and tara wants more than just 15 minutes of fame. she is on twitter, a website, and she is becoming so famous she is even gaining critics. a boston.com producer calling her quote, stupid cat that is probably a jerk in disguise. tough crowd. "ac360" starts right now. good evening, breaking news tonight in the v.a. scandal. the house of representatives trying to force the situation, going slow. also, discover-up allegations against donald sterling, claims that he, his wife and a top official tried to bury the tape that is now burying him. and later should this guy have gotten a relative slap on the wrist for a dwi? how about the seventh dwi? the fact he did it in a ferrari and is a local businessman, did that have anything to do with

getting him off. and the story today, president obama pledging to fix the problems, nationwide to hold the right people accountable and redeem this country's promise, the men and women who give body and soul to defend it. we begin with very tough questions about why the problems have been so long-standing and real solutions affecting hundreds of thousands of veterans. after meeting this morning with secretary eric shinseki, obama said if the allegations of long waits and phoney lists are true he would not tolerate it. all the same he never announced secretary shinseki's departure until he knows more. >> here is what i discussed with secretary shinseki this morning. first, anybody found to have manipulated or falsified records at the v.a. facilities has to be held accountable. the inspector general at the v.a. has launched investigations into the phoenix v.a. and other facilities. and some individuals have already been put on

administrative leave. i know the people are angry and want swift reckoning, i sympathize with that, but we have to let the investigators get to the bottom of it. >> you know, plenty of lawmakers believe he could do more. there was legislation pass that had could demote or fire senior executives. we'll talk later about that bill. mr. obama also made another promise today. >> so today i want every veteran as to know we are going to fix whatever is wrong and so far as i have the privilege of serving as commander in chief i'm going to keep on fighting to deliver the care and the benefits and the opportunities that your families deserve. now, and for decades to come. that is a commitment to which i feel a sacred duty to maintain. >> well, keeping them honest, this is a promise that he has made before and others have made

before, as well. >> we're keeping our promise to fulfill another top priority at the v.a. cutting the red tape and efficiencies that cause back logs and delays in the claims process. >> they should never, never be denied the quality medical care or mental illness or injury incurred as a result of their service to our nation. >> as we bring our sons and daughters home let's take care of our veterans. let's give our veterans the services, the health care -- >> we reduced the large back log of disability claims by about a third. we will reduce it even further. combat injured and severely disabled veterans deserve better. >> well, about a year after president bush made those remarks the first allegations of playing games with wait times began surfacing and three years later the outgoing bush team warned the in-coming obama team

about long-standing issues at the v.a., and the secretary then called for a review and all the inappropriate practices. and today, president obama talked about long-standing and well known to him problems at the v.a. >> we all know it often takes too long for veterans to get the care that they need. that is not a new development. ca caring for our veterans is not an issue that popped up in recent weeks. that is an issue i was working on when i was running for the united states senate. we have to find out exactly first of all what happened. we know that -- essentially wait times have been a problem for decades. >> now, president obama has long known about the big picture problems at the v.a. and members of his team have long known about some of the specifics. and before that, members of the prior administration also knew about them. the question, what on earth is taking so long to address them? worse than that, why were some

officials rewarded? the head of the v.a. got an $8500 bonus for her performance last year. by the way, that was rescinded today. and drew griffin joins us, what do you think about what the president said today? >> you know i think that the veterans will have to wait eastern longer to get care while the president studies the issue, anderson. the fact is, veterans in this country have been waiting too long to get doctor's appointments. that is a fact. another fact is the v.a. has known that the offices out here in the country have been cooking the books to try to hide the numbers. those are facts that come from numerous government reports. so those are facts already out there. in the past six months whistle-blowers have come forward and have told us, they have talked to the inspector general, reporting that due to delays in care deaths have occurred as a result.

the v.a. has admitted 23 deaths due to delays. now, i just want to tell you, anderson, who this is harming, and while many believe the preside president's speech today was completely inadequate. last night here in phoenix i talked to a physician at the phoenix v.a. who runs the post-deployment clinic. dr. katherine mitchell. and i had to ask her twice because i couldn't believe what she was telling me. she told me that even recent war vets coming home injured are waiting to get care. >> doctor, i just want to make sure you understand you. you're telling me that our troops coming back from war now separated from active service. >> who should have priority scheduling, do not. >> who are coming to the phoenix v.a. for care, for war injuries are being put on a waiting list and made to wait six to ten months? >> yes, or longer.

>> you're kidding. >> no, but it's the same for everyone. everyone is made to wait. >> now? that is happening now? >> unless they changed something since the -- >> you're there now. >> since all this happened. >> but we're talking about two or three weeks. >> right. >> can you tell me two or three weeks ago what type of person we're talking about? >> we're talking about people that were injured by being blown up by ieds. we're talking about people who had a mental breakdown. and have severe ptsd and can't -- are having trouble functioning. we're talking about veterans that were severely injured by some means in the -- while in the military even if it was not in actual combat because we had had people that were involved in vehicle accidents. we have people injured stateside. >> who have you told this to in terms of -- this united states government. >> the oig knows when they spoke

to me, the oig inspectors can ask anyone that does scheduling. >> they asked you? >> they didn't ask me, i told them. >> i mean, it is really incredible. you know, we all hear about delays and stuff. but i mean, somebody who has recently returned with a war injury, with an ied injury, lost a limb with the severe ptsd is told the wait ten months. i mean, that is insane. dr. mitchell said she told the oig about this. did she also provide them with documents? >> she said she does. and she also told me, anderson, about an incredible story about just how fearful people are in the v.a. there to come and speak. she said on the night before the inspector general investigators showed up she and a colleague were actually worried that documents would be destroyed that she actually on a sunday night went into the hospital and hid some of the records until the inspectors could get their hands on them the next day.

listen to this. >> we actually took the list and we hid it in my clinic. i found a place where we could secure it where no one else would be able to find it in the next 12 hours. it was actually the list and a copy of the list. there were actually two documents that we had in two different places. and they stayed there overnight. >> incredible. if she is talking about the alleged secret waiting list -- >> that is right, the secret list. >> and did you ask the v.a. about what or what dr. mitchell was saying? >> we asked about every single allegation that she made. the oig got back to us -- no, the oig didn't. the v.a. got back to us and said the oig doesn't want to talk about any of this because they don't want to interfere with their investigation. >> and i just have to ask you about this again, i think i know the answer, did they get back to the regarding the request you

made about an interview with secretary shinseki? >> no, they did not. >> and congressman, your bill that just passed the house a short time ago this evening basically gives the v.a. secretary shinseki more power to fire executives who served underneath him and were involved in this management. certainly an additional accountability is an improvement from what is happening. will that be enough in your opinion? >> no, it is not going to be enough. it is a step in the right direction, you have an agency with 30,000 employees in size. this bill will basically focus on about 130 of them. it gives the secretary the ability to fire people who don't do their job. >> congressman, you called president obama's comments today on the scandal, you said it was too little too late. what more do you want to see the president do? because clearly you don't think he should fire secretary shinseki? right? >> well, i would think the thing the president should have done today was to come out and say i

am going to sign an executive order that would allow all veterans backlogged into the system the ability to go out into the private sector, which fee for service, which the v.a. already has the ability to do. but the president doesn't seem to sense the urgency of what is going on. again, he was disconnected just like he was in front of the senate last month. >> you're now requesting that top v.a. officials appear at a committee tomorrow morning to answer questions about their failure to supply with subpoenas. what answers from them do you need that you're not getting? what do you need from them? >> well, number one, we submitted a subpoena to them about twelve days ago or more. they did not comply with that subpoena. they were supposed to give us information regarding the destruction of the second list in phoenix. dr. tom lynch said that it was all a misunderstanding. that this list was an interim list. and once everything was put on the electronic list they destroyed the other one.

so we've asked what was the list? who was on it and why was it destroyed and when was it destroyed? we have not gotten an answer to that. we sent a subpoena. they have not complied. we only got partial lists of e-mails on monday. we were supposed to get some more yesterday. we have not gotten anything. so i said it is time to invite them to the hill. and if they don't come in the morning we intend to subpoena them to testify on the 30th. >> and drew, you have investigated what was going on in phoenix. you have had people report to you. what have they said about that list. is that their understanding of that second list? >> no, we're finding evidence of multiple different lists all over this hospital. and there are secret lists. there is no misunderstanding. we talked to a source last night who actually threw that right back in the face of what was said about that list. it is not a misunderstanding. this was a secret list. that is what sources inside the phoenix v.a. are telling us. >> and drew, in the introduction

we mentioned, the bonus the v.a. gave to the phoenix director and then rescinded they blamed a clerical error, does that make any sense to you, drew? >> well, here is what happened. i think earlier this morning, the congressman was given notice of this bonus and told that the bonus was some type of mistake. the congressman made that public and within an hour or 90 minutes all of a sudden that bonus was rescinded. it certainly does not make any sense that a director of the phoenix v.a. was given a bonus of $8500 in the month of april when there was an open inspector general report going on at her very hospital. and she is now on administrative leave. it doesn't seem to make any sense to me. >> congressman, do you think it was a clerical error? >> no, it was not a clerical error, and i'll tell you one more. in pittsburgh, where veteran s

died because of a water contamination error. i actually asked dr. petzel, could you give the bonus back, he said we don't have the authority to take the bonus back, now for $8500 it seems like they can make it happen. >> drew is there anymore clearwater clarity on what the white house knew, and when they knew it. >> i think it remains muddled. the president said two things. he needs to do some fact-finding to get to the bottom of this and also this was a cause before he was ever in the presidency. in fact, when he was on the veteran's affairs committee in the senate. he is trying to say yes, we knew about it all along but we didn't know about it all along.

maybe the congressman has a different feeling of it but it is muddled. certainly, the great body of evidence already out there, anderson, on cnn.com i would suggest that the president and shinseki goes to congressman miller's own bipartisan committee who has been holding hearings on it for more than a year and read the testimony. the evidence is there and the information is there. they need to just simply act on it, for one reason to get these veterans the care they need in a timely fashion, that is all we're talking about. >> congressman miller, appreciate you being on, drew griffin, as well. thank you, and we're going to stay on it. quick reminder, make sure you set your dvrs, up next. allegations in the sterling scandal that he and his wife conspired in a cover-up. and more, what investigators are discovering and what v. stiviano has to say about her relationship with the disgraced donald sterling. and what kind of training

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well, just in case you thought you had seen the last bombshell go off in donald sterling saga, stay tuned on the allegations that donald sterling and his estranged wife were not estranged but were joined at the hip trying to cover up his alleged rant. you will hear two weeks before the recording became public, two weeks, sterling discussed it with the team president who then instructed the employee to destroy the copy. we'll talk about another claim, this one from the chief investigator that sterling asked the woman on the tape, v. stiviano, to lie about whether or not it was authentic. there is also more with stiviano talking about her relationship with donald sterling. >> you define sex, hey, baby, can i get with you type of sex?

>> no nudity, fondling? >> never. >> and you were just his assistant and he just bought you all of these things? >> i was not only his assistant, i was his secretary, his driver, i did everything. >> she said she would tape the ugly things she said, to teach him how to be a better person. donald sterling told me the recording was made completely without his knowledge. ultimately, though, the investigation was centered on what he and others did about it. more on that now from randi kaye. >> reporter: imagine if donald sterling's racist rant had never been made public. according to nba investigators' confidential documents there was an effort by sterling and others in the clipper organization to destroy it.

the investigation first reported by "the los angeles times" reported that it was first recorded by an employee who received a copy of it. that was april 9th, two weeks before it was posted by tmz, the team's president discussed it with sterling then told him to delete the recording and text messages. the nba's confidential documents revealed that donald sterling and his wife, shelly, may not be strangulati estranged at all. a stunning allegation considering when he talked about shelly, he referred to her, quote, as ex-wife. and listen to what was said during the interview with barbara walters. >> what is your relationship?

>> we have been strangulat estr about a year. >> and listen to this, this is shelly defending him. >> are you a racist, mr. sterling? >> no, that is not true. >> not true. >> no, of course not. >> the confidential documents showed they gathered in a hotel room after the recording was made public. the nba believes they were there to work out the language of a soon to be released statement one creating doubt about whether or not it was donald sterling's voice. the nba calls it intentionally misleading because sterling knew it was his voice. a source linked to the investigation reveals more about the other woman in donald sterling's life and his reported attempt to have her change her story. the nba documents detail a may 2nd meeting at l.a.'s four seasons hotel, just before

stiviano's interview with abc's barbara walters, there, she was asked about the audio and the statements. >> the attorney for sterling wouldn't comment on the allegations stemming from the investigation nor the clipper team president. according to this declaration, sterling tried to get v. stiviano to lie for him. is he in legal trouble for that? >> well, i don't think there is a criminal case to be made here. you a know, can you imagine a deputy district attorney in los angeles calling v. stiviano as a witness for the prosecution. they don't want to get anywhere near that. but it is yet another nail in his coffin as the owner of the l.a. clippers because it is serious ground to have him removed from the team. think about how much worse this story has gotten for him since it broke. when it broke it was just this tape that tmz obtained of his

conversation with v. stiviano. now, the racist things he said in the interview. the cover-up. the failure to pay the $2 and a half million fine. there are so many more allegations since the tape. >> there is more on the collusion or the alleged collusion between sterling and his wife, shelly, something she clearly has been going to great lengths to kind of distance herself from him. in the barbara walters interview she says she is planning to get divorced. he said they were planning to get divorced. when i actually spoke to him i asked about him having dinner with her. because he was videotaped leaving the restaurant. he denied that ever happened. i just want to play that tape. >> you had dinner with shelly the other night. you were seen coming out of the restaurant on another one of those tmzs -- what is that conversation like? >> i didn't have dinner with

shelly. she lives somewhere else. she lives in malibu. that was danny. and marie. >> okay, so you were -- >> and he bought a brand-new car. and he wanted to show it to me. >> i see. and it was a beautiful car. and then they wanted to take me to dinner. everybody wants to take me everywhere. >> that is very true. >> yeah, i don't even think we played that in the original part because it didn't seem to make any sense. but it is interesting he denies they had dinner together -- >> not withstanding a video -- >> is that material to her case -- >> it certainly doesn't help her if she is misleading the nba about her status, about the relationship. but the nba has made it clear for quite sometime that they regard her as part of the team. and so she is out when he is out. does any of this make it difficult for him to bring a civil lawsuit or even divorce

proceedings to try to slow down having the team taken away? >> well, i have never believed that divorce proceedings would be slowed down at all. but i think it makes it much harder to bring a civil lawsuit and ask a stay of the proceedings. but even if you believe it was an illegal taken an obstruction of justice was independent of the bad statements he made to v. stiviano. so it is another reason why i think he has not filed a lawsuit. you know, we've heard a lot of brave talk from the lawyers, this is awful, this is terrible. but unless and until he brings a case, he is out on june 3rd. >> jeffrey toobin, thank you. as always you can find more on this story. up next, more about the bombs used last year in the marathon. what the bombers used to build the devices and whether or not they had training.

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more breaking news tonight, court documents obtained by cnn continue to tell us about the bombs that killed three people and injured hundreds at the marathon last year. we now know what they used to build the bombs, you're learning more about how the bombs were constructed. and the items used were basically things that were found respect the house? >> exactly, and it was not just the bombs. but the question always was how

were the two brothers able to death -- detonate the bombs, they used christmas lights and detonated the devices using a remote control although that you could get for a car. we heard it the first time, so that how the fuse was built so that they could get away safely and how the device was used to make the explosion the maximum impact, anderson. >> and there was one fact that jumped out at us about what the brothers did, saying quote, the relatively sophisticated devices would have been difficult for the tsarnaevs to fabricate effectively without training or assistance from somebody. so the authorities believe that clearly the brothers didn't act alone or that they had some kind of training. do they still believe that now? >> first of all, no, they don't believe that. but at the time that was the assumption they were operating

under. and this has all come out because tsarnaevs' lawyers are trying to get the court basically to throw out a confession that tsarnaev made in the hospital. and up until now, the fbi up through the highest level of government were afraid there were other devices out there. when they found tsarnaev on the boat he had written a note we will achieve victory, we are promised victory, we will surely get it. so the sense of "we" made them believe others were out there. also, the devices, the pressure cooker bombs were used making the black powder. and they did searches of the homes and couldn't find the black powder. that suggested either they were built somewhere else or had help doing it. plus, the controls themselves, very sophisticated. there was suggestions th -- no suggestions that dzhokhar got that training, but the fbi had

to find that out sooner rather than later and that is why they questioned him in the hospital. all right, general motors issued its 29th recall alone this year. this time involving 2008 chevrolets, together, the 29 recalls involved more than 15 million cars worldwide, which is a record, in case you wonder. the surge caused by the ignition switch tied to the deaths, gm knew about the problem for at least a decade before recalling the vehicles. mary barra told lawmakers that gm going forward intended to root out problems quickly. so the question is, is that what we're seeing now or are there other issues at play? pop poppy, the fact they recalled more gm cars than they sold, is

a problem. they were criticized for not recalling cars quickly enough. >> yeah, absolutely, of the cars recalled, 200,000 of those. they didn't give the exact date. but they're being aggressive and trying to get in front of any sort of potential safety issue because of all the criticism they faced. the congressional testimony that the ceo had to give in april and that $35 million fine last week from the government. they said quote, see if, if it needs to get fixed get it done. that is the way this company is trying to be proactive and show the country they're trying to change. they say in terms of the latest recall there are no injuries associated with it but they're investigating some fires. you know, why are we seeing this mountain of recalls from general motors right now? it is because the last thing this company wants is for anybody to point a finger at

them of delaying a recall or of course anything else. this comes after the ignition switch defect that proved to be deadly. it cost at least 13 lives and bm knew about it a decade before they told the public before it or recalled the cars. >> and any idea how much the recalls will cost gm? >> yeah, that is a great question. so what we know so far is that all the recalls this year in the u.s., over 13, just about 13.8 million. they are are costing the company already 1.7 billion there'$1.7 just to fix the cars. then they have the $35 million fine that they agreed to pay. and that doesn't settle any possible criminal liability. we know the department of justice is investigating right now whether or not there was any sort of cover-up at general motors in terms of the ignition switch recall. general motors is internally investigating that, as well. we're waiting for the report that has to come out by the end of june. but also you have to remember they have brought on attorney

ken fineberg and he handled victim compensation after 9/11. after the bp oil spill. he is sorting out victim compensation for those who died as a result of the ignition switch defect. so likely the cost here for gm will go a lot higher. >> i mean, how does somebody who has a gm car, how do they find out or figure out if it is one of the cars recalled? >> right, they have to go on line, go to gm/recall, also the owner's section where you can put in the vin number for your vehicle. we also have it listed on cnn.com. >> poppy, thank you very much. poppy harlow. and speaking out about allegations that the nfl pushed illegal powerful painkillers on the players just to keep them in the game. plus, a dwi seven-time offender, he gets just a slap on the wrist. is this another case of the so-called affluenza?

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tonight, the nfl is facing a new round of allegations that it sacrificed its players health for profit, this time it involved pain killers. and it involved jeremy newberry alleging that the nfl routinely supplied pain killers, powerful and addictive, to keep them on the field for game day all without warning them about the seriousness of the addictiveness. jeremy newberry now has kidney failure that he attributes to the painkillers. jeremy, the allegations about the addictive drugs, given without prescriptions and --

>> maybe my first year, i didn't take it the whole year. but the majority of my career i would say ten out of 11 years, i was taking toridol. >> and what would that do for you? >> it is almost like a wonder drug. a super-strong anti-inflammatory. there were times i couldn't practice the whole season, being in a walking boot or crutches, trying to get in a stadium, take a shot of toridol and vicodin, and i would be ready to play. >> so was it the doctors giving you the stuff in the locker room? >> the doctors and trainers typically gave out the oral painkillers, and then the doctors gave the shots. >> trainers, without a medical licen

license, just the trainers. >> correct. >> so at any point did anyone say these are serious drugs and can cause you serious problems down the line, you know, take them at your own risk? >> no, and the crazy thing is i had symptoms early on this went by the wayside. and looking back, after i ended up in the icu with the severe symptoms from the kidney problem, i went to a bunch of specialists who started to look at my medical records from year's past, 2003 and 2004, i started showing signs of kidney damage in my blood test and urine tests. 2005, 2006, even worse, when i retired in 2009 they got worse every year. the same doctors were looking at my tests, my physicals, saying a good clean bill of health. never say your kidneys are deteriorating, you need to lay off the pain killers, they knew at that point in my career, my

body was beaten up enough, i was not going to get on the field unless they were giving me these drugs so they concealed that from me. >> and there was a former player, mike golig, he talked about the lawsuit and was critical. i just want to play some of what he said and let you respond. >> you know when i hear that one football player said football turned me into a junky. that upsets me, because the players would say i'll take what you give to make me play. you didn't have to. you didn't have to take that. >> or didn't want to. >> what do you say to that? i mean, would you do it again? >> i say -- >> if they told you it was dangerous, would you have just done it anyway? >> i say one of two things, he makes his money doing exactly what he is doing. there is a whole bunch of people that make a living by being

controversial and saying what is against the grain or whatever. and the other thing i say is there is a difference between a doctor telling you hey, gerry, this will get you back on the field. if somebody said the odds of you having kidney favor and you may need a kidney transplant by the time you're 40 years old if you take this stuff that is the true risk of taking this toridol, there is no way in hell i would have taken the medicine. i just wouldn't have done it. >> and they didn't sit you down -- >> of course not, they said this will cause you to bruise more. you don't have to worry about nothing. if the team doctor and trainer was telling me the side effects some bruising? yeah, that is a no-brainer, if you tell me there would need to be a kidney transplant at 40, i would have taken those drugs never. >> well, jeremy, thank you for

telling me this. >> my pleasure. police say it was not the first time this man got behind his sports car and drove drunk, so why did he get what the critics call basically a slap on the wrist?

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got what was basically a slap on the wrist. shawn goodman, in a statement, it said he received a maximum year in jail and work release. this is raising questions about dwi sentencing in general, and in this case, about goodman's status as a wealthy businessman. >> he lives on this three-acre gated property in olympia, washington. shawn goodman owns a business and has done well for himself. and that is why some believe that this multiple dwi offender is getting a sweetheart deal, the ability to work at home and keep the cash flowing while serving little time after a drunken night behind the wheel. >> it is just sad to feel forgotten by the justice system. they're not worried about the people. >> henry griffin could not believe it when he learned the full extent of goodman's

history. he believes goodman could have killed him and feels let down by a system he says is failing to protect the public from a drunk. they met at this tavern with the 42-year-old goodman offering a ride in his ferrari. >> and i was like oh, it is a ferrari, i had never been in a ferrari before. and as soon as they drove off, goodman gunned it. police were on his tail, and goodman proceeded to go on a high speed chase. goodman was forced to jump out of the moving vehicle. according to the police report goodman blew through several red lig lights, going an estimated 80 miles an hour. the police approached goodman, his car was trashed and he eventually was booked for dwi. as you mentioned earlier it was not the first time. it was not the second, not even

the third or the fourth. or the fifth. not even the sixth. it was his seventh dwi over 20 years. adding to the outrage, goodman was given permission by a judge to attend the super bowl in new jersey while his case was pending. >> you hear seven dwis, people just think why don't you stick this guy in prison for a long time? >> well, in washington, the law didn't let us do that, it didn't give us the option. >> the prosecutor was defending the growing criticism pushed through his office, by letting the repeat offender spend his days at his home office. he denies goodman's wealth was a factor. >> i think that if you can keep somebody working while they're in custody so that had they come out of custody reduces the idea that they would re-offend. particularly when you're talking about somebody who is a drug addict or alcoholic.

>> goodman refused to talk to me, we did catch up with his lawyer. >> if he didn't get the message after the sixth time what makes you think he is going to get the message after the seventh time? >> he has been very remorseful. and he has definitely acknowledged and understands the gravity of the situation and how serious it is. >> henry griffin is not so convinced. >> i have to go to the chiropractor three times a week. i have to go to see a psychologist once a week. >> five months have gone by and he says he has not even gotten an apology. >> and he joins me from olympia. so even with seven dwis this is the longest sentence he can get? that surprises me. >> you know, as egregious as that sounds, anderson, that is the law here in washington state based on the time line when all of these events occurred, if you will. but what has people really fired up is this work release, the judge and prosecutor certainly

could have rejected that and that certainly would have made a whole lot of people happier. but the idea if you're employed and have a job when you leave jail you will get a paycheck and be a benefit to society when you get out. >> appreciate it. a lot more happening, susan hendricks has more. anderson, a woman reported missing when she was 15 has been found alive and her alleged kidnapper is behind bars. police say garcia abused her, forced her into marriage and fathered a child with her. well, 80 u.s. troops in chad will help in the search for 200 nigerian school girls kidnapped by the islamist terrorist group boko haram. also, a group making a video of themselves dancing to the song "happy" was in jail, they're out, the director is still behind bars. >> all right, crazy, susan thank you very much.

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time now for the ridiculist, and if i have said it once i said it a thousand times. there is nothing, nothing more delightful in these great united states than a transportation department. that is right, they're lively and playful and just a little bit edgy. just take a look at what the massachusetts department of transportation has come up with now.

it is a road sign that says use your blinker, if you're going to change lanes use yah blinker, i don't know if you have seen the movie "the heat." but it can be a challenge for those uninitiated. >> are you a nock? am i speaking japanese. listen, i'm going to sound it out for you. are you or are you not a knock? like johnny depp, in "21 street". >> yes, a narc, what was i saying? >> other signs came up, imploring people to be wicked safe and smart on the road. >> by using the spelling we certainly get people's attention. so we're hoping that this is a way that we can kind of refresh

these messages, even get help from the public, maybe even suggestions from the public on that. >> i'm not sure you want to solicit suggestions from the public, you will probably end up with a lot of this. take a look, somebody hacked into a sign in new jersey and changed it into this bit of glory. i always thought that asheville was farther than new jersey. i don't think they were warning people in san francisco about a godzilla attack ahead. or notifying them that the roads were closed or because it is just too darn hot. i want to see them change a sign saying long haired freaky people need not apply. if you have suggestions, send them to the show. just kidding, we have no intention of doing that. but massachusetts may look for ideas and that is something we can all sign off on the