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Good morning, everyone. today is friday, 30th of may, 2014. im anna kooiman in for elisabeth hasselbeck. rocker bret michaels rushed off the stage in the middle of his concert. breaking details overnight. the state department spokesperson almost laughed out of her own press conference for this. >> you would argue the president doesnt give himself enough credit? >> well, i think what -- i would give him more than he has given himself. so would the secretary. >> and for what? >> mainstream media...

Thank you for joining us on this friday. president obama doubling down on calls for better research into the effects and treatment of concussions in kid athletes in the nfl and sports in general need to take concussions more seriously. >> identifying a concussion and being able to self-diagnose that this is, this is something that i need to take care of doesnt make you weak. it means youre strong. we have to change a culture that says you suck it up. >> here to react new jersey congressman john ...

To go. yesterday jay carney in front of the press corps -- the press corps wanted to know is he sticking around -- not jay carney. eric shinseki. and he would not answer and that is very telling. here they are asking does shinseki have the confidence of the president. its either a yes or a no. what does jay carney say? heres the answer. >> does the president have confidence in secretary shinseki? >> john, the president addressed this question from the podium. >> does he have confidence in secret...

Obama has been doing is to be political in everything he says and whatever he does in a way that, again, is far in excess of any president in the past and that is reflected in his administration and this process. the v.a. has systemic problems and has been going to when i was a congressman. its grown worse. it is clearly at the point now where something has to give. we need to have it fixed. there are things that arent criminal that need to be done here. weve got to also look at the criminal pro...

evidence against that statement coming up. >> its one of the best pranks youll ever see. this guy is blindfolded and thinks hes about to bungee off a bridge. little does he know what will happen next. and if you stay with our show, you will find out what happens next. it is friday, and according to every study that steve and anna have done, mornings are indeed better with friends. hi, its susan somers and youre watching "fox & friends." i watch it every morning of my life. ♪ ♪ >>...

principles, trying to show the gop is the party for big ideas. >> doing immigration reform in a common sense, step-by-step manner helps our members understand the bite-sized pieces and it helps our constituents build more confidence that what were doing makes sense. >> the bill as amended is passed. >> thats a contrast from the senate which last year passed a massive bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform bill. while the senate provides a path to citizenship for the estimated 11 m...

Gerlach is the fourth moderate republican to announce retirement since november, joining john runyon of new jersey, tom latham of iowa, and frank wolf of va sprap join meg now nia malika henderson, political reporter for the "washington post" and sam stein, politics editor for the huffington post. and so nia malika, another republican would like to spend more time with his family and a lot less time on the house floor with those crazy tea partiers. >> we are seeing something of a trend here. i t...

>> and nia, when this happens the tea partiers dont exactly stay quiet. in new jersey steve lon gann, who lost to cory booker in the senate campaign, has announced that hes running for that seat that is currently held by that retiring moderate in new jersey, jon runyan. so we may in some of these instances, you could conceivably end up replacing a moderate with a tea partier. maybe not in new jersey but some other ones. >> thats right. remember lonegan. he got some endorsements from the likes of...

In new jersey steve lon gann, who lost to cory booker in the senate campaign, has announced that hes running for that seat that is currently held by that retiring moderate in new jersey, jon runyan. so we may in some of these instances, you could conceivably end up replacing a moderate with a tea partier. maybe not in new jersey but some other ones. >> thats right. remember lonegan. he got some endorsements from the likes of sarah palin. rand paul. had some pretty disparaging things to say about...

0 >> richard wolffee, this does highlight what for me is a republican phenomenon ive watched many, many times, which is they get it if it happens to them. so the republican with the highest unemployment rate in the country in his state is the republican who gets this. and the others are immune to it. >> i dont think thats unique to nevada or anywhere else. you know, we had a great story at msnbc.com today about the kinds of choices these individuals are having to make. people whove saved up for ...