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Mix of emotions on this street. they're glad to see the how go, but they know what it represents. it's a tryumph and pain on the very same day. they'll just have to now pick up the pieces after this and move on. >> martin, thank you so much. it was like a presidential news conference with a comedian asking all the questions. jay leno putting president obama in the guest chair. it was a "tonight show" that stressed policies over punch lines. plus a disturbing trend in tv fiction. why are showing that belong on sigh satisfy airing on animal planet and discovery channel? those stories are com...

Jobs. i interviewed a man you see here who admitted to accepting a contract for green jobs training for jobs he knew did not exist. and finally, what a difference a year makes. comedians are now leaning to the left to find the butt of their jokes. a study by george mason university center for media and public affairs looked at monologues by jay leno, david letterman, jimmy fallon, jimmy kimmel, craig ferguson. in the first half of 2013, president obama was the subject of 288 jokes, by far the most of any person. democrats provided fodder for 713 jokes, compared to 417 gop punch lines. that's...

They do from the corporate board room. >> thank you. up next, a story that practically writes its own punch lines, but it is no joke. and here is a live look at phoenix, arizona from fox affiliate ksaz. the big story there, fire storm over a state official blaming the leader of an elite fire fighting team for their deaths last month. forestry division this afternoon is apologizing for those comments. that's their top story there. we will be right back. ♪

Issues facing the obama administration. some have even become punch lines for comedians like jon stewart. and if you tally up the trio of controversies facing the team obama, gop leaders have called for resignations, firings, jail time. there's even some nasty talk of impeachment out there. we've heard comparisons to nixon, watergate and iran/contra. president obama was asked today about how he fell about those comparisons particularly to the word nixon. here's what he said. >> how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week's scandals to those that happened under the ni...

Administration. some have even become punch lines for comedians like jon stewart. and if you tally up the trio of controversies facing the team obama, gop leaders have called for resignations, firings, jail time. there's even some nasty talk of impeachment out there. we've heard comparisons to nixon, watergate and iran/contra. president obama was asked today about how he fell about those comparisons particularly to the word nixon. here's what he said. >> how do you feel about comparisons by some of your critics of this week's scandals to those that happened under the nixon administration? >> w...