and today at the daily news. s.e. cupp from new york, good morning. thanks for being here. >> good morning. thanks for having me. >> here is what you got in the new york daily new this is morning. time to take the lead in syria. diplomacy has only led to more slaughter. what do you think the u.s. should do? >> well, the military analysts i've spoken to and heard from have enumerated a number of different possibilities from arming the rebels to working more diplomatically with turkey and jordan, our allies in the area and a number of other avenues we could take. clearly, what we're doing right now, allowing kofi annan and the u.n. to enact this, quote, unquote, six-point peace plan simply isn't working. and that's because he does not want peace. he wants to remain in power above all else and will do it at the expense of innocent women and children. for the insurgents, it's clear they don't want peace either. they want him gone. there's nothing peaceful about ousting a dictator. it's not going to make everyone happy. we have to look at our interests in

i worked at the new york daily news. stories that would put you to sleep.ne about stamp collecting. [laughter] i was writing jokes for comedians and my first job was the tonight show the. tavis: you go from the daily news, but you end up writing on the tonight show. you read and up writing for the sobol, dick van dyke, -- lucille ball, dick van dyke. that is a heck of a rebound. tavis: joey was the rat pack. they helped me. they did not pay me a lot of money. they paid me and food. finally, the tonight show paid me actual money. jack and you just that people. every time, the dick van dyke show -- they would not hire me at first. they thought we were joke my stirs -- meisters. even lucy, not with desi. she was nervous all the time. she was very nice to us after a few improvements. tavis: is there a better training ground for a writer? you could have not asked for -- it is like a tutorial. >> it is a good way to go. lucy taught me about the physical comedy and dick van dyke was all verbal. it helped me when i got to create my own shows. i sensed which way to

. >>> my story in the papers today is someone who grew up in long island reading the daily news and nework post every day. the story of peter bud zaccaro, former mob hitman, the daily news delicately called it, a mob rat. he is testifying in federal trial and says that the thing that's wrong with the mafia is that john gotti ruined it because he made it too much, too flashy in the papers too much. >> wanted to be a celebrity. >> i think he's right. >> that is right. >> is that what ruined it or was it like the killing people part? >> i think that part has been consistent across all time. and then it was the then trying to bring the fame to the killing people part that kind of ruined it. all bad. >> wasn't it james gandolfini who made it popular? >> oh, "the sopranos." >> who is playing gotti? john travolta, coming soon to theaters near you. >> i didn't know that. >>> breaking news to get to in the case of etan patz. 6-year-old boy who disappeared, you might remember, more than three decades ago. police now say they have someone in custody. not many details. we'll tell you what the new y

." >>> joining me today is david corn of mother jones, new york daily news columnist s.e. ork daily news and se cupp's boss, and former senior adviser to the obama/biden 2008 campaign, patty doyle. when you are bad mouthing someone for monthshat do you serve when they come for lunch? george w. bush and his father and the former first ladies will sit down to eat with president obama and mrs. obama. the former presidents are at the white house for the unveiling of bush 43's portraits. adding tension to the lunch is the fact that while the president is running against mitt romney, he's never quite stopped campaigning against former president bush. >> i will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place. somehow he and his friends in congress think that the same bad ideas will lead to a different result. >> when you hear somebody say we should cut more taxes especially for the wealthiest american, well, we did that, 2000, 2001, 2003. we tried a lot of these ideas for nearly a decade.

." >>> joining me today is david corn of mother jones, new york daily news columnist s.e. ork daily news and se cupp's boss, and former senior adviser to the obama/biden 2008 campaign, patty doyle. when you are bad mouthing someone for months what do you

the washington post," "historic step by obama on statement-sex marriage" and here's the "new york daily news," "gay okay" on the front page there. and "usa today" this morning, president takes sides on police call gamble and "the washington times" "obama buckles on gay marriage." and inside the wall street journal, after evolutions, obama backs gay marriage. here's a little bit of the story. polls show america's views on gay marriage are shifting faster than for many other hot button issues, 47% in favor according to a march news poll up from 41% in 2009. some 40% of americans oppose gay marriage. other surveys show similar levels of backing for same-sex marriage but some show opposition to have nearly equal support. in a recent gallup poll, 50% approved of gay marriage while 48% opposed it. voters have enacted bans on gay marriage in a number of battle ground states that will decide the 2012 election them, among them ohio and florida. that's from morning. romney reaffirms opposition to marriage or unions for gay couples, mitt romney was in oklahoma city yesterday and here's what he had to s

i want to bring up -- collin miler, the editor in chief of "the daily news," used to be with "news of the world." yesterday uk lawmakers issued a report saying rupert murdoch is "not fit and proper to run news cor cor corp." is mr. miler fit? >> i am note familiar with ael us a expects of what's gone on in london. all i can say sim's familiar with the role of collin miler in all of this. i'm very confident in the outcome. it's just one of several reports. there will be other reports that will come out. i have total cough dense in him. he's a great editor, a great colleague and a man of total integrity so i am completely comfortable with colin miler and i think the entire staff at "the lady news" shares that view. he's being a transformative editor and i think we're all appreciative of all that he's done for the newspaper. >> if that situation changes, will you re-evaluate his position with "the daily news"? >> listen. if the policies of the obama administration change, i would be very surprised. i don't think there's going to be any changes in what i believe i know and what i expect s

i had think we go with our winner, "the new york daily news" -- you can read that one for yourself at the new york knicks postseason went from bad to worse in the span of a foo few minutes after getting blown out by the heat, amar'e stoudemire could be done for the playoffs following an incident moments after game two last night. we'll get it that in a bit. first, highlights from the game, second quarter, knicks down four, when jr smith finds carmelo anthony who woke up for this game. inbound pass and the dunk, knicks got only two there, but a minute later, lebron from the ball, drives from halfcourt, bucket and the foul, miami up six at the break. heat begin to pull away. knicks were closer this one, but they don't have enough for the heat. lebron finds chris bosh, makes a long three there. heat win the game, 104-94. up two games to none in the series. after the game, amar'e stoudemire seen leaving the arena with his arm in a sling. here's the apparent story, sources say he smashed the glass case on a fire extinguisher with his hand out of frustration, punched the glass, leaving a la

foxconn told the daily news they were tooling up factories to get ready to build that television. >>> markets seem to be able to shrug off concern over jp morgan chase. the company said they managed to lose $2 million in a couple weeks over bad bets placed on derivativ derivatives. a new rule will stop banks from making those sorts of bets. and double irony, head of jp morgan chase opposed those new rules. >>> speaking of giant piles of money, an analyst answered the question we all wanted to know. how much money would you need to swim in it like scrooge mcduck. more math, figuring every cubic inch is an ounce of gold, $10 billion. jumps to over $30 billion. >> thank you, scott. >>> an exhibit named plant sawyer us rex opened in san francisco. we thought it was an odd name. we sent bob redell there to sort it out. bob, what's going on? >> reporter: good morning, marla. brand new exhibit, just opened in the conservatory of flowers, features plants that came to be before or during the time of dinosaurs, or what john would refer to as the second grade. >> hey hey hey! hey! >> reporter: s

shows including fox news, mbc, cnn, msnbc, fox business and c-span, dubbed the scribe by new york daily news, he was co author of dick armey. please help me welcome matt kibbie to introduce c.l. bryant. [ applause ] >> how you guys doing? does anyone here believe in freedom? does anyone here think that the government spending too much money it doesn't have? okay. here's the test. does anyone think sometimes as frustrating as it is that maybe you have to beat the republicans before you can beat the democrats? i just wanted to make sure we were in the right place. later on today after lunch, we are showing the colorado premiere of a movie that i am really proud of called "run away slave." that will be showing right after lunch. i got to tell you, money back guarantee, it's worth your time. it's powerful. up might get a little choked up, but you're definitely going to be fired up after you see this movie. so, please, if you can, stay for that movie. i first met c.l. on september 12th, 2009. we had both walked from freedom plaza 1.3 miles up to the capitol for what turned out to be the largest f

a reporter with the new york daily news explained that pedro hernandez appeared before a court by video link from hospital. >> he was arraigned today from his hospital bed as he was taken to the hospital earlier for medication for a pre-existing physical ailment. at that point, however, he started making statements about wanting to kill himself. he has been placed under a psychiatric suicide watch. he was arraigned from his bedside and charged with second- degree murder. >> his lawyer said he suffers from hallucinations, that he is not mentally stable. is that correct? would he have to have at -- would he have to have had a psychiatric evaluation for him to say that or can the lawyers say is anyway? >> there was some speculation before today that that was the case. his family has said he is bipolar. today, in court, the lawyer said he was bipolar, schizophrenic, and also suffers from hallucinations. no documentation has yet been provided. given what we heard yesterday from family members, i think it is clear he has had mental health issues in the past. as a result of that, there are que

panelists this evening include bob dore, news director for the radio stations of the dore county daily news in sturgeon bay. erin davison reporter, anchor for wfrb tv green bay. and a reporter anchor for wtjt tv milwaukee. we'll begin with a 1:30 minute opening statement. first, from governor walker. >> thanks, john. thanks to the panel and most of all thanks to all of you for tuning in all across the state of wisconsin. two years ago i ran for governor because wisconsin faced both an economic and a fiscal crisis. at the time we had lost more than 100,000 jobs and the state faced more than a $3 billion budget deficit. we knew we had to take action. we balanced that budget without raising taxes, without massive layoffs and without cuts in medicare. we added money to medicare. the program that fund badger care and family care we put more money in the medicare than any governor in wisconsin history. instead we chose to balance our bug through long-term structural reforms to help to balance not just our state budget, but our local government budgets as well. what we did was thinking more about

new york daily news reports that beyonce was originally going to perform two shows but two more were added due to demand. tickets have been going now for upwards of $1700. >>> iphone users beware. the question you may ask siri. >> the concern this morning over the possibility of siri storing and eventually releasing your sensitive data. >>> if you're in the u and your into some national parks for free this weekend. >>reporter: we do have our first accident of the morning, it's in baltimore county right at nottingham on bel aire road at rossville boulevard. if you are headed out to the beltway, no concerns in parkville, as we check in and take a look at hartford road, no delays, not at that many cars out there just yet. if you are headed to the beach, getting a start on the memorial day travels, everything is clear. here's the southern river bridge. it will be a nice ride across the bay bridge heading down toward the beaches. stay wus, there is much more to come. you are watching "good morning maryland." çñç?ç?çñçwçñçwç?ó?çwçñó?ç?çñó?çw >>> 5:44. a look at your top stories this mornin

that would be hal steinbrenner denying a story in the "new york daily news" that the yankees are for e a smart move especially after the dodgers were sold for more than $2 billion and the yankees are getting old. >> they have a new collective bargaining agreement. there's nothing now that's going to change those finances. i think the yankees don't need to sell and they're not going to sell. >> need to sell? should they sell? >> i have to say buying sports teams is the new cool thing for hedge funds that everybody's been talking about it. you had einhorn, the guggenheim partners, this is what people want to do. it's a steady stream of income -- >> but do you wait until we find out if guggenheim and the dodgers are successful before you get in? >> then it's too late. the price goes up. you have to be daring. in a zero interest rate environment, people are looking for yield and sports teams give them yield. >> don't most earn a loss annually? >> yes. for the most part. tv network that's another story. yankees do run at a loss. they lose $40 million to $60 million a year. >> on annual rev

the "daily news," huge hefner. >>> russia and china vow to block any action on syria.s the next move for the u.s.? we'll debate it with the "morning joe" crew. >>> and when we come back we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch president obama turn all fan boy on the great bob dylan. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios actually it can. neutrogena® ultra sheer provides unbeatable uva uvb protection and while other sunscreens can feel greasy ultra sheer® is clean and dry. it's the best for your skin. ultra sheer®. neutrogena®. >>> the top of the show, we told you about the response from russia, china and politicians here at home to the massacre in syria last week that left more than 100 people dead. yesterday, the white house said the united states does not plan to provide military aid to syrian rebels, despite calls for mitt romney and senator john mccain to do so. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends the syrian army i

mama's from his childhood in the middle of the night she helped him deliver the sunday morning daily newson paper with the rest of the leakey says that his first job in the news business. >>> and is still working way downstairs. >>> bob sent in this christmas fun of and his family missed and that and mom's lap. to equate to his digs are worse than by the way as a great photo. did we its >>> and mac index snapped this photo of mom and her granddaughter. and finally a shot from 1998 to attract a producer gian franco. that is her mom and your brother james the beautiful family there. did we would love to share your photos of mom along with your city and your favorite memory of mom and research for cbs san francisco facebook and will stress a more photos drop the mornings to stay tuned for that. >>> time now for 57 is supposed to be the tallest building in america. by that distinction may now be out of reach for the new world trade center. >>> and meth by mel the elaborate scheme to smuggle the drugs into a california jail. also gas prices are about to go up big time the major increase and wh

the "new york daily news" is reporting that almost 40% of emergency calls in 2010 were butt dials.olice responded to 3.5 million homes because of the accidental calls. >>> if you're curious to how this happened. got your iphone and it's on the lock screen. if you got your lock screen on and you have to put in a password lower left hand corner, that's an emergency phone call. that dials 911. >> did not know that. that's how it's happening. >> never butt dialed 911 though. >>> all right, well pretty bad scene in boston in the neighborhood there. a car smashes through a house. >> coming up in just a bit if that wasn't bad enough crews had the deal with -- to deal with, wait until you hear who was behind the wheel. >> an adorable 2-year-old girl pulled off the plane, because she was on the no-fly list. how that happened and why her parents are thinking they were targeted. >> they're alligators, they were stopping traffic though and you had to pay attention though didn't you? that's not too hard to notice. lynette? >> some much-needed rain but we need some more. that's coming up. >> we

kansas city, back pages of the new york papers this morning, "the post," mo down, and new york daily newsexit sandman. a day that will live in infamy, mariano rivera shagging balls in the outfield during batting practice falls awkwardly trying to make the catch. you say a-rod saying oh, my god, oh, my god. the diagnosis, yep, a torn acl. rivera's season is over. now the question is, is his career over? his mlb record streak of 15 consecutive seasons with 20 saves or more is over. his baseball future is in jeopardy, an emotional rivera spoke after the game last night. >> just have to deal with it. >> do you think you'll come back and pitch again? >> at this point, i don't know. at this point i don't know. we have to face this first. >> he actually thought it was a twisted knee. they went to a hospital in kansas city to find out it was, in fact, a torn acl. he'd said in his preseason already that this might be his last season. now this season is over, so what does that mean? is his career over? numbers alone cannot tell the full story of what mariano rivera has meant to the yankees over the

the editor, to the famously racist fred sullens, editor of the famously, viciously racist jackson daily news. so i had come 1,100, 1,200 miles and had no job and did not want to tuck my tail between my legs, having told everybody in cambridge that i was going to be a star reporter in mississippi. they found a job on the smallest daily in the state, which was in west point. and i went over there and, in a way, had a magnificent year. i learned so much. a small town, a completely different experience having to learn how to deal with ordinary people and seeing the complexity of ordinary people and working in alien circumstances, something that served anybody who covered civil rights well and, later, vietnam well. i mean, it was an extraordinary year. and then i was lucky enough to work on what i think-- and john would agree-- was the best-known national newspaper in the country and probably the best newspaper in the south, the nashville tennessean, for four years. we had a great tradition on that paper, and we had made that state different from other states. it was a border state, but we had a

times," "new york daily news," "new york post," fox news, "huffington post."od to be true. a polish television station says it was a hoax. ouch. >>> this one's weird but true. the houston chronicle fired reporter sarah tress letter after the rival houston press revealed that she works on the side as a stripper. oh, and she writes a blog, diary of an angry stripper. she has filed a discrimination complaint against the chronicle and hired gloria allred. >> i don't believe that i should have been terminated because of a claim that i did not disclose on my employment application that i worked as an exotic dancer. there was no question on the form that covered my dancing. >> cot chronicle just have been red-faced over her outside employment? >>> as the new york rangers were to set to face off against the washington capitals in the nhl playoffs, the post carried this article, a cap on the season, floss game six sends d.c. home for the summer except some hockey fan of the tabloid was skating on thin ice. the caps won game six but did lose the series last night, now t

. >> here are some statistics from the "new york daily news" about facebook as their ipo is getting ready to launch. 901 million monthly users. 53% fooemale. 47% male. 20 minutes spent per visit on average. 300 million photos are uploaded to facebook daily. 3.2 billion likes and comments per day. 526 million daily users on facebook. the number one most searched for word in search engines -- facebook. and $1 billion in revenue during the first three months of 2012. and that translates into $205 in profits. dayton, ohio, kathleen, democrat thanks for holding on. you're on the air. >> caller: could you tell me how mr. saverin benefited from becoming a citizen of the u.s., and could you explain further if he would have maintained his citizenship what his taxes would have been like in regard to maintaining citizenship in regard to facebook. and then the other question i have is if there was a constitutional amendment that took money out of elections, which most americans, dems, republicans alike should be calling their reps about, if there was such an amendment pass, the way i understand it is

and matt lewis and s.e.cupp of "the new york daily news." we are joined by a columnist for the nation and welcome. >> hi. thank you for having me. >> for those who don't know you, could you explain the people you write for? who's your audience and what topics do you frequently write about? >> well, i write a lot about -- i write about politics, books, culture. i write about feminist issues and women's issues. and things that are in the news, but every now and then i review a book or a movie. it's pretty much what i want it to be. as far as who reads it, well, of course, i hope i reach an audience of millions and millions but realistically i mostly reach people who are on the left end of the political spectrum. >> your column most recent deals with the topic of wage theft. for those who haven't had the benefit of reading it, can you encapsulate what you were talking about in the column? >> oh, yeah this is the shocking thing. as if it's not bad enough that low-wage workers are very low paid, and that a lot of them are undocumented immigrants

. >> he is so hot that the equator -- i am here with the new york daily news columnist and co-host on fox news channel. and if insightful commentary was a ski lift i would slowly ride him before getting off. it is michael money gnaw han, the managing editor. and my repulsive sidekick, bill schulz. and he was the star of "battle star galactica" and" the a team" a legend and first time guest dirk benedict. that was great. and he is not worth a dime because his articles are slime. good to see you, pinch. >> scientists have found a livering, breathing example of the composite girlfriend in the obama tomb "dreams of my father" and you are looking at it. that's right, it is me. what i lack in appendages i more than make up for in mouth. it is more like dreams of my paper, am i right, mr. president? >> thank you. >> you are welcome. >> no idea what that meant. >>> did he muddle the truth of a girl from his youth. and barack obama's 1995 auto-biography "get er done" the life of me, barack obama future president of the usa, he writes about a new york girlfriend and describing her appearance an

chairman rch and publisher of "new york daily news "and commentator on mclaughlin group and equally perhaps, an ct aive member of iran task force. sitting to his left is ambassador dennis roth. dennis is counselor right now at the washington institute for policy, recently served several years as special assistant to president obama, and national security counsel senior director foresen tram region. also, dennis has, was, involved in our first iran task force several years ago. it's good to have dennis back in the building. steve radamaker, on his left, a principle of podesta group, served as assistant secretary of state from 2002 to 2006 heading various bureaus at the state department including the bureau of arms control and the bureau of international security nonproliferation. steve has been also an active member of our iran task force for the last 4t 1/2 years. to his left, ambassador nick burns. he was, he's currently professor of the diplomacy and international politics at the harvard kennedy school. also a foreign service officer for 27 years culminating in his position at under secre

here we see victor slauson of the chicago daily news. these two did not see eye to eye on much, but they did agree that thompson was a corrupt person danger still long-term prospects . the most insidious enemy was frank aladdin the, the highly respected governor of illinois, a former friend of the mayor he had been elected governor in 1916 by striking a deal with the organization for their political support. now that he was actually in the state house to consider himself of machine politics. so naturally they regarded him as a trader. in a particular spot in 1919. he had his eye on the republican nomination in the 1920 presidential alexian. to have any hope of success you'd have to cultivate a release not solely alienate his former friend who would be an important power broker at the nominating convention. so he found themselves shutting a thin line to my hoping to keep relations mitchell enough that the mayor would not actively working against him. the presidential. so 1919, so i would prove to be a turning point. after many months of t

had their recent editor of huffington post canada mortimer zuckerman publisher of and why daily news and admin clarke c.e.o. and president of t.d. bank henry kissinger and david rockefeller are involved as the honorary members of the building steering committee which is responsible for selectively carefully selecting the attendees every year some of called the builder group a harmless think tank or just a discussion group but those have been following it for years so there is something much more sinister at the root of the claim the group gets together to plan policy for a new world order global domination of the subjugation of the rest of humanity according to a recent poll that drudge over fifty percent of the pollsters agreed that the builder hosts the real power master elites of the world unfortunately you won't hear much of a peep about the group's dealings or even the existence of the group on the corporate media this is because the media moguls that have attended are sworn to secrecy just check out what david rockefeller has said in his coverage or in his memoir multi-billiona

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i'm chris haze here with columbia linguistics professor of the new york daily news. om news week. jonathan hothead and author of the righteous mind. why good people are divided. and chris mooney, author of the republican brain the science and why they deny science and reality. we're talking about the ways in which people do their plight cal and eyed logical reasoning is the common topic here. >> liberals appears to be in certain personality traits are highly coraltive. >> moderately correlated with certain eye dee logical dispositions. and then how though eh glom rate to a political ageneral can. da. the key insight from which both books spring is the fact that we don't reason in the enlightenment molt mode of i throw out a reason, you throw out a reason. no. those intuitions are formed by all sorts of things. berne bernellty, relationships, our cultural embeddedness. once we do we say this is sacred or this is important, i like equality, then we use our reasons to come up with things that our intuition tells us. if that is the landscape warix does that do? and i'm go

current events viewers are less informed than those that watch other networks the come comedy news the daily show and even americans that watch no news at all and when it comes to domestic issues fox viewers were no better off once again scoring the lowest when asked questions about what's happening here at home interesting for a station that consistently takes the top spot for viewership gratings so what's going on here and where our viewers turning to instead and could alternative news be giving the mainstream of run for their money or to correspond a marina point in iowa explores. he's the most trusted fictional name in news the lead character of h.b.o.'s upcoming series newsroom is on a mission to tell the truth in the face of u.s. corporate and commercial pressures are you aware of what makes the greatest country in the world i don't know what you're sending their lives and their work in the world of nonfiction morgan holding its annual shareholders meeting america's corporate owned news networks that rarely challenge the status quo might want to take some cues from h.b.o.'s fake show a

not the daily news. i wanted it to be "the new york times." i thought for the long-term, that would be the best position to be in. even if the ratings weren't the greatest, if you had the most prestige and you were the network that everybody turned to in times of a crisis, that that was the most important position in this business. >> that is still true. there's no question. i've been here 17 months now. when there's a big story, when i first got here, there was an avalanche of huge stories. when that happens, it's gratifying that the cnn ratings sore. the issue is what happens when there's a lengthy period of not much news? >> the world is a big place. and i'm out of the country a good bit traveling internationally. and i watch cnn international all over the world. i probably see it as much or more than cnn domestic. and i think they are doing an excellent job. their programming for the world, and i can understand the difficulty programming for the u.s. audience here, it's a real challenge to do. >> let's talk about some news. what do you mak

into a tanning booth banned from a chain of east coast tanning salons according to the new york daily newsin it that issued the band appears to be pre-emptive effort to steer clear of bad publicity if she ever does try to use the facilities. decides to challenge the band has to prove unlawful purpose behind it. tom skilling in the weather center great news but the next seven days. >> tomorrow could be the third warmest day of the month to 80 degree temperatures on the second and third. turning cooler after that here is a simulated satellite animation driven by the model creates what looks like satellite image. you can see by 5:00 tomorrow sunshine gathering to the west in here by saturday morning mostly cloudy saturday peaks of sunshine and mother's day cloud settled itself as the day goes on. longer talking rainfall icons show you reports of heavy weather icons most northern reports with raindrops have it ran a look at the tornado reports down through texas and across into florida waterspouts near marathon florida. active weather high pressure pushing the warm air up to the lakefront fron

not -- not the daily news. i wanted it to be "the new york times." and i thought that for the long term, that would be the best position to be in. even if the ratings weren't the greatest. if you had the most prestige and you were the network that everybody turned to in times of a crisis, that that was the most important position in the news business to hold. >> it's still true, there's no question, i've been here 16, 17 months now. when there's a big story -- when i first got here there were an avalanche of huge stories. when that happens, it is very gratifying that the cnn ratings soar. the issue, i think, everyone wrestles with is what happens as you've had recently when there's a lengthy period of not much news. >> there's always -- the world's a big place. and i'm out of the country a good bit traveling internationally. and i've watched cnn international all over the -- all over the world. i probably see it as much as or more than cnn domestic. and i think they're doing an excellent job with their programming for the world. and i can understand

." >>> joining me today new york daily news columnist s.e.cupp, nbc news analyst, former governor rendell, patricia murphy and the contribute tear "the daily beast" and bloomberg business week editor josh tarengel. secretary of state hillary clinton and a highly sensitive deal regarding what some called the biggest human rights issue since tiananmen square is on the verge of collapse. chen guangcheng left the u.s. embassy yesterday after the u.s. brokered an agreement with china for his freedom and safety. but today at a chinese hospital chen told reuters i want to leave china as soon as possible. my rights and safety cannot be assistant secretary of state p.j. crowley. a lot going on there. we know that we have two cabinet level secretaries there to talk u.s. strategic china dialogue. in the middle of this i think many would call a human rights crisis. how do you think we've played our hand thus far? >> i think we have stood up for human rights and the secretary of state before arriving in beijing put down a very solid marker that this case, the chen case, was important to the united sta

according to the new york daily news, a fourth man has come forward and alleged that john travolta was banned from the five star hotel in new york city. this in the 2000s after inappropriate conduct. these allegations have not been tested and the hotel has not responded but it takes the number to four. and i could also tell you tonight, judge that more allegations are set to come out about john travolta detaling his secret life according to a former grease costar. the ex-girlfriend of jeff seeway is trying to hawk diaries to several tab lloyd media. >> judge jeanine: now, that we have this fourth person coming forward how is it that john travolta is going to fight this? >> he engaged the most powerful attorney in this town, marty singer who represented arnold schwarzenegger, charlie sheen and tiger woods. now, the mo of marty singer is very clear. he rarely goes to the court of law. instead he dukes this out in the court of public opinion and already john doe number one has had list claims tested through the use of john travolta's alibi. receipts at the restaurant in new york were pres