we re following breaking news. there s new reaction from the family of an american man who has been detained in russia. the russian government is holding paul we ll heelen on accusations he is a spy. he was arrested on friday. the state department is attempting to get access to him. here is what we know about wheelen. he s a former marine who s traveled to russia before. according to his family, he was in the country for a friend s wedding. his twin brother who spoke with msnbc last hour insisted wheelen is innocent and said the family learned of his detainment from the news. we learned about paul s detention from online news wires that had republished the russian myste mysteries detention. we ve had some very strong help from the people at the embassy in monascow. although i m not really clear on
there are thousands to choose from, i think most of us have our favorite chuck norris facts. now, here is some i like. when the bogeyman goes to sleep at night. he checks his closet for chuck norris. chuck norris has already been to bamars, and that s why there are no life signs on mars. and chuck norris doesn t get sun burned, the sun wouldn t dare. another fact you probably haven t heard. when chuck norris cries, it s because his mama made him. (laughter) and she has three sons and describes chuck as her defender, aaron as her sunshine and wheelen, who she lost in vietnam as her hero. she s got a wonderful new book called acts of kindness, my story. please welcome wilma norris knight. [applause] happy mother s day weekend, wilma. thank you so much. mike: when we all talk about chuck norris, he s
responsibility. mike: and you call aaron, your sunshine. well, i tell you, aaron, he came along later in life. and i was we were so poor, i really didn t know, you know, how i was going to feed him. but, when he my whole family, they were all so excited, we had a new baby in our life and that s what he s brought in our lives is sunshine. mike: and wheelen your son killed in vietnam. wheelen was a happy-go-lucky boy. he never met a stranger and he loved everyone. and they called him mama s boy. (laughter) and you had a tough life. it was not easy. both in terms of struggling and financial poverty, your first husband, not exactly a man of the year. no, no, he wasn t. i really think so that when he was in world war ii, i think that a did a lot of things to