he turned on me for the first time ever. >> have a bear timeout. >> that's in the after the show show. have a great weekend. martha: the face of the disastrous obamacare rollout. now kathleen sebelius says she's stepping down. president obama will announce the next person up for that controversial job. happy friday, we are in america's newsroom. gregg: kathleen sebelius stepping down six months after obamacare's troubled launch. >> i know it's very frustrating. it's certainly not what we wanted it to be.

it's not the experience i had hoped for. i'm as frustrated and angry as anyone with the flawed launch of healthcare.gov. let me say to americans you deserve better. i apologize. >> michelle snyder is responsible for this debacle. michelle snyder is not responsible, i'm responsible. >> healthcare.gov has been a miserably fraud experience. i'm responsible. >> can i get an answer on what is success? >> millions of people with affordable health coverage. martha: stewart varney joins us now. there have been so many ups and downs throughout the course of

events. what do you think broke the camel's back. >> i think it was the 7 million enrollee number. we never found out how many people actually paid. how many people were actually up secured and we never found out how many of the 7.1 million insurance and were now insured which is the basis of obamacare. that 7.1 million number, the end of the first period enrollment. it was a self-imposed target and the numbers did noted a up. -- the numbers did not add up. martha: you look at the mid-term, why now? >> i think she takes the political fall 6 months before the elect. she was the public face of obamacare, the public face of failure, she is gone, moved on with a newcomer and maybe wiped

the political slate clean. that has a lot to do with the timing 6 months in advance of an election. martha: you can't blame kathleen sebelius if she wants to take a break. let's look at the woman who is expected to take on this task. it couldn't have been too easy to find people lines up for this job. sylvia mathews burwell is the one we are talking about. >> she has to be confirmed in conscious amount hearings. if she gets the job it will be another round of cans links and premium increases and the possibility government money will have to go to the insurance companies. that's a tough job indeed.

gregg: the reaction powered in with republicans saying the healthcare debacle is not about kathleen sebelius, it's about the law itself. >> it's about a failed policy she was asked to implement. a lot of the up plem takes of that poll -- a lot of the implementation of that follow i made it worse. in the end she was given a hard job and that job made her unpopular. >> she is not victim, she was given a hard job. gregg: orrin hatch wished kathleen sebelius well. here is what he said. martha: more on the president's next pick for hhs secretary, her

name is sylvia mathews burwell, she is currently the director of the omb, the office of management and budget. she was confirmed for her current post by a senate vote of 96-0. she oversaw preparation for the government's annual budget. she served in numerous positions during the clinton administration. gregg: that announcement coming at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. what will the sebelius resignation mean in november. does it give democrats some political leeway here? martha: she has to be exhausted. when you look at what she has been through. as was pointed out by tucker carlson. she didn't engineer this program

but she was tasked with clearing it out. by all reviews the rollout was a disaster. gregg: she has her mani' critics, she could have been more attentive or directive and she wasn't so her name will forever be associated this. martha: the former governor of kansas. gregg: at least 10 people killed in a horrible accident when a bus slammed into a fedex truck. >> we leave 12 miles south of willow. >> there was a bunch of screams and a man ran out and his back was on fire. it was scary. it was horrible. gregg: claudia is live at the

scene. >> a grim atmosphere here in glenn county. we are an hour and a half north of sacramento. you can see the charred wreckage from a horrible accident that left 10 people dead and injured five others. the bus was full of college hopefuls to visit humboldt state university when a fedex truck crossed the grass median and crashed head-on into the bus, causing both vehicles to explode in flames. >> i heard a sonic boom. and it was spewing up black smoke. i saw one gentleman on a board and his clothes were gone pretty much. i couldn't tell if his injuries

were significant. i just kept praying. >> reporter: the chp says the drivers of the fedex truck and the tour bus are among the dead. the injuries ranged from minor cuts to serious head injuries. while southbound interstate 5 remains open. we are awaiting the arrival of federal investigators with the national transportation safety board. they will be looking into a number of factors including vehicle operation, fire safety operation and eventually later today a backhoe will be coming in to remove this wreckage. gregg: it's so horrific and scary for families. easter vacation is when student visit colleges to which they

have been accepted. any theories on what caused this crash? >> reporter: nothing concrete. but investigators say the drive of the fedex truck may have been trying to avoid a passenger car that also involved in this crash. the two people in that vehicle were able to walk away. investigators will be talking to those people as well as two other survivors and eyewitnesses. gregg: our hearts go out to all of the victims and their families. claudia cowan at the scene. martha: reporters getting ready. the superintendent of the school district where these children came from is giving a live update on the condition of those hurt. when we get news on them we'll bring it to you. and this crossing the radar this morning. a flying obscenity hillary

clinton ducking for cover during a speech. watch this. >> it many already recycling ... martha: that's her reaction to that rude interruption. gregg: just glad she didn't get hit. martha: the house votes to hold former irs official lois lerner in contempt of congress as republicans push for answers in the irs scandal. a woman says the irs targeted her group. she will join us with her reaction to that news coming up. >> that's not the wait our system works. you have to other the other side's questions. i think these questions are fair. the tea party is very dangerous. dangerous to whom? who, miss lerner? who thinks they are dangerous,

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martha: the man wanted in connection with a crash at a daycare center. police say he rear-ended a driver who crashed into a daycare, killing a 4-year-old child and hurting several others. >> i think the pressure paid off. he listened and did the right thing. >> this appeal you made, this press conference made a difference. >> i think it made a difference because he knew. you add all the eyes of the public, thank you to the public. you helped, everybody helped, great job. martha: corchado faced self

charges including leaving the scene of an accident. gregg: lois lerner has repeatedly taken the amendment to avoidancing questions. but they say she already waived that right. >> i counted 16 factual assertions by lois lerner. 17 separate factual assertions. that's a lot of talking for someone who wants to remain silent. that's a lot of talking. if you honestly believe you can take 17 separate factual assertion and still invoke your right to remain silent then please tell we what waiver is. gregg: joining us to talk about it. becky gir theson who he she was

targeted by the irs. gregg: if this case is referred to eric holder who is himself being held in contempt of congress. do you think he will bury it to protect himself and his boss the president of the united states? >> his track record shows he isn't serious about getting to the truth of anything with benghazi and fast and furious. gregg: are you pretty much convinced that the obama white house was trying to use the machinery of government through the irs to suppress speech and to essentially punish perceived political enemies? >> i don't know if i want to go as far as the white house is doing it. i do know the chief counsel for

the irs and he's appointed by president obama is involved. i don't know that it lead directly to the president, i'm not going make that assertion. gregg: when you got an inquiry letter from lois lerner, did that seal it for you? you knew she wasn't telling the truth when she set it was a couple rogue employees. you got an inquiry letter from her directly. >> i knew last year when she blamed it on low-level agents in cincinnati that could not be true. and from the emails we have seen she is at the epicenter of all of this. gregg: what would you like to ask her, what questions would you like her to answer? >> i would like her to answer all of the questions that were asked of her a few week back when she took the fifth on every

question. i want to know why she says the tea party matter its very dangerous. what does that mean exactly. i want to know who is behind all this. was she acting independently? did it come from the white house? she has all of the answers. and i think the public need to know. gregg: what about the president? he initially said what happened at the irs was horrible. he vowed to get to the bottom of it and then months later he says there is not a smidgen of corruption and it's all over. i don't know how he could go know that, do you? >> no. and when you look back to april of 2012, he was meeting directly with the top irs official and directly the next day they had more meetings and the next day new regulations came down from the irs. it does appear he was involved. but i think more proof need to come out.

gregg: legal experts say given the dynamics of this, the attorney general, the department of justice, they are sceptical holder will do anything. should lois lerner be given immunity or use i hundredity because that may be the on way we'll get to the truth? >> i don't think so. she has already said she did nothing wrong, she hasn't violated any law or any rules. why in the world does she need immunity. gregg: good question. thanks for being with us. martha: a family running their ranch for generations is saying the government is trying to take away their cattle on their land. the standoff between the fed and a rancher. then this ...

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gregg: hillary clinton rolling with the punches at a speech in las vegas. and object was hurled at former secretary of state. that object was actually a shoe. clinton is no stranger to controversy. kind of taking it all in stride. >> you throwing something at me?

was that a bag? that's somebody throwing something at me? is that part of cirque du soleil? i didn't know solid waste management was so controversial. thank goodness she didn't play softball like i did. gregg: that's a pretty good one. the protester was arrested and will face criminal charges. reminiscent of george bush getting shoe thrown at him overseas. martha: i thought she handle it very well. she rolled with the punches quite nicely. is that a bat? i didn't know cirque du soleil was so controversial. martha: land that has been in

the family for decade. a long battle with the fed off their cattle. their son was arrested and 200 cat candlelight were rounded up by the bureau of land management. the bureau claims the cattle are grazing illegally. william lajeunesse is live in los angeles. what's going on here? >> reporter: it's getting bigger. armed militias are arriving at the bundy ranch to stop the federal government from seizing the calculate and what they consider an abuse of authority. they consider the roundup illegal. the family became grazing the cat the in the 1800s. and it later became an endangers

area for ther to poise. wednesday protesters clashed on a public highway closed by the fed. >> yesterday we seen them throw an elderly woman to the ground and tase another protester three times. the tortoise thing has been a scapegoat from day one. the tortoise will not even dane -- the tortoise is not endangered. it will end with we the people prevailing. >> reporter: one arrest and three detained for stepping outside the blm's free speech zone. martha: protesters from across the country are stepping up. >> this has become a rallying cry for people who think the federal government is seizing property through overzealous environmental regulations.

enough is enough. a sniper rifle he says is not due process and i agree with the nevada governor this is pure indim days. ' -- pure intimidation. >> i can come down and show this family i support them and i don't agree the federal government controls 84%. land in nevada. >> where did they get the authority to put snipers on that hill. n if they cross an emergency nary line do they have orders to shoot. report report others say these outsiders are making matters worse. they want them to take their guns and go home. we don't know the ending yet how this is going to finish out. martha: let's hope it end peacefully. we'll see. william, thank you very much. gregg: attorney general is facing new outrage. what he says was behind the gop

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martha: after u.s. attorney general suggested race has played a role in how he has been treated by republican lawmakers. >> the last five years have been defined by significant stride and lasting reforms, even in the face of unprecedented, unwanted, ugly, and divisive adversity. you look at at way the attorney general of the united states was treated yesterday by a house committee. it had nothing to do with me. what attorney general has had to deal with that kind of treatment. what president has ever had to deal with that kind of treatment? martha: attorney general eric holder referring to a heated exchange with a texas

congressman while facing tough questions on the gun running sting fast and furious. >> i read what your department promised and it's inadequate and i realize contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general but it's important that we have proper oversight. >> you don't want to go there, okay? >> i don't want to go there about the contempt? >> you should not assume that that is not a big deal to me. i think it was inappropriate and unjust. never think that was not a big deal to me. martha: you don't want to go there, buddy. he sat back in his chair. juan williams a fox news political analyst and mary katharine ham. juan, what do you make of that exchange with eric holder and the way he interpreted it and used it at that conference? >> i know he feels he has been

unfairly treated. he feels he was dealt with in a way that was not only unfair but that it was disdainful of lou to have the turn general held in contempt over if the question of had the attorney general been cooperative with congress. attorney general holder felt it was wrong and he had to deal with the substance -- let's take race out of it for a second -- had given them thousands of documents, testified several times, made his aide available, released emails, even had some republicans say you can't give up emails that might impact future prosecutions. martha: when you look across history and think about the skirmishes and battles and at way different presidents and

attorneys general have been treated over time i think there is a precedent for all kind of across the board treatment of these individual regardless of their office. >> it doesn't take a long look back in history to find treatment that is precedented that is similar to what holder is going through. for instance i would offer attorney general alberto gonzalez who was hounded from office. three years later it was found he didn't do anything wrong by the inspector general. but he was out of office over that. y i didn't hear why do democrats hate self-made latino men. i would argue they took him down because they thought he did something wrong or because he was a republican. eric holder after fast and furious and surveilling reporters has gotten off fairly easy in not losing his job.

i think he was talking to a crowd where this would play well politically. i think he probably does feel there is some of that involved. but the fact that it's unprecedented is not true. martha: was he suggesting in your mind that that treatment is in part or more than that due to his race? >> i think that's part of it. i think race is such a big item here. it's hard to imagine how we don't deal with with it. i don't see how alberto gone zal ets or janet reno or any attorneys general who have been highly criticized being held in contempt of congress. they are excoriated. but it seems to attorney general holder and president obama a whole different kettle of fish. you stop and think about immigration laws and voter i.d. impact on minorities and the role eric holder played there.

martha: the argument about eric holder has been based mostly on executive privilege under his attorney general. while he's been southern general. that he found legal ways the find those things acceptable and that's in my mind and all guests we talk to, that's what people have taken issue with. not anything having to do with his race or any of that. i think it's been based on his performance on the job. isn't that fair game? >> i think he's done a lot that is questionable. that's why people want to ask questions of him. he has withheld information from congress. he has actually verifiably spoken untruths to congress that were later verified by paperwork about when he knew about it. i think that's important. it's part of how public servants are judged when they are not telling the truth about things. why can we not ask these

questions. it is the mo of the left to always question the motives of their opposition. no, it can't just be because it's a policy issue. and a democratic attorneys general get all sorts of things wrong and never lose their jobs. alberto gone zal ets is a different story. martha: i don't remember gonzalez or janet reno when they were under intense fire saying it's because i'm latinoer to because i'm a woman. does it diminish your position to fall back on that position? >> i think he's telling you what he's thinking. i think that's the way the man feels. i don't think there is a lot of argument in the minorityre is a different standard. he has been given rough treatment without any understanding he was available, he did make the papers available and there was never ever any

kinding of wrongdoing in terms of fast and furious and you would have thought at the time it was a scandal that was going to explode and blow out eric holder. nobody ever found such a thing. it's like irs. we are all looking, we are all curious, no wrongdoing has been found. >> lois lerner looking for a job with ofa while she is sending letters on how conservatives should be screened it does present a problem. it does present a problem when eric holder's office is trafficking guns to mexican drug cartels. they are real deals an has to answer for them and this is a way for not answering for anything that's gone wrong. >> fast and furious was probed deeply by republicans in the congress, by the justice

department. by everybody. you guys won't let go and say we had a final judgment. instead they continue t to piloy holder. martha: the administration has said people will be held accountable and i think a lot of folks look at this and say it hasn't happened. if you are in this position, you are in this high office. you have to be -- we have to understand that's going to come with scrutiny. this is the united states of america. everybody has the right to speak out, to ask for result. to hold people accountable. i think it's thin skinned to suggest that that's not part of the job. quick comment, juan. >> i don't think anybody argues with that. i think race is in the room, i think when you see, you know darrell iss sarks cutting off the mike on congressman

cummings. when you see these things going on. let's be honest. let's not make up things here. >> let's be honest about the fact that they are real scandals and cummings with us colluding with lerner. these things are important and they should be held accountable for. >> martha: always good to have you with us. we'll see you next time. gregg: there is a new study on the explosion of the federal debt during the obama administration. how much do you owe? we'll give you the dollar amount you would need to pony up to wipe out our $17 trillion debt. martha: no more checking your emails after hours. we'll tell you where that's a reality. sked people a simple question:

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fork over a check for $100,000. when president obama came to office it was $10 trillion. now it's $17 trillion. we created a welfare society. this is the kind of government the administration is running that wants to extend unemployment insurance forever. one that wants to encourage people to get on food stamps. we are proud of the fact we want college kids to stay at home, live off your parents and have insurance. at the same time punish business. you can't punish success or achievement. >> is there evidence things like food stamps ad infinitum and unemployment benefits are a disincentive to work. >> i think north carolina 2002r

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gregg: did you know this? french workers already have a 35 hour workweek, five weeks vacation a year ... but now tech workers no longer have to answer work-related emails after 6:00 p.m. yeah. it's all part after new union deal which critic call absurd because tech workers need to be available around the clock to fix any problems. there are fears the agreement can raise labor costs and employers consider shifting

employee hours. martha: they might be on to something there. >> this man has influenced of host who came after him and even a few who came before him. he's that good. and i gotta tell you i do not envy whoever they try to put in that chair. martha: it' official. funny man steven colbert will take over the late show for david letterman sometime in 2015. julie banderas joins us with reaction. >> reporter: cbs didn't waste any time choosing its new late show host. one week after the announcement came cbs' announcement that steven colbert would success

said letterman. the executive of cbs says a barrage of calls came in from representatives of interested come is. but when colbert's agent called the talks become' serious. colbert says he will drop character that made him famous for the past 9 years and be himself. he says simply being a guest on david letterman's show has been a highlight in my career. i'm thrilled and grateful that cbs chose me. now if you will excuse me, i have to go grind a gap in my front teeth. letterman says steven has always been a friend to me. letterman created the show when he came to the network in 1993. a 33-year career making him the

latest -- the longest running late night show. martha: in his career he openly mocked conservatives. some conservatives are not too happy about that decision. >> reporter: though steven colbert has never openly endorsed democrats. rush limbaugh says cbs has made it clear they expect colbert to target a broader audience. jimmy kimmel on abc posted on twitter a finer or funnier man i do not know. it will be interesting to watch the three of them at it. martha: we'll talk it -- about it coming up. joe claimed howard stern would

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has accepted her resigning. we are waiting on him to announce the reappalachianment, but we hear it is going to be the budget director sylvia matthews burwell. ed henry is live. how did his resigning come about as if we will ever truly know what happened? >> greg, interesting because officials say for some time secretary sebelius suggested to the president she would like to move on at some point. they were waiting for a couple dates on the calendar. number one, getting passed the march 31st deadline. they were so many stumbles and they were finally doing good. so you do it after the surge of

sign-ups. they have had news. now you try to turn the page. let's not forget the commander and chief on the day of the rollout. >> thank you for the great work you are doing and hank thank you kathleen sebelius for the outstanding work she is doing making sure millions get health insurance. >> you have the midterm elections now and health care is likely to be major issues. you have the unpopular health and human service employer gone, but the law is still there. >> and they will remind people the president wasn't meeting with kathleen sebelius before the rollout in the months ahead of it. what do we know about the president's choice to replace sebelius? >> when you have john mccain

tweeting out that sylvia matthews burwell is a great choice to be the replacement and that should show it will be a smooth background. the republicans will have leverage to demand the data like how many people signed up and paid. republicans are going to push for some of that information before there is a vote for the replacement. >> thanks, ed henry. kathleen sebelius is going gone, but is that enough to deal with the bitter political battles that will continue over obamacare? especially as we go into the mid-term elections where you will hear a lot and her

replacement will face an equal up hill battle. chris stire walt is here joining us this morning. >> good morning. >> what do you make of the depa depa departur depart depart departure? >> it was the right time to do. they made a decision to wait and muddled through, padded the numbers, made it look like it was working and in a moment when they can kind of declare mission accomplished the president excuses her from the scene. the question is what happened -- what happens -- next and that is the most difficult part for the already troubled-law.

>> i cannot imagine anybody would be too excited to step into these shoes but we will see what the woman's take on it, what she believes needs to be fixed and what she is going it it to rollout. republicans have made it clear this is the main issue in the mid terms. is this the election issue they want it to be, chris? >> there is a huge danger for democrats. the danger is that they increasingly believe thinks are going to be okay with this law and that it is being deemed a success. it isn't. it isn't going to get better soon. that arbitrary number doesn't solve the key problems the voters have on this law. democrats have to confront

reality about this law. it is going to cost them seats and do serious damage to their numbers in washington and that the obama democrats think it is worth the price. >> what about the republicans? are they taking this issue too much for granted in any way? >> the thing may maybe taking too much for granted is any republican party that believes they can exist without a replacement plan. the law isn't tenable in the form it was past, even the president admits that by changing massive parts, the question is what point can republicans get together and man up or woman up and get together and figure out the replacement plan because that is going to be a material question this summer and fall. they have to get real >> if they don't have anything to sell when they are out there and you need to make it clear,

this is option a and option b and here is what b means for you. i feel people think they are not forthcoming and they talk about the ideas that pass in the house and die there. >> i think the voters are tired of hidden ball tricks and fudges and phony numbers and all of the that stuff. the republicans can't beat something with nothing, so they will have to figure out their something and that will touch raw nerves inside the body. enough time has passed to say you are against someone unpopular. >> you can sign up for chris' daily political news letter on our web site. comedians on twitter having a field day on the resigning: albert brooks saying if you like

your health secretary your keep h her. dennis miller: sebelius equals finish and that is a play on the famous classical composure. and kathleen sebelius resigning to take stephen colbert's spot. >> i have not heard that >> that was an epic takedown of john stuart of kathleen sebelius. >> i think she is going to get a much-deserv much-deserved vacation. breaking news on the resigning of the robert bray coming amid an operation he was buying guns

to employees and they say him resigning was related to that. more to come on that. >> there is no hope in the hunt for the malaysian flight mh370. australia's authorities are saying they are con fidant the signals picked up in the indian ocean is from flight mh370. >> we are getting to the stage where the signal from the black box is starting to fade. we are hoping to get as much information as we go before the signal finally expires >> he says crews have zeroed in on a more targeted area. flight mh370 has been missing for a month now taking off in

kuala lumpur for china on march 8th. and a truck slammed head on into a bus full of high school students sparking an explosion and fire. miami police investigating an incident between the 49ers player kaepernick. >> and a mudslide victim opening up about the ordeal. >> it was like a movie. houses were exploding and the next thing i see is our neighbor's chimney coming into our front door. and i turned and i held duke. i didn't let him go.

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there. it has been three weeks since the event. and a woman who survived it all with her baby is speaking out. >> i know god was with us because as it was going i cried out to him and said please save us. and when it stopped, we finally stopped moving, it was super fast but it felt like forever. but when we stopped moving, i moved some of the stuff around and i noticed the couch had been broken around us and our lazy boy was broken and we were in this cushioned pocket. >> what a story. she said when the house stopped shaking he put her baby on top of a pillow and screamed for her. her son is in critical condition with a skull fracture. he is recovering at the seattle children's hospital. a deadly collision involving

a truck and a bus filled with teenagers in california causing a huge explosion and fire and ten people were killed. the bus passenger's high school students visiting a university. many survivors airlifted to the hospital with several injuries. someone kicked open a window and many escaped. investigators are looking into how the crash happened. the spokesperson for the california highway patrol is here. there were reports the bus and truck were on opposite sides of the highway and the truck crossed the grass median and struck the bus. can you tell us why that that would have happened? >> well the cause of the collision is still under investigation at this time. the northern division multiple disciplinary team is on the

scene collecting evidence to decide just that. we don't have the cause of the collision. we are ruling out the facts and finding out the cause. >> it reported the truck may have been trying to avoid a car. was the car also involved in this accident? >> there was a car involved in the collision, however, the car was traveling northbound infront of the bus and the fed-ex truck was going southbound. >> and the fate of the driver of the bus and the truck? what happened to them? >> they are both deceased. >> we told our audience about how students were airlifted. i know you are not a hospital

official. but can you tell us about the survivors or the conditions and the injuries they suffered? >> the only facts we know there are that 36 were transported to the local hospital. some airlifted. and their injuries range from minor to major. but no other details about the extent. >> burn injuries, broken limbs, face cuts. >> yes, sir, those would all be compareable to the damage of the vehicles. they would be lucky if they just had minor damage such as that. >> is the ntsb there on the scene and are you interacting with them? who is in charge of the investigation? >> the chp is in charge of this

investigation. the ntsb isn't due to arrive until noon and like by then the vehicles will be towed and the damage removed and the vehicle back open but their process c n coinc coincides with ours. a university withdrawing an invitation to a woman's right activist for being a critic of islam. she was set to graduate there and is now publishing what she would have said. >> a jail break and the impressive operation coming up next.

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1st in downtown miami. a woman's name is being withheld alleges she was in the hotel room with kaepernick and two other players. the group was doing shots of alcohol and smoking marijuana. she went to bed and found herself in the hospital unaware of what happened. >> what are the police saying? >> they are being careful to stretch no charges have been made and it is too early to tell if any crime has been committed >> all we can say is it is just an information report. as of right now, just an information report where a crime hasn't been listed. >> kaepernick is 26 and has had remarkable success in his first two season leading the 49ers to the super bowl and the championship games.

he is expected to be locked down by the team in a long-term contract before the start of the season. >> we will see where it goes. maybe toxicology will reveal what happened. a major shakeup at the white house. obama will name his replace for kathleen sebelius. chris wallace will joins on the political fallout and what is ahead. >> and the landscape on late night tv will look different. stephen colbert is replacing letterman and can he step out of character to host the show? we will talk about that coming up. stephen colbert

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diarrhea, and headache. some side effects can lead to dehydration, which may cause kidney problems. if your pill isn't giving you the control you need... ask your doctor about non-insulin victoza. it's covered by most health plans. the women's right activist who was banned from receiving an honorary degree at brandeis university is releasing parts of the remarks she wanted to deliver. here is one what. it is called what i would have said at brandeis university. the connection between violence is too clear to be ignored. we do no favors to students, faculty, non-believers and beam

of faith when we shut our eyes to this link and execute rather than reflect. and she goes on in this piece to talk about the details of her own life, the mutilation she endured, the planned marriage she endured and thinks some of these practices increasing in certain parts of the world. we have michael graham and our other guest here. welcome to you both. she is a compelling figure and controversial in some ways but make no bones about the way she feels. she said universities need to be centers for discussion and difficult discussion at time. is it a mistake, did you believe, emily, for brandeis university to denied their students this speaker?

>> she speaks from experience and brandeis university botched the rollout here. they invited her. and not only did they invite her, but they bestowed an honory degree for her. she made comments that are not consistent with the values of the institution. she doesn't talk about radical islam which is the experiences she is talking about. and it is important to make trk difference between extreme. >> she is being confronted by people who protest her all of the time. i want to point out something in this statement she said both christianity and judaism have

had their time of reform and i would argue it is the time for a muslim reformation. she is saying it is time for reform, michael. >> well, look, she is very tough on the current state of islam. i have had my own run-ins with the american islamic relation and they are not tolerant of criticism. brandeis university is banning her for speech. and that is the problem. suffolk law school -- students are trying get the head of the adl ban because he opposed the ground zero mosque. it is clear the only diversity liberals take is diversity of agreement with them. brandeis university should be ashape -- ashamed --

>> she talks about violence towards women and when you look at college campuses, emily, and you just take samplings about what students know is going on in the world. do you think it is important to know the extent that women are violated in thes countries? >> absolutely. i agree we need to be shedding light on situations that are happening all over the world. this isn't limitation on her speech. she is invited to come back. they is not bestowing her the honor degree. she is a fellow at harvard university. >> but denying her this after

offering it to her and denying her the right to speak, on the face they have pushed her away. >> they have allowed her to come back but there is no question they should not have given it and take it away >> her speech she was going to give was published. muslim group silenced her through pure political force. there is no talk about her behavior. it is all about her ideas and they don't want them expressed. >> it reached a far larger pl platfo platform. >> she wanted to see the west was jubilant when you were born, beating the soviet union, the

next step is famine relief in somalia. it was a very moving piece. thanks for talking about it with us. we are awaiting an announcement from the president on his pick to succeed health and human service secretary kathleen sebelius. she is resigning her cabinet post after a rough rollout of obamacare, to see the least. the president plans to nominate his budget director to replace her. chris wallace is here. you didn't have to be a psychic to know the days were number. especially when the president ran the victory lap and thanking everybody except her and she was right in front of him. it is seven months before the

mid-term elections so in some ways does this help her put out of mind out of sight for democrats? >> well, it certainly is going to help, they think that she is not there as the face of obamacare over the next seven month and to the degree there are changes that the administration can make and they will not make them through congress because harry reid doesn't want to them bring up. she is the person that can defend it. and it isn't that is the woman who was involved in the disaser of the rollout. having said that, there is lot of concern over obamacare and it isn't like the problems go away when kathleen sebelius leaves town. the problems are still there. >> but she did actually struggle in her explanation of the affordable care act especially

in testimony before congress. juxed opposed the new nominee who is sylvia matthews burwell and is a very articulate matters. she passed through the b-director unanimously. this is a new face and very articulate. >> and someone who is well-liked by the republicans. she has had a lot of dealings with budget on them and didn't get the grand deal, but good reviews being seen as practical and interested in finding a solution that wasn't at political as others inside the white house. but the problems are the problems. it isn't like there is going to be a great moment on capital

hill. i expect her to be confirmed as the new hhs secretary. she was just confirmed a year ago as the omb director. i am sure republicans will use the conformation hearing as an opportunity to go through there problems and use the leverage to try to get documents to go through what went wrong with the rollout, what is continuing to go wrong. there are a lot of problems with obamacare. and now it is question not of the website, or the rollout, but the plan itself. are their premiums going up? deductible going up? the actual experience of health insurance is what the debate is about >> and she is going to be pressed to answer the questions that kathleen sebelius refused to answers and that is the number of people enrolled and

the number of people who were previously insured. >> absolutely. the white house has very conveniently say they don't know the number and when they hit the 7 million mark they knew it instantly. i am sure they have the numbers on how many paid and what percentage of the so-called young invincibles signed up. and over the next months as they prepare for the haheariearing s going to be questioned about that especially the risk pool questions so we can get an idea for next year. >> be sure to watch fox news sunday. chris wallace will be joined by michigan and louisiana lawmakers on sunday. check your local listings.

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billy joel making a surprise visit to a new york elementary school. the students invited the fellow long islander to watch them perform a tribute.

but never expected he would show up >> she was standing next to me. >> i was really excited. i wanted to know what he thought about it and to meet him in person. >> and she did! the students performed 15 songs. he sat in the back of the audience so the kids wouldn't be nervous. good job. nicely done, billy joel. another day of very high drama in the oscar pistourius' murder trial. a chief prosecutor telling the athlete he shot his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, through the bathroom door as they talked. he is denying that saying he thought it was an intruder. and the prosecutor going after the blade runner on the testimony of turning the alarm off that night isn't clear. oscar pistorius with this explanation: >> a made a mistake and admitted

to making a mistake. i said i must have switched it off. i cannot be sure if i said i can or did. i don't have an independent recollection of switching it off. >> i am not convinced. i think you are trying to cover up for lies. and i am not convinced. >> well, you could never hear that in an american courtroom. doug burns would like to try. he is a criminal defense attorney and prosecutor. you could never get away with that thing. >> you totally read my mind i am like wow. apparently, and it is funny, i did research in the south african system and you can make mini speeches as a lawyer saying i don't believe that answer. >> we have heard this prosecutor absolutely argue with, insult,

buerate him to no end. the strategy has to be i am going to break this guy down almost as if this prosecutor is demanding at times confess. >> let me hang a footnote which is no jury. there are two assessors. so there is more leeway in an american trial with no jury so you might get away with that. but he turned around and said you shot her while you were speaking to her because he was take ing a shot. the only two people who know what happened are the victim, who is deceased, and oscar pistorius. the point is this makes him nervous like does he know that? but oscar pistorius tried to say the female level in terms of an octo is higher up.

and his testimony, and i'm not accusing him of anything, but he is testifying in a high octave level to track that idea he has a high voice. >> oscar pistorius is saying i yelled afterwards. so he is saying i screamed. he's trying to convince the judge that the neighbors who heard the screaming were hearing him after the fact. the other thing i think is very interesting is in south africa the defense attorney can't have contact with the client on the stand. the defense attorney is shaking and covering his head because oscar pistorius is saying i am confused i am contradicting myself because i am weary and tired. and that maybe a strategy by the prosecutor that is working. >> it is working by the

prosecutor because the store isn't hanging together. now we learn, by the way, he had a sophisticated alarm system so you have to default to another rationaleization of maybe i didn't turn it on. there is a saying tell the truth, it is easier to remember. the reality is something that is not true can withstand the type of scuteany he is under. >> i am tired and weary and maybe i cannot remember now. and that explains my statement. and savvy judge will not buy into that. >> the crime, quickly, because i am out of time, you know it is one thing to cry the fist day, but by the fifth day it is old. >> the point is that, let's make it a little more legally oriented. the emotion and remorse are not

confused with guilt. they are independent. doesn't matter >> good to see you. there is a big shakeup something in late night tv. stephen colbert is joining the two jimmy's. how does he play when stepping out of character to replace david letterman? we will talk about the changing landscape coming up.

cbs announced that stephen

colbert is going to replace david letterman. he is receiving a lot of support including the daley show that launched his career. >> there is no greater joy seeing man who worked hard every day and deserves all of the success and gets that success. we have trilled for him. >> a tv comedian is here. and i agree with john stuart on that. i know stephen colbert well. he is a fine man. >> did you date? >> no. never dated. but very good friends. not even close. i think he is the perfect person for the job and last time you were here we talked about it. >> what about stephen colbert?

a personal favor. >> he does a character and i don't think that buys you on hour on television. he is not being himself. >> maybe it does! >> thank you for setting this up. cbs congrats you just guaranteed yourself third place in nighttime spots. i said he cannot do the character for an hour but he is not going to do that. what did they just buy? >> i will tell you. they bought a man who has had a long career and shows that maybe not most of the public saw, strangers with candy, second city. he is an actor, writer and

producer. this character is one character in a very large bag of tricks. so i would imagine he's going to skit, sketches, interviews, very smart and very money and really facile entertainer. what say you? >> i say how many talk shows has he hosted? he >> he does interviews every night on the show. have you seen the show? at the end of the show there is a character every night. it is in character. but it is going to be interesting. he said we will find out how much of the character is actually me. and i think there are elements that are him. i can america is going to fall in love with him. doing an interview with mitchell obama and joe clinton. >> how many conservatives do you think is going to appear on the show? he is seen as a polarizing

figure. fallon and kimmel don't take a side. they had mitt romney, sarah palin and others. apologize, here is the president making the announcement as the new secretary of health. >> [ applause ] >> hey! hey! [laughter] >> all right. everybody, have a seat. have a seat. good morning.

>> good morning. >> in my sixth year in office, i am grateful to have so many aids aides and as advisors who have been there since the earliest dates. but is sad when one leaves. in early march, kathleen sebelius told me she would be moving on once the first open enrollment period under the affordable care act came to an end. after five years of great service to our country and 7.5 million who signed up for health coverage -- [ applause ] >> through the exchanges, she has earned that right. [ applause ]

>> i will miss her advice, i will miss her friendship, i will miss her wit. but i am proud to nominate someone to succeed her who holes the same attributtes, sylvia matthews burwell. when i nominated kathleen sebelius five years ago, i had gotten to know her when she was governor of kansas and shown skills there and was a great advisor and supporter during my presidential campaign.

i mentioned her responsibility was to make sure we were prepared for a flu outbreak. i didn't know that would be her first task but it was. it gives you a sense of the daily challenges that she has handled without fanfare and unacknowledged but have been critical to the health and welfare of the american people. she has fought to improve children's health from birth to kindercare, expanded maternal health care, reduced racial and ethic disparties, brought us closer to the first aids-free generation. she has been a tireless advocate for women's health. and she is going to go down as serving as the health and human secretary services when the united states of america declared that quality,

affordable health care isn't a privilege but a right for everything single citizen of the united states of america. [ applause ] -- every -- kathleen sebelius has been here through the long fight to pass the affordable care act. she helped guiding its implementitation even when it was rough. she has bumps and bruises and so do i. but she did it because of all of the people we met all across the country who lost a home, put off care and decided to stay with a job instead of starting a

business because they were not concern about their health care situation. we met families who have seen their children suffer because of had the uncertainty of health care. we were committed to get this done. and that is what we have done. that is what kathleen sebelius did. we lost the first open enrollment period with the website problems. and they were problems. but under the leadership of kathleen sebelius, her team at hhs turned the corner, got it fixed, got the job done and the final score speaks for itself: there are 7 and a half million people across the country that have the security of health insurance and most of them for very first time and that is because of the woman stan