something else. what is that? plus just minutes ago, a chicago judge sentenced former illinois governor rod blagojevich who for the first time in court admitted, he has no one to blame but himself. we'll tell you what's next for blago. one of the controversial death penalty cases in our country. why the philadelphia district attorney is no longer seeking the death penalty in a case against a former black panther convicted of killing a white police officer 30 years ago. i'm tamron hall. within the past hour, penn state assistant coach jerry sandusky has been arrested again on new criminal charges. it is apparently all part of an ongoing investigation. peter alexander joins me with more breaking news. we know that sandusky was taken in handcuffs from his home. what else do we know? >> first thing want to put up is the newest video. the video you've seen is what is looped for the last several weeks. here is the video from within the last couple of hours where

authorities showed up, four of them in unmarked cars. we've been outside the sandusky family home for the last several weeks. i spent much of that time at state college. they came, they arrested mr. sandusky who you will see from this video. admittedly a little bit shaky as we were forced to stay a safe distance away from the home as he put up no trespassing signs. new security cameras as a result of some vandalization to the home that has taken place. sandusky when he does walk out of the home, you will see he is wearing a penn state track suit that has been a bitter pill for the penn state community to follow given the impact this has had on the community. initially there were eight victims that we knew about in the initial grand jury report. now we know of victims nine and ten. these victims detail, according to the grand jury or according to the attorney general, linda kelly, detail the relationship that they claim to have had with jerry sandusky dating back to 2004. one of the cases, one of the young men who says he was just 11 or 12 years old at the time says that he, like the other

boys in the grand jury report, was effectively groomed by mr. sandusky, taken tame, given gif money that ty were ernight stays at the sandusky family home that included hugging, rubbing, cuddling, tickling and then ultimately sexual assaults which is what these charges specifically refer to. >> so obviously, peter, people are intrigued to know if this is standard procedure in something like this, an ongoing investigation. also there were great questions as you know about the judge who initially set the bail. a judge who had some link to the second mile charity that was founded by sandusky. and that he was allowed to go back into his home without putting up bail. their you see him getting into the car with the track suit. it will come to no surprise to people in the community that he was rearrested and taken behind bars. there was a lot of concern in that community. why this man accused of such egregious crimes against young children dating back, some allegedly dating back to the 1970s, could be allowed out on

the streets. and even joe amendola, the attorney general for sandusky, said a short time ago that it would not surprise him if jerry sandusky was rearrested and taken behind bars where they would keep him there until at least his preliminary hearing, which we know is scheduled for next tuesday. he will have an arraignment before that date for these new charges right now. but the attorney made it very clear that he thought the prosecution was trying to expand this case. and the attorney at one point when we reached out to him about new charges allegedly being investigated, or new claim being investigated, by what's called cys, child abuse services, he said that we believe one of those children, though we dispute the claim, we say we are innocent of all these, one of them was jerry sandusky's own grandchild. so we know there are more than eight victims. >> this comes days after the eighth interview. we're following another big story. this out of chicago. conflicted governor rod blagojevich has until february to enjoy freedom after being

sentenced to 14 years behind bars just a short time ago. it was all announced within the last hour. nbc's nick bogert is live in chicago. give us the play by play. yet again blago having the opportunity to throw himself at the mercy of the court but it did not work. >> reporter: he did just that but you're right. the judge had several things to say about his admissions. but it did not work in the en. the 14-year sentence is just short of the 15 to 20 years that prosecutors had been requesting. and it is far more than the three to four years that the defense had suggested was appropriate. he will be allowed to surrender in february. if he served around 85% of that sentence, that will be 12 years behind bars for rod blagojevich. there was little emotion from the exgovernor or his wife patty as the judge pronounced sentence. the judge mixed a tongue lashing with some words of praise for the governor. he said he had heard blagojevich apologize emotionally to his family. he said i do believe you were a good father to your two

daughters and you're a good family man but i've seen an awful lot of good fathers who turned out to be very bad citizens. he said he accepted blagojevich's acceptance of responsibility. this morning the exgovernor said, i was governor. i should have known better. he said i believe that you meant that, although it came very late. and i believe it came so late because you were the governor and it was hard to admit wrongdoing. and he was insisting this has been an unfair prosecution all along. however the judge had an awful lot of very negative things to say. he said i believe you lied in testimony. i think i think you were ill suited. that you're immature. that you have a tendency to blame others. that you have a need for adulation which was not a good thing in public service. you never asked a lawyer if what you were doing was legal. that's because i believe you didn't want to know. some of these schemes would have been stopped dead in their track that's the you had sought real legal advice. so he said, also, one last thing that he had called blagojevich governor as a subtle reminder to citizens that they get the government they deserve. and rod blagojevich will go away

for 14 years. >> if that is the case, you get government you deserve, the guy in office before blagojevich, george ryan, behind bars. i believe there have been at least four governors of the state of illinois who ended up exactly where blago is going in february. so it is interesting. i think the people of illinois certainly deserve better than that. thank you. greatly appreciate it. more breaking news in the case that has raged for 30 years. prosecutors in philadelphia say they will no longer seek the death penalty against former black panther mumia abu jamal. he was convicted of murdering a police officer in 1981. since then supporters including a host of celebrities have claimed he was the victim of a racially biased system. a few hours ago, retired anglican archbishop desmond tutu called for abu-jamal's release. however, for now he will remain behind prison for the rest of his life. the prosecutors say they reached the decision with the blessing of the widow of the police officer who was killed.

daniel faulkner. she attended today's news conference. >> he has been a celebrity, a cause celebrity. so many people throughout the world for so many years has put him on a pedestal. he has a cottage industry going from prison. money pouring in to his defense fund. it is an absolute disgrace. >> joining me now, nationally isn't indicated talk show host michael smerconish who is an nbc contributor. i should note he wrote the book with the widow of the officer. it was titled murdered by mumia. he also served in the office of counsel. you know that the supporters of mumia abu-jamal says he was treated unfairly. the jury which was all white at the time received misleading information here. so they do not see this case as

the widow of officer faulkner or as you see it. >> right. they certainly don't. i noted today, i require a lot of qualifiers to come on the program. there are two issues here. one is the question of guilt or innocence. and the second is the question of sentencing. just so your viewers are clear, what has been determined today is only that there will now be a change in sentencing. the widow had a very difficult decision. it was technically the decision of the d.a. seth williams. but he yielded to her judgment and she said at this point, it is futile. because if we go back through a new sentencing process, and again it ends up in the court system, it is the judiciary that has stood in the way of the carrying out of the sentence. but the underlying conviction does not change, isn't going to be altered. that's why i strongly disagree with bishop desmond tutu. >> i had to ask you, i'm sure your words will be repeated that you disagree with the bishop there.

there are many intellectuals, many celebrities who believe that this was not a just case. help our audience understand why you stand so opposed to that viewpoint. >> for no profit i donated to charity. did i write the definitive book on the case relying exclusively to trial testimony. as one who has been here for those entire 30 years, i can tell you that the further you get from philadelphia, the more the controversy grows. it is an amazing thing. a street rename for abu jamal in paris. a german government official who comes to his aid. rage against the machine and beastie boys who have held concerts in his behalf. >> why are all of those people wrong and you're right. why are you right here? >> i think for starters because i doubt any of them invested the years that i did to study the trial transcripts and wrap my arms around the underlying facts

of the case. how there were multiple eyewitnesses, how the ballistics matched, how abu jamal the night of the murder said i shot the m-fer and i hope he dies. i like to tell one snippet. his brother billy cook was on the scene and witnessed whatever it is that took place. he's been silent for 30 years. tamron, if my brother were on death row for a crime i know he didn't commit because i watched, i sure as heck would have spoken up. he never did. >> michael, again, you wrote the book on this case. it remains one that draws our attention to the death penalty in this country and how or who is often sentenced to it. and you cannot eliminate the discussion of race when we've seen what happened in, for example, in georgia just this year when a man says he was innocent and was ultimately sentenced to death. i greatly appreciate your insight on this. i think no one knows it better

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to decision 2012 where mitt romney says it is time to get aggressive. here's a live look at the man he plans to get aggressive with at the republican coalition forum. that's newt gingrich who just started addressing the audience there. gingrich keeps surging in the polls. 37%, way ahead of romney's 22%. and that is said to have romney's camp on the offensive. romney is telling reporters, he is mapping out a new strategy for the long haul. he says he'll be spending more time in critical swing states and will start appearing more in the media. romney will make his first appearance on a sunday talk show in almost two years on december 18th. while romney has the cash and the operation to come through with these promises, gingrich does not. in fact today the headline for gingrich, the deadline for him to file in ohio to appear on the primary ballot is at 4:00. his spokesperson said he will try his hardest to make that

deadline with few staffers, he has just seven in ohio if you're downing. and ging has missed the deadline for missouri. let's bring in our panel with us. now the associate editor and columnist for the hill is with us as well. let me start with you. we have our republican strategist and we're waiting for rosen who is caught in traffic, apparently. you wrote about this today and you said that newt gingrich can win this nomination. >> i think so. what we're seeing in this new new york times cbs poll is that voters in iowa, very critical, have decided that he is electable. that he can beat barack obama in the general election. that he can be a strong commander in chief and he emphasizes with their views, he is authentic. peter hart who works with nbc often, found people saying that he is grandfatherly. this is the argument. all the money will come. all the debt will be paid off.

all the campaign problems, he'll hire staffers. that will all come. if he can convince primary voters this close to when voting starts in early states that he is electable in a general election, that is the final straw against mitt romney. it becomes a real threat to mitt romney's hopes. >> the tea party is set to be the major factor here. i spoke with a woman in iowa who is a tea party member, loves sarah palin, she has gone down the list. i think she even liked donald trump at one point but here she is, saying she is willing to support newt gingrich. he is not a washington outsider. he is not social conservative on issues that this woman and others say means something to them. but she told me, he is a fighter. she in her mine can visualize newt gingrich going at it with president obama. is that what this is about at this point? >> absolutely. the problem for mitt romney is that he hasn't shown that fight.

he hasn't shown that intensity that voters are looking for. when they say they're more aggressive, that doesn't mean they'll do 30 second attack ads to try to attack newt gingrich. what people want to see in mitt romney is fight. that's what they've seen in newt gingrich. i think that's why he's surging and i think that's the challenge for romney. to show that he wants this nomination and he is a standard bearer who can stand up to barack obama. >> we asked, is it like standing in front of a runaway train? it is not a secret. the things people continue to bring up about his background and even some of the new revelations quite honestly and some of the new comments regarding poor kids and letting them be janitors. it is like teflon. nothing sticks. i think it is solely because of his, as the article and the politico said today, his snarl. newt's snarl is more genuine than mitt. but does a snarl get you in that white house? isn't that the goal here for the republicans in. >> i think we have to pause a

bit on the bashing that's going on on newt gingrich by some on the left. the reality is someone who posted up against bill clinton at the height of bill clinton's popularity. >> the right isn't putting the brake on the bashing on the man in the white house right now. why should anybody pull up on newt gingrich? >> no, no, i'm saying from a strategic perspective, this is somebody who has vulnerabilities but he has been very successful in the past. is he electable? absolutely. i think he is a challenge for barack obama as well. i think getting back to what romney has to do against gingrich, he needs to be more aggressive. he can't just tear down gingrich. he needs to prop himself up with positive ideas and things that he wants to do and show that he has that fight. >> simon, bring me in. thank you for joining us. this same political article that i've referred to said the president's advisers long convince that had romney would be the opponent now think that obama has a realistic chance of facing gingrich. and they are frantically rewriting the play book that they've been in the making with for three years. which was focused on romney at

this point. what do you make of this potential match-up? simon? okay. i'm going to give up on simon. a.b., i can't handle it right now. let me talk to you. you've got the president focused on romney now saying, wait a minute. we have to factor in the newt gingrich possibility here. >> and they will. some democrats are nervous about newt gingrich's interest in childhood poverty, interest in a more humane approach to the immigrant issue. and they're saying don't focus all your guns on mitt romney when maybe this could become your rival and you need to prepare for a campaign. a different kind of a campaign. but i think generally speaking, because of newt gingrich's policy flip-flops, his ethical lapses, his controversial erratic style of leadership. that his party rejected him four years ago. they probably looked more

forward to a gingrich campaign than a romney campaign. >> let me play this new ad. we just got a hold of it this last hour. talking about leadership and what kind of leader he would be. if we have it, let's play it. >> his role as a leader as the speaker of the house will be examined very carefully. people will measure our capacity to lead. and i don't know what that will show with regard to him. i know what it will show with regard to me. >> so that was not the ad. that was romney on with neil cavuto. in the end this new ad says people understand that i'm a man of steadiness and constancy. i don't think you'll find someone who has had more of those attributes than i do. is that a counter to, i guess the excitement with newt gingrich? >> it is clearly, they're trying to draw a contrast with newt gingrich's three marriages. i think that's the beginning but it won't be enough for mitt romney. mitt romney needs to go out there and be inspiring to the

republican electorate if he wants to win this race. newt gingrich is someone, he has been successful. this is someone that has an acu rating that's not much different from john mccain. he is not the great conservative hopeful so i think there is a real contrast and a real battle of ideas that will come down the line. and mitt romney starting with that ad but i don't think that will get him where he needs to go. >> thank you for your patience as well with the technical issues. thanks to simon, too. we'll talk to him again. coming up on news nation -- >> when we come on this, we think bring on the heat here. these are serious violations. >> a very wealthy couple actually living in this multimillion-dollar mansion. they're now accused of collecting tens of thousands of dollars in food stamps and welfare checks. how could this happen? plus, moammar gadhafi's son reportedly tries to sneak into mexico under a false name. details on this elaborate plot coming up.

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a snowstorm that causeds schools to be closed is now swirling east and moving right up the east coast. so far at least 17 states are in the path of this wicked weather front. and it is set to hit hardest starting tonight. take a look at the rain actually in washington, d.c. pouring. it has been doing that since late last night. mike seidel is tracking the storm from the weather channel. when you start talk b 17 different states being hit by one storm, that's a big one. >> it is. but most everybody will deal with rain and not snowfall. we have snow down south. around huntsville, we had more snow this morning. and jonesboro, arkansas, they've had more snow this season in fargo and buffalo and syracuse. we have the big spin here. that will help fire up this low. we have a lot of heavy rain heading up the eastern seaboard. that's the issue around

washington and boston. back here, this bright color, that's bright banding. we're getting sleet and big white snow flake to the north and west. it has changed in binghamton. snowing in snow shoe, west virginia, through the mountains of north carolina. what happens is the cold air is going to be chasing the moisture out. so it is a timing. the higher elevations will get a significant snowfall. this white strip again, avoiding boston, new york, philadelphia. the big cities will not have a shovelable or plowable snowfall. you may get some wet flakes. in these areas, watch out for wet travel. by tomorrow morning at sunrise, outside of say, maine and parts of new hampshire and vermont, it is all off the coast. it is a fast-moving system. tomorrow will be sunny and breezy and hopefully, fewer issues at the airports in the northeast. and this is what you want to see. how many inches. albany, two to four. binghamton, you've changed over. this will be a heavy wet snow. unlike in october, the leaves are off the trees. we're not going to see the amounts of snow. and again, million of you along

i-95 will primarily just see rain setting us up for a cooler but a great friday and a good shopping weekend. for most folks coast to coast. back to you. >> all right. thank you very much. still ahead, a district attorney said he cannot prosecute syracuse basketball coach bernie fine, or former coach over sex abuse allegations, even though he says the accusations or the allegations are in fact credible. plus the campaign to recall wisconsin governor scott walker is getting ugly. wait until you hear the details of what's happening there. amanda from the "huffington post" will join news nation live. small business credit card. it's hard for my crew to keep up with 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. 2% cash back. that's setting the bar pretty high. thanks to spark, owning my own business has never been more rewarding. [ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards from capital one. get more by choosing unlimited double miles

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the republican governor turns ugly. new allegations out there. >> and mexico said it spoiled a major plot to smuggle one of moammar gadhafi's sons and his family into the country. and personal pictures on facebook founder mark zuckerberg's facebook page are leaked. if it can happen to the guy who founded the coil, can it happen to you? major developments today involving alabama's new toughest, the nation's immigration laws. the state's attorney general says that two controversial portions of that law should be scrapped. one that immigrants carry documentation with them at all times. and another that schools collect information on the status of students. meantime, the justice department which is already suing alabama has sent an unusual letter warning law enforcement agencies in that state, they risk losing their federal funding. justice correspondent pete williams joins me live. pete, let's hone in on the department of justice. an unusual maneuver or letter

from the department. >> right. a letter from the head of the civil rights division to 156 sheriff's offices and police departments around the state saying we know you have to enforce this new law. but as you do it, remember, there is a constitution. there are federal civil rights laws and if you don't enforce this law carefully, you could lose your federal funding. this of course as the justice department is already suing the state of alabama. parts of this law have been struck down but not the part that says when police stop people for questioning, they must determine the immigration status of the person they're stopping. the justice department wants to make sure that latinos are not overwhelmingly the victims of all this. as you say at the same time, the state attorney general is telling the legislature, maybe there are parts of this law we should repeal because it would make it easier to defend the law in court. >> and it is so intriguing what happened in alabama. you have the republicans supporting this law and now see the repercussions, how it is affecting agriculture and farling in the state and believe maybe the state has taken on more than it can chew.

back to this letter. why do you believe this move now knowing there has been this suit filed already? >> because the justice department is doing everything it can to fight this law. it is seeing a number of effects. one of them as you know is especially this provision that requires them to document all the potentially children of illegal immigrants who are in public schools. a lot of people are fleeing the state. and that's what i think has the government so alarmed. they're fighting this law hard. they don't want to see other states follow the same lead. they're saying they'll take the legal fight wherever they have to. that's why i think they're sending this message to the police and the sheriff's offices. >> thank you very much. great to have you. seven decades after their ultimate sacrifice, americans are honoring the men and women lost during the attack on pearl harbor. today's emotional ceremony also represents the last time the pearl harbor's association will formally meet in hawaii on december 7th. nbc's stephanie stanton is live in hawaii for us. and so much to talk about. i want to talk about the

association as it says that they have to look at the reality here. the age of the survivors and their fear that this will eventually just become something we look at in history books and not have this moment live as we're seeing now. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, tamron. indeed, it is the harsh reality of life. the pearl harbor survivors association. we are told they have about 2700 members. those numbers are dwindling. we understand they're dying at a rate of about 70 per month. the association is officially disbanding at the end of the year. and for many of these survivors, they are in their late 80s and their early 90s. this will indeed be the last time that they are able to come here to pearl harbor. of course, the 70th anniversary, this ceremony began at 7:45 this morning. at 7:55 this morning, there was a moment of silence as well as a military flyover by the hawaii air national guard in the missing man formation. of course, that marks the exact

moment that the japanese carried out their surprise attack here on pearl harbor back in december 7th of 1941, more than 2,400 people died on that faceful day. here, some 3,000 people have come to remember this day, including more than 100 survivors, tamron. >> all right. thank you very much. we greatly appreciate your live report. we see the images there behind you as well. the already bitter battle involving the effort to recall republican governor scott walker appears to be getting even uglier. within the past few days, two recall opponents were arrested. one for allegedly trying to deface petitions. amanda reports on this from the "huffington post." good to see you. >> thanks fortune having me. >> when we say it's getting ugly, we mean it. people are getting physical in wisconsin. never with you tempers were flaring and the tension with this, incredible. there are national implications in what can happen with scott walker. >> symbolically, one of the biggest races of the year. there were massive protests in

february when thousands of people turned out to the capitol and protested. it started a national discussion about the role of unions. so tempers are very, very high on both sides. >> what are some of the thing happening there? >> well, recall organizers say at one point, a man tried to back his truck up into a bunch of volunteers. signs have been ripped up. petitions have been defaced. and some of this may seem small. it may seem silly but some of that is a femme. you can get up to a 10,000 fine or three and a half years in prison. >> in someone situation, someone collected petitions only to destroy them on that you recall. so like trekky going on here. >> some people were like, i'm going to pretend i'm a recall volunteer. collect petitions and never hand them in. then the state board said you can't do that. that's illegal. you can be arrested for that. so a lot of it is making sure people know the rules and that you can't go around doing this. >> oxley they know the rules. i would imagine. this is heavily covered in the state of wisconsin.

is there a concern that ultimately, people will be arrested here? if you continue to do this, you collect petitions and try to tear them up. we know for the recall to happen, they have to hit an x amount of signatures. >> they have to get a half million. >> they're at about 300,000. >> they collected that many in 12 days. two people have been arrested already. some people are calling on governor walker to say let people know that they need to calm down on both sides. you should get the message out there. even if you're not condoning this. >> is he responding, governor walker in. >> he has been responded to all this. >> it is getting hot in wisconsin where it is normally very cold. >> thank you very much. >> an update on the syracuse university sex abuse scandal. our stories around the nation. two of the men accusing coach bernie fine of sexual abuse are credible but fine cannot be charged because of the statute of limitations. that it has expired. the d.a. william fitzpatrick says if it was not for the

statute, fine would be arrested. a third man is also accusing the assistant basketball coach. former assistant basketball coach of sexual abuse. a federal investigation is underway into his claim. fine denies the allegation. mexico says it has foiled an international plot to smuggle one of moammar gadhafi's sons into that country. the interior secretary says the plan was to bring him and his family under false names with false documents. the suspects opened bank accounts, even brought property to be used as safe houses. the plot was discovered in september and stopped before it could be carried out. three people are under house arrest. and a story during these tough economic time for so many people with so many folks struggling to make ends meet, or even struggling to stay in their home. a seattle chiropractor and his wife are accused of checking welfare benefits for more than eight years. all while they were living in a mansion. and driving luxury cars. mike taibbi has more.

>> reporter: nice house. all those custom wind owes looking out over lovely lake washington south of seattle. a million-dollar view. actually, the house is now valued at about $1.2 million. the woman of the house assaulted her several bank accounts with big recent deposits. for more than $31,000, two for more than $5,000, one for nearly $11,000. the man of the house, a chiropractor with an in-town practice, drives a blag jaguar. on his private dock, a sleek boat. nothing unusual, says the next door neighbor. >> i know them as good friendly people. pretty typical, according to the neighborhood. >> reporter: over the past eight years, federal investigators say dr. david silverstein and his wife while living in this house have collected tens of thousands in food stamps and disability payments. and approximately $135,000 in housing six did i benefits. and now in a federal civil suit, the government wants it all back. this is the undersecretary for the agriculture department which

administers the food stamp program. >> when we come across cases like this alleged case, we think, you go, bring on the heat here. because these are serious violations. >> reporter: the alleged scam was relatively unsophisticated. when his wife applied for the benefits investigators claimed each time she lived alone with her two children with almost no assets. a few hundred bucks, a $200,000 car, and listed her husband as her landlord to whom she needed help paying rent. he reportedly listed his office address as his residence. on his website original a personal note, i'm happily player witness two children. it was a government database cross check that finally caught up with them. >> i think the public should be reassured that this is an absolute anomaly. this is a rarity in this regard. >> reporter: rare, perhaps, but undetected for years. during which time they lived in the lake front mansion and vacationed in paris, moscow, israel, turkey, mexico. while checking thousands in your

tax dollars, month after month after month. >> that of course was nbc's mike taibbi reporting. the suspects have yet to comment and no criminal charges have been filed in that one. coming up, american airlines responds after alec baldwin is kicked off a plane. then he blasts the airline on twitter. it is a twitter war between baldwin and american. who is winning? but first, a lot going on today. here are some thing we thought you should know. herman cain may have suspended his presidential campaign but he is not going anywhere at least yet. tomorrow night cain will appear in an exclusive documentary with b.e.t. defending some controversial statements he's made including what he call a quote, scamper pet waited by liberal blacks. he tells b.e.t., in the black xhumt, he is not thought of as a republican but as a member of the communicate. >> always stayed in touch with my roots. my roots, antioch baptist church

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private facebook photos are now public. they were lifted from his own site and are now floating around the internet. joe brown joins us. thanks thanks for joining us. the bug was a result of one of our most recent code pushes and was live for a limited period of time. the privacy of our user's data is a top priority for us and we invest significant resources into protecting our site and the people who use it. that is a very nice statement. the reality is is that mark zuckerberg's account was tinkered with. if it can happen to him, kit happen to anybody, i would imagine on facebook. >> not anymore. >> not anymore? but it could. not. in but it could have and it could happen again. >> what happened was a pretty simple glitch. basically when you were going to report a photo was inappropriate, it gave you a drop down menu of all the recent photographs. the one they had uploaded. so people could have found your

photos when one was appropriate. it didn't go that wide. they did fix it extremely fast but facebook says their user's privacy is the most important thing to them. it is totally not. they don't care. >> wait a minute. you start out by telling me it can't happen and now you're going to say they don't care about your security themselves don't care. which is it? >> security and privacy. two different things. >> tell me why. >> privacy is something facebook is outwardly against. they're about transparency. about letting everything you want to put on the internet should go to everybody. and they've been historically resistant to privacy changes, to make it so different grooms of people knl see different parts of your profile. you can't hide from the internet. you have to love that mark zuckerberg is the one busted with this. >> we even said in our meeting today, facebook red faced over this. one of the photographs shows him and a woman identified as his girlfriend in the kitchen cooking. another, he is posing with an animal. i don't know if he kill the animal or what he was doing. no one likes to see their

personal photographs viewed by people. unnope to them. that's the crummy part about this, i think. >> yeah. and it is easy to really take facebook for granted. you have to remember, my personal politics aside, i think we're in an infant stage. it has been a handful of years since they came on the market. facebook is going forward with things nobody else is doing so you'll see thing be a little rocky. and zuckerberg has said, we have botched things a lot in the past. >> real quick, joe, one of the reports that i read, facebook knew about this glitch, i believe, several days before zuckerberg's account was tampered into or compromised. is that the case? if so, why didn't they deal with this? >> i hadn't heard that. i'll make a call after i get off here. >> you'd better update me. otherwise i'm a little worried about facebook accounts these days. >> i'm sorry i'm not could go to the christmas party with you.

>> i'll take to you dinner. the man known to millions as colonel potter from mash has passed away. and american airlines firing back at alec baldwin. let's get the scoop from courtney. i was a huge m.a.s.h. fan. this is sad news for fans of the show. >> harry morgan died in his brentwood california home at the age of 96 after a brief battle with pneumonia. he was on mash from 1974 to 1983. it is hard for anyone in our vague, vague age group not to at least recognize him from that. prior to that he was a regular on gun smoke. he was on dragnet and appeared in more than 100 films. interesting fun fact, this is a guy who never once sat down for a talk show which is unheard of with actors these days. just didn't think it was necessary. so he's definitely an actor who will be quite, quite missed. >> yeah. let me bring you in on this. alec baldwin. i was flying into washington, d.c., the twitter accounts going

crazy. everyone saying alec baldwin was kicked off a flight. >> it is not over. it is a little silly. at this point it should be over. to bring anyone up to speed has been under a rock. al everything baldwin tweeted yesterday. after some eyewitnesses tweeted he was kicked off the flight, alec in his own words said flight attendant on american reamed me out for playing words with friends while we sat on a plane not moving. it is an fax regulation. once the cabin doors are closed, you have to turn off your devices. he thought he was exempt. he gets kicked off. tweets later now, on 3:00 american flight. the flight attendants already look smarter will. >> american airlines responded. >> they said we take our privacy seriously. we're not going to reveal this customer. today they said, after the very outspoken, that's putting it lightly customer has made his side of it known, they said really big state. in part that read, the passenger was extremely rude to the crew, calling them inappropriate names

and using offensive language. given the facts above, the passenger was removed from the flight and denied boarding. ka place over twitte as you mentioned. not too long after all of this shook out last night, alec said let's do a big follow-up at 10:00. unfollow me. he had more than s600,000 followers. he did us is pen his twitter account. no new tweets today. if i'm going to look into my crystal ball, we're not done seeing him on twitter. he'll be back. >> hopefully we're done seeing him in any issues american airline. i don't want to get on a flight with people being kicked off. thanks, courtney. for the very latest entertainment news, logon to scooptoday.com. with the capital one venture card we get double miles on every purchase. so we earned a holiday trip to the big apple twice as fast! dinner! [ garth ] we get double miles every time we use our card.

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