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united states. among the armed protesters, the son of the nevada rancher clive bundy. he was involved with the federal government over grazing fees last year. he is leading the effort after the father/son duo is ordered to prison. dwight and steve hammond set fire to federal land in 2012. their attorney says they don't condone this takeover. neither anyone in the group speak for the hammond family. the fbi is monitoring the situation as this is a federal building and they are responsible for investigating what is an evolving situation in oregon this morning. guys, back to you. >> thank you, polo. new serious ed inflooding expected this week as high water moves along the mississippi. let's bring in the latest with meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> christine and john, good
movement across the united states. among the protesters clive bundy. he was at a similar standover over grazing fees. bundy is leading the effort after the feds ordered the father/son duo to prison. they were convicted to setting fire to federal land in 2012. their attorney says they don't condone this takeover. saying, neither one within the group speak for the hammond family. the fbi is monitoring the situation as this is a federal building. they are responsible for investigating what is an evolving situation in oregon. >> polo, thank you. more serious flooding expected in seven states. this surge of high water moving south along the mississippi river. for the latest, let's bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri. >> christine and john, good
about the investigation but there are reports the threats are linked to his criticism of nevada rancher, clive bundy. reid referred to bundy's supporters as domestic terrorists and bundy himself as a hateful racist. also from capitol hill, two lawmakers facing intense public scrutiny over their conduct. abc's jeff zeleny has details. >> reporter: michael grimm came to washington on the tea party wave of 2010, vowing to restore order to the capitol. but he's probably best known for this moment, losing his cool when a reporter asked about a federal investigation closing in. he stormed off without carrying through on his threat. he was indicted on federal fraud charges. he's accused of under reporting $1 million of profits at a restaurant he once owned. prosecutors say he paid some employees in cash to avoid taxes. >> political witch hunt was designed to do a couple of things. first and foremost assassinate
billions of dollars. its security people want most. man telling me we can't sleep at night because we don't know if russia will attack us tomorrow. muhammad lila, abc news, eastern ukraine. president obama heading back to washington this morning from the philippines. before leaving he praised the men and women of the military who serve around the globe. there are more than 80,000 service members in the asia pacific region. on a trip to the large american military cemetery, the president honored american and filipino service members who fought side by side in the pacific in world war ii. capitol police investigating death threats against senate majority leader harry reid. the threats are reportedly related to comments reid made about nevada rancher clive bundy. he referred to bundy supporters as domestic terrorists and to bundy himself as a hateful racist. the so-called kissing congressman will not seek re-election. louisiana republican vance mcallister was seen in this
this is really what has been the front of the issue for me? i am not defend clive bundy. he is pay for the grass, but you don't shoot somebody over it. and that is an issue i hope that is not lost on any of us. (applause) the crime is so bad in chicago subway shops are putting up bulletproof glass between the employees and customers. not according to the woman who works next to the subsway shop. it is not odd. it defends on the owner wanting to keep the employee's safe. our cities are in a real mess when you have to put bulletproof glass between the customers and employees in a simply place
when they come back home, the least thing they should have to worry about is that their own government kill them with inattention. this is unacceptable. i hope that no one will allow the concept of letting veterans be put on the shelf to wait as acceptable or tollerable. we owe the veterans of this country to treat them better than that. absolutely has to happen. (applause) nevada reg end clive bundy lost support in the stand off in the government when he made derogatory comments about african-american. on thursday bundy tried to defend his comments. >> are they better off and happier when they were in the south in their homes and with their chickens and their gardens and children a round them and their men having something to do?
they helped elevate him, turning him into a folk hero and egg the to ary on. once he shows himself to be a racist, that ends up impugning the conservative movement, i think unfairly but you could argue, hey, you built him up as some sort of a hero. and now msnbc and liberal outlets will spend weeks on this, pushing the narrative that conservatives are evil, racist, mean people. >> we shouldn't imply it to everybody. in my view, fox news fell short on this story on thursday. all day long until a special report at 6:00 p.m. eastern, there was virtually no mention of these racist remarks by clive bundy when everybody else was covering it. to ignore a major story at a time when the network, among others, as you say, had devoted a lot of time to covering this story and building up clive bundy, i think that gives him ammunition to fox's detractors.
how to pick cotton. and i've often wondered, were they better off as slaves, picking cotton, having a family life, doing things or better off under government subsidy? >> matt lewis, this guy, clive bundy was built up as a symbol of resistance to overzealous federal authorities with be that part may be true. i have many hours of coverage on fox news, in light of these blatantly racist comments. he repeated them when he tried to dig out of the hole. was that a mistake? >> absolutely. i'm old enough to remember before fox news, before the rise of talk radio and alternative media. i don't want to go back to those days where there was a major media filter. i think it is also worth asking, at some times, is a conservative media a net negative for the conservative movement? i think this might be one of those oaks. >> why? >> cliven bundy was a story before fox news and talk radio jumped on it.
they helped elevate him, turning him into a folk hero and egg the to ary on. once he shows himself to be a racist, that ends up impugning the conservative movement, i think unfairly but you could argue, hey, you built him up as some sort of a hero. and now msnbc and liberal outlets will spend weeks on this, pushing the narrative that conservatives are evil, racist, mean people. >> we shouldn't imply it to everybody. in my view, fox news fell short on this story on thursday. all day long until a special report at 6:00 p.m. eastern, there was virtually no mention of these racist remarks by clive bundy when everybody else was covering it. to ignore a major story at a time when the network, among others, as you say, had devoted a lot of time to covering this story and building up clive bundy, i think that gives him ammunition to fox's detractors.
government-issued homes with a few children, are they better off? are they happier than they was in the south in front of their homes with their chickens and their gardens and their children around them and their man having something to do? are they better off? >> clive bundy today at an interesting press conference where he was trying to clarify something, a quote that was picked up in the "new york times" in that quote he was talking about african-americans saying they never learned how to pick cotton. i wondered are they better off as slaves. he tried to clarify that and that was the clarification there. rand paul, who has been very vocal and supportive of the rancher who supporters believe the federal government was coming after for a land grab, he tweeted this out today. cliven bundy's remarks on race are offensive. and i wholeheartedly disagree with them. back with the panel.