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150 fmembers and wounded warriors on this ride. you can log on and ride with these guys. >> thanks for that inspiring story. >> thank you very much. >> thanks a lot. that's it for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow same time. >> bye. >> great show everybody. martha: we start things off to talk about president george h.w. bush. we are told he's recovering after he broke a bone in his neck. in's in hospital in portland, maine after taking a fall in his home. gregg: we are waiting for the latest information and update from the hospital and/or his doctor on bush's condition. he is the oldest living president at 91 years old. jimmy carter is 90 years old.
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martha: on his 90th birthday he jumped out of a plane. we'll have a live report coming up for you on that in just a moment as we continue to keep a close watch on the president's condition. he's incredibly resilient. we expect him to bounce back from this as he has other difficulty he has had. gregg: molly line is following the situation. let's talk about vice president joe biden. he was on cap him and he's talking about the iran nuclear deal with his fellow democrats. he may have his work cut out for him because self influential members of the senate foreign relations committee they are
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sitting on the fence. they are getting a wee bit testy at times with reporters. >> now we have a document so you can see what the deal is. we don't have to speculate or even gang in spin. the facts are the facts. i'm not concerned about what others say about it. gregg: chief washington correspondent james rosen is at the white house. what is the crux of vice president biden's appeal to democrats. >> reporter: he said nothing in the iran deal takes off the table that the president has the option of using military force in the event iran abandons or violates the deal. they are in the upper chamber.
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republican opposition to this deal runs high. but the chances of the gop obtaining a majority in the deal are thought to be running pretty low. >> we have made a third-rate autocracy equivalent to a third world nuclear power. >> reporter: the white house is telling lawmakers this deal is the only option for the united states outside of war with iran. gregg: the president has been acting as his own salesman for the deal. notably yesterday in a session with the white house press corps, talk to us about that yesterday. it was not one of the most
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disciplined performances on the part of the news conference setting. not being confront with some of the iran deem. the president fished for his notes. he defended the access u.n. inspectors have had to key uranium sites. >> they are uranium mines facilities known to produce sentry fiewngs parts -- produce centrifuges, parts. those facilities we know about we'll have 24/7 monitoring of those facilities. >> reporter: the president said if iran were to attempt a covert program u.s. intelligence would be able to track what's
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happening. gregg: the french foreign minister said you can make a lot of stiff disappear in 24 days. martha: a question suggested that he was content to reach a nuclear deal without getting the release of four americans held prisoner in iran. take a look at this exchange with major garrett with cbs news. >> reporter: can you tell the country why you are willing to leaf the four americans unaccounted for? >> i have got to give you credit for the way you craft that question. the notion i'm content with american citizens languishing in iranian jails.
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major, that's nonsense. and you should know better. i have met with the families of some of those folks. nobody is content. martha: some republicans are pushing back and talking about the president's defensive tone on that. >> he was offended all the time. he was angry. you have americans and members of the congress legitimately concerned about this deal because our kids and grand kids are going to have to live with any world we are developing right now. the brilliant deal came up with is that's politics. we have spoken to several of the families involved in those cases. obviously they are very upset it wasn't part of the deal. some people believe it may be
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forthcoming. sometimes these situations unravel before a dice announced because they don't want it to appear it's part and parcel of the deal. there are legitimate reasons why it makes it difficult to handle during the course of these negotiations. gregg: the president's response was singular. he said tying the hostages to this nuclear deal would only elicit further requests for concessions by iran. i'm not sure that makes sense. we'll ask kinzinger about that as well. martha: benjamin netanyahu says iran is the enemy of peace in the world and this deal puts them on a path to getting a bomb in just a few years in his view.
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>> there are two ways iran can proceed. the first is they can get the bomb by cheating on the deal or get their way to the bomb by keeping the deal. you have to give them not 24 hours notice, but 24 days notice. can you imagine your drug dealer and somebody tells you have i want to inspect your premises. that's a lot of time, 24 days to flush a lot of meth down the toilet. martha: obviously this did not go bb netanyahu's way. >> you had netanyahu and obama talk on the deal the day was announced. netanyahu is not holding back. he's a very effective spokesman and the white house has the
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bully pulpit. when netanyahu said this week, this shouldn't be part of an issue. that comment is directed right at congressional democrats who will go on the record opposing this deal oral supporting this deal. it does fuft jewish democrats in particular in a tough spot. martha: everybody is watching chuck schumer obviously of new york as perhaps the leader of his part of this story in the democratic party. >> we wrote a story about schumer being in a difficult position. obviously many of his constituents probably pressing human tore vote no. schumer is going to be the democratic leader in the new congress. he does have some cover if he does back it because hillary clinton backed it. but this will be a tough vote
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for chuck schumer who said he will review the deal and i don't think he will be announcing his position anytime soon. martha: apparently there was some sweetening in financial form for israel toll improve the palate in -- to improve the palate of this deal. >> i don't think a defense system is going to entice them. city the won't work in this situation. martha: these senators need to test their constituents about this deal. they are going to run again but the president is not. there could be a political avenue for them to say no. watch iran farce the rhetoric from that country. if it's tough on america death
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to america that could sway public opinion. we are in a situation where public opinion is up in the air. that's why he's doing so many things with members of congress, republicans think they can win this argument if they won't win the vote. but still we are a while away, weeks, perhaps months, a month or two from that vote. i think the battle is to sway the u.s. opinion. martha: it's got 60 days as you point out. gregg: fraud exposed in obamacare. fake applications got approved for renewal even after it was determined they were bogus. martha: our panel on the bottom
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martha: donald trump took a big step to file forms with the fcc they show $10 billion he says. on the democratic side hillary clinton raising $45 billion and spending 40% of that. let's take on donald first. $10 billion he says he has. he got those forms in earlier than he had to. what's the significance, monica? >> one of the reasons he has such traction. he has come out of repeatedly and said i am very rich. i think that's one of the most important statements of his
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whole campaign. for decades during the last 7 years, the left has waged war on success and achievement and wealth. they demonized the wealthy. the truth is this country has always been an aspirational society. we want to be the rich. the beauty of america is we have opened the doors so anybody ... martha: romney it came out he had a garage you could drive into and it had an elevator. we hope people don't notice the number of houses. good grief. >> trump is unapologetic about it. it's so refresh and necessary in this race. >> i see it a little differently than monica. the fact that donald trump stands against the political system is good. but the principle concern people have today is not how rich
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donald trump is today but income inequality in our society in a sense the game is rigged. trump is voicing some concerns people have particularly about immigration. martha: does he have appeal to the cab driver and the plummer in this country? does he have appeal to them? >> he has some. but to think donald trump can be elected president could be an overstatement. things like illegal immigration are out of control. >> one of the big reasons yes has such traction is he's unapologetic. he's showing he's willing to fight back. i think the american people -- the american people are so tired of being turned into the enemy the left has taken this to.
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what trump is doing and say taps into that and that's immensely powerful. martha: he does not stack up particularly well in the recent poll. it's 31% 54% with hillary clinton. about 17% 14% is not something necessarily to write home about. >> 15 or 1 announced candidate. while hilly may have had some slippage recently, as the acknowledged and clear front runner in every poll, she is in a good position.
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martha: in april she was 46% now she is at 39%. that's a low favorability number. 49% have an unfavorable opinion of hillary clinton. how does the word honest describe hillary clinton? the measure was to say to describe her well. 6% say it does not describe her well at all. and 31% say it describes her somewhat well. how much of a problem is this for her. >> it is a problem. at the say time she is leading in the the primary lead. some polls show less slip and than the ones you put up. when she has a primary that's divide that's good news for hillary clinton.
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she so far avoided ... martha: on the democratic side you have to be saying go at it, guys. thanks so much. always good to see you both. gregg: we showed you the new photo of pluto billions of miles away. now nasa releasing new details about the dwarf planet. martha: a mother of four missing for five weeks. >> she never left the kids home. the baby was always beside her where she was at.
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gregg: it has been nearly two weeks since crystal rogers disappeared. he was last seen by her live-in boyfriend. he said whatever happened to the kentucky mother of five, he had nothing to do with it. he even took a polygraph. but crystal's parents are not convinced he's telling the truth. our hearts go out to you. we know this must be an awful ordeal. let's begin with crystal herself. tell us about your daughter. >> my doubt he was just kind hearted. she would have done anything for you. she worked at the store there for a while. everybody liked her at the store. she was just a good person.
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she loved her kid. gregg: she was a mom of five children. and that's a beautiful picture of your daughter there. tommy you expressed some doubt about the story that brooks has given to police. >> she wouldn't have got in a car if she was in it and leave her phone and purse and keys. she would have called somebody if she had a flat. she called us before. and he said she runs off to her cousin's like a day or a day and a half at a time and sabrina said she has been over maybe twice and she had the kid both times when she comes.
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gregg: he said i have taken a polygraph, though there is some question as to whether or not that polygraph was reliable. and whether it may not have been as accurate as police may have wanted. do you believe his story that he had nothing to do with your daughter's disappearance? >> i'm not accusing him but i don't think he's being totally honest with us. i can't figure out why my daughter would get and leave in the middle of the night. the only time she has ever done that is if they were in a fight. he specifically said they were not fighting that night. i can't understand why she would get up in the middle of the night when it was her and him and the baby, and they had plans for the weekend that's what he told one of the tv people.
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why did she get and leave in the middle of the night? what was her purpose of doing that? gregg: why would brooks wait two days before notifying police she was missing. >> he wasn't the one who notified the police, we did. >> he didn't contact us. we contacted him. i specifically asked him that day when i went to file a police report. i saw him go down the road so i flagged him down and he pulled into the gas station i was at. i asked him if they had a fight he said no. i think my daughter expressed concern that he treated some of her other kids different than the child they had together. i said have you seen her? he said no. i said i'm going to file a
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missing persons report. his response to me was i think that's what you should do. gregg: do you believe brooks houck is responsible for your daughter's disappearance? >> i don't know. the stuff he's telling us is just not adding up. i think there is a little bit more there. i don't know. i just want to bring her home. gregg: we hope she is brought home. thank you very much. best of luck to you. >> thank you. martha: in the meantime we want to talk about this iran nuclear deal that's bent subject of so much discussion this week. ignoring the fate of four
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american hostages. is anything to be done to secure their freedom now that this deal has been signed. republican adam kinzinger will join us on that. >> the hostages should have been part of this deal. that deal should not be signed until those four individual are on the tarmac in new york or washington d.c.
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martha: president george h.w. bush recoughing after breaking a bone in his neck. he fell in his home in kennebunkport. what's the latest. how do we assess how the former president is doing right now? >> reporter: we are getting word that he's doing okay. his injury is not life-threatening and he never lost consciousness as a result
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of this fall. it's likely he will be in a neck brace.e a spokesperson tweeting this out. his condition is stable, he's fine but he will be in a neck brace. no surprise, a lot of people thinking about the bush family and the family is thinking about him as well. here is a tweet from his granddaughter. a lot of positive energy heading in the way of the bush family. we are getting word he's doing okay today. >> it's far more than nuclear
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issues. it goes into everything iran is going to be capable of doing. it's unbelievable some of the things they are getting away with. those hostages should have been a part of this deal. gregg: hostages meaning americans still being held by iran. michael flynn was speak out about the fate of those being held in iran. should they have been part of the nuclear deal as major garrett asked the president. joining me is adam kinzinger he's also a pilot in the national guard and served in iraq and afghanistan. the president essentially -- he says well, if we had tied their release to the deal, then the iranians would have asked for quote additional concessions.
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does that make any sense to you since the iranians have been discriminately asking for all kind of concessions? >> i don't know what more concessions we could have given to iranians except providing them with our own nuclear weapons. it was mind blowing to me. you see a president that's very defensive and very thin skinned. i don't use those terms lightly. we have had a foreign policy for a long time based on iran not getting a nuclear weapon. he comes out with this deal people have legitimate concerns and he dismisses it saying if you don't trust me and you don't believe i got the better deal and if you think i should have included these four people as part of this bigger deal then you are not smart enough or you want world war iii or you want iran to get a nuclear bomb.
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gregg: you told gretta van susteren he was arrogant and his news conference was classless. >> i don't use terms like that lightly. i don't like to say terms like that. but when i watched this. all i hear from him is if you disagree with this being a good thing then you are a politician like bashar al-assad is a politician or you want to oppose me base it's me. it's not that you have a legitimate concern. i thought as the leader of the free world there is a much more humble way to show this as the best deal you could have gotten without being accusatory. i think that press conference will backfire on him. gregg: the president said if iran cheats or violates the agreement then there is a
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snapback provision for returning the sanctions. don't that absolutely and play and thely ignore the fact that by then iran will have pocketed up to 150 billion dollars? >> that's right. they will invest that in further destabilizing the middle east. half of americans killed in iraq around that number were killed indirectly or direct lire by -- or directly by iran and its technology. there are companies invested in iran building factories and whatever they build there and all after sudden we say we are going to snap back these harsh penalties? the lobbying in these other countries will be intense to say don't snap back these provisions because we invested millions in iran. gregg: the president said there
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will be 24/7 inspections and that's why the nuclear deal is sound. it turns out that's not true. there will not be 24 hour a day inspections because for covert sites it takes 24 days, doesn't it? >> it does. it takes a 24-day notice there can be disagreements. you can go to an arbiter to determine all this stuff. we remember this from iraq how crazy the inspections were all of the time. every day there was a new delay. but the other thing is this. if i'm saudi arabia or the united emirates, i'll look at iran's deal and say everything they have have got i'll build centrifuges myself. the united states can't tell anybody in the world that they can't build 5,000 centrifuges
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jutting as high as 11,000 feet. and we have incredible new picks of pluto's highest moon. it takes several months because it's 3 billion mile s from the home. martha: it's not just a planet. it's part after new universe. there is new find can that show obamacare could be vulnerable to fraud. the government's top watchdog agency conducted an undercover investigation it created 12 fictitious applications to obtain coverage subsidized by your tax dollars. they were approved last year and automatically allowed to roll over this year.
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this is pretty astonishing. they say $30,000 in taxpayer handouts for these accounts for people who don't exist. >> it confirmed wham of us feared. the way the exchanges are work is not being monitored. one thing they also found out is so many legitimate taxpayers are so confused they are ending up getting their refunds cut. 2/3 of the people getting the subsidies are experiencing this. the irs says half of the people have having their tax bills coming to the door or getting the refunds cut. and there is lot of fraud. we have 11 of the 12 got through. then five were knocked out of the system. they reapplied and were able to come back in. martha: that's shocking.
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you can see in the first year perhaps there would be some error and things would get through. then there was attention given to this matter that these fake applications were accepted. then they got through again the following year. you would think somebody who runs this organization would say make sure you flag those. >> we'll be holding a hearing on it this morning. we'll be holding further hearings. we'll dig deep and find out how this could have happened. how do you fix it? the american people are frustrated by obamacare for a lot of reasons but one is this thing is so poorly ministered. the supreme court made a decision about the exchanges. they said it's okay to have federal exchanges even though under the law in my view it wasn't possible to have a federally funded exchange. but they decided they can see through the law and allow that. but let's be sure it's working.
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it's almost a trillion dollars that will be spent let's make sure that money is well spent. martha: there seems to be an expectation in any government-run agency there will be a ton of waste along the way and everybody just accepts that. do you have indication that there is a group of people whose job it is to make sure we are not sending money out the door that is fraudulent? >> we don't think there is accountability in the system. we are having a tough time getting information from the department of health and human services. we'll do what we have to do to get it. but this should be something where we have total transparency where the american people are able to insure the money is going to the right people and to insure people playing by the rules trying to do the right
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thing are not so confused that though get these surprises of losing the refund or having a big tax bill. let's be sure we get it right. martha: ways the reason at hhs for not giving you the information you are asking for. >> they are saying we are asking for too much, we don't have the ability to provide it. it's delay delay delay. we'll get to the bottom of it. i'm convinced there are ways in which if we bring it to the public through you all and others it will be able to get through the delay and get to the transparency we are asking for. all we want to know is why is this system not working and how will it be fixed. martha: we hope you have success in getting a you need from hhs because they are accountable to you as you are to the american people. thanks for being here today. good luck with that.
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more on this. is this accurate? the dea is accused of placing a tracker and listening device on one of its own agents? >> reporter: that's accurate. as these reservists were preparing to file a class action suit one of them found a tracker under the hood of his car which is illegal. >> immediately upon return i would start getting weird questions. >> reporter: a marine captain served two tours in iraq. but he said when he returned to the dea his superiors ridicules his wound. the second i mentioned i was a reservist, the conversation changed dramatically. >> reporter: . >> the agent said he received
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similar hostility when he requested a transfer to, his wife. they claim they face retaliation and recrimination and a hostile workplace because they took leave from the dea to fight in iraq. '. he's a decorated marine but each time he returned from overseas he says he faced animosity. according to his claim two marines were called cowards and ordered never to speak to the supervisor again. they told a green beret to stop playing army and told another to choose one or the other and not playing army. choose one job or the other.
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>> reporter: the dea detained comment because there is a lawsuit and they refused to explain why they were spying on one of their employees. martha: a suspect in a charleston church massacre is back in court facing nine counts of murder. but that's not all. the latest in the case and the new developments against dylann roof. gregg: the dea urging jurors to -- the da urging jurors in the james holmes murder trial to make the right decision. >> they are saying the the same thing, sane, guilty. bp 64/40 sterilize sites. multiple foreign objects in the body. tweezers.
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church shootings is in court facing a long list of charges for the murder of nine people in the horrific shooting. welcome. i am martha maccallum. >> and i will greg jarred. this is dylann roof's first court appearance since a bond hearing days after the shooting at emanuel church. we will see roof in person today in >> indeed we are. he is appearing were the bond hearing in court sent from the court room to the county jail. family member and friends of the victims will appear to see what is going on. a couple reasons for the hearing. the indictment the charging
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documents is presented, nine for murder, three for attempted murder that relate to three women at the church that survived the shooting. their name is private listed as jane doe one, two and three and one of them is a minor. they will lift a gag order and unseal evidence in the case including 911 calls witness' statements and corner reports. they were hidden because they thought evidence could taint the jury pool. this is a possible death penalty case they the judge wants to insure he gets a fair trial. we will see video of that court appearance but we will not see it until after the appearance is done. judge nickelson allowed a pool camera in the room only under
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the provision they are not broadcasted live. >> as if it makes a different but the fbi is apologizing for dylann roof being able to buy a gun. is that right? >> it is. this is a tragic case where clerical error may have been the trip wire for this. the fbi is saying the background check made when dylann roof went to buy that .45 caliber handgun was botched because he had a felony charge against him so he should have been ineligible put a clerk at the county jail wrote down the wrong arrest so the fbi didn't find anything. the fbi director is looking into what happened why, and most importantly how to prevent it. >> a clerical error that
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resulted in horrible deaths. john roberts, thank you. president h bush hospitalized in maine for a neck injury after falling at his home. he is expected to recover but will need to wear a neck brace for a team. dr. marc siegel is a member of the medical-a team. how serious is this? >> it could have been a lot worse. maine medical center is saying he will stay in the hospital today and his spokesperson says a couple days of hospitalization. over 10,000 spinal cord injuries occur this way every year. president bush fractured a vertebrae in the neck but no damage to the spine, he didn't suffer a concussion, didn't lose
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consciousness or disoriented. all of that is good news. we have to allow the bone to heal and that takes several weeks. you have to worry about complication complications from the brace like constipation and he has parkinson's already so he has problems so it will be a lot of careful care. >> i heard you say earlier they think the break was a clean line so it wasn't fractured in the way you might think. >> exactly. it is like cage protecting the spine. so as you might imagine in some cases you could damage the spine and you would need surgery. none of that is going to happen. the alignment is good. it is painful. it is a painful problem. but the brace helps with that.
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it should heal without a problem. >> he has to wear that 24/7? >> as much as possible. in an elderly person that is harder because the bone is not as strong. it makes you more likely to have the problem and harder to heal. his courage will help heal him. >> he always has a smile on his face and has been so strong through all of this. a tweet jenna his granddaughter sent out, thanks for your thoughts and prayers for your dear gramps. we are optimistic he will heal well. you will let us know if you hear more. >> absolutely. >> good to see you.
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thousands of air passengers being put at risk with someone flashing a bright green laser at a dozen flights approaching new jersey's newark liberty airport. laura ingle is live. what are investigators saying about the incidents last night in >> reporter: the faa is now reporting there were 11 planes hit by the laser overnight. these 11 incidents happened between 9 and 11 p.m. all of the flights were 18-20 miles southwest of newark liberty airport. united american delta and jet blue are among the airlines
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reporting this. in may, five planes leaving jfk were targeted with green lasers and two pilots were blinded after four planes were hit taking off in new york. 11 planes -- the faa said 11 planes are hit with lasers throughout the day during the united states so there were 11 here alone. >> this is incredibly serious. what fines are we talking about? >> reporter: it is a federal offense. a laser shined into a cockpit can disorient a pilot. they could face up to $250,000 in fines or up to five years in prison on the federal level.
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if busted, the faa could find them $11,000 in a civil case. air traffic control had to change the approach path and investigators trying to pinpoint where the lasers came from and watch who is responsible. >> you know the video she was showing us is reenactment of being a pilot in a cockpit and it totally blinds you and you cannot see anything. >> it is mind-boggling and awful and they have to figure out where it is coming from. if you drive a car with the sun in your eyes it can be blinding. imagine trying to land a plane with that going on in your eyes. thank you, laura for that report. we have breaking news to share with you. tlc announced they will cancel "19 kids and counting"
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following the molestation revelation from the duggar family. and also there is a massive manhunt underway for the man known as el chapo. as investigators are learning more about the drug lord's daring escape we are on the scene at the sophisticated tunnel el chapo used to break out. >> and vise president joe biden is speaking to democrats on capitol hill drumming up support, or trying to for the nuclear deal with iran. one of the congressman who will meet with the vice president is remaining unsure much like senator menendez. >> all you did was delay the questions of iran nuclear ambition but in a way in which iran will be stronger and more
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was forced to make an emergency land on a highway. can you imagine driving along? and they put it on the median which is the best place. it was carrying sky diving students and their instructor happy to say no one was injured. they looked for a spot and chose that. they say they lost power and had to put it down. >> it is amazing it didn't hit power wires. >> wonder if they went sky diving after that. >> let's go to lunch and call it a day. the obama administration is making a big push to win support on capitol hill for the iran nuclear agreement. vice president met with democrats in the house and today is briefing the senate side of
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democrats. brad sherman is a senior member of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman thank you for being here. did the vice president convince you one way or the other? >> i met with the vice president yesterday just got back from the white house meeting with the deputy national security advisor today, and i am convinced of one thing and that is it will be very hard to have foreign policy if we try to block the administration from what it wants to do. if the president is dedicated he will pull in that direction. i have never seen a country try to run foreign policy that way. we may see a situation where the president abides by the deal for the next year and a half. it has good point and bad points short term. >> one of the points you called ugly is the fact it doesn't do
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enough from stopping iran from building a nuclear weapon a decade from now. you call that ugly. >> you have the good the bad and the ugly. the good is they get rid of most of their stockpile, and knock off two 3rds of their centrifuge. the bad is they get their hands on $120 billion. the ugly is next decade when they could have an enrichment facility of any size and centrifuges of efficiency and at that stand point they will be a threshold nuclear state. >> and secretary of state john kerry told you in congress and our colleagues there two years ago, that the goal is quote to force iran to dismantle its
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nuclear program. congressman, he is breaking his promise, isn't he? >> i don't think it was a promise. it was a goal. if you meet all of your goals you understated your goals. if he came in with a list of objectives and iran at that time was willing to sign up for more he should have asked for more. we knew he would not reach all of this goals. the question isn't whether if this is as good of a deal as he was trying to get the question is what should congress do now. it is up to you for evaluate the president and we have to decide what congress should do now and in the future. it is important this is not binding on future administrations and future congresses. >> it appears iran is being rewarded to the tune of about
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$150 billion they will receive in the first year. are you concerned that after they get all of that money which they may use for terrorist purposes, this puts american lives in jeopardy? >> i think american lives are in jeopardy with the deal and without the deal. >> doesn't this increase american lives in jeopardy? >> it diminishes the risk iran will have a nuclear weapon in the next few years and at the same time it gives iran a lot of money. it is their own money keep in mind. it is being released to them. most of it they will use for two things. to take care of the iranian people because they made a lot of promises and for corruption because that is what they do. >> they will give to it terrorist nations like syria. >> it is clear they have been
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providing that aid and they will continue to provide more. the limitation on the aid there is more what are they able to physically deliver knowing that they are subject to intraackedect to this. i think it will finance a lot of what iran is doing. but letting iran get their hands on their own money is the bad part. but 95% of their stock file and two thirds of their centrifuges is good. it is good in the beginning and ugly next decade. >> on tuesday the president said 24/7 inspections but yesterday he admitted that is not true with respect to any suspected covert sites. the iranians will have up to 24 days and the french foreign
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minister said that is a lot of time to hide evidence. >> when they talk about 24/7 inspections they are talking about declared sites. suspected sites is 24 days. they could not con seal a huge industrial reprocessing facility and much couldn't be hidden because it would leave a radio active trace. on the other hand computer modeling design to allow them to weaponize when they do have enough material, is something that would be difficult to detect with or without the agreement. >> brad sherman, thanks for being with us. crews in one state are getting a handle on a massive brush fire sparked by a car crash that happened along the major highway there.
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>> and as the mexican government steps up the search for el chapo we go inside the elaborate tunnel used by el chapo to escape. >> we are not sure he is in mexico. he could be in columbia. we know he has contact there and that is originally where his supply of cocaine came from. ♪ building aircraft,
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>> firefighters in california containing a massive brush fire sparked by a car crash on a highway near corona on tuesday night. investigators say the car raced up a hill side before suddenly bursting into flames and the flames exploded across the bone dry terrain. two firefighters received minor injuries fighting those flames. >> there are new concerns about
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something people have been concerned about for a long time and that is corruption in mexico. now the hunt for el chapo continues today. the drug lord reportedly spent millions to construct the tunnel that he used that you see on the right hand side of the scene to escape from his prison cell last weekend. geraldo rivera is live on the scene in mexico on the story. he is the host of geraldo rivera report. good morning, to you. what are you learning about the hunt this morning. >> first of all there is massive federal police presence heres. we were earlier today at the exit site of his tunnel. there are massive police force there. i have no idea why so many federal officers are deployed here because it is clear this
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elaborate computer escape, maybe the most in history, it is not conceivable that el chapo, wanted into the united states in california, in arizona, in texas, florida, illinois, and new york on charges ranging from manslaughter, murder, drug trafficking, money laundering, and facing the death penalty on those charges. it is not conceivable he will be in this area. most people believe he spread to this mountain threshold in the pacific area of mexico. he is a billionaire who spent lavishly. it is incredible to see the extent of this construction. this is a major infrastructure project. it is interesting that when you ask how he managed to hide his
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efforts here martha, obviously corruption -- i want to come back to that. but if you stand over here greg, there is a massive legite construction project going on and this ruthless king pin took advantage of the coming and going of the construction vehicles to hid his project. his project was massive. two thousand tons of dirt had to be dugout they estimate in this tunnel. they estimate they would have taken four men working ten hours a day, seven days a week at least a year complete that tunnel. you have shown the pictures, air conditioned, lighted, there is rail transportation there, and the federal allies continue to arrive. there are really, i would
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estimate hundreds of them and the only reason i can see is other than a show of force is a small demonstration down the street with 40 prison officials and guards who have been held since the escape on saturday night. their families have heard nothing on them under the mexican law after 72 hours charges must be levy for the people escaped. it is more evidence of mexico's intense desire to apprehend this criminal. but mexico is being stubborn and maybe this relates back to your point about corruption, very stubborn to accept additional federal assistance from hunting the most wanted criminal in the world probably.
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they will not accept our drones or u.s. marshals. >> there were stories united states warned the mexican government about the effort to break out. when you look at the elaborate nature of this, the 30 foot drop to a motorcycle, and here is the video in his cell block, disappears behind the wall, a half wall down the shower and down the hole on to a motorcycle and picked up by a helicopter waiting outside of the structure you were at earlier today where they were supposedly building a house. it would require the knowledge of so many people and you about the effort that is ongoing to talk to them and find out what they know about where he is. >> martha it is not overtalk to
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say this has destabalized the entire country from the president on down. the only achievement of his administration and he is near the end of the six year terms, was the arrest with intense u.s. help intelligence and so forth of el chapo in 2014 after being on the lamb for 13 years from his previous escape. he was apprehended and mexico crowed about that achievement and it has been swept out from underneath them. mexico is pointing fingers and the people of mexico are wondering, every front page yesterday and today on newspapers is ask the question who knew what and when about el chapo's great escape. they joke around here saying he should be hired to finish the mexico city subway line they
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have had so much trouble. i think we should bring him to new york to finish the second line. the engineering feat to go a mile underground and coming up precisely, not merely in his cell, not only in his cell but precisely in the one corner of that cell by the toilet and shower area the two foot by two foot area where the surveillance cameras could not or would not see. imagine coming from three stories down and come up and exactly hit that shower area of his prison. that requires equipment, knowledge, expertise and some say conspiracy. >> thank you so such. he is accused of gunning town 12 people in a colorado movie theater. the jurors deciding james holmes
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we are on verdict watch for the colorado murder movie massacre as jurors decide the fate of james holmes who could face the death penalty for killing 12 and injuring 70 others four years ago. we are live outside of the court house. >> reporter: jurors have been deliberating for 15 minutes. they have sent a couple questions with the third being a
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copy of the exams done james holmes. they are getting to the heart of the matter. he is facing 165 charges. 24 for murder. two counts for each of the 12 people 140 were the attempted murder and then charges from the booby-trap apartment. in closing argument the attorney for the other side pointed at him calling him that guy. colorado's legal insanity test asked if he was disease and defective of the mind to be in capable of suffering right from wrong or suffered from a mental disorder. the mother of one victim gave her thoughts on this: >> i don't care if he is mentally ill or not. that is irrelevant.
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we wanted to kill people managed to do it and should be punished. >> reporter: the mother of a girl who hoped to be a sports caster seen there. the jury is made up of three women and four men. one of them is from the columbine massacre. everyone is told we will have three hours notice before the verdict is announced. >> thank you very much. we'll wait and see what happens. president obama challenging his critics while defending the iran nuclear deal. watch what happens when major garret asks him this question. >> can you tell the country sir, why you are content with the fanfare to leave the strength of this nation unaccounted for in relation for
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those four americans? >> the notion that i am content as i celebrate with american citizens langishing in iranian jails? major that is non-sense. and you should know better. if the question is why we did not tie the negotiations to their release think about the logic that that creates. >> i am joined by chief political correspondent and a former congressional candidate and attorney. is that a fair question? >> that was a great question by major garret. i was waiting for the iranian colors to be flashed on the white house. obama was doing a victory lap and major garret's question brought obama back down to the earth.
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with president obama, it is politics all of the time. his reaction to that question exposed him as a failed leader. you look at the fact when he puts politics before people look what happened with andrew, the benghazi four the military vets being ignored, kate steinle in california, it is politics over people with president obama. he has thrown these individuals under the bus. >> jessica you thing about the exchange for bowe bergdahl for the five members of the taliban and you think about the times this administration has decided to make choices that tide human beings being kept to those decisions. do we deserve more from the president in terms of explanation? >> i think it is certainly not just with these four individuals there are other issues with the iran deal that
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democrats and republicans have brought up and he has been getting heat on and off the hill and we are seeing a change in demeanor. this agreement has been something he has marked as something why wanted to be a keystone of his administration and we are seeing him take a different stance and maybe this is how it will be the next early and a half in terms of interacting with the press. >> you r histone has changed it sounds. he was very excited to announce this deal with joe biden. >> i am a little surprised and i think he may be surprised by the push back he is getting within the party and that changed his demeanor. whether you agree with him on this agreement or not, he
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believes this is something that has to be done so he is pushing for it in a way we have not seen. even with the health care, i don't think he took this aggress aggressive of a stance. >> obama doesn't like to be challenged in any shape or form. you can tell my obama's face and reaction he didn't like that one bit. i tweeted a picture of his reaction. he was taken off guard and surprised. >> we have talked to the families about whether or not this should be tied to a deal and they are at a loss on why you would complete the deal without bringing this into it. i want to play this on a different subject: >> if you give a woman or a man for that matter without his her or her knowledge a drug and then
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have sex with that person without consent that is rape. >> he was asked about bill cosby and if he should be stripped of the presidential medal honor he was given. what do you think? >> i think the concern should be what we will do about sanctuary cities and what happened with kate steinle. bill cosby needs to talk care of his own business and situation and what he has done -- i don't know all of the facts in that matter but it doesn't look good. i think obama should focus on americans being harmed by his policies. >> so you are saying that is irrelevant? there were a number of questions asked. this one came out of left field. are you surprised he took it on? he said i am not commenting on it specifically because it may end up in the courts and hasn't yet.
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but then he is very specifically going the actual charges saying if this is what happened he is a rapist. >> i think it is important the distinction you made. he doesn't want to go to the guilt of the person involved because of the civil and criminal matter. he didn't want to be neutral on his own you know belief that rape is a very serious crime and specifically in this country we are going to take it serious whether it is against a woman or a man. going forward there is going to be reprecussions. there is the hollywood walk of fame star and the smithsonian and all these things people are questions if he should have. it is innocent until proven guilty but i think when it comes to the idea of rape we see this in legislation over and over so
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it is within the privy of the president to comment. >> it has never been taken away from someone before. the presidential honor. but that doesn't say it can't. we will see what the president decides to do. thank you both and we will see you next time. the president may have obscured his main argument in the los angeles time and new york times with the headline being about cosby not iran. the charleston shooter makes the first court appearance and what expect from today's hearing. it's a fact. kind of like mute buttons equal danger. ...that sound good? not being on this phone call sounds good. it's not muted. was that you jason? it was geoffrey! it was jason. it could've been brenda.
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and 911 reportings are at issue today. we are working to confirm reports the judge extended the temporary gag order sealing these documents. he has a gag order for trial participants not being able to talk. lisa wheel is here with us. we are getting word and we have not confirmed but the trial date is set for next july. >> it will take a lot of time to get this ready. >> the supreme court ruled on gag orderers on trial participants are generally considered to be unconstitutional. the supreme court said gag orders on the media is unconstitutional. they have not ruled on trial participants. is there a real difference? >> yes, in 1966 shepherd v
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maxwell, the famous murder of dr. king and that case was overturned because of pre-trial publicity. and sam shepherd lost his right to a fair trial under the 6th amendment. after that courts have been able to impose gag orders on participants witnesses and both sides, not in every case but in cases with huge pre-trial publicity like this one. when it comes to the press, that standard is very high. that is a last resort. >> listen, trial participants would include a defendant, and don't they have a right to say i am innocent and how can you gag that? >> not under this. if the court find under this standard and that is the crazy thing. the standard keeps changing. is it likely?
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reasonablely reasonable that prejudice will occur? >> why do we assume publicity jeopardizes the right to a fair trial? changing venues? questioning the jurors? >> i agree with that. but do we want to change venues? most judges don't want to. look at the american sniper case in texas and the boston bombing cases were held in the boston area. that is the trend and i think judges are looking at gag orders as one way to protect that. >> doesn't the oj simpson case in the outcome of acquittal put a lie to pre-trial makes for prejudice behavior? >> the gag order is allowed but not on the media. that is so rarely done.
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>> on trial participants -- >> witnesses, anybody who might testify certainly the prosecutor because they are held to a higher standard anyway. defense attorneys hate this of course. >> in a waste with enormous pre-trial publicity how will this help? >> it will help. >> lisa, great talking to you. let's go to jon scott. >> brand new polling on the presidential race and hillary clinton's favorability rating takes a hit and fresh numbers on jeb bush and donald trump as well and new numbers in the battle for fundraising. larry sabado is here with analysis. and a sex offender is indicted
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of his daughter. he said his five year old leah taught him so much about facing struggles battling cancer. >> i would sit in my house thinking about going to the nearest liquor score and finding the biggest bottle of vodka i could find to drink and take away my pain. but every day i preached nigh daughter she could not give up and who was i to escape from liquor and he had no escape from the pain she was going through? >> his daughter is in remission. really nice moment for him last night. and kaitlyn jenner took to stage receiving the arthur ash courage award three months after coming out as transgender. >> it is about what happens from
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here. it is not just about one person. it is about thousands of people. it is not just about me. it is about all of us accepting one another. >> and also up last night, the u.s. woman's soccer team walked away with the award for best team after defeating japan making america the first country to win three women's cup titles in that great game against japan. >> i could watch that game over and over again. >> great game. first five minutes were fantastic. >> if you missed the first five minutes you missed the match. >> interesting and conflicting new polls on 2016. one shows democratic frontrunner hillary clinton up and another saying he is down. what is going on?
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martha: pretty amazing sight earlier this morning, more than 50 wounded warriors and a 150 members of the fdny taking part, what a great day. gregg: good for them. martha: we'll see you back here tomorrow. gregg: right. martha: thanks everybody. have a great day. "happening now" starts now. ♪ ♪ jenna: and we start off with brand new numbers in the race for the white house, and they paint two very different pictures for the democratic front runner. i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott. so dueling poll numbers showing a trouble spot for hillary clinton. only 39% of those surveyed say they have a favorable view of the former secretary of state. nearly half, 49%, have an unfavorable opinion of her. while a new abc news/washington post poll shows a slim majority of those polled, 52% say they have
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