attract help. the first bomb has to lure in a lot of rescuers and emergency personnel. once those people are on the scene, that's when the second bomb goes off. the double bomb tactic. that was the tactic used in 1997 in the united states when this man set off a double bomb outside an abortion clinic in sandy springs, georgia. that's in the atlanta metro area chlt eric rudolph is remembered for bombing the atlantic olympics in 1996. his bomb injured several people and killed one person. but after eric rudolph bombed the olympics and went on the run, that same guy bombed a gay bar in atlanta injuring five people and bombed an abortion clinic in birmingham, alabama, that killed a police officer and severely wounded the clinic's head nurse. but when he bombed that abortion clinic sandy springs, georgia, the first bomb went off at 9:30

in the morning. it ripped out part of a wall at the clinic. it destroyed the clinic but did not injury anyone. an hour later, the second bomb went off in a trash can just outside the building. this double bombing was designed to give responders enough time to arrive on the scene and figure out what the first bomb was about and the second bomb exploded then to try to kill the emergency responders. six people were hurt by the second blast including a federal atf at. eyewitnesss said it was a miracle that the second blast did not kill anyone. that was the bombing of the women's clinic in sandy springs, georgia, in 1997. this year another women's clinic in the same place just about a mile from the bombing was hit by burglaries. that could just be a random break in. a couple of months before that another women's clinic suburban alabama had also been burglarized, it was a place about 15 miles away from the

sandy springs location. there was one burglary and another one in early march and then two weeks after the clinic in sandy springs was burglarized there was another break-in at the office it was of the georgia gynecological society. three burglaries and then a couple of weeks after the third burglary, on april 5th, the atlanta journal constitution published this letter to the editor. it's a letter arguing against a 20-week abortion ban that was just passed in georgia. it came from the infertility c consortium of georgia. the letter was not signed by any medical member. they said a professional group of doctors opposes the bill recently passed in the general assembly that outlaws abortions after 20 weeks. but because of threats of violence and outbreaks of vandalism at their offices, not

one physician would sign his or her individual name to the following column. it's a safety issue said the doctor who signed the column. one of our doctors got 25 threatening phone calls. unfortunately because of intimidation we have to find a different way to get our message out. because of threats this group of doctors who oppose this new abortion ban in georgia felt it necessary to publish their opinion aanonymously. that was in april, that was last month, just as the legislature gave final passage to that new abortion ban in the state of georgia. that ban was signed into law by the governor there about three weeks ago. then, just this past sunday, very early in the morning, something else happened. a fire broke out at an ob/gyn clinic in yet another atlanta sub suburb. investigators called that fire suspicious. it caused heavy damage to the clinic but nobody was in the t so nobody was hurt.

that was on sunday. then on wednesday of this week, another fire. on wednesday of this week another fire at another women's clinic in suburban atlanta. this time the fire was set during business hours. the clinic was full of people when the fire went off. patients were being seen at the time. it took more than 20 firefighters to put out the flames. the third floor of the building where the fire was started is reported to have sustained extensive damage. the lower floors were damaged by water when the firefighters tried to put out the third familiar floor blaze. employees said they saw two men go upstairs and then leave the building in a hurry just minutes before the fire was discovered ot the building evacuated before firefighters arrived on the scene. the clinic workers say they are thankful there were no patients under sedation in the clinic when they had to evacuate in a hurry. thankfully, it was not true at that moment. everybody got out safely, and nobody was hurt. the fbi is investigating both of the clinic fires in atlanta this week as arson. they released these surveillance

photos saying they are looking for this man, described as a black male. driving a gray mercury marquis. they are looking at him for a potential witness to wednesday's fire. and an atf spokesman told us today they are investigating whether there's a connection between those three burglaries and the two new fires. an employer from the clinic that was the target of the latestmentised arson attack on friday told "the huffington post" that the clinic will be up and running next week and none of the workers will be intimidated by the protests, the threats or by the violent attacks. we're going to have stricter surveillance and we're just going to keep treating patients with respect and dignity. their end result will be the penitentiary and ours will be maintaining patients and taking care of them. that sentiment strikes much of the same chord of one of the victims of eric rudolph's in

alabama. at that time a part-time security guard was killed and a nurse named emily lions was critically injured. she was laying in pools of blood and glass-her entire body was full of nails and shrapnel from the explosives and the bomb. when eric rudolph was finally sentenced for that bombing of the clinic in 1998, when he was sentenced in 2005, she said to him, it really doesn't matter what you say because i will go back to my home and you will go back to jail. the clinics in town will still be open and abortion will still be legal. there's a history of terroristic violence of abortion workers in this country up to and including multiple workers in this country, but there are two things that standout about this string of increasingly serious ins dentss in the atlanta area over the last few weeks, including the two fires this week. two things that i think deserve

some attention. first, there's one detail about wednesday's fire and the investigation into it. clinic workers report seeing two men, two men together heading upstairs when the fire started. leaving the building just moments before the fire was discovered. the possibility that two people were working together to commit violence against an abortion clinic is a significant thing. anti-abortion extremists who have committed murder and clinic bombings and participated in incidents like this in the past have had connections to the extreme anti-abortion movement, but they have often been lone wolves, they have acted alone. the prospect that people are working together to plan and execute acts of violence adds an extra level of alarm to what is already an alarming situation. the other thing that's remarkable about this series of escalating crimes in the atlanta area is an apparent link to policy making and politics to what is happening in the georgia state house. as we noted earl earlier,

georgia's republican governor nathan deal signed into law a new bill restricting when women in georgia are allowed to have an abortion. it would be a vast understood statement to say the debate over the bill was contentious. when it passed the republican-controlled senate last month, democratic women senators unfurled yellow caution tape which they covered themselves in marching out of the chamber chanting loudly enough to the atlanta journal's constitution reporting, chanting loud enough to be heard inside of the chamber once they were outside of it. >> women will remember in november. women will remember in november. women will remember in november. >> one of the issues that was debated as part of that anti-abortion bill was whether to keep the names of doctors who perform abortions private or whether to make abortion doctors names public as part of the state record reports on abortion.

what could possibly go wrong? the night before a senate committee was set to debate that point whether to keep them private or release them in public reports. the night before the discussion is the night the offices were burglarized. on the burglary, the intruders bypassed three laptops and appearing to make a beeline for two computers in the executive director's office which stored the names and addresses of doctors. the night before to publicly release name, computers containing the names of abortion doctors in georgia are targeted and stolen when other computers are left behind. according to the associated press, the physicians who were victims of these three burglaries and sunday's fire did not perform abortions themselves. they had all visited the state house this session to discuss the impact of abortion related legislation.

the president of the burglarized society told the paper, we are concerned that each of these physicians spoke with lawmakers during the session and then each became targets of felony crimes. this is the pattern that is emerging in the state of georgia right now. physicians who try to speak out about policy making that targets their line of work, becoming the subject of harassment and intimidation and vandalism and theft and arson. if you're a doctor in georgia right now and try to take a political decision in public. if you are willing to speak out on the issue of reproductive rights, it is starting to look like a very good possibility that you will soon become the victim of a crime. joining us now is kathy speller, executive editor of a magazine. kathy, good to have you with us. >> thank you. >> do you see a connection between this series of violence violent incidents in the atlanta

area and politics, the fight over reproductive rights right now? >> i don't see how you can't see the connections. you described a very contentious legislative session. it was hostile and brutal according to many of the salespeople i've spoken to. the doctors who testified during the session were receiving death threats at their homes and offices. i don't see how there can be, how you can deny any kind of a connection. you've got this extreme political agenda that's being run not only in congress but in many state legislatures around the country. extreme positions being advocated by religious leaders. we've characterized it as war on women. it's fueling the extremism of the most extreme and violent wing of the anti-abortion movement. there really can be no question. >> we've never seen as many pieces of anti-abortion legislations moved in this country since roe versus wade. as we have seen since the 2010

midterm elections. it is unprecedented the number of anti-abortion pieces of legislation that have moved. over time are there noticeable patterns in anti-abortion extremists following more mainstream politics? is that something with correlation over time, or are you just seeing both of them happening at the same time right now? >> there has been a correlation. the interesting thing is during presidential election years and congressional years, we have seen the extremist wing, the violent wing, tap down the level of activity. any time you see an outbreak of arsons and bombings and murders and death threat, the public reacts very strongly. in fact, political candidates who are running on an extreme anti-abortion platform are hurt by that in an election. what we've been surprised by this year is how the extremist political climate has indeed fueled the more active violent

extremist wing. we've been very surprised the number of arsons is up, the number of doctors being stocked at their homes with wanted posters, death threats, a clinic director in birmingham, alabama, was physically assaulted by an extremist. weave been surprised at how the brazen violent wing has acted out this year even during a presidential election year. we've just come through a republican primary season where the candidates all pledged not only to outlaw abortion but to go after birth control. this is how extreme the debate on the war on women has become. and it clearly has emboldened the violent extremists who use bombings, arson and murder. >> on the issue of the lone wolf assailants, that's been the pattern for most anti-abortion extremist violent incidents, even people who have been associated with the movement when they acted in a violent way, whether it was arson, bombing, an attack or an attempted murder, it is usually

one person acting alone. in this case, if there's a pair of suspects acting together as law enforcement indicated there could be in the atlanta cases, is that a new thing? does that seem like an important detail to you? >> it is an important detail. remember in the sandy spring bombing by eric robert rudolph, eyewitnesss saw eric in the company of another man before the bombings and immediately after the bombings. that other suspect was never found or arrested. i have to say that we don't know whether there have been other people involved in planning and executing the murders and the bombings because there's never been other people affiliated with the person who actually commits the murder or sets the bomb, arrested and prosecuted. we're waiting right now on the results of a grand jury investigation in wichita. they are looking into whether or not scott roader, whether he

might have been assisted in planning and strategizing and actually committing the murder of dr. tiller. we've also argued that indeed these extremists almost always are connected to this network of other extremists. and unless you dismantle that extremist network that is fueling this kind of violence, you're never going to be rid of it. we've got a terrorist movement in this country attacking doctors and abortion providers. it seems to be very closely correlated with the political as well. >> kathy spiller, executive editor of "miss" magazine. this is a tough story. i expect that it should get more national coverage as people realize it's happening. i appreciate your time. >> thank you. do you know what vice president biden did today? what he said proceeded, "i

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which provides help to the surviving loved ones of members of the military who have been killed. at today's t.a.p.s. gathering there were more than 2,000 people in attendance there. vice president biden was there. jill biden and michelle obama made it their priority to work with military families. the biden's son bo served in iraq. and talking about bo biden's service in iraq started a very personal, off-script moment from vice president biden today when he was talking to the families who had lost a loved one in the military. i don't know if you saw any of this today when it happened. i do not think i've seen a speech like this from a president or vice president. i've never seen something this raw and emotional said by a president or vice president before ever, i don't think. we're going to play an extended clip of this here, sort of because i want this to be on the record as news, i guess. i want you to know this

happened. i think this is a big deal. please watch. >> our son spent a year in iraq. i don't say that -- when he came home, it's going to sound strange to you, maybe to anybody but this audience, we felt almost a little guilty because he came home whole. because there's so many, so many funerals i've attended, so many bases i've visited. and you know, not all losses are equal. not all losses are equal. what used to drive me crazy, i could be wearing one of those red shirts, not for the military but when i was a 29-year-old kid

i got elected to the united states senate out of nowhere on november 7th. and i got a phone call like you guys got with someone walking up to me. on december 18th, i was down in washington. i'm the first united states senator i ever knew. i was down in washington hiring my staff. and i got a phone call saying that my family had been in an accident. the call said my wife was dead, my daughter was dead, and wasn't sure how my sons were going to make it. they went christmas shopping and a tractor-trailer broadsided them in one instant. killed two of them and -- well, i have to tell you, i used to

resent. i knew people meant well. they'd say, joe, i know how you feel, right? [ applause ] >> i knew they meant well. i knew they were genuine, but they didn't have any damn idea, right? isn't that true? that black hole you feel in your chest like you're being sucked back into it. looking at your kids, most you have kids here, and knowing it was the first time in my career, my life, i realized someone could go out and i probably shouldn't say this with the press here, but, no, it's more important -- you're more important. for the first time in my life i understood how someone could consciously decide to commit suicide.

not because they were deranged, not because they were nuts. because they had been to the top of the mountain and they just knew in their heart they would never get there again, that they were never going to get, never going to be that way ever again. that's how an awful lot of you feel. there will come a day, i promise you, and you parents as well, when the thought of your son or daughter or your husband or wife brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. it will happen. my prayer for you is that day will come sooner or later. but the only thing i have more experience than you in is this, i'm telling you it will come. you have one advantage saying, heiden, how do you say i have an advantage over anything. you have that incredible thing

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other car comes up. >> infrared lights that surround this is an option. if someone comes too close, it would shut down. >> reporter: brad davies created the sophisticated car elevator. his shop is in downtown escondido, but he's installed them in homes around the world. >> he just recently installed one in london, new zealand and norway. >> reporter: clients included harrison ford and britney spears. now presidential candidate mitt romney wants to install one in his home. but first he'll bulldoze the 3,000-square-foot home and build one that's 11,000-square-feet. plans we told you about in november. the basement alone, 3600 square feet. it will have one of these. >> it's exactly what he's getting. >> reporter: to store his cars. >> let's be honest, being president of the united states is not exactly a blue-collar job. all the people president in modern times have ended up being

very well off, but mitt romney is a different breed of cat. his net worth is more than the last eight presidents combined. his wealth is nothing bad. it's not a morally good thing or bad thing about mitt romney, it's just a fact about him. but it is a strategic conundrum for the romney campaign. how to keep the candidate relatable and create the sense among voters he may have some idea what the average american's life is like despite his long vast wealth. it won't change who mr. romney is, but given his own mega wealth, how he talks about the issue of wealth and who has money and who doesn't is a really sensitive subject for that campaign. >> i'm not concerned about the very poor. rick, i'll tell you what, 10,000 bucks. $10,000 bet. >> i'm not in the betting business. >> oh, okay. >> i drive a mustang and a chevy pickup truck. anne drives a couple cadillacs, actually. i like being able to fire people

that provide services to me. >> mr. romney said in an interview today that he regrets saying that last one. he regrets saying i like to be able to fire people. yeah, you can see why he might regret that. if he's trying to appeal to voters who aren't rich like him who are maybe on the lower end of the economic spectrum, mr. romney has to worry about not what he says but what he does. this man would be the wealthiest president in modern history by a mile. his economic plan would raise taxes on poor people on purpose. it could single them out on purpose. on average households making less than $20,000 would see their taxes increase by more than 60%. people making more than a million dollars would get tax cuts averaging 15%. that's mitt romney's tax purpose and it's on purpose, it's not an unintended consequence. >> i think it's a real problem when you have half of americans that are not paying income tax. >> that's the real problem.

the problem mitt romney is trying to fix when it comes to poor team people in america is that they have too much money and the government should take some of their money away. it's a real problem. this is the thing in republican politics right now. sounds crazy, right? this is the thing in republican politics right now. the problem with poor people is they have too much money so government has to fix that by taking money away from the poorest people in the country. this is a thing right now among republicans. >> i think it's abysmal that the bottom 51% do not pay income taxes. >> republicans are uniformly anti-tax, except they're not anymore. it's not getting much debate, but republicans are pro-raising taxes now on people who have the least money. they are not ignoring them, they are overtly going after them and raising their taxes on purpose. democrats have not bothered to rebut this because i'm not sure democrats are aware this is happening. everywhere that republicans have control and can set policy, they're not talking this way, they are acting on this. earlier this year republicans this south carolina introduced

what they call their tax reform bill. it would raise taxes on the poorest families in south carolina and cut taxes for people who will are well off because poor people have it too easy. after the republican takeover in wisconsin, republican governor scott walker introduced a budget to cut taxes for everybody in the state except for poor people. scott walker's budget would raise taxes on the poorest people in wisconsin. this week in the great state of kansas, that state's republican governor sam brownback signed a bill into law that cuts taxes for the richest people in the state and raises taxes on poor people. this is amazing. the republican party has this anti-tax reputation but they are only pursuing that agenda for rich people. you would they are ignoring people, ignoring poor people, but they're not. they are actively seeking out ways to make poor people more poor using the tax code. joining us now is ezra cline. column must for bloomberg news. ezra, great to see you, thanks

for being here. >> good evening. >> i wanted to talk to you about this because i feel like i need a wonk check. is there some quantitative economic philosophy that says the reverse robinhood is good for the economy? >> if you don't have poor people paying income tax, they will want to vote themselves larger and larger shares of government spending because they won't be paying for it. they will see government benefits and as such go to the polls saying we went more medicare, medicaid and food stamps. it's a political economy viewpoint. i think it's important to say it isn't true. when they keep saying income taxes, or play a clip that says income taxes, most poor people, the main taxes they pay are payroll taxes. the taxes go to fund social security and medicare. beyond that, topeka, kansas pays state and local taxes. they tend to be regressive.

when brownback was wanting to pay for the bill, he wanted to raise the state tax and take away the income tax for the poor people in his state. the folks do pay large amounts of taxes. the income tax is the one primarily progressive tax we have in this nation, so when you only focus in on it, you have taken out the taxes that poor people pay. >> all of these republican legislatures, not everybody, but just about everybody, it's a rounding error to consider who hasn't sworn a blood oath to grover norquist that he or she will never raise taxes on anyone. at any time for any reason while they hold public office. is there an asterisk in the no tax pledge that says it's cool if you're raising taxes on poor people? why isn't nor quist calling for the republicans' heads for raising taxes? >> they're not that pure. grover norquist says it is not

good in you let the payroll tax cut expire. what romney is attempting to do is let some of the stimulus provisions that help out people. he's fairly consistent here. it's more generally republicans who when they talk about what they want to do on taxes. what they really want to do, the way they see the economy is they want to lower taxes on richer folks. the folks they think of as job creators under the theory that will unlock some dramatic amount of economic who ten initial the economy. it's important to say there's no economic evidence in that happens and more to the point, we ran a very large experiment on this in the 2000 when the bush tax cuts came into effect, which is part of the reason poor people don't pay as many income taxes. it did not work. we did not have a wonderful decade of economic growth. but that hasn't done anything to undermine this theory in the republican circles. >> it is amazing. i mean, what you're just describing through in terms of their philosophy toward rich people, at least we are having a debate about that, what they are trying to do to poor people. i feel like democrats are in denial that republicans are

considering it so we are not yet debating it, but here on the friday before memorial day we will launch the discussion, you and i, ezra. >> it is never going to be the same. >> brace yourself, america. ezra, have a great night. thank you for being here. >> thank you, rachel. still co to come, "the wizard of oz" has advice for the campaign. plus we have a cocktail moment. stay with us. combines the comfort of aircool memory foam layered on top of beautyrest pocketed coils to promote proper sleeping posture all night long. the revolutionary recharge sleep system from beautyrest... it's you, fully charged.

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what makes the hot and tot so hot? what puts the ap in apricot? what have they got that i ain't got? ever since he won donald trump's endorsement, ever since that day before the nevada caucus, ever since that february meeting, mitt romney has made donald trump a leading surrogate for his campaign. mr. romney won nevada and donald trump claimed some of the credit. mr. trump said he's able to show voters the real mitt romney. and he is out there trying with his considerable fortune and considerable fame. donald trump could be the single household name to speak up for romney in this election year when romney desperately needed to win the michigan primary, he called on donald trump and donald trump then robo called you. >> i support mitt romney because he's the outsider in the race. he knows what's happening. he knows how to handle china. he knows how to handle opec. he's a good man. he's working hard.

we've got to get him elected because he's the one person that's going to beat president obama. he will win. you've got to give him that chance. >> this message is paid for by romney for. pd pth president inc. >> donald trump hit the air waves for him in ohio. he told people to vote for mitt romney. he worked so hard for the romney campaign in ohio that mrs. romney thanked him by name and called him an honorary buckeye. after he won in ohio mr. trump started working on robocalls as the message delivered by mr. trump. he's been key in the fund raising. the week before the michigan primary, the candidate that argued to let detroit go bankrupt ducked back east with donald trump. held at a law firm specializing in bankruptcy. that was a nice touch. last month, donald, the honorary

buckeye trump, hosted a fund-raiser with anne romney. they hauled in more than $600,000 at that one. the romney campaign wants mr. trump to host another one of those when mr. romney secures the nomination. whatever it is donald trump does for mitt romney, it seems to be working. and mr. romney seems to think he needs it, which makes mr. trump's continued insistence that president obama may not be an american citizen that much more of a question mark from romney's campaign. yesterday mr. trump told the daily bees all the nice thing he is says about mitt romney. when he said, a book publisher came up three days ago saying he was born in kenya and raised in indonesia. his mother never spent a day in the hospital. donald trump is not letting the birther thing go, but oh world dilemma, he's also still useful to mitt romney. on tuesday donald trump will attend a fund-raiser with mitt

romney in las vegas. then he's offering members a time to dine with mr. trump and mitt romney. while donald trump continues to travel the country telling reporters and everybody he meets that president obama is secretly not the president, he's a kenyan surfer. after the latest trip to birther land, an adviser to the romney campaign said next week's fund-raisering with romney and donald trump is still on. if you like mitt romney or barack obama, they do not have to answer for everything you think and say just because you like them. but donald trump is not you. donald trump is not just a romney supporter. he is a prominent part of the romney campaign. donald trump is a representative of the romney campaign. mr. romney is raising money off of donald trump. they are doing joint appearances, joint fund-raisers, paid robocalls together and donald trump is smumtly

preaching that president obama is secretly not the president, he's not entitled to hold the office, his birth certificate and sit accidentship have a fraud. if you were mitt romney in this situation, what's the right thing to do? you're making a lot of money off this guy, but he's wrong. but you're making a lot of money off this guy, but he's wrong are. you seriously going to do this fund-raiser with donald trump next week, mitt romney? after all the birther stuff was reiterated today? seriously, are you really still going to do that fund-raiser? >> what makes this the seventh wonder? courage. what makes thunder? courage. what do they got that i ain't got? >> courage. >> you can say that again. >> courage, mitt romney. courage. cocktail moment ahead.

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we lost the cocktail shaker. ha! there could be lots of excuses for doing a cocktail moment this fine friday night. it is geek pride day. also, it is towel day. don't panic if you don't know what that is. that's actually a joke, specifically for people who know what towel day is. also, the fleet is here in new york city. fleet week. those are all good reasons for a cocktail. but i am picking a different reason for a cocktail moment tonight. and i'm picking it because of hometown privilege. i grew up in the san francisco bay area.

this, of course, is the golden gate bridge, carrying u.s. 101 from the city of san francisco north to marin county, or the other way around, depending on your perspective. the beautiful, bewitching, other worldly golden gate bridge turns 75 years old this weekend, which is both amazing to think it is 75 years old, and also kind of amazing for the opposite reason to think that there are a lot of people around on this earth who were here before the golden gate bridge was here. in any case, happy birthday to the golden gate bridge. and as an excuse to teach you how to make a really delicious whiskey drink that has a horrendous name. i hereby present to you, the frisco. it's the worst name in cocktailia, right? nobody -- one thing about being from a place is that you learn from a very early age how to identify when a person is not from your hometown. anybody who says frisco is not from anywhere near san francisco. nobody from san francisco would ever use that word. but the drink is delicious.

so here we go. we only have -- we could only find our tiny baby-size cocktail shaker? do we really not have the other one? anyway, i think it will work. it's two ounces of rai, in this case we are using 100-proof wry. because -- well, guess. 100-proof rye. this is written house bonded. anything that's bonded, it's 100 proof. it is a half ounce of lemon juice. and you want to use fresh lemon juice, not something that is from a plastic container marked lemon. half ounce of lemon juice. and then the magic secret ingredient that makes everything better, benedictine, one of those weird things only like invented by monks and you would never use until you're an adult who is taking cocktails seriously. it's like the secret sauce for cocktails. benedictine, herbal, sweet, it is, in fact, the sweetener in this drink.

don't be put off by the tiny cocktail shaker. it's totally normal. we totally planned on that. it's not that we lost the normal cocktail shaker. no, this is fine. oops. the frisco follows the traditional two half-half pattern. [ shaking ] >> makes my hands look enormous. i'm squeezing your hand. two ounces of rye, half ounce of benedictine, half ounce of lemon juice, and -- no matter what size the cocktail shaker, within reason, you will be delighted. 75th anniversary of the golden gate bridge on the 50th anniversary of the golden gate bridge, i went out with my family, we got up before dawn and we went on this special commemorative, we're going to close it to traffic and we're going to walk across the golden bridge thing, and so many people did it that the bridge from its

usual arc from the suspense bridge flattened out. the scariest thing i have ever done in my entire life. now it's 75 and they're not doing that stunt again. not bad. that does it for us tonight. we will see you again next week. >> weekends with alex witt starts now. developing now, tropical storm warnings for the u.s. it could produce a memorial day week in washout. the weather channel brings us the latest. and the most unbelievable twist in the john edwards trial. part of it has to do with what some of the jurors are wearing. and taboo topic. a new report suggests one issue that neither president obama nor mitt romney wants to talk about. and no more book ban? a new report claims the year's most controversial and racy book could be back at your local library so