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We begin this morning with a house divided. 26 house republicans sided with democrats in a surprising rejection of proposed extensions of the nations anti-terrorism patriot act dealing the house-led gop with unexpected rankses. tracie potts joins us with more on that. trac tracie, good morning. >> lynn, good morning. there are three key pate trok acts set to expire, one at the end of this month. one, the wire taps by the government, the other one referred to as the library provision allows the f...

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>> reporter: its a whole livelihood theyve come up with. poking fun is now a cottage industry. >> this turns into like a real job. >> yeah, exactly. reporter: we met up with april at m.i.t. at a conference called roflocon where some of the brightest and snarkiness internet bloggers and fans gather to crack each other up. >> you cant even buy these anymore. >> probably worth something. >> yeah. >> reporter: among the panelists, this guy from lamebook, a website that scours facebook for its most r...

That realistic for most average gals. sounds like a sci-fi movie. but people are keeping kids inside the town because a boa constrictor is on the loose. it escaped after attacking its owner. in poland a kitten is safe after it got stuck under the police van. finally, you get to name this cute florida police dog. the puppy known as jpd unit 111. theyre taking suggestions through next tuesday. that brings us to the wire. we are just hearing from congressman rangel. we heard earlier in the pr...

And an actor and author, she started the tv hit "the wire." she served six years in prison for first degree murder. dog, you are certainly proof you can turn a life around. did prison help you in any way? >> yes, sir, hi, larry. prison helped me all the way. i mean, i did not like it back in the 70s. texas was the only self-sufficient prison. that meant we had to raise our food, get up in the morning and work. and it was terrible. i did not want -- there was no crime that was fun enough to equal...

>> why did the sheep cross the road? to interrupt the tour de france, of course. today riders had to dodge a flock of sheep. no people or sheep were hurt. and heres what you can wear after labor day. betty white is launching a line of t-shirts and hoodies inspired by her hip 20 something year old fans. that brings us well past the wire. usually im supposed to go down to the wire. thats our show for thursday. im chris jansing. dylan ratigan is up next. right now a judge is deciding whether or n...

Welcome back in todays news from the wire. shocking surveillance video of a brazen robber who targets an elderly woman during the day. take a look, this will make you mad. in the video you can see the man grabbing the poor 85-year-old woman and what is even more unbelievable is when she fell down the attacker helped her up. the new york city police department has released this video hoping that someone recognizes this guy and they can get him behind bars there. terrible story. the transition o...

In to a suspicious package which we believe to be a cooler, a white cooler, outside of the marriott. allan is looking in to see what else we can find out. at the moment, though, everything seems very calm around here, don. police have cordoned off a large area, very unusual, as you know, to see times square completely empty of people. >> oh, man, hey, ali, im glad youre there and im glad that allan is there ali, let me jump in and give the viewers the latest information and then well go back to ...

He hasnt been sentenced yet, but he approximately get something less than the maximum because of the cooperation that he provided the government. the cooperation at this level, at this stage of the case is extremely important because there may be others at large who once they leave the country would be very difficult and costly to arrest. but if they are still here, it would be a simple matter of just finding them and arresting them. >> so what happens when he goes -- when he is in the federal c...

But he approximately get something less than the maximum because of the cooperation that he provided the government. the cooperation at this level, at this stage of the case is extremely important because there may be others at large who once they leave the country would be very difficult and costly to arrest. but if they are still here, it would be a simple matter of just finding them and arresting them. >> so what happens when he goes -- when he is in the federal court -- we are told -- accord...