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"love actually"? actually, i'm not going to take a position in this great debate. ♪ all i want for christmas >> what do you think about this incredibly important debate over the film "love actually "? what's your favorite christmas special. let me know. "ac 360" starts now with high good friend, the hand some john good friend, the hand some john berman -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com the latest on what could be a holiday nightmare and also tonight, some people were shocked by phil robertson's views on homosexuality but maybe they shouldn't have been surprised nor should the network that suspended him. the video shows him expressing the same views three years ago. the question now is did a&e know about that when they created "duck dynasty." a story of forgiveness in the wake of tragedy. her husband was murdered in
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libya. her remarkable message to the libyan people, even the killers. the holiday weather that would go from deadly to surreal. depending where you live, you could see a foot of snow, be iced over or in the cellar with tornados or in parts of the east you can put on a tank top and walk outside barefoot as temperatures rise into the 70s and because one of the high-risk areas is memphis, tennessee, it could get rough not just for people but christmas packages, too. following this for us, chad myers. chad, we just presented a menu of serious whoa, so what's the latest? >> i have the tomatoes, potatoes, the rest of the menu. high pressure on one side, flooding rainfall across ohio, illinois, indiana. cutting the country in half. if you try to go from east to
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west and west to east, you're going to run into something. heavy snow in chicago is starting right now in oklahoma city. the sleet is coming down. we'll get this into tulsa, colombia, jefferson city, to st. louis and snow on the north side, ice on the one side and rain on the other side. there's not really anyway to get away from this. we don't expect many planes at all to be in or out of oklahoma city tomorrow because of that ice. and then the heavy snow, milwaukee right on back up even into the up of michigan but through des moines, kansas city, wichita, some spots will have a foot of new show as you mentioned and the potential for tornados. we even had a tornado on the ground today in mississippi and not that far from jackson, mississippi. 20 miles west of there. didn't hit anything except trees. that's the threat. that's the warm, moist air, the cold air never likes to mix. like oil and vinegar, they don't
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like to go together. they will separate at some point in time. look at the city. i know the retailers will complain how cold it is. you have to get out there and shop on sunday, 67, d.c. 73, pleasant in atlanta when i arrived today except the airport was full. i think people tried to get out early and got caught in the rest of the rush that started today. >> let's talk about the airports because with the forecast, i get the sense it may not be a happy time at the airports. >> i have that. oklahoma city, i don't think planes will get in and out. you may have to try to get to dallas and something south and drive north if you have to get into oklahoma city in the next day or two. oklahoma city, tulsa, too, could pick up an inch of ice on everything, trees, power lines, branchs and that coming down will be a mess. chicago one to two hours and dallas, about the same story. >> chad, appreciate it, although, not that much. a new videotape surfaced today showing duck d"duck dynas
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st phil robertson expressing the same views three years ago. a&e aren't saying whether they knew about it when they signed him and his family up for the host-watch the reality show. they suspended him after he equated homosexuality with bestiality in a gq interview and suggested african americans were happy in the old gym crow south. his suspension is amping up the culture wars and weirdness. a republican candidate compared robertson to rosa parks. last night in a statement the family said they are talking with a&e now about "duck dynasty's" future saying we cannot imagine the show going forward without our phil at the
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helm. look at this video from 2010. siting a bible page sage and railing against modern secular society. >> first they say there is no god, get him out of your mind. then they bow down to birds, animals and reptiles and each other and the first thing you see coming out of them is gross sexual inmorality. they are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless, they are ruthless. they are doing evil. >> phil robertson expressing firmly held views that many people do share, but many others find deeply offensive and the network finds, at least for the moment, properblematic. no comment whether that network knew about this video years ago. there is plenty to talk about with michaela angela davis and
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ralph reed, the president of central strategies and founder and chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. ralph, you say robertson's suspension is a brazen act of anti-christian bigotry. how so? >> well, i think because the reason why he was placed on suspension was because he expressed his christian faith and his belief in the bible. i mean, the allegedly offensive passage for which he was placed on suspension was simply a virtual direct quote from the book of first core renlt yins and i think if you read the totality of the interview in "gq," which i have done. it's unfair. a distortion of his views. he makes it abundantly clear that we are called as believers to love anyone, that we are not to judge anyone, that ultimately
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god is the one whose all of our judge and we're all sinners saved by i thought it was a very uplifting statement and while he certainly would have expressed himself in some words that i would not have used, that's why a&e has a reality show built around this family, because of the home-spun folks way in which this family expresses views. >> you said there was an uplifting statement. there was another video that came out from him a couple years ago, again, quoting the bible and a different verse and suggests that gays, again, quoting the bible are insurance length, arrogant god haters, heartless, senseless and ruthless. you know, is that expressing the same sentiment you were just mentioning before? >> well, i would have to see the full context of the statement in which he said it. you know, this is a snippet of a fuller presentation, but based on my understanding of the views
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of mr. robertson and the robertson family, these are people who love god, who believe that they shouldn't be judging anybody, that they are calle to love everyone and show stability and respect for everyone, even those that they disagree with, but i think what the broader culture has to do and that's why many people have risen up in the last 48 hours to defend the robertson family is the larger and broader culture has to respect the authenticity and genuineness of the faith testimony of christians and faithfully catholics and when they say they believe the bible and quote it, just sanction them, to punish them, to fire them, to mistreat them because all they have done is express that faith, i think has no place in america. >> well,y didn't fire them yet. we'll get to that in a second. what about what ralph is saying, michaela?
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they are saying they believe what they believe, an authentic feeling they hold. you suggested this is part of a bigger civil war. >> i agree to a certain extend. this is very authentic. this is very true and core to their believes, but a very, very narrow sequestered fundamental belief system, right? and so when you are part of the popular culture, you have to now negotiate that. so that's what we're seeing happening, and i feel like this great divide is finding itself in a lot of popular culture conversations, and this is just another one of them, and i find very little upliftment in saying that someone's lifestyle would morph into bestiality or that they insight evil. these are very, very hurtful words. they are not just doctrine and there is a lot of things in the bible, right? snakes talk in the bible. people live in whales in the
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people. people have 300 wives in the bible. there are a lot of things in this great book that can be used to substannuate slavery. the bible was used to keep people in slave. when we only use that as the foundation of making an argument, there are a lot of holes in that, and this is probably the first time that this family has ever really had to know gay people or be in touch with black people or other -- they have been very removed, and now that they are part of the larger conversation, we have to both be in conversation with each other, right? they have to hear what the larger population has to say in response to these very, very specific religious believes, and if this were fundamental muslims, if this was the shaws is of hollywood really protesting their religious believes, would the right be so in defense of them? if we heard them, you know, quote the koran. this equality freedom thing works in a lot of ways.
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>> you know, sarah palin ralph, said that a lot of the critics of the robertsons, called them intollerant haters. do people with concerns, do they have to be intolerant haters, or as you say anti-christian bigotry? is there that big of a divide? >> it's interesting and perplexing the profits of toll rants who say we have been to be tolerant don't show the same level of tolerance for those who believe in orthodox, christian or faith for example, and i would say that this is a teachable and clarifying moment for american society. are we going to say, are we really saying that those who believe that the bible is the word of god and who believe that it is the pattern on which they ought to order their lives, not
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in judging anybody else but how they order their lives, are we going to say that is if so facto? i don't think we are. there is a reason 14 million people are watching this show every week. there is a reason why they get higher ratings every week than the "breaking bad" season finally had. there is a reason a&e wanted this show, because people are hungering for a sense of meaning and purpose, and i would just say with all due respect about all the things that are in the bible, we're not talking about dietary laws out of the old testament. we're not talking about old testament law. we're talking about the new testament statement about how one ought to order their lives, and we should be clear that phil robertson answered a direct question. he was asked what do you believe sin is, and he simply quoted
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scripture. if that's viewed as hateful, god all mighty is hateful. >> what if he does come back? >> i don't think people watch that show to hear his views on scripture. they are unique authentic american characters but when you bring in believes that can hurt others, that's not why we're tuning into "duck dynasty." we have to be clear what is happening in reality television and his home and church. what comes out in a public form in media, now he has to negotiate how that makes other people feel. i think we need to be clear what that show is about. it's not about his christian views, and that's not why we watch. they are very entertaining. i really agree with him, this is a teachable moment on both sides. can we not draw such hard lines and listen to each other and understand there are all kinds of people with all kinds of views coming from all different
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kinds of backgrounds that have to work together. this family hasn't really had to be in a cosmo poll tin multi thinking world and now they are. >> thank you. >> thank you. there is more happening tonight, next, what some see as president obama's terrible, horrible, no bad very bad year, he doesn't see it that way. we have a reality check. also, a child grows up fatherless, a mother loses the love of her life and somehow forgives the people responsible for her heartache. the conversation with the remarkable anita smith ahead on "360." how are things with the new guy? all we do is go out to dinner. that's it? i mean, he picks up the tab every time, which is great...what? he's using you. he probably has a citi thankyou card and gets 2x the points at restaurants.
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welcome back, everyone. in raw politics tonight, president obama says that 2014 will be a breakthrough year. listening to some questions today at what's expected to be the final news conference of 2013, you can understand why he prefers to look ahead instead of looking back. >> has this been the worst year of your presidency. americans seem to have lost trust of you. >> my question is do you have personal regrets? >> it's been a tough year, maybe not call it the worst year, the polls have gone up and down, they are low right now, you talk about the health care and
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website, there are other issues, how do you expect americans to have confidence and certainty in this law? >> what do you thick has been your biggest mistake? >> with respect to health care specifically or general? >> the whole thing, back at this tough year. >> looks like fun, right? however the year does include a 14 point slide in the president's job approval numbers down to 41%, which is an all-time low for the president. markets are at an all-time high. we learned the economy is growing much faster than expect the. unemployment is falling. the president highlighted that, rising health care enrollment numbers and sited the recent budget deal as evidence that political gridlock does not have to be a permanent condition. here to talk about this year and next year, senior political analyst david, john king and candy crowley. the major focus of this press
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conference was what went wrong? the president's approval rating is at an all-time low. the first question was 2013 the worst year of your presidency? john king, he didn't want to answer the question. do you want to take a stab at it? >> if you go back to the state of the union, jonathan, at the beginning of the year he was 0 for 2013. look what he proposed and got? nothing. added he wanted gun controls after new town, didn't get them. not all his fault. any democrat listening is flaming republicans. historians tell you the first legislative year is the most important. as the president heads off, he has to think about what lessons did he learn and what does he want to try to get done next year? it will be harder to get anything done next year because he is low in the approval rating and democrats have a serious case of the jitters and republicans are looking at 2014 in the elections. it was a tough 2013 and even
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thou though, it wouldn't get optimistic about 2014. >> he said the new years' resolution is to be nice to the core. he did prize the bipartisan deal but he also said he will not negotiate on the debt ceiling. so any clues as to whether we'll see a defiant president, an accommodating president? does the white house think will work? >> i think certainly in the second term they are going to go with what works. look, the president has a choice. he can be the bipartisan, this is about my legacy and what i want to try to accomplish in some fashion, or it's an election year, i need as many democrats in congress as i can possibly get, so i'm going to slam republicans. what we've had right after that bipartisan budget deal, which is minimal, what we had was paul ryan saying, actually, you know,
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i don't expect we'll cave on the debt ceiling and want something for that. the president going by the way, i'm not going to negotiate. i think we know how at least it's going to start. >> happy new year, right? >> yeah. >> david gurrigan, he called 2014 a breakthrough year. in fact, the economic numbers we got today were really pretty good. gdp at 4.1%. if we were running for reelection, they would be helpful but he's not. how does the improving economy affect the agenda now? >> john, i do think in fairness to the president, he did have good news today, not only on the economy but the numbers signing up for the health care plan have been picking up here in december. they are way short of what they were. they wanted to be as the year ends, there seemed to be a little over a million. they wanted 3.5 million signed
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up. he has wind on the back in 2014. i agree with john king the second year is tougher than the first one with a second-term president because you head into the end of the year elections and there is going to be a lot of partisanship heading into that, and he's going to be out on the campaign trail and irritate the hell out of republicans with campaigning, and i think it gets a lot harder to govern and he needs to win back the house and keep the senate, if he really wants to gloveer, otherwise, even though he has a big wind in the back, there is a lame duck quality about this. >> with that lame duckish quality that david is saying, john king, you said the president was 0 for 2013. what big ticket item does he have the best chance of getting done in the coming year? >> that's the question he has to ponder on vacation. he wants immigration. speaker boehner wants immigration but can speaker boehner get a path of citizen ship? i don't know. is the president willing to
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accept a path to legal status short of the path of legal citizenship? that's the question. harry reid happens to be from nevada. what about the eight or ten democrats, he has to ask them how far are you willing to go and democrats willing to go on that? immigration is one where things the president can get done are things that are also in the republican self-interest and most republicans want to pass an immigration bill but john boehner would have to stand up again if he wants to get into the quick sand of immigration politics. >> candy, he suggested more changes may becoming to the staff, inner circle in the coming months. is he tipping his hand that heads could roll over everything that went on with health care? >> well, it will -- there certainly will be changes, and i think there will be what is said and how it's interpreted. i think there will be heads that roll, but i doubt they will be described that way. the president has never liked
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doing something anti a person who has been working for him while the opposition is pushing for it. so there needs to be some breathing space between, say, kathleen sebelius and the rollout before the president might look and say, hey, you know, it's time for you to go spend more time with your family or other big names. it's clear he needs fresh blood which is not unusual for a president going into a midterm that he, as david points out, desperately would love to see gains on capitol hill. >> david, there was a lot of talk about the nsa. the president did seem to offer hope to edward snowden, he would be granted amnesty but said he would make a definitive statement on the nsa next month. how do you think he wants to position himself there? >> i think he wants to go back to the president obama, as candidate obama. my bet is he does accept curves that have been recommended by the panel, and, you know, i think the second term we're
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hearing more and more about the real obama is coming forward and tends to be on the progressive side and wants to address income and equality, that's very central to him and i bet he does have curves. i think there will be big questions whether he'll be seen as tough enough, especially with iran. >> david, candy, john king, thanks for being with us and happy holidays. >> thank you. up next, a powerful story of forgiveness, an american teacher living in libya shot and killed. his widow's message is one of love for the libyan people, including for the attackers himselves. he speaks with anita smith next. later, a special ed teacher in florida was fired for giving a student with autism crayons doused in hot sauce. she has her job back. what the student's parents think about that, coming up. p this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one.
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. tonight we have a story of incredible forgiveness in the wake of terrible tragedy. ronnie smith was an american chemistry teacher who live in benghazi with his wife and young son. two weeks ago he was jogging near his home when an unidentified gunman drove by and shot and killed him. his wife, anita smith, says they knew the risk they were taking in moving to libya, but they got to know the neighbors, made friends, built a normal life there and says amazingly, that
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she loves and forgives his attackers and has nothing against them. in an open letter to the libyan people she writes her husband loved them and was libya's best friend and goes on to write quote, i want all of you, all of the people of libya to know i am praying for the peace and prosperity of libya, may ronnie's bloodshed encourage piece and reconciliation. anita smith buried her husband yesterday and told her story to anderson. >> anita, as i said before we met on the air, i'm so sorry for your loss. >> uh-huh. >> i read some -- >> thank you. >> some of the amazing things about your husband and some of the things his students were saying about him, he was a light, a silver lining in a city, what do you want people to know about your husband? >> what i want people to know about him, what he wants to know about him is really it's not about what ronnie did, it's what ronnie wanted to show to the
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libyan people, and that's he wanted to shine the light and the love of jesus to the libyan people that he knew. he really did. he didn't want attention on himself about being a good guy or a good teacher or the fun teacher. it was just about the love and the forgiveness that we know from god. >> and i've heard -- >> that's what he wants to leave behind. >> and i've heard you say that, i mean, you wrote a letter in part to the people who killed him saying that you love them and that you forgive them. that's an extraordinary thing. >> i do. i honestly do not have any anger towards them, and i want them to know this. i don't have -- i don't want any revenge. i just really want them to know i do love them, and i forgive them and ronnie would want this. i pray and hope that our son jose will believe this, and i pray with all my heart that the
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attackers that made this incident will call them to know the love and forgiveness found in jesus. i really do. >> is that something you were able to feel right away? i mean, it's only been a few weeks, sometimes, you know, people may get to that stage years or months later, but to feel that so soon, i think is going to surprise a lot of people. >> the first day of the incident, i wasn't even thinking in regards -- any emotions in regards to the attackers but it came really soon. it came within that evening or the second day. it's got to be god's spirit pouring into me, replacing that anger with his love. yeah, they took away my husband, and i love my husband, but it's got to be god's spirit that's pushing me to show them -- this is what god wants them to see. he wants them to see love and forgiveness is real, even if they have done this to my husband and i want them to see this and to know this.
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>> you really feel that in your heart? you don't feel anger? you don't feel hatred toward them? sorry i keep bringing this up, but i think it's an extraordinary thing to be able to feel that. >> i just envision the black jeep driving up to him, and i don't know their faces. i just want them to know that god loves them and can forgive them for this, and i don't know them, but i just -- yeah, that's how i honestly feel. it may sound crazy, but -- it's god's spirit putting it inside me. >> it doesn't sound crazy. it sounds like you're a remarkable person to feel this. what will you tell your child when your child grows up about what your husband was doing there, about what their father was doing there?
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>> we want jose our son to know that we love him so much, and ronnie loved him so much, and what ronnie and i would want as parents for jose is that god loves him more, and god wants him to know just as ronnie and i want him to know that there is no greater thing to live your life for than to live for jesus, and ronnie didn't waste his life, and so that's what ronnie and i want jose to see. >> i appreciate you being on and your strength and courage, and i wish you peace in the days ahead. thank you. >> thank you. >> such incredible strength. there is a lot more happening tonight. susan hendrix has the 360 news and business bulletin. harry reid is out of the hospital tonight. the 74-year-old wasn't feeling well and was diagnosed with exhaustion. a 360 follow, the family of a retired fbi agent that went missing during an undercover mission for the cia in iran met with the head of the fbi today.
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bob disappeared in mark of 2007, secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. is doing everything to locate him and has not abandoned him. two former assistants of lawson and her ex-husband were acquitted of fraud in a london court today. the jury rejected claims the sisters charged more than $1 million in personal charges on credit cards. the celebrity chef says she was disappointed but surprised by the verdict and fired back saying false claims of ha battle drug use were made. sea world launches a counter attack tied to the documentary "blackfish" that says the park mistreats whales. they call the employees true animal advocates and denies it captures killer whales in the wild, it said it did so the last time 35 yoears ago. several celebrities backed out
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of performing there. a florida special ed teacher gets her job back after admitting to dousing crayons in hot sauce. the parents of an autistic boy are outraged. many had their debit and credit card info compromised, target tries to make amends. is it enough? the latest coming up. we're aig. and we're here. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays.
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welcome back, everyone. in florida a special education teacher is back in the classroom after being fired over allegations that she put hot sauce on crayons and gave them to an autistic child. some say she should be reinstated but for the parents of the autistic boy, it's unimaginable she has her job back. >> reporter: jason is 7 years old. his parents prefer we not show his face, but they want us to tell his story. >> i'm going to play with you, jason. sorry. [ laughter ] >> reporter: jason is autistic. this is his public school in
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florida where to put it mildly, his special ed teacher had unorthodox methods including dousing jason's crayons in hot sauce to break the habit of putting them in his mouth. because of jason's autism, his ability to speak is limited. his parents say he would later get panicked when given crayons. has he ever uttered a sentence, had a full conversation with you? >> no. >> reporter: would he be able to tell you if someone stuck a crayon with hot sauce in his mouth? >> he won't be able to tell me that. >> reporter: will he be able to say i'm in pain, please take that out of my mouth? >> no, he cannot do that. >> at that moment, i just wanted to have that teacher in front of my face when that happened because i just want to ask her why. >> reporter: this is the teacher, lillian gomez. the school district found out the hot sauce didn't stop at the crayons. she also put it in play dough
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and the teacher assistant said she made jason put the crayons in his mouth. they suspended her and ten months later fired her following an investigation. jason's parents were satisfied with the decision but would be surprised to learn what happened next. gomez complained about being fired and went to an administrative court. she admitted putting hot sauce on the crayons but denied the force feeding. in the findings, the court declared ms. gomez peeled the paper off several jumbo sized crayons and put them in a disposable cup and poured louisiana hot sauce over the crayons and at the same time, ms. gomez also massaged hot sauce into black play dough but the court did not believe the teacher saying ms. gomez force fed the boy. there is no evidence she
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insisted the child eating or licking the hot sauce crayons or play dough. jason's parents couldn't believe the teacher that put hot sauce on the crayons and play dough is coming back to the courtroom. >> he cannot communicate. he cannot say it hurts my mouth. >> reporter: an attorney for the school district appealed the decision. it went to a florida appellant court and that court agreed with the lower court saying gomez' conduct was not so egregious. the superintendent said they cannot talk to us on camera about personnel issue. school officials said they would talk to us off camera, and it's clear they are not happy gomez is back in the classroom.
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they had no choice but to compile and say they spend $125,000 in taxpayer money on legal fees, and also, have to give her 16 months of back pay. we, of course, wanted to get lillian gomez' version of events, but when we showed up at her house, she said she would call the police. one deputy said he would go to the door and ask if she wanted to talk to us. he came back and said lillian gomez would prefer not to make any comment. jason's parents are happy with their son's new teacher but worry every day who could take advantage of him. >> i just don't trust my kid with anybody. >> gary chuckman joins me now. gary, the teacher is back in the classroom. what about the students with her now? did their parents know about this history? >> that's interesting. it's a new school she's at but the school district, even though they don't want her in the classroom has not told the
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parents this is the woman from the news. they have to find out for themselves. the school district doesn't know what to do because it would set maybe a dangerous president if they made an announcement the hot sauce teacher was in the school so they said nothing. even though she retains her rank, she's not by herself with kids. she's a floating teacher, so she goes from classroom to classroom with teachers in those classrooms to help out. >> she's back. this is it. it's a done deal. any plans for the school board or anyone else to appeal the matter? >> right, the school board could go to the florida supreme court but believe they have a low chance of winning and don't want to spend another $125,000 doing it. >> gary tuchman, crazy story, thank you, appreciate it my friend. attention target shoppers, the retailer is offering a special discount for everyone after millions of customers had their credit and debit card information compromised.
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smoke in d.c., there is inspire barbecue, a small restaurant making a big impact by teaching struggling young people the basics of working life, how to show up on time, ball balance a checkbook. jeff who grew up here cooked up upped idea. >> how do you get out of poverty? doing a good day's work every day and looking at the goodness of what you produced rather than what you don't have. >> reporter: over the past three years, inspire has taken in hundreds of young folks ages 16 to 23 to work and learn for a period of time. some have trouble with the law, some with drug abuse, some like daniel with education. he graduated high school but quickly failed out of college, and by the time he found inspire. >> all out of money i've earned. it was kind of a waste. it was just like where do i go from now? where do i go next?
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do i find a job? do i go back in school. >> reporter: this place had to be like a god send. >> it was. >> reporter: today he talk s about his future and ideas. >> we learn how to do everything. >> reporter: these are life skills. >> these are life skills. >> reporter: in the end this food is not just fantastic, it's inspirational. i'm going to try another taste. >> looks like an amazing place and delicious. susan hendrix is back with more headlines now, susan? >> john, we start in california where a judge granted a temporary restraining order to keep a 13-year-old girl on life support. they requested the order against an oakland hospital. the teen was declared brain-dead three days after complications with a surgery to have her tonsils removed. target shoppers, the retailer is offering a 10% discount for everyone at the
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stores. this move comes after target revealed 40 million of its shoppers had credit and debit card information compromised by hackers. j.k. rolling is developing a play based on her harry potter story. she says it will focus on harry potter easterly years as an orphan. no word will who will play harry. >> harry potter meets annie right there, right? >> i like it, yeah. >> not bad. >> the sun will come out at hog warts. >> you thought about that. >> good one, right? >> yeah. >> your votes are in. you voted online for your favorite ridiculist of 2013. the top five countdown begins. your pick for number five is next. b
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time for "the ridiculist." tonight we're adding goats, that's what i said, goats, all of them, in general and the one that stole the show from a reporter in florida just trying to do her job and report on a county fair. take a look. >> the judging is complete, so come on out and meet the winners. the goats will be here through saturday and they are very friendly. from the manatee county fair, would you not eat my pants. [ laughter ] >> oh, i'm fine. >> are you okay, dear? >> oh, yes. not again. [ laughter ] >> can't get enough. >> did you get it? >> oh, i got it. >> thankfully, wwwsv reporter linda carson was not hurt and she's a great sport about it. she took it in strooid and laughed about it.
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i hope she doesn't mind when i say let's roll that one again, please. >> would you not eat my pants? [ laughter ] >>. [ laughter ] i've watched it like 30 times already. this is not the only goat full raid on the news. in australia, gary the goat was exonerated in court. her owner was charged with vandalism after gary grazed outside museum and who can forget this goat? we told you about him when he knocked a paper boy off his bike and chased him up a tree and we think he might be possessed. >> he made a weird noise, kind of like a grunting noise. >> let's think about this, though. we got goats knocking paper boys off bikes, knocking reporters off their feet and vandalizing public property. i'm wondering if the goats are trying to take over. i know for a fact this one has taken over youtube.
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>> now i don't know which i like better, when the goat screams or that reporter screams. if only we could see them side by side. oh, we can, let's. >> would you not eat my pants? >>. [ laughter ] >> nothing like ending a long week by repeatedly watching someone get knocked over by a goat and watching a goat scream, have a great weekend, everybody, and watch your backs. >> tune in monday for number four. "ridiculist" countdown. hard to beat the goats. that does it for us. that does it for us. piers morgan live starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com this is piers morgan live, i'm s.e. cupp in tonight for pier piers. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. tonight i'm joined by a man so nt
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