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>> we have a real obsession with the cheneys. so much for progressive tolerance and diversity. >> theyre not very tolerant, are they? >> it is selective. she is a republican so none of those labels apply. suddenly she has to be evil. >> well, ill go further. it is because you dont agree with them. theyll eat their own when necessary. it seems to be the progressive thing. here is, well, mike malloy again. because, you know, i have to play this. i have a point to make on this one. >> if you spend ...

>> we have a real obsession with the cheneys. so much for progressive tolerance and diversity. >> theyre not very tolerant, are they? >> it is selective. she is a republican so none of those labels apply. suddenly she has to be evil. >> well, ill go further. it is because you dont agree with them. theyll eat their own when necessary. it seems to be the progressive thing. here is, well, mike malloy again. because, you know, i have to play this. i have a point to make on this one. >> if you spend ...

>> we have a podcast called the scrum. its awesome. >> if youre interested in the bolger tile check out the coverage at the "the washington post." >> and my literacy program for latinos. >> its rolling rock day around here. fifth anniversary as we remember tim on this day five years ago we lost somebody that was very important to us here at nbc news. go by a six-pack of rolling rock and have a toast to tim. tomorrow on the show senator ron johnson plus election day in iran. coming up next, chris...

Accomplishment and so many women look up to you. >> thank you very much. ive had a lot of good help through the years. ive been blessed to work with a lot of great people. and weve got a lot of things going now. so you get to where you dream you want to be, then you should be able to help somebody else. thats what we do with the book. >> brian: its called "dream more," its out now. you take from that commencement speech and you have four principals that you got across. you couldnt believe how we...

truck bomb. officials say the focus seems to be on new york and washington but law enforcement around the country is on alert. we asked cnn national security contributor fran townsend how concerned we should be. >> most concerning to me we heard from commissioner kelly this morning the three individuals at least one of which is a u.s. citizen officials tell us they havent identified. that is a very difficult problem. especially for the u.s. citizens. americans cross our borders easily....

into the pier. eventually punching a giant hole into the hull. you see guys trying to save it. they are okay. you are in the cnn newsroom this saturday. im in for don lemon. good to see you. we are following a massive storm stalled off the coast of new orleans. this ireport sent to us by andrew caylee from a suburb of new orleans. doesnt look too bad now. already power has been knocked out to about 30,000 people in louisiana. the governors of louisiana and mississippi have drayeclare...

secure. the knowledge no american government will ever do this to its children. to our children. what the syrian government allegedly did to this child. youll see him right here. his name was hamza ali alkhateeb. just 13 years old. he disappeared from an anti-government rally on the 29th of april. now look away if you need to. these next photos get very, very hard to take. this is what he looked like when his body came home. his kneecaps had been smashed. his head was swollen. his body...

Childrens books. my son shawn would actually fix the words that i got wrong and say, no, dad, thats not what it says. >> reporter: then john had back surgery, which meant returning to his restoration job impossible. >> at the same time, my wife saw an article for the literacy program here at the corona library and called them. they said, come in. it wasnt easy. >> reporter: not only did he learn to read and write, he is now the outreach coordinator for the library. >> i know in my heart of heart...

>> reporter: he managed to keep his illiteracy a secret from everyone. >> including my wife. she didnt have an idea until our son busted me. sitting with moye boys, shawn and adam, reading simple childrens books. my son would fix the words i got wrong. >> reporter: then he had back surgery which made returning to his restoration job impossible. >> at that same time my wife saw an article for the literacy program here at the library and called them. they said come in. it wasnt easy. >> reporter: ...

Adhd. >> im not trying to jab at the education system. today, were so much better equipped with dealing with the learning abills. >> he manage ed to keep his secret from everyone, including his son. until one of my sons busted me. my son shaun would fix the words i got wrong and said thats not what it says. >> then he had back surgery that meant returning to his job impossible. >> at the same time, my wife saw a program for the literacy program and called them. they said, come in. wasnt easy. >>...