during the heady days of the arab spring, li na blogged about -- lena blogged about what was happeningn her country. the young activist refused to give into intimidation. as the, dw honored her best of blog awards. the north african country has become a glimmer of hope. bloggers the-- are front line? melinda: would you say bloggers have more freedom and impact than traditional journalists? mr. kluth: certainly not more. but what blogging and now microblogging and leading have -- tweeting is a certain kind of revolution that i have compared to gutenberg. this blogging and the micro tools in effect give each of us a printing press. there is a multitude of voices they used to be in audible that are now audible. i said every society gets the press we deserve. we are part of this conversation. if we log cake holdings, we deserve the press we get. that is the atmosphere we create. if we try to inform ourselves, try to think and analyze, that is the press we get. in a very direct way, it has broadened audiences and made them part of the conversation. generally, it is a good thing. melinda: to

saying he wants the blog to remove posts mentioning nicole mittendorff and wants the blog to shut down entirely. they are part of a thread for fairfax county firefighters. they are crate call of mittendorff's personal actions and behaviors. the body of nicole mittendorff, 31 years old, in the three-year veteran of department found last week. in the shenandoah national park after she committed suicide. suicide note was found inside her

saying he wants the blog to remove posts mentioning nicole mittendorff and wants the blog to shut down entirely. they are part of a thread for fairfax county firefighters. they are crate call of mittendorff's personal actions and behaviors. the body of nicole mittendorff, 31 years old, in the three-year veteran of department found last week. in the shenandoah national park after she committed suicide. suicide note was found inside her and he said this is part of the investigation but he is angered by fairfax underground. >> the you have an anonymous post that people can say anything and it's not true, it's not factual, it's wrong. terrible. jeff: the operator of the blog saying he is not shutting down the site. he says he will only remove the post if nicole mittendorff's family asks him to do so. furthermore he says he will not give up the i.p. address of the person or the persons who commented or wrote about nicole mittendorff unless he is issued a court order and forced to do so. meanwhile, chief richard bowers has a list of different changes he is bringing to the fairfax county fire

. >> fairfax county's fire chief blasting a local blog. >> he says that blog include ed include comments about one of his firefighters found dead at shenandoah national park. we are live at fairfax station where mittendorff worked. >> reporter: jim, there were some very strong comments from the fire chief today. we are here at station 32. you can see a picture of nicole mittendorff here as well as some flowers of that memorial still set up here. the fire chief going after the website, fairfax underground, asking and demanding those comments be taken down. i spoke to the administrator of that site this afternoon. he says he has no plans to do that. he says the chief i site as a scapegoat. >> we need to clean up this blog and people need to act right. >> reporter: fairfax county's fire chief calling for website fairfax underground to pull lewd posts about firefighter nicole mittendorff who took her own life. he does not know if the posts had anything to do with her death. >> i have initiated a very aggressive internal investigation into who made the lewd and horrible comments on the fairfa

. >> this blog and social media is out of control. people have no common sense. and they have no sense of responsibility. >> tonight we spoke with the administrator of the fairfax underground site. he says this was the second time this year that lewd comments were posted about a female fairfax county firefighter. >> he says that points to a problem within the fire department. jennifer davis joins us with the story that you'll sees first on fox 5. >> virginia state police said that the lewd blog post had nothing to do with her death but they have certainly put a microscope on this site and the threads on it about the fairfax county fire department. tonight we obtained these court documents showing that just three months ago as part of a official i asked to removed profane information written about a different female firefighter. rather than attacking him it's time the fire department looked within at the culture that it is creating. >> reporter: fairfax county fire chief lashed out at the people who post vial and vicious times. >> you need to clean up this blog an

don't blog and drive. >> so awkward. >> come on.'s go to the rest of the day and see what is in store. >> let's see how she handles crossing the street. >> i'm crossing the street without watching where i'm going. >> that was fun. >> what happens in the cinema. >> i got this pizza in the theater but you're not going to be able to see me eat it. >> she has tears in her eyes she's so good. >> whole day of her highlighting just how strange it really is. >> now i'm doing laundry. >> she's just hitting it completely on the nose. >> oh gosh. >> do you want to see the entire awkward day, we'll stick it up on our website, rightthisminute.com or use our mobile app. >> thanks for spending part of your day with us today. we appreciate it. you can check out more on rightthisminute.com or catch us on the next "right this minute." [captioning made possible by warner bros. domestic television distribution] harvey: welcome to "tmz live." harvey levin here. charles: charles here. harvey: we have a lot to tell you about today. lots of interesting sto

. >> this blog and social media is out of control. >> did lewd comments posted about her on a local website play a role? new tonight the website's administrator is speaking out. >> and more april showers are heading our way. what you need to know before you make your weekend plans. >> and how the feds are stepping up the pressure on metro following a strong of safety problems. your news starts right now. >> and off the top tonight, fairfax county's fire chief is taking aim at a local website following a firefighter's death. now that website is responding. i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm shawn yancy. investigators say she committed suicide. although it's not clear why. today the fire chief fairfax underground, an online message board where lewd comments were posted. fox 5's jennifer davis talked to him. >> reporter: virginia state police first of all said today that the lewd blog post had nothing to do with her death but they have certainly put a microscope on this site. fairfax underground and threds on it about the fairfax county fire department. tonight we've obtained these court documents t

. >> he does a lot of blogging.prankster, you have to be on point all the time. >> they are singing and dancing in the car. >> ah! >> i love that she's so carefree knowing that pranking is just around the corner. >> just a quick, easy, simple little prank. the funny part about this blog, not that quick little moment. further into the blog, roman reveals something that he sees on the skype just two weeks ago. >> i want to say one quick moment to say to you guys, again, the movie has done really well. we have been on the top charts around the world. >> he thanks everybody for watching because the movie has been doing well, top of the charts. but he drops this bomb on us. >> they are basically greenlighting natural "world pranksters 2." >> yay! >> i feel bad for their victims already. >> we might be victims. >> oh, yes. oh, yes. >> it's kind of like, yeah, i want to be -- no. congratulations to those guys for a successful film and we're getting the go-ahead for the sequel. >>> it's a ship like no other. >> you're right

she has a popular cooking channel on youtube and has her own lifestyle blog. the tentative name for the show is at home with ayesha. >>> it is a 20 7 am. suspects accused of trying to steal a house. how a group tried to use a very unknown law to take that property. >>> a case of bullying taken to the extreme. hateful messages left on a car. why police got involved in santa clara.>>> we are looking at a commute where traffic is still very good for the most part. there is not much waiting to do in most places. >>> low clouds around that a far cry from yesterday. it looks nice today.

i went online and accidentally found a pro-eating disorder blog. the blogs do exist. and i saw this emaciated image of a girl. it was being reblogged hundreds and hundreds of times. i was intrigued by it because i related to the messages it was sending about self-worth and control. it was doing it in a way that it was harmful. it was telling girls to diet in unhealthy ways. i understood there was a community that needed to exist because people didn't understand. they felt they didn't get one another. so those themes were going through my mind and personally feeling like i am someone who really wants to control things. i was looking for an outlet and i realized that's wrong. when i was at nyu doing my undergrad for film, i was given an assignment to adapt a fairytale. i decided to do beauty and the beast where belle, meaning beauty, and the beast were one in the same. in the original fairytale, the curse is put on the beast. he has to learn how to love and be loved in return. i thought what a wonderful way to show this story, by applying that same principle to little m

about it calling her post drinking games. >> initially i soon as i put the blog post up about three of the seven i think it is boys in the photo did contact me directly and begged me to take it down. and i'm not going to lie definitely considered doing so because i know these kids. and i did didn't want to cause myself any problem at school. but i -- i couldn't bring myself to do it. i felt like it was the right thing to leave it up there. >> reporter: many are glad she did, too. a fair number of not. there's a lot of tough conversations happening now at princeton high about bias, anti semitism and privilege. >> i do know that i found these actions offensive. i don't think these kids lives should be ruined. they deserve a second chance. i'm willing to forgive them. they made a stupid mistake. >> we have this sense we're um vince cybill. we think we're immune from our angst detail. >> the district superintendent is trying to make this a teachable moment. he writes i am deeply upset some of our students chose to engage in a drinking game with clearly anti september mitt tech over tone

. >> we need to clean up the blog. >> he is referring to a series of posts on the site critical of nicole mittendorff's personal action and behaviors. all of them anonymous and part of a thread for the fairfax firefighters. he says he is investigating whether any member of the department wrote the posts which date back to last december. the body of nicole mittendorff was found in shenandoah national park after she committed suicide. >> this blog and social media is out of control. people have no common sense. >> the operator of fairfax underground will only remove the post if mittendorff's family asks him to do so and only reveal the i.p. address of people that wrote them if issued a court order. >> this is trying to get the attention from the fire department to the chalk board someone graffitid on, fairfax underground. jeff: chief bowers doesn't know if they contributed to nicole mittendorff's suicide. that is part of the investigation. he says the changes are coming to the fairfax county fire department including sexual harassment and bullying assessment and training. training and preve

. >> there is a financial blog that jokingly predicted back in february that venezuela might not have money to print its own money. that is up for me the case. venezuela is so broke, it does not have the money it needs to print more money to solve the financial crisis. the blog says it is the beginning of the end. >> with venezuela's neighbor brazil also in trouble, things are not looking good for the continent. paper is sounding the alarm bells. >> it is one of the highest selling newspapers and venezuela. there is an opinion piece penned by an opposition politician called "making progress." he calls for more responsibility from the ruling political classes in brazil and says the only way out of this crisis that is engulfing a dozen as well a, but brazil, is for more political and economic responsibility, freedom really. he says that sets the basis of what can solve a consonant-wide crisis. democracys to be more from the institutions that are making these decisions. the americas, a lot of press rolling their eyes at donald trump osh latest comment -- donald trump's latest saying that

chief is upset with the messages on the blog. the posts were made before her body was found but it is not clear if the post had anything to do with her death. a former battalion chief talked about the pressure firefighters face. >> it starts in our firefighter academies that we are be strong, brave, courageous, give help, don't ask for help. >> that's why i'm appealing to the person that hosts this site to take down the lewd comments. >> reporter: the blog's administrator does not plan to remove the comments. they are investigating whether any of the firefighters posted some of the negative messages about mittendorff. >> today the center of america's fight against the zika virus, puerto rico reported its first related death. a 70-year-old man died of internal bleeding and other complications. another development, the fda signed off on emergency use of commercial tests for the virus that could be made to approved local labs next week. maryland has funding for zika prevention. the amar ymayor approved first-degree murder today. a m

in her blog she wrote i'm not even jewish and i'm offended. this type of behavior makes me believe that these guys would play pin the noose on the "n" word. she's alone in this battle and not even one student has spoken up or stood beside her for blowing the whistle. an immediate comment was a racial slur towards ponder herself who is black. it has since been removed. the crazy part is they report that the comment came from an ip address from the school district, meaning it came from school grounds. i reached out to the school today to see if they are investigating that, they declined to comment at the current time. the district did issue a statement regarding the photo. superintendent of schools said this, i'm deeply upset that some of our students choose to engage in a drinking game with clearly anti-semitic overtones and to broadcast the behavior over social media. a lot of this decision in this room and on social media is talking all about this nazi re-gailia on the table and not about the fact that this is an underaged drinking party whic

. >> reporter: virginia state police first of all said today that the lewd blog post had nothing to do with her death but they have certainly put a fairfax underground and threds on it about the fairfax county fire department. tonight we've obtained these court documents that they show earlier this year as part of an official police investigation. administrators were asked to remove profane and indecent information about a different female firefighter. the administrator of the site says rather than attacking him this shows the fire department needs to look within at the culture it's creating. the fire chief lashed out friday at the people who post vial and vicious comments about others on the website fairfax underground. >> you need to clean up this blog and people need to act right. i am appealing to, and i'm using the media here, to the person that hosts this site to one, take the lewd comments down. and two, turn the site off if people aren't right. >> reporter: the creator and administrator of fairfax underground responded to the chief's comments in an interview with us over face t

chief richard bowers, upset with messages on the fairfax underground blog. posts made before nicole it's not clear if the posts had anything to do with her death. he talked about the pressures firefighters' face. >> it starts in our fire academy we are supposed to handle every issue, be strong, brave, courageous and give help, don't ask for help. >> why i'm appealing to the person that hosts this site to take down the comments. >> the blog's administrators says he does not plan to remove the controversial comments. chief bowers is investigating whether any of his firefighters posted some of those negative messages about mittendorff. >>> on monday, most high school seniors have to commit to the college of their choice, and with a new school comes what? all the swag. hats, bumper stickers, sweatshirts. but seniors at one loudon county school are leaving a piece of their future behind. >> reporter: at first, it may look like an obsession. >> probably around 60 or so. >> reporter: who really needs dozens of college sweatshirts? >> i love sweatshirts. my go-to on

what are you talking about on your blog? >> oh. well, the online magazine that my blog kind of became, there are a lot of -- there are hundreds of teenagers who contribute. so i kind of feel like i had a lot of time to express myself and people paid attention, and i want other teenagers to have that outlet, so it's whatever's going on in their lives. >> tavi, are today's young people, let's say anybody under 30, happy? sad? what's the status? question, but how are we doing for the under-20 set? >> gee. probably pretty mixed. me, i'm sad. [laughter] >> why? >> because i'm, i cry for like an hour on stage every night. [laughter] which, but that also is a great thing to get to do. >> so you cry every -- how do you get yourself out of that when you go home at night in. >> well, i'm very lucky because at the end of the scene with all the crying, i do get to experience some kind of catharsis, so it's not left -- that ends up kind of leaving your body by the time you are off stage. >> you get really affected by that. >> yeah. i mean, mayb

were upset,upse she's nine, that's too much to talk about, but i mean if you saw this little girl's blog. she reports on everything,ve crime, weather. > good for her. >> she's nine years old. i'm going to check out the blog. > these online haters.hate >> the wild, wild west.west you have to really filter out a lot of that. >> i don't. i personally don't readrs comments. if people think it's just going into a general file, they're so mean. > there you go.ou you can't hurt us. i had a miniscule number of followers and they dropped me and i said why did they drop be nice because i'ming whying to tell you about cold weather. maybe you won't want to be nicee crazy cold last night, droppingp to 30 degrees and we're going to have another cold night tonight. perhaps we'll be a few degrees warmer. dulles dropped to 29, bwi28 and8 did you know that overnight and early this morning some places had snow. a trace of snow reported att reagan national.nati we got some pictures especiallyt out here around the ocean citycy area. watch some of the snow. we think it was a combination of some of the colder

lemon stripes.com is her blog.you might think. julia is tall but short legs n a longer torso. we wanted to elongate the legs. and the cutouts make her middle area, that smallest point often look amazing. >> julia, you look fab. >> i like that. >> up next is clair. a very popular blog called fashion bomb daily.com. clair, you are looking like smoke. >> clair is a bombshell. she's curvy. she's got the hourglass shape, the big bust and we love this suit because it supports those breasts and makes them look amazing. good amount of coverage and support. the suits go up to a size f with underwire. >> that's important. >> curvy girl making suits. it's amazing. >> almost gives a look of -- it's not two-piece but gives it a little breakup. >> that's band in the middle shows off her itty bitty waste. >> work it, girl. our last beauty blogger. i love the fact we have bloggers. rachel's blog is rachmartino.com. >> she wanted to hide her tummy, even though she doesn't have a tummy. >> some want a two-piece but don't want to sho

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. >> the anomaly right here right now is this blog and social media is out of control. people have no common sense. and they have no sense of responsibility. when you have anonymous posts, and people can say anything, and it is not factual, it is not true, it is wrong, absolutely wrong, and it is terrible. >> chief said he doesn't know what was in the note left by nicole before she took her own life in sean endo a national park, he said he has no idea at this point if the people who wrote the vial notes about her sex life are firefighters or connect in the some way to the fire service. >> that's why i'm peeling to the person that hoses this site, take down the leud comment, and certainly consider shutting the site down. >> chief said he was unaware of the cyber bullying on the site before her death, and says that casino of beha will not be toll -- tolerate in the his department, and he promises to get to the bottom of it. >> now that we've been able to respect and honor nicole and her family, i have all my internal affairs department on the mission, if you will, of turn

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." >> reporter: 24-year-old sam cannon has been posting her photography on the blogging site tumblr since high school. >> it's easier to share your work with the world. >> reporter: it's also made it easier for cannon to build a client list that now includes the gap and universal studios. >> i don't think there's any way that i would be able to work for the brands that i'm working for today if i had started ten years ago. >> reporter: ten years ago facebook was in its infancy. tumblr didn't exist. today these and other social media platforms reach billions, in turn creating thousands of jobs. at the sites and at companies building social media teams to connect with clients and get their message out. >> this is not a fleeting phenomenon. this is not a fad. it's not a trend. it's a fundamental permanent shift in how organizations and consumers depend on ea other and talk to each other. >> reporter: by 2020, forester research estimates u.s. social media spending will double from 2015 levels to $27 billion. professor gosh sees the spending leading to a host of new jobs in social media, from g

they say now they have no reason to believe that these blog posts had anything to do with her death. however, the fire chief says he wants to get to the bottom of any cyber bullying that may be going on. >>> fairfax fire chief lashed out at people who posted eamon must vial and vicious comments about people, fairfax underground. and on any, anomaly right now, out of control. people have no common sense, and they have no sense of responsibility. when you have anonymous posts, and people can say anything, and it is not factual, it is not true, it is wrong. absolutely wrong. and it is terrible. >> chief because says he doesn't know what was in the note, left by nicole mitten door of, before she took her own life in sean endo a national park, says he has no idea at this point if the people who wrote the vial notes about her sex life are firefighters connect in the some way to the fire service. >> that's why i'm appealing to the person that hoses this site, take down the leud comment, and certainly consider shutting the site down. >> chief because says he was unaware of the cyber bullying

giving them initial money allowance, materials for housing construction, and a subsistence gardening blogpublic of vietnam government tries to teach the new skills. it teaches them how to grow new crops which they can sell in the open market. it encourages refugees to open small businesses. the vietnamese government also runs schools for the refugees children, and teaches their elders knew, profitable craft and vocational training programs such as woodworking, carpentry, and light manufacturing. as a marine, you have a very practical interest in the river visitation of -- in the rehabilitation of these refugees. someone once said the lives are like fish because the people are the sea that sustains them. as more refugees flee the viet cong, this sea slowly dries up. the viet cong fish slowly suffocates and dies. a time will come when these youngsters will understand what all the fuss was about. meanwhile, they and their parents live in a safe area, in better health. they are also learning something new, the concept of individual freedom. will resumee people a normal life in their new villa

you see headlines like this on mainstream news sources, on left-wing blogs, on right-wing blogs, and you kind of think, okay, i got the point, not even sure i need to see it. but, behold. for this news story of all things, there is a bit of a grand canyon effect. you actually do have to see it, because even if you do believe all these headlines and think you've absorbed this information and therefore you think you understand that paul ryan has done something that makes it seem he might be running for president, having that information, believing that information does not do it justice. you actually have to look at it. just, just look at it. what is this? what is this for, if it is not someone running for president? i'm going to show you the whole thing. i'm not editing it in any way. it's like 40-something seconds. just stand on the rim of this and peer into this scenic abyss. just watch this. >> what really bothers me the most about politics these days is this notion of identity politics. that we're going to win an election by dividing people. rather than inspiring people on our com

. >> hey, i'm yarno, and i'm on my blog and going to share my personal project. >> we started writinging to roll out all the different videos. >> this dream i have is about being able to fly in the same way as birds do with flapping wings. >> we basically used the same techniques you would use for film or any form of drama to establish a real character that has, you know, problems and struggles. >> where do you find a place in the big city nowadays with enough space for building 12 meters of wings? >> we didn't have money to buy attention, so we really needed to be patient and to have a kind of confidence that the story was interesting enough. >> the team adds credibility to the story by interviewing an actual professor of neuromechanics who isn't in on the ruse. >> if you have assistive wings that have force transduction from the wings onto the engines, then it's no problem at all. >> even though the wings wouldn't actually work, floris hires industrial designer david minting to make them look as plausible as possible. >> we pretended to make real wings as if we were actually wanting

blogs can handle this group of experts. the reason elizabeth mentioned the philadelphia inquirer case. it is one case from the book that has a couple of things going for it. one, it is easy to tell because it is a fairly short story. some of these stories, you get into how a team works. you can tell from what sacha is saying, he gets to be very detailed. i think it is fun to read about it. hard tos sometimes relate. the other nice thing about the inquirer story i will tell is that it is the kind of story that can be done by any reporter, anywhere, as long as that reporter has the support of the editor. just to say, go bring me this story. there was a reporter who writes for the national post. at the time he was at the philadelphia inquirer. he had just been put on a new .eat covering medical business one day, he was getting blood at the office. andas just something he did a lot of people did. while he was sitting there watching the blood flow out of his arm, he thought to himself, you know, i really don't know what happens

ben bernanke had a blog post recently where he talked about negative rates and possible future toolsd might have. any discussion that talks about the evolution of the fed toolboxes bound to be revelatory -- relevant. who are you most excited about? guest: obviously, we hear from janet yellen quite a bit. but she is always interesting. i think it's interesting and ben bernanke in a recent blog post, he specifically said something interesting which is that he wanted to talk about negative interest rates because theoretically, that would be good for the economy, just talking about it. to sink bill -- to signal to people that there are more tools would be good. it will be interesting to see if he talks more about future avenues. carol: i'm curious to see -- if there will be an interaction between them. whether or not anyone thinks central bankers have overstepped their bounds. joe: that's an interesting question. perhaps as they're been too much of a burden placed on them because of the fact fiscal policy makers in the u.s. and europe are perceived to not be doing particularly well. caro

for his wonderfully titled, quote, blog them out of the stone age, end of quote. in other words, mark grimsley is an award-whenning historian in free media. in addition to his books on civil war topics, which are listed in your program, mark has written and taught more generally on military history. an essay he wrote for his coed dited book, civilians in the path of war, is the basis for his talk today. his talk today is entitled rebels and redskins. so sir, you can get your question answered from dr. grimsley. rebels and redskins, u.s. military conduct towards white southerners and native americans in comparative perspective. mark is no stranger to the museum's programs. he spoke in this auditorium, as a matter of fact, 12 years ago as part of the museum's evening series lectures on hard war. we are very pleased to welcome back to this stage dr. mark grimsley. [ applause ] >> it's a pleasure to be here this afternoon. oh good, we have this all set to go up on the screen. i'm talking today about the civil war and about the final war against native americans on the

the posts removed as he investigates whether anyone intn the department wrote them. >> clean up this blogndog people need to act right. r i am appealing to and i'm i'm using the media here, to the person that hosts this site to one take the lewd commentsewd co down and two, turn the site sit off if people aren't going actnt right.rit. >> it really is a deflectionleco of game it's a chalkboard or a bathroom stall and you don'ttald blame -- when someone comes and writes graffiti on a chalkboard you don't blame the e chalkboard you blame thekb you author and it see obvious, of course it's not n certain but it's prettyrett obvious the author of these malicious coats is a fairfax county firefighter and feels anf like he's trying to deflectefle blame from the author onto thehn web site. s >> steve bowers says he wasowerh unaware of the bullying on the n site and says people postt anonymously on the site he hasas no proof the lewd comments came from within hisis department but wiedemann saysnny these comments are part of a long thread including lewdncludl comments about another femalethm firefig

so for me i had a blog. i still have a blog. i maintain it daily.for the last two years during this return from relapse, regain, i have actually documented with a photograph, description and calorie count every single things that's been in my face for two years. >> a couple of seconds. good for you. >> here we go with hope. hope church, 36 years old, from browns summit, north carolina. she's a wife, a woman. she didn't start with weight issues until after the birth of her beautiful son jarrett. she, again, emotionally ate. she hit 293 pounds. she's lost more than half her weight. >> here is her before picture. hope, com >> oh, my goodness. >> stunning. she is stunning. >> what? >> gorgeous. >> tell about the bracelet. you have to tell them about your bracelet. >> my bracelet, i had it made. it said, she believed she could and she did. i had my starting weight stamped on the inside. any time i struggle i look down at my bracelet and how far i came. >> god bless. >> you guys are amazing inspirations. >> thanks, guys, so much. >> do you hear that? do y

. >> he writes a blog. she will be writing a book on the subject.ell me. >> you actually have a dr. helping you. it is extremely stressful. you can zip it up if you have too much ice cream. so a diet that can help you lose that weight, a lot of women will go for it. bill: it doesn't sound healthy. >> food is not the enemy, but it is not the solution to happiness. >> that's a great idea. >> chart a new diet. >> i have nothing to eat for three days. ♪ >> despite what many in the media would have you believe , there are latinos and immigrants who are for trump. i spoke to the chairman of the latino national coalition. now, while there are latinos who support trump, the only person who is willing to speak about it on camera. >> the difference is that he is not a career politician. he's a businessman who knows how to create wealth. >> if something happens to collapse the american dollar have enough lawyers in the house of representatives, the senate and the white house. and trust the economy to a business leader. >> he defended trump against the act was

. >> curt schilling released a blog post saying i have my flaws as does everyone and i'm okay with mineey are what make me unique. he said i also have my opinion. he called those who are calling out for tolerance and acceptance that they are frauds. he said that they are not practicing those same principles but on that post he said the latest brew hahaof what you are speaking about he calls it hilarious. i didn't post that ugly looking picture. i made a comment about the basic functionality of men's and women's restrooms. he says he didn't post the picture. does that mean someone else logged into his account and posted it. also, he says it is hilarious. this says he is not taking this seriously. this was very serious enough so that espn fired him. they released a statement saying espn is an exclusive company and the conduct is unacceptable and employment with espn has been terminated. >> so just to that last part, he said in his blog post i made a comment about the basic functionality of men's and women's restrooms. that was what he said. it is all hilarious. i want to remind everybody

spend time with the story.l commodityy necessary and one of the things we forget when we think, well, blogs can handle this. a group of experts. the reason elizabeth mentioned the philadelphia inquirer case -- it is just one case from the book that has a couple of things going for it. one is it is easy to tell because it is a fairly short story and some of the stories -- you get into how a team works. it gets very detailed. i think it is fun to read about, but it is sometimes a little hard to relate, especially in a microphone. the other nice thing about the inquirer story is it is the kind of story that can be done by any reporter anywhere as long as that reporter has the support of the editor. just to say bring me this story. writes forthat the washington post -- he was covering medical business. on the business page of the philadelphia inquirer. one day, he was giving blood at the office. it was something he did and a lot of people did. while he was sitting there watching the blood fall out of his arm, he thought to himself, you know, i really don't know what happens to this blood when i

image with comments about bathroom access to transgender people, yesterday he defended the post on his blog saying he was expressing his opinion and those criticizing him are frauds. espn released a statement saying, quote, espn is an inclusive company, curt schilling has been advised that his conduct was unacceptable. lauren: over news overnight china, a woman's wrestling legend and one of wwe's biggest stars has died. china was found dead by a friend in her california home. the cause of death is not been released but how play is not suspected. she became an actress after her wrestling career ended. she was only 45 years old. now let's look at the latest in the world of sports, the cleveland cavaliers open a numtwo-0 lead in the playoff series 107-90 victory over -- lebron james scored 27 points, jr smith made 7 playoff records tying 203-pointers, the top-seeded cavs put away the pistons in the third quarter, striking home-court advantage, the series resumes friday night. the miami heat beach charlotte hornets 115-103 last night taking a lead in the eastern conference first-round playoff s

. >> on her blog, lauren suggests some additional zero waste alternatives.homemade toothpaste. her recipe, peppermint coconut oil, stevia and baking soda. >> say it's too salty for you. you can add more coconut oil, more peppermint and there's nothing in here you couldn't eat or swallow. >> i just eta it and it tastes fine. >> see? >> my feith feel clean. >> reporter: she may be living waste free but doesn't expect everyone, too. her hope is we try. say i have three kids and work 14 hours a day, i don't have time. >> it's a misconception about living sustainably takes a lot of time. when i started i had a full-time job while i was a full-time student, a full-time social life and full-time boyfriend. >> you were busy. >> i was busy. >>en au figured it out. >> i figured it out. >> nikki battiste, abc news, new york. >> we're interested in this homemade toothpaste. we're going to give it a shot here. we already have the baking soda and coconut oil out here. i'm going to go for peppermint oil now. she said she suggested using a lot. i don't know what that means.

you see headlines like this, left lane blogs, right lane blogs, you think, okay, i got the point. not sure i need to see it. but behold, for this news story, of all things, there is a bit of a grand canyonesque. you actually do have to see it. because even if you believe all these headlines, if you have absorbed this information, so you therefore understand that paul ryan has done something that makes it seem like you may be running for president. having that information. believeing that information, does not do it justice. you actually have to look at it. just look at it. what is this? what is this for, if it is not someone running for president. not editing it in anyway, it's like 40-some seconds. stand on the rim of this and peer into this scenic of this. just watch this. >> what really bothers me the most in politics these days is this notion of identity politics, that we're going to win elections by dividing people, rather than inspiring people on our common ideals and culture on the things that should unify us. we all want to prosper and be healthy. we want people to reach t

a mother blogging from her bed has a healthy baby girl. we shed light on the condition and how the young mother's work could save others. reporter: little baby hadley is a week old. her big sisters eagerly awaited her arrival. so did her mom. as you may recall she spent weeks in the hospital because -- >> i was diagnosed with placenta procretia. >> dr. lam ber told me when you have the condition the afterbirth or the placenta grows in the uterin wall. >> it could k affect the baby's growth but at the time of the delivery the placenta will not peel off with ease. reporter: since women in delivery often need blood transfusions. >> they have the babies six threes early. reporter: erin began blogging for blood donations from her bed. dozens have showed up to the area blood centers to donate in her name. >> there were so many people that wanted to help. we were able to save a hundred other lives just from raising awareness of what is going on with us. reporter: sure enough, hadley was born early and proof, erin says, little lives can make a big