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an appeal which is very unusual. rulings in britain are usually final. justice a landmark sentence for convicted war criminal and former president of liberia, charles taylor. hes been sentenced to 50 years in prison by a special international court. hes convicted of supporting rebels in sierra leon who slaughtered thousands of people during the countrys 11-year civil war. taylor armed rebels in exchange for so-called blood diamonds. mitt romney unofficialing clinching the rop nomin...

these beaches had been closed for people to get into the water, and we talked to a life guard just the other day about the strong rip currents that they are concerned about. take a listen. so i see the white caps out there. is that safe for a person to get into the water? >> no. it is not. the thing is with closing water completely, you let somebody knee deep they want to get waist deep. you let them waist deep they want to go in. >> reporter: what is a rip current? >> its a channel of...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com good morning our "starting point" today, tropical storm beryl washing away holiday plans in northern florida and georgia. it made landfall overnight with drenching rains and driving winds. the hurricane force winds have died down a bit but the beryl will be a super soaker as they call it. rob marciano is tracking the storm at the severe weather center, good morning. >> not usual to have one but two tropical storms into the month of may, not even ...

detectives how he lured young etan from the school bus stop at west broadway and prince street, with the promise of a soda. he then led him into the basement of the bodega, choked him there, and disposed of the body by putting it into a plastic bag and placing it into the trash. >> were going to be joined in just a moment by lisa cohen, "after etan" the 2009 book is considered the definitive work on this case and its 33 years to the day, this is a day, may 25th, that is the national mi...

it to be the outside group to push tax reform. that was 1986. reduce tax rates. broaden case. it eliminated many deductions and credit that cluttered the tax code. it gave us good economic growth. very helpful. the americans for tax reform and american people are all in favor of getting rid of deductions and credits but not if its a trojan horse for higher taxes. so lets reduce deductions and credits and reduce marginal tax rates. congressman from kansas has a great bill that eliminate...

shortly said he learned of the story from reporting by drew griffin and our producer, greg fitzpatrick. this story is so unfolding. the charity in question is the disabled veterans national foundation. thats their seal. they have raised nearly $56 million in the past three years. whats outrageous is that not one dime has actually gone directly to help disabled veterans. we have been showing you this now for a long time. you may what happened when drew tried to talk to the president, pr...

drew is going to join us again tonight because the story is still unfolding. the charity in question is the disabled veterans national foundation. thats their seal. they have raised nearly $56 million in the past three years. whats outrageous is that not one dime has actually gone directly to help disabled veterans. we have been showing you this now for a long time. you may what happened when drew tried to talk to the president, precilla wilkewitz. >> meet precilla wilkewitz, president...

now for a long time. you may what happened when drew tried to talk to the president, precilla wilkewitz. >> meet precilla wilkewitz, president of the disabled veterans national foundation. who we found at a small vfw office in baton rouge, louisiana. >> well, this is the veterans of foreign wars. i didnt think youd do something like this. weve agreed to talk to you. answer your questions. >> nobody agreed. here is the question. none of the money has gone to any veterans, maam? okay so ...

plumbers. all kidding aside, its not the same job requirement. so, its totally legitimate for the president to point this out. >> this comes as a new ad from president obama highlights the, quote, real people who were affected by bain capital, that private equity company that mitt romney ran for 15 years. take a look at that ad. >> makes me angry. those guys were all rich. they all had more money that theyll ever spend, yet they didnt have the money to take care of the very people that...

-- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com ♪ ♪ chuck brown, chuck brown. >> godfather, go, go! >> he recently died. >> passed last week. >> the godfather of go-go missed my radar. >> hes into go-go. >> well get him some by the end of the day. thats roland martins play list because hes doing a tutorial on go-go. >> roller skates and short dresses? >> the music never stops and keeps going. you really need to get some go-go on your ipod. >> welcome, everybody. >> welcome to our panel thi...