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The military a.w.o.l. >> is the president a.w.o.l.? >> absolutely not. im a careful reader of the presidents and vice-presidents phone conversations every day with president poroshenko and european leaders. each one of them very carefully underlining the fact that russia and specifically in the obama call that russia had not lived up to any of the commitments that it had made and that it was extremely worrisome about the transfer of both personnel and heavy weapons. this was consistent in every ...

An impeccable hem line. >> i was trying to give an example, kind of put into the readers mind what it might have been like if somebody else from the bush administration had been portrayed in the way condoleezza rice was early on. thats what happens. of course, you do see superficial coverage of male politicians, but not to the extent for women and not to the extent it derails the discussion of their ideas and policy initiatives and what they hope to do. >> well, the fact of the matter is, men an...

Reporting on this now. >> reporter: she answered this question during her swing through europe as part of her book tour. she fielded questions from readers on mums net a leading british parenting website visited mostly by women. talked about contraceptive rights, guns and commented on this rape case. one reader asking her as a lawyer you defended the rapist of a 12-year-old girl calling the victim, "emotionally unstable" and saying the girls have a tendency to exaggerate or romanticize sexual ex...

>> yea. >> thanks. thats the crowd. unfortunately, theyre a captured audience. >> torres used to sing in a band on the outside, but hes probably better known for being a prolific bank robber. now hes pursuing a literary career, working on his autobiography. >> yeah. its "the bank robber blues: the tales of the mummy bandit." its pretty good. ive got a couple guys here. i let them read it, and theyre kind of my critics, and they say its a page-turner. it keeps the reader interested. it doesnt tak...

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They never found his eyeballs. theyre like, yeah, they ate his eyeball in some type of weird ritual. it got righteously out of proportion. >> where were his eyeballs? >> no, one eyeball -- we dont know. i have no clue. >> as a made man in the mexican mafia, knighten strove to become a well-rounded leader of the organization when he arrived in prison. >> as far as being able to, you know, just put holes in people, anyone can do that. to educate yourself, thats where you want to go. >> he studied ...

Gargantuan tip. shay na brown, 26, was left $1,000 by a generous diner on mothers day. the single mom of three wasnt allowed to keep it. its the policy of waffle house to return use tips that are left by credit card as browns was. this unleashed a social media firestorm with even childlike comic peewee herman dialing in. she finally received her tip by check this week. waffle house had this to say from a longer statement posted to facebook. quote, our intentions were for the associate to get her...

Primary races in their states. this isnt just about texas. texas is the holy land of this particular secular religion, and theyre proud of it. and there are other place where is that resonates. and theres going to be a big battle in the republican party in 2016 to design whos in control. >> by the way, were watching -- >> the ted cruzs of the world, or some other -- >> i was watching that performance by ted cruz. its an evangelical, televanglist type of -- >> absolutely. >> no podium, physically...

Senators to the right and scaring them to the right. so thengd run in and survive primary races in their states. this isnt just about texas. texas is the holy land of this particular secular religion, and theyre proud of it. and there are other place where is that resonates. and theres going to be a big battle in the republican party in 2016 to design whos in control. >> by the way, were watching -- >> the ted cruzs of the world, or some other -- >> i was watching that performance by ted cruz. i...

Reading. i just wanted to play this for you. >> having read, "i know why the caged bird sings," and for the first time reading a story about someone who was like me, i marveled that from the first page, what are you looking at me for, didnt come to stay, only came to say happy easter day, i was that girl. >> that moment -- >> how powerful is that. >> it was an extraordinary moment. >> because without oprah being able to read that story, she does not get the inspiration that propels her to become...