they have the support of film director michael moore. >> it has helped a lot of people. i have contributed to it. >> there are some problems with crowd funding. there is little oversight. the lawmakers may fail to deliver or use the donations for a different purpose. but in the world of independent films, crowd funding has become an accepted component of the money raising process. >> this is "bbc world news." we are back in a few minutes time and then we have all of the sports for you. i will be back with a look at the news and much more on james murdoch. stay with us. >> low pressure pulling into the atlantic on the north america, making way for quieter whether on tuesday. we are still looking at wet and windy weather for the northeastern states. behind that, a lot of cool air getting dragged into. temperatures in the low average on tuesday. the weather front bringing more rain to haiti and the dominican republic. a chance of an isolated showers. some scattered showers. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> this is kim. about to fill one of his favorit

but the news isn't good for michael moore. still suffering from a strained muscle.d be out the next six weeks. so a step back for him. kind of hurts the nats a little bit. but they're looking pretty hot. >> yes. >> a lot of fun today. >> yes. >> home opener. >> gorgeous day out. >> had to have a jacket, though. >> yes, of

michael moore was the target of some misinformation on a campaign.an mom was confused by it -- she was like, that was biased. he didn't really say those things, did he? >> i'm like yes. mushroom cloud. >> whatever! >> neil diamond gets married for though third time. 71 married his girlfriend 42. >> good for him, mozzeltoff. >> i wonder if he wrote his own vows. >> he has written some better music. >> yeah. [ nbc "nightly news" theme ] >> yeah, forever in blue jeans. >> oh my god you don't know any neil diamond. >> the dog whisperer he and his wife are getting divorced her name is illusion. the documents mention intimate personal and/or private information including details of their personal sexual relationships which must remain confidential. i think we know he likes to do it doggy style. is that really a secret [ whacky comedy music ] >> finally greg almond not on the best terms with cher. he said she has the filthiest mouth in music. and he was glad he never taught about her singing, because she is not a very good singer. i always liked her singing

but the news isn't good for michael moore. still suffering from a strained muscle.could be out the next six weeks. so a step back for him. kind of hurts the nats a little bit. but they're looking pretty hot. >> yes. >> a lot of fun today. >> yes. >> home opener. >> gorgeous day out. >> had to have a jacket, though. >> yes, of course. >> we'll be right back. need any help? uh, nope. just, uh, checking out my ad. nice. but, you know, with every door direct mail from the postal service, you'll find the customers that matter most: the ones in your neighborhood. print it yourself, or we'll help you find a local partner. and postage is under 15 cents. i wish i would have known that cause i really don't think i chose the best location. it's not so bad. i mean you got a deal... right? [ bird cries ] go online to reach every home, every address, every time with every door direct mail. >>> a clarification in our story about hillary rosen's comments regarding ann romney. 9news described her as an obama advisor. she is a democratic advisor and does not work for the obama campai

decades which includes tax hikes and a salary freeze for public sector workers but economic analyst michael moore thinks that ultimately the measures won't work. if you have a bit of a politician who was promises came true or became reality in your future i mean up and what i consider is the waters but i don't want to make the spanish government is no. only because it is pill is also impossible when you look at the private sector private sector is totally over debt mahler's bankrupt when you look at the banks over there been quite central bank bank for government also mahler's bankrupt implemented as torah to package in these circumstances so everybody will see this rule this won't work but what i see is that spain is the last nail in the euro zone coffin when politicians are talking about adjustment adjustment is such a nice word what it means in reality that people there have to become poorer when you are in government and you have to tell it to the people of the people are feeling we're becoming poorer you are in a big big difficulty this could easily lead to a domestic reaction and this could

decades which includes tax hikes and a salary freeze for public sector workers but economic analyst michael moore writes thinks that ultimately the measure is not work. if you haven't heard of a politician who's promises came true overcame we're latina future i mean not and what i can see is that what this plane want to make the spanish government is not only visited his pill it's also impossible when you look at the private sector private sector is totally over debt more or less bankrupt when you look at the banks over there bankrupt central bank bankrupt government also mourners bankrupt how can you implement an authority package in these circumstances so everybody will see it is will this won't work but what i what i see is that spain is the last nail in the euro zone coffin when politicians are talking about adjustment adjustment is such a nice word but it means in reality that people there have to become poorer when you are a government and you have to tell it to the people the people are feeling that they are becoming poorer you are in a big big difficulty this could easily lead to a domest

most draconian since the dictatorship of francisco franco thirty years ago but economic analyst michael moore austen's ultimately the measures will work. what i can see is that what this plane want to make the spanish government is not only visited to fill it's also impossible when you look at the private sector private sector is totally over a bit more or less bankrupt when you look at the banks over there been quite central bank government also manas bankrupt how can you implemented authority package in these circumstances so everybody will see it is a rule this won't work and what i what i see is that spain is the last nail in the euro zone coffin and to sions are putting about adjustment adjustment in such a nice word but it means in reality that people there have to become poorer they have to become poorer this is the adjustment that they mean so again this could easily lead to a domestic reaction and this could also trigger more problems in the other southern countries here in europe. and while oil prices around the world continue soaring amid growing tensions over the west sanctions an

allowed a church was christian congregation to use their mosque for easter services sunday reverend michael moore ram the leader of the christian con congregation asked the muslim group for permission to use their mosque and after never muslims to worship there before the group allowed for the easter sunday services the head of the league dr mehmet ali said that the group represents the true peaceful as sons of the religion of islam as reverend moran pointed out the gesture was a big step toward peace among the two religions well done the bad representative vicki hartzler partially told a crowd of constituents this week in the she has doubts over president obama's birth certificate that's right we have another birth for our hands when asked about the president's birth certificate hearts are said i have god so there really is birds of a devoted a lot of americans through yet more evidence that the birth there is will never go away and personally in my opinion it has something to do with that black guy being in the white house and. that's what they're all any and the very very ugly steve doocy on t

. >> michael moore. >> trying that out. >> isn't it weird, sarah palin is like a political version ofon. every story that you do. >> she turns up. >> coincidentally waits on the hannity show on thursday night. i met sarah palin. i have to admit, i checked her out. you know what, i took a picture with her and posted on facebook. there it is. i don't know if it makes me a bad guy? >> greg: you know what is funny, you posting pictures on facebook. and somebody took the picture. somebody helped me. this guy actually, he was protecting sarah palin. i checked her out. he wants protected dick cheney. he didn't say i checked dick out thankfully. >> greg: i think it might have been worth it. what is your take, good or bad for cartenega? >> the $800 hooker should have hit obama up for a surplus stimulus. but drafting a budget nobody else can deal with it. >> he is looking out for the american people. he is actually an american hero. the story gets better and better. >> you seem to be very disturbed about this. i'm going to represent all the women out there. >> $800 women. >> they don't count. t

that michael moore is so talented. >> only cost $25 million. jedediah, is it too late to explain the concept of opportunity to a starbucks socialist like president obama. >> yes, it is too late. he is not going to get it. class warfare is the only thing he knows. it is the only way he will get re-elected. to fight the fact that all of the policies hurt the middle class, upper class and everyone in between. this is what he knows and this is what he is about. we already had paul ryan and they were showing videos of them throwing elderly people off the cliff. >> he was president -- was vent vent -- wasn't really throwing them off. dis, the gop plan calls for $5. trillion in spending cuts. is that a radical vision as our president obama socialist says. they are adding $5 trillion to the deficit in four years which is twice the rise of size of france. this is leading from behind. what the president is not doing is radical. you know, it is easy to spend money. it is really easy to spend your own -- other people money to fix problems. if you give me 5

maybe one of the graduate michael moore, or celebrity -- jane fonda orda or 9 #% of hollywood.w the glasses. district socialist kooties -- socialist kooties. >> andrea: this is harvard law school. you need graduate degree to understand obama. if i got myself in jail, god forbid, do i call a lawyer and say what class did you take? i want a lawyer that took a classicalled understanding the commerce clause. >> kimberly: respecting the constitution. >> bob: the last time you were in jail, i bailed you out. >> greg: you also got her in jail. >> bob: the course on presidents, they had one on reagan in california. undergraduate is an elective. >> greg: not favorable. if it's a republican president it's never favorable. >> eric: maybe better if obama took understanding the supreme court. >> bob: took a course understanding what socialism is. >> andrea: obama was only a lawyer for 18 months. yeah. >> kimberly: if they want to us understand him, harvard should release his transcript. they only release this much. >> greg: i want to talk about the a.p. headline that asks who is the rich gu

to take just two examples, michael moore and noam chomsky. i admire them greatly. they have done a lot to raise awareness in the united states, to show that foreign domestic policy as currently pursued are dead ends or worse, yet both of these men assume that the problems coming from the top, from the pentagon and the corporations. which is partly true of course. the problem is that this rests on a theory of false consciousness. that is the belief that these institutions have pulled the wool over the eyes of the average american citizen to is ultimately rational and well-intentioned. i would say to them, get out and talk to some people and find out how accurate that is. sober than the solution is one of education. pull the wool away from the eyes and the citizenry will spontaneously awaken and commit itself to some sort of populist or democratic social vision. is that happening now with occupy wall street? that's an important question and i think we should talk about it

to the white house but doesn't know why she made comments during an interview with film maker michael mooreis predicting the phone hacking scandal will be found at other news corp. companies like fox news channel. news corp. owns us. >>> gotye is not at all happy with the version of his song so know on glee ♪ [ music ] ♪ it was over, but you didn't have to cut me off ♪ >> gotye said this version did not measure up he tells the australian sunday herald sun they made it sound dinky and wrong. but the glee version seems to be popular i wonder -- i guess we have heard artists say they were pleased with whatever rendition some body else did or the cover but it is supposed to be kids in high school. >> right i think you have to give your approval for them to use the song. frankly i don't hear anything wrong with it i am not a big glee fan but sounds fine to me. >> guess what he makes money off their version as well as the writer. >> so then,. >> be quiet. >> so then dinky and wrong and chaching. >> georgetown is hosting its ninth annual french market. holly shows us there is something for everyon

huntsman blamed his problem this year in part of the compliments from people like bill clinton and michael moorepens when our favorite tv shows dive into politics, foxx broadcast reaired the very first episode of the simpsons last night. they added a selective congratulations on their own. check out the alternate ending to the episode. >> what's his name? number eight. i mean santa's little helper. ♪ wow, the simpsons have a long history, of course, of blasting fox news. up next, mitt romney wants to paint the severely conservative candidate he is and not the moderate. now back to "hardball." >> welcome back to "hardball," the white house is refocussing their attack on romney, instead of flip-flop and etch-a-sketch, say el low to mitt romney, the severe conservative. it's bill clinton that has been urging the obama campaign to take this hardline for months. he quietly argued that the empty-core approach failed to capitalize on what they see as romney's vulnerableability. a more effective strategy, clinton told anyone who would listen, would be to focus exclusively on romney's description of hims

part on the compliments he got from those to his left, people like bill clinton and filmmaker michael moorehink that's his problem? i don't know. >>> now what happens when our favorite tv shows dive into politics. fox broadcast rear-aired the ve first episode of "the simp sons" last night. check out the odd ending to the episode. >> what's his name? santa's little helper. >> wow. the simpsons have a long history, of course, of blasting fox news. >>> up next, the obama campaign wants to paint mitt romney as the severely conservative candidate that he wants during the primaries, not the moderate he might try to be during the general election. this is "hardball." ♪ to check your credit score before it gets too late ♪ ♪ and you end up strapped for cash ♪ ♪ patching your board with duct tape ♪ ♪ so hit free-credit-score-dot-com ♪ ♪ find out what credit's about ♪ ♪ or else you could be headed for a credit wipeout ♪ offer applies with enrollment in freecreditscore.com™. [ sneezes ] [ male announcer ] you may be an allergy muddler. try zyrtec® for powerful allergy relief. and zyrtec® is different t

she made the comments during an interview with film maker michael moore. >>> remember this guy? noah wyle, you can't really see him there. he was handcuffed and arrested along with more than 100 members of the group adapt. they were protesting in the rotunda of the con nonhouse office building on capitol hill. he and member of the group are urging congress not to cut medicaid. >>> a new legal battle for accused white house dinner crasher tareq salahi. the virginia attorney general filed a lawsuit against him and two companies involved in virginia wine tour.com. there it is. the ag claims they violated a state consumer protection act. they are accused of not delivering tours as promised and not providing refunds after canceling tours. >>> the washington nats tonight begin a six-game road trip and while they're gone, nationals park will be the scientist a big relimbous event. this thing is going to be packed, no doubt. ministers joel and victoria osteen will host america's night of hope at the stadium this coming saturday night. this morning, joel osteen will be a guest on fox 5 m

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second story i wanted to talk about, susan sarandon is sitting with michael moore being interviewed.e of the interviews, she says yeah, hi phone was tapped at some point in time. i was denied a security clearance to the white house. what more do you know about that this? >> she said she read her fbi file. susan sarandon is one of those really vocal politically opinionated celebrities. even i consult celebrities on this from time to time. the things you don't talk about, not to ail yat your fan base is politics and religion. when you do, you not only risk our chance of ill nate yating your fan base but you can red flag. hough she's a liberal and very much an open democrat, i wouldn't want her hanging out at the white house, too, if i was president barack obama. >> celebrities are allowed to obien. i guess we won't ultimaty know if they were tapping her phones. appreciate you, thank you. let's go to the top of the hour. >>> troopers in a death race.

michael from liver moore says he was heart broken to hear about it. today he offered a replacement. he said the generous made a date, he uses the instrument for demonstrations and lectures. the owners of a chain bay area restaurant played more than $2 million restitution as part of their sentence on federal regulation -- the chain was focus of federal raid we covered back in 2008. marine know and nicole was -- admitted disclosed income from their resident and paying employees under the table. he said sentenced to more than 3 years in prison. sentence today year and a half way house. immigrants advocates are vowing to use the may day rallies to put immigration reform back in the spotlight. organizers say during next tuesday's may day return to the goals they set in 2006. that year the san jose marked through 100,000 participants. this year they'll have some added muscle. occupy groups plan to join the march. protesters plan to gather at king and story roads at 3:00 p.m. then march to san jose city hall. a day long hearing at the san francisco planning commission is still underway ove

but this president's not going to do it because he has a commitment to the moveon.org and the michael moore and all the far left environmental extremists. he's going to try to do that and hold them together for their election and therefore using the same thing over and over again. let's not forget that this thing about, it would take ten years before it would be reflected. it's just outrageous. >> we'll go back and we're going to crunch the numbers. we're going to crunch the numbers independently, as well. we'll keep this conversation going because, we'll have you back. we always love talking to you. republican from the state of oklahoma, thank you, sir, appreciate it. >>> christine has other headlines for us. hey, good morning. >> good morning, soledad. a female soldier stationed at ft. bragg in north carolina may be in danger this morning. army first class kelli bordeaux was last seen as at a fayetteville bar early saturday morning. her sister says she's not the type to go awol. >> she joined the military because she knew that was going to better her life. so, she just did the best she co

according to several reports she and michael moore were holding a q and a session at the festival andasked if they thought they were under surveillance and these when she said her phone been tapped and discover the tap when she requested her own file twice under the freedom of information act and she also said she was recently denied security clearance to visit the white house. as we know, sarandon has been extremely active in all sorts of protests against the government including policies regarding the war in iraq and other things. she has been arrested in the past for protests. right now, carol, we haven't been able to get any official response from the fbi or the white house but we're working on it. stranger things have happened. the most famous of these cases of course john lennon had an fbi file on him. he wasn't up to no good as far as we knew. >> right, he wasn't. okay. keep digging. thanks. a.j. will be back with us in the next hour to give us all of the details on lindsay lohan's new movie. we're back in a minute. cuban cajun raw seafood pizza parlor french fondue tex-mex fro

and jim tweets, film maker michael moore checking in with his broker. >> they should be discussing theher it's a good thing or bad thing. >> google is down 2.5% at this hour. it certainly hasn't caught a break since it has reported earnings. >> the quarter was decent. there were questions and concerns about that plan. >> and cost to issue the shares. >> right. >> and we had an analyst on friday, one in particular who disputed the notion but i don't know if other shareholders are buying into that. >> how about apple? apple keeps going down. >> apple is at 594. it's down by 2% so far. that's weighing on the nasdaq here. we are in the red versus the gains that we are seeing on the dow as well as s&p 500. there you have it in a nutshell. it's big cap technology weighing on the s&p 500. it's being offset by the strength in financial shares and caterpillar but technology is having a hard go of it today. >> and that's where people are. it's kind of stunning to see apple go down every day after seeing it go up every day. >> exactly. we'll see. >>> trading day is much more young. much more "squ

. >> to be followed up by a guy named michael moore who went on television who said, that huntsman guy to be followed up by jimmy carter, that huntsman guy, i think i could support him. to be followed by bill clinton, he's a republican i think i can support. we were toasted in iowa by that time. >> but you were out there for a good while. the voters got to know you and yet you couldn't get out of that single digit range. wasn't there something else at work? how do you see it when you look back on it? >> i would say if you get out from the early caucuses and primaries which don't have a lot of people that turn out and participate, if you get out to those stuck in the middle and say, where's my voice, who's representing me, where are the issues that i care about? we just didn't get far enough in the campaign i think to connect to that. >> what mistakes did you make? obviously, there's nothing like running for president. you obviously, the first time around, everybody makes big mistakes the first time around. that's why very few people get elected the first time around. what were your mis

him awake after the bad news a couple years reading to those kindergartners if you ever saw that michael moore movie is quite a scene. but here's the point and is are we really focus, not just saying we are focused about jobs, but are we focused about creating jobs now in the kind of economy we are in any global economy, where countries like china won't embrace an awful lot of what china is, but we can embrace is really an aggressive desire to generate economic dvd that leads to the bottom line. so consider the contrast when we bring nissan to tennessee or bring honda somewhere come your habit at the plan. you probably give them land. summerlike jennifer is this what you the disincentive in that it then it and don't go next door to alabama or tennessee. come to life. and the deal was struck. but when gm goes to china and has a lot to work with you, the joint venture, build some cars, just like your asian friends are selling cars to our people, let's strike up a little deal. who do you think owns that operation? china. china owns half. shanghai motors. shanghai motors is owned by the city of sh

him awake after the bad news a couple years reading to those kindergartners if you ever saw that michael moore movie is quite a scene. but here's the point and is are we really focus, not just saying we are focused about jobs, but are we focused about creating jobs now in the kind of economy we are in any global economy, where countries like china won't embrace an awful lot of what china is, but we can embrace is really an aggressive desire to generate economic dvd that leads to the bottom line. so consider the contrast when we bring nissan to tennessee or bring honda somewhere come your habit at the plan. you probably give them land. summerlike jennifer is this what you the disincentive in that it then it and don't go next door to alabama or tennessee. come to life. and the deal was struck. but when gm goes to china and has a lot to work with you, the joint venture, build some cars, just like your asian friends are selling cars to our people, let's strike up a little deal. who do you think owns that operation? china. china owns half. shanghai motors. shanghai motors is owned by the city of sh

him awake after the bad news a couple years reading to those kindergartners if you ever saw that michael moorevie is quite a scene. but here's the point and is are we really focus, not just saying we are focused about jobs, but are we focused about creating jobs now in the kind of economy we are in any global economy, where countries like china won't embrace an awful lot of what china is, but we can embrace is really an aggressive desire to generate economic dvd that leads to the bottom line. so consider the contrast when we bring nissan to tennessee or bring honda somewhere come your habit at the plan. you probably give them land. summerlike jennifer is this what you the disincentive in that it then it and don't go next door to alabama or tennessee. come to life. and the deal was struck. but when gm goes to china and has a lot to work with you, the joint venture, build some cars, just like your asian friends are selling cars to our people, let's strike up a little deal. who do you think owns that operation? china. china owns half. shanghai motors. shanghai motors is owned by the city of shang

in michael moore's film, "bowling for columbine," he searches for the truths behind the notorious columbineshootings. in it he asks, why not use gandhi's way? he didn't have guns and he beat the british empire. we have shown you one virginia tech student who is pro-gun before the shootings and after the shootings. here's another student from the same school with a different opinion entirely. >> no, i don't think the second amendment is necessary. i feel like back when it was created in the bill of rights, like state militias were needed to fight off the federal government if they got out of hand, and also to like just to protect themselves personally. and nowadays there's no need for that. there's no state militias or anything, except for hunting there's no real reason, if guns were illegal nobody would need to protect themselves from guns. >> yes. i'd say before the tech shootings i was wavering, kind of. i didn't really have too strong of an opinion, but after seeing the possibilities somebody could have of harming 70 people, it just makes more sense to make it illegal for citizens to hav

governor o'malley, house speaker, michael bush, will get together at the mansion to discuss a special session. moore broke the impag pass by sending a letter as a compromise to the budget. and the shift in the cost to teacher pensions. the governor responded by saying, "i appreciate your willingness to complete the general assembly's budget. i have never known a session to end with a perfect result. concluding, the budget would be a positive step forward. >> baltimore employees will have to pay more for health care. right now they pay 20% of premiums for health care insurance. they pay no ductible and are charged no co-pay for most of the medical care they receive. employees would pay an annual ductible of $250. they will also pay 10% of medical bills. their premiums would remain about the same cost. city employees represented in red have heart disease, diabetes, and hyper tension two to three times higher than normal. as a result, they want to encourage employees to switch to an h.m.o. and focus on prevention. >> we'll take you to the fair. >> and disaster at towson university. what prompted that m

except for the ball mitch mor moore land tossed out last night. that brought tears. >> oh michael-- oh, my god. they can't give it to the kid. >> reporter: this saturday kid. 3-year-old cameron. he really loves baseball. >> i hit a home run. >> >> he likes it. he has liked it since before he was even able to like it. >> reporter: last time, cameron got a ball. >> he's 3. so there might have been an expectation that every time he goes down there, he get a ball. >> reporter: they had no idea his disappointment, though, was playing out on national tv. it wasn't as bad as it looked, they said. cameron calmed down. and later, another fan gave him a ball, and his parents said he even comparing it with the couple sitting next to them. >> we actually feel bad for them because of all of the bad press. >> reporter: and how does cameron remember it? >> i was crying and stuff. >> reporter: but he said it was more because it was so loud. he was back to baseball today, pretending to be his favorite player. >> reporter: jason allen, cbs news. >> he is so cute. oh, my goodness. and he's a great s

where's mike moore? michael. thank you for coming. we will send you back so you can take care of russia. he is here now as new zealand's ambassador and doing a phenomenal job. [applause] because i'mthe time taking it from the experts who are here. let me turn this over to meredith broadbent. david is going to be with us on april 26. he wants to deliver a major address on this point. let me turn to meredith. >> thank you. thank you for coming today. this is an event we all look forward to. next year we need to order two tables, so it can be like "the match game." this is an exceptional group of talent. they have taken their time to give us their views on the prairies for the u.s. trade agenda. my assumption is that there is a huge amount of agreement among these six individuals that have served as the trade representative's under four different presidents. they are here because they care about the role that trade place in strengthening the global position of the united states. for those in our electronic audience, this is a cabinet lev

michael kay. remember that name for a minute. the couple kept the ball. guy by the name of sean leonard, his e-eun see shannon mooreet married attending their first rangers game. as time would have it, they're expected to be married on saturday. first they sat down, this became such a big story, sit-down interview with the local news station wfaa in ft. worth. >> it's very hurtful, especially when you know you wouldn't intentionally hurt somebody or hurt their feelings, especially a little toddler. he seemed to be maybe 3, 2 years old. very small. >> the irony of the situation, had we seen that he was upset, had we even known for an instant, and there's not a person that knows us that wouldn't agree that we would have given the ball to the child. >> okay. seems to be a pretty heart felt apology. they said they didn't see him. but they went on to say they want an apology from that yankee announcer michael kay, the guy whose voice you heard on the clip we heard who said, he took an event, sensationalized it and never checked or validated the facts. because of michael kay that blew up into a national story. they want

michael chang, remember them. also, some actors, forest whittaker and julianne moore will be reading stories to the kids who will be theme about schools, carol, are you ready for a quiz? >> i'm ready. >> reporter: you like these, right? >> i love them. >> reporter: one of the request es i always get when you say you are covering this event is when did this all get started? who was the first president that started this annual tradition. so i throw the question to you. was it, number one, president madison, president lincoln, or president hayes? >> i am going with hayes. >> reporter: you would be correct. the official easter egg roll began in 1878. there are unofficial egg rolls that took place. it is kind of squishy as to when the unofficial tradition began. you are correct, that is when, he was the president when the first official easter egg roll took place here at the the white house. then, one other question, because no quiz is complete without more than one question. the second one being, has it ever been canceled? >> i am going to say yes. >> reporter: you would be correct again. so you get an a plus for this