humphries made the oil deal of a lifetime.ore than 300 million barrels of oil to a company that didn't really exist. and by using that fake company and this huge oil deal, he started the ball rolling on what was and remains one of the greatest american political scandals of all time those 300 million barrels of oil, he sold them to a whole bunch of oil executives. executives of other oil companies, for $1.50 a barrel. those oil executives then turned around and sold the same oil to their respective companies at $1.75 a barrel. and they kept the difference. they needed the fake companies, the middleman in order to disguise that they were keeping the markup. and that markup was a huge deal. in the 1920s, that deal produced an $8.3 million slush fund for these guys. and what did they do with their huge slush fund? they paid off the campaign debt of president warren g. harding. yeah. you know how people say warren harding was a terrible president? this is part of why warren g. harding was so terrible. in the early 1900s, the u.s.

police say tavares humphries attacked the student monday in the "commons south" dorm. he's facing numerous charges, including attempted murder, criminal sexual assault and residential burglary. this man is charged with first- degree murder charges in connection with a fatal crash on the edens expressway. authorities say jose colon rear-ended another driver on i- 94 near touhy early sunday morning. the impact of the crash caused both vehicles to lose control. police say colon took off after both cars ended up in a ditch. the other driver was pronounced dead on the scene. colon is scheduled to appear in court later this morning. hundreds of people are being denied concealed carry licenses. the state police is denying licenses to 327 applicants because they received inadequate training from an instructor in bolingbrook. officials say the class didn't meet regulations because it had some online instruction instead of 16 hours of in-person training. a southeast side salvage yard will be thoroughly investigated, after 40 stolen vehicles were discovered there. "adelman's truc

prosecutors say tavares humphries stole digital cameras, jewelry and other items from a room in the "commons south" dorm on monday ... before going into the bathroom. there, they say, he choked the girl until she passed out twice ... and raped her. the south shore community is taking a stand, after a grandmother and her two grandchildren were shot and injured on the street. residents held a vigil last night in the 25-hundred block of east 78th street, where the shooting happened the night before. no suspects are in custody. eight planes and nine ships are spending the day searching the indian ocean for signs of that missing malaysian jetliner. the 27-th day of the search is being directed out of australia, where the prime minister calls it the most difficult search in human history. he says he can't guarantee that the plane will ever be found. while planes search for a trail of debris, a british submarine will explore the *bottom of the ocean. russia's actions in ukraine have not only been costly in the international community, it's now hurting its space program. nasa is suspending co

this lone liberal level joining he's got e-mail his and rusty humphries and let's get back to it today the republican study committee is filled with some of washington's most conservative lawmakers released their twenty fifteen fiscal budget which is believe it or not more conservative more radical than paul ryan's budget republicans don't want what the republican study committee or paul ryan are trying to sell they want more progressive policies and measures that will put the american economy to work for everyone not just the wealthy elite in my opinion republicans are out of sync with the american people for example these are actual numbers you could you know. there's no argument actually in these numbers seventy four percent of americans say improving the job situation in america is the key issue facing president obama in congress this fall ryan budget does nothing for job creation not doesn't fund a single job creation program the present budget gives one. point three trillion over ten years for job creation through things like infrastructure investment tax credits and help to the

humphries downgraded the stock. marriott will report first quarter earnings tomorrow. gain of 51 cents a share. that stock is currently down toward session lows, about 3.5% to the down side. back over to you. >> thank you, dom. >> stocks are given up their gains. s&p is flat for the year. the dow and the nasdaq, well, the dow is holding on to a gain. now it's lost 13 points. the nasdaq is accelerating its losses, down 56. given this volatility, how do you invest in this market? randy brown is co-chief investment officer. jim iuorio and jim kill burg assistant i by. the volatility some people expect to see ramp up. can you expect that volatility to continue? >> yes, we do expect volatility to continue. there's tremendous geopolitical risk given what's going on in russia, given the weather-related slowdown in the u.s. in the front loading of that slowdown. then what's going on in the middle east and other parts of the world. so geopolitical tensions i think are going to cause increased volatility. there's also been the technical of reed positioning. we think that may con

humphries, being that sharida didn't notify you that -- >> wilkins begins to cross-examine humphrey,n all of a sudden he seems to be having a heart attack. >> excuse me. hold on a second. >> he had asked me, i believe, two questions at the time, and then he grabbed his chest, asked the judge if he could have a minute. >> your honor, excuse me for a second. i need -- i need some time. >> and then collapsed on the floor. >> officer humphrey takes his cue from the judge who clears out the courtroom. security sees to wilkins while they wait for medical assistance to arrive. >> once we got to him, it was obvious that he was faking this. his eyes were closed, but he was trying to peek out of the corners of his eyes. he was, like, trying to gain an angle and kind of look out the side. >> courtroom cameras stopped rolling while medical personnel attend to wilkins. >> i remember looking over, calling him by name. his eyes were kind of closed, squint, and you could see that he was blinking. his respirations were equal, even, unlabored. >> during his checkup, he shows further signs of life. >>

keep that in go go republican if you're not in power but your policies already know who's rusty humphries. and you've got the last word. coming up what the global warming deniers and that's a back of the industry having a whole lot of turns up more on that let's delete it. i would rather ask questions to people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question for. the best of the rest of the news is now officially part of the art scene on saturday the george w. bush presidential center in dallas texas unveiled its newest exhibit the art of leadership a president's personal diplomacy a much anticipated exhibit will run until june third of the price of sixteen dollars will get you a closer look at george w. bush's now famous portraits of world leaders mostly copied from with the media so my lights include portraits of himself his father the dalai lama tony blair and a lot of your post which is very proud of the exhibit says it is a good representation of his personal way of interacting with the world

. >> reporter: brent humphries owns six acres near austin.the bluebonnet population. >> reporter: how big of a danger is the bastard cabbage to these bluebonnets? >> it could take over and we'd see more yellow flowers and less blue flowers. that's our concern that it will get out of hand. >> reporter: but texans have never feared a fight. they're intent to protect these iconic blue blossoms. brandon scott, palmer texas. >> they're such a beautiful flower. >> you used to pick them in texas, you said. >> i used to. they tell you it's a wives' tale that it's illegal. i googled it. you can pick them. >> you weren't breaking a law. >> i believed it. next time i'm home i'll steal a whole bunch. >> i noticed brandon scott enjoyed saying bastard cabbage. >> i was a little jealous. >>> from the superstars of the '70s to the recent hitmakers, lisa robinson knew them all. she reveals it all in her new book next on "cbs this morning saturday." >> announcer: this portion sponsored by toyota. let's go places. boring! yeah! ♪ if you want to see old faithful