make a rare appearance to int introduce the icloud to the world. hi, everybody. great to have you with me. i'm thomas roberts sitting in for tamron hall. the "news nation" is following developing news. a massive wildfire in arizona rapidly expanding today, and right now there is zero containment. the fire is already the third large he is in that state's history and dry, windy conditions are whipping up the flames today. there are new evacuations as the blaze has charred more than 190,000 acres in eastern arizona. brad is the public information officer for the wallow fire department and he joins us now. brad, we know this fire is at zero containment. explain to all of us why this has been so difficult to fight and also to get anything in terms of containment. >> this is an extremely complex fire. we have a recipe of tough

terrain, high winds. we've introduced dry lightning to the mix and with extremely dry fuels, it's just the perfect kn combination to create a fire of this magnitude. >> put this in perspective for us about how dangerous it is for residents who are caught in the fray. >> it's very dangerous to residents in the area. fortunately, we've had incredible partnership and cooperation through the community members who live in those areas and they have left. we've also -- the county sheriff's office has issued some evacuation notices as well as the county sheriff's office in new mexico. and those two areas have been cooperating as well. there are very few residents, and that is a huge relief to us. >> and, brad, the various

scenarios, how many homes are potentially at risk here? >> we have thousands of homes, we have complete communities that are going to be threatened. this has a mix of full-time residents and also some vacation properties. it's some beautiful parts of arizona, and every home out there is extremely special to the residents o livethere and we take them all with the highest regard. >> brad, we wish you guys the best of luck in what is an uphill battle for you right now. again, thank you. now we move on to iraq and the deadliest single attack on u.s. forces there since the u.s. combat mission ended almost a year ago. the military is saying that five american troops were killed in an attack on central iraq. u.s. officials are providing very few details but the timing of the attack is significant. it comes with the u.s. preparing to withdraw it's remaining troops from iraq by the end of

the year. jim miklaszewski joins us live. >> when i first heard about five americans being killed by a rocket attack and that it occurred in iraq, i at first thought they must be talking about afghanistan because since the end of the formal combat mission there last august, there have been very few casualties and certainly not in these kinds of numbers. but according to u.s. military and iraqi officials, two militants at least using a makeshift rocket launcher in the back of a pickup truck fired at least five rockets at a u.s. military camp in baghdad. one of those rockets, unfortunately, killed five americans, injured five others. two of the militants, by the way, were also killed when at least one of the rockets misfired inside the launcher. you know, this comes on the heels of a serious uptick in iraqi on iraqi violence as shia

and sunni go after each other in retribution attacks after seven, eight long years of war, but this is the first kind of attack directed at americans again since that cease fire or since the combat forces were withdrawn there last august. >> is this going to be a change in our strategy also with iraqi officials potentially asking for u.s. military troops to stay on longer? >> reporter: well, that's one of the key questions about the timing of this attack in particular. is it intended to send a message to the american people if, in fact, the iraqi government asks the american government, and they're likely to, to keep some number of american forces inside iraq after that deadline at the end of this year to withdraw all u.s. military forces. officials here in the pentagon say that request from the iraqis is very likely because they yet can't handle all the defenses that they need to there in the

country without u.s. assistance and what will the reaction be if, in fact, that message lands in washington after an attack like this, thomas? >> jim miklaszewski at the pentagon, thank you. today's developments in iraq come as the u.s. considers troop reductions in afghanistan. this to be announced next month. defense secretary robert gates is in afghanistan now on a farewell tour as he preps to retire tend of the month. he's expected to make his final recommendation to president obama when he returns to washington, but it's known to -- but he is known to favor a gradual withdrawal. here is exactly what he told the troops today. >> i think we've made tremendous strides in all of those areas in the last 15 to 18 months, but my view is we've got to keep the pressure on, we're not quite there yet. >> now, the issue of troop reductions in afghanistan was also a main topic at a meeting today by president obama and his national security team. nbc's kristin welker joins me live from the white house.

what are we hear being that meeting? anything yet? >> reporter: well, we are getting some nuggets out of that meeting. president obama, vice president biden just wrapped up a two-hour meeting with their national security team. it included secretary of state clinton, chief of staff daley, and they were actually briefed by video conference by secretary of defense bob gates about the situation in afghanistan. as you mentioned, the president trying to determine exactly how many troops should be withdrawn, when that should begin, and, as you know, there's been a lot of debate about that. now, when asked when that would begin and what the troops withdrawal would look like, here is press secretary jay carney had to say just a short while ago. >> the president has yet to make a decision on the numbers. we had always said it would be real. there were skep tireptices who that the july 2011 date for a drawdown was not real.

it will begin then. the president is going make his decision as he has said all along based on conditions on the ground. not whether or not there will be a drawdown or the beginning of a drawdown but the size and scope and pace of the drawdown. >> reporter: now, initially it had been thought that 3,000 to 5,000 troops should be withdrawn. we'll have to see if those figures still hold, but all of this comes amidst reports that there are calls to actually hasten the troop drowndoawdown part because the war is expensive, in part because osama bin laden has been killed, and there's long been a push to see h hamid karzai take the lead in that region. president obama will be meeting with president karzai this week by video conference to discuss the troop drawdown and as you heard press secretary jay carney say, he will be making a decision about it very soon. >> kristin, thanks so much. u.s. officials are also

keeping a very close watch on yemen, a key u.s. ally in the war against al qaeda. there are fears about what's next after president saleh left for saudi arabia over the weekend. he's being treated for injury the suffered in a rocket attack on the presidential compound. there were celebrations in yeppen's capital today over saleh's departure but there were also deadly new battles. here is what secretary of state hillary clinton just had to say about it. >> we're calling to are a peaceful and orderly transition, a nonviolent transition that is consistent with yemen's own constitution. >> well, joining me now is "time" magazine deputy international editor bobby gosh. protesters have been trying to oust saleh for months. after 33 years in power he left for saudi arabia to be treated for the wounds he received. but explain what the people are

now celebrating because who should they fear coming into power, especially if it is a vacuum type of situation? >> well, those who are celebrating would be happy to have almost anybody. they are just happy to see the back of president saleh. they think that he's not coming back. this is not yet certain. the crucial thing in some senses is not what happens in the capital of yemen, but what happens in ri yard, tyadh. the saudis will play a crucial role in brokering the next deal. the saudis who are yemen's neighbors, who have a tremendous stake in yemen's stability and it looks like they're willing to step up and play the role of mediator. we just saw secretary clinton saying what the obama administration has been saying for weeks, that we would like to see a democratic transition. for the saudis it looks like they have sort of rolled up

their sleeves and they're participating in whatever transition takes place. >> is it the vice president who is in charge right now? >> the vice president isn't in charge but he's a very little-known figure. he's a backroom figure. the military essentially, saleh's son and saleh's nephew, both of whom run important parts of the military, they really represent him. >> and in doing so what does that mean? does this mean there do be long standing civil wars going on for power and control, especially when we bring into the fact that there's al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and any connections that may be had there? >> that's a very real possibility. if the situation remains exactly as it is now, saleh is away, his son and nephew are running the military, there are some elements of the military that have mu tinnied, this could continue for a long time and turn ugly. that's why the saudis don't want this to continue. the saudis i think will make the lead in making sure that doesn't happen. >> what about the relationship between saleh and the sons and nephews? any chance some one of them wouy

to oust him? >> it's unlikely. they're a very tight family. there's been no rumors of any kind of division. >> bobby, great to see you today. deputy international editor of "time." the latest issue is now on newsstands for all of you to pick up. dr. oz there on the cover. coming up, new york congressman anthony wiener lays low in the wake of his twitter picture scandal. and now there are some new reports that more intimate photos of the democrat are floating around out there. plus -- >> and i'm running for president of the united states. >> there you have it. another republican jumping into the 2012 race for president. and ousted illinois governor rod blagojevich takes the stand for his cross-examination. we are going to bring you a live report from chicago just ahead right here on "news nation." . sir, can you hear me? just hold the bag. we need a portable x-ray, please! [ nurse ] i'm a nurse.

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i'm ready to do what has to be done for the next generation with the courage to fight for freedom, with the courage to fight for america. that's why i'm announcing today that i am running for president of the united states. join the fight! >> welcome back, everybody. that was former pennsylvania senator rick santorum officially throwing his hat into the presidential ring earlier today. he's seeking the gop nomination for president just four days after former massachusetts governor mitt romney formally declared his entry into the race. the latest poll shows romney leading the pack with 19% of the popular vote. santorum is dead last with just 2%. that poll excludes sarah palin who was still debating a 2012 run. the former alaska governor is apologizing though for her bus tour and clam bake which many

say upstaged romney's campaign announcement last week. >> i apologize if i stepped on any of that pr that mitt romney needed or wanted that day. i do sincerely apologize. we didn't mean to step on anybody's toes. >> seemed genuine, right? joining me now is michael smerconish, who is also an msnbc contributor. that seemed nice, right, michael? >> i'm not sure if -- >> cat got your tongue. let's go to santorum. santorum won a new hampshire straw poll over the weekend but his appeal on the national scene is a bit slow. so what does he brang bring to the table and what does he have to do to become more provocative with his profile nationally. >> he's a pretty provocative guy. one thing i can assure is there's no gray area. this is a guy who evokes a tremendous amount of passion, passion for him and passion

against him. remember now, just five years ago he lost in this state by 18 points to now senator casey. i think you need pennsylvania as a republican to win the national election, and i don't think he can win it. he's going to provide a lot of fireworks. if i'm mitt romney, i'm happy to have him in. if i'm mitt romney, i say the more the merrier to the right of me and santorum clearly is. let him break up that very conservative vote. >> well, he is a fiscal and social conservative, proud to tell everybody so. the faith and freedom coalition conference in d.c. brought out some of the big religious conservatives, including romney, pawlenty, bachmann. how big a role does it play? >> people will criticize me for saying this, but too much. i think the party has become so dominated by socially conservative individual that is they've driven a lot of moderates out of the party who

have become independents. it's a force to be reckoned with in the primary season but here is the issue, if you tack too far to the right, you leave yourself in no man's land come the certainly election. you look at the dance romney is doing where he's trying to appeal to those folks but he doesn't want to say things that he's going to be held accountable for come a november election against president obama. >> saner to rupp and beg-- santm and began grich were getting paid by fox. sarah palin still getting paid. do you expect sarah palin to throw her hat in the ring? >> i just talked about this on the radio. it seems like i'm increasingly in the minority because i don't think that she goes, and it's funny you bring up fox because huckabee is still at fox because he's not running. gingrich and santorum are both out. when she cuts the tie with fox, you will know that she's really

serious, but at this point i'm still not convinced that she gets into it. if she does, she's fighting for that same type of a vote that i think rick santorum is going to fight for and newt gingrich and michele bachmann if she gets into this. again, if i'm mitt romney, i say bring them all because they can all fight about that very conservative vote and if interest are any moderates left, bring them to me. >> michael, great to see you, thanks. it's a critical juncture in the pril against former illinois governor rod blagojevich. the governor took the stand once again today trying to explain seemingly incriminating comments obtained from fbi wiretaps. legal experts say that the outcome of the trial could turn on his testimony. nbc's nick bogart joins us from chicago. nick, bring us up to speed. what are we seeing today? >> reporter: well, it's been a long, tough morning, thomas, for rod blagojevich. he's fielding prosecutor's questions, having to acknowledge his words on tape that makes it seem he's cooking up an illegal swap, trading an poum to the

u.s. senate for a new job for himself. now, prosecutors zeroed in about a dozen conversations this morning in which blagojevich talks with aides about that senate appointment that he controlled, even before barack obama's elected president leading to that senate vacancy. blagojevich is talking about the poum he says now we should get something for that, couldn't i? and an aide answers yes. he thought he had leverage because he knew the president-elect wanted his aide valerie jarrett appointed to his cabinet. even the idea of having rich obama supporters fund an advocacy group on health care. and over and over blagojevich is telling jurors he was just discussing his options, that he hadn't decided anything yet, and that he never acted to bring any of these ideas to fruition. thomas, he is a lot calmer than he was on the stand last week but he's clearly frustrated at not being able to offer jurors

more detailed explanations. >> thank you. up next, steve jobs gets a standing ovation as he unveils apple's newest innovation. plfer john edwards was indicted on friday, prosecutors made him one final offer that he turned down. what was that offer? details ahead on "news nation." lori peren owns two women's retail stores in connecticut. but she wanted the cachet of being in new york city, so last year she opened two new stores in the big apple. she says the move has taken her business to the next level. for more, watch "your business" sunday mornings at 7:30 on msnbc. tell me about castrol gtx with trishield. it helps stop particles from building up as deposits. how? first it attracts particles. like a mermaid's song to a lonely sailor? right. then it captures them. like a venus flytrap. like a black hole.

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welcome back, everybody. right now the latest from tech giant apple is on display at the company's annual worldwide developers conference taking place in san francisco. apple is showcasing it's new icloud which allows users to access their music library from any internet connected device. the company will discuss the next evolution of operating system software for the mac, iphone, ipad. i'm joining by david, the executive editor at cnet. explain to us what the ipad does, how it works, and how it's different from other storage

devices. >> they haven't gotten to icloud yet. they've done some cool things with ios5 where you can wirelessly sync your iphone and also get updates through the air. we still don't know exactly what icloud is going to do or how much it's going to cost but we should know in 15, 20 minutes. >> so when they make this big announcement, they're kind of stringing us along as we're waiting on this one, what is it going to be able to provide and the cost figures for all of this? where is it going to fall in the ranges of everything else they have out there? >> the idea is basically that it's supposed to be your digital locker so that might mean streaming your itunes through the cloud to any device, you can store videos, photos, even documents. amazon has come out with something like this, as well as google, so apple is doing its version of that. there have been rumors it will cost $25 a year for 25 gigabytes of storage. we just don't know yet. >> what about the rest of the

software coming out? some of the new innovation that's announced at this meeting? is it some of the strongest we've seen in recent years? >> they just talked about their new lion os, that's for desktops and laptops. it's really designed to integrate everything with the ios 5, the ipad. that's really the lion is making desktop and laptop computers more ipad-ish. there's apps you can get through the store, the touch pad you can actually do some stuff with the touch pad that you couldn't do before. it's really that integration between all those product that is apple has. >> david, i think what's encouraging to a lot of people is being able to see steve jobs is holding the frond and center man basically on the conference. what does that mean to the products? what does it mean to the brand to be able to see him? we know he's been going through some medicals issues. >> there was talk that he really wasn't doing well, so it's nice to see him, that he's doing

okay. and i think he's not as involved as he once was before but really stuff like the icloud is his baby. there was mobile me, thor thing he really didn't like that, so this is really designed to i think replace that. so he is definitely still involved and that's good to see. >> he's still front and center right there. great to see you, david. thanks so much. so coming up, the sandbags are in place as people along the missouri river brace for flooding after the levee is breach approximat breached. plus president obama and john boehner agree to do something together they have never done before. and the plane from the miracle on the hudson is on the mood. we'll tell you where it's headed to, it's final destination, next. ♪

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democrat have surfaced. flood emergency. thousands of midwest residents are evacuating after a levee is breached and the missouri river swells. deadly outbreak. conflicting reports about what's behind an e. coli contamination that is spreading across europe. and our "news nation" gut check. a dunkin' donuts employee accidentally puts suger in the coffee of a diabetic examiner. now that customer is suing. should the coffee chain be held responsible? a lot to get to this half hour. we start with where is anthony wiener? the embattled congressman appears to be laying low. after canceling a speech in wisconsin last week, the new york democrat was a no-show at an israel day parade yesterday. today the usually vocal wiener has remained silent in the face of new allegations that he sent more photos to another woman. nbc's mara sky chiavocampo is h

to talk about it. >> andrew breitbart has been posting new photos all day which they say are of representative anthony wiener. there is one they just posted this afternoon that shows a shirtless man sitting behind a desk which they claim is a representative wiener that he sent to a woman he had been engaging in a consensual online relationship of a sexual nature. from that same e-mail account, he had also sent much more graphic photos to this woman which, quote, leave nothing to the imagination. now, we should point out this is coming from biggovernment.com. andrew breitbart said this woman reached out to him and now he's in possession of a series of photos allegedly between this woman and representative wiener. >> this is all prior to the date of when the picture was sent to the young college woman in washington. >> right. the time line here is big government is reporting that

this new shirtless photo supposedly of representative wiener was sent on may 20th. that's a week before that twitter photo appeared with the gray boxer shorts and now everyone has seen which representative wiener says he did not send out. so this would have taken place before that. >> and breitbart you spoke with him. how is he saying or how is he intimating what's to come? >> well, he says -- he indicated earlier he would be releasing more photos and it seems he has followed through with that and he's done that. this is the shirtless photo he says is of representative wiener is the one he was alluding earlier in the day which he says is iconic. he says he has graphic materials that leave nothing to the imagination. he has said at this point he's not planning on releasing any of those more graphic photos. >> and the congressman from his camp, nothing yet? >> we haven't heard anything. we reached out to his offices. we don't even know if he's in new york or washington. we also cannot independently confirm any of this information and as i said, this is big

government is claiming this is representative wiener. >> and this is a recess week in d.c. he could be anywhere. >> he could be anywhere and we don't know where that is. >> thanks so much. the missouri river has already breached two leaves levies and is weeks away from cresting. tens of thousands of residents have already been evacuated. >> it's very traumatic for a lot of people. >> we have already said good-bye. we shed our tears and said good-bye to the house. >> the missouri river stretches some 2400 miles. what's expected to be record flooding could be devastating to communities across seven states. nbc's miguel almaguer has more from pierre. >> reporter: the army corps of engineers is worried about two leve levees breaches. you can see that the river has been rising.

sm as a matter of fact just upstream, they are seeing record releases of water all gushing down river. nearly 20,000 people have been evacuated in the dakotas because of the threat of flooding. some seven states in the plains are in a flood emergency. the problem is caused by the winter weather upstream. there's record levels of rain and snow pack that's melting. that means the dams have been forced to release record amounts of water. that will happen today as well as tomorrow. the missouri seems to be bursting at the seams. we're told it won't crest likely until july. that means there will be a flood threat here not only through this month, but also through the entire summer. certainly a very fragile and tense situation along the missouri. >> miguel almaguer reporting. thank you. more information about a deadly e. coli outbreak in europe. german health officials have not found any evidence that a crop of organic bean sprouts caused the outbreak that's killed 22

and sickened over 2,000. during a hearing in manhattan today, the former head of the imf has formally denied charges he sexual assaulted a hotel maid. he arrived as a sea of protesters booed him. strauss-kahn will return to court on july 18th. former new york giants star flexco burris is out of prison after serving nearly two years on a gun charge. at gun in the waistband of his pants accidentally fired in a manhattan nightclub. possible successor to osama bin laden may have been killed in another u.s. attack. pakistan's prime minister says ilyas kashmiri was killed by a u.s. drone attack last friday. however, american officials say they have not confirmed the death of kashmiri who is thought

to be one of al qaeda's main operational commanders. the drone attack reportedly targeted a compound in a tribal district bordering afghanistan killing nine members of the kashmiri's group. pakistani officials say that the bodies were burnt beyond recognition around they were swiftly buried. joining me is terrorism analyst michael sheehan. the death of kashmiri would be almost as significant as the death of osama bin laden. explain why. >> it's a very important operation. obviously the death of osama bin laden is a huge moral boost, but operationally speaking kashmiri was actually closer to the operations, would have had information over the last two years that he was being tapped to be involved in al qaeda operatio operations overseas to include plots in the mumbai attack in india, a plot in denmark, and perhaps to organize plots directed against the west. he's closer to the battle than

bin laden was. >> allegedly kashmiri has been reported to be killed before. he survived a similar drone attack back in 2009. how are we to believe without this official confirmation that he's actually gone? >> it's possible to give 100% certainty like in the case of bin laden where we have a body and dna to verify? in the case of this there's a drone attack, we don't have the body. but his own organization is saying he's killed. there's a lot of other indications saying he and at least six to eight to ten other militants were killed. i think there's a pretty good chance we got him. not 100% but i'd give it a 90% certainty. >> what does it mean for us to possibly get confirmation from our own government of this though? >> again, our government is going to be very reluctant to give 100% certainty to say we have this guy. but all indications are that they got him. it's a great momentum after the

take down of bin laden showing again, putting the organization under enormous pressure and particularly the wing of the organization that organizes attacks against the west. to knock off key leaders like this, for me, thomas, this is a very important operation. >> michael, who would flow upward to take over for kashmiri? >> it's hard to say. there's a few different names out there. kashmiri was a pakistani from kashmir. normally al qaeda lights to stay with arabs, egyptians. al zawahiri is probably the titular head right now as they sort out among a couple arabs of egyptian descent and perhapspak. but this guy was clearly in the top line of operational commanders in the field. >> michael shesheehan, great toe you, thank you. coming up, an undefeated

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i'm mar tip pa sheer i'm martin bashir. coming up, a common thread, they all say they didn't do it and they're all fighting in court. plus, the latest battleground in the gop's alleged war on women. the head of planned parenthood joins us live. undefeated mixed martial arts fighter daniel peter durnt look like the kind of man who was bullied as a kid, but he was. now, a move by the tragic news of recent bully related teen suicide, he has started a national campaign called my life, my power. he's creating programs to educate bullies and their victims about the consequences

of this kind of harassment. daniel is also the author of a new book called "secrets of a champion." and daniel peder joins me live in the studio. good to meet you. >> thank you very much. >> you have this new book coming out but your organization is also putting together a criminal l -- curriculum for kids in high school. what's the basis, the foundation of the curriculum you're trying to pass along? >> it's high schools, junior highs, and elementaries. it's eight steps once a month where a mentor will go into the schools, coach the guys. chapter number one is what do you like, what don't you like? chapter number two is what do you like in mentors? do you have a mentor? number three, short term, midterm, long term goals. number four, your fears. we try to help out throughout a whole year's process and we focus on high school. the high school kids go into junior highs and elementaries. number one, prince in california

they're cutting a lot of counselors out. we need more mentorship programs in the schools. it's an easy to adapt system. it's in after school. they can pick it up during lunchtime. lapd, l.a. county sheriffs, it's really a program that can be in any afterschool, during school program. it's pretty easy. >> you admit to being bullied as a kid yourself. now as a grown man you're a big duty, an undefeated martial arts fighter. obviously, you went to work in a line of work that's pretty tough, but what turned your attention back to the issue of bullying in this country? obviously you had moved on in your own life but what caught you back into this? >> it was about two weeks before i went to japan last year. i wrestled over there, and somebody asked me on facebook, what do you think about these suicides and i said, you know, it's absolutely ridiculous. kids should be going to school

and not having to worry about anything but getting good grades. i have seen kids where they can't even afford clothes, they're stealing clothes and getting in trouble and getting kicked out of school. what i really want to do is, you know, make a big difference, not just with bullying but with suicide, with teen pregnancy, with childhood obesity. we're going after everything and it's more of a mentor goal setting character building program instead of, hey, this is an assembly where you're a bad kid because you are a bully. they're not a bad kid, they're just taught the wrong way. >> you're creating some big goals but doing great work. you're getting celebrities and other people involved with your message. what is the ultimate foundation that you're using to get the message out there right now? is it just snowballing along for you? >> there's three parts. i was just at the gbk's m tv movie gifting suites. there were 70 celebs. about 55, 60 of them were like i

want to do another psa. i want to be part of the book. i want to do quotes. number one, the book. number two, we have a poster system. and number three we have a weekly psa or occupational outline for the kid to see either on their announcements or that they can go check out from the library. >> go ahead. >> so, yeah, it's a pretty well-rounded -- if the kids don't want to all join, they will see other people that they see on tv or they see in the business world that they want to become. >> daniel, we wish you the best of luck with this. it's a fantastic thing what you're doing and we hope that you get a lot of great results out of this because kids around this country are thirsty for this kind of stuff. >> thank you. >> we want to pass along be sure to log on to education nation.msnbc.com for more of our in depth conversation about improving education in america. also, msnbc's andrea mitchell will be anchoring her show live from the education nation

experience in lid live philadel on wednesday. you can be part of her live audience. oscar winner reese witherspoon gives a few words of advice to aspiring starlets. you can expect to see the cast of the "jersey shore" through a fifth season and kanye west premieres the full version of the corpse filled video to his record mon sist recordster -- monster. reese witherspoon, she accepted the generation award. she really did slam people who make sex tapes to become famous, put out pictures, the likes of which we have been talking about a lot in the news today in connection with anthony wiener. this is what she had to say at the show last night. take a listen. >> i just want to sabre to all the girls out there, i know it's cool to be bad. i get it, all right? it's cool to be bad, but it's

also possible to make it in hollywood without a reality show. when i came up in this business, you made a sex tape, you were embarrassed and you hid it under your bed. and if you took naked picture of yourself, hide your face, people, hide your face. >> i should also add a lot of people thought this was a thinly veiled swipe at blake lively who allegedly had some photos released last week. she said they were not her. reese's rep said there was no way she was talking about blake lively. she was making a blanket statement. it's a good statement to make. stop making pictures, people and sending then out on the internet. so that was a great moment from the awards show last night. moving on to "jersey shore." >> fifth season, they're coming back. >> what's interesting, we knew they were just in florence, italy, where they had some issues taping because the mayor said he didn't want tons of footage of them drinking and partying and that sort of thing. we heard snooki rear ended a

police officer's car. they're headed back to the united states and directly to seaside heights, new jersey, where they will shoot now back-to-back a fifth season of the show. mtv did announce season four, the florence season, will premiere this august 4th. jo >> so does that mean some of florence will be mixed with some of jersey? >> they'll be separate seasons but they're filming them back-to-back. kanye west just released the video for monster. it's extremely controversial and that's why we're talking about it right now because it features as you mentioned corpse-like women, people hanging, really disturbing imagery. it's the only way to really put it. he did this time though when he issued the video, he did it with the following statement. he said it's in no way meant to be interpreted as negative toward any groups of people. it's an art piece and should be taken as such.

heard a lot about this last week with rihanna with her video man down. she saying it's artistic. but an interesting trend here that the line is getting blurred more and more about what is acceptable in music videos when really they're accessible to people of all ages who might not be mature enough to handle the content. >> the disclaimer might not do much, especially if you can't read. >> there's that, too. >> courtney, great to see you. always for the latest in entertainment news you can log on to scoop.today.com. we will be back with more after this. [ male announcer ] this is james.

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