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eat? >> if you're not down with it, get the [ muted ] off my channel. >> artists protests. >> what the -- are we really shocked by in of this? the stories you're talking about. first, the news you need to know right now. we're watching and waiting for the moment that george zimmerman walks out of jail. now his attorney says it could take until the middle of the week to come up with $15,000, 10% of the bond the judge set on friday. zimmerman is charged with second degree murder for shooting tray von martin. new york police with tearing apart the former basement of ortenthal miller. he's saying he had nothing to do with the disappearance of etan

patz over 30 years ago. chuck grassley wants to know whether white house staff are involved in the secret service prostitution scandal. on friday, jay carney says he believes only u.s. military personnel and secret service members are involved. we'll keep an eye on those stories. now to the stories you're talking about. a lot of thing happened this week where people claimed shock and awe. is it real or fake? are we surprised that a group above men who rarely spend time with their wives go to a foreign country and hook up with hookers? sit really a surprise that military members take pictures with dead people? and why be indignant when blowhards blather? we'll go over it shortly. perhaps, the one moment we all couldn't take our eyes off of.

an unusual move happened just yesterday in a florida courtroom. george zimmerman spoke directly to trayvon martin's parents. >> my client wants to make a statement to the court, your honor. >> be sworn in, please. >> do you swear that the testimony you present will be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth so help you god? >> please have a seat. once your situated, state your full name for the record. >> george michael zimmerman. z-i-m-m-e-r-m-a-n. >> i do think an ink wquiry is probably appropriate.

anything he says -- i want to make sure it's clear. >> george michael zimmerman. >> you want to make a statement, correct? >> i wanted to say i'm sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how hold he was. i thought he was a little bit younger than i am. i did not know if he was armed or not. >> nothing further, your honor. >> and i'm sorry. sir, you have not really addressing that to the court. you're doing it here to the victim's family, is that correct? >> they are here in the court, yes. >> i thought you were going the address your honor, judge lester. that's really addressed to the family and to where the media happens to be. is that correct? >> no, to the mother and the father. >> tell me, after you committed the crime and spoke to the police, did you ever make that statement to the police, sir? that you were sorry for what you had done or their loss? >> no, sir. >> you never sated that, did

you? >> i don't remember what i said. i believe i did say that. >> you told that to the police? >> in one of the statements i said i felt sorry for the family. >> you did. >> >> that would be recorded, right? >> yes, sir. >> you're sure you said that? >> i'm fairly certain. >> okay. and so -- which officer did you tell that to? i think you gave five statements total. >> yes, sir, i'm sorry. the names all blend together. >> okay. and do you remember if it was male or female? >> there were both males and females. >> at the time you made the statement? you were sorry? >> yes, sir. >> the record is clear. you stated what? >> i don't remember ver bait m. >> you are saying you expressed concern for the loss of mr. martin or that you had shot mr. martin. you felt sorry for him? >> i felt sorry they lost their

child. >> you told detectives you wanted them to convey that to the parents? >> i didn't know if they were defectives. >> officers. >> i didn't know if they would convey it. i made the statement. >> you said you left a message to tell them that? >> no, sir. >> why did you wait 50-something days to tell the parents? >> i don't understand the question, sir. >> why did you wait so long to tell mr. martin and the victim's mother, the father and mother, why did you wait so long to tell them? >> i was told not the communicate with them. >> a loft people here to talk about zimmerman and other stories. i'll introduce them to you. first, to the people i have been talking with about this. din that, holly. zimmerman is asking trayvon martin's ar

martin's parents to forgive him. could you? >> yes, but he didn't murder my child. >> as simple as that? >> as simple as that. we all like to believe we have that capability. everyone wants to say, i would be able to forgive. sitting here today, as i know myself, i think i could. but i'm not in their shoes. he didn't kill my child. >> this is a very difficult -- this has been a tragic case from the beginning. the thing is, traytrayvon's par. so gracious. >> would you forgiver him? >> i don't know. i don't think so right now. >> all right, dean? >> it would be tough for me. >> if it was my son, no, i couldn't. but that apology wasn't for me or the family. it was for the general public to get sympathy on his side. >> stand by. thank you very much. up next, we're going talk

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colombian prostitutes and secret service agents are fodder for late night comedians this week. >> i feel some what responsible here. you see, the secret service was here last week to protect the first lady. and like anyone who gets close to my virility. they on sousely got their manhood jacked up. it's called been man-jacked. i don't know if it's the same team here. it wouldn't be the first time a visitor to this building had to seek professional relief after being here. according to the fbi's phone records, eliot spitzer called a prostitute in the car just after leaving my studio. >> that was funny.

not for the 23 people involved. does this surprise us? i'm joined by author jeffrey robinson. former marine scott camille and holly hugs. and jamaal anderson joins us here, too. are we surprised by this? should we be? >> i don't think there's any surprise at all. >> that simple. why? >> well, from my experience in war, taking pictures with people that we killed to show we killed those people was common practice. >> okay. i'm talking about the secret service here. about the secret service, not about the afghanistan pictures. agents akuds of buying sex this week. i'm wondering if you feel we should be surprised by this? >> i don't have an opinion. >> yeah. okay. >> i don't -- >> let's move on.

let's talk to jeffrey robinson. you write about these things. what do you think? >> yeah, you should be surprised. shocked. this is behavior that is unacceptable. totally unacceptable by the secret service. they're briefed to know better. they're overseas, representing the government. this should never have happened. i said previously in one interview, boys will be boys. i was criticized for excusing them. boys will be boys is a definition. what they did is inexcusable. >> holly? >> i'm thinking here, what we should be shocked about and ticked off about, quite frankly is the timing of what they did. all right rkts fine, it's a legal thing, legal, not illegal. perfectly legal in colombia to hire a prostitute. do what you're doing on your own time. you jeopardize the safety of the president of the united states, his itinerary is on the desk. what makes you think one of

these rwomen is not la femme nikita? >> let's put this in perspective. no risk to the president of the united states. these men were not pard of ppd. the presidential division. they were there in a supplementary support function. they were not armed. they did not have equipment. if they had blackberriies shoul have staid in their pants. at no point was the president in jeopardy. >> the president was in no danger. number one. this was legal. we expect the secret service to have exemplary service. if they make the news, it's for a bad thing usually or if they're investigating something that threatens the president. you're not supposed to get caught, by the way, you're the secret service, okay. let's be real.

secret service, how do you get busted in colombia, my man? >> if they had blackberries, they're supposed to be in their pants. gsz what, their pants were and their ankles. i say it's a security risk an a national embarrassment. >> they're supposed to uphold a certain standard. >> go ahead jeffrey. >> it's an embarrassment. >> scott, go ahead. what did you say? >> i'm wondering why the media spent so much time on sex when there's so many important issues today? >> yeah, i think you're right. but sex is one of them. especially if the people accused of having sex are the people supposed to be protecting the president of the united states. >> not only that, they're not playing for paying for it. that's why this whole thing blew up. >> this lady went to a police

officer instead of a pimp. where it was legal, she actually had the right to go to a police officer and protect herself. >> of course you do. it's called theft of services, don. seriously. >> we'll get off sex, think that will make scott happy. up next, the outrage over troops posing with dead people. is that shock real or sit fake? >> don, where you at? >> no, no, no. i said -- listen to my question. i said people outside of politics and the media. last week, conservatives tried their talking points. i shut them down. this week, it's the liberals' turn. they won't get to spin either. [ girl ] my mom always tells me:

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okay, war is hell. we see images of war, we judge before realizing what our soldiers are really up against. this week, it was u.s. troops posing with body parts of afghan bombers. our guests are all back now. i want to say, we're not condoncondon condoning this by in means. we can't understand what it's like to be in a war zone. why are we so quick to judge. first to scott camille, a foerm marine. why are we so quick to judge in we don't know what those men and women are up against do we? >> we don't know what it's like being in combat unless you have been there. you're nitpicking talking about things like people posing with bodies. the real question should be, why are we at war in the first place? why are we killing so many people in the first place? the concern about posing with

someone who is dead. the fact that someone is dead and we're killing people is more important. >> i think you're right. the fact of the matter is, we had those pictures. 18 of them of men and women in battlefield posing with people who are dead. most people don't see that activity ever dy day. if that leads people to understand what is going on in war zone, or maybe why we're killing, that is a good next question. maybe this is the impetus to have that happen. >> we're stretched to thin. how long have we been at war? the circumstances we have put the military in in several rej yo regions. so tough when you have so many thousands of people that have served honorably. then you have this happen. you know, who knows what happened with those guys days before? >> scott has a good point.

he says, why are we killing people? the subject is faux shock and awe. >> scott hit the nail on the head. we have opened a dialogue. shouldn't we be more upset that we're out there killing people? >> we're still there. >> but it happens in all different professions. you have heard of black humor. surgeons playing rock music in the o.r. and operating on people. you sigh leaf and death every day, i'm not going sit here and say, how dare you. because nobody sent me over there with a gun. thank god somebody else is willing to do it. it calls attention to the fact that maybe we need the assess why we're there in the first place. maybe we need to get these folks help. they're in a place where they're trained to kill. it's kill or be killed. >> this is war. >> this is war, hello, it doesn't get more basic than

that. it's like showing you, i'm doing what you trained me to go. >> most people may be surprised, you're saying, why are we in a war zone. they might say, you're former military. seems like you would understand that more than most. >> i understand what it's like to be in a war zone and the behavior in a war zone. and i would say first of all, that war is really an institution made up of criminal behavior. when we, as civilians, want to solve problems, we're in the allowed to murder people and burn houses down. i don't know why war is an acceptable means of conflict resolution. the majority people that die are innocent civilians. >> jeffrey, under these particular circumstances, should we be judging our men and women in uniform so harshly? >> no, scott made a good point. i sevened in the military.

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more of the stories you're talking about in a moment. first the news you need to know right now. tonight, george zimmerman is behind bars. that could change soon. it may take until the middle of the week to come up with $15,000. zimmerman is charged with second-agree murder for shooting trayvon martin. new york police are tearing apart the former basement workshop of ortenthal miller. his attorneys insist he had nothing to do with the disappearance of etan patz more than 30 years ago. the colombian prostitution scandal has taken three more

careers. six have lost their jobs so far. 23 people are caught up in the controversy. tonight, we're cutting through the smack talking. last week, we invited conserve ti actives on. no web pulled punches. >> it sickens me. it sickens me when i hear the rhetoric. someone calls you see you next tuesday. if you're reporting it in the context of the story, you want people to know what is being said. >> otherwise it's disgusting. >> i have to say, i just got the acronym see you next tuesday. >> this week, it's the liberals' turn. ericer is a guest. you heard our conservative panel. do liberals look the other way

when words are spud about cob serve actives? >> i don't think so. ed schultz was reprimanded. i think plenty of democrats and libera liberals, including myself, who talked about when bill maher did it. when anybody uses that language, it's beyond the pail. i have condemned it on both sides. >> it's a plate call talking point for the right to say, oh, liberals don't speak out when their own do it? >> i do think that. it's become something that they have tried to use against the president. and against the administration. i think that they need to look what they're own people are doing. we're probably leading up to this. ted nugent this week said awful things about the president. mitt romney said nothing about them. mitt romney's campaign sought

the approval and the endorsement of ted nugent. >> you're jumping ahead with that conversation. we're going the talk about it. >> it was an obvious segue there. >> i want to play something from "the daily show." listen. >> but last week, rick santorum conceded. primary's over. general election on. all the fire power, the right was wasting on each other has now been retrained on their actual opponent. like the democrats didn't realize they went from england to america where the traffic is now coming from the other direction. democrats got so comfortable going there's nobody coming on the street. they don't realize the cars were [ bleep ] bam. >> he's got a point. he's got a point. the secret service scandal. the gsa wasting taxpayer dollars. they're pouncing on it.

the president and the democrats were caught offguard, it look like. >> four years in the white house, there's always going to be breaking news. do i think anybody in november will remember the gsa accounting scandal? i don't. the romney campaign is clearly focusing on the obama administration and doing it in a dramatic way.cozying up to the right wing media. obviously, the general campaign is on. and it's funny that the republicans are playing hard ball early. and they freak out when obama dares campaign for the white house. >> let's talk about the president and the economy. timothy geithner made the talk show rounds. he said something he's said a lot. >> the president inherited, again, as you know, the worst financial crisis since the great

depression. the worst crisis since the great depression. a financial crisis caused by a shock larger than the depression. >> he's been in office for three years. how much longer will we hear that line? can he run again on how bad bush was? he's been all but invisible lately. >> i think you have to clarify what the administration is saying. they have not said that george bush, that the economy is george bush's fault. obviously, that's se man tix. what they're doing is, and i think is fair, they are laying the history of what happened. and i think that it is a very important point to remind americans of the hole that this economy was in when president obama took office. he did not start at a level play field. he did not start at zero. it is fair to remind americans

of that. we have seen in polls, in some of the cnn polls do understand that this president had a huge challenge walking into the office. the majority don't blame him for that. >> i have to move on. i have a short time with this. we're running long here. maria brought up ted nugent. he's not had a hit since 1977. he says crazy stuff. should mitt romney take responsibility for something ted nugent said? and should president obama take responsibility when a celebrisu of him says something out of line? >> that's a good point. it was the romney campaign that two weeks ago went bonkers over a comment that hilary rosen made on cnn, for them to now take the

nugent comments, which were off the charts, and for them to basically say, okay, we don't deal with entertainers, it's a big double standard. >> i know you wanted to jump on this. go ahead, really quickly. >> and i think we have to be clear that the romney campaign sought ted nugent's endorsement. >> celebrated it. >> you didn't see owe what going around looking for the endorsement of bill maher. >> last week, it was the conservatives. now the libs, the lefties have had their chance this week. eric, maria, thank you. >> thank you, don. after the break, we'll try to get to the bottom of why the tv show "the bachelor" is not fond of black people. yes, we are going there. great shot.

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former nfler jamaal anderson and hol holly hughes. joe esterhaus said mel yelled at him. >> i go to work. you're getting paid. i'm not [ bleep ]. i am earning money for a filth li little [ bleep ] who takes advantage with me. >> they've been jabbing at ooch oth each other in the media. the comments from nugent and mel. they're both pretty much loud mouths. should we be surprised by this? >> no. when mel got in trouble in california, that ran thin.

it's unfortunate. this was a guy who was a tremendously talented aerkt. you know the rants and behavior. come on, dude, really? >> dean? >> i said the same thing to owners of comedy clubs. mel gibson, he's making charlie sheen look better. charlie sheen looks like the employee of the month. for mel, it's thursday, or friday. it's a history. ted is completely different. that was political rhetoric that got to the level of being a crime prohibiting threat against the president. mel is crazy. ted nugent is not. >> are you sure? >> i don't know. look at alec baldwin. women don't do this. that's the interesting thing. snooki, they get drunk, they fall down. we don't see the angry, crazy

rants. >> let's let a woman speak to this. do women do this? >> no. if a woman is going the say something, she's going to make sure she's not taped. it will be a cat fight in the bathroom. some slapping. a weave on the ground. then it's over. mel gibson has jumped the track. let's face it. get to the bottom of it. it's racist rhetoric. it's something we started at the top of the show going this is hateful, this is horrible. some of it is funny. i don't mean the rhetoric. the fact that he's over the top. >> we got it. i have to move on. i want to get to this. the television show, "the bachelor" being sued. do you tell why? >> oh, my god. >> will you marry me? >> the end is in sight. everything that i dreamed of could be coming true. thank you.

>> will you accept this rose? >> thank you. >> will you marry me? >> oh, my gosh. yes. >> what do you think? can you figure it out. a lot of white faces there. in 23 seasons, never a black bachelor or bachelorette. now two african-americans are filing a lawsuit saying, they didn't get their shot. >> this is outrajs. there are absolutely no african-american bachelors or bachelorettes. we don't exist. >> maybe they're too smart to be on the show. >> there are no single black people? >> it's a joke there hasn't been a single one. >> maybe they just don't embarrass themselves. this could be a good move on their part. how do we know they're not too smart? >> you're missing. all different shades of white people there. some offwhite, some with a tan. some didn't shave. no black person, i'm muslim.

why no muslims on there? >> maybe they don't need to go on tv to get a date? how about that? maybe they have enough the real life. >> i spoke to someone. this is what they say. i don't know if this is true. can you imagine having a black bachelor with women of all different ethnicities. they think the audience would be uncomfortable by that or by having a black bachelorette and the same thing. i don't know if that is true. >> that would -- that's shock -- that's surprising to me. >> i am with jamaal. we see interracial couples on comedies and dramas. aren't we past this? >> the show's been on ten years. 23 seasons. the bachelor and bachelorette combined. no one person of color? i used to be a lawyer. this is discrimination. it will be off the case for abc. >> how do you have ten years and

23 seasons? that is interesting to me. it used to be one year, one season. all right, we're done. up next -- >> if you're not down with it, get the [ bleep ] off my channel. >> the king of all media under pressure to fill piers morgan's shoes. has howard stern jumped the shark? then your choice is obvious. the lexus es. it's complete luxury in a class full of compromises. see your lexus dealer. she's not just natalie coughlin. she's every 5-year-old who ever jumped in a pool and didn't want to get out. ♪ every coach, every rival who ever pushed her.

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all right, back right now. dean is in new york.

jamaal and holly here as well. we talked a minute ago about mel gibson's public bait wl a screen writer. it's been a bad week for howard stern. his multimillion dollar lawsuit got thrown out. now he's fighting with director judd apatow. he said he's howard stern's biggest fan. he tweeted, i hate to say it but i don't have much interest in discussions about america's got talent. i tried. it's just too much synergy. talking about listening to howard stern's show. howard stern got upset and fired out. >> robin was with me at agt. which judd apatow says i shouldn't talk at. he's such a genius. th he tweeted his opinion. >> you shouldn't tack auk it? >> do i talk about the film you

made? his criticism is that i go on and on. you ever see the movie, "funny people "? talk about going on an on. i don't put my wife in every project i do either. if you're not down with it, get the [ bleep ] off my channel. >> you don't want to be in that conversation. >> that's paall. that kind of ticked me off. >> nobody is shocked that howard stern went off on him. >> isn't he called the shock jock? >> dean, go ahead. >> how thin-skinned is howard stern. judd apatow tweets one thing and he criticizes his casting of his wife? i don't know why howard is taking it so personally. put strippers on the sex machine, that's what people listen to the show for. that's what people listen to. >> i'm a true howard stern fan. i don't know if you are. i listen to howard religiously. my sirius radio is locked to howard.

lately, i'm tired of hearing it. i didn't know what agt was. i don't like talent shows. he's taking over as a judge for piers morgan. he's taking over as a judge. now all he talks about is agt, agt. i want to hear about debbie the pet lady. >> the negotiations started happening, he started shifting the discussions on the show. it changes everything for the audience. people are like, oh, really? >> i think dean has a point. he said judd was not his friend because friends wouldn't judge their friends. sometimes you have to tell the emperor he's not wearing clothes. there's a guy on his show, j.d., who said, why didn't you go to the tapings. j.d. is saying, i'm not inter t interested in this. because i don't want to. >> me thinks thou does protest

too much. if you're this upset, this is not your only tweet. you've been getting it from all corners. >> he's sensitive. >> judd apatow apologized afterwards and said, i'm howard stern's biggest fan. i don't know why howard made such a big deal. i think he wants press. he was the king of all media. he could get press doing anything. he's a little bit ignored on satellite radio. >> he was trying to say get back to where you are. get back, howard. >> he should write a song, get back to where you once belonged. >> has howard stern jumped the shark? it's a legit question. you're a stern fan or you love him or hate him. right now, i'm ready to get rid of my sirius radio. >> even if you hate him, you listen so you can talk about him later. >> man up again. up next, why is this cake so

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♪ will is a cn thrks contributor with a bit of a conservative bent. good to see you. the new cnn poll finds nearly 7 americans believe the tax system benefits the rich and is unfair to ordinary workers. that certainly seems to be behind president obama's push to raise taxes on millionaires through this buffett. should we be talking about the tax code as being fair or being efficient? what's your sense of if we're all agreeing that we don't love this tax code, what should it represent? should the rich pay more? should everybody pay the same amount? >> first of all for me, i don't think this is that subjective of an interpretation, what is fair is this. when you have that poll that says how many people think the tax code unfairly benefits the

rich? statistics fly in the face of that. one thing we know the tax code does is it's so complex, so riddled with exceptions and exemptions that it becomes like swiss cheese and who does that benefit? we want to say the rich but it really benefits those that are connected. those that have lobbyists, tax accountants, lawyers. that's where you can make a more fair tax code, by simplifying it, by making it something that so many of us understand. my complaint is in reference to the buffett rule and president obama, that doesn't solve problems, it makes it more complex. some arbitrary reference to fairness, playing to the cheap seats, telling people, we'll get this solved, we'll play it to the rich guys. >> will, thank you. [ male announcer ] if you believe the mayan calendar, on december 21st polar shifts will reverse the earth's gravitational pull and hurtle us all into space.

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is really weird. a swedish art exhibit features a cake shaped like a naked woman and it's causing some controversy. some say it's racist, the artist says he's making a political point. a warning, some viewers may find the report disturbing. >> reporter: these are the pictures igniting the race row threatening to engulf sweden's culture minister, shown plunging a knife shown into a cake depicting an african woman. the artist, covered in dark makeup is the head of the cake, screams as the knife is plunged in. the minister, still laughing. >> okay, does this offend you. is it just making a point? >> i think it's a great nontraditional way of making a political point, raising an issue. i'm glad they didn't make a

circumcision cake, that would have been a scary -- a much smaller cake. >> i'll second that. >> what in the h-e double hockey sticks is that? you're trying to make a point with that image? >> who are you, beaver cleaver, you can say hell. >> my children are watching. >> you are sitting there going? >> it's gross. i find the whole thing freaky. if you want to make a point, female circumcision is wrong. >> good intentions, bad presentation. >> we're not done making a point. we want to know why this man, the one you're going to see, is buck naked in an airport. tsa wants to know, so did frightened children.

when i was involved with "heroes" in 2008, carolyn's project just touched my heart. you think about the people in this world that need help. the last people on that list are the children of incarcerated parents. that to me is why i'm coming out here today. >> approaching destination on the left. >> so what are the total number of messages delivered by the messages project now? >> we're right at 9,000. >> wow. that's a lot of children that have this opportunity. >> gate, please. >> so tell me about this facility. >> this is a maximum security prison. and it is the pilot for california. >> thanks. >> good morning. how are you? i'm carolyn. talk from your heart. 15 minutes. we're going to give you a signal.

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right now, when was the last time you went through airport security and had to remove your shoes? here's an extreme version. this guy decided to go through security in portland in his birthday execute. he refused to put them back on to protest a tsa screener he felt harassed him. are you shocked by this, holly? >> okay, i thought the cake was creepy. let's get back to the cake. i'd rather see the cake than this. >> you want to see the cake? you'd rather see the cake than that man's butt? >> that's the nice version of it, okay? >> the image i don't want to see but you know the frustration we deal with going through tsa. when i first saw it, i was like, yes! >> do you remember the guy, you touch my junk, or whatever.