now, dr. marty, you've also recently completed and published a biography of martin luther, a lutheran who somewhat predated dietrich bonhoeffer. [laughter] what's the difference between with writing a biography of a figure like luther and be -- and a book like bonhoeffer's? >> there are far more similarities than i thought i would find. when princeton university press described this series and asked me if i would be a kicker offer of it, it took me about five minutes to sign the contract. it was a new challenge because i didn't know anything like this. the first thing you have to do if you're writing a biography of the book is forget about biological analogies. that is you don't want to say the book was born this way and went through adolescence and all those things. [laughter] they don't do that. but they have careers, and they change in the light of the passage of time. think of almost any book you read 20, 30 years ago and think of its reputation now. think of the vonnegut books and the books tha

shifting political tides and how it might impact you are mark moreale of the national urban league, dr. marty merry of princeton university and author of the new book "more beautiful and more terrible, the embrace and transcendence of racial inequality in the united states" and david webb, coparty of the tea party 365. this is an interesting moment. ei are a little bit beyond this historical webb where barack obama comes on television and announces osama bin laden has been killed. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands. >> i saw celebration in the streets. i saw democrats and republicans all in agreement. does this signify a new political moment? >> obama got osama and what it does, it's a bit of a return to what the mood of the country was after 9/11, when i think there was a unifying sense and a unifying force that the tragedy created that and there's a bit of closure, particularly for the 9/11 families with osama bin laden being killed by those navy s.e.a.l.s in paki

here with us is dr. marty mccarry, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, molly.olly: so what do you think? are hot dogs a superfood, or are they bad for you and perhaps we shouldn't be glamourizing them? >> in public health these are called weapons of mass destruction. i don't have a problem with it, i think it's amusing that somebody could eat 60 hot dogs, but this organization that sponsors it is taking it to the local level. and in cities and towns across america from cleveland to allentown, pennsylvania, this organization is sponsoring overeating competitions. and it is promoting it now for women at the local level and even at amusement parks for children, and that's a concern. molly: i mean, we have a national obesity epidemic, a number of health professionals across the country have referred to it as a crisis. so, and then when we're glamourizing it in this contest and, as you mentioned, at the local level s there some way to balance these types of contests? >> yeah. i agree. this does promote it. it rewards it, there are financial rewards. when you look at

. >> dr. marty becker will quiz us. what is this? you invite me here for this? the three amigos ride again. >> we will do better today. a lemon and a lime. >> it's ubiquitoto. it's not the juice, lemonade, it's the rind, the peel and the seeds. which ones are they dangerous to. >> gang, bird, cat or dog? >> i'll go with bird. >> i'll go with bird. >> the answer is, dogs and cats. >> what did we learn yesterday, not to go with josh? >> never. >> sammy, i'm going to go with you next. we've got the guac -- >> doesn't that look delicious. on this one it is dangerousus especially to one pet but it is the stem, the seed, all parts of the avocado are dangerous. >> dogs and cats. >> i'm going to say dogs. >> how could a leaf or a twig -- >> i'm going to go with a bird. >> it is dogs and birds. for dogs it causes vomiting and diarrhea. for birds it's really dangerous, congestion, a lot of fluid on the lungs and heart. >> i had no idea. >> extremely dangerous for birds. >> getting it half right is real good for us. >> okay, so what do we got next? what's most dangerous? >

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dale martis confessed to killing the man dr. henry being aerman. dr. akerman was in memphis to buy a truck. a witness went to memphis police last month telling them to look at the doctor's disappearance. they wanted to know more about this so memphis contacted baltimore pd who have a huge file. they took the information to martis and he confessed to that killing. >>> well, redistricting will be a big topic in annapolis. there will be a public meeting this afternoon at one. a panel will submit a plan for redistricting maryland's 8th congressional district. >> that committee will submit a plan to the governor on redistricting the legislative district for state lawmakers. that plan will be submitted to the general assembly in january. >>> news time is 5:05. we deal with the snow. we do it in the winter. >> yeah. >> never in the summer. >> never. thank goodness. parts the southwest deal with a huge problem a different problem this summer. >>> now look at that. the difficulty drivers are having getting around the dust. >>> plus, firefighters have a difficul

dr. phil. >>> stay with >>> we have a new anchor today. this is vanessa, her birthday. we need you to toss it out to marty. say here's marty in the outback. >> here's marty in the outback. >> well done indeed. when i bring in, i'll bring you your own sceptor of authority. it's really steamy. 85 tomorrow. showers, thunder showers. then we start to cruise into the weekend. 92 through tuesday. the day of rain, if you want to put it that way, will be tomorrow. thank you. >> happy birthday, vanessa. >> happy birthday. >> we have a studio full of cute girls today. >> have a great day everyone a,,

marty and don, back to you guys. >>> this morning's coffee with is with chris norton. ladies and gentlemen, want to welcome chris and dr. sylvia. great to have you guys. chris, we'll get to you in a second. how important is it to have a guy like chris on your team? does it put that much more awareness on diabetes? >> absolutely. >> can the medical community not bust through a wall? >> absolutely. when stars like chris come out and help us, it's a big impact on people in the real world. they'll listen to him more than me sometimes. that's why we need the celebrities to help us. without them, we couldn't get it done. having people recognize diabetes, they share their own stories. there are people with diabetes and chris doesn't have them, but he helped a friend with diabetes. these stories really sell the point that people have to watch what they're doing to control the diabetes and getting treated and tested and so forth. >> so, they come to you. when they came to you, chris, how tough was it to make up your mind. you're a busy guy. >> i experienced a friend who, well, suffers from diabetes and at a time when i didn't k

minutes from now meantime marty talks to a british antiwar activist about his personal attempts to break the blockade of gaza especially to be next to. the world. today i'm talking to dr david how penn who says he's dedicated his life to fighting for justice in the treatment of others he's boman be opposed to the wars in iraq and afghanistan and in two thousand and three dr helping filled a boat with food and medical supplies and sailed it to gaza selling his own house to pay for it so to help in that voyage was a success and you've made subsequent trips to gaza since then has the situation improved at all. not at all you know that eighty percent of the people live below the poverty line defined as one point six dollars per head per day and fifty percent unemployed a big factor and there is no port so they cannot train goods and. they were building building reports the french was sorry not to understand in about one in two thousand that was one just as the air paul's bomb i think runs into just the start the second thought so you can see that the internment camp can't make money very easily live very ingenious and they are very industrious you've tried to help the peo