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that is it for us this evening. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. ioll bill o'reilly and please always remereater the spin stops righ >>. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news this hour, night gingrich speaks out to fox news, could this be the end of his run for the presidency. we'll have to see what he has to say. >> caught, two men accused of deadly shooting rampage in tulsa oklahoma. >> we have a live report were able to track them down. >> heather: millions of christians around the world celebrate christ's resurrection and why his message is so relevant to the volatile middle east. >> gregg: we begin with the passing of giant of television
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journalism. long time news correspondent mike wallace has died. he was 93 years old. he died at a care facility with his family by his side. he was known for his very tough interviews taking on corrupt politicians, scam artists in a career spanning six decades. steve has a look back at the life of the career of this tv news legend. >> he always probing with his questioning made a huge mark on broadcast journalism. he was respected by most people who sat down with interviews from interviews with mike wallace. >> know enough to iran and contra. >> he cold you forgive me a lunatic. >> was there anything that the secret service or could have
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done to keep that from happening? >> i think you would agree that a good many people. >> are you at least bit afraid what would happen making those revelations. >> i may be a dead man already. >> and nancy reagan. wallace begin his career on radio in 1940's and made the move to tv in the 50s. his big break when he was first correspondent hired by don hewitt. when he was putting totaling 60 minutes. he hosted that program for 38 seasons until he retired as regular correspondent in 2006. it pioneered the use of ambush interviews but wallace said they produced much drama and very little information over his long career. he interviewed presidents and dictators, actors and artists
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and he died yesterday last night in connecticut at the age of 93. our condolences go out to his family including chris wallace. >> heather: for more on the career of the legendary and hard hitting reporter. let's bring in one of his former colleagues beth noble. she is former cbs bureau chief and she co-authored with mike wallace the book, it was called heat and light the advice for the next generation of journalists. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> heather: so much has been said today about mike wallace and what made him great. having collaborated on this book together, how would you answer the question? >> mike was one of the greatest broadcasters of our time. he is top handful of top
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broadcasters along with edward r.murrow or walter cronkite. he had an incredible ability to ask the tough questions. it didn't matter if you were a president or world leader or gangster, if mike wanted to know something, he would ask it. it really sad to me as a journalism professor that so many young people don't know who he is because he has been off the air for four years. this is man whose legacy is worth emulating. >> heather: share your reflections when you first met him. i feel uncomfortable calling him mike. i have to refer to him as mr. wallace because the influence he had on my career. tell us about the first meeting you had with him? >> i'll tell you two things. the first time i spoke with mike on the phone couple days after i joined cbs news in 1977.
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he called me when i was a producer to ask me to do a piece of research for him. what does it say that mike picked up a phone and call me as opposed to having one of his people call me. that shows something about mike. he was so invested in the things he did. he wanted to give anything his all. i met him for the first time in 2000 when he came to moscow where i was interviewing boris yeltin. i didn't know what to call him. it turned out he was incredibly easy going, down to earth, demanding but very fair. in fact he tended to joke with me. he said he had been waiting for the interview to happen for a couple days. he said i'm tired of waiting for this jeltsin guy. i looked at him with eyes of horror, he is the president.
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you can't stand him up. you have to wait. i'm sure it will happen. he broke out to laughter. >> heather: you called your book "heat and light," to help educate budding reports how to do journalism right. share with us his thoughts and why you called the book heat and light? >> the reason the book is called heat and light that is really what mike thinks good journalism is all about. in the report he talks about ambush interviews and how they generate a lot of heat meaning drama. in fact he thinks the best journalism has both, it has drama and heat, and it has new information, the light that all journalists try to get to. the book is about every part of journalism. we sat down and i made about 150 questions, really basic things.
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how do you prepare for an interview? how do you write your questions? what do do you do with all that information? how do you make it into a piece? >> he walked me step by step through his thought process. there is so much in that book and his legacy for young journalists to really be prepared, to ask the tough questions no matter how you are interviewing. to remember always whoever is giving you an interview whether it's simply to spread good information or looking for good publicity, but if you remember what they want it will help you do a good interview. >> heather: i read one of your blog posts and why cbs news and everyone else needs to remember mike wallace. so today, why do we need to remember him? >> mike is just the symbol of everything that good journalism
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is about. it's about attacking the most important stories and being fearless in attacking them and bringing new information to light, the kind of information that people count on the press to bring to them. >> judith: all right. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate so much your insight. >> we'll have much more on the passing of mike wallace, leslie stahl will reflect on her colleague right here on america's news headquarters. >> gregg: fox news is america's election headquarters, newt gingrich publicly rereflecting on his run acknowledging that mitt romney is clearly in the lead with most delegates. the former speaker has not thrown in the towel just yet. listen to what he had to say. >> i think you have to be
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realistic. the size of the organization and given the number of primaries he has one, if he does get to 1144 delegates, i'll support him. i'll do everything i can to help him defeat obama. for me it was important as a citizen to do hard things, to bring new ideas. it turned out to be much harder than i thought, but it was the right thing for me both in my life and where i thought the country was. >> gregg: sounds like past tense there. you can watch it right here tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> heather: new developments in a deadly shooting spree in oklahoma. two suspects are under arrest killing three people, critically injuring two others. anna is following it with more. >> authorities arrested two men in connection with the shootings. as mentioned.
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it went down hours after creating operation random shooter a task force of various law enforcement agencies, two dozen agents and f.b.i. they apprehended the suspects at a home north of tulsa around 1:00 45 a.m. they are facing three counts of first-degree murder hand shooting with intent to kill. police say the arrests came after using a helicopter surveillance thanks to an anonymous crime stoppers tip on saturday. officers haven't said what the tip was or where the suspects are from. the tulsa community has been on edge since the apparent random shootings happened on friday. three people killed and two others critically injured. authorities said they believe they are all connected because they happened in a three-mile area. each of the victims have been out walking around. police said they didn't think the victims knew each other and was trying to determine the circumstances behind the killing. african-american community leaders met friday to calm
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worries about the shooting. president of the naacp said there was avid mistrust between the community and the police department and full investigation. tulsa police chief that police would do whatever it took to apprehend the suspect what he called a cowardly attack. no word on a motive. we are monitoring the press conference going on at this hour. we will update you as the story develops. >> heather: thank you. >> gregg: maiming point of tension between the united states and afghanistan appears to be resolved. the conflict was over night raids by american troops. they threatened to derail relations between the u.s. and kabul. now, the afghan government and the u.s. have struck a crucial deal that will give afghanistan greater oversight on the raids. dominic is streaming live from
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kabul. >> reporter: very much a watershed moment in the occupation of afghanistan here today. no u.s. soldier will be searching afghan homes nor taking away suspects after a memorandum was given today between a general and afghanistan defense minister today. what it means that u.s. soldiers are not out of the fight of the terrorists but the night missions will be afghan led and fall under the umbrella justice system. this is major move forward because until recent times, it has been perceived these are u.s. raids going on but 40% have been led by afghans. now it's going to come under the afghans. it's not just about sovereignty, it's really about the u.s. preparing to leave afghanistan, as well. here is what will actually
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happen. u.s. soldiers will be involved in a support role. they won't be entering the buildings which was the biggest cultural issue in this whole night raid debacle. they will be able to back up the afghan soldiers with air support and intel support and medical evacuation support. u.s. soldiers will help build a new elite team of commandos to continue this kind of raids, but it will be afghan team of commandos who will take their mission very much forward. i said it was a watershed moment it paves the way for an agreement between the united states and afghanistan. we'll find out more details about that probably in may at the nato chicago summit and what kind of financing and what kind of support and training in the future. for the time being, it's been very much and relief to u.s. forces because it was such a
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contentious issue and creating a lot of anti-americanism which is one of the many reasons that u.s. soldiers have been targeted. >> gregg: thanks. >> heather: millions of americans at thousands of churches celebrating the holiest day, easter sunday. this is day central to their belief that jesus christ resurrected from the dead. here in new york, the faithful were led in prayer at an easter morning mass by cardinal dolan at st. patrick's cathedral. in washington the cathedral was the gathering point. at the vatican more than 100,000 pilgrims gathered to hear a special easter message from pope benedict xvi. gregg burk is streaming live from rome. >> what a day in rome. easter is so incredible. it was a double barreled message
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from the pope, part of it political, part of it spiritual. the pope saying something that should change our lives. the might have crowd helped by the beautiful weather today. you can see from the flags and banners that people come from all across europe to be here. they have been here all week but this is clearly the culmination in st. peter's square which was overflowing as they celebrated. the pope making a major plea for peace, that, of course, is the geopolitical side going through a number of trouble spots in the world. africa, couple countries there. sudan and nigeria but also holy land and special call for piece in syria backing that plan saying that has got to work. also the pope special prayer for christians persecuted in different places around the
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world. last night at the easter vigil it was a long night for the pope. he talked about darkness and light and how he says mankind seems to be sort of groping in the dark, not knowing what is good and what is evil. the problems that entails. he did say, however, in the end good will prevail. finally, the pope is 84. he'll be 85 in about a week. he is slowing down quite a bit. we got confirmation today that he will be going to lebanon in mid-september. that will be interesting in itself because of the neighboring country syria and the situation the christians there. that is a big concern for people in the vatican. >> heather: thank you so much. happy easter to you, as well. greg burke is streaming live from rome. >> gregg: as greg reported, piece for war-torn syria.
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>> heather: syrian peace plan may be falling apart. the government now says it will not honor an april 10th cease-fire unless rebels guaranteed in writing they will stop firing. >> and virginia beach they are looking for a new place to live. they are staying at a red cross shelter. a navy fighter jet crashed into their apartment complex on friday. >> mike wallace has died at the age of 93. 60 minutes correspondent was famous for tough interviews with
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biggest and most infamous names in the world. >> gregg: this week's federal reserve chairman ben bernanke will give us an update on how the economy is doing. last week the stocks took biggest hit we've seen this year. march jobs shows companies are not hiring much. joining me brenda butner. good to see you. the report on jobs came out what on friday, good friday. so the markets haven't reacted? >> they were closed, but we did have a very bad week last week. it was the worst week for the year. the dow was down 1.5%. s&p 500 down 7% but we came off of a quarter that was amazing the best in 14 years. so a little bit of breather is okay. however, we do see futures, they sank once the march jobs report
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came out. i suspect that stocks could sink as well tomorrow. >> gregg: earnings week is coming up, alcoa begins the week. i've never understand. they start off the week. >> the whole earnings season starts. we're expecting not as a good a season as those last quarter which basically the average was about 10% growth. we're expecting 1% growth from companies this year. so it will be interesting to see. we get google, jp morgan and alcoa which is nice cross-section of various companies. >> gregg: we get inflation indicators over the week. >> everybody is looking at that. food prices have been going crazy and gas prices. so friday we'll get the cpi. >> gregg: and consumer confidence? >> yes, very critical. we get that on friday.
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wall street is really trying to get a clue on you, basically how we're feeling about the economy, especially. >> gregg: i'm not very confident. >> no, your glass is half full. >> am i. >> depending what is in the glass. >> gregg: that is true. overall rates, ben bernanke say we're going to stay the course? >> this jobs report, that may have an impact on what happens tomorrow because the jobs report could be so bad that people are thinking, wow, we could have rates perhaps stay low longer because unemployment is going to be so bad. again glass half full or half empty. >> gregg: i'll be half full. thank you very much. >> heather: and you can catch
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brenda, by the way, glass half full, on "bulls and bears" right here on the fox news champ. we'll see you back in the next half-hour. >> hundreds of the families in texas are spending easter cleaning up from last week's devastating tornadoes. survivors going through the grim task of collecting whatever belongings if any are left. >> it's unbelievable. it's hard to deal with. i've never lived through a tornado ever. >> this is when my daughter went on cruise. this was her senior gift. >> get the most important stuff we need. >> heather: maria molina is in the fox weather center checking out the weather expected this week. >> good to see you. unfortunately we did have those strong storms roll through parts of texas on tuesday.
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by the way, there were 16 tornadoes that were confirmed. two of them ef-3s basically the tornadoes had strengths greater than 136 miles per hour. for tomorrow, we're looking at more severe weather in texas and oklahoma and southern parts of kansas with large hail, damaging wind gusts and isolated tornadoes possible. we're going to monitor this area. today there could be showers and thunderstorms out across northern texas. some of those areas hit hard by tornadoes could see some precipitation today and over the next several days going to continue see that moisture lingering in parts of the plains. texas, oklahoma, parts of kansas continue to see some activity firing up thundershowers and thunderstorms. that is not good news for cleanup efforts but it will be hit or miss but lingering activity over the next few days. >> heather: thank you very much.
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>> gregg: do you remember the case of neil entwhistle he was convicted of murg his wife and baby daughter. the attorney wants the case tossed out because of an illegal search and seizure? really, fourth amendment, could it happen? >> and nigeria 38 people killed by a car bomb. who is behind the slaughter? >> gregg: and christmas around the world marked -- christians, excuse me, marking easter sunday a liveep holy land. ♪ ♪ ♪ need any help?
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>>. >> gregg: welcome back. time for the top of the news, two men facing murder charges in
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connection with a deadly shooting spree that terrorized tulsa. the suspects were arrested earlier this morning. motive is still unknown. in nigeria a homicide car bomber killing 38 people and explosion also badly damaging a couple nearby churches where hundreds were gathered for easter services. over the last several months there have been several bombings tarring go christians in the country. >> tributes are pouring in for mike wallace. he died last night in connecticut. he was 93 years old. >> heather: christians around the world marking the day that is central to their religion, easter sunday. the celebration is poignant in the holy land, where jesus christ is said to have given birth to this new faith. leland vitter joins us live from jerusalem with more.
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>> reporter: happy easter to you from here in israel. there are thousands of pilgrims who come here every year to experience easter in the holy land. we got a chance to talk to them today. you realize how much they have sacrificed to go on this journey as they approach the church of the holy sepulchre. it's a religious journey, as well. >> they arrived to start easter services where many believe christ died and then rose. pilgrims packed the small square outside the church of the holy sepulchre. >> there is a lot more about the site. not about the candy, it's not about the ham for dinner. >> easter end the holy week for christians in jerusalem. pilgrims marched down the
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villa del rosa. many of the pill grams grims as they walk down to the second station of the cross where jesus is said to have received the cross in the third station where the bible says he fell down and carrying it to the church of the holy sepulchre. they feel so much closer to their faith to having experienced this very sacred place. >> they crowded the church the miracle of the holy fire, said to be oldest in history. as clergy from ethiopia to philippines to the united states led their flocks through the holy experience. >> the interesting thing that you see here when you talk to the americans who are experiencing this for the first time is a sense that all of these different branches of christianity celebrate easter in a little bit different way and they do it all here in jerusalem. while everybody is celebrating
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differently they are all celebrating the very same thing. >> heather: perhaps there is a lesson in that. >> gregg: british man convicted of murder in the u.s. is now fighting conviction. neil entwhistle serving a life sentence for murdering his wife and baby daughter. now his attorney is demanding the case be tossed out telling the state's highest court, illegal police searches led to the conviction. our legal panel is here, lis wiehl and david schwartz. >> so were police corrupt? >> yes, they were. they didn't have a lot of time to figure this out. they thought this nine-month-old baby and mother who apparently obviously ended up both dead were missing. >> gregg: why did it take them two days?
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>> by the thyme they got there, by the time they got there they were there and needed, they wanted to find that mother. they didn't go in. >> gregg: you are suspicious. >> we have a fourth amendment which protects us against illegal searches and seizures. it takes 20 minutes to get a warrant. >> you pick up the phone and call the judge and stated the circumstances and get a warrant. >> they had two days. they really didn't. they went missing in two days but they were adding up overtime. when they got to the door they wanted to get in and they had to get in. >> gregg: when you look at these cases. you got the circumstances but not in this case where someone is in the house. that is the case where this applies. >> mom and baby are dead inside.
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>> gregg: they admit they were not investigating a crime. so if they are not investigating a crime. >> could be ongoing crime, something that was happening. >> gregg: would be. >> that is guesswork and speculation. >> police don't know everything and they get into a house. >> all right. so she totally is on board with this, but i get it. you are a defense attorney, give me your best argument. >> my best argue is the evidence seized should be thrown out because we have a constitution in this country. it protects all citizens. we have a fourth amendment. you have a judge there. >> they would have found that no matter what. no matter what, whether they got warrant or not. they would have found the bodies and evidence. so they would have found it.
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it should all come into the trial. >> that is the exclusionary rule but speaking of which, there is plenty of evidence. >> notwithstanding this. >> gregg: incriminating evidence on the computer and they did get a search warrant for the computer. >> so they got a search warrant for the computer. he is researching how to kill people. >> the bottom line, we need the fourth amendment. it can't be watered down. we aren't looking at the heinous act. >> you do have to have circumstances when they can go in without a warrant. when you go in without a warrant you can still seize that evidence. >> gregg: if either of the family is missing, don't you call a judge and state probable cause. >> i would have, as prosecutor i would have. >> so you are admitting they should have done that. >> but under the law.
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>> i was a prosecutor, i did it all the time, gregg. that is how you do it. >> but it shouldn't be thrown out because of that. >> gregg: good to see you both. >> heather: n.f.l. quarterback tim tebow taking the stage joining thousands for an easter service. talking about his faith and football. our power panel weighs in up next. th no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8. new v8 v-fusion smoothie. let's start with car insurance x.
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>>. >> heather: welcome back. employees from the general services administration enjoying the high life on taxpayer's dime. spending over $800,000 on things like pricy seafood and alcohol. now, the fun is all over. here are some of the youtube videos, some of the wrag go about how much money they spent. now, the head of the agency had to resign and g.o.p. led committee is planning to take a
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closer look at all of the gsa spending. let's bring in our power panel to talk about it. utilityly is former communications director for jon corzine. judith miller and jehmu greene. thank you so much for joining us. happy easter to you. first of all, with the controversy that is going on, we should say that the obama administration has come out. they said it didn't begin with us. in fact it begin under the bush administration. the increases were of spending were more of the bush administration. my question is, why are they having conferences still. a lot of them don't do it on the taxpayer dime. >> clearly they were busted. this is absolutely a misuse of
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taxpayer money. i think though we should give credit to susan britta who was the deputy administrator who was the whistle-blower on this. when these topics come up. we overwhelmingly forget there are so many good public servants out there, like this woman susan britta that shined a light on this. there are those that are going to continue to behave like this unless we hold them accountable. so i don't them fired to be political appointees. they need to understand this type of behavior is unacceptable. we can't demonize all public servants. because it was a public servant, this is going on and it needs to stop. >> heather: what kind of checks and balances can we put in place? >> there is a thing called congressional oversight. one of the things that
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congressman is going to be looking at, is not an $830,000 conference, it's not nearly as much money as $1.7 billion worth of what has claimed is under utilized and vacant property that the gsa has been sitting on. when you have a problem like a conference like this, there are usually other problems in an agency. the head of the agency did the right thing to resign or but you have to look at the overall agency and say what is going on there. >> how does it happen $1.7 billion in unoccupied or under utilized buildings just sitting there? >> you have a huge government bureaucracy. these people are career people that have been there and gs level, whatever they are. for those that work in government there is accountability for political appointees but there is not a
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lot for the bureaucracy there. there is no excuse for, i'm not going to get busted and barack obama is not going to bust me because i happen to be protected by civil service clause. that is enough already. >> it wasn't the first time that this agency has dealt with a scandal. there they are the culture of corruption that has been festering and when it first came out under the bush administration. clearly whatever was put in place at that time didn't trickle down to the people who needed to really hear that message that this was unacceptable. hopefully what we've seen there was a public servant said this was happening, the obama administration has acted forcefully and this time it will stop. >> but first time a million dollars was spent at a conference in las vegas.
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>> $44 breakfast. >> so they are looking into this. congress with 12% approval ratings. what are they going to do. i question why is it so much they are not the ones leading. they always respond when something like this. they chase this. >> it's obama's problem and their job, it's congress's to oversee it. when something like this happens the american taxpayer has every right to say, how is my money being spent. >> that is congress's job. >> we have an inspector general to make sure her job. >> when they are having the hearings we will not serve them $44 breakfast. >> heather: we'll leave it on
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. >> heather: tim tebow joined thousands in georgetown, texas. he is well known for praying on the football field. now, he is getting a chance to speak to the faithful. let's bring back our panel. the three "j"'s and jehmu greene is your easter bonnet. >> thank you for an easter topic. >> and less and less women are wearing easter bonnets. >> they talked about how young women have embraced the culture of easter. so this is for my mother. even noshe is 20 minutes away where tim responding today she did not get a chance to hear him. >> heather: about 15,000 on other people did. they attended this outdoor church service. they were there to listen to tim
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tebow. what are your thoughts about athletes being outspoken about their faith. >> just play the game. people on both sides, talking about politics. they can go ahead and do that in their spare time. play the game. why are we holding them up to be role models? i don't care what miley cyrus does in her off time. i don't care about whitney houston was a coke addict. do your job and do it. >> that was one of the things he spoke on, that it's okay to be outspoken about your faith. he took a shot at professional athletes who insist they are not role models. saying in fact, degree, you are but you aren't a good one. >> this guy has extraordinary convening power. my only question, can a
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presidential run be far behind. his popularity is greater than obama's. everywhere you go in new york people talk about him. poor cardinal dolan said tim tebow had greater convening power. that more people were listening to tebow today. when you got it flaunt it. >> i do think, if you are blessed with a national platform and you opinions whether it's politics or religion and the ability to connect with an audience but not something, but you have a responsibility to the highest standard. i may disagree with tim tebow on taking away on his right to choose but more and more prominent people to use their platforms professionally. >> he believes his talents on the football field are a direct
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result of talents given from god. >> and he shares that with other people. >> well, god bless. i don't want to be the grim reaper, all i want for him to do a good job. if they get in the superbowl. >> it would be divine intervention or something in the superbowl. god has intervened. tim tebow. >> heather: thank you all for joining us on this easter sunday and happy easter and blessed passover. >> gregg: newt gingrich raising a lot of eyebrows talking about the future of the g.o.p. race and his plan if he doesn't win the nomination. our political panel weighs in. plus mike wallace's long time partner leslie stahl will talk about the loss of the tv icon.
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>> hello, welcome to brand new hour inside america's news headquarters. >>greg: topping the news, u.s. military is striking a deal that would give afghan soldiers more control over controversial night raids. how does this affect our troops? we have a live report.
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>> plus, only six business days to have your taxes filed. the best tips you need to know. >>greg: how millions on easter from around the world are celebrating the holiest day of the christian calendar. >> but, first, the passing of an icon, cbs news correspondent mike warm last known for hard-hitting interviews and never shying away from a controversy died this morning surrounded by family. he was 93 years old. and now a look back at his remarkable life. and career. >> he was called the toughest and most feared interviewer on television. >> i'm mike wallace. >> he was born may 9, 1918, in massachusetts. he was one of four children, in high school, he was involved in extracurricular activists
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including public speaking and school newspaper. attended college at university of michigan and planned to be an english teacher but he was bitten by the broadcasting bug. his first break in tv was "night beat," and he grilled newsmakers and the controversial style was a hit and joined cbs in 1951 and left to host other tv shows. in 1963 he was back at cbs as a special correspondent. five year leader he was one of the founding members of "60 minutes," which day with ramsey clark and covered stories from heroin, to draft evasion, biological warfare and the kent state shooting. >> for the first time u.s. law enforcement, in ohio in this case, killed somebody on a college campus. killed four and under worked nine. that is when, suddenly,
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suddenly, the nixon administration, agnew foolishly had established a climate of calling people less than patriotic. >> he was then for his ambush interviews. >> everyone is scuttling like cockroaches. >> legacy includes an interview with malcolm x. >> are you afraid of what could happen as a result of making the revelations? >> yes, i probably am a dead man. >> dr. martin luther king jr. >> and we are with dr. martin luther king jr. >> and arafat. >> people want to kill you. >> and a man known as dr. death. >> something crazy in your idea to see the deed done. >> i cannot criticize you for that.
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>> and with chinese president at the time. >> four square and seven years ago our fathers brought forth to give you this nation. >> and it was a who's who of newsmakers. >> you must be good. >> i will be good. why would i be otherwise? >> you would love to control this piece. >> absolutely. are you kidding. of course. i don't trust you. >> throughout the career, wallace found himself the story, a documentary he narrated on west more land led to $120 million libel suit accusing wallace and others of producing a report that was slanted and untrue. the case was settle the out of court. later, wallace made the battle with depression public, saying he suffered because of that lawsuit. always unafraid of controversy, in the 1990's he took on the tobacco industry and his own network. >> they did not want the piece to go on the air because they
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were in the middle of negotiations with westinghouse to sell cbs to westing house and westinghouse would not want to buy cbs if it could conceivably be buying at the same time a $10 billion to $15 billion lawsuit. >> in his 80's he kept up the full schedule n2005 chris wallace said down with his father on his program. >> you do not retire because why? >>guest: because i love, it is not work what i do. i love what i don't i get up not morning and i think i will have the opportunity to ... i wasn't happy about weighing up this morning. >> i felt the same way. >> in 2006 wallace retired as a full time correspondent. and continued to contribute until finally hanging up the microphone. after almost 60 years, the unmistakable voice of mike wallace was not on the air.
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but his grave approach and style marked him as a legend who has inspired generations of newsmen and women and his manner will always be remembered. and despite the controversial style, he was loved by many of the newsmakers he would pursue. >> thank you. >> for more on life and legacy of journalist mike wallace we turn to his fellow 60 minutes correspondent leslie stahl who joins us on the television. leslie our condolences to you and the entire family of "60 minutes." >> so lovely, i appreciate it. it was a wonderful open. it had me laughing and remembering. and admiring him all over again. >>greg: what made him so good? so different? >>guest: well, obviously, it was the questions he asked. he was fearless. he would ask the most difficult
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question. and people watched, i think, more for what he would ask. what are they going to answer? he was a genius at it. and i also think, and this is when mike wallace's son died in the early 60's, he really changed. he said, at that moment, i want to do something serious. i want my life to have meaning and impact and when he created "60 minutes," and believe me mike created it, he established a serious form of journalism which has been emulated ever since and that he then stayed at "60 minutes," for almost 40 years of "60 minutes "he created and made sure it didn't die, the flame didn't die. the intermediateness -- the seriousness didn't die. >> it is part of division on
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sunday nights for everyone across america you have to tune in and listen, and did you ever talk to him about his hard-hitting style? >> yes, i did. actually, he called me in one day, and he said, this is your, you are bringing back a flood. he called me to the office and shut the door and said, leslie, the secret is to ask the question everyone wants you to ask but it is hard. it is embarrassing to ask the question. but you have to ask it. and then when you ask it you cannot, you cannot be embarrassed. and you cannot show in any way you are nervous to ask it. did you kill your wife kind of question. because if you are embarrassed the public will feel it and you cannot do that to them. you have to ask as if it is natural. so, he told me that, he said go out and work on it. >>greg: look the person in the eye, as well, right?
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don't shy away from it. >>guest: exactly. the key to mike was he was courageous. that was the heart of it. he didn't just ask the questions back in the office, he would go to where ayatollah was or some some of the heads of state with their palace with the guns and ask the same tough questions whenever he was. and he would ask the movie stars the same tough questions. you showed a clip of barbara and slow tame to keeps in that piece. he would get to the heart. he would get to the heart, to the essential. >>greg: he had an amazing ability. use look back on your career with him and "60 minutes," what do you remember? >>guest: well, i remember that he established we our place "60
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minutes," in a way that makes us all proud. people say how come you all work there 'til you are so old? he was 87, can you believe that, when he stopped working full time? 87 years old. andy was in his 90's and the reason is we dot old fashioned journalism that people say isn't done anymore. and we love working this. we are still operating off of his template. and proud to do it. we are proud of what we do. it makes you feel good to go there. >>greg: what a great legacy? >>guest: an astonishing legacy. >>greg: thank you, leslie stahl, for that. >>guest: and thank you for the lovely tribute. >>greg: leslie stahl, "60 minutes." >> new developments in the race
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for the white house. newt gingrich acknowledging that rival romney is clearly in the lead with the most delegates but the former speaker is not calling it quits just yet. here he is on fox news sunday. >>guest: you have to be realistic given the size of the organization and the number of primaries he has won he is far and away the most likely republican nominee. if he gets to 1,144 i will support it and help him defeat president obama. it was important for me as a citizen to try to bring new ideas and approaches. it was harder than i thought but it was the right thing to do in my life and where i thought the country was. i have no regrets. >> you can watch the entire interview with newt gingrich on fox news sunday tonight at 6:00 p.m. eastern. >> later in our show our political panel will break it
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all down. in the meantime police arresting two men in oklahoma wanted in a string of deadly killings, killing three and seriously injuring two others with the investigation working on a facebook posting of one suspect. >>guest: that is part of the press conference there is a connection between the shoot that terrorized the black community and the shooting of a suspect's fathers by a black man. authorities apprehended a 19-year-old and 32-year-old at a home just north of tulsa at 1:45 this morning, and england and watts face three counts of first-degree murder and three counts of shooting with intent to kill. police are looking at possible facebook posting by england suggesting that he was angry over the killing of his father by a black man two years ago. the arrests went down hours after creating operation random
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shooting, a tank force of various law enforcement agencies, to dozen officers, f.b.i. agents, and u.s. marshals. tulsa police say after using surveillance video after an anonymous crimestoppers call. authorities believe the random shootings are all connected because they happened in a three mile area and each of the victims were out walking around. african-american community leaders met on friday in north tulsa to calm worries and the president of the naacp contacted police citing a "distrust," between the black community and the police department and concerns over a fall investigation. >> authorities of stopping short of calling this racially motivated and say it is too early to talk about hate crimes. >> thank you very much. >> in afghanistan, night raids by american troops have been a
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constant source of tension between washington and kabul. but today the afghan government and the u.s. have struck a crucial deal that will give afghanistan greater oversight of the raids. and now streaming live from afghanistan is our reporter. >>reporter: and finally they removed the future relationship between the united states and afghanistan with major calls after the agreement on the night raids has been, finally, found. this is what will happen. all night raids will be afghan led. the afghans are in charge of this controversial issue. previously there was outrage over foreigners barging into afghan homes in the middle of the night and taking people away. they were hunting down terrorists, hunting down militants and that is not going to end in afghanistan and u.s. soldiers will be involved in that but they will not be the ones kicking the doors down. as of now, the u.s. soldiers
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will be there in a support role staying back, holding back. it is the night raids that are pivotal, critical in finding the leaders of the groups of taliban and al qaeda that have been attacking nato soldiers and terrorizing the people of afghanistan. the general here, the top u.s. commander, general allen, has said that he intends to create an elite force of afghan commandos the best trained and the best in the region all in south asia and part of this agreement between the afghan and the united states. that is expected to ensure there is enough capability among the afghans to ensure they are targeted and found. part of the conditions is the united states will have to ask permission to interrogate the suspects although it is almost always the u.s. intelligence that leads to the capturing of
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the bad guys in the night raids. they will be essential and the u.s. role will continue to be important. what this does now, we have a way to pave a way for longer term security agreement between the united states and afghanistan. it will happen post 2014 when the troops leave. next month countries from around the world will decide how much financial assistance they will give to afghanistan and how much training and support america will pay a key role in that. >> thank you, dominic from afghanistan. >> later this hour we will be joined by retired army major general bob scales and get his reaction to today's deal on night raids in afghanistan. >> we are following a new threat from north korea, a rogue nation say they are ready to give the go ahead to a controversial new rocket launch.
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>>gregg: north korea vowing to push ahead with plans for a long-range rocket. space officials saying they have moved all three stages of the rocket into position and the west is urging north korea to cancel the launch. a deadly car bombing in nigeria with reports of 38 killed, the explosion hitting a city that separates the largely christian south and muslim north. >> tributes for legendary television journalist mike wallace. nancy reagan issuing a statement saying in part "my heart is broken today over the death of my dear friend, mike wallace, my
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parents introduced me to mike more than 75 years ago and we have been fast friends ever since." >>heather: the deadline to file taxes fast approaching but with six business days what can you do to get the most out of your return? here is our senior business correspondent. thank you for joining us, brenda. people that have waited, six days left. you have five top tips to give people. the first tip that brenda has is to file electronically. why? >>guest: first of all you get your money faster. and, there are fewer errors in the amount you get back, just 1 percent compared to 20 percent if you file through the mail. so, absolutely go online and get it in there. >>heather: if you do it online
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next, however you do it, really, double, triple check, and then do it one more time. >>guest: absolutely. mainly social security numbers, if this is any transposed number in the social security number, that can put months on your refund time getting it back. so, double and triple check. and the number of dependents. i am not talking about the basics. not the tabulation. but, mainly, social security numbers. >>heather: probably one of the main issues. >>guest: absolutely. >>heather: number three, if you can't finish the return you should file an extension. >>guest: absolutely. that is so important. you will have to pay estimated taxes if you file an extension but this is just a way, if you are just up to april 17 and you just can't do it, just get filed
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for an extension and you have until, you know, october 15th, to be able to do it. and, you buy some time and, really, that is what you want to do, you stay in the good graces with the i.r.s. which is what we all want to do. >>heather: but you have to pay the estimated amount. >>guest: that is important. and you would get money back if you, if it has been everestimated or you have to be paid if you underestimate. if you cannot pay, do not go silent on the i.r.s. it is never, ever, ever, disappear from uncle sam. he will find you. the thing they ahead the most if you just hide. if you just say i'm not dealing with this. if you can't pay your taxes go to them there are certain things you can do, if you just talk to them about what to do, much better than just saying, my
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gosh, i have, i am putting my head not sand. there are, if you owe less than $50,000, you can even go online and work out a payment plan. >>heather: there are payment plan opportunities. a lot of people owe money and they cannot pay especially with the economy being the way it is right now and so many are out of work, but the i.r.s. will work with you. >>guest: and, if you go silent on the i.r.s. you will be paying close to 5 percent on the amount that you owe every month, and penalties and interest, so that adds up very quickly. finally, consider if you can afford it, hiring a c.p.a. >>heather: my c.p.a., i would marry him if he were not married. he is consistent, he never lies, and, he talks to the i.r.s. for
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me. >> that should be a description on match.com. >>heather: that would be the most widely subscribed online service. >>guest: if you can afford it the tax code is so complicated and if you are coming up so close to the deadline, just file an extension and try to get an accountant to help you. >>heather: thank you. brenda, thank you. a lot of e-mails from c.p.a.'s will be coming in. >>gregg: who knew it was sexy to be a c.p.a.? good lord! growing trend that just could bring the housing market back to life. families of multiple generations living together under one roof, some construction firms now considering designing homes for these families, a way to build their bottom line.
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casey is live in los angeles with more on that. >>casey: after the real estate market hit rock bottom it forced home builders to get creative to lure back buyers and a solution was to make a home more functional for today's modern family. >> when cox family searched for a home extra space for relatives was key. >> at times we have found family members who need a place to stay. >> they will be a teach household that is increasingly common, the multigenerationational hole. in 2008 one in five households contain two adult generations, up 33 percent since 1980. >> people otherwise would not be buying are buying. >>abler introduced a floor plan made for the families, and the next home feature as separate living quarter in a house zoned as "single family."
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but the out of the box approach is giving them something new to build and market. >> the homes we build today in many ways are not too different from the homes two or three years ago in order to compete against foreclosures which are cleaner, but they have to do something. >> the family bought one of these homes to take care of their parents but in the meantime they help out a relative who, in turn, is helping them with the bills. >> they declined to give us sales figures which are sold in california and, also, in neighboring nevada and arizona with plans in other states. additional companies are also offering similar concepts but it is still too early in the game to figure out just how these specific homes will impact the total real estate market. >>gregg: casey, thank you.
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>>heather: newt gingrich hinting of possible big changes on the campaign trail and why he is taking his focus off romney and targeting president obama, the former speaker will tell you himself. >>gregg: retracing titanic's wake, relatives of those who died on the doomed ocean liner gathering this weekend. [ male announcer ] drinking a smoothie with no vegetable nutrition? ♪ [ gong ] strawberry banana! [ male announcer ] for a smoothie with real fruit plus veggie nutrition new v8 v-fusion smoothie. could've had a v8.
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>>heather: the bottom of the hour and time for the top of the
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news. syria could be going back on the promise to uphold a ceasefire. the government and the main rebel groups rejecting each other's demands to disband. >>gregg: new insight on the suspects of the string of deadly shootings in tulsa, oklahoma, a post on facebook saying he was angry over his father be shot by a black man. all of the victims not shootings were african-american. >> long time colleagues and friends reacting to the death of former "60 minute," correspondent mike wallace being called "one of the real pioneers in television journalism." >>gregg: fox news is america's election headquarters and newt gingrich sounding a little like he is accepting defeat. talking on fox news sunday about his opinions if romney wins the
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nomination. >> if i end up not being the nominee i have talked to the chairman of the republican national committee and i would want to work this fall to help defeat obama in any way i could wherever and whatever the team thinks i can do to help and beyond that, go back to a post political career. >>gregg: our political panel is here, a former pollster for bill clinton, and author of "publicly divided," and gretchen joins us executive director of political communications group "public notice." gretchen, you think newt gingrich is looking for a graceful exit? >>guest: that is what it is sounds like this morning but he has said he will hang on until the convention the way he talked this morning sounded like he is looking to maintain respect, some political worth and maintain his brand and try to find a way out of here sooner. >>gregg: let me play a clip
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from today and i will get your reaction, doug. >> i hit as hard as he could, and he hit as hard as he and he had more to hit we. he did fundraising brilliantly. we both are, and santorum is ruthless. we are committed to defeating obama. if romney is the republican nominee i will work as hard for him. >>gregg: that is a change in tone? early on, if you listened to newt gingrich, he described romney as awful and now what changed. >>guest: he went from decrying the super pac's that took the nomination away from him, and, saying, he had more fundraising clout than i does and he was brilliant. newt gingrich has tried to
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balance concern with his brand, influence on issues he cares about along with being a good team player. newt gingrich is a seminal force in political life. he has a delicate dance, now, to maintain relevance, credibility, and influence and that is what he is trying to do. >>gregg: should he stay in? >>guest: he should try to get out, that is right for the republicans but for newt gingrich and the brand staying in to influence the platform and demonstrating his cloud with republicans around the country could well serve his interest so he may not get out as quickly as has been suggested. >>gregg: he is not a young man but he is an historian, so he is thinking of his legacy? >>guest: definitely. and, face it, no one knows what newt gingrich will do except for newt gingrich. we have seen that all throughout the race.
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when it comes to make history he loves to make history. and, so, will he go? will he take on romney at the convention? possibly. i don't think you can rule anything out when it comes to newt gingrich because he is always going to be newt gingrich. >>gregg: but he is not the transformational figure that he thinks he is. >>guest: look, he is not. he layed a major role in the mid-1990's balancing the budget. setting a new role for the republican party. but today he recognizes the reality which is if he will transform america, it is part of, as he put it romney's team and with the rnc not going as a lone wolf. >>guest: but he, look at what he has done the past few months. newt gingrich has forced romney to go further to the right than he would have liked. he has helped shape some of the news of the race and shaped the debate during the race.
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>>gregg: assume president obama is re-elected. you have to go forward four years does rick santorum need to drop out before the pennsylvania primary because if he loses his home state to romney, he is finished for good. >>guest: if i was advising rick santorum, which i most assureddedly am not i would tell him to do what you suggest. drop out. recognize the reality. the polls are showing him running behind, probably going do get to a wider margin and he needs to chris romney for his own interest, not the least of which is he has been harsh and hostile, and bottom line, the best thing for the republicans and himself is recognize reality. >>gregg: but gretchen, santorum said harsh things about romney. if he is the nominee that will come back to haunt not just romney but santorum. >>guest: exactly. we will see santorum's harsh
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words played over and over throughout this campaign. and santorum is not acting like a team player and newt gingrich is and we will see that come back to haunt the republicans as this plays out. >>gregg: gretchen and doug, good to see you both. thank you. you can watch the entire interview with newt gingrich tonight on fox news sunday right here top of the hour. >> as the housing market take as hit, some realtors are working twice as hard to stay afloat. that is part of the housing crisis "shattered dreams." and now a report from washington >> you cannot wait for the phone to ring. it does not work that way.
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>> beverly has been working in real estate for 25 years and says the current market is full of challenges. >> in our area, 40 percent more work than 2626 -- than 2006 and less than 30 percent left not business of full time. >> thank you is the trend nationwide. during the boom the number of realtors and the wages were at the height in 2007 and then it dropped off. >> it has been tough. they work as hard. or harder. and not earning as much. all new federal laws are complicated efforts to get the homes sold. >> there is a new bill that came, the dodd-frank bill and it has changed everything with the banking industry. >> appraisals are handled differently and the way buyers are checked out so it makes it tough for legitimate consumers to get financing they need.
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so how are real stores taking afloat? old fashioned hard work. long days. working the phones. and tackling foreclosures and social media using the internet and direct contact technology to spark interest. and paul bishop from the national association of realtors say they are actually small business owners. >> they gain the rewards of small business owners. >> they are working to get the lawmakers to streamline the requirements spending $22 million on lobbying in 2011. >>heather: a constant sore point between the united states and afghanistan and now washington and kabul appear to have resolved conflicts of night raids. could this hamstring efforts to wipe out al qaeda terrorists? insight from a top military
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>>heather: as we reported the united states and afghanistan appear to have resolved a major conflict. tension between washington and kabul were brewing overnight raids by troops and now the deal has been struck that gives afghanistan greater oversight of the raids. and now retired army general with thoughts on the night raids controversy. so, the night raids have been pivotal in capturing terrorists but have been controversial. what does this mean, first, for the united states in and for our troops? >> well, the main thing it means for the united states is that it is an opportunity for our special operating forces, our special forces, to start happening over some of the dangerous missions to those afghan units that are most
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qualified and best prepared to take on the very difficult mission and that includes the commandos and the iraqi special forces. so, it is another milestone, if you will, in the progress toward turning this fight over to the afghans. >>heather: you have seen the special operations forces in action, firsthand yourself. can they handle the job? >>guest: these are tough, tough fighters. i have seen them in action and seen them take on the best of the taliban. what they lack, of course, is technical expertise. nato and the united states owns most of that. but as far as kicking in doors and going man to man with the taliban they are just as good as anyone. the question is their ability to blend, ability to use intelligence. their ability to quickly translate anational -- an operational plan into execution. i have talked to people in the
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theater and they are confident the afghans can take on this task. half of the night raids now are under the lead of the afghan special forces. >>heather: following the burning of the con ran and -- burning of the koran and shooting of innocent afghan families and the role we have in afghanistan, we need to mend fonses. how does this work to aid in that? >>guest: the most aggravating things of the american execution of war in afghanistan are the night raids and the impact this will have on the afghan population is enormous. because now they can see an afghan face conducting the raids that are the most intrusive in society. so, with the united states stepping back letting the afghans move forward and conduct the raids sends a signal they are this charged of their
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destiny. >>heather: will it be enough? >>guest: why think anyone knows. we the people in the region are confident that the raids themselves will be done very, very professionally but the real question we have is what about the rest of the afghan forces? the army? the afghan national police? are they represented enough and well trained enough and motivated enough to take up the main force operations in afghanistan? right now? i think the jury is still out. >>heather: it continues to be volatile. we appreciate your insight. >>guest: and happy easter to our young men and women in uniform. >>heather: absolutely. thank you. >>gregg: and happy passover. east are bringing out creative and showing off colorful hats in the easter parade. >>heather: i see gregg.
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♪ in your easter bonnet ♪ with all the frills upon it ♪ you'll be the grandest ♪ fellow in the easter parade,
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easter parade ♪ >>heather: the annual easter day parade going on in new york city giving folks a chance to show off their colorful hats. marchers turning out with all kinds of head gear, some were the classic bonnets, and others maybe not quite as traditional. those look traditional. >> thousands actually taking part in the parade getting all decked out to mark the holy day. >> a lady bug hat. >> looked like a hat from the royal wedding. >>gregg: all right, finally, it has been 100 years since the ocean liner titanic set sail on the maiden voyage and this morning, history buffs and well wishers returning to the very spot where it began for a new memorial cruise, that's right, a
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cruise, retracing titanic's path across the atlantic. i am thinking minus the iceburg. so folks dressing the part. carrying relativives of the more than 1,500 who died on board. they are trying to re-create the same on board experience. >>heather: in the complete experience. >>gregg: they will stop in nova scotia where many of the dead are buried before arriving telephone days from now. >>heather: that's it. >>gregg: happy easter. happy passover. have a great week. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] new glucerna hunger smart. a smart way to help manage hunger and diabetes. and then treats day after day... well, shoot, that's like checking on your burgers after they're burnt! [ male announcer ] treat your frequent heartburn
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