ford? >> i don't know where he is. >> it doesn't sound like people who everged from betty ford are healed. >> thank you very much.
>> maria, you are standing by outside to give us a peek of what's going on weather wise. >> good morning. it is still raining here in new york city and surrounding areas in the nor east. we are going to have a couple of unsettled days here across the region. it's going to be cloudy, couple of showers will be possible here and there as we head into this weekend. i want to take you farther west. look at some of these current temperatures. this is a sign of things tocome. early this morning you're already in the 70s in kansas city and in dallas. and there is a potential for severe weather, from texas up into wisconsin and minnesota, and one of the elements of severe weather is hail. take a look at this video out of colorado, large hail that came down yesterday. that was the story as well across other parts of the plains states. hail coming down, multiple reports of tornadoes as well across colorado and unfortunately, that risk is in place yet again today. the storm prediction center has issue add moderate risk across iowa and southern minute machine where we have the potential for
tornadoes. by friday, the risk spreads from arkansas to indiana. have a we to get those warnings coming up today. let's head over to you, brian. >> let me tell you about sports. another case of thunder causing a blackout. russell westbrook, who is good and kevin durant playing lights out basketball. the pair combined for 63 points. here is the bigger story against the clippers, there was a problem with the lights. they went out. during a timeout just before half time, a power surge caused the lights to dim of the they are playing for the final 27 seconds of the half in the dark. oklahoma city was put on. best play of the day, not even the player that's on the field. watch this. it's a met game. >> look at this. beautiful. >> the miami marlins' ball boy making an incredible diving catch over the wall to snag a foul ball against the mets.
the marlins won 1-0. no word if this guy's got a contract yet or how much he's being paid. i'd double his salary. have you seen this video? a soccer match in bolivia. plenty of game out of their own. unfortunately for one of the dogs, an angry player didn't enjoy their romp. he will snatch the animal and tries to get it off the field. a ball boy, again, comes to the rescue. a bolivian ball boy at that, saving the dog and the game. great day for ball boys everywhere. time to celebrate. >> he wants to win the game. >> that's all. you can't use your hands in soccer. >> coming up on radio between 9 and noon, we'll have senator chuck grassley talk about the hands off rule. chris wallace who seems nice, i've never talked to him in person. and so many other great surprises. >> i bet that is the case. coming up here, college
professor says his own university is breaking the law by basing college admissions on race. he joins us with the shocking proof next. congress wants to cut the budget. just don't touch their car allowances. they have car allowances? we'll explain. >> rob ford says he likes rehab because it reminds me of a football camp he went to as a kid. his parents said, that was also rehab. ♪
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a pay raise. bad news, they couldn't part with their monthly allowance covering their lease on their cars. the cost to taxpayers? nearly a half million dollars a year. and it's going to cost you more to ship bulky things with fed-ex. from 10.07 to 13.81. you might want to get your own toilet paper. elisabeth? >> thanks, brian. this college professor says his own university is breaking the law by basing college admissions on race instead of merit. that's illegal in california and the supreme court just ruled laws like that are okay. that ucla professor has proof and is putting it in a book. he joins us now. good morning, sir. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> so what exactly did you find six years ago and why are you bringing this to the fronts again now? >> let's see. probably eight years ago is when it all began, 2006. i was on the faculty oversight
committee for admissions at ucla. during that year, there was a significant drop in african-american admissions, like 20%. ucla implemented a new system which is called the wholistic system. then after implementing that system, african-americans admissions skyrocketed. almost doubled that year. and meanwhile, at the same time, they were touting the system, the reason it would increase african-american admissions, because it takes account of their socioeconomic disadvantages. but the strange thing i noticed, i was getting data 'cause i was on the committee, was that the other socioeconomically disadvantaged groups like latinos and vietnamese, which may be more socioeconomically disadvantaged among the applicants at ucla, their admission rates dropped. so something weird was going on. i asked for data from the admissions staff. they refused and in 2008, i resigned in protest from that
committee. >> so it was a denial of those in your findings that you thought was completely wrong. so you actually say here that the controversy surrounds this idea, that approximately 20% of the african-americans that ucla admitted would not have been admitted if it weren't for the racial differences? >> that's right. >> how can you prove that? >> well, one, when i resigned, ucla decided oh, we need to deflect attention from this professor resigning. so they did the equivalent of a blue ribbon commission. they hired a sociology professor at ucla and four years later, they released his study and this person did an honest job. if you look at the statistical analysis in his study, it shows that. now, he concludes that about 33% of the african-americans admitted would not have been admitted if it weren't for the racial preferences.
he also finds that asian americans were discriminated against. that if it weren't for the discrimination, 9% would -- their numbers would have been 9% higher. >> where is the pressure coming from, if this is indeed the case? >> you know, a lot of it is interest groups. just before the wholistic system was implemented, there was a big protest there, 2 to 300 students occupied the hallway outside the chancellor's office. i think it's also coming from the legislature. i hear rumors about that, we're going to decrease the uc budget if you don't increase diversity. the regents of the university, i have a quote in my book from the provost from the second command of the entire system said that yes, lots of regents are saying they're going to fire chancellors if they don't increase diversity. >> wow. we do have a quote from the ucla chancellor from a faculty meeting. several constituents cities of -- constituencies are
distressed. there is pressure on the numbers of underrepresented minors on campus are too small. so that was from 2008. highlighting their -- >> that was 2006. just before we implemented the wholistic system, chancellor abrams came to my committee and i don't know if you call it pressuring, but definitely lobbied our committee to change the system to a wholistic system. i might say after i resigned, the head lawyer for ucla denied what i said. i said that ucla implemented the wholistic system to increase the numbers of underrepresented minorities. everyone at that meeting was agreeing with that, including the chancellor. then after i said it in public, the head lawyer denied that. one thing i found with this, it's something like the little boy who says the king has no clothes. everyone knows the truth, but no one will say it.
it's so strange. i feel like almost that the only person who will admit these things. >> wow. it is definitely hot button issue there. we thank you for joining us this morning and we'll stay on this as well. thank you, tim. >> thank you, elisabeth. coming up, did stossel invent facebook? the story of capitalism that you need to hear. but first on this day in history in 1963, sean connery starred in his first bond move yes "dr. no." in 2010, betty white is 88 years old, became the oldest "saturday night live" host. in 1977, "hotel california" by the eagles was the number within song. ♪ ♪ so's his serve, and his mandarin [speaking mandarin] xieúxieú, hou chiú but like up to 90% of americans, jim falls short in getting important nutrients from food alone.
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the left is lashing out at capitalism, claiming the system is rigged against the american dream. the american dream is dead. >> it's tough out there. it really is a rigged game. and it's set up now over and over -- >> it's probably always been. >> well. not like this. it's set up over and over and over that the rich get richer and the powerful get more powerful. they've got all the advantages of concentrated money and concentrated power. >> should i mention they're both rich talking to each other? two millionaires talk being how bad it is for the rich who are rich. john stossel says not so fast. he joins us right now to talk about this. is it really a rigged game, john >> it all has been to some extents. the rich have connections. they can now in america, you can get out of the government school monopoly and get a good education. we still are mobility in
america. most of the rich go down in the income. their kids do and most of the poor are up a quinntile. so it's not like you're locked in this position and this idea -- what they're selling is it's hopeless. government must take care of us. that's just wrong. >> it's just you inherits the money as if there are five families running the entire country. what is the exchange bar? talk about that. >> well, on tonight's show, we look at all the people who created new things and made it. exchange bar and grill is -- most restaurants fail. it's amazing that people dare start them. this place has -- puts the drinks, as you see, up on the wall and the more people buy them, like the stock market, the price goes up. the fewer people buy them, it goes down. it's gimmick, but it's working and they're doing well. >> it shows creativity and shows a fun factor which is judge people go out. you talk about people run their own businesses. yeah, they have stress of
insurance and payroll. you say studies show they're happier. >> the people who are happiest in life are people running ther own business. though they do -- odds are, p won't work. wonderful america, you can try and try again. they work longer hours. but they're happier. >> now, you said you started your own facebook, your own v of facebook? >> i started facebook, darn it! i was in college at a guy's school and i got a trip to these girls schools. i got the freshman pictures of all the girls. we published them in the book. but the internet hadn't been invented yet. >> you were ahead of your time. i saw the studythat says entrepreneurship in our country is at a 30-year low. there is less entrepreneurship in our country right now than any time since the '70s. >> i would like -- okay. since the 1970s maybe. i would like to see that study. look what we got. instagram, lift, uber, 3d printing, fracking, wonderful things are being invented all the time. >> fracking my idea.
but again, we didn't have the drill. john, tell me when we can watch you tonight? >> 9:00 o'clock. we'll talk about the beauty of starting your own business. >> and it's beautiful to see you. thanks so much. coming up next hour, you're not going to believe it
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what are you waiting for? (vo) celebrate this memorial day with up to 40% off hotels at travelocity. (gnome) go and smell the roses. good morning. it's thursday, may 8. 2014. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. they are vicious criminals accused of killing off entire villages and the white house wanted them designated as terrorists. but hillary clinton's state department says don't use that t word. great. meanwhile, hate waiting in line at the doctor's office? now imagine waiting two times as long. well, welcome to being a u.s. veteran. the insulting new information about america's emergency rooms. does this sound fishy to you? the government spending millions of dollars on salmon. are they endangered? they look happy.
>> how happy does that fish look? how can you tell the fish is happy? >> i asked it. mornings are better with friends. >> hear ye, hear ye! this the town cryer. you are watching "fox & friends"! >> mornings are better with salmon. >> salmon. >> welcome aboard. last hour was kind of dull because elisabeth did not come after you with a pastry. >> i know. unbelievable. >> happy birthday day after for you. >> i was just thinking about that. steve is so sick of my birthday. he had to go to my party on long island. then take phone calls yesterday. >> i had to talk to my friend todd yesterday. >> then you have to go over
elisabeth attacking me with a cake. >> it was actually steve has idea. >> stop it. it was not. anyway, happy day after birthday. >> now let's talk about what's happening in the world. >> look at the cover of the new york post today. you've got the first lady, michelle obama, holding this up in the white house that says #bringbackourgirls. what she's talking about is the group boko haram, they're the people who kidnapped 300 young girls over in nigeria. >> islamic extremists. >> right. this terror group is. and what it sounds like they're going to sell them into slavery for as little as $12. extraordinarily, michelle obama is talking about bringing them back. last week hillary clinton was talking about bringing them back, and yet it turns out hillary clinton had a chance to do something to crack down on this group and simply did not. >> that's right. against requests from f.b.i., c.i.a., a dozen senators and congressmen, she did not put them on the list of foreign terrorist organizations in 2011.
perhaps because it didn't fit with the narrative, some would assert, that al-qaeda was dead, they were on the run. we had nothing to worry about. and they didn't want to ruffle any feathers there. this is johnny carson, his defense of why that never occurred. he said this. >> he said there was a concern that putting boko haram on the foreign terrorist list raises profile, giving greater publicity and greater credibility, help in its recruitment and drive more assistan in its direction. if you were that concerned about that, why did you put hamas on that, hezbollah on that? al-qaeda? if that was a legitimate concern, did you not care they were getting stronger and additional funding? why what is wrong with call ago terror group a terror group? then you find out where the money is going, then you have additional veins of terror to scoop up and take out. >> sure. but to elisabeth's point, remember before the election it was all about yeah, bin laden is dead, al-qaeda is on its heels.
they're on the run. but then if you talk about these terror groups and this is another one of those islamic extremist groups, makes the president's reelection look bad. of course, then there is the whole thing about benghazi. it happened seven weeks before the election against mitt romney. and we now know all -- well, we've got a lot of questions. we don't have many answers. that's why there will be this select committee. trey gowdy who will head it up mentioned yesterday he will call hillary clinton as a witness because she was running the department. she would know a lot about it. >> he was quoted as saying this is not a tea party. i'm not inviting her to a cocktail party. when i subpoena her, i expect her to be there. last night with megyn kelly with his quote. hillary sitting down with robin roberts at abc, again, dismissing those that want answers too easily. take listen. >> of course, there are a lot of
reasons why despite all of the hearings, all of the information that's been provided, some choose not to be satisfied and choose to continue to move forward. that's their choice and i do not believe there is any reason for it to continue in this way, but they get to call the shots in the congress. >> people say this is out of balance. i don't know how anyone can have a problem of examineing hillary clinton's record. when you look at should we have a reis the with russia, that was hers. she misspelled it. that didn't work out. now you look at the situation with the terror group, i had no idea about this. no one is denying this. this is all part of the report card that matters. james writes to us on facebook and says, i want to know why the ambassador was at such a poorly defended embassy, who refused to send troops when attacks started and who start the satisfied. the question is what, do you
need to know yet from benghazi out of this special counsel? >> perhaps omission will be the next hash tag, omission of detailstails and truth. someone says, when the truth comes out and someone pays for what what they did to these men, that's she'll be satisfied. >> when robin roberts asked about benghazi, hillary clinton didn't ask what difference does it make. >> she tried that once. >> i think when it comes to those of the families killed, they're not choosing to be concerned. they deserve those answers. continue to send your responses in. >> right. there are people on the left who say it's a phony scandal. if it's a phony scandal, then they won't find anything, so calm down. >> let's see if they'll participate. that will be the big question. heather nauert is participating in news. >> we've got new developments out of florida. a horrific fire and it has a whole community in mourning today. it was a deadly fire that took place at tennis star james
blake's mansion. cops in tampa are saying this fire was sets on purpose and that explosions were heard inside that house and they possibly resulted from ammunition or from fireworks. the victims, the mother, a father and two teenage children. this is the dramatic 911 calls are released. take a listen to this. >> i'm walk my dog and the house ex plodded! oh, my god! >> calm down and take a deep breath. okay? >> it's horrible! >> this happening in the early morning hours. now our fox affiliate is identifying the four victims as 49-year-old darren campbell, his wife, kim, and their two teenage children, coolen and meghan. he was a senior in high school and she was a freshman. that home is in an exclusive area that's known for its heavy security. we'll keep you posted on these details. in the meantime, listen to this story. this coming in overnight. uruguay offering a to take six
prisoners from gitmo, but there is just a little catch here. the country's president says that he will take those terror suspects from gitmo if washington agrees to let them live free. what do you think of that? no response yet from the white house. the president of uruguay is set to meet with president obama on monday. will lois lerner face prosecution? that is a big question this morning after the former head of the irs was held in contempt. the vote in the house was 231-187. all republicans and several democrats voted in favor of it. she's being held in contempt for refusing to answer questions about the irs targeting of conservative groups over their attempts to get tax exempt status. we all remember this, the half million dollars government -- taxpayer funded actually, shrimp on a treadmill experiment in 2011. the newest congressional pig book is out and highlights all that outlandish federal spending like that. it now includes this year,
15 million being spent on pacific coastal salmon recovery fund. whatever this is. or there is this, $90 million in upgrade an army tank. listen to this. >> the army doesn't want the upgrade. they want to wait three years, save $3 billion. 2,000 of those tanks sitting in the desert in california being unused. they need to modernize the whole tank system, the whole fleet. so they don't want to do anything right now. the congress, where these are being billed, wants to keep money going. >> and we've got the pig right there. okay. another example of wasteful spending -- brian, not you. the pig mascot. >> thank you. $2.6 million for the commission which the president has said could be cut. whatever that is. but there is a whole lot of stuff that we are paying for. lot of people not so happy about. >> right. do you want to walk that clip over the daley show or do you want know?
do we make it that easy. the editor is like okay done. i can take lunch now. i was focusing on the waste. not on the pig. by the way, was cross eyed for some reason. when you have a mascot, at least make him look straight ahead. am i correct? >> didn't notice. >> the pig reps are calling in. let's move on from that to this. when you go to the emergency room, you need to see a doctor fast. people go to the emergency room because it's an emergency. as it turns out -- remember over the last couple weeks we've been telling you thousand looks like, according to an investigation, at least 40 veterans died waiting for care at that hospital, the v.a. hospital in phoenix. now according to research, it looks like the average vet waits twice as long than a civilian at a v.a. hospital to get emergency care. also according to the washington times, what they've done is they have looked at some of the inspector general reports for
the v.a. and it shows the average wait times at v.a. e.r.s can be up to ten hours. keep in mind, it's an emergency and they've got to wait ten hours. >> really just to think about why those in an instant would defend the lives of others can't have their lives protected medically whether they return here. when you hear what the former secretary of veteran affairs said about the long scope here what, this means in termination of the promise that we make to our military men and women, it will just get in your heart. >> real serious repercussion of that i think long-term is that the young americans who we deny depend on to -- pen on to enlist, we have a compact with them that we're going to take care of them if they're hurt while serving us. that's the v.a.'s job. if they become cynical about that, we're not going to have people show up and volunteer for the kind of rigor that we put
them through, the service in uniform. >> they say an estimated 23 veterans lost their lives because of this. our chairman in the house, jeff miller, says this has got to change. wed into an overhaul. he's got to start the change, demand the overhaul. stop talk being it! >> there are a number of organizations that are calling for the resignation of the guy who runs the v.a. and that's general shenseki. the white house says, he's doing a great job. and there you got him right there. he says he's not going anywhere. so it's this kind of leadership -- he says he wants to get to the bottom of it and i hope he does. but at the same time, it's like is nobody ever being held accountable by this government? >> he might be a great general, but he might not be great at management. he's probably in the wrong job. >> how long does he have to wait for an emergency? >> not long, i'm sure. >> why are our veterans putsing their lives on the line here? >> it's a dozen minutes after the top of the hour. coming up, a chaotic scene got crazier when out of nowhere,
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>> with the perfect movie season right around the corner, how do you make sure you're getsing the best deal for your money? joining me is fox news legal analyst and real estate guru, bob massi. good morning, bob. >> that's an ad that says purchase right there, isn't it? >> that will make us all feel better about the rest. when you're buying a home for the very first time or not, what should be on your brain right there? >> i have to tell you that this is not easy for any of us to do because you're caught up in the emotion of buying, but you literally have to switch your hat as to prospective seller saying the home that i'm buying, as much as i love it, what is the potential resystem value do you know the -- resale value down the road? when you're buying the home, you're excitessed, particularly first-time buyer, it fits everything. but you say to yourself, if you can, okay. i'm going to live here x amount of years, i hope. is it in the right place? will it have good resell value?
will it appreciate? the second thing that happens when you buy home, no matter what anybody owns a home we know, you're never done with the home, ever. >> no. >> are you making modifications that takes away the value of a resale? for example, someone may take their garage and convert it to a workout room. somebody may take part of an attic and put a closet in because their kids are growing up and they don't have enough space. those things that you do to your home when you're in it could take away the marketability of selling a home down the road. just keep that in mind. >> okay. so the mindset of being a seller when you're the buyer is probably really important. so look down the road. what about if the home needs repairs? how do you make sure that you're getsing the money back in the transaction, not left with a bunch of bills once you close? >> this is where a competent real estate broker or real estate attorney, if they're involved in the transaction, because you build contingencies into that offer that you make on that home. for example, if you do your walk-through and you find that
there is this wrong, this wrong, that wrong, this wrong, what do you is you put contingencies saying to the seller, listen, we want these things repaired before the close of escrow. but if they don't get repaired, we will retain a certain amounts of money after the close of escrow and you have 30 days to get it repaired, for example. if you don't repair it, we get to keep that money to fix those things. you got to make sure you get an estimate as to what needs to be fixed as a result of the walk-through so that you find out exactly what your damage could be. writing up this deal, you must think through the deal. you've got to think on the other side of the deal in order to protect yourself. that's why you need proper real estate broker agent that's competent in the area of buying a home. >> okay. then deal chasing, we want to address that briefly before we go 'cause it's important. >> well, i have a saying, a pig swallows and a hog chokes. the bottom line is, i cannot
tell you how many times i've seen good deals go by because people are so greedy, they want o grind everybody down so much that they literally blow the deal. let the next person make a little bit of money on your deal. buy it if you like it, if it's in the right place. don't worry that somebody in four, five, six years may make money. that's okay, too. >> you are the guru there. great advice. you want everybody to write in. we'll see you soon. >> thank you. coming up, mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the least transparent of them all? wait until you hear who is the best at misleading you. then, are washington politics really as cut throat as "house of cards"? could they be based on true stories? kevin mccarthy put that question straight to kevin spacey and his answer just might surprise you. ♪ ♪
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in the first seven weeks. switching gears, the king of all monster movies is back. >> we are talking about "godzilla." >> because what's really happening is that you're hiding something out there! it is going to send us back to the stone age! >> the most terrifying force of nature returning to the big screen next week, but we're getting an inside scoop this week with fox news contributor and founder of nerdtears.com, kevin mccarthy. >> great to be in studio with you. before i get to that, i have to give you a birthday present. you've never seen "terminator 2". >> birthday month continues. >> how have you never seen that? it will be delivered to your house on saturday. >> wow. this is fantastic.
>> delivered by drone. >> it's a little scarey. >> i've seen the expendables. but go ahead. >> how is "godzilla." >> it opens next friday, i'll have my official review. i am the biggest "breaking bad" fan on the planet. i walk in, he plays heisenberg. check it out. >> it would be mind over matter, right? so he is this massive, takes up a lot of room and massive destruction and very careless, whereas heisenberg is methodical and he will find some little -- he'll find the weakness of
godzilla and exploit it. god. >> ill la versus waltzer white? waltzer white would win. >> i think -- maybe that could be the sequel. maybe he could be walter white, godzilla. i would pay to see that. this summer, only this summer. heisenberg, one man, one monster. >> he played that character on "breaking bad." he won three emmys for that character on the show. >> can you tell we haven't watched that show? >> i thought i watched the beginning of a new buddy movie. are you going to fight crime together? >> i saw him on broadway. he's incredible on broadway. the movie opens up next friday, i'll have the full review for in a next friday morning. >> what about kevin spacey "house of cards"? >> kevin spacey plays frank underwood. he based that clark off richard iii from shakespeare, which is
incredible. >> was he the house minority leader? this show obviously has two seasons. it's available on netflix, incredible show. he plays an incredible character. i wanted to know when you play character like this and visit washington, d.c., does it change the way you view dc? this is what he said. >> i find it amusing that lots of people in washington embraced the character and the series. i find it interesting that they say it's not like this. they say it's cynical and of course it's a fictional version of our esteemed members of congress. it's a little bit disappointing to see that we send people to washington and they don't do their jobs. it's frustrating to see. that's why i think maybe the show has become so successful because for an american audience, it's amazing to watch a congress that gets things done. >> yeah. so he's talking about now that movie in the background with the poster is a documentary about a apply he did playing richard
iii. he traveled around 200 perform ances. that interview is 13 minutes long. i'll tweet out the full version. he said the one movie that he'd like it bring to the stage is "l.a. confidential." >> as long as they don't sing. >> exactly. >> just act. >> and t 2 will be at your house on saturday. you got to send may text and let me know what you think about it. >> someone else will raise my children and i'll watch the movie. >> he'll text and we'll tweet. >> thank you so much. coming up straight ahead, it's already a crime scene, then happens. wait until you hear who was behind the wheel of that car. >> plus, the moment a great white mistakes a boat for a chew toy right here. >> delicious.
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welcome back. the labor department releasing brand-new weekly jobless numbers. nicole petallides live from the floor of the new york stock exchange with those numbers. good morning there. >> good morning. we got in our weekly jobless claims. what we saw was that jobless claims were down 26,000 to 319,000. so that versus the estimates of 325,000 claims. so that's slightly good news, fewer claims is always good news. u.s. stock index futures are pointing to a flat open at the moment, but boy, have we had action on wall street this week. social media, for everybody who loves social media, it's been a momentum group, in some cases
they're flying up 20, and 30 and 40% over the last year. however, this week has been tough. we saw groupon down 24%. twitter down 21%. these are week to date numbers. als linkedin hit a new low. this group has been hit hard. you can put aol in that category as well. >> so twitter tanks. something big on twitter today because it's thursday. they do this #tbt, throwback thursday. here is a picture of me. that is elisabeth. that's brian. now, ladies and gentlemen, for throwback thursday, nicole, there is you and your mom. >> yeah, right! for mother's day, happy mother's day, everybody. my mom, she was born on cyprus. greatest, most wonderful mom in the whole world. >> why are you all dressed up there? where are you going? >> we went to a wedding. he ran for mayor of new york. we were on our way in to the church there for the wedding. by the way, she married
christopher nixon cox, the grandson of president nixon. >> that's right. >> so it was a nice wedding. >> thank you very much for sharing that with us. >> love that pictures. >> thanks, guys. green mountain coffee roaster. that will be a winner today. >> thanks for that. >> we'll brew on that for a while. >> we're enjoy ago cup of coffee. these pictures you guys have been sending in. this is lohry patterson with her sons. both are serving in the u.s. air force. she writes zach is on his way home from the sand box. what a great mother's day gift. >> all grown up. >> tracy says with her mom there in a photo in 1968, newport richie, florida, where my curve lives. >> remember those photos out of the photo booth? it usually came with four different edges? that's just one of them. >> remember that? >> i like that moment.
>> i went to the little lady dance, my daughter chose me. >> the little lady dance? >> that's what they call it. if i have any more pictures of 4ñbacklashing.l start they give you costumes now. will give you costumes to make you look like 1920s. >> what was your era? >> the line was too long. we didn't go up. >> wait. you take your daughter to the little lady dance, she's all excited about wearing a costume and you say, sorry, mondayy, the wait will be too long. are you kidding me? >> let's go to heather nauert. >> you didn't put on a costume? >> the line was wrapped around the place. >> are you kidding? that's the whole event! years ago she'll say i remember. >> normal or nuts? >> heather will talk about those. >> i got some news to bring you. i want to bring a story out of texas. look at this chaos outside a
murder scene in houston when a suspected killer's father plows his car right through a big crowd of people. look at this. boy. you can sure they're as witnesses crime as they try to get out of the way of that car. cops arresting the driver as he attempts to jump out of his car. witnesses say that he snapped after he was taunted by a member of the victim's family. we'll keep you posted if anything new comes of that. remember the pilot who crashed his plane into a house in colorado and then walked away? he used to live in that very same house. 52-year-old brian beach, he was towing a banner from his plane when the plane lost power and then crashed that plane into the home below. he says it wasn't until he crawled out of his plane and then ran around the front of the house that he realized it was the very same house where he
used to live. and these guys are going to need a bigger boat. okay. take a look at that. that is a great white shark as it goes after an inflatable raft. kind of like a chew toy. there were film makers on board that raft. they were shooting off the coast of south africa. obviously the whole thing caught on camera. everyone made it back to land safely. can you imagination how nervous you would be? and then some other incredible video to show you this morning. everybody is talking about this. a family so close to winning $20,000 on the show "family feud," one family member scored 182 points in the final crowned anna sass, another family member, needed 18 points to win. how did she do? look at this. >> you said marriage.
survey said (buzzer). >> yeah. all the zeros down the board and they didn't win. that's what lost it for them. >> they needed 18? >> they blanked on it. >> wow. >> somewhere richard dawson is rolling in his grave. >> brian! >> only a richard dawson kiss would have made them feel better. >> heather, thank you very much. all right, meanwhile, have you seen this video? wind so strong in central kansas, a train right off the tracks. nobody was hurt thankfully. but the storm is now on the move. maria molina is outside with her gust buster umbrella. >> that's right. my gust buster umbrella. we're not expecting strong winds across parts of northeast, but we are dooling with some rain and showers that will linger across this area not just today, but over the next several days. i want to take you farther west. look at some of these currents temperatures across parts of the
plains. still early in the morning and dallas and kansas city, you're in the 70. in chicago, this is your current temperature as we head out the door, 68 degrees. very mild out there. that's a bad sign because that means that as the storm system heads into this area, it will have the fuel to fire up showers and thunderstorms. we do have the potential for severe weather coming up later today across parts of texas, up into wisconsin and minnesota. that area shaded in red right there across iowa, southern parts of minnesota, that's the greatest risk area for potentially violent weather. we could see long-track tornadoes today as the storms fire thumb afternoon and evening and eventually by friday, the storm continues moving eastward and anywhere from arkansas up into indiana, you could be looking at some severe weather. we'll keep track of it. let's head over to you, brian. >> all right. another case of thunder causing a blackout. russell westbrook and kevin durant playing lights out basketball. the pair combining for 63 points in game 1 against the clippers.
but wait, those weren't the only lights going out. during a timeout, just before half time, the power surge. the arena lights dim. so the teams went out and played the final 27 seconds of the half in the dark. later on the lights came on and oklahoma city would win. everyone wants somebody to get a foul ball. what length would you go to to get it? is it worth losing your pants over? one tigers fans almost mooned the entire crowd. he reached over to snatch the ball and leaned a little too far. luckily his friend pulled up his pants. so he was able to get the ball and he was not able to -- there you go. there he goes. he pulled down the underpants and put it back. a good friend. >> it's a low light with the highlights. >> what's the lesson there? maybe no lesson. maybe this is one highlight we don't learn anything from.
>> proper fitting clothing. >> if you have a friend going down, grab them by the underwear and pull them up. >> funny highlight there. a fire at a tennis star james blake's mansion not funny. killing an entire family. police say it was set on purpose. we are live at the scene right now. >> plus, rick springfield, the singing star about to tell us something you've never heard him say before. and it doesn't involve jesse's girl. ♪ ♪
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results. >> wtvt reporter is live in tampa. what are you hearing from the police this morning? >> reporter: detectives are combing through the house right now trying to gather as much evidence as possible. so many different questions in this story that we really don't know the answers to. was this a murder-suicide. was this family killed in cold blood? we don't know the answers, but hopefully we'll get some soon. we do know the fire, it took about seven hours to contain the flames. it was intentionally set. there appears to have been an unknown accelerant fueling the fire. small commercial fireworks were also found throughout this house. two victims suffered upper body trauma. fox 13 learned darren campbell, his wife, kim, and teenage children, coolen and meghan, lived in this house. as you said, the family was renting it from former tennis pro james blake. they've been living there for at least two years. of a will is an exclusive gated community north of tampa.
most of the homes are worth more than a million dollars. the folks in this communities wants to know what's going on and what led to all of this. back to you in new york. >> i think we all do. thank you very much. live from the tampa area. i was watching greta last night and live with greta was -- you've seen a lot. the ticking house. the boat, on lois lerner, is she -- they're voting yes or thumbs up or down when it comes to charging her with contempt of congress for taking the fifth and then making those statements prior to her taking the fifth? the answer was overwhelmingly yes with six democrats also joining the majority of republicans. >> right. 231-187. we have for you now to take a look at those six listed there. barber, patterson, mcentire, rehall and murphy. >> in addition to finding her if cements of congress, also in a separate resolution, they urged the department of justice to
appoint a special prosecutor. that means they've got to go to the u.s. attorney for dc who works for eric holder. what's interesting is remember, eric holder was found in cements of congress as well. but he was able, when he was found in contempt, for withholding fast and furious documents, he said, executive privilege. it's interesting corks lois lerner use that? if she did, it would essentially say there was coordination between the white house and the irs. darrell issa tweeted out, unless president exercise executive privilege, there is no precedents for u.s. attorney to do anything but pursue this criminal case. #irstargeting. so stand by. >> ten minutes to the top of the hour. coming up, you know this song. ♪ you know i wish that i had jesse's girl ♪ ♪ i wish that i had jesse's girl ♪ >> but we promise you, there is something you don't know about rick springfield and he's here next to tell us.
we're going to check in with bill hemmer. >> did you know yesterday was brian's birthday? i read in the blogs! well done. benghazi moves forward today, but will democrats join that investigation? we are about to find out. lois lerner found out her fate, at least her next step. and earth as you've never seen her before. we've got the pictures and they're amazing. ten minutes away when mar this and i see you at the top of the hour
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like that ♪ ♪ . >> he is a triple threat, rick springfield has sold millions of records, starred on the big screen and wrote a best selling autobiography. >> he's adding fiction writer to his accomplishments with his new book called "magnificent vibration." here is rick springfield. good morning to you. >> hello. >> so success with the autobiography, but fiction, what do you like moore and why did you want to write this? >> i started as a kid, i wanted to be a writer first and then music took over. it was the only thing i got good grades for were my essays at school. everything else, terrible grades. so they encouraged me to be a writer. then music took over and the writing went to song writing. i always wanted to get back to it. having the success of the autobiography which i wrote myself -- i was encouraged to write fiction because i don't have to apologize for it afterwards. sorry i'm such a jerk. >> you're writing about something that a lot of people think about and that is
spirituality and god and things like that that you have combined into this new book. >> first of all, it's dark humor. i hate the idea of preaching or anything. >> you're not a theologist. >> it starts with a guy having a conversation with god. he gets a phone number and doesn't believe it's god. >> maybe that's because god doesn't have a phone number. >> he may. 1-800-call god is the phone number in the book. and he called, bobby cotton calls it and his life goes completely south after that because god has an attitude and isn't quite what we imagine. >> sure. >> so you're taking the book and taking yourself and you're going on tour, and answer questions from audience? >> i do a solo tour where we do a q and a and appearing appearit benatar this summer. >> the book is called
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all right. what's going to happen in the after the show show? yesterday it was crazy, thanks a lot. >> it will maybe less crazy. >> tomorrow jennifer esposito will be here and chris wallace. bill: thank you, guys. more on that. rumors swirl. good morning, everybody, fox news alert now. the house is set to vote on making the investigation on benghazi official. the man who will lead the select committee said hillary clinton will testify or else. good morning. we're about to find a lot about this. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." martha: good morning, i'm martha maccallum. tensions are reaching a fever pitch on capitol hill on what would be the first select committee to be appointed in a long, long time. democrats are threatening to boycott it. republicans are looking to hillary clinton to provide those answers. here is trey gowdy on whether
cur curry, then nhl stanley cup finals game one between the rangers/kings. on the broadcast tonight, celebration cancelled. stunning news from bowe bergdahl's hometown, plus what we learned about that dramatic moment of freedom caught on camera. u.s. forces face-to-face with the taliban. burning questions being answered tonight with hillary clinton's revealing about 2016, her health and the health of her husband and what she has to say about monica lewinsky. flying blind, a growing danger for pilots and passengers nationwide from lasers on the ground. how the fbi is fighting back. >> against all odds, a towering achievement today for one of the most inspiring teenagers you will ever meet. "nightly news" begins now.
>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. good evening everyone. i'm ann curry in for brian tonight. as we're seeing for the first time, the moment caught on videotape when bowe bergdahl was freed and taken into the protection of u.s. special forces after almost five years in captivity. the video which u.s. officials believe is real was shot by the taliban and is revealing what it captures and what it does not. we begin with our pentagon correspondent who walks us through the dramatic hand off, jim? >> reporter: first, ann, there is late word tonight that bergdahl's hometown of hailey, idaho had to cancel an event to celebration his return. there is concern with the attention paid to his story, local police just don't have the resources necessary to handle any potential problems. and today, something we rarely see, a taliban video showing bergdahl's release to american military forces. the taliban video released today records bowe bergdahl's final
moments in captivity. bergdahl seen sitting in a pickup truck is blinking and rubbing his eyes like they were adjusting to the sun light. >> he's clearly blinking his eyes because he was blind folded on the way over so he could not relay to the special forces operations the route. >> reporter: clean shaven, he appears disoriented but in physically good condition. as helicopters circle above, americans are in radio contact to avoid fatal mistakes. taliban fighters cover the surrounding hills armed with rocket propelled grenades that could take down a helicopter there are three dozen special operations forces within striking distance as well as attack helicopters and an armed drone just in case. >> they understand what they are carrying. >> reporter: one taliban fighter leans in to give bergdahl a final warning, do not come back
to afghanistan. finally bergdahl's ride arrives. as the black hawk helicopter lands, they above out. three americans cautiously approach and get close enough to barely touch hands with the taliban. >> you can see the man -- as we view on the left there, he uses his left hand, i think he's probably a right handed shooter and he doesn't want to compromise his ability to go for his weapon. >> reporter: one american brushes bergdahl's back, checking for a possible suicide bomb vest. bergdahl keeps a steady pace as they make their way to the chopper. before boarding, there is a more thorough pat down for weapons and explosives. less than 60 seconds after they landed the americans take off and for the first time in five years, bowe bergdahl is safely
back in american hands. tonight pentagon officials report bergdahl will have to remain at the u.s. military hospital in germany longer than expected. the reason for the delay is not clear, and his homecoming could now be delayed into next week, ann. >> jim, thanks. in the meantime the political fallout continues for the obama administration. our political director chuck todd is traveling with the president overseas. chuck, good evening. >> good evening ann. hagel called bergdahl's parents today with an update on their son's health. white house aids continue to do damage control with members of congress upset about not being consulted before the prisoner swap. they are finally briefing the entire senate today. meanwhile, back here a new war of words has broken out against president obama and russian president vladimir putin.
today it was a forceful president obama declaring an attack on one nato member is an attack on all. he was sending the message, russian aggression in ukraine would not be tolerated if armed at nato. putin accused america of being the real aggressor, noting it's american troops that are stationed all around the world. this putin obama spat is giving the french president a headache. he's hosting both men to commemorate the 70th anniversary of d-day. he had to schedule two dinners tomorrow night. one for obama at 7:00 and one for putin at about 9:30. >> chuck todd thank you for covering that tonight. a severe storm system moving across the country that is already causing significant damage in the midwest is tonight packing hail and heavy rain as it cuts across the ohio and tennessee valleys.
we get more on this from katy tur in cincinnati. >> reporter: a massive storm slammed the midwest today causing flash floods in ohio, missouri and iowa after pounding nebraska and much of the heartland late tuesday. >> it was horrifying. >> reporter: in omaha, five inches of rain fell in one day triggering dozens of water rescues. storm chasers in nebraska caught this show on camera. a straight line windstorm that lifted debris high into the air and send down hail the size of softballs that battered homes. >> look at the siding, blasted off. >> reporter: and damaged cars. on the highways, winds of up to 70 miles an hour. >> we just stumbled upon this about five minutes ago. a semi completely flipped. >> reporter: 52 cars over. they were blown over but no reports of injuries. >> it's already an active night and parts of the south and all 17 states impacted by severe hail, wind and possibly a tornado.
>> reporter: putting more than 15 million americans on guard, katy tur, nbc news, cincinnati, ohio. tonight a revealing interview from hillary clinton who allowed a photographer in her home and talked for the first time in years about monica lewinsky and also, about her health and the decision she says she still has to make. we get more tonight on this from kelly o'donnell. ramping up her already super charged visibility. >> thank you, thank you. >> reporter: hillary clinton has plenty to say. >> stay tuned. >> we will. >> when i know, you'll know. >> reporter: a book, hard choices out next week with its trailer of sorts. >> my views about what we needed to do to restore american leadership. >> reporter: and on news stands this friday, she's on the cover of people magazine but on that one big question clinton offers more to read.
she says we need to break down the highest, hardest glass ceiling in american politics. a first woman president. i would love to see that happen, but i'll just have to make my own decision what i think is right for me. clinton turns the question about her health, the fall, blood clot and concussion into the paul ryan asking him at the inauguration have you ever had a concession? three at least. were they serious? he said one was really serious. >> she said hey, paul ryan has had lots of concussions. so she's immediately deflecting this noise around the health questions for herself. >> reporter: clinton takes the asked and answered approach. i certainly have moved on, adding, i'm not going to comment on what did or didn't happen. i think everybody needs to look to the future.
asked about her husband's health, she said he has enormous energy. from admitting to totally bing viewing the political drama "house of cards" clinton's free time is about to change. a first grandchild expected this fall. >> babies are special political creatures. it will certainly provide a whole new set of images we've never seen of her before. >> reporter: adding dimension the her political identity. kelly o'donnell, nbc news, washington. late word the sell of the la clippers appears to be a done deal. donald sterling's attorney tells nbc news sterling and his wife have both now agreed to sell the team to microsoft billionaire steve balmer, all disputes and outstanding issue haves been resolved and donald sterling has agreed to drop his lawsuit against the nba. tonight the fbi is asking for help from the entire country
in finding and arresting anyone who points a laser at an aircraft. it's a serious problem with nearly 4,000 reports last year of helicopters and planes being targeted with lasers, bought off the shelf or over the internet. it's a growing risk for pilots and for passengers. >> reporter: it was in the skies over st. louis that a police helicopter was hit with a laser pointer from the ground. >> right now we're getting hit pretty good with a green laser. >> you're getting hit with a green laser. >> reporter: it's happening nationwide. since 2005, an 1100% increase in reports of aircraft being targeted by lasers. 11 times a day last year alone. the green lights illuminate dark cockpits, temporarily blinding them. >> the laser light and the effect it has on you in a darker cockpit is intense. >> reporter: the ghost guard
called off rescue missions after its pilots were targeted a. felony punishable by five years in prison, the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of anyone involved. >> there are hundreds and hundreds of people's lives at stake when people elect to shine lasers at airplanes. again, it's not funny. it's not a joke. >> reporter: most often planes are targeted when taking off or landing overnight. the airports with the most laser incidents in 2013, lax with 344 reports followed by more than 200 in phoenix and san francisco and then portland, miami and houston. >> i could probably walk into a crew room at a busy airport and ask how many pilots have been hit by a laser and i could see a significant number of hands go up. that's the extend of the problem.
>> reporter: of the dozens of people convicted for laser tagging an aircraft. the fbi says most are teens or adult men who had no idea what they were doing was illegal with the potential for disastrous consequences. tom costello, nbc news, washington. today is the 25th anniversary of a massacre, the 1989 crack down. tonight in hong kong, tens of thousands gathered to remember what the chinese government has long tried to erase from memory. in beijing, lockdown, activists detained the internet and social media center. it crushed the movement and left hundreds, perhaps thousands dead. it also left the unforgettable image of when man still unidentified facing with a symbol of defiance. raising questions for parents what kids are doing online. overcoming obstacles with a
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a bleeding 12-year-old girl. two of her friends, also just 12 years old are being charged as adults with attempted homicide. >> one suspect held the victim down and the other stabbed her 19 times in the arms, legs and torso. >> reporter: the victim is still hospitalized. the superintendent today says she's doing much better, but what stunned so many is why police say two young girls plotted to kill their friend after a sleepover. authorities say the young suspects were trying to prove their allegiance to a fictional online character. slender man is an urban legend and some claim he is real which according to police is what the 12-year-old suspects believed. >> even for adults, it can be hard to figure out from the internet from is reliable and what is made up.
think about a 12-year-old. magnify how difficult it is for adults times 20. >> reporter: we skyped with amy who was surprised to know her kids knew about slender man. >> my kids know how to find things i can't find, obviously, because they found slinder man. >> reporter: the middle school has filters on the computers, but creepy pasta, the site where many stories about slender man appear was never blocked before this weekend. >> there wasn't any real violence or pornography, nothing would have hit our filter, nothing would have alarmed us. >> website crazy pasta posted a statement saying only a small minority of people, newcomers truly believe what they read here and an attorney for one of the accused told us late today he wants a mental health evaluation, done on his young
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they are starting to, those able to travel, come back here for the 70th anniversary of the event, the invasion on these beaches that change the course of world war ii and many say saved the world. we'll have all of it from here including the gathering of president and the ceremony 70 years since d-day. see you later this week. ann, back to you. >> brian, thank you so much. remember, brian will anchor special coverage of the 70th anniversary of d-day tomorrow night. tonight, the closing chapter in world war ii history with the passing of the last of the original code talkers. chester nez was part of the 382th platoon that developed the code based on the language the japanese were never able to break. he was presented the congressional gold medal by
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student but especially for this 18-year-old who lived most of his life on the edge between anxiety and despair. his mother died of cancer when he was six years old, soon afterward, griffin, his father and older brother ended up living in homeless shelters. >> tell me about your mom. >> she wanted the best for me and my brother and i remember most her spirit. >> reporter: for awhile the family had a rental home but financial hardships persisted. just before finals and ap exams, he was homeless again. >> i would think to myself at night, do i continue to do this or make something of myself. >> reporter: his girlfriend's parents put him up for awhile and then he moved in with an aunt and uncle. >> he never asked anyone for anything. he did this by himself because he wants a better life. >> reporter: through the ups and downs he never missed a day of school and kept his struggles to himself. >> he is remarkable and loves to learn. >> reporter: and loves baseball.
>> you have hard work in your cap. >> never give up inspires me to do great. >> reporter: his hard work paid off. griffin was accepted to florida state university. through an online fundraising website, friends have raised more than $69,000 to help him pay for college. overwhelmed, griffin says the only thing missing now is his mom. >> i just want her to hear my speech and know that without her none of this is possible. >> it's amazing what you can do with your life when you have motivation, ambition and most importantly, a purpose. thank you. >> reporter: with plans to study civil engineering in college, griffin is committed to succeed. today he's well on his way. rehema ellis, nbc news, jacksonville, florida. >> go griffin go. that's our broadcast for
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suing -- suing of the president. >> that's right. they aren't the only ones though. the president says, look, just stop being so mad about this. it's not a big deal. i'm just going to sign another executive action today any way. this is him talking to a group in minnesota. >> think about this. they have announced that they're going to sue me for taking executive actions to help people. so, you know, they're mad because i'm doing my job. everybody right now -- it's a political stunt but it's worse than that because every vote they're taking like that means a vote they're not taking to actually help people. we could do so much more if congress would just come on and help out a little bit. just come on [applause] >> come on and help out a little bit. stop being mad all the
time. top just hating all the time. come on. let's get some work done together. [applause] >> an interesting view. if you do what the president wants you to do, you're helping people. if you don't, you're hurting the country. that's a good way to view all sides. the vote was 225-201. every democrat vote against it. all but five republicans vote for it. it is a way of calling out the president saying are you going to continue to do this because i'm pretty sure it's unconstitutional. so let the courts decide. as far as charles krauthammer says, he says the president has got the idea of his job description all wrong. >> the president's job is not as a president to help people, in his interpretation of what he does, it is to faithfully execute the laws congress has passed. that is as clear as day. that is the definition of his job. and there's a very strong argument that he has overreached that by actually creating law, ignoring law, not enforcing
law, changing laws on his own, which we're simply not supposed to do and there are many examples of it. >> the affordable care act, also cap and trade under scrutiny there for overreach. the overreach was decided by the supreme court. this isn't just republicans. there was a unanimous vote by the supreme court that recess appointments were unconstitutional. so charles krauthammer saying he may have his description wrong. it is not the only one who thinks that way. >> keep in mind while republicans say there are many things we could sue the president over, they focused it simply on one aspect of the affordable care act. remember they passed, the congress passed it. the president has been very selective in how he's implemented it. in particular, what they're doing is suing over the employer mandate. what he did essentially was the white house gave employers a one-year reprieve delayed until after the elections, plus employers who have between 50 and 99 employees didn't have to comply until 2016. the big question is whether or not the courts will say,
well, congress, you've got standing in the case. but it was as recent as in june the supreme court said when a law is unambiguous -- in other words, when it is clear what the law refers to -- the president cannot rewrite it to suit his own preferences. if a law has defects, then congress -- not the president -- has to fix it. >> the employer mandate is an interesting place to sue because a lot of people feel that will never go into place, including robert gibbs. says everybody knows that part of the affordable care act will never get off the ground because it is going to be too unpopular and hurt the bill. meanwhile, lois lerner, she doesn't know much about computers, not very good at math. and she had her computer crash. but we do know some of the content of the e-mails that have gotten out yesterday, and, man, if this is the stuff she didn't want out, i hate to see what she did
want out. >> of the lost e-mails, wrote d.o.j. saying this deserves someone to spearhead this investigation criminally, which all three charges together could result in 11 years in prison for lois lerner if found guilty. >> she is on retirement. how can she go to prison? >> which we're still paying for. these e-mails here clearly indicate perhaps more than a smid john of corruption and attack on conservatives when you see what is written here. this is one. this is while targeting was going on in november of 2012. this is from unknown. you should hear what the whacko wing of the g.o.p. the u.s. is through, too many foreigners sucking the teat. time to hunker down buy ammo and food and prepare for the end. the right wing radio shows are scary to listen to. >> she responded with this. >> great. maybe we are through if there are that many a-holes. >> also from unknown and
i'm talking about the host of radio shows. the callers are rabid. from learner: we don't need to know about alien terrorists. it is our own crazies that will take us down. no wonder she didn't like tea party nonprofits, because they're run by terrorists. this is pretty damning stuff. i think the lesson here is for you people watching now, if you are going to scratch your hard drive, make sure you scratch it to the point where stuff like this is not released because it makes it look pretty bad. >> what did the president have to say in terms of reaction to this? remember when he sat down with bliley -- bill o'reilly and bill asked him anything going on funny there? >> not even mass corruption? >> not even a smidgen of corruption. >> these e-mails seem to prove otherwise. >> she has an agenda and a lot of power. we need to find out how much power she had.
it's time for a special prosecutor. doesn't look like it's going to happen because the d.o.j. is too busy talking about sex discrimination within the fitness test of the pennsylvania cops. that is where their focus is. >> that gives you a peek into the mind of a woman who is accused by republicans of using the i.r.s. as a weapon against other americans. just one other thing. some of the other e-mails showed that she was writing to an i.t. specialist at the i.r.s. and said i've got a virus on my home computer and eventually she said it could have been because my password was too simple. you would think that somebody who was in that business would have a more complicated password than password 123, but a lot of people do. i'm not say that's it. >> heather, what's your password? >> i'll tell you later. a lot going on in washington this morning and a lot elsewhere around the country. i want to bring you a story out of minnesota. a nine hour manhunt and a gunman accused of shooting
and killing a police officer during a traffic stop was later shot himself. this unfolding in west saint paul, minnesota. officer scott patrick was shot in broad daylight. thatofficer leaves behind a wife and two teenage children. the search for the suspect, 39-year-old brian fitch ended in a gunfire with cops. fitch was shot. his condition not released at this hour. tragedy hitting the iewft of louisville. -- hitting the university of louisville. a cheerleader was found dead in her apartment, one of the top athletes on the cheerleading squad. >> i think when you're not only this young, but so athletic and beautiful, i think it is the last thing you expect. >> police are looking into whether or not drugs may have been involved in her death. now to the crisis along the border, fox news exclusively obtained a new report by the texas department of public safety and this revealed a
disturbing trend of attacks against our border agents by gangs and drug traffickers, including shootings of federal agents. today in washington, the house will vote on a $659 million immigration bill and that would send resources to the border and speed up the return of illegal immigrants to their home countries. after that vote, republicans will move to vote on another bill, and that one would be to block president obama from expanding existing programs that protect illegals who have grown up in the united states. we will watch that story throughout the day. retiring yankee derek jeter is getting a presidential sendoff in texas. george w. bush honoring the captain in arlington by surprising him with a special presentation on the field. president bush giving jeter a signed photo that was taken the night that bush threw out the first pitch after the 9/11 attack. many of you probably recall what a big deal that was in our country at the time. the president recalling jeter's advice to him back then saying, quote, don't
bounce it. they'll boo you. and those are your headlines. over the weekend we got a chance to see derek jeter at yankee stadium, fox fan day. >> a day to remember. speaking of days, today is thursday and it's #tb sp -- #tbt. there i was a summer camp counselor. look at that hair do. i had the bieber thing going before bieber. >> look at this. >> i kind of did this during the summer. that was through all sports radio. my most impactful job was my deep dish restaurant, my pie where i had to clear the tables and do the dishes in the same time. >> you worked in my pie? >> i worked at maitai
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♪searching with devotion ♪for a snack that isn't lame ♪but this... ♪takes my breath away it is the deadliest outbreak of the ebola virus in history and it is spreading. the c.d.c. releasing guidelines for airlines to prevent it from reaching the united states. >> nearly 700 people contracted it and died so far in western africa and this morning we've learned liberia, the country of liberia will close schools and quarantine some
communities and peace corps workers are being bowled out of that country. >> one man died from it. he was set to travel home next month. could the ebola virus reach the united states? joining us medical a team's own dr. marc siegel. how concerned should we be? >> i think we need to watch this very closely. there have been several previous ebola outbreaks. each time health officials have squashed them. it may not end up being a problem for us, but i think the chances are that it could reach the united states. we have to be prepared for that idea. >> there was a headline yesterday or the day before, i want to say on drudge, it was is ebola one airplane ride away from the united states? >> i think it is. but that doesn't mean that it's going to take root here. you have to understand, fear is the biggest virus of all and we can't panic over this. even if a case came here --
and people are not going to get it by casual contact on a plane. you have to get it by direct contact with discretions, with diarrhea, with sweating. you can't get it by coughing or sneezing. that's why we've been able to squash these outbreaks in the past. even if it came here, the chances are the c.d.c. would be able to isolate the people that had it and it wouldn't spread. most likely. >> the victim, the 40-year-old gentleman, he was set to fly to minnesota. if he indeed did get here and if that did indeed spread through contamination on seats or in a restroom, what symptoms are displayed with ebola. how would you know you could possibly have this and what should we be looking for? >> that's the problem. initially ebola is flu-like symptoms. you get muscle aches, high fever, headache. then you get the vomiting and diarrhea. but that's like any virus. the biggest problem with ebola and people need to know this part is that the immune system doesn't
respond to it well so it's hard to fight it off. that is why the death rate is so high. this particular outbreak is closer to 60. in the united states it would probably be lower because we would do more supportive care. here's something else we do in the united states. we did it with hiv-aids. we put doctors in gloves and gowns and masks. that's what prevents spread. the reason physicians and health care workers are getting it over this is they're not fully protected dependence the virus. they're not -- protected against the virus, using the same protection control measures we are do. we need to cover this story and we need people to be informed. by the way, there's four vaccines in the pipeline, several antiviral drugs. they don't have enough money. >> does anyone get better when they have ebola? >> about 40% to 60% get better. but it's hard to get better because of the problems with the immune system. >> tell us about this flesh-eating virus in florida. >> that's much less of a concern than ebola is but
that is a bacteria a lot like cholera and it's in warm sea water and oysters, roy oysters. if you're immunocompromised you can get very, very sick from this. people wading off the coast of florida, it is very hot in florida this time of year, it is only 31 cases and 10 deaths. i don't want to spread panic. the key word is if you see a bug in the news, bacteria or virus, you should be concerned for those people but shouldn't think it will happen to you. >> all right. it's now 20 minutes after the top of the hour. >> she saw a child in a hot car and called the cops. she thought she was doing the right they think until that child's mother ran her over. >> what's behind the story of the soldier and his dog? you'll find out.
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we've got some news for you right now you might have missed. check out this wild chase involving the f.b.i. all caught on camera. >> running out of road there. you can see the gun in this guy's hand. you can clearly see the weapon in this guy's hand. >> you can. it started when the guy opened fire on an f.b.i. agent in california after ditching his car in malibu. the suspect made a run for it but fell down. there was a 90-minute standoff on a hillside overlooking the ocean before cops finally took him in.
the f.a.a. still investigating why a small plane went down in the parking lot of a costco in san diego. it burst into flames killing the passenger. the pilot is in the hospital. another scare for mall laborer shah airlines. -- malaysia airlines. a jet forced to boater -- to abort take off to avoid colliding with another airlines. a tiger airlines plane was coming in for a landing on the same flight path. crisis averted. >> we see these videos all the time because they make us happy. >> after a nine month deployment in kuwait, this lieutenant returned to the
sweetest welcome home ever courtesy of his dog izzy. they join us now. we are so thankful to have you here today. thanks for being with "fox & friends." 48,000 views that this video has had. how surprised are you, lieutenant? >> very, very surprised. we just put it up a couple of days ago and had no idea i'd be sitting in a news room talking to you guys now. it's a great experience. >> that certainly made at least 48,000 people and counting quite happy. i know you all have a big week. you're set to get married next week. is it august 8? is that correct? >> yes. next friday. >> what a week this is for you. will izzy have a big part in that wedding? >> oh yeah. she will be the flower girl walking down the aisle. we're excited for that. >> that is great news. lieutenant, tell us about this moment. we're seeing it here.
our hearts are leaping to see the joy. describe what you were feeling. >> to come back from seeing rachel for the first time after nine months, to open the door and her do this, it was just humbling. it was great. i felt, it was like a family reunion type of thing. i didn't expect her to go quite as crazy as she did and now look at what it's great to feel love from a dog like that. >> there's big love there. i think everyone didn't realize, you hear a voice in the video saying she remembers you. izzy is quite young. she's just a little pup; right? >> right. when i left she was nowhere near two years old. we were worried she wouldn't remember who i was. she definitely did. >> you have rehearsals. keep us posted and we'll be waiting for the video of
that flower girl dance down the aisle. lieutenant, we want to thank you for serving this nation and warming the hearts of every single person in this country. thanks. >> thank you so much. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> i love that. i look forward to that wedding. coming up a shocking resignation from a top official at the pentagon. he says it's time to focus on the family but we're hearing something quite different this morning. those details next. imagine driving down the highway and this comes flying at you. yes, that is an ax. how it came inches from the passenger's face, we'll tell you. first, happy birthday to zach brown. he's 36 years old today. ♪ ♪
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some celebrity drama here. orlando bloom apparently threw a punch at justin bieber last night during an argument at a nightclub. yeah, orlando's hand was pretty sore today, you know, from all the high five's he got. >> jimmy fallon last night in that building right over there. >> this is all over amanda kerr who orlando bloom was married to who justin bieber likes. do we understand the details of this? >> who knows. >> and they're in spain. they can't vacation in the hamptons. >> today is throwback thursday, and we are talking about summer jobs, the best and the worst. we've asked you to send yours in and larry williams did just that.
this is larry as a radio jockey doing an interview with singer brian adams back in 1982 in texas. >> sounds like a great job. >> sherri from kentucky writes my first summer job was secretary to a police captain by the name of captain cop. what are the odds of that? i was 18 years old. i guess if your neam is -- if your name is cop you're destined to go into that business. >> heather nauert's job as an aerobics instructor. there she is. >> heather, look at you. >> i think it is time, heather, for somebody who is watching now to get on your wikipedia page and put that you were a summer aerobics instructor. you've got the olivia newton john thing going that she had with that song. >> with that banana yellow leotard there, i was just
missing my leg warmers at that time. you're absolutely right. it is those summer jobs you want to forget. my first job was at a retail store and i was so awful on the register, they threw me in the basement. send your job peck tours as as -- job pictures as well. a top pentagon official in washington, d.c. calling it quits. he says he wants to spend more time with his family but there is word he may be resting up for hillary. he spent nearly six years serving the obama administration. he was number three in line -- excuse me. he was in line for the number-three job at the department of defense. this morning his resignation sparking speculation that he's gunning for a senior post in a potential hillary clinton administration. a good samaritan is in a wheelchair after a run-in with a crazed mother. shannon and her boyfriend
noticed a young child who was left alone in a car in a parking lot in colorado. so what did they do? they called police. that's when the boy's mother showed up. the 27-year-old mother attacked the couple before she got in her car and then ran them down. domingues now has to use a wheelchair and may never be able to walk again but she says it was all worth it. >> it scares the heck out of me that some innocent child might die. >> the mother faces several charges including hit-and-run and child abuse. sad news to bring you this morning. the brother of actor richard belzer is dead. richard belzer is best known for his role on the show law and order. police say his brother jumped from a building in new york city. leonard belzer was never the same after his wife
died two years ago. talk about a close encounter so frightening, a couple driving down a massachusetts highway when an ax flew out of a landscaping truck and smashed through their windshield. it stops inches from a woman's face. >> right at eye level with this woman. if this had penetrated through further and hit her, she would have been injured or kill. >> the driver of the truck said he accidentally forgot to secure that ax. he got a ticket for $200. those are your headlines. let's head outside with maria with one of our summer interns, madison. >> i have madison with us. she's been working hard for us all summer, been our intern. very special girl, done an amazing job. sadly your internship is coming to an end and so before you go, you have to do the weather. >> i'm excited. it is my last day. >> here's the mic. >> today will be another
day with below average temperatures in the great lakes. meanwhile hot temperatures are forecast from texas to southern california. there's a slight chance for strong to severe storms across parts of new england. and after heavy rain yesterday in the plains, more flooding is possible from texas to arkansas. flash flood watches are in effect for parts of oklahoma. and that's your weather this morning. >> good job. >> thank you so much. >> back to you, guys. >> well done, madison. the godfather of soul james brown's life was anything but ordinary. >> this week viewers will get a look at his life in the biopic "get on up." >> michael tammero is here to check out this movie. he's in the fox light. >> this movie is fantastic. it is from screen writer
director producer tate taylor. he came to the whiews correspondents dinner in -- came to the white house correspondents dinner in 2013. he was telling us he just got back from london where he had a meeting with mick jagger. they were starting to pull this together. >> mick tagger. >> octavius spencer said i need to be in this movie. it is so tough with a role like this, james brown, because it could go into camp. he walks this line perfectly. >> he did jackie robinson. >> we caught up with him at the apollo theater and asked him what the legacy of james brown means to them and what some of their favorite james brown songs are. >> do you have a favorite james brown song or performance?
>> i love "living in america" and"static." everybody says it is a man's world. i tend to believe it's a woman's world. i knew the music. that's what we all knew. he became famous before i was ever born, and so it was interesting to find out what brought him to become the man behind the music. >> the legacy is, you know, the culture that we have today. i don't think -- you don't have any of the hip-hop music. a lot of it wouldn't even exist, a lot of samples, the james brown samples. >> i did not know a lot about james brown before i saw this movie but he was jay z before jay z. >> tell us why there are penguins behind you. >> it is a fox fan weekend.
>> so much fun. >> a new movie opening up november, the fox movie. at yankee stadium they gave away a family four pack to the premiere this november. the winner is cary desalvatore. she gets to attend the premiere this november. we'll see them on the red carpet. cary, someone will be reaching out to you today. >> you're joining us today on tbt, throwback thursday. where are you? >> summer job, camp counselor, swim instructor at the waldorf in long island. >> on behalf of moms, we love camp counselors. >> thank you very much.
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cramming, unauthorized fees are getting added to your bill from small companies for services like celebrity gossip and ring tones. your phone providers collect the fees keeping a part of the revenue adding up to hundreds of millions of dollars. one bank a.t.m. fishing out a lot more than cash here. >> oh my goodness. never seen all my life, such a beautiful surprise. >> in an effort to thank customers, t.d. bank set up special machines that included money, flowers, even the chance to throw out the first pitch at a game. how about that? >> that is cool. thank you, elisabeth. the illegal immigration crisis on our southern border has spread beyond border states. now indiana governor mike pence is demanding answers from the president after he learned children were being sent to his state through the press.
he wrote to the administration -- quote -- "what we are experiencing in indiana and states across the nation as this crisis deepens is neither sensible nor humane. states should not be asked by the federal government to deal with the consequences of a failed national immigration policy." the guy who wrote that letter, indiana government mike pence joins us from our nation's capital now. good morning, governor. >> good morning, steve. >> you found out our federal government secretly placed 245 children, illegal minor children in indiana through the press? >> we absolutely did. it was late last week, steve, and after having our administration monitor this issue -- every american is obviously watching the crisis on our southern border with incredible interest and concern. we found out from press accounts that more than 200 undocumented children had
been placed in private placement across the state of indiana. we were only notified by health and human services after that was in, it being publicly reported. i felt it was extremely important on behalf of the people of ip ip and my obligation as -- people of indiana and my obligation as governor to communicate directly to the president and say that is unacceptable. >> absolutely. the administration admitted it after you caught them. awhile back the press secretary for the president, josh earnest, made it very clear the reason they're not telling the governors across the country is because they've got to keep it a secret for the kids. listen. >> there are privacy rights that are included in the law that this administration is committed to enforcing and following. we're going to abide by the privacy rights of particular individuals. >> governor, i'm not going to ask you to comment on the privacy angle. that is simply ludicrous. as the number-one executive in the state of indiana,
they send hundreds of kits to your state. pretty soon it's going to be time for school. i don't know about how much the state, each state, the state of indiana pays per child in your state but in my state, in my school district they're paying $25,000 per kid for high school. you add up thousands in new jersey and hundreds in your state, we're talking about some real money that is going to be liable to be paid by the taxpayers of indiana. >> look, the state of indiana and the people of indiana have a right to know if undocumented, vulnerable children and families are being placed into our communities. we have obligations, as you mentioned. it's about back to school time in indiana but there is also potentially health, other welfare issues that we need to be prepared to deal with. it's completely unacceptable that we read about this in the newspaper. and i expressed that to the president yesterday but also i expressed that directly to secretary burr
well in our meeting yesterday as well. one of the initial responses we got was that h.h.s. would be giving states around the country a monthly update. what i asked for was a real time update for the placement of any of these individuals within our jurisdiction. let me say, indiana has a long tradition of welcoming legal immigrants to our state. and i have great compassion for these vulnerable families and children that have been caught up in this crisis on our southern border. you know, spiriting people around the country and not informing state governments and local officials about their placement or long-term placement with private individuals or with institutions is not the answer. what we ought to be doing is humanely processing these children and families and returning them to their home countries, reuniting them with their families. that's right for them and also it's, frankly, the best way we could send a signal south of our border
that we intend to uphold the laws of this country. >> indiana government mike pence who just wants to know what the federal government is doing in his state. sir, thank you very much a judge allowing people to carry guns for the first time in decades 'cause the old law was unconstitutional. but just two days later, it's illegal again? what happened? we're going to talk about that coming up. and no time to click coupons? you can still save on groceries. our expert here with how to cut your food bill 50%. stick around, you're watching "fox & friends." ♪ ♪
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we told you about the landmark decision or the second amendment. a federal judge ruling washington's dc ban on hand guns unconstitutional. cops were order to do immediately stop arresting people for it. but two days later, it's illegal again. what happened? fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano here. >> sometimes the law is a little crazy. >> for a couple days it was there. then people got panicky and they stayed the order. >> here is what happened. some retired police officers who wanted to be able to carry guns to protect themselves and others in their retirement years living in dc tried to get the permit to carry the gun. the city said no. nobody can carry guns in d.c they challenged the law. that challenge, along with other cases, was taken away from judges in dc by the chief justice and shipped to upstate new york. there was a back log in d.c a judge in upstate new york last week said the dc thou shalt not
carry, no matter who you are is unconstitutional. it's been unconstitutional for 40 years and this is the first time it's been challenged. so therefore, everyone who lawfully owns a gun in dc can now carry it. the dc government said, we're not ready for this. the cops don't know the law. we haven't had a right to carry law here in dc in the past 45 years. can you stay? can you stop the effect of this until we can adapt to it and give some guidelines to the police for it? the judge said yes, i will stay it until october 1. if you don't appeal me, it becomes the law. if you do appeal me, it's in the hands of the appellate court. >> for another year? >> probably another year before they decide. this is a trend of federal judges deciding that local laws that let you have a gun in your home, but not outside the home are unconstitutional because it denies you the right to protect yourself. >> here is what the judge said after he gave the order.
there is no longer any basis on which this court can conclude that the district of columbia's total ban on the public carrying of ready to use hand guns outside the home is constitutional under any level of scrutiny. >> key phrase, total ban, no matter who you were, no matter what your need for the gun, no matter how well trained you are. these guys are ex cops. total ban. that's what he threw out. dc wants to come up with some middle ground, it will be challenged again. >> we'll see if october 1, we'll see you in the fall when you're not raking leaves. >> you want to come up and help rake? >> that would be fantastic. let me tell you what's up next. a mom let's her 7-year-old son go to the park by himself. now she faces five years behind bars. so who is going to raise her son if this happens? has the law gone too far? that mom here live. and he wrote the book on leadership. rudy guiliani is here and he says the president is showing that he's not fit to lead. he'll expand on that.
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good morning. today is thursday, july 31. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the house gets the green light to sue the president for making his own laws. but the president just laughed it off. >> stop being mad all the time. stop the hating all the time. >> today he plans yet another executive action. a man who ran for president, mayor rudy guiliani, is going to weigh in on that straight ahead. yes, and we now have the lois lerner e-mails she wishes got lost. and they reveal why she might have been targeting conservatives. because she thinks they're [ bleep ] and [ bleep ]. we're going to show you what we can reveal.
i'm going to wash your mouth out with soap. >> i apologize. also a mother is arrested after letting her 7-year-old son walk to the park by himself. okay. now that mom is facing child neglect charges. is that fair? that mother sharing her side of the story with us live this hour. thanks very much for joining us, second hour on this thursday morning because mornings are always better with you. >> this is former mayor rudy guiliani. you're watching "fox & friends," one of my favorite shows. >> we got to get him on. >> that would be a great idea. how soon do you think we can make that happen? >> i think in a minute. >> he's about three feet off camera. he'll join us in a minute. some of the magic of television. yes, wouldn't it be great if he was here? yes, he's right there. mayor rude cree with us shortly. >> lots of magic if you tell everyone. hi, heather nauert. >> good morning to you. i've got news from other parts
of the country. let's start in minnesota. a nine-hour manhunt, the gunman skiesed of shooting and killing a police officer during a traffic stop was later shot himself. this unfolding in west st. paul, minnesota. officer scott patrick was shot in broad daylight. that 47-year-old officer leaves behind a wife and two teenage children. the search for the suspect, 39-year-old brian fitch, senior, ended in a gun fight with cops there. fitch was shot. his condition has not been released at this hour. our prayers go out to the officer's family. it was way worse than we ever thought. we just learned that 20 million gallons of water lost after that water main burst near ucla. originally they had said they thought it was 10 or 20 million. but it's more. six people cleaning up the university's flooded basketball arena were treated for exposure to carbon monoxide. they were helping pump water off that court when they got sick from inhaling generator fumes
there. a dangerous health threat this morning at an immigration detention center at our nation's border. ice officials just had to put a facility on lockdown because of a highly contagious form of chicken pox. there has been a major outbreak there. fox news now has your first look inside. right now no immigrants are allowed to be transferred in or out of this facility right here. it opened about a month ago in new mexico. and you remember when president obama said this about the irs? >> there was some bone headed decisions out of -- >> but no mass corruption? >> not even mass corruption. not even a smidgen of corruption. >> okay. how is this for not even a smidgen of corruption? new e-mails catching lois lerner ranting about republicans. a house panel releasin e-mails that show her referring to conservatives as a-holes. excuse me, that's when it says, and crazy.
house republicans say the new evidence proves her, quote, hostility toward conservatives. there are calls to appoint special counsel to look at targeting of conservatives. a lot to talk about this morning. those are your headlines. >> all right. thank you very much. and joining us now, former mayor of new york city, rudy guiliani. hey, if she's calling conservatives a-holes, there is a good reason she probably took the fifth. >> do you see a smidgen of corruption there? >> i see civil rights violation. think about it. >> explain that. >> you can't just go out against someone based on race, religion, political preference. and this particular case, she's indicating a bias. she shouldn't be doing that job. she doesn't like conservatives. then she targets them. i can see putting together a very strong criminal civil rights case, which the justice department has done many, many times and usually it's in the area of race or religion. >> right. will eric holder's department of
justice do that? >> if it's as clear as it seems, it's going to be a asked and scf they don't. >> do you think they're trying to let the clock run out? there is statute of limitations? >> a couple of years. a republican attorney general could take this over and embarrass them. the reality is from the moment she took the fifth amendment t sent off signals. it could be she was just protecting herself. but there had to be something there she was protecting herself against. if she had a nice, simple explanation, then you get it over with. you don't create this problem. now we're starting to find out why she was so worried. who knows how many more of those comments are. maybe they're more explicit. at least it opens the door to a serious criminal civil rights investigation. >> logic tells you this got out, how bad are the other ones that you're willing to put up the public embarrassment? i would rather lose these e-mails then have these e-mails exposed and deal with it. >> i'm sorry burks as a former prosecutor, investigator for more of my life as a politician,
when e-mails get lost, they don't get lost. >> i'm with you. >> we'll find them some day. >> every lost e-mail i ever found made my case and put the guy in prison. >> to quote donald rumsfeld, we only know what we know. we'll see what we end up knowing. you also understand politics and the law. we see the house suing the president, saying you have overstepped the executive border, specifically when it comes to the affordable care act and when it comes to suspending the employee mandate. >> fascinating issue. takes me back to law school. when i was on the nyu law review, i wrote with my roommate an article relating to the expulsion of adam clayton powell and whether the supreme court would use the political question doctrine to avoid the case. ancient doctrine that says even if it is illegal, it's too much between two branches of government and the court has to stay out of it. it's between the president and the executive. so they're going to have to overcome that, the political
question doctrine. that's the bad side. the good side is these are blatant violations of the law. he ignores it. law says he can't do this. he does it. i don't know. it's going to depend on how the court views -- how far it wants to go in interfering between two co-equal branches of government. >> what you're saying is there is a real good possibility the courts won't take the case because the congress doesn't have standing because the framers wanted there to be tension -- >> no, no. they'll take the case and analyze the case and then they'll say, this -- if they do this. they'll say this is a political question that the constitution did not really want us to decide. they wanted the other two branches of government to get together and figure this out. they didn't want to interfere too much in it. now, that's if it's just one question, one issue. what i think the case they're putting together tries to show is this is multiple, multiple times that he has violated laws
that he signed. that gets you a little beyond the political question. that gets you to lawlessness, that the president is acting in a lawless way. therefore, i think there is a chance that this case could get heard. >> obviously the president really is taking this seriously. just take, for example, what he said yesterday. >> they have announced they're going to sue me for taking executive actions to help people. you know, they're mad 'cause i'm doing my job. everybody recognizes this is a political stunt, but it's worse than that because every vote they're taking like that means a vote they're not taking to actually help you. we could do so much more if congress would just come on and help out a little bit. just come on. come on and help out a little bit.
stop being mad all the time. stop this hating all the time. come on. let's get some work done together. >> his hands are tied. he can't get anything done. >> charles krauthammer earlier i heard made an excellent point. but it's very, very important. his job is not to help people, primarily. his job is to follow the law and through following the law, help people. this is as if he has his own conception of how you help people. and if you can help people and involves violating the law, then i'm morally okay. but if congress says you can not do this and doing it would help people, he's not allowed to do that. the constitution has not made the president of the united states the arbiter of what helps people. the constitution of the united states said the president executes the laws and in executing those laws that is set by congress, then he helps people. if he violates them, he's
hurting people. this is not a government of happy hour. we're all going to help each other. we have laws. we follow those laws. each one has a function and then we assume that by doing that, that's how we have a happy society. >> does he not know this or is he willing to -- >> this is constitutional law president can't do this kind of analysis. this is like "a man for all seasons" when thomas moore's son-in-law wants him to violate the law and thomas moore says this country is planted thick with laws like treaties and if you break one of them, all the trees will come down. this is a country of laws. the president doesn't understand that, we're in it. that statement could help that lawsuit get beyond the political question and say this isn't an isolated incident here or there. this is conduct that is going on over and over again in which he's just completely violating what congress has passed and there is no other remedy for it. >> right. you're the perfect guy to talk about that stuff because you did run for president.
you are a law scholar as well. and you were the mayor of new york city. and the new guy who is the mayor of new york city, bill de blasio, has returned from his vacation in italy to gracie mansion, which apparently has furniture from west elm, $65,000 worth upstairs. now he's blasting the cops on stop and frisk. listen to this. >> for much of the previous 12 years, there was a growing tension and grows disconnect between police and community all over our city. this administration came into office with a commitment to am end in the broken policy of stop and frisk. the overuse of stop and frisk, the unconstitutional use of stop and frisk. we settled the related lawsuit. we changed the practice on the ground and the numbers speak for themselves. >> what city was he living in for 12 years? >> i feel kind of left out. stop and frisk started 20 years ago with me and bill bratten,
his police commissioner. didn't stop with mike and ray kelly. they carried it on. they carried it on brilliantly and carried it on. and carried on crime reduction and built on our successes and had success of their own. this thing started 20 years ago. i'd like to take him back to what the city was like 20 years ago. how about 1900 murders 20 years ago? 22 years ago when the administration he worked in, they were 2200 murders. 2200 murders. last year, about 340. so 2200 murders is more than iraq. we were a city that was described as the crime capital of america. we were on the front cover of time magazine during the administration that he worked in that he seems to be emulating. we were called the rotting of the big apple. 12,000 felonies a week. >> is this personal to you? for him to make a speech? >> no. it's the ignorance of the left,
the idea that if you enforce the law, you're really harming people and hurting people. what you ignore is the fact that who are the victims of these crimes? 80, 90%, they're poor people. 80, 90% they're minorities. the people you're saving, the lives you're saving, the thing that i'm proudest of, the thing i believe mike is proudest of are the thousands and thousands and thousands of people, many minorities, but all people whose lives we saved because we had the courage to take tough action that the "new york times" routinely condemns. >> that was 20 years ago. >> those thousands of people would not be alive today if we had succumbed to political correctness. >> in 1984, the year we're talking about throwback thursday, summer jobs. there you are. that's a job earlier in your career, a man on a mission. >> that wasn't a summer job. that was when i was u.s. attorney, probably putting the families of the mafia in jail or maybe ivan boski, or maybe some
of ed koch's commissioners. or vito's son-in-law. >> thank you very much. >> thanked you.
we are seeing more and more of this next type of story. parents being turned into criminals because other people don't like the way that they
parent. the most recent case, a florida mom arrested after she let her 7-year-old son walk to the park alone. now she's facing child neglect charges. here to share her side of the story is mom nicole campaigny and john whitehead, president of the rutherford institute and author of government of wolf. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> nicole, what happened that day? dominic is seven years old and as we read, you let him walk to the park. was he in danger? >> no. i personally don't think so. i let him go up there and play. i give him a cell phone so i can check on him regularly and he can call me if there is any emergency. >> we saw the photo of him. we understand what with that cell phone around his neck, you were teaching him to be safe. did he feel unsafe? when he came home, what did he say to you, because the police then, someone came up and talked to him, called the police.
the police ended up bring him home. what were his words to you? >> when i was -- they had me in handcuffs and told him after they took him out of the cop car to go straight to his room. and as he was walking into the home, he was like mommy, i'm sorry. i wanted to go to the park. he was absolutely upset and scared and thought this was his fault. >> john, i want to ask you, legally the definition of neglect seems to be include failure of the parent to provide the child with supervision. it doesn't seem as though dominic was threatened at the time. when the police came up to him, as the story goes, he was playing with friends, had his cell phone. if he wasn't in danger, how can they possibly have a case? nicole is facing five years in jail. >> it's a felony. five years. you got to be kidding me on this situation. no. there is no legal neglect here. i think you have overzealous policeman. but policemen are not expert at child welfare.
the child welfare is the one who investigated this and they, according nicole, think the charges should be dropped. i think the big question we're facing here is who is the parent? the policeman or the welfare department or this hard working mother who is arrested like a criminal. this is the thing that really concerns me. what are the best interests of the child here, if this mother has to go to prison? what's going to happen to this child? >> nicole, are you a good mom or a criminal? >> i'm a good mom. >> we're going to see how this case unfolds certainly as it looks like he was not in danger at the time. we'd love to follow up with you. please stay in touch. nicole and john. >> thank you. coming up, a bizarre scene playing out in court. why in the world was this suspect taped to a wheelchair and gagged inside the courtroom? then we all want safe -- what if you could cut your grocery bill in half without clipping a
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>> the kentucky democrat who thinks she can take mitch mccome's seat in senate needs a refresher course on i guess military stuff. during a campaign event, kentucky state senator candidate allison lundgren said this, the iron dome has been a big reason why israel has been able to withstand the terrorists that have tried to tunnel their way in. oh, really? but as you know, the iron dome actually protects israel from rockets that go in the air. that's a lot of different from protecting against the underground tunnel which is take the israelis --
>> we've got a firsthand look inside those tunnels this morning as israel calls up 16,000 more troops. john huddy is live at the israel-gaza border where it has been very active so far this morning. john? >> reporter: sure has. by the way, we're hearing those 16,000 reservists that are called up will be relieving other troops on the ground. so far in the 24 days of operation protective edge, 86,000 reservists have been called up. that said, israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, says with or without a cease fire, israel will continue its operation of rooting out and destroying hamas' network of tunnels. we got to go inside of one of those tunnels. take a look. the israeli military says the tunnel is about a mile and a half long discovered at its midway point, a quarter mile inside israel from the border. 50 feet underground. we found it opened up more as we
went deeper in. so we're going into up with of the tunnels. it is very deep underground here. obviously you can see it's really tight in here. very tight right here. it starts to open up. as we make our way deeper into the tunnel, gives a little more clearance here. the walls are really thick. very well reinforced. this was used for electricity. then let me show you this down here. was used for the transport of cargo. the smell of basically dirt and concrete. i got to say, it's a little unnerving in here. this is captain daniel. how deep are we right now? >> 50-meters underground now. it serves one purpose, to get inside the center of israel and towns around. come out of the tunnel with
weapons and kill and kidnap as much citizens and soldiers as possible. >> now israeli commanders say that at this point, 32 tunnels have been discovered, including the one that we went into. now we're hearing 20 have been destroyed. that operation obviously continues today as well. back to you. >> all right. john huddy on the border. we thank you very much. those things took years to create. >> i think so. what are they used to do it? >> supposedly the building supplies that they were in short supply of there in the gaza. now we know what they were building. it wasn't schools. it was tunnels. >> right. the president is set to huddle up with leaders on foreign affairs today with regard toga. why the suspect was tape to do a wheelchair and gagged like hannibal lecter. >> it's a father and son project of presidential proportion. wait until you hear what bush 41
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replica. it starts obvious 25 right here -- august 25 right here in new york city. look at this. >> right in queens next to citi field. they got relatively new facility. it's arguably one of the biggest events of the year. >> so when you see somebody win the u.s. open, they hold the trophy and you figure they take home. nope. these are the trophies year they used these same ones. guess who won in 1968? >> the men? >> the men's is bigger than the women. arthur ashe is correct. who won in the women's side? >> could it be virginia wade? >> very good. >> it could be. >> it is virginia wade. >> yes, it is. >> so then what they do is after they win, they get to keep them for a couple of days and then send them to tiffany's and put all of their names right here t. looks like they're running out of space. >> the players have to put their
own name on it? >> yeah. >> you have a jackknife? i could do something right here. >> go ahead. you'll have nine people dive on you here in the wings. >> the prize is up to $3 million award for winning. >> it's not about the money. >> of course not. >> it's about the trophy. thank you very much. the u.s. open for letting us borrow this. >> and let us keep them. really a nice surprise. >> the victory trophy first. meanwhile, heather nauert -- you want to hold this? >> absolutely. an unbelievable story. in the olden days, you hear about people trying to get contraband into prison and bake a nail file in a cake? listen to what's happening now. police are now closing in on a person who tried to fly a drone that was filled with drugs and other contraband into a maximum security prison. the drone crashed in the bushes just outside the lee correctional institute in south carolina. it was filled with pot, cell phones and tobacco products. one suspect already arrested. the other one still at large.
the suspect in the las vegas casino robbery makes a bizarre appearance in court. look at this. he is wrapped in a blanket with a mask over his head and taped to a wheelchair. all kind of like animal lecter from the movie. he was wheeled into court because he refused to cooperate with officers. the judge ordered him to appear in court by any force necessary. the f.b.i. alleges carmichael entered the bellagio casino, pulled a bb gun and order the teller to hand over about $43,000 in cash. it is a father-son project of presidential proportion. president george w. bush writing a book about his father. he's been working on this for about two years now and bush 43 says, quote, george h.w. bush is a great servant, statesman and father. i loved writing this story of his life, and i hope others enjoy reading it.
the biography doesn't have a title yet. it will be released on veteran's day this year, november 11. a labor of love. talk about a whole lot of luck. an indiana guy won a million dollars jackpot three times. no, twice in three months. robert hamilton beat the one in 2.1 million odds, two different times, playing the same scratch-off game. the first million he won in april. that one he bought a house and paid debts. the winnings for the second will be used on a motorcycle. congratulations. good job. those are your headlines. >> he's a winner. >> definitely lucky. >> twice. >> there you go. >> thank you, heather. maria molina joins us now with a look at what's going on outside with weather. >> good morning. hello. i want to start out with your current temperatures because across parts of the east we've been setting record lows during the morning hours. temperatures have been in the 50s. today it's a little bit better. but you're still waking up to temperatures in the 50s in places like cleveland, ohio and low 60s in chicago.
so still a little cool, especially for the month of july across portions of the great lakes. your high temperatures are going to be warming up a little bit. low 80s in new york city. 80s in atlanta. still hot from texas to parts of arizona. 111 degrees for your high in phoenix. across portions of the northeast, we are going to see showers. they'll be isolated across the region and there are also going to be a slight chance for storms. there is a slight chance some of the storms across parts of new england could produce some severe weather. keep an eye out for that. otherwise farther west across portions of eastern texas, eastern oklahoma, western parts of arkansas, we're expecting an area of low pressure to be moving eastward. out here it will be producing areas of heavy rain. concern for flash flooding. steve, let's head over to you. >> all right. thank you very much. we all like to save some money without working too hard to do it. so what if you could cut your food bill, grocery bill in half and never have to clip a single coupon? that sounds pretty good.
here to tell us more is personal finance expert lauren lions cole. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> that's the thing, a lot of people love the idea of saving money, but they don't want to clip coupons because there is something about coupons and it's a hassle. but it's money! >> it's true. it takes a lot of time to clip coupons. but you don't have to invest the time. there is other ways to save. >> for instance, you say pick up the weekly circular. >> exactly. you can pick it up as you're walking into the store. there are tons of sales without even picking up a pair of scissors that you can get while at the store. if you get it before you get to the store, you can even plan your weekly meals around the sales. >> because some of those, you can save up to 50%. the stuff on sale is there for a reason. >> exactly. >> when you go shopping, and i didn't realize this, pick an off time. a lot of people go certain times, particularly on the weekends. how does that save you money? >> if you're shopping when everyone else is shopping, you're probably going to fall back into convenience or
shopping from habit, just throwing things in the cart, especially if you have the kids with you. try going at a time when the store will be less crowded. you can walk slowly, think through the sales, look at the circular ad. those times are wednesdays and thursdays, weekend evenings, or any morning, super early first thing when they open. >> in other words, if somebody needs something to do on a saturday night g to the grocery store and save money. >> that's the best time to go. try it. >> when you go on a saturday night, make sure you take your smart phone because there are a bunch of apps that are available that tell you what? >> the millenials are couponing more than any other generation with technology. there are two great apps i'm going to recommend. bravado and slip. if you use these apps, you can get all sorts of coupons. they'll deliver customized what you're shopping for. >> okay. and the name of that once again is favado and flip. >> all right. that's easy. this is something we've been
doing at our family since we've got three kids. they're all over the place. buy vast quantities. buy in bulk if you can. >> right. so if you're buying something like onions, they're going to last for a long time. buy the bag. don't buy them individually. keep in mind, you want to look at the unit prices when you're doing this 'cause every now and then, food manufacturers are smart. the big can of peanut butter every now and then might cost more than the smaller one. so look at the unit price. >> now my wife and i are alone because the kids are all over the country. so when we go to costco and we buy the 19 pounds of peanut butter, it might take 19 years to go through it. >> right. sometimes if you're going to end up wasting the food, you're not saving. make sure you're buying the amount you can eat. >> and buy generic. if you buy the house brand or generic brand, you can save how much? >> up to 25%. this is one of those tips that everybody knows they should do, but still, we don't do it consistently. so if you're not sure if the quality is quite the same, flip the box around, look at the
ingredients. if they are the same, then buy generic. save 25. >> i'm going to download that app right now. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> good information. coming up on our program today, is your teen-ager having a tough time finding work this summer? they're not alone. reason why. cheryl casone is up with that coming up. and actor david bran has choice words for the president. grow some. really? that story is coming up next. first the trivia question of the day. born on this date in 1966, this superman star played football at princeton. he's the friend of this program. he was on about a month ago. who is he? come on. e-mail us. you'll be the big winner. ♪ ♪
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it's unusual, but celebrity speaking out with sharp words for president obama. david borianas tweeting out, quote, here we are in a cold war now with russia. sanctions aren't going to cut it. putin is nuts and a serious threat to the usa. grow some, obama. and tv host and navy vet montel williams calling out the president on the v.a. scandal, telling tmz obama has not responded to his petition. so what would williams tell obama if he had the chance? quote, sign the papers, home boy. that according to montel williams. american teens are having the worst summer ever when it comes to finding jobs. teenage employment levels are near record lows. cheryl cher is live at the molly blue oyster bar in new york to talk to some teens and business owners.
what are they saying there? >> good morning. i got to tell you, it's a rough summer when it comes to teens getting work. we found a few teens working here. they are setting up for the day as they're about to be filled with tourists and everybody else. i got to tell you, it's a tough summer for teens. down 12% now when it comes to teens hiring. why are they not getting jobs? because older workers are getting hired. let's bring in our guest and talk about why are -- you got 1,000 applications? >> at least 1,000 applications. everybody wants a job and it's very hard to find jobs today. >> you were telling me earlier that a lot of older kids, even kids in their 20s, are coming in. they want to work here, so you're not hiring as many teen-agers. >> right. the job market is so wide open. especially teachers, small job market for them. they're looking for work. we want to get the best person to work for us. there is a lot of kids here. we love hiring kids. >> we love being on the beach. you guys are setting up and we want to let you know that if you look at the labor participation
rate as we're getting ready to get the initial jobless claims today, it's about 34 to 40% right now. that's in the range. that is because a lot of these teen-agers decided just not to get work and decided to do other things. maybe take a little vacation. let's bring in nicole, she's 19. she's a junior. come over here. talk to me about your summer work. you knew that you needed to work this year. was it tough to get a job? >> i was lucky enough for this to be my second year here. i started here last summer. but i used to work at camp malibu. once i knew the restaurant opened up, i wanted to send in an application. >> are you going to work the entire summer? are you saving for school? >> yes. i'm saving the money for school. i'll be here until probably august 20, right up to when school starts. >> and sam, you're 15 years old. you're the only high schooler that's working for the summer. i used to work in high school. but what are the rest of your friends doing this summer if not working? >> vacation, hanging out, i'm
the only one of my friends kind of working. yeah. >> all right. girls, i have to tell you, i want to ask you, what do you say to the rest of your friends out there on the beach right now and not working? >> get a job. the money is good. you can buy clothes. >> i have to tell you guys, again, as we're waiting for all this big data that's coming out, we're getting the jobs report for the month of july. that's going to be tomorrow. we're going to be getting more initial claims coming up in the next few moments. but i have to tell you, it really has been a rough summer for all of these teen-agers and as they try to set up and save money, it looks like the employers out there -- and someone told me earlier, it's getting tighter in the labor market right now because basically you are finding that obamacare, a lot of those major restaurants, those chains are not hiring anymore because they're trying to keep the amount of workers lower, kids. so they are actually, a lot of
those older workers working at major chains are coming here for a second job because they need the work. this is the kind of summer that we're having right now, especially here. but really across the country. that's what we're finding out here. we're going to see how the data comes out tomorrow and see what the numbers tell us. >> we could have sent you anywhere. you could have went to a mall. it's amazing you chose the beach restaurant to explain to us about teen unemployment. >> yeah. i really have a tough time when i have to go travel for "fox & friends." you send me to rotten places. >> but cheryl, you know about traveling because today our tbt, throwback thursday is all about summer jobs. this is a picture of you at your first job out of college when, ladies and gentlemen, cheryl casone was a flight attendant with southwest airlines. >> look at that. >> that was me. long time ago. >> love that. >> it's your idea not to assign the seats?
>> yeah. i got to tell you, there is nothing like serving cokes and peanuts for a living when you're 21-years-old. that was me. >> cheryl casone, you're now free to travel across the country. thank you, cheryl. >> i'm just getting reports now, we now have the hasselbeck summer working shot? >> yes. >> what are you doing? >> i'm in my heap earrings in cranston, rhode island, wearing a store t-shirt. i was so excited about having my first job. >> you worked at bob's? >> yes. i liked to see if i could get overtime. >> that's where you get the >> my very first job was for jerry seinfeld's dad helping him hang signs. he actually made signs. >> i love that. i also worked in a restaurant, that was a great job. one of the toughest. >> perfect for you. makes your personality and work
ethic. i imagine you did well. >> 16 years old, my first high school job. i was tearing it down like the best of them. >> i really have more waitering experience. >> keep sending us your throwback thursday pictures of your first jobs and summer jobs. coming up, breaking news about the ebola virus. up with man is dead as concerns grow it could find its way here to the united states. so is it just one airplane flight away from us? the details coming up next. first on this day in history in 1975,, "one of these nights" by the eagles was the number one song. ♪ ooo swear i'm gonna find you one of these nights ♪ ♪ one of these days ♪ ♪
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the answer to the trivia question. dean cain. our winner is dean cain. he called in. bill from jensen beach, florida won. he'll get a copy of "george washington's secret six." i will sign and i will lick the envelope. >> excellent. by the way, i asked brian to give me a refill on my ice coffee. feel that. what's different about it? >> not so icy. >> i didn't really hold the job too long. >> don't look for tip money. >> brian, you're fired. >> no tip for you. >> switching gears. >> new concerns this morning about the deadly ebola virus. this as two american peace corps workers are quarantined outside the u.s. after being exposed. anna kooiman has more. >> reporter: good morning. officials now saying this is the largest ever record outbreak of
the disease. those two american peace corps workers came in contact with an individual who later died from the virus. they will likely be brought to the united states once doctors clear them. we are learning they are under close observation and are not showing symptoms yet. but the peace corps has decided to evacuate 340 of its american volunteers from three african countries out of precaution during this deadly outbreak. in liberia, schools shut down and employees have been order to do shut down. the scare reached north carolina yesterday, shutting down a section of a hospital for hours. doctors thankfully determining the patient is in fact not infected. >> we acted out of an abundance of caution, making sure that all precautions were in place to protect our patients as well as our health care workers. >> reporter: the ebola virus spreads through close contact with bodily fluids like blood or touching contaminated surfaces. symptoms include fever, headache, muscle aches and the risk of dying once you get it is
90%. this killed one american, patrick sawyer, who contracted it flying from liberia to lagos. the cdc says there is no significant risk here in the united states. >> the reason physicians and health care workers are getting it over there is they're not fully protected against the virus. they're not using the same infectious control precautions we do. i don't want any panic spreading here. >> the two other americans fighting for their lives, missionary workers in liberia, are slowing slight improvement. and the cdc has released new guidelines for airlines to prevent it from reaching the united states. back to you. >> thank you very much. coming up on this thursday, are you tired of debt collectors calling your house in the middle of supper time? there is a way to get rid of them for good. what you need to know coming up in the next hour. >> eat out? >> that's one way. president obama is facing repeated calls for his impeachment because of the immigration crisis at the
border. but yesterday house speaker john boehner says in fact, republicans actually have no plans to impeach the president. which got weird when obama was like, damn.
good morning. today is thursday, july 31. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the house gets the green light to sue the president for make his own laws and the president just laughs it off. >> stop being mad all the time. stop this hating yqñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñll . >> today he is celebrating with another executive action. and what did lois lerner really think of conservatives? we now have some e-mail that she wished she would have lost, calling republicans [ bleep ] and [ bleep ] >> watch your mouth. >> that wasn't my mouth. that was my head. watch. [ bleep ]. a little slow. we're going to tell you what
my read. someone better buy this fan a new bud lite because she caught the homerun ball with her budweiser. >> there goes nine bucks. >> mornings are better with friends. >> this is dean cain, you are watching "fox & friends" in the morning. so am i. >> happy birthday, dean cain, as we learn from our trivia question of the day. today is his birthday. i wonder if that fan actually intended to catch it with her glass or if that was an accident. >> i don't think so. you have a choice when the ball comes. do i drop the beer or catch the ball, or do i hold the beer and let the ball hit me? she's like, let me just -- >> you can sort of have your beer -- >> maybe she had a couple of beer before and didn't notice the ball and it's just a hole in one. >> look at that. >> later it will show the mitt
blinded her, preventing her from seeing the ball come down and hit her beer. can we see that one more time? >> we're going to see it in the regular news a second. >> the mitt blinded her. >> blinded by the shlitz. >> making a splash. >> we got a busy one hour that starts. the judge will join us in a moment much first we got heather with the news. >> good morning. quite a story coming out of the midwest. a nine-hour manhunt and the gunman accused of shooting and killing a police officer during a traffic stop was later shot himself. this unfolded in west st. paul, minnesota. officer scott patrick was shot in broad daylight. that 47-year-old officer now leaves behind a wife and two teenage children. the search for the suspect, 39-year-old brian fitch, senior, ended in a gun fight with police. fitch was shot, his condition, not being released at this hour.
a shopping center is now the site of a firey plane crash. >> i knew it was going down and then they were on the ground and in flames and a lot of black smoke. >> imagine all the people around. that plane clipping the top of a target store and then hitting a pole before it slammed into a parking lot at a nearby costco. the pilot now in the hospital. her passenger died. no word yet on what caused the crash. certainly lucky that a lot of people weren't injured in that. america's first homicide bomber in syria returned to the united states before he carried out his deadly attack in syria. a new report says that this 22-year-old florida native spent months in the united states after he got his terror training. he drove a truck that was packed with explosives into a restaurant in northern syria and this just released video filmed before his death, shows him ripping up his u.s. passport.
he bites it, sets it on fire, and leaves a chilling message, we're coming of you. one bank's atm is dishing out a lot more than cash. >> oh, my goodness. never seen such a beautiful surprise. >> how sweet is that. look at that, presents and flowers. thanks to its customers, citibank set up a special automated banking machine -- yeah. in canada. gifts included money, flowers, and the chance to throw out the first pitch at a blue jay's game. how cool is that? those are your headlines. what a clever idea. >> that's fantastic. >> way to make somebody's day. >> thank you. >> we'll say thank you. flowers on the way. as we go to what's happening in washington, judge napolitano rejoins us on the couch. yesterday there was a vote in the house to go ahead and sue the president and only five republicans decided not to. everybody else was on board.
all democrats were against it. so therefore, they're moving ahead with the lawsuit. >> if you follow up on the very, very prudent, very astute analysis that mayor giuliani gave seated right here about an hour ago, the court will have to decide is this a political question? is this an issue that the courts were intended to resolve? are judges competent and capable of telling presidents how to perform their jobs, or should they stay out? in my opinion, it's a slam dunk. it's a political case. and the court will dismiss it as soon as the president's lawyers move to -- >> because the separation of powers? >> yes, yes. the constitution was written to create this tension. now look, i believe that the president is either incompetent or lawless. i would cheerlead the arguments the republicans are making against him. i believe he's the most lawless president in modern times. my op ed at foxnews.com and elsewhere this morning attempts to make that case. the remedy is an unpleasant one.
it's not a lawsuit because it will be thrown out. madison provided the remedy in the constitution. it's removal from office. >> you're talking about impeachment. >> yes. i know we don't want to go through the political aggravation and maybe that's the ironicallvon this i agree with the president. the lawsuit is a political stunt. here is the test: with these members of congress spend their own money on lawyers to file a lawsuit knowing it's going to be dismissed? of course not. it will be a waste of money. then they shouldn't spend ours. >> the supreme court decision back in june unanimously said that obama was out of line for making recess appointments. >> absolutely. >> that at all does not factor into how you believe that courts would see this at all in terms of overreach? >> an interesting question. the remedy for his being out of line and filing these nominations on a saturday morning when he knows the senate is not in session is to invalidate the nominations. it's not to force him to file them on another day. this lawsuit wants to force the
president to do things that judges would basically say not our job. >> so you say impeachment is a remedy. >> yes. it may be imprudent because it may cost the country more than it's worth. but it's a remedy in the constitution. >> sure. a couple days ago i said i don't know anybody, republicans or conservatives, who are talking about impeachment. that's true. the people in myever day life -- >> our colleagues, governor palin and a few others. >> are you suggesting republicans do that, because it's a political loser. >> i'm suggesting that it would be far more constitutionally appropriate now than it was in a case of bill clinton and i'm suggesting that it is the only remedy under the constitution for a president who is either, either incompetent or lawless or both. >> that's the title of your column. here is the president yesterday, obviously he is really taking this serious. >> think about this, they have announced they're going to sue
me for taking executive actions to help people. so, you know, they're mad 'cause i'm doing my job. everybody recognizes it's a political stunt, but it's worse than that because every vote they're taking like that means a vote they're not taking to actually help you. we could do so much more if congress would just come on and help out a little bit. just come on. come on and help out a little bit. stop being mad all the time. stop this hating all the time. come on. let's get some work done together. >> this is the most serious constitutional crisis since watergate and he's making a joke out of it. let me argue, it's not the president's job to help people. read the constitution and read your oath, mr. president.
it's the president's job to uphold the constitution. he's acting like he's the grandfather in chief, the uncle in chief rather than the law enforcer in chief. a law enforcer who only enforces laws he agrees with. >> does it hurt him that congress doesn't want to do what he wants to do, and therefore, they both have a point of view? he wants people just to do what he wants them to do. he doesn't want to compromise. >> his job is not to write the laws. his job is to enforce the laws that the congress writes whether he agrees with them or not. he took an oath to do that. >> it's all about compromise these days if you want to get anything done and it's tough. it's a toxic environment in washington, d.c. and because there are already scandals and that's lois lerner when she swore herself in and took the fifth. what's curious now is there have been some e-mails released by the house ways and means committee that show that lois lerner did not like conservative s, called them names. it looks pretty bad. we've got an excerpt, this is from november 9, 2012, which the
committee released. >> from an unknown person here says you should hear the whackoing of the gop, the u.s. is through too many foreigners, sucking the tea, time to hunker down, prepare for the end. right wing radio shows are scary to listen to. >> it went on from learner. >> great, maybe we are through if there are that many a-holes. >> a known respondent, i'm talking about the host of the shows, the callers are rabid. >> even a-holes -- >> learner said. >> so we don't need to worry about alien terrorists. it's our own crazies that will take us down. that's curious. no wonder she didn't worry about taking down the nonprofits because she viewed them simply as run by terrorists. >> she's entitled to her political opinion like everybody else. >> off the clock. >> right. once she has a sensitive job in the irs, her job is to review applications from ostensibly political groups and decide whether or not they get a tax exemption and she has that animas against a class of those
groups, she should get off the jobs. >> that's her work e-mail. >> correct. if a litigant came before me that i hated or couldn't stand or i had some interest in the outcome of the case, i have an affirmative obligation to get off the case. >> sure. >> she should have been given another job. her bosses should have been known about it. a political irs is represencible and tyrannical and the president did nothing about it. >> why not a special prosecutor now? will this be the moment where one is brought in? >> the one saving grace here is whatever she did, the statute of limitations is seven years, meaning whoever succeeds president obama will be in a position to have his or her attorney general prosecute mrs. learner and the others. >> judge, we also know, you also tried howard stern, right? did you excuse yourself or do you like howard stern? >> we became very good friends. >> after that. >> the case was assigned to me and was settled. >> what was the case? >> i can't say on air. he used some language on air that some person sued him for
and we had to call 700 jurors in order to find six who have no opinion of mr. stern. he was a gentleman throughout. the case was settled. it's now history and we developed a unique friendship. >> okay. >> i just remembered. >> judge, thank you. >> thank you. coming up, he was one of the three marines killed in cold blood by one of our afghan allies. but that kid only got a slap on the wrist. that hero's dad is here and he says he's been betrayed. for years we heard liberals describe themselves as pro-choice, but planned parenthood has a plan to change that. you know what? it's just in time for the next election. ♪ ♪
it's a term as old as the issue itself. pro-choice, it means women have a choice over future. even if that means no future at all. but pro-abortion groups like planned parenthood want to rebrand the term pro choice with something a little more vague. going forward, they'll be pro-woman's health instead. pollster and fox news contributor frank luntz is here
to help explain why. frank, thanks for being with us. you actually came up with the determine teth tax for the government's inheritance tax. you say call it like it is. but in this case, it seems to me and many others that abortion activists are doing quite the opposite and making it more vague. >> i understand why they're doing it. even the framing that you just did, which is pro-abortion, that this is an -- i want to set the context here. number one, it matters to people. pro-life, pro-choice, the issue of abortion, it does matter. but it is a lower priority when it comes to elections. when it comes to politics. about four out of five women will vote more on economic issues than they will on the issue of abortion. and second is that the american people think that politicians are trying to politicize something that they believe is intensely personal, intensely private, should be left up to the individual and the states to make a decision. so they don't like this back and forth between politicians. it's been a big issue in certain campaigns.
colorado, for example, it's roughly one third of all the ads being run against the republican are on that issue of abortion and copttives the public says that's too much. take this issue out of politics. it is not partisan. it is not political. and let people decide for themselves what is the proper moral context. >> sure. according to a luntz poll here, talking to the man himself, when asked if it's more important that a politician agrees with you on economic issues or reproductive issues, 71% said i'd rather agree on economic issues. so obviously that's more important here. but the focus, particularly when it comes to elections here and the women's vote and women's rights is in a way, do you believe, being misrepresented? to cloak a pro-abortion rights and funding in support for that as just women's health notions doesn't seem to be as detailed as it should be. doesn't represent a lot of women's thinking and rights in terms of where they stand on
abortion. >> it's simply inaccurate. roughly 10% of the population, only 10% believe that abortion should be available to anyone at any time. about 90% are in-- in different degrees opposed to abortion. if you talk about it in terms of reproductive rights, that's misleading. if you talk about it in terms of women's health, that's misleading because that does not describe the issue. what planned parenthood is trying to do is it's trying to message it -- i can't blame them for doing it because as you referenced, i've done it as well. but on this issue when it is a life and death issue, when it is a personal values issue, overwhelmingly the public in general and women in particular are saying get this out of partisan politics. get this out of this horrific divide that this country has right now and let people decide and let states decide. >> sure. just lumping it under women's health, no different than a
tooth exam cleaning. regular old checkup. thank you. >> pleasure. up next, he was one of three marines killed in cold blood by one of our afghan allies. that killer only got a slap on the wrist. that hero's father is here and he says he has been betrayed. and then imagine driving down the highway and this comes flying at you. how this blade came inches from the passenger's face. oh, my. ♪ ♪
we now have some medical headlines for you on this thursday. ebola fears growing because two american peace corps workers may have been exposed to the virus. they are now in quarantine. dr. mark siegle says we shouldn't worry about it spreading here to the united states. >> the reason physicians and health care workers are getting it over there is they're not fully protected against the virus. they're not using the same infectious control precautions we do. i don't want any panic spreading here. >> good advice. now to that flesh eating bacteria being found in florida, health officials are now telling people don't eat raw oysters. the bacteria, which has already claimed one life, thrives in warm salt water and also make its way into your body if you've got a cut or a scrape that is exposed to the water. be careful. brian, over to you. it was 2012, lance corporal
greg buckley, junior, had just celebrated his 21st birthday in afghanistan. he was set to come home on a surprise visit to drink his first legal beer with his dad. but he never got that beer and he never got home. he was one of the three marines killed in cold blood by one of our afghan so-called allies. a police officer who he had recently joined for dinner. >> he went over there. he did what he was asked to do and the people he was training and helping over there, they turned on him. they turned on him and he told me weeks ago, dad, they're shady. i don't want to be here. >> wow. two years later his son's killer gets off with a slap on the wrist. he is charged as a minor. joining us right now, greg buckley, senior. unbelievable. we saw the raw emotion moments ago how you felt then. how does that compare to how you feel now, that he was tried in
afghanistan as a minor and you didn't even know they told you in the aftermath. he gets 7 1/2 years! >> outrageous. outrageous our government would do this to my family and the other gold star families. >> right. you were told they were going to be handled. step back. afghan law will prosecute him. they claim to do do a bone scan, find out he's 17, so he gets 7 1/2 years. if your son shot one of those guy, he goes to leavenworth for life. >> exactly. >> so you wrote a letter to the marines and it says this -- you say this, you never came clean about their son's murder, was never serious about investigating the incident. you issued a calculated press statement about the verdict before notifying the families to get out in front of the story with this own self-serving account last friday afternoon to minimize the attention and prevent the family from responding publicly. they made do you this in the aftermath. you would have went over there. >> yes. i wanted to go over there. i was willing to pay my own way to go to afghanistan for the
trial. but they never informed us when the trial was taking place until after the trial was over with. >> we should just know, you, your son and staff sergeant scott dickerson, corporal richard rivera were gunned down at a forward operating base while they worked out. what did this clown say after he did it? >> just went around screaming he just committed jihad. >> just committed jihad. >> yep. >> marines are known as the utter definition of loyalty and brotherhood. how do you feel they treated you and the families? >> disrespectful. they should have came to us. they should have told us what they were doing. my family has been after them every day asking for questions and they keep on stonewalling us every time we ask something. >> right. if you had a chance to be in an american courtroom and we have victim impact statements, what would be something you would have made clear at his trial had
you been given the opportunity? >> just to be as clear that he was proud to be a marine. it's just heart wrenching that the government would treat us the way they are right now. we want him back here. we want to have him tried and have him convicted here. it's not seven years. seven years doesn't compare. you're talking two and a quarter years for each marine he murdered, executed really. and they keep on calling it murder. my son was shot five times. four in his chest and one in his neck. he had a pair of shorts on and a tank top working out in the gym. waiting to come home. he only had two days left and then he was going to be home. >> training that guy to protect his home so he went there to train them and his reward is to get shot and your family's reward is to not even be informed and essentially stew in your own juice. not our problem. >> the trial took place without us knowing anything about it and the day before he told us we'll
notify you as soon as the trial starts. the trial started the following day. prosecuted him that day and that was it. they gave him seven years. he'll be out in four years 'cause he already served two. but i'll never have my son back again. >> where do you go from here? >> i don't know. just trying to find the right answers. just looking for help. just want somebody to help me out and help my family out. >> we will absolutely help you. we have your biggest military audience watching right now out there. we have a marine sitting in mexico for some reason. doesn't seem to be an urgency to get him out. trying to get him out. now we have this situation where no one cares about your son's legacy, nor his other officers who lost their lives that day. we'll keep pushing and if the marines are the people we know they are, they will step up and realize their mistake and reach out. >> that's what we're asking for. just to help out. >> thanks. steve, tell us what's next. >> thank you very much.
meanwhile, coming up, a mother arrested for letting her 7-year-old son walk to the park by himself. she was arrested for that. now she's facing five years behind bars. is that fair? that mother sharing her side of the story coming up on "fox & friends." then before he was on air, john stossel was a stutterer. he fixed it and says the method that he used can be applied to all of your problems. ♪ ♪ jñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?ñ?
all right. it is now 27 minutes before the top of the hour. john stossel is going to be with us in just a moment. he's got a topic that is going to really -- something you haven't thought about. >> sharp experimenting.
meanwhile, heather nauert is going to join us now with some other headlines. >> we have heard so many stories about children being left in hot cars. listen to what happened to one good samaritan. this good samaritan is now in a wheelchair after a run-in with a crazed mother. she and her boyfriend noticed a young boy left alone in a hot car in a colorado parking lot, so they called police. the right thing to do, of course. but listen to this. the boy's mother showed up fuming. 27-year-old christina attacked that couple before she got in her car and then ran them down. dominguez now has to use a wheelchair and may never be able to walk again, but she says it was all worth it. >> it scares the heck out of me that some innocent child might die. if it means helping a child, i would do it in a heartbeat. >> she certainly did. the mother faces several charges, including hit and run florida faces abuse. five years in prison for letting
her 7-year-old son walk to the park alone. nicole gainey says it was in broad daylight and her son did have a cell phone on him when he made the ten minute walk from his house to the park. officers say that he wasn't safe because several sex offenders live in the nearby area. the mother joined us earlier on the show and she says the police hurt more than they helped. >> they had me in handcuffs and they told him after they took him out of the cop car to go straight to his room. and as he was walking into the home, he was like mommy, i'm sorry i wanted to go to the park. he was absolutely upset and scared and thought this was his fault. >> there are no laws at the state level stopping children from walking to the park alone. do you pay your cell phone bill every single month without taking a really good look at all the charges on it? a senate committee says you must look closer because you might be the victim of cramming. those are unauthorized fees that are added to your bill from small companies like services
with celebrity gossip and ring tones. your phone providers collect those fees and then keep part of that revenue and it adds up to hundreds of millions of dollars each year for them. take a very good look at your bill. talk about a close encounter, couple driving down a massachusetts highway when an ax flies out of a landscaping truck and smashes into their windshield. it stopped inches from this woman's face. >> it was right at eye level with this woman. so if this ax had penetrated through and hit her, she would have been injured or killed. >> police talking about that one. the driver of the truck says he accidentally forgot to secure the tool. he got a ticket for $200. those are your headlines. >> it was that close. thank you very much. john stossel says he and his family have ailments just like every other family. so how do they find solutions? take a look at this. >> we stossels have problem, back pain, stuttering.
but like many, we get help through experiment and tedious treatment. which experiments work? >> we just have to try things. >> let us experiment. >> tonight's show, john stossel joins us now. you say you've got problems. everybody has problems. which experiments are worth checking out? >> i can't judge for somebody else, but for my back pain, which i had for lots of years, i had to try lots of things and then this weird doctor says it's all in your head cures me and howard stern and imus and greg gutfeld filled. >> all the same way? >> all the same way. >> your back pain was in your head? >> i said how come everybody got back pain when ulcers got cured? he said psychological. he talked us through it. >> speaking of talk, you have chosen an unusual line of work to be in considering you were once upon a time a stutterer. >> i am a stutterer.
stutterers. finally i found one called the hounds communication reconstruction institute which helped. >> right. not just you. a model tried the exact same treatment and it worked. take a look. >> one of the potential -- one of the potential difficulties -- >> just a few years later, she was a regular on a tv game show where she spoke flutely. >> this one guy invited me on this trip. it was supposed to be so romantic. then he brings along his mother. >> fire went to the same clinic i went to where they reteach us how to speak. it's really boring 'cause they slow us down much more slow than that. >> it works. >> three weeks i was motivated to practice. it's been successful. i still practice. >> that made you happy. unlike the time you took some drugs to be happy? >> well, on the show i try
another experiment, oxy toesen, supposed to be the happiness hormone. >> we'll see if it worked. take a look at this. >> three, four, five, deep breath. >> what's going on here? he's experimenting on me, giving me a drug that's supposed to make me happy. >> you're going to feel more relaxed. >> scientists say you get a similar effect getting a hug. we'll try an experiment. >> your show is all about experiments. >> we show the hugs and the drugs. >> it's worth the experimenting and all the tries. >> and america is an experiment. george washington said, i don't think this democracy is likely to last 20 years. >> too many people don't take chance. when you take chance, you find something new. >> you can find you 9:00 p.m. tonight. fox business. thank you. today is the day when all of our summer interns bid us adieu and we do that with brian and bret. >> a quick message for bret and everybody else out there, if you see elmo, it's a different elmo on 42nd street.
they smell and they want ten bucks for a hug. so keep that in mind. bret klein is one of our great interns. you're going to go finish up at villanova. you had a choice between weather and sports. maria molina and myself. and you have chosen? >> sports. >> you are a very wise man. step to the mark, read sports, cue the music and start talking. >> vienna williams back on the court for the first time after getting sick at wimbledon. >> i mean, this really is just -- can't go on like this. >> at the bank of the west tournament in california, serena making a comeback in style and winning in two sets. now retiring a yankee, derek jeter getting presidential sendoff in texas. george w. bush honoring the captain in arlington by surprising him with a special presentation on the field. president bush gave jeter a signed photo taken the night bush threw out the first pitch after september 11. the president recalling jeter's advice back then, quote, don't
bounce it. they'll boo you. one fan getting a beer shower after a homerun lands right in her drink. it happened at the san francisco giants game against the pittsburgh pirates. with beer prices at ballparks expensive, that's one expensive homerun. >> good job! >> finishing up on the cheer. >> good job. >> thank you very much. >> your goal is? >> journalism at villanova. >> try to get some partying in. >> i will. >> it's not just about school. >> that's true. >> good job. >> thank you very much. >> hop on the train. , just like that. meanwhile straight ahead, are debt collectors like this calling your house in the middle of dinner. >> if you refuse to answer the door, i guarantee you, i will wake up every neighbor in your neighbor [ bleep ] building. >> is that lois lerner? >> there is a good way to get rid of those bill collectors good. a vote today to block the
president from giving amnesty to illegals that have grown up in the united states. but is that enough to keep our border secure? congressman mike mccaul joins us live.
welcome back. in just a few hours, the house set to vote on a border bill that will rein in the president's power to give illegal immigrants amnesty. does the bill go far enough to address the border crisis? joining us is the chairman of the house homeland security committee, congressman michael mccaull. good morning. >> good morning. >> tomorrow everyone set to take recess there. do you believe that this will actually get accomplished? everyone is going to leave with something signed, sealed and delivered? >> the house is going to do its job. this is a crisis that demands
action and leadership. we will provide that today. in several ways, one a message of deterrence. we're going to change the 2008 trafficking law which basically says that if you come into the united states from central america, you'll be treated just like we treat the mexicans with a very swift removal from the united states back to your country of origin back home in a humane way. secondly, deploying the national guard. the governor of my state has already activated the national guard. but it's the federal government's responsibility under the constitution to pick up the tab for that. so we will be deploying the national guard all throughout the southwest border as a border security measure. i think those two things -- the 2008 tweak is important because that will stop the flow coming into the country. once we send them back, they will stop coming in. >> sure. >> 2012, the president has this dream act, if you got brought here by your parents as a young child, you can stay. you won't be deported.
2008, trafficking was misinterpreted. now the senate has their own version. it has 2.7 billion in it. yours has 650 million in it. you're going to do your thing and amend those laws. but we're wondering here as americans, what's going to get done? what is harry reid going to do with that? >> well, i hope for once in washington we can be responsible and lead in a time of crisis. and solve problems. that's what we're doing as house republicans on our side. the money is appropriate go toward detention and removal and repatriation back to their countries. no new money. it all comes out of the fema disaster relief fund. you mentioned the 2012 executive action that in my judgment circumvented the congress. we're going to rein that one in as well with the vote on the floor. rein that in so that this president can no longer do that. the surge really started in 2012 when this executive action was put into place. >> exactly.
it was about two hours ago we had the governor of the great state of indiana, mike pence on this program. he was talking about how he discovered through the news that hundreds of these illegals were being dumped in his state. the government didn't tell him. it was the news media. here he is. listen to this. >> we have obligations, as you mentioned. it's about back to school time in indiana, but there is also potentially health, other welfare issues that we need to be prepared to deal with. i mean, it's completely unacceptable that we read about this in the newspaper. ferrying people around the country and not informing state governments and local officials about their placement or long-term placement with private individuals or with institutions is not the answer. >> why is it, chairman, the federal government isn't telling state governors who are going to be on the hook for school and welfare and food and stuff like that that they're sending these kids there? >> i think it's totally irresponsible. i've had this conversation with
the secretary of homeland security. why aren't you telling us where you're putting these children because the governors need to know. the county officials need to know. this will impact every member's district across the nation and i think to mike pence's point, under state laws, we are required to educate the children. in these cases, the children i've seen, quite frankly, their native dialect is an indian dialect. it's not even spanish of the they would be put into a special ed type class. >> you're going to need translators. >> this is why we need to stop the flow. that's why our bill i think is the answer to stopping this crisis and stopping the flow of these kids coming into the united states. >> all right. it's going to pass in the house. let's see what happens in the senate. >> clock is ticking. >> thank you very much for joining us live from dc. >> thank you. >> thanks for having me. coming up straight ahead. >> tired of debt collectors calling your house in the middle of dinner? i am. >> if you refuse to answer the door tomorrow, i guarantee you i
will wake up every neighbor in your entire [ bleep ] building! >> oh, boy. how to get rid of them for good, coming up next. first we're going to check in with bill hemmer for what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> we can't get rid of him. >> i'm still around. >> stop calling steve. >> that wasn't martha mccallum. >> no, she's much too sweet for that. come on. breaking news on the war in the middle east. are we closer to a cease fire today? we'll talk to an israeli ambassador about that. what did the web site for obamacare cost? this number will blow you away. stuart varney on jobs, why that number goes higher a moment ago and how conservative groups look at these newly found lois lerner e-mails. you're about to find out. see you in ten minutes.
according to a new study, more than 77 million americans have debts and unpaid bills that have been turned over to collection agencies. and where there are collection agencies, there are debt collectors making phone calls to your house, sometimes -- actually they're never friendly usually. >> i have to let you know i am call to go collect a debt. any information used. >> if you refuse to open the door tomorrow, i guarantee you i will wake up every neighbor in your entire [ bleep ] building. >> so those are some of the bad ones. how far can they go when it comes to tracking you down? here is peter johnson, jr. >> we're going to wake up every neighbor in your building! let's go to the question. >> here is the first question, peter johnson, jr. can a debt collector call my residence any time of the day or night? >> in their world, yes. in your world, no. it's against the law. only between 8:00 a.m. and 9 p.m send them a letter right away saying i don't want to pay this debt. i am disputing this debt.
they can't call you thereafter. do it quickly. >> the next one, can they call me at work? >> answer is no. they can not call you at work. they can call you once in terms of determining whether that's your actual location and get information from them. again, write them, i do not allow calls at work. my employer does not allow calls at work. do not call my work. >> speaking of work, can they garnish my wages? >> very important issue. they can only garnish your wages after a hearing, after a judgment has been entered, after you appear in court or if you don't appear in court, they will absolutely garnish your wages. they will take wages and your employer will be directed by law to take it out of your weekly or biweekly paycheck. so be careful on that issue. >> finally, the collectors make it sound pretty scary. can you go to jail over a debt? >> you can not go to jail over a debt in the united states of america. you used to be able to go to jail for a debt.
i'm not talking about a family law debt. i'm not talking about a support debt. i'm talking about a consumer debt. so when they call you up and say, you can go to jail, you can be arrested, they're violating the law. they're subject to a lawsuit. they're subject to paying you if you win such a lawsuit. >> before you go, how we stop them from calling? >> tomorrow, first of all, a letter within 30 days. repeated letters, letters to your credit bureau saying i don't want to pay this debt because i don't owe this particular debt. obviously if you owe the debt, you got to pay it or over time. tomorrow we're going to talk about ways to fight back and get out of problems with debt collectors and get out of debt in a smart, legal way. >> all right. great advice. peter johnson, jr., thank you very much. we got one for the road coming up when we continue rolling on live from new york city.
yesterday my daughter,
sally, turned 21, and my wife and i took her to cavern on the green for her first dream. she says it was her first drink. she couldn't finish it. happy birthday, sally. the good morning, everybody, the war in the middle east going to new level. israel calling up reinforcement. 16,000 more troops and vowing to keep shelling gaza until the mission is complete. that mission to shut down hamas tunnels. i'm bill hemmer, welcome to "america's newsroom." patti ann. welcome back to you. >> great to be here. i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum. israel storming homes in gaza trying to find those tunnels. [gunfire] bill: that is fierce street-to-street fighting in gaza city. israel facing increased backlash over the rising civilian death toll. accusation it is hit a u.n. schoolnd
chaplain for? talk to the counselors. >> thanks to everyone who responded. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> bye. good morning. it's tuesday, may 13. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. the white house told him to lie. that's the claim in timothy geithner's new memoir but now the former treasury secretary doesn't believe his own book. we're going to dissect the web of lies straight ahead. >> and he was the iconic voice of the america's top 40, but this morning. casey kasem isç nowhere to be found. the frantic search for the ailing radio star intensifies on this tuesday. where is casey? >> and no love in this elevator. beyonce's sister kicking and throw hay makers at rapper jay-z.
what caused her to flip out on the hip-hop mogul. i don't know, but i'd like to. mornings are better with friends. watch this. >> hi. this is brookland decker and you are watching "fox & friends." >> she went on from that voiceover to marry andy roddick and lived happily ever after. >> i wonder if theç connection from toba the audio guy who picks those is the video of beyonce's sister trying it deck her. deck him. >> we've got to find out what happens. there is an explosive story caught on tape shows you there's cameras absolutely everywhere. >> we're on camera right now. good morning. >> let's talk about timothy geithner's book, the latest former obama acolyte says i'm out, don't call me anymore because i'm writing a book.
>> he recalls that the white house wanted him to lie, mislead the public before he went on the that sound familiar? to discuss actually social security. so look at this. he's talking about dan pfeiffer's urging him to present the issue that it wasn't the reason for the deficit. he says, quote, i remember during one roosevelt room press session before i appeared on the sunday shows, i objected when dan pfeiffer wanted me to say social security didn't contribute to the deficit. it wasn't a main driver of our future deficits but it did contribute. pfeiffer says the law was a dog whistle to the left, a phrase i never heard before. he had to explain that phrase was code for the democratic base signaling that we intended to protect social security. >> oh man, this is big. a member of the administration admitting in their memoir that comes out today thatç the white house told them to go out and lie. as soon as this headline hit the fan, a close source to timothy geithner says timothy does not believe he
was encouraged to go out and mislead the public. really? so you're not supposed to believe the things that he wrote in his book. >> and quoted. >> look, he wrote the book. he remembered it so well, he threw in the stuff about the dog whip. >> anyone who has written the book understands there are many rounds of edits. you look at that a few times before it hits the press. >> weç watched timothy geithner through the most harrowing times in modern economic history trying to explain himself, his moves and some of the things he had nothing to do with and some of his exact policies. you have to wonder, he's one guy you could always look at and i think to myself someone has him scared to death, even when we were over the crisis, he gives that demeanor of someone who is scary. >> he's not a politician. >> right but he always looked like something terrible is about to happen. when it was said i need you
to show emotion, he was not comfortable. here is what he quoted in his book. she handed me the text and i skimmed the outrage i was expected to express. i'm not very convincing as an angry populist. i'm not doingç this i said. instead i sat uncomfortably next to the president while he expressed outrage. what was he talking about? expressing outrage that a lot of officers were getting bonuses in a time of crisis. >> he said america was furious about the overpaid bankers. stephanie cutter wanted us to show we were on the backside of the backlash but they had no legal authority to confiscate the bonuses paid during the boom. knowing the truth, yet pausing and saying i can't deliver this sort of upset. do you it, buddy. >> let us review what weç have learned today. tim geithner has written a book. what he has revealed is the white house told him to tell a lie when he went out
on the sunday morning chat shows. that sounds exactly what we learned about two and a half weeks ago that susan rice was told to go out there and spread that lie. the administration knew it wasn't a there and say it was a video even though we knew it was an act of terror. charles krauthammer, a doctor, says this administration has a problem. they lie too much. >> this white house has an arm's length relationship with the truth. you could argue that all administrations do. but here you get the idea that it's less than arm's length. it is actually a clearly manipulative relationship¿ with the truth that it is to be used or abused or inverted in order to, quote, send a message, to send a dog signal. everybody knows that social security is in deficit. the treasury makes it up. and, therefore, it contributes to the deficit. geithner knows that, and, therefore, he wasn't prepared to say an outright
lie, an obvious arithmetic lie. >> timothy geithner comes out and writes his book and now before the book is out 24 hours he is denying what's in it. we haven't gotten to theç point where glenn hubbard, a key romney economic advisor, told him he planned on raising taxes once he got into offices. he said of course i'm going to raise taxes. glenn hubbard came back and says i never said that. again, these are quotes. he didn't say i talked to him and then -- he gave us a paraphrase. he's quoting himself exactly. >> americans deserve the truth. and ultimately we were promised transparency from the president. this is 2008. >> i have a track record of transparency. i'll make our government open and transparent. we'll do it in a transparent way. i want transparency. i want accountability. so that the american people can be involved in their own government. let me say it as simply as i can.
transparency and the rule of law will be theç touchstones of this presidency. this is the most transparent administration in history. >> really? >> that's great to hear him say. unfortunately the facts don't seem to support that, mr. president. let's just take a look at a number of this administration's officials who have misled the public. we start with, of course, susan rice. she appeared on those sunday shows where she said that it was a video even though the administration knew that it was terrorism. hillary clinton as secretary of state referenced the video as the cause behind the benghazi attack. and we know that she spoke to the president at 10:00 that night. >> james clapper claimed there was noç program to collect information on american citizens; again something that we found out differently there. then the attorney general right here, we have this surveillance, the claim by the republicans. he said he knew nothing about it. the potential prosecution of the press. he didn't know. eric holder. >> then of course we have the president of the united states saying if you like your plan, you can keep your plan.
then later said i probably shouldn't have said that. it's hard to know what's going on. instead of a dog whistle just say things. say i want to tell the democratic base we are not going to touch social security. you don't need a dog whistle. just say that is what we're going to do. experts say of all the entitlements social security is the easiest to fix. we don't fix anything. we don't take care of entitlements and we certainly don't take care of social security. >> perhaps theyç have a different definition of transparency. >> you look at all this stuff, i think to this administration the truth is not important. getting reelected was. however, going forward, if i was like bob schieffer or chris wallace and ran a sunday morning talk show, i think i would want to have a lie detector on everybody who sat on the show from this administration. >> you should be personally offended if someone lies to you? >> as americans, we expect the truth from our government; right? shocking. >> if someone told you they remember told to lie and denies they wrote in the
book, i don't know where to start with that. that's why i'm turning over to heatherç nauert. >> she tells the truth. >> good morning, guys. serious news out of west virginia. it happened overnight. we start with a fox news alert. right now rescue teams are searching for two trapped miners after an underground coal mine collapses in west virginia. it is not clear what caused that collapse but we know the last safety review in twitter of -- in 2013 of the boone county mines had reports concerning the miners safety and health. families are at the mine at this hour awaiting more information. another fox news alert. brand-new evidence of another scandal at yet another v.a. hospital. this time in durham, north carolina. two workers there were just placed on leave for improperly manipulatinh the scheduling data. that's what they're calling it right now. this comes amid troubling allegations that a v.a. hospital in phoenix where 40 veterans died while they
remember waiting for similar treatments. another incident was reported last week in wyoming. >> this is not a game. this is life and death. this is dead real. and this is what we make a commitment to the people that defend us every day. >> there have been a lot of calls to the veterans administration secretary eric shinseki to step down but the white house continuing to stand by him. >> caught on camera, aç massive explosion blows the front off a house in new hampshire. this blast coming moments after a police officer was shot and killed while he responded to a domestic disturbance call at that house yesterday. police believe that the suspected gunman, 47-year-old michael nolan, may have been killed in that blast. nolan lived in that duplex with his father who was 86 years old. it is not known if he was home at that time. one other person was taken to the hospital with injuries. a bizarre story out of california. the radio legend casey
kasem is missing say his children. a judge is ordering an investigation into his disappearance and now appointing the 82-year-old daughter as his temporaryö conservator. >> my dad was snapped out of the facility. >> this is a part of a long running court battle between his children and their step mother. they're fighting over access to their father who suffers from advanced parkinson's and can apparently no longer speak. it is believed he might be at an indian reservation in washington state. those are your headlines. you read the tabloids, that is a story you read about a lot, the family problems there. >> that was heather nauert. let me tell you what's coming up straight ahead withç us. a mom taking care of her disabled son being forced to unionize, but she's fighting back. up next, the supreme court
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about government employee union, joins us to weigh in on this. good morning to you. >> good morning. this is a troubling case because it is about two moms who were forced -- these are mothers not in unions but their children had disabilities and to take care of them and get federal money these mothers had to unionize. they said that is a load of crap and they sued the government. >> one of the moms i met, susie watts, she takes care of her daughter who is a quadriplegic. she's had over $5,000 automatically taken out of her medicaid payments by the unions. automatically taken out, and she's been told if she wants to get medicaid payments to help take care of her quadriplegic daughter, she has to pay the seiu, the old union that president obamaç was an organizer for. >> sure. why is this one of the biggest labor decisions in a long time? >> if the supreme court rules for the workers and tells the workers that they
don't have to pay a union to keep getting government payments, all of a sudden the unions are going to have to work to get people to join them. they're not going to be able to take the money out ought mat khreufplt >> one of the -- automatically. one of the things about this particular case where these home health care employees, essentially the mom, is an employee of the government, even though she child, is that it's not the union that dictates exactly how things happen. it's the disabled person. so that makes it different than the regular union situation. >> what they've done is they've come up with this fictional kind of company which pays the person, and it's a government company. and this is how they're able to unionize all these home health care workers. what the unions want to do, what the shadow bosses really want to do is they want to be able to unionize the 21 million health care workers that you're going
to have under obamacare, and that will be billions of dollars to the unions, a private organization. >> sure. the way you've depicted it, it sounds like it was a dumb rule to start with, but it isúhhnging in the balance by one vote and extraordinarily the one vote is a conservative who normally you would think would not be for this. >> it appears. we don't know what goes on inside the supreme court, but justice scalia appears to be torn on this one because the fact is that he believes strongly in states rights and he wants to give the states the rights to make these decisions as opposed to have a broad decision. in this case a conservative justice may be the union's best friend. >> let's see what they do over there on capitol hill at the u.s. supremeç court. mallory factor, always a pleasure to be with you. thank you, sir. thanks for coming up from charles top. 18 minutes after the top of the hour. coming up, the devil tried making it to harvard but
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welcome back. time for quick headlines for you. the sudden death of a north carolina democratic candidate rocking the community there. keith crisco, a congressional candidate died after a fall inside his home. the 71-year-old had been locked up in a too close to call primary battle with former american idol star clay aiken. this is the biggest discovery since 1492. one exploreer he found christopher columbus's long lost ship the santa maria. the ship wrecked more than 500 years ago off the coast of haiti. brian was just talking about that. you're a prophet. >> meanwhile, leading a team to success on and off the football field is about more thanç x's and o's. >> you're down 20-0. you come back from that, now you're talking about something. >> 1:03 to go. >> you think football builds character. it does not.
>> he's going to throw it. he holds it. >> football reveals character. >> joining us is the man behind that oscar winning documentary "undefeated" author of the book called"against the grain: a coach's wisdom on character, faith, family and love," bill courtney. how have you taken what you've done on the footbpl field to a different school and how did it help you build your business? >> the 30,000 foot view is this. we can be inclusive and forward-thinking and open minded without abandoning the core principles that got us here in the first place, and those core principles that built that football team are the same principles that built my family and built my business. >> and you've had success all around. let's break it down as best we can and people get the book and find out more. what do you think of hard work? >> i think we have developed this entitlement mentality in a lot of different places and not just in the entitlement
among those disadvantaged among us, but there's an entitlement among the wealthy, an entitlement among the affluent. this entitlement that these kids learn strips them ofç the dignity they get from a hard day's labor. >> if you don't have money, it's somebody's fault. if you have a lot of money, i don't need to do that? >> i think they're equally disturbing because of the lesson it teaches our kids and because it takes away the dignity you get from looking in the mirror at the end of the day and saying i earned that. we've got to get back to teaching the importance of that dignity in our lives. >> take pride in what you do. search for civility. it's easy to have civility when you're up 20-0 or about to win a championship. when you'reç down, how does that confer? >> how we treat those we opposed says more about us than even our own opinions do. we have to search for a civil attitude so that we can find commonality and
come together. frankly, business, sports, society, family but that may be the best for the folks in d.c. >> you also -- that's absolutely true, the nation's capital. you say grace appears in a forgiving heart. what do you mean by that? >> i mean that so much of what keeps us back can be our own anger, our own desire to get back at someone that wronged us. there's difference in a pardon and forgiveness. everybody has to answer for what they've done. but forgiveness is bestç for the forgiveer because you're allowed to get rid of all that angry feeling you have toward another person. we have to get back to being civil and being forgiving so we can move on and find commonality. >> because if you hold that grudge, you're wasting your time. you're wasting your energy. >> it's hurting you worse than the person you're not forgiving. >> we just scratched the
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welcome back. it's your shot of the morning. haagen-dazs is setting up shop on our plaza in honor of free cone day. >> my favorite day of the year. >> and of course with an inside scoop, maria molina. >> good morning, steve, elisabeth and brian. happy tuesday here. it is free cone today. joining me this morning is rob shell, you are director of franchise for haagen-dazs. thanks so much for joining us this morning. why is today free cone day? >> we do free cone day as kind of a give back to our customers. we do it every year on the second tuesday in may.
>> you are debuting two new flavors? >> two new gelato flavors at haagen-dazs shops. theç carmelized banana chip and tiaramasu. >> i can give a preview of what it tastes like. this is tiaramusu. very, very good. the other flavor? >> carmelized banana chip. >> this is what it looks like, everybody. very good. what times can people go to the stores? >> today from 4:00 p.m.ç to 8:00 p.m. at over 170 participating stories in 27 different states. >> lastly, 200,000 cones were given away and you're trying to break that record. >> this year we're
determined to break it. come on by any haagen-dazs shop. find your nearest location at our hag again dozen facebook page. search under the locator or haagen-dazs.com. >> let's look at the weather conditions across the country because if you live across the southeastern united states you will want to get a scoop of ice cream. we do have very warm temperatures ahead of a cold front. right now it is producing areas of rain anywhere from texas up into the state of illinois. there even is a flooding concern especially acroác parts of texas where many areas could be seeing over six inches of rain. we have a number of flood watches in effect across parts of the southern plains. tomorrow severe weather possible from mississippi up into parts of ohio. large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes possible. take a look at the highs today. we mentioned it is going to be warm across the southeast united states. in raleigh, north carolina, your high today 93 degrees. it is going to be a toasty
one. get some ice cream. behind that front on the cool side. >> maria on the streets. maria, we'll take threeç tiramasu to go. >> if i leave you any. >> from the scoops out on the streets of new york city to the scoop of the news. >> good morning. we're talking about the phers -- mers virus. hundreds of people in the united states could be at risk after a second case of the deadly mers virus is discovered here. a man in florida is being treated for the deadly illness. this case and one coming out of indiana are believed to be connected to saudi arabia. doctors say neither case is severe but they are warning an estimated 500 people who were on flights with two of those patients to be on the lookout for them.ç murderers, sex
offenders set free while waiting to be deported. the center for immigration studies looked at this and say the convicts were released last year and it slams the obama administration for freeing thousands of convicted criminals, some who were waiting the outcome of their cases. the immigration group says more than 36,000 convicted criminal aliens were turned loose in 2013. yesterday we told but this story and here's an update for you. good wins over evil on the campus of harvard university. a student group planned satanic mass was canceled followingç outrage from religious and educational leaders. members from the cultural studies club claimed they wanted to move the mass but couldn't find a new location. christian students say they're glad it was called off and still can't believe the college would allow this in the first place. listen. >> i'm just ashamed that in an environment that's otherwise committed to intellectual freedom but also to civility would be
allowing such a hateful event to happen. >> the group claims that the mass was a historic reenactment and that it was meant to be educational. okay. beyonce and jay z all smiles sitting court side tenets game last night -- at the nets game last night hours after video wasç released showing solange attacking jay z in an he elevator. you can see her as she punches and kicks jay z as a bodyguard tries to hold her back from him. at the end of the clip beyonce pulls her away. this went on for three and a half minutes. the celebrities haven't spoken out yet but the standard hotel where this happened blasted the person who released this video saying they're shocked and disappointed. it is a clear breach of our security system. there were a lot of fists flying in that elevator. somebody very upset about something. >> stuart, can you tell us what happened with thatç
video? >> no, i cannot. >> fine. thanks for coming by. >> let's talk about this. there is another nightmare at the i.r.s. a new report shows the aiming is i spent nearly $100 million on office furniture over the last five years. >> the i.r.s. is asking for even more of your money for its budget next year. stuart varney, what do you think about that and how is that possible they can be asking for more money by throwing it out on furniture. >> $100 million for office furniture since 2010 does sound a little obsessive. >> everybody's already got chairs. >> maybe taxpayers are a little hard on the furniture when they go to the eurps -- i.r.s. office but it is more thanç was spent on furniture during the entire eight years of the bush administration. this is another black eye for the i.r.s. this is an agency which gave $2.8 million in bonuses to people who have not paid their own taxes. this is the agency where
lois lerner is in contempt of congress. this is an agency that wants another $1 billion to police obamacare. this is the agency which brought in an extra $132 billion, the latest seven months of this year, $1.2 become is what they want extra. >> theç lack of funding has made it difficult to provide the service taxpayers deserve, a quote. >> government is not efficient. government does not work efficiently. bureaucrats create bureaucracies which work very inefficiently and spend money. they have a voracious appetite for money and spend it on things like $100 million for office furniture. >> jack lew said they need $100 million to crack down on conservatives. he didn't say that. i'm adding.
right now the federal government hats seen so much money come in, they've got more money than they know what to do with. actually they'll spend it. nobody is talking about that. >> in the lastç seven months the i.r.s. brought in an extra $132 billion compared to last year. the taxpayer clearly doing their part to get that deficit down. the i.r.s. spending it on stuff like $100 million worth of furniture. there is a link between the two. >> that is not responsible. certainly why in that harvard poll you saw young people saying they lost faith in government agencies. stuart varney we will be watching you at 11 a.m. probably more on this? >> i shall check on that. >> thanks for being with us. >> still ahead a texas gun dealer under fire for this sign, but he's got a messagehfor his critics and that's coming up next. >> our military considering the first chaplain who doesn't believe in religion or god. do we really need someone to represent atheists? judge napolitano surely is
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likes his voters undocumented. he then said it was a joke. he put the sign up supporting the texas gun policy that does not require firearm registration. elisabeth, over to you. >> an atheist group is demanding an atheist chaplain in the military. they claim as more atheists ep list they -- enlist they need somewhere to go for support. is the d.o.d. being politically correct? fox news judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano on that. this isn't the first time this has come down. i think it'qç 3.6% of those in the military identify themselves as being atheist. how will this play out? >> i'm not surprised that people are asking for this, but it is surprising that the mr. dodd: is -- that the
department of defense is considering this. they have more things to do than to figure out how to provide a chaplain for an atheist. a chaplain is provided for major and minor religions for people who believe in god and who need religious services because their heart and morality tells them so or the religion to which they belong requires it. atheism isç not a religion. it doesn't fit within any of the definitions for federal statutes or for circumstances under which the federal government has to provide this. this is political correctness gone crazy. >> this is about the 14th amendment then. how does that play in? >> the atheist group argued a clause in the amendment called the equal protection clause which says the government has to treat similar people in a similar way somehow forces the defense department to provide chaplains for atheists. the 14th amendment regulates states, not the federal government.
and the part of the constitution that talks about rights the federal government has to recognize has exceptions in there for the military. understanding, as the framers did, that when you join the military, youç give up certain rights. >> we've seen those reins loosened. is this a trend? >> we've seen the reins loosened. there are circumstances under which you can have beards. there are circumstances under which you can have long hair. there are circumstances under which you can have tattoos. but the concept of a chaplain for an atheist, if someone needs counsels, it's there. if someone needs a support group, it's there. i don't know what this chaplain would preach since atheists don't believe in god. >> is this an attempt to remove a chaplain of a religious group that is larger? >> i think it isç an attempt to make the military seem more soft and cushy. i think in ten years we'll be laughing at this.
>> right now it is just under 4% of those that identify as such. if that grows indeed, will they be forced in a way to have a chaplain? >> no. the congress would have to change the laws in order for the atheists in the military to force the military to provide them with chaplains. >> this meeting today is not going to put forth -- >> this meeting today is really an effort by the brass of the military, the civilian brass of the military, secretary hagel and his people, to keep the lid on complaints. i don't think theç complaints are loud and i don't think they're going to come long and i don't even think they're serious but i think he wants to nip them in the bud by talking to these people. it doesn't hurt to talk but it would be absurd to have the federal government spend money to have people preach about atheism. >> interesting perspective. coming up, meet the mayor, brian says.
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fatty foods and details it in "the big fat surprise." she joins us now with such great news. so please explain, this is great. we have some comparisons here. why is that good for you? we keep hearing it's not. >> we've been living for 50 years with the low fat diet and the problem is that when you reduce fat, you increase carbohydrates. we eat 25% more than we did in the early 1970s. your body needs fat to be healthy. and the main thing we've been told is that saturated fats are bad for you, that saturated fats and meat and butter and cheese are bad for you. but that all goes back to one scientist in the 1950s who thought fats caused heart disease -- >> one scientist? >> it was one scientist. in the face of the nation's fear of heart disease, he came up with the idea that it was saturated fats that caused heart disease. he got that idea implanted into
the american heart association and the rest is history. >> let's fast forward to today. as people think about what they should eat, should they have the bagel or bacon and eggs? according to the conventional wisdom, you don't want all the cholesterol and fat in the eggs and bacon. >> right. so this idea became so ingrained that we just feel like it's common sense. how could that possibly be good for you? and the reality is that that contains saturated fat, yes. but the evidence against saturated fat has really dissipated, disappeared, and it is no longer -- >> so we choose the egg? >> you choose the egg. >> and the bacon? >> over the bagel? >> over the bagel, which is empty carbohydrates. >> brian will kick the bagel out. >> here you go. >> you can give it away. >> what about at lunchtime? if you had the choice between a green salad or egg salad, conventional wisdom says go with the green salad. >> but you should go with the egg salad even though it's high in cholesterol, the cholesterol in egg does not translate into cholesterol in your blood.
that has been known since the 1970s. >> so it's good for you without the bad effects that everybody thinks it has? >> it's good for you. eggs also contain a loft nutrients -- lot of nutrients. so eggs are really nutrient dense and really good food. >> a lot of people eat the egg white. >> all the nutrients are in the yoke. they're missing it. >> the questions are getting hard. carrots, pita versus heavy meats and cheese. >> this is the most counter enduretive. everyone would choose hummus. bread is high in carbs and carrots and pita. carbohydrates in your blood become glucose, which triggers insulin, which is the king of all hormones in storing fat. zero in that up with. will and also a lot of nutrients. >> right.
down here at this end we've got butter and steak and sausage spatties versus the low fat yogurt. you say steak wins by a mile. steak and butter. >> steak is really rich in nutrients. it has good fats, the same is true of butter. what happens with low fat products is when you take the fat out, you have to put something in to replace all the texture -- >> they put sugar in. >> they're putting carbohydratessed based, almost always sugars. a serving of this is like having a snicker's bar worth of sugar. >> wow. >> is there a limit to the amount of fats? i'm thinking what are the guideline when is having this type of fatty food? >> leave the butter. take the yogurt. >> is there a limit in a day? could you have all of this? >> you could have all of this in a day. the best, most rigorous scientific trials over the last decade show that a higher fat diet is healthier than a low fat diet in terms of your diabetes, heart disease, and obesity, hands down.
definitively that's been shown. >> should you be worried about cholesterol if you're not doing the low fat and suddenly you're eat ago lot of cholesterol? >> again, the cholesterol in food does not translate into cholesterol in your bloodstream. >> i like that. >> good news for everybody out there. >> so fatten up, america. we showed you how. >> we're getting a bunch of thank you tweets and e-mails. >> that's the good news. it's just that you don't have to feel guilty about eating those foods. >> thank you very much. real pleasure. >> thank you. >> coming up straight ahead. >> another day and another veteran affairs hospital called out for delaying health care to our nation's heros. where is the president on this one? didn't he promise to fix that problem? >> then just call this a royal hoax. >> who is this guy? >> we had a bunch of different dairies. >> one was an actor. one was an athlete and the other one was prince harry.
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athlete. and the obvious one was that he's prince harry. >> it's a new dating show and that guy looks like prince harry. but it's not him. these single ladies are in for a royal surprise. oh, boy. that's going to be great because tuesday mornings, always better with friends. >> this is darius runninger and you're watching "fox & friends." >> elisabeth, when you were playing football, darius rucker co-hosted the show. you remember that? >> i do remember. >> he wanted us to join the blowfish and go on the road with him and i said no, we're going to stay here. it was a good move for us to stick around. >> i think so. he also was a welcome voice on my first day. i love that. >> he welcomed you to the show. >> yes. >> listen, today as we welcome you to the 7:00 o'clock eastern time hour of the "fox & friends" program, we got troubling news to tell you. it sounds like the white house, every chance they get, if they
need to, they lie to us. that guy right there, former secretary of the treasurer, tim geithner. says in a new memoir that comes out today that he essentially was told by the white house to go out there on tv on the sunday chat shows -- sounds familiar -- and lie. here is a quote, it says i remember one prep session before i appeared on the sunday shows. i objected when dan pheiffer, communications director, wanted me to say social security didn't contribute to the deficit. it wasn't a main driver of our future deficits. but it did contribute. pheiffer said the line was a dog whistle to the left. phrase i had never heard before. he had to explain what the phrase was. it was code to the democratic base signaling that we intended to protect social security. so there you got dan pheiffer saying okay, tim, go out there and lie on tv. >> right. a source close to geithner actually said he doesn't believe that he was encouraged to go out and mislead the public, even though he's writing about it in this book on multiple occasions.
going to 2009 that he indicates that stephanie cutter, a democratic strategist and in charge of communications messaging, he tells a story there of how she handed me the text and i skimmed the outrage i was supposed to express. i'm not very convincing as an angry populous and i thought it would look ridiculous. i'm not doing this, i said, and i sat uncomfortably next to the president while he expressed the outrage. there he's referring to americans being furious over the fact that bailouts were -- >> that was the president doing the fake outrage. >> the president said how outraged he was when ce oh,s were getting bonuses after the bailout. everybody is -- it's unbelievable, he wrote the book and is walking back the quotes in the book that one time he
accused mitt romney of saying we're going to raise taxes if elected and he said i never said that. the book has been out a day and everything that's interesting in it, he denies is in it, even though he wrote it. how unbelievable is that? steven hayes weighed in. >> every administration from every political party engages in spin, but the entire point of spin to a certain extent is to avoid saying something that is outright false. but we've seen the administration say this, whether it's you can keep your plan, when the white house had studies show people wouldn't be able to keep your plan, whether it was the benghazi talking points saying the white house didn't have any substantive rule, or the obama administration political team didn't have any sub santel role. we know those things were not true and if geithner is right in the way he recall this is in his book, this would be add to do that list. >> absolutely. when tim geithner writes, i believe that he remembers it that way, the fact that a source close to geithner now is
spinning it and they're trying to parce the words, it reminds me of, well, that depends on what your definition of is is. i'm surprised that jay carney yesterday, came out and said we didn't tell him to lie. i'm surprised he didn't say dude, that's so six years ago. >> you remember everything because there is quotes around it. >> what difference does it make anyway? this is not the first book that's come out indicating there is a lack of transparency in this administration. bob gates' book indicated the same thing with i believe wording when it came to an opaque administration, their control over messaging. >> he said -- in all the administrations he worked in, prior to nixon, he says it's the most controlled centralized messaging that he's -- administration he's ever been a part of. >> the editor of the "new york times" says the same thing. so when we see the geithner information on top of the ben rhodes e-mail that they tried to get susan rice and she willingly
went along and lied on sunday chat shows, it's disappointing. meanwhile, are they lying about what's going on at the v.a.? there is more trouble at the v.a., disarray at the v.a. two employees in durham, north carolina, have been placed on administrative leave because apparently they, too, falsified records between the years of 2009 and 2012. they're now audited. >> phantom appointments that didn't exist, possibly for the same thing, to get incentives, to act as if they're efficient when they're not and the actual veterans are paying the price by not getting care. >> and trying to look good at the front office here, they're making them wait months and months, possibly leading to the deaths of many. anything over 14 days is required to be put in writing. we're seeing all these falsified records there. when you see jay carney, though, really indicating that the president still has such confidence in general shinseki, who is at the head of the ship
here, it makes everyone sort of raise a brow. >> the president remains confident that secretary shinseki is focused on this matter and he's confident in secretary shinseki's ability to lead the department and take appropriate action based on the findings. >> okay. so we're going to have to wait 'til the i.g. comes out. it's a mess right now. we know that. they had two sets of books and it was just to make them all look good. i was looking in the arizona republic newspaper this morning. there is an item that says that in phoenix, i want to say he's 87 years old. 87-year-old vet who is alive to this day, he was waiting for the v.a. to call him back for his hospital appointment, so he called 911. the only reason he's alive is because the locals came and picked him up. the republican congressman from the great state of illinois, he's in the national guard. he was an iraq war vet. he is horrified by the way that the v.a. is treating our american heros.
>> this is not a game. this is life and death. this is dead real and this is what we make a commitment to the people that defend us every day. look, not only do people need to be suspended, not only do they need to be fired, we need to talk about who needs to end up in jail over this. >> that's real outrage there. that should be coming from the white house, should be coming from jay carney when our veteran s who risk their lives come back, only to die in some secret waiting list. no faux rage from convincinger there. we hope to see real solutions moving forward. >> we need whistle blowers to come forward and talk about what's really going on or else everyone seems to be covering their butts and hope their name doesn't get called. meanwhile, heather nauert, tell us what else is happening. >> good morning. big news out of west virginia. a lot of folks want to hear about it. fox news alert, right now there are rescue teams searching for at least two trapped miners after an underground coal mine
collapses in boon county, west virginia. at this hour, families gathered at the gate of the mining complex as they await information on the miners who work at the brody mine. it's not clear what caused the collapse just yet. the last safety review which took place in 2013 discovered about 250 violations concerning miners' health and safety. this happening overnight about 10:30 p.m. eastern time. we'll keep you posted as we get new information in this morning. in the meantime, a rutgers university quarterback arrested and now facing up to 20 years in jail in connection to a brutal bar fight in minnesota. philip nelson has been charged with first degree assault for beaing a 20 yearly in critical condition. surveillance video shows kolstad hitting the quarterback in the back on certified. no word on -- saturday night. no word on what prommed that. his voice heard on the air for decades. >> thank you and hello again,
everybody. welcome to america's top ten. >> this morning, casey kasem's children say he's missing. a judge ordering an investigation into the radio legend's disappearance. he also appointed the 82-year-old's daughter as his temporary conservator. >> jean kasem moved my father to hide him from his family and friends. >> she referred to jean. that is the stepmother. there is a long-running court battle between his children and their stepmom. they're now fighting for access to their father who suffers from advanced parkinson's disease and can no longer speak. the children believe he may be at an indian reservation in washington state. this story is for us. you ever get tired of all the rants and tweets on twitter? there is a new feature that may fix that problem. there is a nitwitter mute button and allows users to silence their friends and others without unfollowing them. the people you know won't know
they're silenced. their tweets will vanish from your time line. you can unmute them at any time. those are your headlines. a great feature to have. >> especially if you do a morning show and people out there in tv land write something appropriate or inappropriate. inappropriate, you can get rid of. >> yeah. >> tweet us now if you think you deserve to be muted. >> did you just mute me? >> yes, i did. you kept it under 140 lip movements. >> it was you. >> here is what's coming up straight ahead. unmute steve. >> meet the democrat mayor from new jersey who told feds, take your godless ceremony elsewhere. why he refuses to remove prayer from a citizenship ceremony. he joins us live, coming up next. plus, bittersweet news for all of your chocolate and wine lovers out there. truth about the health benefits may be a little sugar coated. >> back to beer. >> something to whine about.
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citizenship shoney becoming a battle ground over religious freedom. >> the democratic mayor of new jersey pulling the plug on the federal naturalization function when the government told the city they couldn't allow an opening prayer at the event, even though it's been a town tradition since it was founded. >> that's right. the mayor joining us this morning. so this is actually a strong stand that you took here when you were asked six months ago. what happened? >> about six months ago, the federal government, immigration
naturalization services asked if we would host a swearing in ceremony and we were thrilled. this is a densely populated community, but a melting pot. we have a lot of new immigrants, always have. we thought it would be a nice opportunity to really host this swearing in and highlight the diversity in the town. >> sure. and things were going along great until? >> things were going fantastic. we had exchanged the agenda and the program. all of a sudden this past tuesday, we get a call and e-mail from immigration. they said you have to remove prayer and the moment of silence from the agenda. they said it cannot be part of any federal program. >> did you think we were joking? >> yeah, there was some communication back and forth. i said this doesn't make sense, especially in light of the recent supreme court ruling. we shot back, no, it's going to be part of it. they said it cannot be on the agenda and part of the program. i said take your ceremony somewhere else. >> and they did? >> and they did. carteret is a very diverse community. lots of brick and mortar
religions. we've always respected one another and respected everyone's faith. >> and in the town square, you got a christmas tree. >> we do. >> there is a public menorah. >> we do a menorah lighting in front of city hall and a christmas tree lighting at our main park. >> you open ceremonies with a prayer. >> we certainly do. from our veterans day services, memorial day services, any public event, even our council meetings open up with a moment of silent prayer. >> so this is important to you. it's important to carteret. why? >> it's certainly important to our community because it's faith based community. it's infringement upon our first amendment rights to have a prayer. >> did you have any interaction with the immigrants, new immigrants? >> we did not. i'm told from the feds there would have been a few from carteret. >> what was the general reaction? >> the reaction from the feds was that they would simply move the meeting if we wouldn't allow it to be hosted. the residents overwhelmingly support the idea of letting them go somewhere else. this is a god fearing community. >> so they moved it to the
federal building in newark, 20 miles or so away. wasn't int. it's clear what they missed. they didn't start with the prayer as you would have liked. why do you think they do this? >> we raised that and they took the position that even in light of the supreme court decision, that it doesn't apply to federal agencies. they said they don't want to offend anybody. i don't understand. if you didn't want to participate in the prayer, you can sit there quietly or stand quietly. >> i don't get that. the house of representatives opens with a chaplain reading a prayer. >> ironically, the oath that they take to become a citizen acknowledges god and they recite the pledge of allegiance. >> what about critics who say you lost out on an opportunity here? what do you say? >> that's find. we're happy to have them go somewhere else. >> thanks so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> good for you. 18 minutes after the hour. up next on this show, a marine back from afghanistan for two weeks to escort his little sister to the prom. the school says no way.
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time for news by the numbers. first, $58 billion. that's how much democratic governors have increased taxes since 2011. 58 billion. republican governors have signed over $36 billion worth of tax cuts during the same time.
next, zero. that's the number of years that will be added to your life by eating chocolate and drinking wine. researchers failed to find any evidence that there was an ingredient found in the skin of red grapes and in chocolate is linked to a longer life. and finally, $35 million. that's how much you're going to need to buy the house made famous by al pacino in the movie "scar face". 10,000 square foot mansion sits on ten acres in california. not in florida as was where scar face lived. you could call it a royal hoax. >> oh, my god. >> is that who i think it is? >> we're thinking, who is this guy? >> we had a bunch of theories. one was an actor. up with was an athlete. and the obvious one was that
he's prince harry. >> well, obviously it's fox use they reality show "i want to marry harry". the prince is just a look alike. how do we know? he's here and he looks like him. joining us right now. >> matt hicks. not harry. good morning to you. >> thanks for having me. >> how long have people told you, you know, you kind of look like prince harry? >> mainly the last five or six years. >> all right. >> not very long. >> that's how you got the job on fox? >> they found you, right? >> yeah. i had some pictures on a look alike web site and i've done a few tiny jobs. >> here. turn this way because here, look at that. >> i never seen him with a beard. >> doesn't seem like you need a makeover. you went through training to learn the personal behavior and also other things. >> not so much personal behavior, but i had to learn his military career, scandals, ex girlfriends, his schooling, his
hobbies. when i was dating these girls, i had something to talk about. >> he's had an interesting life to look up. >> yeah. >> he managed to live like a normal person and royalty. >> right. and the information was pretty public so you had to get it right. >> i think i might have slipped a few times. >> so the girls didn't know. were they told okay. it's prince harry? >> they were brought over and they were told it was anglin bachelor. >> we have the meeting where your face was revealed, but they never said, ladies and gentlemen, here is prince harry. >> they just said this. >> we'll have to save that for another time. >> we'll find out more later. >> hopefully if you stick around for a while. >> so in the beginning, you were wearing the mask and then you revealed your face. you never came out and said, i'm prince harry. the producers never said i'm prince harry. the girls kind of put it
together, right? >> yeah. they were left to come to their own assumptions. >> you never own up to it? >> i never confirm who i am. >> sure. >> at the end of this, what does the girl get? >> you? >> there you go. >> fake harry, every week another girl is knocked out of the cast, right? >> yes. >> at the end, it's you and this -- >> and the final lady. >> and then is there -- aside from you, is there cash? >> i believe there was a prize at the end for the lady. >> normally a relationship built on a stack of lies would would not be off on the right foot. hi, i'm choosing you, now let me tell you who i really am. >> yeah. and let's go from there. >> start with an i'm sorry. >> got to be really sorry. >> is there somebody in there for you that you saw already? is there potential? >> there is potential. there were some cool girls on the show. >> i want to watch.
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front off a home in new hampshire. look at that right there. that blast happening moments after a police officer was shot and killed after he responded to a domestic disturbance call at that house which is part of a duplex yesterday. police believe that the suspected gunman was 47-year-old michael nolan and they believe he was killed in that blast. nolan lived at home with his 86-year-old father who was taken to the hospital to be checked out. one other person was hurt. we'll keep you posted on any new developments as we get them. a fight over fouls in miami sent one guy to jail and another to the hospital. if began when 55-year-old quentin putnam was asked by a neighbor not to feed the ducks roaming around their neighborhood. the neighbor, david lawn, claims it's not the first time he's made this request after minutes of arguing, putnam started throwing punches. >> he's on top of me and he's pounding me with the heel of his
hand. my back, my neck, my head. >> putnam is now facing a felony event and ordered to stay away 50 feet from the other guy. he put his own life on the line to save his fellow soldiers during an ambush in afghanistan in 2007. just a few hours from now, u.s. army sergeant kyle white will be given the nation's highest military honor, the medal of honor. the 27-year-old was on "fox & friends" on sunday. take a listen to this. >> you don't think about what you're doing, especially in that moment with that much fire coming in. your adrenaline is pumping. all you know is you have a fallen comrade out there who needs your help. >> six american heros died that day. a marine is back from afghanistan for two weeks to escort his little sister to prom. but the school ends up turning him away? >> i would not be going inside the prom. i was just going to be escorting
my little sister on the senior walk and they said i could not do that because i was also not a student at the school. >> oh, come on. robert addison says there are no hard feelings for the high school, which he attended as well. school officials blame the incident on an unfortunate miscommunication. such a shame. those are your headlines. let's head over to maria for a check of the weather. >> good to see you. i want to take a look at a cold front that's moving eastward today across the country and it is bringing areas of rain, from texas up into parts of indiana and also illinois. with this system, we are going to be seeing some areas of heavy rain and the potential for flash flooding across western parts of the gulf of mexico, with some areas potentially seeing more than six inches of rainfall in a very short amount of time over the next several days, so that is a concern for flash flooding. the risk for severe storms also in place, from mississippi into southern parts of the state of ohio. if you live in cincinnati, nashville, hem fix heads up.
-- memphis, heads up. temperature wise, it's below average in terms of high temperatures. look at denver. your high today, just 51. in the 50s in rapid city, minneapolis. ahead of the system, very warm. making it into the 90s this afternoon in parts of north carolina. now let's head over to elisabeth. >> he is the world's first and most recognizable super hero. ♪ ♪ >> just a bit later today, superman hall of heros will be honoring the everyday heros in the name of superman. joining us now david burke, paraolympic gold medalist and matthew reeve who will accept it on behalf of his father, christopher reeve. we are so honored to have you here today. this has to mean so much to each
and every one of you. ten inductees at 11:00 o'clock, exceptional, just backgrounds that you have, strength and diligence. i want to start with you accepting on behalf of your father. surely the ultimate superman. what would it mean to him? what does it mean to you to be accepting on behalf of your dad today? >> he'd be particularly given the caliber of the other inductees. he'd be greatly honored. it's astonishing that 35 years later after that his performance still resonates with people. more so for the courage and bravery he showed after his accident. >> absolutely. decades deep the loyalty goes for their ultimate superman there and super hero. i would like to see centuries as we move forward, congratulations >> thank you. >> when i think about your accomplishments, unbelievable. summer and winter olympics you
medalled there for paraolympics. when you reach this moment today to be honored in this way, it has to almost mean as much as the gold. >> it's up there. i've had a loft pinch me moments in life. when i got the invitation for the superman hall of heros, it's that moment you just -- is this my life? and i'm in such good company. we had a little cocktail dinner last night and i got to meet the other inductees and so honored and privileged to be part of this. >> oh, my gosh. they are overjoyed to have you. david, your work in the kitchen is incredible. the cheffery, everyone enjoy what is you do. but what you do outside of the kitchen is pretty great. you've been helping communities for a long time and kids who are hungry. what you did after hurricane sandy in terms of getting help out there was wildly noted i think among the communities there. what does it mean to you? >> first of all, it's a great honor to be inducted into this
and especially the inaugural one. we got to meet each other last night, very inspirational. it's great to be recognized for doing something that helps other people. i'm fortunate, i cook and i have food and i have access to food and trucks and things like that. so to be able to help out in hurricane sandy, which is where i grew up, was a natural. i think helping i get a lot -- a joy out of being able to help as i do feeding someone in a fine dining restaurant. i think helping people that can't necessarily get food on their own table is a real pleasure for me. >> it certainly did help a lot of people. i love the idea that this is about inspiring others through what you do in your community and really working to help others. i know your foundation has worked to help those overcome adversity. you have overcome adversity. you've helped during times of adversity and people can nominate, correct, through father's day.
is that right? >> right. it's an on line gift giving portal where people can nominate someone who they admire for bravery, generosity, what have you, and say thank you to their own personal heros. they create a submission and it's a way to say thank you and appreciation. >> sure. thank you to all of you and the inductees today later on at 11:00 a.m., we'll get to see the real heros. don't forget to nominate yours. and our hearts are with your family always. love what you've done. >> thank you. coming up, same drug, same company. now a dying boy being denied the drug that could save his life. peter johnson, jr. here with the details on that latest fight. lurks no love in this elevator. what caused beyonce's sister to flip out on hip-hop mogul jay-z. no hero award there.
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while lashing out at the other driver. and the video everyone is talking about. beyonce's sister punching and kicking brother-in-law jay-z in an elevator as a body guard holds her back. the celebrities have not responded. the standard hotel in new york city blasted whoever leaked that video, saying, quote, shocked and disappointed that there was a clear breach of our security system. timoney geithner denied that quote. steve? >> all right. same drug, same company, now a different dying boy being denied the compassionate use that could save his life. fox news legal analyst peter johnson, jr. has this story. >> i think all americans need to hear this this morning. 21 month old boy with leukemia at john hopkins center is the latest child begging for a life saving drug from the same company which refused to provide it in the past. you may remember the drug company from the case of josh hearty covered here on fox which repeatedly refused to provide
that dying boy with a drug and that's been shown to treat the virus which can be deadly. the company received $70 million in federal money to develop the drug. they finally relented and gave josh the drug under a new pilot program. josh is out of the hospital today and his mother says he's growing stronger every day. the company's stock rose after the controversy, and said a compassionate use company to help people who can benefit from the drug was too expensive. now they initially refused to provide again compassionate use or a spot in the national trial to baby judson of lockwood, new york, who is suffering from the virus and is currently on a ventilator at johns hopkins. tammy shepherd's grandmother spoke to me from the icu last night and told me the baby has been battling leukemia since he was six months old. he said he's touch and go.
this drug is his only hope and said a team of doctors and nurses were rushing to his bedside as we spoke. judson's family originally told he could not receive treatment at johns hopkins because it was not part of the trial. now after our calls to the company, they may be changing their mind. about an hour ago, i just received this statement from the company. there are currently ten clinical sites partnering in the trial across the u.s. all of which have agreed to accept pediatric and adult patients transferred to these locations. from our ongoing communications with this young patient's physicians and administrators at johns hopkins over the last several days, we believe he may be eligible to participate in the trial. we submitted an additional list of questions last night which the company has so far refused to answer. >> that's quite a story. so for folks watching, we had this other case, josh hardy, a while back and you helped him
get the drugs that saved his life through that company. >> same company and same drug. >> and the same circumstances. compassionate use. so now suddenly after you called, they go, oh, maybe we could -- it seems to me that there ought to be a better system other than the threat of dragging a company on to television to these people the drugs they need. >> i think that's why we're talk being it. this is an inherently unfair process. one at the drug company level. two at the f.d.a. people should not be having to call me at 8:00 o'clock at night to say, my grandson is dying and this drug company will not act. and they've done this same routine in the very, very past. there is an inherent instability, a confusion, a lack of reliability in terms of getting the drugs that we need. this one particular company, they decided, we don't want to spend money on a compassionate use program. and after days of discussion
here on fox and on social media, they said oh, we're going to set up a pilot program. but they would not let this boy and they still have not let this boy, judson, from lockwood, new york, 21 months old, dying of leukemia and this virus into this program. they say we may let him into this program after we called last night. people should not have to be put to those kind of steps to call up legal correspondents on television to get their children the medications that are available and should be available under compassionate use. >> it's crazy that they would -- this boy is adorable. >> he is. >> it's crazy that the company would say, we don't have the money for those programs. they have $70 million worth of federal dollars, right? >> they got $70 million. do they have a corporate obligation? no. do they have a moral obligation as an american company? yes. if you're interested in this issue, you can go to www.foxandfriends.com, the family asked we put up a petition asking the company to
provide the life saving drug for this little boy, judson. this is an incredible story. we're going to talk more about the f.d.a. and companies like this and how and why you should get the drugs that you and your family need. >> i'm glad you brought this to our attention. peter johnson, jr., america's lawyer. >> thank you. straight ahead, are you a recent college graduate or about to get your degree? good news, more than half the employers want to hire you. cheryl casone with the companies you need to apply to. she's already got a job, by the way. but first on this date in 1607, jamestown, virginia verge was settled as colony of england. in 1999, rickey martin had this song that we were all living to. "la vida loca." ♪ ♪ good job! still runnng in the morning? yeah.
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>> time for the answer to today's trivia question. it is stevie wonder and our winner is cindy from fulton, missouri. you'll get a copy of brian's book. "george washington's secret six." a great read there. speaking of that fantastic guy, we have some stories coming up before we see him. driving is not safe for pregnant women. a new study showing women in their second trimester are more likely to get into a car crash while they are pregnant than in the years before. researchers attribute this to fatigue, nausea and anxiety. wi-fi in your car. for $5 a day, owners can access it through on star. at & t will handle this connection. it's big gamble for gm, especially since most of us connect while riding in vehicles any
anyway. hey, class of 2014, we have good news for you. a career builder study found that 57% of employers plan to hire new college graduates this year. up 53% from last year. here with the details on those companies, cheryl casone. before you take your graduation robe off, let's pick up the phone and make a call to enterprise? >> i mentioned this company. they own enterprise and alamo and own national. they have a really good managementogram. you're probably thinking, i have a business degree. why do i want to work at enterprise? >> because this is a company that will train you, give you great skills, promote from within. you get paid while you learn management skills. it's actually a really good company. they're looking for interns, 1500. but 8500 college grads. that first trip out of college, a company like enterprise is a smart move. >> especially if their training programs are respected by other
companies. >> price water house? >> one of the big four. accounting. accounting companies are great for recent grads, especially if you have a tax degree, accounting degree, a degree in business or finance. really good company. pricewaterhouse. 4900 full-time jobs, 4100 interns for 2014. >> two of my friends had that job out of college, have never let go of it. it's a great company. at & t, i believe it's phone company. >> yes. you probably heard. second largest provider. telephone, mobile phones in the country. 1200 student grads they're looking to hire. technical jobs, business sales jobs, retail managers. if you have a technology degree, engineering degree, a business degree, computer science, data science, engineering, any of that, great stuff. we're talking about working for the company, development, things like that. >> if you graduate without a good gpa and they ask you, just change the subject. >> golden corral. >> 500 restaurants, 41 states.
they need managers. i have know what you're thinking. but if you have a hospitality degree, this is a great move for you. again, management experience. you can make 44 grand right out of the gate if you're right out of college. you got those student loans. you got to pay them off. don't live in the basement. they need managers. 500 jobs. >> get more grilled chicken and hurry up. accentuer. >> this is management consulting, technology. you're thinking, consultant, what can i consult when i'm right out of college? actually they like to train, promote from within. they need people to have technology degrees. they're looking for about 1,000 people now. this is all entry level, but it's a great company, especially if you have digital experience, text, things like that on your resume as well. these are all good companies today. >> even if i don't get out quick, you'll have morning anchor, there is an opening if i don't get out right away. thanks so much. i appreciate it. coming up, the white house
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good morning. it's tuesday, may 13. i'm elisabeth hasselbeck. a fox news alert. breaking at this hour, a mine collapse in west virginia turning deadly. we have the developing details on that straight ahead. then the white house told him to go out and lie on tv. that's a claim in timothy geithner's new memoir. now the former treasury secretary says he doesn't even believe his own book. great. laura ingraham is going to help us dissect the web of lies. >> that could hurt sales. he's got one of the most famous voices in america. >> thank you and hello again, everybody. welcome to america's top ten. >> this morning casey kasem is nowhere to be found. the latest in the search for the ailing radio star.
according to most reports, tuesdays and every day are better with friends. >> this is tommy lasorda. you are watching "fox & friends." >> wow. what a show. >> thanks, tommy. long time friend of the program. doing a little voiceover work for us. >> right. he gets paid well for that. handsomely. he insists on it. >> it's the dirty little secret. every time we have someone famous, we say before you go, would you mind saying it? and we have a million of those. >> you both are recognizing them off the bat than i am. >> the part where he said, i'm tommy lasorda -- >> that should have clued me right in. >> right. you will have to jerome bettis. >> no, i'm not. >> i just saw him in the green room and governor pence. laura ingraham in just a second. >> but not quiet.
you know what's crazy about jerome -- >> the last time we met, 'cause my husband gets to spend some time with him at work. we met at the super bowl with the steelers. >> oh, yeah. he was actually playing? >> yeah. at the time, i was a serious seahawk fan, so it didn't go well. >> because your brother-in-law was on the other team. >> two minutes after the top of the hour. heather nauert has breaking news. >> yeah. we've been following this story through the night and into the morning. we have an update. moments ago, i got off the phone with the state police and they have confirmed to fox news that two coal miners died after an underground mine collapse in boon county, west virginia. that's in western part of the state. this collapse happening about 10:30 p.m. last night. it's not clear what caused that collapse. the latest safety review in 2013 discovered 250 violations concerning miners' safety and
health. we can confirm two dead. we'll bring you the latest as we get it. his iconic voice heard on the air for decades and decades. >> thank you and hello again, everybody. welcome to america's top ten. >> but this morning, casey kasem's children say he's now missing. a judge now ordering an investigation into the radio legend's disappearance. he also appointed kasem's daughter as his temporary conservator. >> my dad was snatched out of the facility he was staying at. >> jean is their stepmother and this is the part of a long-running battle between his children and their stepmom. they're fighting over access to their father who suffers from advanced parkinson's disease and we're told can no longer speak. it's believed he might be at an indian reservation in washington state. we'll keep watching that story. hundreds of people could now be at risk after a second case of the deadly mers virus is discovered in the united states. a man visiting florida is now
being treated for the respiratory illness. this case and the first one which was identified recently in indiana are connected to saudi arabia. that's where the virus originated. doctors say neither case is considered severe, but they're warning an estimated 500 people who are on flights with these two patients to get checked out. and then there is an atheist group that's demanding an atheist chaplain in the military. the military association of atheists claims more atheists are enlisting in the military, so they need somewhere to go for support. now the department of defense is considering a change. is this political correctness gone too far? judge andrew napolitano weighed in earlier today. >> atheism is not a religion. it doesn't sit within any of the definitions of federal statutes of circumstances under which the federal government has to provide this. this is political correctness gone crazy. >> the military association of atheists, there is such a
group -- is meeting with the defense department to talk about appointing a president for that position. and those are your headlines. one story we're following is that west virginia mine collapse, we'll keep you posted as we learn more. >> thanks for doing the work on the phone. meanwhile, your e-mail and tweets have been pouring in. this is what you have to say about that atheist chaplain. timothy writes chaplains in the military are officers and required to possess a theology. what degree would an atheist chaplain be required to have? >> bill says any member of the military can meet with any chaplain at pretty much any time. the judge is right. this is more time wasting insanity. >> go back to your seat and don't say a hail mary. and wr jones tweet, what's next? a car dealer who sells bus tickets? thanks for all of your responses. we appreciate it.
laura ingraham joins us. you will not have to weigh in on the atheist story. >> unless you will to. >> guys, look, it doesn't surprise me at all. christians, faithful christians found themselves in the crosshairs in our military, in our culture. we saw what transpired last night at harvard. at the last minute, of course, power to the faithful, the thing was moved. the heretical was moved off campus. that's the last group that you can attack, demean, denigrate, discriminate against with impunity. i think christians and people of faith are starting to stand up and say no, you won't. we have rights, too. i'm glad about that. friends of mine were at the protest last night at harvard. they were sending me photos of the mass that took place in protest to venerate the host and communion. it was 2,000 people. so i think it has a boomerang effect. the faithful come out and say,
no, we will stand up for our religious rights. i think people across the country, whether you're jewish or christian or even muslim, you want to stand up for your religious rights, do so. we still have a country that's supposed to respect religious freedom and we need to all remember that and stand up for our rights. >> amen to that. >> so listen, laura ingraham, when you write your biography, make sure when you do your book tour you deny most of the quotes in it. that's the kind of stuff that treasury secretary is off to. listen to what he's quoted as saying in his own book. it is authorize the biography. he says, i remember during one prep session before i appeared on the sunday shows, i objected when dan pheiffer wanted me to say social security did not contribute to the deficit, it wasn't a main driver of our future deficit, but it did contribute. pheiffer said the line was a dog whistle to the left, a phrase i had never heard before. he had to explain to me what it hadn't, signaling that we intended to protect social security. >> a couple of things there, guys. number one, we now know that the
left considers its base a bunch of unruly canines, dog whistle blower. they look down at their base, number one. in these biographies, do you recognize a trend here? the author, or the subject of the biography always comes off in the best possible light. tim geithner, well, i objected to this and i thought this was bad. well, if this was actually going on in the white house, i don't deny it was, i think it probably was given what else they said about obamacare and the recovery and so forth. but didn't tim geithner as a public servant have a duty to actually resign at that point or go to the american people and say, you know something? i'm being asked to say things that are actually untrue and i'm not going to do it because i actually believe in ultimate truths and the truth is social security is a driver of our debt and we're in real trouble when it comes to funding social security. but instead what he does is he
stays in office, stays in the cabinet. then he allows this book to be written and he comes out with this book and we're supposed to say oh, tim guy geithner, you're really a stand up guy. i think these people whose salaries we pay have a duty to the people, not to dan pheiffer or the president of the united states. their duty is to the taxpayers who pay their salaries and tim geithner on this issue should have actually come forward and said something at the time. >> sure. you know what? by that statement, susan rice, who was told just exactly the same way. she was told go out there and say it was the video. he was told go out there and lie on tv. they were both told to lie on tv. by that measure, susan rice should say, laura ingraham has got a good point. >> would you do it? if someone said to me, i want you to go out there -- this isn't really true, but we want to tamp down this benghazi deal. yeah, it's going to look bad for us and our base. they're going to get pavlovian
on us. i would say you better find someone else to do this dirty work. >> we have a conscience, right? >> right. >> you have to have a conscience to be able to do that. >> right. this is why americans in both parties have ultimate cynicism when it comes to washington. they don't believe republicans. they don't believe democrats. there are so few people who seem to have honor in our government, on capitol hill, and in the executive branch that it's a rarity when we have someone say i'm not going to do this. i don't agree with everything they're saying, but they're actually telling me to say something that is untrue and i can't do that. i think i would stand up and applaud if any individual did that today. >> while we have you fired up, i want to ask you about immigration and customs enforcement releasing 36,000 convicted criminals awaiting deportation convictions, drunk driving, be a straighted sexual assault, homicide here, your thoughts? >> the president is set to
announce a policy that will relax deportation and clarify deportation rules in the united states. we have people who committed dui and then went on to rape children. you have to google it and you'll see all these examples of why illegal immigration is not a, quote, victimless crime. we hear about the dreamers. dreamers are all valedictorians, okay, fine. what about the people who are 27-year-olds raping three-year-olds after being convicted of a dui? i think republicans and democrats should stand up for the people of this country who are often victims of these crimes. >> it shows what a great risk it is for the president to do this because if that does happen, we hope it doesn't, you know exactly where all fingers will point. >> you'll talk about that on your radio show in about 50 minutes from right now all across the country. thank you very much. >> thanks, guys. coming up, another day, another veteran affairs hospital called out for delaying health care to our nation's heros. where exactly is the president
on this? didn't he promise to fix that problem? then if you oppose common core, you're probably a far right extremist trying to destroy public schools. huh? that's what was said by one group. indiana governor mike pence just got rid of the curriculum and joins us live to weigh in. answer the governor, who is your governor. >> i like that. ♪ ♪ help keep teeth clean and breath fresh with beneful healthy smile snacks. with soft meaty centers and teeth cleaning texture,it's dental that tastes so good. beneful healthy smile food and snacks.
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right. well, they're wrong. the state of indiana was the first state to drop the common core and joining us right now is the man who made that happen. the governor of the great state of indiana, mike pence, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what do you think about that criticism? >> it's just unfortunate. the reality is throughout my public career, like i think most americans, i've always believed that education is a state and local function and the federal department of education was created by president jimmy carter. while 45 states just a few years back adopted the national standards known as the common core, we've got millions of americans that have been rising up and being heard, including in indiana and saying look, we want to right our standards and write our curriculum and choose our textbooks in our own state. i'm proud of the fact that indiana was the first state in the union to legally withdraw from common core and go through the process of writing our own standards. >> what is it about common core you don't like?
>> well, at the core of it, if you will, is my objection to the notion that the standards that are written for hoosier kids and hoosier schools were crafted somewhere other than indiana. look, part of the genius of the american experiment is that the states throughout our nation's history have been laboratories of innovation and been able to style policies like we have in indiana that deal with the unique populations and unique challenges. there are some things obviously, kids in first grade need to know certain levels of math and we have a gateway exam for kids to be able to learn to read before they can go on. so there are some things that are, in fact, a minimum standard. but i wanted standards in indiana to be written by hoosiers for hoosiers and to be uncommonly high and we went through the process and accomplished that on our own.
>> good for you. you're the first state to do it. as governor, i want to get your reaction to this, since 2011, governors of states who are democrats have enacted over $58 billion worth of tax increases. meanwhile, as you can see screen right, $36 billion of cuts to taxes by republicans. >> i think we've heard that before. >> it sounds like one party wants to raise your taxes and the other party wants to lower them. >> it explains why in 29 states led by republican governors, you're seeing the kind of growth that we're seeing. i'm proud that indiana has the lowest unemployment rate in the midwest. we've been able to pass balanced budgets, have strong reserves, invest increased funding in roads and schools and education innovation. but since i was elected governor, we've also passed some $650 million in annual tax relief. and all of that creates an environment where we're seeing
real growth in indiana. we got one of the fastest growing labor forces in the country, unemployment is on the downward trend and more hoosiers are going back to work. i think the american people can see a real contrast here between republican-led states and states led by democrat governors that are more inclined than ever it seems to raise taxes and grow government. >> that's one of the reasons you're in new york city. you're talking to different businesses with relocating to your state, which would be great for your state. >> when i'm in new york, we love to tell new yorkers, if you can make it here, you can make a lot more in indiana. >> i like that. that's catchy. what about your future? i know you were elected governor in 2013? >> 2012. took office in 2013. >> that's exactly right. so what's next for mike pence? are you thinking of another run for governor? are you thinking maybe something in washington, d.c. over on pennsylvania? >> steve, i have to tell you,
having been elected governor of the state that i love is the greatest honor of my life. it's consumed all of our attention and while i've read recently some people have talked about me and other things, i'm going to stay completely focused on the future of the people of indiana because this is an extraordinary time in the life of our state. i just have to tell you. look at indiana where we have balanced budgets, we're a right to work state, we're lowering taxes even while we're investing in infrastructure and education innovation. it's one of the reasons we had the lowest unemployment rate in the midwest, fastest growing work force. >> that's why he's the governor! he knows the story. >> indiana is on the move. i'll stay focused on the future of the state of indiana. let my future take care of itself. >> thank you very much. >> thank you, steve. >> good luck to you. it's now 20 minutes after the top of the hour. switching gears, coming up, no tackle football here. 7th graders forced to play flag football over safety concerns. is this just the woosification
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now time for headlines on this tuesday morning. clay aiken is now the democratic congressional candidate for north carolina in his district because his opponent, dead. 71-year-old keith krisco died after a fall inside his house. before his death, the primary battle with aiken was too close to call. and forget the moon. nasa now ready to land people on an asteroid. like that movie. astronauts started training, but the mission won't take place until after the year 2020.
let's go outside to the bus stop. >> as you know, elisabeth, jerome bettis is one of our great friends. he's going to talk about asthma and allergies. first things first. in football, the draft is over. let's talk about the future of the game. talk about head injuries and health. in 7th graders in texas, east texas, the whole school district says this is too rough. i don't want kids getting hurt. no more tackle. they're playing flag. >> in texas. >> the state that covets football. you have to understand the concern is that real. i understand that. i grew up playing flag football. i didn't play tackle football until high school. ninth grade. so i understand that you can still have a successful nfl career playing flag football. but more importantly than that, it's the concern i think with parents about their children.
children have long-term issues dealing with concussions. >> the demand for the sport is still there. you have over 100 million people watching the super bowl. something you're familiar with. even though it pained me at the time, i love you and so happy for the steelers now. but you have people wanting to watch the sport and parents who love the sport and kids want to play the sport. but we want to keep them safe. shouldn't we be working on ways to keep them safe, better means of tackling, better methods, so they don't get concussions? >> lieutenantly. i think that's what's happening now. you see the big push, especially with the nfl, in terms of educating the coaches. teaching the coaches the proper way to show kids how to tackle and teach kids how to tackle and play the game. i think that's the natural progression of how this is going to work. now you have to go back to education because that's the key in this process. educate the parents, the coaches on what they need to do and i think that's how it starts. >> there is something else you want to educate everyone on and that has to do with saving
lives. we're talking about concussions and long-term, but also allergies. you have an allergy. >> i have a shell fish allergy. it's life-threatening. a lot of people don't understand what anaphylaxis is. it's an allergic reaction. if you have an allergic reaction that is so much that it could be life-threatening. so that's why there is a new device that's available. >> hold it up. >> it's an auto injector that has audio and visual cues. when you pull it out of the sleeve, it talks to you. >> it does. i actually -- we witnessed our friends using this on one of their kids, saved their life. it's automatic. it tells you what to do. true life saver. >> it is. you can get more information on their web site. we've got a new program that is called what's your hey q. trying to educate, get people
educated about anaphylaxis. >> the thing is, in certain passing situations, they pull you out. i want to make it known on our team, you're always in the game. as we talk to steve, could i send you into motion or could elisabeth send knew motion -- send you into motion? >> absolutely. >> jerome bettis will break tackles all the way through broadway. do not try to tackle him. he does not go down easily. >> brian and elisabeth and jerome, thank you very much. coming up next on our show on this tuesday, no love in this elevator. beyonce's sister attacks her brother-in-law, jay-z. how did that video get out? who took the picture of the picture? now the hotel is responding. smack down. and is on line flirting
considered cheating? a judge says yes. it's grounds for divorce. is this legal insanity? arthur aidala, dr. keith ablow take on brian
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some political news. during his visit to the white house today, the president of uruguay lectured president obama about the dangers of smoking. then when obama said oh, i quit, hillary clinton ran past him into the oval office. >> that easy. funny stuff. what's that guy's name? >> seth myers on late night. >> they all look alike. >> 27 minutes before the top of the hour. still a lot of show left. >> that's right. someone who doesn't look like anybody else, heather nauert. >> thanks. good morning. got news to bring you. we talked about this story out of harvard university the past few days. good defeating evil on the campus of harvard. a student group satanic black mass that was to be planned for last night was canceled after locals became outraged by it. members of the cultural studies
club said they wanted to move the mass, but couldn't find a new location. christian students say they were relieved it was called off, but still can't believe the college would allow this in the first place. listen here. >> as members of the university, i'm just ashamed that in an environment that's otherwise committed to intellectual free tom, but also to civility would be allowing such a hateful event to happen. >> the group claim the mass was a historic satanic reenactment and that it was meant to be educational. beyonce and jay-z all smiles sitting court side at the game last night hours after this explosive video surfaced that is getting a whole lot of attention this morning. take a look at this. it shows beyonce's sister attacking her brother-in-law in an elevator. the video lasts 3 1/2 minutes. take a look at this. kicks and punches and all kinds of stuff. this happened at a party last week in new york city. you can see as her sister punches and kicks jay-z while a
body guard tries to hold her back. at the end of the clip, beyonce actually pulls them away from one another. they haven't spoken out about this yet. but the standard hotel where this happened blasted the person who leaked the video saying it's, quote, shocked and disappointed that there was a clear breach of our security system. and listen to this, is it the biggest discovery since 1492? one explorer is now saying that he has found christopher columbus' long lost ship, the santa maria. that ship apparently wrecked in a storm off the coast of haiti more than 500 years ago. researchers say they are confident that a full excavation will prove that it is the explorer's actual ship. pretty neat. and just call her a future obstetrician in training. an eight-year-old girl helps deliver her own baby brother. >> are you having contractions?
>> yes, very bad. >> i want you to place the palm of your hand -- >> it's coming out. the baby is out. >> oh, my. crystal snyder went into labor two weeks early. it happens. her daughter heard her screams and called 911. the dispatcher gave the instructions and six minutes later, a healthy baby boy was born. jasmine received a certificate from the hospital nurses for her bravery. how cute is that? look at that little girl. those are your headlines. an eight-year-old. well done. >> no kidding. >> see you later. >> i love that. 24 minutes before the top of the hour on this awfully busy tuesday. we've dispatched maria molina to the streets of new york city where it was a little breezy earlier. >> it's a little breezy out here. it's making it feel chillier. we're in the 60s. but you really need that jacket as you head out the door, at least throughout the morning hours due to the wind here across parts of the northeast. i want to take you farther west where we do have a storm system that's moving eastward and early this morning, it's producing areas of rain, from parts of
texas, up into illinois and there is a concern for some flash flooding. especially across eastern parts of texas and up into parts of arkansas due to the very heavy rain that's coming down. it's going to continue to come down with several inches of rain expected out there. not only today, but tomorrow. tomorrow, you have the risk for severe weather from parts of mississippi, up into ohio, cincinnati, nashville, memphis, jackson. heads up, you could be seeing that severe weather tomorrow, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. temperature wise, above average across the southeast. then 90s in parts of north carolina. cool hyped that storm system. only 50s for you in parts of colorado and new mexico. now let's head over to brian. >> thank you very much. infidelity, a french judge ruled using on line dating web sites while matter isn't only cheating, it's grounds for divorce? the case involves a couple married for 18 years. the wife caught flirting on the internet with a man she never met. but the judge granted the
breakup saying it was the sole fault of the wife who shared intimate photos of herself with a number of men. is this ruling fair or legal insanity? joining us now, dr. keith ablow and arthur aidala, a legal analyst. again, he says he went to school. we'll go on their judgment. >> i got diplomas. >> first off, do you agree with the french on this one? >> it's even easier in the united states of america. you don't even have to go that far. if one of the persons says it's irreconcilable differences that have been going on, the general rule of thumb is more than six months, that's grounds for divorce. it used to be you had to prove you haven't had sex in over a year, adultery, abuse. now it's just like nope, we haven't gotten along in over six months. >> if you're flirting on line, are you cheating? >> absolutely not. >> who raised you, young man! >> when did marriage become about only the romance? that's not a --
>> monogamy? >> taking care of kids, being financial partner, best friends. what 18-year married couple is sending naked photos of themselves to each other? hence, none. hence, it can't be part of the marriage. so how can it be grounds for divorce? >> how about we start the trend that the 15 year wedding anniversary you start sending naked photos to each other? i think that would be helpful. >> that's your friend, my trend. >> it's a good trend! >> there is flirting and then there is flirting. >> this judge said they were naked pictures. >> arthur, with your legal background, are naked pictures back and forth, maybe you're proud of your body. >> okay. it depends. if you're entering a body building contest, then she's proud of it -- what this judge looked at it, he didn't look at it from a fidelity point of view. >> a slippery slope. the bottom line is, look, we're not going to seed reality to technology that quickly in dr. ablow's office.
and couples -- if there is to be fault divorce, i think it should be no fault, this is not the fault. >> okay. thank you. we proved as a society is there is no fault. >> if you leave your spouse over cheating, you never loved the person. >> whoa! wow! hold on. don't let that go. if you leave your spouse over cheating it means you never loved them? >> i wasn't going to let it go. i was going to enhance the conversation. i was not going to leave it there. i can't let it go. this is all i got. one third of divorce litigation is caused by on line affairs. so you're saying that one third of those relationships are based on nothing? >> in my office, if couples come in and say, i'm leaving because she cheated, i say well, good. go. because you never loved her anyhow because if that physical breach is going to make you forget that she gets sick, you're not going to take her to the hospital because you never loved her --
>> listen to this, 46% of men consider their relationships to be infidelity. if you have a female client, you're more apt to have somebody who wants out. >> correct. >> my mother wanted to know, does dr. keith know about your situation? >> we have video. >> what he said is correct. a lot of divorce lawyers ask you before you get divorced, would you give your wife a kidney now if she needed it? you either say i'd give her the kidney or i'm getting divorced. >> bottom line is, i've been married lots of years. infidelity would not crush my marriage because my relationship is made up of more than the physical. >> do both parties feel that way
>> all right. dr. keith -- listen, just you two promise never to agree. >> we hardly ever do. coming up before i get yelled at, another day, another veteran affairs hospital called out for delaying health care to our national heros. where is the president on this? didn't he promise to fix that problem? your e-mails and tweets are pouring in. then she sings the songs we all know and love. country star kellie pickler. she not only is a great singer, a great personality and she just waved to me. it's to me, right? ♪ ♪
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bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev are in court attempting to get their trials moved out of massachusetts. they are accused of removing incriminating laptop and fireworks from dzhokhar tsarnaev's dorm room following last year's bombing. president obama awarding the medal of honor to army sergeant kyle white. the 27-year-old risked his life to save fellow soldiers during a deadly ambush in afghanistan in 2007. arlington national cemetery will be marking the 150th anniversary of its first burial. descendants of the first soldier buried there will attend a special wreath laying. steve? >> that is in arlington, virginia. here is a story out of durham, north carolina regarding the v.a. hospital there. we've been telling you over the last couple of weeks about the scandal that started in phoenix where they had a secret second list because any time you go in to a v.a. hospital, you've got to get care within 14 days, otherwise there is a problem.
well, another thing down there in durham, two employees have been placed on administrative leave because they, too, did this illegal selling thing. only two we know of obviously this thing is getting bigger and bigger. >> and the big question is, do they need a change at the top or do they need more aggressive management micromanaging down below? a lot of you are weighing in how to fix this and whose head should roll. >> diane said those responsible for mistreating our vets should be jailed. this behavior is disgraceful. >> terry on facebook writes, our government releases illegal immigrants accused of crimes ranging from d.u.i to murder, while imprisoning our veterans in a dysfunctional system. good point. famously, the v.a. hospital, people have talked for years about well, there is a lot of red tape and they got -- some of them lousy customer service. but outright corruption like this? that's shocking. >> yeah.
>> disheartening to think about our nation's heros going and risking their lives to come home and die waiting on a list? >> this is the good place. >> this is supposed to be where we're taking care of them. where is the promise? where is the outrage and where is the accountable and where is the president on this? where is the commander in chief? >> no kidding. >> standing behind general shinseki. we'll see what happens. meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, our final guest of the day. >> she is fantastic. one of country music's finest and this morning she is here live. superstar kellie pickler coming up and there, getting a touch up. >> martha mccallum has been in the chair and is ready to go. >> all touched up and ready to go. good morning. thanks so much. coming up this morning, a bizarre story out of north carolina where the runoff with clay aiken is over because his primary opponent died. we're going to tell that you story. disturbing news about the dangers of releasing some illegal immigrants. and a scuffle in the elevator
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well, her southern charm and big voice captivated the "american idol" audience eight years ago. ♪ oh, baby got to get out ♪ just got to get right out of here ♪ ♪ . >> what a flashback. since then kellie pickler's big win led to a strange of country music hits. but the music competition show still guarantees success for its breakout stars. here to weigh in is kellie pickler herself. >> hello. >> that was a couple hairdos
ago. >> i'm sitting here like whoa, wow. a lot has changed since then. weird to look like that. i feel like an antique idol. >> never. >> you were up and coming. we said it's eight years ago. you confirmed it. you came in sixth place. at that point, you had 20 to 30 million people watching. >> yeah. >> your life would never be the same. now it's down to about 7 million. how much is left. >> which is still a lot of people. >> it's a lot. but how much do you think is left in the franchise with idol, the voice and everything like that? >> there is a lot of reality singing competition shows out there. so i think you just have to find ways to reinvent the show and make it interesting and different than the season before it. >> it sounds like "american idol" is going to be cutting back the number of hours that they broadcast. >> are they? >> yeah, they are. >> for one day. >> they're going to cut it back to 37 hours next year. >> how does that affect the voting? >> that's a good question. as you look in and watch idol, is there something you think maybe they should do this and it
would pep up the ratings? >> i don't know. >> or do you think it's just perfect the way it is? >> i think like i said, there is always room to kind of reinvent. but keep it like it was. of course, i miss sigh -- simon. >> what's this? >> so crazy. >> i remember watching that and loving you then. >> that definitely takes me back for sure. >> this is a chance of a lifetime. >> it was. i've been so blessed. people ask me, what's it like to be on the show like that? for me, i can't complain. it was really the rocket that launched my career. and it enabled me to do what i love, which is be a part of country music. and us be a part of special things and do what i love. >> i love how you're so humble throughout all your success and so thankful for all that and the people who loved you dearly.
i know you have an important message today. your grandma died from lung cancer. >> she did. she was young. she was 66 years old. she was diagnosed with lung cancer in january of 2002 and she died the very next day. so it was very sudden. there she is. that's actually the last picture that we took together before she died. >> now you're getting that message out? >> yes. i was really shocked by that. i think there was 1% of women in america are even aware that lung cancer is the number one cancer killer for women. >> i had no idea. >> i was blown away. it's estimated that more than 72,000 women in the u.s. will die from lung cancer this year. >> terrible statistic. what do you want people to do? >> we need to get everyone rallied up for lung force at lungforce.org, find out how to
get involved and raise awareness. we need to be more educated on how we can prevent this and treat this. longforce.org. >> it's that simple? >> your grandma would be really proud. i know she's looking down, smiling. >> amazing to be part of something like this. obviously near and dear to my heart. so i think it's important. i love to sing, i love the music. but when i'm able to be part of something like this that really matters and helps save people's lives -- >> a lot of people are listening and a lot of people are going on line right now. >> thank you. >> kellie pickler, ladies and gentlemen. >> fame has not changed you at all. a few tattoos, that's it. >> that's it. >> we'll be right back. whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in.
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kellie pickler hanging with us now. tomorrow a former u.s. marshall revealing secrets about the marshall service. you'll be shocked. listen to army rangers. and normal or nuts. >> she'll be in the after the show show. log on right now. >> be yourself. bill: good morning, everybody. we have been watching this story throughout the night. a tragedy in west virginia. at least two people confirmed dead after a mine collapse. two minessers are trapped beneath the rubble. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: the word is the roof fell in. families rushed in get news of
righteous citizens must step up and make the country work. justice is something we should all expect and stand by police to make sure justice is done, even if other police are the ones we question. thanks for watching. i'm al sharpton. "hardball" starts right now. the return of mccarthyism. let's play "hardball." good evening. i'm chris matthews in san francisco. let me start with the return of mccarthyism. i speak of the behavior of senator ted cruz who accuses president obama of undermining the relationship with israel. it is cruz once again with the reckless charges of joe mccarthy
in the 1950s. as he once suggested future secretary of defense chuck hagel was taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from north korea or saudi arabia he now accuses barack obama of working mischief against israel. didn't this country have enough of this stuff 60 years ago? when the reckless communist mccarthy was brought down? is senator cruz trying to mimic the bad old days or just so ignorant are of what those tactics did he's not aware of the horror of mccarthyism all over again. it makes cruz someone who doesn't care what he says as long as it rings the bell at the county fair, makes noise on the right. the place where he set his willful ambition. have you no decency? apparently not . joining me is joe klein and ed rendell, former governor of pennsylvania. senator cruz objected to a temporary f.a.a. ban on flights by u.s. airlines to israel
yesterday, a ban put in place tuesday as cautionary measure after hamas rocket landed near the israeli airport. the decision also came in the wake of downed malaysian flight mh-17 last week. while some in israel and the u.s. objected to the ban because of the economic impact on israel senator cruz implied a for nefarious motive saying, "the facts suggest that president obama has just used a federal regulatory agency to launch an economic boycott on israel in order to try to force our ally to comply with his foreign policy demands." here is houma rhee harf responded to the allegations yesterday. >> senator cruz said the flight suspension is economic blackmail and the obama administration is doing this to punish israel. >> that's ridiculous and offensive. the f.a.a. takes these responsibilities seriously.
they make decisions based solely on the security and safety of american citizens, period. for anyone to suggest otherwise is just ridiculous. >> in turn senator cruz doubled down on the allegations on fox news last night. >> yesterday we saw the f.a.a. make an unprecedented decision to ban all air travel to the nation of israel. i have asked today the very simple question -- did president obama just unilaterally launch economic boycotts on the nation of israel? is this a political decision? was it driven by the white house? by the state department? if it was based on airline safety, as they said, why did they single out israel? why not ban travel to pakistan or yemen or ukraine where a commercial airliner was shot down. instead they targeted israel. >> they did ban travel to ukraine. flights to israel were restored this morning after the f.a.a. lifted the short ban which
lasted about 36 hours altogether. let me go to joe klein on this. let me say this. i know what cruz is up to. he's shouting from are the rooftops in a reckless way. making charges. he doesn't feel the need to substantiate. tell me what you think of this guy, what he's doing. >> it's gotten worse over the last few hours. cruz is now saying he will hold up all state department appointments until there is an investigation that gets to the bottom of this. we need our state department people out in places like israel and the palestinian area. this is just gamesmanship. you look at the larger picture, all the noisy investigators in the republican house like darryl issa. what have are they come up with?
they have been talking about benghazi for years. nothing. this is a major smoke screen. it's a major smoke screen at a time where we have to be very clear about what's going on in gaza and in that region. also in ukraine. but, there is one difference between cruz and mccarthy so far. cruz is going after big fish like obama. mccarthy ruined the lives of a lot of average americans. i suspect cruz will be ringing the bell until he gets anywhere near a presidential primary at which point he'll be dismissed quickly. >> you and i grew up with this as did joe. i first caught this guy's act when he went after chuck hagel whose nomination was a problem.
he wasn't going to be a slam dunk. not when he was most vulnerable cruz impugned his motives by saying he was out there taking money from the north koreans. that's a classic mccarthy charge. now accusing the president of me the -- nefariously going after israel. for better or worse we are israel's best friend at least in this incident of fighting with hamas. it's all over on their side. all over. >> what's shocking is number one he's made the charges without a shred of evidence as he did against now secretary hagel. number one. number two, it's idiotic to think a temporary two or three-week boycott of u.s. planes in israel would have a major impact on the israeli economy that would force them to do anything. it doesn't make sense. >> 36 hours now. that's all it was. >> joe made a good point.
it's part of the republican assault on virtually anything the president does. what's disconcerting to me is two things. one we are doing it in the midst of tough times. we used to bind together, put partisanship aside when there was difficulties like what's going on in the middle east now. number two is this unrelenting assault on whatever president obama does. you know i'm not a guy who says president obama is right all the time. but they are holding him to such a standard. imagine for a second he didn't impose such a ban and a hamas rocket brought down a u.s. commercial flight into israel. the republicans would be screaming blody murder. why didn't president obama protect our citizens? look, if president obama discovered a cure for cancer today, tomorrow republicans like cruz would be saying 's done nothing for heart attack victims. >> this is standard f.a.a. behavior. cruz comes from texas.
he's been spending too much time in washington. if he were traveling back and forth to texas he would know that the f.a.a. cancels flights on the nearest suspicion of a tiny thunderstorm. they have become very, very cautious over the last decade. it's baloney. >> take a look at the guys in action. first of all, cruz attacking hag haguen. then mccarthy. >> i will point out this committee knows absolutely nothing about the personal compensation chuck hagel received in 2009, 2008, 2010. it is relevant to know if the $200,000 he deposited in his bank account came directly from saudi arabia, from north korea. i have no evidence to suggest it is or isn't. >> here is senator cruz's role model, senator mccarthy.
he says he's not concerned about low level spies in the state department. he's saying communists are making policy at the highest levels of government. let's listen. >> i am speaking of the group sabotaging foreign policy. you can bias bias. meaning the little fellow who will sell his country for 30 pieces of silver. it's the men in the top level of government and the second echelon who do the planning and shaping of foreign policy. they are the dangerous men whether they get 30 pieces of silver or not. >> does that sound familiar? >> absolutely. >> easiest tactic in the world to throw it out there and say, well, we don't know. it is mccarthyism. no question. the american people are better than this. i think republicans are hurting themselves with all of the
shenanigans, anti-obama venom. they are trying hard to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in the november elections. >> let's look at a reasonable person who disagrees with the president and the f.a.a. decision but did so in a reasonable way. here's michael bloomberg offering up a defense basically. the former new york mayor offering a defense of at least a character in good will of an administration he disagrees with on this point. >> if you don't feel safe here i don't know where you would feel safe. i think the state department is just over reacting in typical bureaucratic fashion. >> political reasons for that? >> why would you think that? >> i'm asking you. >> don't be ridiculous. it's an outrage for you to -- >> i'm just asking -- >> by asking the question, you are implying our government does things for political rchblt maybe once in a while they do. it is your job to prove it. just the allegation i take as an offense. >> that was well done, joe, wasn't it?
>> yes. it shows you how the process works. cruz spews poison into the media atmosphere. people like wolf have to ask the question at that point. so cruz accomplishes what he wanted. the difference between cruz and mccarthy is that cruz is brilliant. if you listen to the way he used the words when he was kind of accusing hagel of taking money from the wrong places the construction was absolutely brilliant. you couldn't pin anything on cruz other than the overwhelming charge he's raising this ridiculous nonsense. >> it's innuendo. >> yeah. but cruz is a brilliant lawyer. mccarthy was not so brilliant. >> i disagree with that a little bit cruz might be a brilliant
lawyer and may have phrased it in legalese but to the american people he looks like a jerk, acting against the country at a time we should be coming together. i think they are making big mistake. >> all i can say is he's making his opponent on the right, rand paul look like pope francis. thank you, joe cline and ed rendell. coming up, marco rubio calls a fake foul. remember those tricks? accusing people who support same-sex marriage as intolerant and opponents as victims. that's a tactic for you. plus, the story in iraq no one is talking about. the persecution of christians by islamic fundamentalists who have taken over a third of the country. i'm talking about isis. and a long shot senate candidacy got longer. there are charges of plagiarism against john walsh who was
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comcast business. built for business. welcome back. talk about a fake foul. yesterday during a speech on family values at catholic university senator marco rubio are explained why he opposed same-sex marriage and why that doesn't mean he's seeking to discriminate against gay people. fair enough. he also seemed to go out of his way to say it's his side -- those supporting traditional marriage -- who have been victimized. let's watch. >> today there is growing intolerance on this issue. intolerance toward those who continue to support traditional marriage. we have seen the push to remove the ceo of mozilla because in 2008 he made a small donation to support proposition 8 in california. we have seen chick-fil-a attacked and boycotted due to
the c.e.o. giving an honest answer to a question about his religious beliefs. even before this speech is over i will be attacked as a hater or bigot or someone who is anti-gay. this intolerance in the name of tolerance is hypocrisy. supporting the definition of marriage as one man and one woman is not anti-gay. it is pro traditional marriage. if support for traditional marriage is bigotry then barack obama was a bigot until just before the 2012 election. >> the country has been moving toward embracing same-sex marriage. everyone knows that. marco rubio and his allies may be losing it. i think they are. have they been victimized for their views? howard dean, former chairman of the democratic national committee. michael steele is a political analyst and former chair of the republican national committee. let me go to michael steele. let me ask you a couple of
things to set it up. do you think the republican party will keep its platform, its plank which opposes same-sex marriage next time around? will they run on that platform of opposing same-sex marriage? >> i think in large measure they will, chris. it depends who the nominee of the party is. as you know for both parties, what is or is not in that platform. i would think right now given the current landscape, i don't see that plank being removed just as i don't see, for example, the pro gay marriage plank being removed from the democrats. >> let me go to governor dean. do you think that's a winning issue for them to come out in 201? that's almost three years from now, well into the 21st century that marco rubio seems to be playing the champion of. at that point, still coming out against it? >> well, first of all, it depends who the nominee is. if rob portman who made noise
about running for president is the nominee and i suspect that plank will no longer be in the platform. secondly, what marco rubio is doing is a sophisticated are version of what cruz is doing. it's a flop, as you called it earlier. there is no foul here. he took a flying leap. what he's doing is something quite sophisticated. the christian community has long felt victimized. they felt like they were a minority. that people didn't treat them with with respect. that's what marco rubio is playing to here. the truth is many religions discriminate against people. they feel gay people aren't full citizens and some felt black people weren't full citizens. the mormon church changed their views in 1974 on this. you're a catholic, i was baptized catholic. it doesn't permit women to be priests. there are limitations on the roles of women in the church.
that's church doctrine. it discriminates against women. the problem is marco rubio is trying to make a religious argument for the civil matter. we have equal rights under the law. he may endorse a religion that doesn't dpree with that. it doesn't mean people oppose him are intolerant. >> i think he's right. i will give you time after my interjecti interjection. the republicans know they can't champion traditional marriage in 2016. so they will play the victim and say, it's not about whether you are for or against gay marriage. it is whether you are intolerant toward people opposed to it. i don't think the democratic party is ever going to attack people with a different view. 42% of the country oppose it. why would any party kiss off 42%. >> marco rubio gave examples. >> i'm talking about the democratic party.
>> i'm including them. there were those on the left who supported to chick-fil-a and various ceos who have a personal view on this matter. not how they run their companies. not what they say is part of their business. but what they view personally. they have been villified. one ceo lost his job. i think there is a basis for concern about how the pendulum is swinging here. i think you are off base here. marco rubio wasn't arguing for or against the subject of gay marriage. he was talking about a political position, number one. number two the moral components of that political position. that's not endorsing a position, saying it's a catholic or protestant view. he's saying there are those of
us in this country who hold the traditional marriage has value and right now there is a tendency for those folks to be vilified or criticized because of it. >> if you taken a position -- this is why i signed the first civil union bill. not because i had a big jones for gay rights. equal rights under the law means every individual in america has the same rights. >> true. >> unless people who fall in love who are the same sex can't get married they can't are have federal rights. that's the argument. i have no problem with a religion who says you can't have same-sex marriage. i have a problem with any kind of format that says equal rights under the law should not be allowed. that's the argument he's make. we should go after him. >> go ahead, chris. >> why do republicans keep getting back into the sex
question when it has worked against them so often. i don't understand this kind of youthful ambition. maybe i have forgotten it. but he wants to be president so bad he's willing to pick up an issue and run with it today. why doesn't he relax a little bit, this guy? he's desperate. he's down 12 points to hillary. in his dream world he thinks he's a candidate for president against hillary. >> nothing could be further from the truth. i think marco rubio -- and i have to give him credit for a very sober well thought out argument he made. he was at a catholic institution, talking about a moral principled position. it was good. i don't think there was this category call leap to jump into the presidential race. yes. is he carving out new space? absolutely.
my impression was that was not the driver here. >> i thought he was playing for the hard cultural right, the rick santorum crowd. he used catholic u. as a base of operations. he was talking to the right wings in the country. >> he went to the wrong place. the republicans are silly. people under 35 won't vote for candidates who talk like this. this is why obama got 67% of the vote. >> i don't know about that. >> they haven't so far. >> we'll see. '16 is a long way off. >> certainly true. among women under 35 you are definitely correct. they are liberal on these issues. they don't buy what's called the traditional view. nobody is attacking heterosexual marriage. there is no marriage in jeopardy because it is a straight marriage. if you worry are about people being coupled together in a same sex situation that's your
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the crowd laughed and cheered for the army paratrooper awarded the presidential medal of honor. next jimmy fallon points out toronto mayor rob ford is campaigning for re-election despite his out in the open battle with drugs and alcohol. he wants to hold onto his job. look at this. >> he wants to get re-elected so he's out there campaigning, talking to voters, meeting the people. he went to a play ground and this is real. this is a real video. i know. but this is a real video. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my -- >> be careful. hold on. >> yeah. he really did that. there was a girl screaming "oh, my god." that's his campaign manager. >> some politicians will do anything to get their favorability up. some have to because in a new
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christians in iraq occupied by isis are being warned to have are a choice. convert to islam, pay a steep price or face death. that was the message playing over loud speakers at iraq's second largest city mosul. isis launched an offensive last month and seized control of sunni regions with the goal of capturing baghdad. the offensive has crested for now. christianity which came to iraq in the first century a.d. remains under constant threat. iraq was home to 1 million christians prior to the 2003 u.s.-led invasion. ever since are christians have been the target of brutal violence, facing the bombing of churches and killing of clergymen facing many to leave the community in iraq to stand around half that size. 450,000 according to church officials. they are being purged by isis. jim, i guess you know me well
enough to know when i saw the story i leapt on it. it's something i didn't know about. what do you know about the actual day to day life threats, death threats that the christian community is getting in baghdad or actually anywhere in iraq from isis? >> the threats are mainly in the m ork sul region where isis is in control. at this point, there are very few people of christian faith in mosul. the community has been down to a handful of people. they are being quite persecuted. the stories we are getting from their families in the states. that's a huge christian, iraqi community in the states. it's horrifying. the villages under threat are north of mosul.
i'm pretty sure they will be safe. the purging is disturbing. it goes back to the iraq war itself. when the ethnic cleansing took place. they never paid attention to the issue at all. >> thanks for joining us. i went to school with an iraqi-christian. we knew there was a christian community there. what is the united states doing to prevent this or give any protection to this small christian community over there? >> catholic relief services is on the ground in iraq now as a matter of fact. just this week with officials from the u.s. government helping to plan relief operations. catholic relief services is
responding to the needs of the christians who fled mosul, many with just the clothes on their back. those folks left. they had to cross checkpoints as they fled. when they crossed checkpoints they were stripped of possessions, money and even the rings off their fingers. we are providing them with food, basic cooking supplies and hygiene supplies. >> what is the attitude of arab people to arab christians? do they see them as outsiders or people who have been there for 2000 years well before there was islam as a practiced religion. >> christians in mosul have been there for 1500 years. they are integral members of the community. it's interesting. our staff on the ground told me this morning that the neighboring sunni, shia and
other minority communities have been generously receiving christians who fled from mosul. most of the people in iraq are tolerant of their christian brothers. but isis and other extremist groups don't share that perspective. >> that's the problem. these groups were unleashed during the civil war period. they did not reflect that. it is a thuggish gang of criminals not unlike some of the mexican drug groups or some of the gang groups that exist in this country. this is a criminal outcast element that's adopted the language of islam as their political ideology but had nothing to do with the religion and coreligions who don't share their depravity or violence. >> is there anyone in the state
department or white house. you do this all the time, fight for the cause. >> there are those who do. the leverage the united states has in a country like iraq is limited. clearly we don't want to support prime minister malaki. it's part p of the problem that unleashed the sectarian violence. we have allies we ought to be empowering to do more than they are doing. as bill notes relief assistance that's going to be required in the long run for the iraqi christian community. but the ultimate solution in iraq which is way down the road is to create a government that represents the iraqi people, all of them, in a nonsectarian state that's inclusive and tolerant and that we are a long way off from that, chris. >> we are trying to create a united america here at home, if you haven't noticed. this is an example of what's going on in cities like mosul. one christian resident said we had to go through an area where
they set up a checkpoint. islamic state group militants asked us to get out of the car. we got out. they took our bags, money, everything on us. i don't know what will happen to us. our future is uncertain. what can people do? anything to help these people out or get fellow -- of americans. >> i think there is a lot people can do. certainly they can support the catholic relief services and other groups on the ground assisting those who have fled. they can also pay attention to the situation and encourage our government, the united states government to engage in ways that are going to bring peace to the region and help are bring the vision jim mentioned for an inclusive government to fruition. that needs to happen. >> we all have loyalties to the christian community of the arabian world. i feel it when i go to jerusalem. i care about those people.
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thesis, key parts of the conclusion and a third of the paper was lifted from other work without proper credit. this is a look at 19 pages. every one has instances of plagiarism on it. what's more remarkable is this part of the story. when asked directly if he had plagiarized senator walsh responded, i don't believe i did, no. the college's academic handbook leaves no wiggle room for fraud. the new york times reports copying a segment of another's work word for word, then conveniently forgetting to include quotation mark bus remembering to cite the source is described as academic fraud in the handbook. according to a memo to supporters senator walsh acknowledged his citations weren't all done correctly. sean sullivan is with the washington post and joan walsh, editor at large of salon. thanks for joining us. how is the story holding up today? large sections in the paper
showing -- it was obviously lifted from other sources. so much of the paper. >> absolutely. this story has the potential to be very damaging for senator walsh. you know, here is somebody who doesn't really have much of a record. he was recently appointed to the senate and really he was going to be running on the strength of his military record and the strength of his character, and this is a development that cuts against both of those things. this got a lot of attention in local papers today. it was on the front page of almost every local paper in montana. so, you know, walsh was already behind in this race, but this damaging revelation to him, you know, makes things even harder for him heading toward november. >> joan, what do you make of the breadth of this? this isn't one of two oversights or failure to quote. this is large bodies of material. does that sort of suggest that maybe he was a little uneven in his thinking at that time, that he did suffer from post traumatic stress syndrome, that there might have been something
wrong in his stability at that point that would justify at least morally what happened? >> you know, chris, i had the same thought. i mean, it's so egregious, it is worse than anything we know in recent history. and it's so blatant that it does make you wonder if things were entirely all right. i'm not defending it, and i also want to say, you know, senator walsh has not been well served by his staff. unfortunately, they've come out with really shifting explanations. they came out today and they've tried to say it was a citation problem. it's not. it's a plagiarism problem. and i also think this issue of ptsd, my heart goes out to him, i believe him. i certainly -- conservatives are mocking it today. i wouldn't do that. i think if he had gotten out and told "the times" that's what he thought happened, this story might have looked very differently from the start. it's very hard right now. it's not impossible. i don't want to say that. but it is hard right now to get the attention that maybe this deserves for a frank accounting of his struggles and also his
treatment. he says he's gotten treatment and he's still on medication. that would have been a really great thing to say, i think, the day that "the times" approached him. >> well, i've never quite understood plagiarism. i always thought there's vanity in writing. i do a lot of writing. i like to take credit for my writing because i tid it. if you didn't do it, why would you want to take credit? 1988, egregious case, joe biden was caught trying to pass off the words of a british politician as his own. ended up costing him a shot at the democratic nomination for president. last year rand paul was caught lifting chunks of wikipedia entries in his speeches and later found to have lifted sections of think tank essays in his books and opinion columns he's written. "the new york times" says, "mr. walsh appears to have gone considerably further." back to you, sean. what evidence do we have that he really suffered from a syndrome that might have shaken his ability to make sound decisions when he was taking this course? >> well, right now the evidence
we have is basically what he's telling us and what his campaign is telling everybody about what happened. you mentioned earlier, you know, there have been cases of plagiarism in politics before. biden, rand paul. these stories tend to fade into the background. you know, a lot of people probably don't remember that joe biden, you know, had an incident similar to this and they would probably say, oh, oh, yeah, you know, that kind of sounds familiar. but, you know, in this case, it's really potentially damaging for walsh because his military record has come up in a negative light before. republic chance have tried to attack him over it. if this was on a different issue, perhaps this might fade into the background, but because this was an issue already at the forefront of this campaign, that republicans were already attacking it, it really makes it doubly worse for him right now. >> let me go back to my friend and fellow political observer, joan, i think we've been fair here. i don't think this is a partisan issue at all. i think this is the human condition, whatever gets in the water and makes people do this.
people do it a lot on both size. what's this do for the outlook of the senate control issue? i never thought walsh was a strong -- had a great chance in a conservative state like montana, but everybody has a chance, i suppose intellectually. >> right. if his opponent fell apart, he'd have a chance. he has not led in a single poll. this is not something the democrats were depending on. this was given to republicans while other seats were considered stronger or contested for democrats. i don't think it's going to change the story line of what's going to happen in the senate. >> sean, the facts are he's been caught red handed. "the new york times," you've done a great job of showing this in a graphic form. it's clear anybody with an objective mind says this guy lifted the material. is there any talk of him resi resigning over this? >> you know, not right now. i think it's too early to talk about that. i think right now he wants to get his, you know, footing set back to where it was a couple weeks ago in the campaign. you know, there isn't much talk about resignation, but clearly
at this point, you know, he was a long shot. he's a real long shot now in the campaign to win a full term in november. >> well, when the hammer comes down, that will be the u.s. army, when they come down on this, that's going to be the part that really hurts. that will be objective judgment. you can bet they're going to do a good job of checking this out. thank you so much, sean sullivan, and joan walsh. an all irish cast tonight. we'll be right back. except that managing my symptoms was all i was doing. when i finally told my doctor, he said my crohn's was not under control. he said humira is for adults like me who have tried other medications but still experience the symptoms of moderate to severe crohn's disease. and that in clinical studies, the majority of patients on humira saw significant symptom relief. and many achieved remission. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers,
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