. >>> 26,000 gallons of gas leak in jacksonville. property values drop. health fears rise.rink watering is contaminated. after four months of trial exxon now puts on its defense. i'm mike schuh, the story coming up next. >>> hiding in plain sight. osama bin laden spent his final years in this compound as >>> it is now 6:30. partly sunny and 80 degrees. good evening, everyone and thanks for staying with us tonight. neighbors can't believe he was living in their midst. as charlie d'agata reports to wjz, pakistani officials say they didn't know he was there either. >> reporter: osama bin laden's million dollar hideout stood out in this upper class suburb of pakistan but neighbors say they had no idea the al-qaeda chief lived inside. >> it's really hard for him to believe that in the first place osama bin laden was here. the most wanted person on planet earth. >> reporter: u.s. special forces launched the assault on bin laden without telling pakistan because it was concerned it might jeopardize the operation. pakistan said it is deeply concerned over what it calls an unauthoriz

told them it was a 76% higher risk of a category 3 hurricane hitting in jacksonville, florida.then what would lap if all these repair facilities around norfolk got hit by a catastrophic situation, repair the carriers. then somebody said about where they were built up the river at newport news, and they said, well, that's not an answer. when they got that response, my friends from the florida delegation, they didn't come back and refute each of those things. they wrote a letter this week to the secretary that said, hurry up and get this done. you got to hurry up and get this done because the foundation for it is falling apart on us. and i would just say, mr. chairman, that rushing to judgment to spend this billion dollars when we have so many needs, the committee just felt the navy ought to come in and say, where are our priorities and how will we get the money to build the ships and have 400 billion in cuts and still do a billion dollars to move the carrier that we don't need. and with that, mr. chairman, i think we made the right decision and i thank my dear friend from withdr

casey says i'm not there, actually i'm in jacksonville. her mother was puzzled. stopped her testimony yesterday on july 3rd. so when testimony picks up on tuesday, she'll get to july 15th when she finally learns that caylee has been missing for 31 days and she, cindy, calls 911. >> this seems all very damaging to the defense. >> it is. but the defense conceded all these lies in opening statement. now opening statements aren't evidence. they need to put on some evidence to make good on the promise in the opening but they admit there was no nanny, for a couple of years they thought she had a nanny. >> will casey anthony take the stand? >> i don't know how she can avoid it. i don't the know how the defense can make good on these promises without putting casey on the stand. >> beth karas, we appreciate your insight. thank you this morning. >>> let's get a check of the top stories of the day from richard lui at the news desk. good morning. >>> good morning,>>> go lester. good morning, everyone. we begin with word that a major u.s. defense contractor has come under cyb

she said she was in jacksonville. >> reporter: casey has now admitted the child was dead all along. >er june 15, 2008, did you see your granddaughter, caylee, again. >> no, ma'am, i did not. >> anthony lazzaro. >> reporter: casey's ex-boyfriend took the stand as well, for the fourth time. and read text messages she sent him. >> i'm so sorry i didn't tell you what happened. we obviously need to talk. if they don't find her, guess who gets blamed and spends eternity in jail. >> reporter: but a lifetime in jail could be a welcome alternative to a death penalty she's now facing. ashleigh banfield, abc news. >>> we're getting reports of an attack outside a military base in afghanistan. they blew up something outside the base and a gunfight followed. the afghans say there are casualties. >>> now to the army private accused of leaking top secret s. since bradley mannings' arrest, his father has struggled to understand why he did this. for the first time he speaks out. he said he still hasn't had a chance to speak to his son about the charges. >> if he said, dad, it's true. i did it, what wou

he faced charges in connection with the bombing of an islamic center in jacksonville, florida, last year. no one was hurt in the blast. smith was tracked to a remote state park in northwest oklahoma. >> after several hours of carefully approaching smith, fbi agents and other law enforcement officers called on him to surrender. smith confronted the agents and other law enforcement officers with a weapon. he was shot and killed. >> no explosive devices were found at the camp site, and the fbi says smith acted alone. >>> overseas, hundreds of syrian troops stormed a damascus suburb overnight. the suburb was the scene of a large-scale anti-government protest last week. it's reported the soldiers broke into homes and arrested hundreds, including women and children. this video posted on youtube reportedly shows syrian troops opening fire on anti-government protesters near the southern city daraa. about 50 people have been killed there in the past ten days. this morning, syrian state tv reports syrian troops are withdrawing from daraa. >>> now to japan, where this morning,workers at the cripple

releasing security video will help them find a pair of burglars who stole a coin machine down in jacksonvillen were leaving, one of them took a bad step and the 200-pound machine fell on top of him. >> ouch. >> yeah. the robbery happened at a car wash last month. there was another surprise for the burglars. the machine had been emptied earlier that day. >>> the russian military is taking a hard look inside a plane that flew out of control shortly after takeoff. amateur video of the incident last friday near moscow appeared on youtube. there were no passengers on board. we're told the flight was only a test run. the tu-154 had not been used in ten years. pilots eventually were able to land that plane as people on the ground >>> the blogger who unknowingly tweeted about the raid of osama bin laden has become the world's media sensation. >> i did not report him or i did not -- i wasn't involved in the operation directly. all i did was hear a helicopter. >> so haib was working late that night. he said he's barely been able to eat or drink since. 100,000 people are now following him on twitter. >>

wet from jacksonville to miami. and showers from oklahoma city to des moines, minneapolis, fargo and billings. showers from seattle to northern california. and up to six inches of snow in the idaho rockies. >> 74 in sacramento. 90 in albuquerque. and phoenix hovers near 100. 60 in chicago. 71 in kansas city. 89 in dallas. mostly 80s from new orleans, all the way up to boston. >>> and coming up after the break, two more republicans say they are ready to take on president obama. but what about sarah palin? she hits the highway this weekend in her new bus. is this the start of her run for the white house? we'll have details and a live report. >>> and is expensive sunscreen better? the results are in. >>> gas prices are lower, as we head into the big memorial day weekend. usually, they're headed the other way this time of year. but aaa says the national average for regular right now is $3.81. that is more than a nickel less than a month ago. >>> you can save more money this weekend by slowing down. parking your car, rat

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americans sent a very strong message, not just in new york this week but in jacksonville, florida, last week when they elect add democratic mayor for the first time in 20 years, in a state house race in new hampshire-- the same issue. americans support medicare, and the structure that we have for medicare. they want us to sit down together and work on some long- term reforms, which is what the republicans and democrats are doing with vice president biden right now. that's the direction we need to go. >> smith: one of your colleagues has suggested that medicare puts the house back in play in 2012. would you go as far as to agree with that? >> well, i think american voters are making it clear that they have seen a preview of what the republicans would do to medicare, do to the direction that this country would go. and they're rejecting it. they're saying they don't like it. so, if republican candidates cling, as my republican colleagues in the house have, to the ryan plan to end medicare, to focusing on tax cuts for the wealthiest, and insisting on that and balancing all the pain that the

just in florida, yesterday, we saw a mayor's race in jacksonville, small race, but jacksonville hasn'tears. alvin brown, democrat, 600 votes ahead in that race. i think this is a big deal. last thing i will say on this is there is going to be -- if it is amazing when mitch daniels, former budget director of the bush administration, person everyone is pining for, he is not exactly mr. excitement. all of these guys -- you have to want to run. keep trying to draft people into this race. one thing i know has to be true for someone to win the white house, they have to want to be in the white house more than then want anything else. >> we have to leave it there. mitch dan gels a very smart guy. thanks, mary, jammal. let's get more on the breaking news. you saw at the top of the hour. imf chief, dominique strass-kahn, possibly could be out on bail as early as tomorrow. we are getting new information. stand by. somewhere in america, a city comes to life. it moves effortlessly, breathes easily. it flows with clean water. it makes its skyline greener and its population healthier. all to become t

in jacksonville, two men took a point change machine from a car wash. they did not realize cameras were recording their moves. and they did not know that they wait a couple hundred pounds. they soon found out when it fell on top of one of them. they did not get away with much money because the machine was emptied that afternoon. that's funny. >> today marks the national day of prayer. designated by congress in 1952, is observed on the first thursday of may. people turn to god and prayer in meditation, and churches and groups and individually. it's 45 degrees on tv hill. bin laden is still leaving his mark and why you need to be careful while searching the web. >> a family hero is honored. >> i just did what i was supposed to do. >> the amazing coverage that he showed while getting his family out of harm's way. >> a smooth ride so far on the air your notes if you are getting ready for your commute. there's a water main break in there's a water main break in it depends on you. it needs food. you have to feed your lawn. that's a must. i use scotts turf bui

and jacksonville, there's really no rhyme or reason.round the downtown area, it's not so expensive. so, the bottom line is, you really need to know the price patterns in your particular area. george? >> okay, robin, thanks. >>> now, the presidential race. a number of new candidates expected in the next week. maybe even the best-known of all, sarah palin. she is sending new signals that she could be mounting a presidential bid. and jon karl has more on whether her bus tour this weekend is her first stop on her race to the white house. jon? >> reporter: good morning, george. first of all, mitt romney is among those who will make it official he is running for president next week. and he already looks like the front-runner. but it is sarah palin that is about to go on that national bus tour. the campaign is on. mitt romney, michele bachmann, rick santorum, are all getting ready to officially jump in the race. but it is sarah palin who is about to grab the limelight, with a national bus tour. palin's team has been secretly prepping the bus f

going to show you a week-long celebration to recognize the 50th anniversary reunion will start in jacksonvilleppi. >> you probably heard and maybe used salty language at a bar, but don't get carried away at this one in baltimore where each four-letter word will cost you. >>> and a police chase unlike any other in minnesota. see if you can make out the fugitive running for it in there. do you see the? it's going to be tough getting him in handcuffs, i'm telling you now. i couldn't conceive this as a heart attack. the doctor leaned over and said to me, "you just beat the widow-maker." i was put on an aspirin, and it's part of my regimen now. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. go see your doctor now. >>> we heard him. he turned around. he was immediately shot before we were handed an opportunity to go for his weapon. >> an oklahoma sheriff's deputy is fighting for his life tonight after someone shot him in the head. now a manhunt is under way are two men. police say the men approached him at an off duty job in oklahoma city last night. the deput

she told me that she was actually in jacksonville. >> reporter: casey has now admitted the child was dead all along. >> after june 15th of 2008, did you see your granddaughter caylee again? >> no, ma'am, i did not. >> anthony lazaro. >> reporter: casey's ex-boyfriend took the stand as well for the fourth time and read text messages she sent him. >> i'm so sorry for not telling you what happened. we obviously need to talk. if they don't find her, guess who gets blamed and spends an eternity in jail. >> reporter: but a lifetime in jail could be a welcome alternative to the death penalty she's now facing. for "good morning america," ashleigh banfield, abc news. >> dan, of course, you've been covering this case since the very beginning. there was also some damaging testimony from her mother about their backyard swimming pool. what was that? >> very important piece of evidence because the defense is saying that caylee drowned in the swimming pool. the mom testified, well, you know what, the ladder that she would need to get into the pool, i moved it. so that right away undermines the defe

. >> we first met in jacksonville, florida, in 2004 when prb be prb was o preside e reelection tour. i remember seeing him come out of the room having met with families that had lost loved ones including you having lost your son and i remember him seemingly being very emotional about that. now, the intelligence seems to have provided -- i know we have always had the means because we had the best military in the world. seems the intelligence. maybe enhanced interrogations, renditions played a role in this. >> i think the ongoing efforts now for many, many years with special ops and, yes, special interrogation methodologies and i never felt sorry for someone that had to "suffer some harsh interrogation" which even our own military is trained or prepared for such tactics should they encounter them. certainly nothing like what ksm and osama bin laden and their fellow enemies have been willing to do t innocent civilians in our home labland o carry out their war on our way of life. i know that there is -- there is a certain amount of -- it feels like a clamor to claim kred at this time for

so, we could be looking at storms from jacksonville, towards cincinnati and pittsburgh. elsewhere in the country, we have a big, complex, upper-level system shaping up above the ohio valley. that's going to bring rain from the great lakes all the way to the northeast. some of the heavier amounts will be in northeastern ohio and northwestern pennsylvania. dan, over to you. >> thank you, jackie. >>> we're going to get to a bizarre case of smuggling. it involves exotic baby animals who were drugged and packed inside a suitcase. they were discovered by airport officials on friday. what happened to these animals and the smuggler? matt gutman is on the story. >> reporter: this crying, tired months old bear cub was discovered inside a suitcase by investigators. >> this is a very sophisticated smuggling operation. we've never seen one like this before. the guy had a virtual zoo in his suitcases checked in. >> reporter: two baby leopards, two panthers and two monkeys were also hidden in the passenger's checked luggage, headed for dubai. the animals had been drugged and placed in

host of jacksonville, florida, pat calls us -- host: jacksonville, florida, pat calls us this morningcaller: people call in to say that we cannot stop the war now. i am reading my paper and it is about cutting schools, art, medicare, music, language, turning off street lights to save money. taxing veterans for their health insurance for the first time. it goes on and on. pakistan has helped to kill our soldiers. they have bombed the crowds. the state department is over their passing out money like it was lollipops. passing out money like it was lollipops. yet there is not a single person calling in to say -- keep these wars going -- that i believe is not getting money for these wars. i also believe that the top guys in washington, d.c., are [unintelligible] the biggest lobbying firm, and it is disgusting. host: we will leave it there. this atwitter message says -- host: that's the message we got from twitter. we got an update from the associated press. "taliban fighters holed bin laden memorial -- hold bin laden memorial." host: back to the phones. dayton, ohio, kathleen, you are on "

a tent p he was facing several charges in connection with the bombing of an islamic center in jacksonville, florida, last year. >>> it's bane week now since so much of the south was ravaged by monster tornados. hundreds of people are still missing in what is the worst outbreak of twisters since the great depression. yunji de nies is in tuscaloosa, alabama, that's where the desperate search is far from over. >> reporter: doris smith came here looking for her friend and grandchildren. their house is gone and she is losing hope. >> i believe it took her with it. i really do. >> reporter: la toya brown's family knows that agony. this is the last place she was seen alive before the monster twister tore through their town. >> it's been rough. it's been real rough, you know. just thinking about where could she be? >> reporter: they are desperate calling everyone they can and finding nothing. >> that lingering thought is always there. >> reporter: they hung her picture at red cross alongside that of rachel aldridge. herpsister has been papering the city. >> we just need to know where she is and sh

soldier in afghanistan will get to see her children who are in jacksonville, florida. how? we're going to hook them up right here on our newscast, and you'll see it. hello to you all on this sunday. i'm t.j. holmes, happy mother's day and a special hello to our military men and women watching us on the armed forces network around the world. >>> let's start now new videos of osama bin laden, fascinating stuff we are starting to get to see, they are part, these videos of the large amount of materials, information taken from that compound after his death. unlike the pictures of a dead osama bin laden that the u.s. government did not want out, the u.s. government is sharing these images with the world. cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr takes us through the new images and the message the white house is sending with this video release. >> reporter: t.j., the message is osama bin laden is dead and this is what he really was like. it's the osama bin laden you've never seen, huddled in front of a television in a modestly furnished room, intently watching broadcasts of himself

but big, suburban areas, including orange county, california, and jacksonville, florida, had higher prices near the beach. one other tip we found. this was last month. if you bought gas on friday morning, it was cheaper than saturday morning. that's when they bump up the prices the most. prices are going down. maybe, dan, you can get a deal on a saturday morning. >> thanks for the advice. we appreciate it. >>> this is not a relaxing holiday weekend in joplin, missouri, where they're still looking for the missing after that massive tornado. there's already signs of recovery and some reasons for hope. our matt gutman is in joplin, missouri, this morning. matt, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. amidst all of this wreckage and debris that you see, there really is some new rebuilding here. this is going to be a hair salon. it started just a couple of days ago. when we came, that roof hadn't yet been put on. this morning, it's already there. they hope to finish this place in 45 days. the pace of rebuilding and resilience that's incredible, just after that tornado. >> sara? >>

that she was actually in jacksonville. >> reporter: really, both sides are agreeing that casey was lyingtion is, what are the jurors going think casey was trying to hide? it's expected that lee anthony, casey's brother, will testify shortly after. there has been no grans, no mouthed "i love yous" between the family members. >> you know the jury is taking that in. joining us, nancy grace, the host of "nancy grace" on hln. first of all, happy memorial day. what do you make of the grandmother taking the stand. no interaction between her and her daughter while she's on the stand. the jury is watching, right? >> you're a legal eagle, i know you noticed that. throughout the pretrial hearings. it's been going on for years now. nearly three years to the day when caylee went missing, june 16th. they've had interaction in court. they would mouth, i love you, tear up, look at each other. not true this week end. the skruj doing an abbreviated day on saturday. they did not have the same exchanging between them. in fact, as cindy antony broke down on the stand, to the mom was sitting there shaking her

. >> jacksonville, florida. hi, renee. >> i want to reiterate what the last caller said. she stole my thunder, because i was going to say the same thing, but i am so proud of my government, military, and president, and i think the country is proud of everybody involved. thank you. >> will, johnson city, tennessee. >> i would like to thank all those special operation guys, all the sun rises -- all the sacrifices they made during the course of the year. one of the things that was disheartening to me to hear people say that they want that the president carried out the job he said he was going to carry out. the president said a priority, worked along with intelligence officers, a lot of people on the ground, and we got our guy. even if people don't believe now, we got osama bin laden. >> as you can imagine, press conferences and different events are popping up around washington regarding the death of osama bin laden. c-span will bring you as many of those as possible today. here is a little bit more from mike allen's story in this morning in politico. "a senior u.s. official

host: jacksonville, n.c., are democrats' line. caller: i want to make a couple of comments. i think obama is a smooth- chameleon.llio he tries to tell the public one thing when he really means another. he had no experience in politics or government or anything other than being a professor of history. suddenly he knows everything about the world and the united states. host: your thoughts on his speech yesterday? caller: to me, i listen to it while i was driving. i was not surprised at what he said about democracy. i hope that the people in all of these different places do not adopt the same type of democracy that we have here, because what we have here is a form of legal slavery. a host: one of the thing that have heard is the campaign for hearts and minds. how do you convince leadership to come over to what president obama is trying to accomplish? guest: this is going to be a b challenge. it is important because muslims constitute about one part 5 billion people on this planet. one of the four people is a muslim. we have hundreds of thousands of americans in muslim countries

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heavier showers to the east of atlanta, and now east of augusta as well down to jacksonville, and theand we talked aboutp j, kansas, or, no, joplin, missouri, there. and it has hail coming down in the last half hour. that obviously is not making people happy there when they have to dig through stuff in a hailstorm and hail event as well. here we go for the rest of the day. the showers and the thunderstorms are up the east coast and a couple in the plains here and cool across the middle part of the country and northern part of the country and a warm couple of days, and really, it will be warm in the southeast and to northeast and midwest for this beautiful coming up memorial day weekend. >> and now you are cueing the "way off of the radar." because they is way off, and they don't have radars in space, do they? >> no, i don't think so, and i don't believe, so and i don't think that the iss would have a radar, but it would be cool if it had one to see the space junk coming. wouldn't that be neat? well, the vlt which sounds like veal, lettuce and tomato, but this is a large telescope in t

cell phone safety awareness campaign with middle school in bethesda and around the country in jacksonville monreal ming and montana we are working with teachers and parents to promote self own safety. we are not opposed to phones we just want people to be aware of the safe way to use them particularly around children. >> the wireless industry responded to the study and this is what they had to say, dr. davis, the peer reviewed scientific evidence is overwhelmingly indicated that wireless devices within the limits established by the fcc do not pose a public health risk or cause any adverse health effect. >> that is a misreading. as a literature there's all studies that show cellphone radiation affects the brain. they've been around for a while. in fact, governments in israel and britain have recently issued new warnings about reducing direct radiation to the brain for everyone. the british government has just reissued march 6, and it says all people should be encouraged to text, hold a phone revenues for him or use a headset or speakerphone and i think that is sensible advice and it is unfo

. >> and joining us now from jacksonville, florida, is mr.as, one of those freedom riders. hank, good morning to you. >> good morning, russ. how are you doing? >> i'm doing just fine, sir. let me ask you, does it feel like 50 years ago to you? >> no. it doesn't. but then again, sometimes it does. i don't move quite as fast as i used to move. >> i know this week you got to meet with the sun of one of the klan members who burned the bus all those years ago. what did he say to you? what did you say to him? >> well, he immediately came to me and embraced me, which surprised me. pleasant surprise. and it was a genuine -- he's a bear of a man, so to speak, and it was a genuine hug and embrace. and he asked me for forgiveness. and i told him, obviously, there's nothing to forgive. he can't be responsible for what his father did. and beside, i told him that i have mentally left aniston a long time ago. and that, you know, i carried no -- i didn't carry the baggage of bitterness with me. but i thought it was a very good gesture. and he asked if someti

host: jacksonville, florida.aller: i would like to say that for those that are calling in saying they need proof and what proof of osama bin laden been dead, what do they think we're supposed to do? are we supposed to take the body and put it on tv? we're not gloating like they do. that would only bring more destruction to the united states. we're not going to sit here and places body as they would do every time they would kill one of our u.s. men or the military or whomever over there. you know, they would post it and say there were responsible for it. for those same things about obama, he is the person that is in position. under him, there were able to go out and get this guy. we do give praise to our men and women in service over there. for those against obama, he is still the commander in chief. up under him, the situation was carried out and carried out well. host: jane, los angeles, welcome. caller: i am glad that osama bin laden is dead, but look at the reason we were attacked on 9/11. when we listen to ne

that she was actually in jacksonville. >> reporter: ashleigh banfield, abc news, orlando. >>> anotherternational banker arrested in new york accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid. mahmoud omar is former head of one of egypt's banks. sources say omar locked the maid in his room and attacked her. former imf head dominique strauss-kahn is awaiting trial on similar charges. >>> we turn to politics now -- in the now you see it, now you don't, sarah palin bus tour. palin isn't telling anyone where she is going on the tour and insists she is not campaigning. the former alaska governor showed up yesterday in gettysburg where she told reporters that she doesn't know if she will run for president. yunji de nies caught up with palin during a stop in d.c. >> reporter: the bus is ready. the crowd is waiting. and here she comes. >> certainly looks like a campaign bus. if you are not running for president why the tour? >> this isn't a campaign bus. this is a bus to be able to express to america how much we appreciate our foundation and to invite more people to be interested in all that is good

jacksonville, florida. keith, what do you think about newt gingrich for president? caller: i think he has too much baggage. i registered republican and in 2012 i will likely vote for president obama. young -- host: who did you vote for in 2008? caller: i voted for obama. i did not like john mccain at the time. i felt like he could not relate to me and my generation. host: did you vote for george w. bush? caller: i was not old enough to vote at the time. caller: -- host: and you still consider yourself a republican? caller: i do not like the way the republicans are running things in florida, gov. ridge stopped. it's giving you do not like many republicans? caller: me being young -- growing up i realize i have more democratic values, i believe. i still have some republican values in me. i just not like the way things are running in the republican party right now. host: thanks for calling in. from "the hill" -- president obama will deliver a major speech on policy on the middle least in the coming days. now, there's a couple of articles dealing with osama bin laden, be

so we're behind tampa, miami, and jacksonville. a city of about 250,000 people.e're the largest city in our county which is the most densely populated county in the state of florida. we're a city of great diversity. we celebrate the arts and culture. and it's where history and modernization collide. we've done a lot to preserve a lot of our buildings. we're only roughly 100 years old. so we're not boston or philadelphia is but we do pride ourselves in these early 1900 designs. we have the only open air post office in the country and our downtown is serviced by letter carriers that actually ride bicycles throughout the downtown community. and so we pride ourselves on that open air post office. we are the birth place of commercial aviation. a lot of people don't know that. but the first regularly scheduled airline was an air boat between tampa and st. petersberg but that started here in the city of st. petersberg i think in 18914. >> host: tampa is the first of eight cities which are three local content vehicles that well be visiting as we expand the each of our pr

host: jacksonville, n.c., are democrats' line. caller: i want to make a couple of comments.nk obama is a smooth- chameleon.llio he tries to tell the public one thing when he really means another. he had no experience in politics or government or anything other than being a professor of history. suddenly he knows everything about the world and the united states. host: your thoughts on his speech yesterday? caller: to me, i listen to it while i was driving. i was not surprised at what he said about democracy. i hope that the people in all of these different places do not adopt the same type of democracy that we have here, because what we have here is a form of legal slavery. a host: one of the things that we have heard is the campaign for hearts and minds. how do you convince leadership to come over to what president obama is trying to accomplish? guest: this is going to be a big challenge. it is important because muslims constitute about one part 5 billion people on this planet. one of the four people is a muslim. we have hundreds of thousands of americans in muslim countries

host: jacksonville, n.c., are democrats' line. caller: i want to make a couple of comments. i think obama is smooth- chameleon.llio he tries to tell the public one thing when he really means another. he had no eerience in politics or government or anything other than being a professor of history. suddenly he knows everything about the world and the united states. host: your thoughts on his speech yesterday? caller: to me, i listen to it while i was driving. i was not surprised at what he said about democracy. i hope that the people in all of these different places do not adopt the same type of democracy that we have here, because what we have here is a form of legal slavery. a host: one of the things that we have heard is the campaign for hearts and minds. how do you convince leadership to come over to what president obama is trying to accomplish? guest: this is going to be a big challenge. it is important because muslims constitute about one part 5 billion people on this planet. one of the four people is a muslim. we have hundreds of thousands of americans in muslim countri

host: david, jacksonville, florida, democratic caller. caller: i am a 53-year-old democrat and have always been a democrat, but with what is going on with the extension of the six-day period and the war powers act, i really may have a problem voting for president obama again. having said that, with regards to medicare, my question is what would republicans do it if you have a bill on the floor stating that americans would get the exact same medical coverage as they do? what are they pass that? -- would they pass that? they say, it is like what we get -- guest: actually, on the house floor we had a chance to vote for an amendment that would require that the general public that the exact same policy that the members of congress get rid the republicans voted against that. -- the exact same policy that the members of congress get. the republicans voted against. they are playing a game here, a very bad game for the american public. the termination of medicare. i'm sorry -- you are 53 years of age? you can kiss medicare could buy if republicans

host: david, jacksonville, florida, democratic caller.ler: i am a 53-year-old democrat and have always been a democrat, but with what is going on with the extension of the six-day period and the war powers act, i really may have a problem voting for president obama again. having said that, with regards to medicare, my question is what would republicans do it if you have a bill on the floor stating that americans would get the exact same medical coverage as they do? what are they pass that? -- would they pass that? they say, it is like what we get -- guest: actually, on the house floor we had a chance to vote for an amendment that would require that the general public that the exact same policy that the members of congress get rid the republicans voted against that. -- the exact same policy that the members of congress get. the republicans voted against. they are playing a game here, a very bad game for the american public. the termination of medicare. i'm sorry -- you are 53 years of age? you can kiss medicare could buy if republicans get

host: let's hear from our jecks in aller in jacksonville, florida. jerry on our independents lien. jerry. caller: good morning, everybody. i'd like to mention one thing about immigration. we're a country of immigrants. i agree with, but what they forget to bring bring up and people forget, when they people came into this country, we didn't have food stamps. they didn't have section eight housing. they didn't have free medical. and a lot of people continually forget what previous immigrants had to really go through in this country. i'd like to bring up one other thing, we've become a country of we can't. we can't protect our borders. we can't verify. one other thing, too, and i'll be off the air, is it's a known fact that 30% to 40% of the legals we let in are going to go on some public assistance. >> thank you again for the question. let me start with the middle part of your comments or questions. i admire people like you that have the can-do attitude. i also feel there's some people that always say we can't do this, we can't do this, we can't do this. so, first of all, the attitud

mathieus smith enfrentaba cargos por el ataque del 10 de mayo del 2010 en el noreste de florida en jacksonvilleia del inmigrante indocumentados que estaba hospitalizado en phoenix arizona y enfrentaba una deportaciÓn. es una historia que vio en exclusiva en univisiÓn y salvador duran nos pone al tanto de lo Último en este caso. >> josÉ gutierrez guzmÁn fue trasladado a un hospital de los Ángeles despuÉs de una larga espera el ya saliÓ del coma sin embargo, permanece conectado a varios tubos. >> antes le preguntabas una pregunta y te decÍa si o no y ahora dice sÍ para todos, y levanta las manos, no te hace caso. >> josÉ quien es indocumentado sufriÓ una lesion cuando estaba bajo la custodia de agentes federales en la frontera despuÉs de cruzar sin documentos la familia acusÓ a los agentes de haberlo maltratado y su esposa aÚn busca respuestas. >> enojada y frustrada porque ellos deben de estar responsables de lo que le pasÓ y no mÁs quieren olvidar de todo y por eso estoy bien frustrada pero voy a continuar con esto y voy a llegar a las respuestas que necesito. >> corrÍa el peligro de ser deport