. >> randy howe is a teacher, and author of the book "flags of the fifty states." his fascination with flags began when he was just a boy. >> i went on a trip around the country, and one stop was mount rushmore, and i was looking forward to seeing the presidents, but i was struck by, as you walk up to the monument, you see the fifty states represented by their flags, and it was really dramatic. >> so dramatic in fact, randy decided right then and there that he wanted to learn more about each flag. >> they were fluttering in the breeze and that piqued my interest, and also a general interest in u.s. history -- understanding how these 50 states came together as a country, the different things that were important to each of the 50 states, and often times they're really well represented in those flags. where you have these 50 states put together to form a country, and of course we could all fly the american flag, and all states do, but it's very important for the people of each state to have a symbol that they can feel proud of, that they feel represents their state. >

that makes me want to ask randy how he handles that. how are people assigned?s me as a very smart point that he made. it does not cure a lot of problems, but it creates a baseline, at least an attempt at prioritizing. >> to answer the question, the placement has been made far more rationally today with the ability under the new agreement with the air traffic controllers, we now provide incentives for air-traffic controllers to move to the more complex facilities. we did not have that under the last agreement. a vacancy would come open in the new most complex of facilities and nobody will fit it. we would have to assign somebody fresh out of training. that was the only way to fill the vacancy. it was unfair to the controllers involved and it was unfair to the facility. controllers can and will go to the more complex facilities. in any business venture, when you assign people, you pay attention to how they do in their training. we would like to think that everyone who graduates from the academy is suitably qualified to operate anywhere in our system. we try to ho

randi? >> how are the levees and flood walls doing? are they holding up? they need to stand up for a long time, no crest or a crest, right? >> reporter: right. in the old part much vicksburg, there is a makeshift dyke that they had to create. this is really a dynamic piece of engineering. but it's going through a tremendous strain. it's taking all of the water coming down basically from half of the contiguous united states headed to vicksburg right now, a lot of pressure and treft. it's leaking like a siv and they are trying to keep the water out of there. so farther succeeding but if you look and imagine the strain that that wall is under, it's unnerving to stand there for too long of a time, randi. >> it is unnerving. martin savidge, thank you. >>> arnold schwarzenegger's shocking secret sun raf velg even more today. the scandal inside the schwarzenegger house. the details, drama, and deception are, quite frankly, stunning. the child that schwarzenegger fathered with a woman was 14 and it's a boy. there are various reports that the boy looks strikingly l

that makes me want to ask randy how he handles that. how are people assigned? it strikes me as a very smart point that he made. it does not cure a lot of problems, but it creates a baseline, at least an attempt at prioritizing. >> to answer the question, the placement has been made far more rationally today with the ability under the new agreement with the air traffic controllers, we now provide incentives for air-traffic controllers to move to the more complex facilities. we did not have that under the last agreement. a vacancy would come open in the new most complex of facilities and nobody will fit it. we would have to assign somebody fresh out of training. that was the only way to fill the vacancy. it was unfair to the controllers involved and it was unfair to the facility. controllers can and will go to the more complex facilities. in any business venture, when you assign people, you pay attention to how they do in their training. we would like to think that everyone who graduates from the academy is suitably qualified to operate anywhere in our system. we

any idea how he managed to keep this under wraps? >> well, i -- all i can say, randi there is more to this story. we're going to be publishing information on the website shortly. but arnold was able to compartmentalize his life. one of the reasons maria separated. although this was a huge event, maria has been miserable in this marriage for several years. and made that very clear to people who knew her. and part of the reason was the womanizing. so it's not this one incident that set maria off, by any means. and it was also arnold's ego. she felt ignored by him. so this is not just, again, one person. arnold was abe to kind of deal with his family in one area and deal with the rest of his life in a different area. but there's more to the story we're going to be putting some things up shortly. >> and they have obviously separated. any idea on where they're headed now? what are you hearing? >> well, i am told that maria has been seriously talking about divorce. that her religious views have created conflict for her. and also, arnold's power over here has created conflic

how are they going to explain all of this away? >> and that is the question. i mean, i'm a mother myself, randias you know, and i kept on thinking, if my child was missing for 31 seconds, i would report it. 31 days. how do you make sense of that? well, i think we know now. we have got a little bit of an indication that casey anthony has indicated that she was the victim of childhood sexual abuse. that she suffers perhaps from post traumatic stress disorder. her attorneys had asked some of the jurors during jury selection, what would you do if the worst thing possible happened to you? how would you react? so, again, i am only guessing, but it sounds to me like they are going to say that when caylee anthony drown in this pool, she -- casey suffered just such trauma that she just sort of acted so oddly, acted in a way that no mother would act. >> and do you have any indication if casey will take the stand? >> well, i -- we don't have an indication from jose baez during his opening statements yet, but i have to tell you, i think she has to take the stand. she has to explain this alternate theory. s

him back over there. >> we got him. >> i would like to know how many people in his community have flood insurance? >> the question that randiunity have flood insurance and how big of a problem is that? >> it is an issue in the northern section of the city, because the kings division, and the chickesaw lake that are flood, a lot of people have parents and grandparents who are affected. >> do they have the insurance? >> some of them do, and some of them do not. the last major flood we have had in our area was in 2008, and a lot of of people who got comeped out through the national insurance resource center, and we are pairing them up with people they need. we have met with the small business administration, the sba, to coordinate low interest loans for individuals. there are up to $40,000 and up to $200,000 in low interest loans for residents. and up to $2 million for businesses. >> okay. sorry, have to leave it there, mayor. good luck to you and your community. so, randi, the problem is that many people do not have flood insurance, and it is going struggle for them. >> sounds like it. thank you, martin. >>> our sound effect

we got randy jackson. >> jimmy: last time we partied together, you told me how to laser beam steaks onter ] "how would you like that laser beamed, sir? medium rare?" >> jimmy: medium rare laser beamed -- laserized. that was a nice little party we had in los angeles. >> jimmy: wasn't that a fun party? >> raising money for los angeles county art museum. >> jimmy: that's right. yeah, and mary j. blige came. [ cheers and applause ] >> that's right. >> jimmy: it was really fun. speaking of that, you always do a lot of these fun, really nice charity events. you're doing an event with masa. >> yes. >> jimmy: this guy. he's a sushi master. >> he's a crazy japanese dude who makes some of the best food in the country. >> jimmy: yeah. along with a crazy italian dude, there. and you guys get together and rock it out. >> yep, we're doing an event next monday, next thursday, the 23rd at eataly, at manzo, to raise money for the japan aids society. >> jimmy: it's unbelievable. and you can get -- [ cheers and applause ] tickets -- you get tickets still on giltcity.com. g-i-l-t-city.com. >> right. and y

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you know what, randi, it's every wrote and shows how widespread the problem is. >> and a lot of peopleon, wondering when will things get better? any idea on that? >> got to be honest. most americans are pessimistic. 54% of us don't think housing is going to recover until 2014 or even later. and if you listen to analysts, they're just as ominous. realtytrac analysts saying housing recovery is a long way off. s&p analysts saying there is no relief in sight. randi? >> alison kosik with not very good news about the housing market. always a pleasure to see you though. so thank you. >>> what are the three words that best describe your personality? next, in "your money," we're talking to a student who is starting to build an empire from this single question. don't go anywhere. this interview will be amazing. interesting. and awesome. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. introducing better car replacement, available only from liberty mutual insurance. if your car's totaled, we give you the money to buy a car that's one model-year newer with 15,000 fewer miles on it. there's no other auto

tell us how this technology works. >> hey, randi. yeah, it is really interesting. ually being worked on by folk at immersive labs and it's digital software that will look back at you, so use facial recognition and be able to tell how would you are, and who you're with, and be able to say this person has been looking at this ad for two minutes. or it will know your attention span. so it's something that they're really working on. >> and what companies are using it? >> a bunch of different companies are trying it out right now. so -- in new york, you have sony trying it out, and if you go to jfk, hudson news is trying it out. and i spoke with the folks at immersive labs and they said over 40 companies have come to them saying this is the kind of technology we want for our ads so we can understand the people that are looking at our ads and we can actually target them and focus on who they are, and what they want to see. >> hmmm. so it's already being used then in the u.s. >> it's already being used. it's being used on a more trial basis, but in the next couple years, y

how that pans out in the future. >> obviously she's a congresswoman, randy.she be able to be a congresswoman again, speak spontaneously, address her constituents, all of that? >> i think that's -- has a lot dependent on her and her resolve and what, from i gather from her family and husband that i've met, she's certainly very resolute. >> there was a lot of excitement that she was doing so well early on but i kept on driving home the point this is a week, long, year-long recovery process. not even like recovering from a heart operation where you are up in a couple of weeks. i want to temper the expectations. >> reporter: but giffords has defied the odds from the very beginning, giving signs to the medics, doctors, the nurses and the therapyists assigned to save gabby giffords. she has never stopped fighting. gabby can use her wheelchair, stand up on her own, she can even take small steps. she's learning to talk again as well. she says "i love you" to her husband and often tells her doctors "i miss tucson." you said doctor's worth sometimes is measured by thei

and we were so thrilled at randy because she came from kansas. we thought how exotic this is that she came from kansas. and it was only later as i got older that is our at the time in the 1980s, our late 1970s, actually midnight and '70s, that kansas was a number one puppy mill state in america. and most of the dogs on the puppy mills are small breeds, chuang wallace and westies in your case and others. as well as unbelievable about is there's a city animal shelter that you could literally see from a front doorstep. you go to the doorstep and look across the slope on. there was a small college right across the street in new haven. you can see this animal shelter. so we got a dog from kansas, you know, 101,200 miles away when it was one of my two best friends who was just waiting to be adopted less than a quarter-mile away. and i think for so many of us, it was about choices and about awareness. i just was not aware of what the issues were with dog free and certainly not puppy mills and i wasn't aware that for animals euthanized in shelters every day of the year

how did you discover this and how does it actually work? >> thank you, randi. by accident. we were -- we're very interested in how molecules absorb to a special class of nano material called carbon nanotubes and we discovered there are a series of peptides in bee venom that can actually recognize and bind to an important class of chemicals called nitro aromatics, things that comprise common pesticides and explosives. so we found that these peptides, what will bind and change shape in response to these different types of molecules. when we take these peptides and attach them to a -- to a carbon nanotube we make a special sensor, a fluoresorescent senso like a tiny flashlight, that can turn off and on in response to a particular explosive or pesticide that you're trying to measure. >> what kind of explosives can it detect? >> so it can detect -- we're st still discovering this, looking lieu the library of materials but detect common ones, tnt, rdx. but it can differentiate molecules that have the groups that seem to be the signature for some common types of explo

but with randy and add the mark at the ap and archives the fbi had more information in their files but i also knew how the fbi operates with defense author ways of doing business. and to understand the case you have to understand the bureaucracy the original case agent assigned to the wheat and agency but reported to baltimore which was a long ways away from where the crime occurred who ultimately reported to fbi headquarters and nothing move fast then with the new york connections of khalid al-jawiri and your cat its own files and new york does not talk to baltimore. i don't know if they do today but certainly not 1973. you had silos compartment of information spread out throughout the fbi. and as well as the cia. i think probably there, as always much more classified data that exist that i never had access to. i trust there is a reason why that date is being classified. >> i have one final question. you talk about how you have some sense of who was behind this but you have a sense of said trigger pullers are out there and are they still alive? do you know, ? >> besides khalid al-jawari on the loose

how do you think this happened? too many details were let out to the public? >> i do, randi.nk that we have to distinguish between the official briefings by jay and john brennan which howie referred to and then all of the excruciating level of detail that has leaked out. every administration typically will do and on the record briefing after a major incident or operation like that. so, john brennan in the clip we played said he was not going to discuss the details of it. after the fact, tons of details that have come out that are damaging, and to the extent that the people can learn about the tactics and the training of the navy s.e.a.l.s and the special operations forces, it is very dangerous and makes it more dangerous for them future. >> but, fran, two collisions are going on here. on the one hand, the administration understandably wants to take some political credit for what was a gutsy call by president obama and a successful mission, and that is why you see a lot of this leaking which keeps the story alive, but i could not agree more that the future operational missions

randy the macho man savage passed away. we had a chance to talk to him ten years ago. here's that tape. >> he wants to kick your rear end. >> yup. how

randy the macho man savage passed away. we had a chance to talk to him ten years ago. here's that tape. >> he wants to kick your rear end. >> yup. howoing, man? still in the rest home. well, i don't know. get somebody else to change your bedpan, but ,,,,,,,,

how he escaped. stay with us.  >>> one of professional wrestlings most colorful figures died. 58-year-old randyge died when lost control of his vehicle and crash inside a tree. he may have suffered some sort of medical event but they have not elaborated on that. he became one of wrestlings biggest stars thanks to his colorful outfits and phrase which he later used as a tv pitchman. >>> two burglars wrapped a 76-year-old man in a quilt and duct taped his hands and feet and left him. when they came back the next day to try to get rid of the evidence they interrupted the man as he was trying to eape. how he fnallyroke free. >> this 76-year-old rancher is back in the saddle, back on his track tore after an ordeal that could have killed a man half his age. police say these two suspects broke into henry schmidt's house. used duct tape to bind his hands and feet and then wrapped hess body in a blanket. the duo proceeded to ransack the house for hours before leaving with their loot. >> he wasn't ready to give up by a bunch of young thugs come and taking his property and leaving him for dead. >> he roll

. >> well, that is how you roll if you are royal. well, thank you, randi kaye. >>> well, donald trump said today, he will not be running for president. a short time ago, the donald released a statement saying that he would have won the republican nomination and beat ten president as well, but if he suggested that he would have run quote, unquote half heartedly, because he would rather remain in business and in the flood of recent interviews, trump challenged the president's birthplace after which president obama produced the birth certificate, and trump said that the president doesn't know what he is doing, end quote, and charged that the world has lost respect for america because we are not tough enough, and he said that he could end the gas problems with a single call to saudi arabia, but none of that is to be. gloria borger is standing by, our political analyst in washington. here is a question for you, did anybody in the race consider trump to be a factor, or like so many people i have been hearing from on twitter think it was a publicity stunt? >> wel

randy "macho man" savage -- >> man. >> jimmy: -- passed away. >> i was sad to hear about that guy going. >> jimmy: look at this guy. how cool is this guy?a good guy or as a bad guy, he was always -- he always had that intensity, that focus, that voice. and he's just -- he just was like a magnet in the ring. i was a huge fan of his. and he was very influential to a lot of guys. >> jimmy: absolutely, right? >> and to myself, as well, so i was sorry -- sorry to hear that guy go. >> jimmy: he was probably in the class before you. >> he was a little bit ahead of me in age. and so, you know, we crossed paths a few times but never really were in the same territory. >> did you ever wrestle? >> i wrestled that guy -- we talked about this earlier and i was trying to like -- "did i wrestle 'macho man'?" and it's like, when you get hit in the head with steel chairs for a living, sometimes you forget about things. [ laughter ] i remember back in the day, we used to do tv papers, down in orlando, florida and i actually wrestled "macho man" for about -- probably it was a -- three, four, five-minute match. and of course, i lost. and you know -- >> jimm

or relatively new into it is maybe not a good idea, and so that makes me want to ask randy babbitt the question of how he handles that? how are people assigned? you may want to comment on this, mr. rinaldi? how are people assigned? strikes me as a very smart point that he made. it doesn't cure a lot of problems but it sort of creates a baseline of at least an attempt at prioritizing. >> to answer the question the placement has been made far more rationly today with the ability under the new agreement we have the air-traffic controllers we now can provide incentives to air-traffic controllers to move to the more complex facilities. we didn't have that opportunity under the last agreement and therefore, we often had a situation where a vacancy would open in the most complex of facilities and no one would bid it. so we were forced assign people fresh out of training, not necessarily in accord with our wishes but simply the only way to fill a vacancy. that was unfair to the controllers involved. it was unfair to the controllers doing the training. it was unfair to the facility. that has been remedied. tod

>> reporter: he's a true professional, like randy said, every time you heard him sing -- congratulations! you are on with oakland. >> well, hey, oakland, how are you doing? >> reporter: i'm sure there are a lot of people there who voted for you. 122million votes. did you believe this is happening? you are the new "american idol"? >> i can't believe it. it has not sunk in. >> what was going through your head when your name was announced? >> so many emotions. i wanted to laugh. i wanted to cry. it's so amazing that you watched the finale last year and you didn't think you would enter the competition or have a chance to get this far. we went out to milwaukee for a summer vacation because we haven't one -- we didn't have one last year and it's amazing what a vacation can turn in to for you. >> reporter: so what's next? you were a 16-year-old student. and thousand -- >> it's pretty wild. i'm still the same scottie but i'm getting to work and starting my career early. >> reporter: tell us about the duet you would like to do with lauren. people say you are dating but that's a rumor. >> right. hopefully we can put a duet out. hopefully we can get

randi, for having me on. i had hoped to hear more of a recognition of just how wrong and confused u.s.had been towards the region for decades. what i heard was that the u.s. administration is still trying to catch up with the reality on the ground that has outpaced everybody. for example, when he spoke about egypt and the need to support egypt's reform and its new dawn in egypt, there was a missing sentence, and the missing sentence was -- that the united states continues to give $1.3 billion in aid to the egyptian army and egypt right now is ruled by the supreme military council so there was nothing there. military council is detaining people, torturing people and forcing people on military trial. when the president spoke about the religious rights of minorities, for example, coptic christians in egypt and shia muslims in bahrain, it was great to hear -- but the missing sentence was that saudi arabia also violates shia rights in its country and saudi arabia has intervened in bahrain which he mentioned as part of the countries also going through reforms and uprisings. >> well, clearly

how we deal with pakistan. >> host: let's go to williamsburg, virginia. randy, a republican caller. good morning. >> guest: good morning, randy. >> caller: good morning, congressman wittman. congressman, i called your office last week because i have a real concern with some of the special education funds that are being spent in our schools and recently a grant that was given to the williamsburg school that was a physical fitness and health program grant. sadly here in williamsburg, that grant is not being afforded businesses like my own which is a s.w.a.m. certified businesses which had 1,000 school site visits and i often leave school with the children giving me a grade of a plus and the parents being very excited with the health that their kids enjoyed that day. what i do is -- i bring mobile fitness centers to school. they have 30 stationary bikes to fit children as young as 3. and when i eliminate the capital staff, new staff, new staff training, heating, cooling, busing and actually have a measured outcome, and yet these programs are all mysteries because staff doesn't know wha

how you can make them a part of your special day. >> first off the dress, princess catherine went for a traditional elegant look. here is the fashion director, star of tlc's "say yes." randy thank you. >> we have the privilege of seeing kate in two dresses, not just one, and they were a classic style. >> beautiful. >> are these the styles we may see other brides start following in their path? >> i sure hope so. her dresses were classic, timeless, they were very much like the 1950s which i think was one of the best decades in fashion and really accessible for brides to be able to get these dresses. they weren't too over the top. >> both models will be sporting these gowns. the first is vanessa, wearing a jane wayne gown. just under $5,000. and this looks a lot like kate's dress, the lace, the sleeves. these are making a comeback, right? >> girls come in every single day and ask me, rapidy, do you have anything that's not strapless? every wedding i've been to they have worn strapless gowns. when you have a dress with sleeves, you really can't raise your arm very much. so that's why a lot go with strapless dresses. you can throw on a shrug to get that look but take it off at

how we see it. really simple as that. i made this album for the people that already love this style of music, you know. >> and it's wonderful what you, randy, missouri and others. we're thinking of them. we can't forget what happened down south last month. over 300 people lost their lives. i know you'll all do a benefit to help the tornado victims of alabama mass. >> when i recruited these guy, jeff said, well, payback's coming. i didn't have any idea it would be for a good cause. i just figured i'd have to cook you dinner or something. these guys live right in the middle of that. these guys were right around it. at least we can do is help out. >> you all have big hearts. brad will be back with us july 15th for the summer concert series. right now, this is new music. it's brad paisley and alabama singing "old alabama." >> one, two, three, four -- here we go! ♪ ♪ she'd rather wear a pair of cut-off jeans than a fancy evening dress, with the window rolled down her hair blowing around. she'll drink beer over white wine ♪ ♪ campfire over candlelight ♪ and when it comes to love ♪ her idea of a romantic night ♪ is listening to old alabama ♪ driv

randi, they're combing doing what they call a house-to-house grid search. they break up the teams in different groups and they each kind of mark off a grid of the city. that's kind of how rescue teams traditionally do this. we have not seen canine teams o yet. i imagine they will bring in some. we have combed through this part of the city and we did not see any canine teams. right now it appears they're searching on foot for a moment. >> brian todd bringing us the very latest there from joplin. >>> we also want to bring in now chad meyers. as brian said, the skies are certainly ugly. they've been threatening throughout the day. are these people in for more bad weather? >> they could be. except that the weather that just rolled through there in the past hour or so did something we call wreck the atmosphere. it used up the energy, used up the moisture, used up the heat, and so that may be good news for the rest of the day, because there will be more tornadoes today across parts of arkansas, maybe kansas, and even sneaking into parts of missouri. but when it is cold, when it's rained, when it's not 80 degrees with a relative humidity of 75%, the chance of a tornado actual

randy travis is something. and apparently they have become great friends. >> this is when i woke up. i woke up to him singing this big song. ♪ but i know howyou hear him, you sort of expect to see the marlboro man. >> he will have a long, long, long career. the folks that love country music, love you forever. they love you forever. they are amazing fans and he'll be around. >> the show itself was fantastic. >> jennifer lopez and stephen tyler. and tony bennett was out there. >> and lady gaga. it was like watching the grammys. >> look at tom jones. bono, desperate to sell some tickets. >> kerrie underwood came. >> we had a huge day here yesterday. we did all kinds of stuff you'll hear about later. but then we went off four a man na matinee. everybody's giving it, the odds are that will win best tony for best play. >> it's called "war horse". >> it's called "war horse" and i thought i was going to love it. >> first of all, it was called "war horse." it had horse puppets in it. i didn't think it was for me, before i sat in the seat. after i sat in the seat, i thought to myself and watched the whole thing, i thought if in my lifetime i could o

and randy guyton join us from birmingham, alabama, to share their story, wow, guys, it is amazing to see that picture. and, that anyone, let alone four of you, made it out of that situation. tell us how> we first got the news, we were -- i had been watching the tv all day and they were saying the weather was really getting hard and they were talking about the tornado scale was like a ten, when it went to 12.5, and, james said he had never seen it like that and by the time it was getting to tuscaloosa it was like a 16-something, and we knew it was bad and i was trying to get randy and justin home, trying to figure out where they were. >> heather: and those are your -- those are your children you are talking about. a lot of folks -- go ahead, i'm sorry. >> justin is my son and randy is right here and, randy actually was home. >> heather: got it. when you hear about a storm coming your way you are supposed to go into the bathrooms and, the bath tubs and you decided to get into your car and i guess it was the right thing to do in retrospect because your house was completely picked up? >> yes, ma'am. >> heather: so, tell us how your family is faring today. >> well, they are traumatized, a

how children of heards are affected by this dangerous environmental. jason is a child of a hoarder. holy fisher grew up in a home with parents who hoarded as well and randyall of you. >> good morning. >> i can't even imagine. i watch this show, and i can't imagine what it must have been like for you growing up. what was this like? >> well, you walk into the living room of the house, and there's junk that she's collected. we would go on -- on garbage night we would go around the city looking for things that people were throwing out that she didn't think were broken enough and she'd just pick them up and stash them in the living room. there were little tie nil trays to the kitchen. >> would you say, mom, why are you doing this? >> no. it was just normal to me. sometimes there'd be toys, so i wasn't come sflieng you were taken out of the home by child protective services at the age of 13. >> yeah. >> what was that like for you? >> well, the thing about that is the entire time i stayed with my sister until i was old enough to move out, all my mother had to do to get me back was clean her house, and i knew that, and so that was -- it was really hard for me to