>> the ad was meant to stir up controversy, but did it backfire on the governor? the fight to make sure the elderly and minorities are not left out by new controversial voter i.d. laws. one woman's personal battle to make certain every vote is concerned. we have a special report. sadness for a reality show family known around the world. michelle duggar confirms she miscarried her 20th child. they issued a news samt and are asking for privacy. hey, there. i'm tamryn hall. the "news nation" is following developing news in the ongoing investigation into how partial he remains of u.s. service members were dumped in a landfill in virginia. just hours from new the defense department has to submit all documentation on allegations of remains of at least 274 troops were handled inappropriately at

the dover air force base mortuary. house oversight committee gave the department until 5:00 p.m. eernl time today to hand over information dating back on to 2002. the air force chief of staff says he believes all the problems regarding the improper handling of america's war dead have been identified and fixed. to talk more about it, i'm joined by msnbc military analyst and retired colonel jake jacobs. thank you both for joining us. let's me start off with you first. i saw you on "nightly news" last night featured in the story last night. you talked about the heart break. you did not know that your husband's remains were in that landfill, that image he we see over and over of that place where trash is taken. not the remains of the people we love. >> correct. i did not have any knowledge that that is even a possibility for our military to dispose of our heroes serves overseas and freely dying for this country,

to put them in landfills. never crossed my mind. >> how did you learn that your husband's remains were there or placed there? >> i was first told by dover that no one wanted my husband, so he was cremated with the rest of the medical waste from the hospital and thrown in the trash. then, obviously, prompted me to start asking questions. i was demanding an apology for being spoken to like that, and dover wasn't appalled that somebody said this to me. that made me think, what are they really doing with our remains? that's when i started to investigate and really going after dover to get the answers. >> let me bring in colonel jack jacobs with us as well. colonel, here you are, medal of honor recipient. we know right from wrong in this country. we know that we're supposed to support our service members, the men and women who put their lives on the line. this is happening at the dover air force base mortuary. no one knows better than i would think these people how these remains are supposed to be

handled. >> they're not properly supervised approximate if all the things you're talking about aren't continuously reinforced, even good people get sloppy, will get to a point where they make a decision. they know it's wrong and auto do it anyway because they're too laz lazy. anytime you have people in a bureaucratic organization not properly supervised, things like this happen. the worst part about it is the fact that the air force didn't come clean right up-front. bad news doesn't get any better with age. you got to get it out right away and clean it up right away and make sure it doesn't happen again. >> over four years the air force dumped more than 2700 partial remains in the landfill, nearly 1,000 have been identified through dna belonging to the 274 military killed in the wars. what's the within thing you need to know? we have this deadline in three hours from now where the documentation needs to be turned over to this oversight

committee. what do you need to know? >> what i need to know is where the air force gets this date of 2003 that this began. i have e-mails back and frort between trevor and dean myself that indicates this was a practice and policy that was completely standard when trevor dean began employment with dover air force ba air force ba air force back in 1996 and it was his knowledge it was a policy before 1996. >> i want to play what the air force chief of staff had to say about this yesterday. let's play it, please. okay. in part he says colonel, clearly the officials at the mortuary believed it was acceptable to handle it. i won't justify what happened, but it's important that the employees at the mortuary came to the conclusion themselves in 2008 that there was a more dignified way to do. this wow. >> general schwartz is right there was no standard operating procedure, and so they had to

invent it themselves. what they did is use what you use in hospitals of getting ready of medical waste. it should have -- you shouldn't need a standard operating procedure written down telling you how to treat the remains of our fallen. he's right that there was no rule, and there's going to be a rule now. there should have been a rule in the first place, and anybody could have figured that out. >> thank you very much, colonel, and geri lynn thank you for joining us. >> thank you. to decision 2012. a new glimpse into what else mitt romney has in store for newt gingrich. in fact, a new ad from a super pak supporting romney that according to politico was mistakenly leaked onthe to the internet last near. here's the leaked ad. >> newt has a ton of baggage, like the fact that gingrich was fined $300,000 for ethics violations or took at least $1.6 million from freddie mac just before it helped cause the economic meltdown.

>> the super pac secure our future says the ad is not finished and it's been taken down. the group announced it took out a $3 million ad in iowa for spots to run the next three weeks. let's bring in the "news nation" political panel this friday. steve smith was an add vidzer to mccain's campaign. thank you all for joining us. steve, i put you on the hot seat. what do you make of this leaked ad where supporting of mitt romney ramp up the attacks on newt gingrich. former governor sununu came out hard, and you have the super pac putting the money in where their mouths are. >> "nightly new newt gingrich is the

front-runner, so governor romney, the super pacs and outside groups and people that serve with newt gingrich are starts an intensive education effort about some of the liabilities he brings to the table. he is a person that has great talents, but he's a person with great flaws. there's a robust discussion around all of that. it will be interesting to see the consequence of it as you get ready to start the voting process. if it starts to take him down a little bit. right now he has clear momentum in the race. we'll see how it works. >> that was so beautifully put by steve, but the bottom line is it's getting down and dirty. no more mr. nice guy, at least for mr. mitt romney. newt gingrich says i'll take the high road for now. you don't need a crystal ball to know what newt gingrich is capable of pushed into the corner. he wants in nomination at this point. >> that's right. that's what people like so much about newt gingrich, is that he does bring the heat and go into the politics of personal

destruction in some ways. what's interesting to see is this debate tomorrow. does that come out on stage. you have mitt romney there who backed away from things his surrogates have said in trying to tear newt gingrich down. does he man up on the debate stage and take it to newt gingrich there, and does newt gingrich keep his promise? i was covering him yesterday in south carolina. i asked him directly, folks say you're self-grand yoising, and what do you make of that? he laughed it off and gave a santa claus belly laugh. it's a question of whether or not he's going to be able to maintain that discipline. that's the big thing. the big question surrounding newt gingrich overall is is he able to maintain this discipline not only on that front or whether or not he goes on the attack, since he's been aattacked negatively. whether or not he can be disciplined overall throughout this entire campaign. >> there's a conservative pastor, someone of great influence according to many out there. he's a filmmaker, entertainier.

molatav mitchell going after newt gingrich, but in an interesting and what some might call an odd way. let's play that ad. >> i can't stand barack obama, but at least he doesn't trade in his wives like used cars. newt respects marriage about as much as kim kardashian. that's right. newt gingrich is the kim kardashian of the gop. >> it is not just the old school republican wos didn't like newt from when he was house speaker. this conservative pastor supports rick santorum. he's using a little imagery. he says i can't stand barack obama, but at least he kept with his wife. at least in that area that conservative scores president obama higher than newt. >> the thing about gingrich right now is he's got to withstand some of his venom. early it will kill him or he'll

be inoculated going forward. what was it tough in 2008 was watching barack obama go through the attacks, but he came out of the attacks stronger. either newt gingrich will take his attacks now and live through them or they'll kill him off. >> back to this debate on the weekend and wonder if romney will stick it to newt gingrich, romney held this town hall today and he yet again brought up congressman paul ryan's budget. we know that newt gingrich said it was right wing social engineering and after the comments attempted to intimidate the media not to report them. here's what romney said about it today. okay. we don't have either. i guess i'm going to be the voice of mitt romney today. he went on basically to say i've spent a good deal of time with congressman ryan. when his plan came out i aapplauded an important step. this is a place where speaker begin rich and i asgree. i believe it's important.

here's mitt romney bringing up the dreaded race right wing social engineering, which you know steve, newt gingrich did try to threaten reporters say approximate if you repeat this, you're repeating a lie, even though he said those exact words. >> i don't think the republican nomination is going to be decided on the grounds of fidelity to the ryan plan. i think at the end of the day, this is an audition to see which of the two leading candidates can take the fight to president obama. i think that newt gingrich right now is very much in touch with the tone of the republican base. he is delivering a message they want to hear. i think mitt romney's challenge in the debates is to convince voters he's the mother electable candidate in the general election and able to deliver a message about how to grow the economy and create prosperity and how to beat the president. i think that's how they'll be evaluated by voters going forward in the race. >> right now the iowa caucus-goers say they're enthusiastic about newt gingrich

at 44%, ron paul 31%, romney at 28%, only one point behind him is michele bachmann. romney's got his work cut out for him if that's what he needs to do. hang on a second. i want to switch over to governor rick perry and his ad. he's discussing the repile of don't ask don't tell equates it to kids not praying in school or celebrating in christmas. these are things out there now spoofing him. >> i'm not ashamed to admit i'm at atheist. you know there's something wrong with the country when politics hate on gays and nonbelievers. >> there's another with guys from "brokeback mountain" alongside rick perry. did it backfire on him? >> well, i sure hope it does. i think the ad's a disgrace. there are thousands of americans

who are serving their country in harm's way at this very second who happen to be gay americans. he just became the first person who aspires to come commander in chief to attack thousands of members of the united states military. >> but he might think to himself -- >> relating it to the notion -- it's a disgrace. he disgraced himself. >> steve, i hate to interrupt you. he might believe it's okay after that republican debate where that u.s. service member was booed by that audience of potential republican voters. >> it was a low moment. it was a low moment. i think that, you know, this ad, though, is over the top. they were on a debate stage. there's a lot of stuff going on, but this is inexcusable. the ad is despicable and the whole notion that kids can't celebrate christmas openly in the country is an absurdity. i think he disqualified himself

through the debates, but really he fails a fundamental character test with this ad. it will backfire. it will hurt him very badly. it eliminates his absolutely, irng, for serious consideration for the vice president or any other federal office. >> we know that even one of his advisers said don't run this ad, referring to it according to the reports as nuts. those are the words quoted there. thank you. have a great weekend. >> thank you. republican presidential hopeful ron paul joins med rater david gregory this sunday on "meet the press." what's his plan to take on newt gingrich and mitt romney? find out sunday on meet press on nbc. new surveillance video raises new questions about what happened at a hotel the night amade accused dominique strauss-kahn of sexual assault? we have this video. plus -- >> this is indeed more than a similarity to jim crow itch and tax.

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welcome back to "news nation." a stunning new development from the day dominique strauss-kahn was accused of sexually assaulting a maid. surveillance tape has surfaced from the new york city hotel where the sexual encounter occurred. it raises suspicions whether

strauss-kahn is part of a an elaborate setup. he's facing a civil suit by the alleged victim even though criminal charges were dropped. michael joins us live now. this is the surveillance that i guess belonged to the hotel and it was turned over as a result of the civil case. is that what happened here? >> this is surveillance that was turned over as part of the chris case, and it was obtained by nbc news. it does add yet another mystery to a sex scandal that brought down one of the world's most influential financial figures. at 1:29 p.m. on may 14th a call to the police from this upscale hotel. >> i want to report a sexual assault. >> nbc news has obtained hotel video taken as a security official at want front shown of the hotel calls 911. >> it's one of our room attendants. apparently she was assaulted by one of the guests.

>> the guest? dominique strauss-kahn, at the time the managing director of the international monetary fund and he could be the next president of france. two minutes after that phone call, a surprising reaction inside the hotel. two security officials in the back room do a victory dance. >> it looks like they are celebrating a 911 call that is going to set in motion a change in the entire political system of france. >> lawyers from strauss-kahn and his political supporters have seized on this video to argue that the sex charge against him may have been a political dirty trick facilitated by hotel security officials at the possibly direction of associates of french president nicolas sarkozy. it's a major story in france. it's being adamantly denied by sarkozy's office and a u.s.

legal adviser to the group, the french company that owns so approximate fetels. >> the notion that this video shows they're involved in aconspiracy is utter nonsense. they don't remember why therm celebrating, but they heard this house keeper finally decided to allow the hotel to call 911. they were relieved. >> the housekeeper who first made the allegation is pursuing a civil lawsuit against strauss-kahn. wednesday her lawyers denounced the conspiracy claims. >> she had nothing to do with any type of dancing, any type of gestures that suggest that she was not telling the truth. >> after first indicting strauss-kahn for sexual assault, prosecutors later dropped all charges against him saying that she had repeatedlied to them. strauss-kahn has admitted there was a sexual encounter, but says he was enticed. he gave his version of events to

french author michael. >> he met her when he was coming out of the shower. she was in his bedroom, and she looked at him and she proposed him to have sexual relations. mr. strauss-kahn, who is a womani womanizer, is a man who never refuses these kinds of relation. >> strauss-kahn's lawyers hope to use this new video to argue in the civil suit that she was part of a honey trap designed to destroy his political career. for their part, her lawyers hope to prove that her claims are true or will try to prove that her claims are true by showing that strauss-kahn was a sexual predator.icha, thank you very m. > "news nation," proof of life.

new rction fromthe wife of a retired fbi agent, robert leavenson, about newly released video of the man who went missing in iran nearly five years ago. house majority leader erair cantor comes under fire for blocking legislation that will ban insider trading for members of congress. we'll tell you about cantor's controversial decision. time for your business entrepreneur of the week. rachel weeks was manufacturing her products in sri lanka. sh she wanted to bring those jobs stateside. she wants to expand her business locally committed to making products made in the usa. for more watch "your business" sunday morning on msnbc. [ male announcer ] tom's discovering that living healthy can be fun.

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still ahead on "news nation," it's two years since utah mom susan powell's disappearance made headlines. we have a "dateline" special tonight on the mysterious case. it's friday, and guess who has a new statement about the possibility of him running for president? what the donald is saying that he wants you to hear today. haven't caught catfish yet, but i caught this piece of america.

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her fight against controversial voter i.d. laws. family tragedy. the stars of a popular reality he show, 19 kids and counting, are now asking for privacy after announcing michelle duggar suffered a miscarriage. they sent three cruises, not one, not two, but three cruisers down the street after me. >> in today's "news nation," gut check. why that 80-year-old woman you just heard from could go to jail. they came after her. you heard her. with cop cars and everything. her crime? feeding ducks and geese at a park. it's our gut check. house majority leader eric cantor is under fire today for delaying a vote on legislation that would ban what's compared to insider trading by members of congress. right now lawmakers can legally make investments based on non-public information they receive while doing their jobs. now, two house democrats sent a letter to cantor asking him to explain why he asked the house financial services committee to delay a vote that was set for

next wednesday. cantor's issued a response say, quote, in this instance a large group of bipartisan member ws o the committee thought it was flawed and being recklessly moved solely in response to need ya pressure. the media pressure cantor is referring to came after the 60 minutes exposy where people on both sizes of the aisle benefitted financially. we don't know if they were using information they received behind closed doors, but there's a case to be made to question the actions. >> yeah, the issue is there's really no clear rules that ban members of congress from trading on insider information. we don't know for sure that they are, but if they are, it's legal to do so. this legislation would say very clearly, members of congress cannot do this. >> cantor's under fire today for the decision to block this, and there was bipartisan support to do go about this. obviously, this leaves you

wondering why. >> there's lots of twists and turns in any legislative battle. this is one of them. since mr. cantor blocked the hearing, the bill is now generated more than 218 supporters in the house. so it now has a majority and enough votes to pass the house. the momentum is building for the bill. >> what do you make of cantor talking about the media pressure? we know a lot has changed in this world due to media pressure. he would note that was a reason or part of why he didn't want to move forward, again, makes you wonder why. >> that's true, but there certainly has been a lot of pressure for this bill to go forward. my ago it had nine co-sponsors, and in the last month, three weeks really it's had another 200. i think it's okay for mr. cantor to say hey, let's slow down and see what we're doing doesn't have unintended consequences. >> what's next? >> next week the senate is going to move forward with a hearing and a vote on it. a vote in the committee.

while the house is sort of pausing, the senate is moving forward. >> all right. we'll see what happens next week. have a great weekend. the family of a retired fbi agent that vanished more than four years ago in iran has released a proof of life video of him. robert levinson went missing while investigating cigarette smuggles. they received the video last november from his captors, but it was released to the public just today on the family website. >> i need the help of the united states government to answer the requests of the group that has held me for three and a half years. 33 years of service to the united states deserves something. please help me. >> just a short time ago lev levinson's wife talked to andrea mitchell about the toll this is taking on their family.

>> my granddaughter was born almost three years ago. her birthday is coming up december 16th. it's very difficult because every celebration he's missing. my hope is to get him home this holiday season so we don't miss any more family events. >> levinson's wife adds she's confident the fbi is doing everything to bring her husband home. disturbing new information about dozens of people killed in an early morning hospital fire in india. that tops our stories around the "news nation" today. officials at the hospital in eastern india say 85 passengers and 4 staff members were killed. investigators say in some cases medical staff abandoned their patients to save themselves. six hospital directors are now charged with manslaughter. the chief minister of the area ordered the hospital's license be withdrawn. the fire started in the basement, but the cause is still under investigation. the duggar family is asking for privacy after learning yesterday that michelle

miscarried her 20th child. it was just last month when the family announced the latest pregnancy on "today." michelle duggar says her other children were excited about the new baby, and that the hardest part was breaking the news to them. the family privacy. new information on the shooting that took the life of a virginia tech police officer. yesterday they say the gunman ambushed derek krous during a traffic stop. he was not involved in the traffic stop and fled, changed his clothing and took his own life. there's no clear motive. krouz was an army vet and father of five. emotional reaction from the mother of a missing florida mom after learning that her daughter's cell phone was recovered yesterday. michelle parker vanished more than three weeks after appearing on "people's court" with her ex-fiance. he's a suspect, and she's holding out hope her daughter will be found alive.

>> it's becoming a lot more real to me now that somebody has done something horrible to my child. and to the mother of my grandchildren. >> police say the phone is in good condition and is now undergoing forensic testing. this week marks two years since the mother of two young boys mysteriously disappeared from the salt lake city area. suzanne powell's case has made national headlines everywhere since the series of sensational twists and turns, and there's been no resolution despite the best efforts of detectives. keith morrison has been investigating and will have a special report tonight on nbc "dateline." keith joins us live now. it's hard to believe it's two years in this case. you think about those poor children without their parent. >> it's true. two years of the same kind of agony you saw on the last story you did. the wheels are turning in this case. it seems like there's progress, yet where are those wheels going? we cannot tell. just this week the west valley, utah police announced they had

analysis back from bits of charred wood they found in the desert 30 miles away from where josh powell said he took the children camping at midnight on the freezing december night two years ago, the night that susan vanished. they won't say whether or not the results of those tests are connected with susan's disappearance. salt lake city, december 2009. the impeding christmas holiday was the last thing on the minds of susan powell's friends and family. gifts, carols, normal things fell away. all they could think of was finding her. despite their best efforts and extensive multi-state search operations, the mystery lives on. >> people that know me know i would not hurt susan. >> susan's husband, josh, remains the only named person of interest in the case, but he's never been charged. >> it really hurts that people would try to say that i don't love susan. >> i'm not sure anybody said you

didn't love susan, but they say you killed susan. sometimes you kill the one you love. >> well, i never hurt susan. >> but josh's own sister, jennifer graves, has her doubts. >> his actions have told me all along there's something wrong there. >> after all, josh powell is the last person to have seen her alive. he says he left to go camping with their two very young boys around midnight with a serious winter storm on the way. susan's parents among others have questioned the story. >> she would not leave the children. for her to leave the house without her purse or her cell phone or anything is just -- she would not do that. >> susan and josh seemed to have a fine marriage, as far as anybody could tell, at least. >> they're kind of sfil in the newly wed stage even though they were married for three years. they were kujdzing and hugging each other. >> josh's father interpreted susan's affectionate in a

different way. >> susan was very open, and i would say very aggressive in male/female relationships. she called the shots. >> behind steven powell's public theories about susan and sexuality was evidence of private activities that have landed him in jail. he's now awaiting trial on charges of voyeurism and possessing child pornography. while in family court, susan's parents fight for custody of josh and susan's little boys. the case has been in the public eye since it began, but so much remains hidden. wild allegations of abuse, religious conspiracies, sexual deviance. >> that struggle in court by the way over the custody of the two little boys sgegt more and more intense. josh has now filed a paper in court to suggest that the coxs, susan's parents, are trying to get the boys to dislike their family. he's terribly upset by that. they say they're trying to support and protect these little

boys from a strange life that they were living with the powells. so it goes, tamryn. >> so it goes, keith. thank you very much. you can watch keith's full report on "dateline" tonight at 10:00 eastern on nbc. 31 states now require you to show a picture i.d. to cast your ballot, but for many people getting a government i.d. is harder than you think. many say it is voter disenfranchisement in states like south carolina. they're calling it modern day jim crowism. we have a new report on one small south carolina town. mara, this one woman is taking on voter i.d. laws. she wants to make sure every vote counts. >> reporter: yes. we spent time with her, dr. brenda williams in south carolina who has been registering voters for 30 years and is twoshging around the clock to make sure the people have the proper i.d. to vote. now, she quickly learned in many

cases getting an i.d. is not as simple as stopping at the dmv because people need their birth certificate or marriage license. dr. williams fears the groups most

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coming up and a new star-studded movie debuts this weekend. let's get the scoop from courteney haze let. hi. >> we were talking about will ferrell sxaul the fantastic things he's been in. fyi, tamryn hall hasn't seen "old school." he's appearing in ads for old milwaukee beer. a great back story to why he did these ads. let's watch the ad real quick. >> doing a little hand fishing here in the mississippi. i haven't got any catfish yet, but i caught this little piece of america, old milwaukee. >> just doing a little hand fishing here in the old mississippi. this is fantastic. will ferrell actually approached the pabst brewing company that makes old milwaukee saying he wanted to do these commercials and he would do it on the condition athat, a, he was not paid for them. this is not some paid sponsorship, and second that he -- the commercials would run

locally. they've gone viral thanks to beer blogs and other outlets. >> why is he doing this? for a new movie? >> a lot of people are saying it seems to have the hallmarks of those longer will ferrell movies. it sounds like that something could come out of "old school" type movie. a reference that means nothing to tamryn. >> talladega nights, i can recite the entire script. what do you have? >> coming up next, jay-z, a historic concert at carnegie hall. he's the first hip-hop artist to have a solo concert there. it will benefit charity, and that's part of the reason the tickets are between $500 and $2500. a charity concert february 6th and 7th. i'm guessing beyonce is not done february 6th or 7th, because that's when the concert is. what do you see at the movies this weekend? the big talker is "new year's eve." part of the reason is basic every celebrity under the sun

stars in this movie. just some of them real quick. zac efron, michelle pfeiffer, bon jovi. if the rule of thumb is more celebrities make the move he vee, this should be a fantastic movie. >> i'm going to see that movie. it's so cute. >> a fun holidayesque movie. >> "the sitter." >> i just saw "the descendants." fantastic movie. i'm not saying that because clooney's in it. >> of course that's why. let's go see "new year's eve," all of us together. be a fan of scoop on facebook. we'll be right back with an insane gut check on this friday. [ male announcer ] cranberry juice? wake up!

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. time for the gut check. a 80-year-old woman could go to jail for feeding ducks and geese

at the local pond. the city of lynn filed a criminal complaint against claire butcher on wednesday after officers spotted her feeding ducks and geese at park twice. the city says she's in consistent strilgs of a no tress peace order issued against her in 2009. they saw butcher brings a shopping cart full of loaves to dump at the pond. anyone caught feeding the wildlife can be slapped with a fine. she says the animals at the pond belong to god. >> they sent three cruisers. three cruisers down the street after me. lynn has nothing else to do but chase an 80-year-old woman down the street for feeding the ducks? >> cue the music from "bad boys." residents are not happy about the feeding either. this is their complaint. they say these ducks and geese bring in piles of waste. nasty. city officials say feeding the

fowl is a public health nuisance. she could go to jail if she's found guilty. that's more time than lindsay loh lohan. what does your gut tell you? if she's found guilty should claire go to jail for feeding the geese and ducks. go to facebook to cast your vote. we'll tell you on monday, but i know what you say. that does it for this edition of "news nation." you're going to say she should go to jail. i feel it. martin bashir is up next. guinea pig: row...row. they generate electricity, which lets me surf the web all day. guinea pig: row...row. took me 6 months to train each one, 8 months to get the guinea pig: row...row. little chubby one to yell row! guinea pig: row...row. that's kind of strange. guinea pig: row...row. such a simple word... row. anncr: there's an easier way to save. get online. go to geico.com. get a quote. 15 minutes could save you ♪ you, you ain't alone

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good afternoon. it's december 9th, and here's what's happening. the nutty professor. >> i have one opponent, barack obama. >> newt gingrich, front-runner, commander of the conservative cause. >> how do you look in the mirror and say to yourself you're afraid to debate a guy that taught at west central college. >> look yourself in the mirror,