what's going on over on abby martin so yesterday marked a year since occupy d.c. first gathered fierce and square and brought to life a movement that has moved a generation to commemorate this anniversary activists have fanned out across washington d.c. with the hopes of reinvigorating that spirit you know a couple weeks ago andrew ross sorkin wrote a new york times piece about occupy and he said it would be an asterisk in history books if it gets a mention at all well mr sorkin i disagree because the fact is the overbearing power of corporations the enormous inequalities of american society the end or net role of money and decision making needs to be called into question you see occupiers of not endure the harsh police brutality the rampant arrests and the cold long reign nights for nothing no they endure it for a reason and not to start a revolution but rather to start a conversation so let's start one. live live die or die. isn't he dead already i don't know kill him anyway. so you guys know a date is right it's terror to say happy terror tuesday everyone today

joining me now is abby huntsman, host and producer of huff post live.linton for the debates four years ago. thank you to you both for being here. >> great to be here. >> abby, what's the biggest danger for governor romney tonight? >> reverend, let me start by wishing you a happy birthday tonight. >> you have a file on me, i hear. i hope everything is fine or good. >> i think we'll survive unless you can't hear me but i would say the biggest challenge that mitt romney has is he's in a box. no matter what he says, it's likely he says the complete opposite in his past. look, people are wanting to see the real mitt romney. they want to know who he really is. i think his biggest challenge is not being himself. >> now, your dad, jon huntsman, was a candidate against him and debated against him. did you have a problem, which romney is going to show snup. >> that's what people are asking, is the conservative romney or moderate romney when he ran against senator kennedy or a whole different version of romney? but i will say, the only way he's going to knock pres

president and romney didn't talk about to weigh in our very own artsy producer are going to said i am abby martin host of breaking the set joined us earlier today. it's rather interesting to see that there was a lot of talk there a lot of name checks on stage a lot of you know mentioning this or that but not a lot of detail or at least not a lot that hasn't been discussed. before hand so very very interesting all right speaking of what was mentioned i know you compiled this list of the top mentioned issues and then we're going to go into the lease mentioned let's take a look now iran mentioned that was a top one there forty seven times israel thirty four times pakistan and the economy of both mentioned twenty five times afghanistan twenty one times now for the least mentioned latin america. was mentioned four times all i guess all but one by me drones was mentioned twice but obama did not mention it will talk about that more later yemen. euro zone not to mention no mention drug war no mention so drones were mentioned for the first time last night and all three debates so they have broken t

and abby martin host of breaking the set welcome ladies. all right so what just moments away now we're less than an hour what issues can we expect to hear discussed that weren't discussed last night or think what's really interesting to see the live look is how low key it is you don't have the billion dollar glitz and glamor of you know these ridiculous. debates going on but i think the number one issue on a point earlier is climate change that we're really here a lot about which haven't been mentioned at all i think the surveillance the police state and also foreign policy the topics that were talked about drone warfare. extensively about. winding down the wars realistic we want to know actually and also the drug war that's definitely going to likely going to come up i mean that's one of johnson's big issues so that's for sure going to be something to going to be talked about in also i think campaign finance that's going to be another thing i think that is you know it's going to be around because many of these candidates do have an eighty

up next, "roll call's" abby livingston joins us. democratic congressman christopher murphy and the republicans were off in a debate number 3. what is this race looking like? guest: there are several polls coming out in recent days, but the best administered one shows that mercy has about a six-point lead with a four-point margin of error. host: how closely are people watching this race and did they think it was going to be close? guest: people are watching this extremely closely in connecticut and in washington. about a year ago, national republicans are not giving this raised the time of day. but they will tell you now that linda has run a very strong campaign, and they think this is serious. host: this is the first time she has ran. is she running a different campaign than the last time? guest: she has a completely different team. one thing that is similar from

joining me now is abby huntsman and irin carmon, editor at salon.com. when you first heard romney say binders of women, what was your response? >> well, when i first heard the question i knew it was going to be a huge challenge for him to answer. romney is given internet ammunition to mock him for the rest of the week which is a really bad place to be with less than three weeks to go. but, listen, the question that was asked was about equal pay rights for women and not only did he not answer the question but he went on to say that women need more flexible hours, that they should be home making dinner for the kids. i think romney is still living in 1968 when in fact we are in the 21st century, where women want equality. we don't want to be treated any differently. >> irin, if you look at the fact that david bernstein reports the binder did exist but it was put together by a bipartisan group called mass gap before he was even elected to, quote, from bernstein, they did the research and put together the binder full of women qualified for all the different

ok i'm abby martin so it seems if you ride the bus in baltimore maryland transit administration is passing off an invasion of your privacy as you guessed it a security measure check out. those who respond to reports of violence on public bus. does have a new investigative tool actually ten of them on everybody working armors outside and six in the record your every move and your every word they've always had surveillance video but audio was always off limits that is until now done on the audio recording began on ten buses last week and m.t.a. hopes to have half the fleet equipped with these big brother hearing aids by next summer so they still use up in arms maryland's attorney general's office doesn't really care so they approve the audio recordings i have no words and if you're at a loss for them to join me and break the set. all right guys let's talk about the debate last night if that's what you want to call it the topic was foreign policy which is laughable when you look at the fact that obama is pretty much of a neo con on his foreign policy views each of them represent two sides of

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in with abby martin to see what's on today's agenda abbi what's going on lou is good it's good shows going well today we have a lot in store we have amber lyon where you just interviewed we're going to go to c.n.n. censorship investigative journalism the state of journalism and how just the road it is in this country and also to talk about obama the drone king that's what i've coined my little nickname for him report is get out from pakistan that says drone warfare is actually counter fecht it and causes more terrorism against this country who wouldn't believe it well stay tuned for breaking the set and we're going to smash that set. like watching it. that it's coming up next in thirty minutes that isn't a do it for now or the news from are the stars we covered check out our you tube channel you tube dot com slash r t america or check out our website that's our team dot com slash usa and you can also follow me on twitter at liz wall we'll be right back here at eight pm see that. here is mitt romney trying to figure out the name of that thing that we americans call a dollar. i'm sorry

and if you're wondering what i'm doing when i'm not on or follow me on twitter abby martin stay tuned to hear about how humanity can be reorganized into a model of the stain ability of the creator of the psycho is trilogy next. governor romney and i we both agree we agree we ought to bring the tax rates down i felt the same as the president did governor romney i'm glad. you agree let's come back to something the president i agree on and there to you agree that the voters have a choice perhaps that's when you wonder who to vote for when romney and obama agree on so many things remember you do have other options come november sixth tune in to see the second round of debates between the major third party candidates on october thirtieth. i will fight all that i also promised that i'd fight every single day on bamberg. like. my own. constituents of the some of the specific. what if politics weren't to blame for the institutional corruption the endless wars in the burgeoning homelessness what if rather these are all just symptoms borne out of an outdated social structure that's the revoluti

what's going on i'm abby martin you've got a great show planned for you today a person to talk argentine producer of here david about the question of sexism in the mainstream and we'll talk about president obama's appearance on the daily show with jon stewart late last night how much influence that show really has on voters also charged chat with mark millar professor and author of ford again the real case for electoral reform what it takes to steal an election so stick around let's break this up. so at the last presidential debate mitt romney went to bat for women's equality case you missed it this is how he did it. to a number of women's groups and said can you help us find folks and they brought us whole binders full of women. whose idea of helping women didn't have positions of power so the talk a little bit more about that in the issue of sexism in the mainstream producer david. so what do you think about this is this binder gaffe first of all i have to say i think the only winner in the aftermath of this comment is the binder industry and i think that they got a few more sales this

and abby martin host of breaking the sets. well r t america will be airing the debate live tonight our coverage begins at eight pm eastern with the debate itself kicking off at nine pm. moving on now to another case of the n.y.p.d. racial profiling this time a paid informant is coming forward describing how he was instructed by police to quote bait and muslims to talk about jihad or terrorism and this while he this was done while he says he was in full infiltrated the muslim community going to mosques and study groups and snapping photos many of them innocent people the informant one thousand year old. sham your rock rock money i'm sure a butcher that name says he was paid around a thousand dollars a month for his underwear cover he was also facing minor marijuana charges and police said his work would make his future brighter but romano is now speaking out saying his role as an informant is quote detrimental to the constitution for more on the n.y.p.d. using informants to trap muslims cyrus make gold brick care out for the co

that's abby maslin's life. while friends and neighbors are planning a safety festival, she's getting ready to face to of the three men who beat her husband so badly, he may never be the same. >> they have created just a tremendous hole in my heart and their damage is going to be permanent damage. >> reporter: tc was on his way home from a stop at a capitol hill ball early august 18. cops say three men beat him, robbed him, shot him in the head with a bb gun and basically left him for dead. cops arrested three men after a little more than a month. >> he's making amazing progress. he is an incredible man and he's very strong and he's lucky to be alive. >> reporter: the family has bills. a trust has been set up with $10,000 in it. they say the response has been incredible. >> as a dear friend to abby, i see it every day. i feel it. and i want to ensure that we continue that. >> reporter: tonight is about the evt. tomorrow masllin is in court to face the men who caused the traumatic brain injury, all for a credit c

everyone i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set so if you think if you still have the right to due process in this country think again the national defense authorization act quietly signed into law by president obama last year gave the military the right to indefinitely detain u.s. citizens without a trial luckily district judge katherine forest ordered a temporary block on the n.b.a.'s indefinite detention provision suggesting indefinite detention without due process is unconstitutional great right so we still have due process sadly now obama's attorneys immediately put an emergency injunction and a permanent stay on judge forest's ruling on tuesday a three judge panel approved so why would obama pursue such an aggressive response to a judge that he himself appointed pulitzer prize winning journalist chris hedges put it like this he said the fact that they responded so aggressively. i think is an indication to me and the lawyers that they are already using the law because of the laws taken off the books and are holding us citizens and military facilities that's what section te

and contribute and thank you so much for coming on dino the pleasure to have you thank you very much abbi. so if you like what you see so far go to our youtube channel youtube dot coms of breaking the set and subscribe to our facebook page at facebook dot com breaking the set if you're wondering what i'm doing or fiction about when i'm on air follow me on twitter abby martin oh you took a break my preaching for now stay tuned here about the chilling effect of the surveillance state next. thanks. guys i know a lot of talk a lot about the the surveillance. on the show but i wouldn't if there wasn't a real attack going on against our constitutional right to privacy and free speech right now our right to privacy is going to the dogs in the following news story is case in point. was a drugstore thank you kristoffer for miami dade police but it's a routine sniff the marijuana grow house five years ago they could make this chocolate lab the subject of a constitutional question in the u.s. supreme court. well there you have it see this month the u.s. supreme court revisiting two florida cases tha

everyone i'm abby martin so joining us songs took center stage last night addressing a meeting of the u.n. general assembly and his speech a song challenge obama to live up to the same words that he had just delivered the night before in front of the entire world when he said those in power have the resist the temptation to crackdown on dissent check out. those runs the words and there are times when action. the time for words has run out. it is time for the u.s. to cease its persecution. to cease its persecution about people and to cease its persecution over all live sources it is time for president obama to do the right thing and join the forces of change not in following words but in following deeds. thank you i wonder if president obama has ever heard of the old idiom actions speak louder than words you know it's a good one to live by because a leader is not measured for his rhetoric but rather for his deeds so that's your challenge present. obama stop your crusade against julia song it's time to lead by example lead by action. i. i know europe seems to be in shambles these days i

. >> reporter: but engaging the robo callers is a mistake says ftc attorney ken abby. it can trigger more calls because it tells the company there's a human on the other end of the line. >> hang up. don't push 1. don't call a number they give you in the robo call. all that's going to do is connect you to scam artists. >> reporter: abby says reputable companies know robo calls are illegal unless you've given the company permission in writing to call you. >> which no one ever does. >> reporter: if you get one, odds are it's coming from a company who's looking to steal your money. the most common offers are bogus services that require a monthly payment. >> credit card services, debt negotiation service, auto warranties, medical insurance, things like that where you're expecting to pay over time. they're hoping to get you in that way. >> reporter: we looked at 10,000 complaints filed with the ftc in september. the top three complaints with names listed card services, card member services and credit card services. one in ten complaints came from californi californians. almo

you think and if you're wondering about what i'm doing when i'm not on air follow me on twitter at abby martin so stay tuned to hear about the elephant in the room that is not being talked about this election cycle bringing the vote. mr. a close presidential election in november means the presidency could be entirely dependent on just a handful of contested districts it's a scary thought especially considering the vast amount of evidence showing that the last three presidential elections have had massive voter fraud and talk about the illusion of free elections and media censorship and the corporatocracy i'm joined now by great possed investigative journalist and author of billionaires and about ballot bandits how to steal an election and nine easy steps greg it's awesome to have you on thank you thanks abbi so i want to talk first about your book elections are coming up in less than a month you say that there's nine easy steps to rig an election go over just two of these steps that people should be aware of and why the issue of rigged elections is censored across corporate and alternat

tough guys i am abby martin so just came out last week's media coverage of the un general assembly was a teensy bit skewed let me break it down for you netanyahu speech was welcomed as a full on media blitz every network made sure to cover the the man between them everything he had to say and what kind of coverage they don't manage our get well he pretty much got a laugh in the face because before he even spoke the new york post published this that the piece of. his speech was even cut off by c.n.n. interestingly right before he said that countries and religion should have no problems with each other sounds a little familiar i want to separate trip to new york the video also failed to report that i cannot actually met with jewish religious leaders to exchange well wishes for all religions people and cultures so is it a coincidence that they left us out partly because you see what the mainstream media was trying to do is isolate his message before even hearing it what they wanted to do was a fiery anti semitic speech from a nutty nuclear bomb clad leader and his message of peace didn't

abbi thanks for having me so i remember a really strong rhetoric coming from the obama administration during the early stages of this campaign that this tone kind of began to change and immediately after he got into office he started with a look forward line i wanted to start up this area just playing you a couple clips from robert gibbs and rahm emanuel expanding upon this line. the president also believes that. rather than. looking backward and fighting this backward that it's important to move our country forward this is not a time for retribution as time for reflection and it's not time to use our energy and our time in looking back and in a sense of anger and retribution and of course there are other people that repeating this talking point robbie i mean here's rahm emanuel said it's not a time for retribution at a time for reflection and what do you really do what does that mean what did not prosecuting the bush administration really mean. or what it meant as it essentially normalized the bush policy that everybody was so devastated by. i mean that torture is not being investiga

say what's up i'm abby martin so we have a super packed show for you today first i'll be talking about a doctor not fees a med the executive director of the institute for policy research and development in london about a documentary the crisis of civilization then i talk to our team producer rachel courteous about death on television is seeing death in real time something that people should be exposed to and read how the show i'll be covering thorough the biggest company you've probably never heard of break that. the beliefs of a specific. it's impossible to deny that there's an impending global crisis facing humanity the main facets of which are climate change food shortages energy depletion economic meltdowns terrorism and war and all these things are analyzed in a vacuum it's easy to lose sight of how they fit together indeed all these elements of societal collapse are merely symptoms of one single global system dr nazis a med director of the institute for policy research and development and author of a user's guide to the crisis of civilization and how to save it joins me now from

you think and if you're wondering about what i'm doing when i'm not on air follow me on twitter at abby martin so stay tuned to hear about the elephant in the room that is not being talked about this election cycle bringing the vote. you don't know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard luck and is a big picture. wealthy british style. expert on the. market why not. gamble why no one should really be happening to the global economy with mike's cancer or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on our. it. was. like a. a close presidential election in november means the presidency could be entirely dependent on just a handful of contested districts it's a scary thought especially considering the vast amount of evidence showing that the last three presidential elections have had massive voter fraud and talk about the illusion of free elections and media censorship and t

everyone i'm abby martin so hurricane sandy i'm sure you've seen the devastation left by the massive storm that swept across the northeast earlier this week with tens of millions of people are still without power in experience in some of the worst flooding in decades the damage estimates of which will be astronomical most importantly the aftermath of the hurricane laid bare the poor state of infrastructure here in the u.s. levees breaking entire neighborhoods looking like they just got air rated now i know you can argue that even the best infrastructure in the world is no match to the wrath of mother nature to do that we have a better shot at preventing this kind of damage if we actually invested money into making american infrastructure the greatest it can be you may say hey we're broke we're in debt but if over how far tax dollars were being squandered by the military industrial complex we might have a dollar or two to invest in underground power lines or restoring levees properly think about this and the minute of television that you just watched the pentagon just blew a million t

what's going on over on i'm abby martin well well well the first presidential debate is a thing of the past and what have we learned take away men's i'm sorry jim i'm going to stop the subsidy to p.b.s. i'm going to stop all the things i like p.b.s. i love big bird i actually like you too. that's right mitt romney considers p.b.s. and big bird a non-essential item in the budget but guess what big bird's parody twitter was watching and he had some words for the republican presidential nominee and so first big bird was like w.t.f. mitt romney's sad face and then he brought out the big guns and tweeted what obama didn't even say he wrote i guess i'm the forty seven percent and in fact big bird was quite a hit on the social media stream last night the twitter government account revealed the phrase big bird had generated about seventeen thousand tweets per minute so much for any substantial debate on the direction of this country which brings me to my favorite tweet of the night by our t's own web producer andrew blake a pretty much summed it up really well he said christ i was born he's th

coming up next breaking the set that's coming up in thirty minutes here on our tail let's check in with abby martin to see what is on today's agenda abbi what's going on liz so do you know that today is an anniversary know who's anniversary what anniversary it's the anniversary it's actually an anniversary as should mourn instead of celebrating the anniversary of the senate authorization of invasion of iraq so today they totally authorized to invade the country a sovereign nation based on a complete lie what we're asking today is why is it even ok to invade a country if they have weapons of mass destruction that logic makes no sense we're going to be smashing the said breaking apart that whole narrative we're also recovering the t.s.a. the enormous abuses of the t.s.a. loses you know that you're more likely to die of cancer by one of these t.s.a. body scanners than you are to die of an actual terrorist attack really yes we're talking the blogger that expose it all just about how they're expanding these viper teams across the country putting the ban body scanners across the country and what t

abby is keeping faith. >> he is talking, he is able to walk, assisted with a cane and a wheelchair. he's making progress. >> reporter: the couple and their son, jack, are moving to the eastern shore to a handicapped accessible home. a tough decision, because capitol hill is close to their hearts, but it's clear going forward they'll continue to feel the love and support from this community. >> the donations so far has been substantial. more will be needed to support long-term recovery for maslin. we have a link on myfoxdc.com. meantime, three suspects are charged with assault in the case. 17-year-old sunny coody and tommy branch were ordered held without bond earlier this month. 18-year-old michael moore waived his right to a preliminary hearing. >>> prince george's county police are looking into the shooting death of a woman. officers responded to reports of gunshots before 3:00 a.m. on hamlin street and found a woman suffering from a wound. she was pronounced dead at the scene. police have not identified the victim. anyone with information is being asked to give them a call. >>> p

we sent abbie boudreau to check out the products. >> reporter: a hair icon over the years.short of a hair phenomenon. turns out, jennifer aniston actually hated that cut. telling "allure" magazine in 2011, i think it was the ugliest haircut i'd ever seen. but the obsession with jen's locks is greater than ever. and now, she's letting everyone in on her closely-guarded secret. this new product line, called living proof, where beauty meets science. in fact, scientists from m.i.t. helped create the product. it's supposed to restore damaged hair and extend the life of a hair stylewo times longer. and jen's not only the spokesperson. she's also co-owner, joining the ranks of other celebrity investors, with the likes to make some serious cash. from ashton kutcher, who has pop chips. and 50 cent who invested in vitamin water. >> when the brand's parent company was bought by coca-cola, everyone won. >> reporter: for jen, she says the proof of her product is in the bottle. we brought our own living proof products to the dry bar in west hollywood. to see if i could get the jennifer a

abbie boudreaux. >> never joke about bombs to airport security personnel. a man did so forcing the evacuation of alaska's airport. he was charged with making threats and conduct. the man is in jail on $5,000 bail. still to come, the one thing you need to do to be smarter and slimmer. the news investigates the claims of a blood donor who contracted a life-threatening infection and then found out his blood may have been sold. >> the bay area will warm up this upcoming workweek. >>> a peninsula man is suing claiming he suffered a life-threatening infection. he said it is nearly impossible to get the type of infection he has from a blood donation. vic lee now with information about this lawsuit. >> on april 10th, 2008, christopher went to the stanford blood center. he says after donating blood he experienced searing pain in his arm and shoulder. >> three weeks later it blossomed to a full blown bone infection. i had surgery on may 6th and may 9th to remove part of michael leer bone. >> stanford paid his medical bills which he said cost close to $100,000. >> the

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abbie, welcome back from maternity leave. baby boy for abbie. good to see you. hope you're getting sleep. >> reporter: thank you so much. >> great to have her back. >>> now, we're going to turn to the country's newest instant millionaires. an iowa couple has come forward to claim the $202 million powerball jackpot. as abc's john muller reports, the wife's first challenge was convincing her husband that their good fortune was not a bad joke. >> ladies and gentlemen, it's time to announce iowa's newest millionaires. >> reporter: walking the red carpet like rock stars and just as rich. life will never be the same for mary and brian lohse. of suburban des moines. the sole winners of the $202 million powerball jackpot. mary, a medical technician, bought the ticket while filling up with gas at this convenience store. at first, she thought she only matched three numbers. >> i had the last three numbers. i thought, well, at least i won 100 bucks. >> reporter: when she found out she struck it rich, she called her husband, an attorney, who was out of town on business. >>

. >> reporter: maslin's wife abby says their lives have been forever changed. >> we are going to lose all the things we've worked so hard for for years and years. it is devastating. it is completely devastating. it is hard to reemergency your future when we thought at this time right now we would be looking forward to having another baby and moving on with our lives. and now we're kind of at this very different point where the future is completely uncertain. >> reporter: the daily struggle is heart breaking but she says they won't have made it this far without support. in the hours immediately following the attack, friend and neighbors jumped into action. vanessa ford set up the first web site to take donation. it snowballed from there culminating with this event. >> i have just been blown away. we all thought the attention and support for this would have diminished by now. it just kind of continues to grow. >> reporter: doctors are hopeful tc will be released from the hospital next movement it is not known when or if he will fully recover but abby is keeping faith. >> he is talking.

abby says her husband is making some tremendous progress. >>> campaign 2012 now, aggressive, combative, vice president joe biden and congressman paul ryan squared off in the one and only vice presidential debate last night. >> for 90 minutes the men exchanged jabs over domestic and foreign issues. randall pinkston has the latest from danville, kentucky. >> reporter: vice president joe biden wasted no time challenging congressman paul ryan's take on foreign policy. >> with all due respect, that's a bunch of malarkey. >> why is that so? >> because not a single thing he said is accurate. >> reporter: they clashed over the economy, taxes and medicare with the democrat often on the attack. >> they're holding hostage the middle class tax cut. it's about time they take some responsibility. >> reporter: but ryan fired back. he slammed the obama administration's economic record. >> this is not what a real recovery looks like. we need real reforms for real recovery and that's exactly what mitt romney and i are proposing. >> reporter: after several heated exchanges, ryan insinuated that president

abby fisher's complaint is that she was discriminated against for being white. she wasn't talking about how the black students fair and that is the traditional approach. the university of texas again claims we are giving it the way the university of michigan law school did it and so we are okay. there are a number of distinctions against the cases though that meeting will help the now more skeptical court to strike down the preferences. they wouldn't have to overrule the case to do so because the case as justice o'connor particular needed some principles that were supposed to limit the size and duration of the preference is to avoid abuses but she didn't really enforce them but they to remain on the books. you are supposed to pursue the alternatives before you resort to race. texas did. the heavy 10% plan the got a lot of racial diversity, and other diversity from the 10% plan. did dave really need to use the individual racial preferences on top of it? that is one argument in her favor. another is the court has said no racial balancing meaning you cannot try to

his wife abby accepted the donation. she also talked about a safety festival being held next weekend. >> be part of a greater community. this is not only a reminder that we're members of this community, but it's a visceral and real experience for us to bond together in a way we should be doing every day, and it shouldn't take horrible experiences like these to inspire that spirit. >>homas branch and couti are expected in court today. the third defendant, waived his hearing. >>> a 4-year-old boy is lucky to be alive after he fell from a ninth floor window in silver spring. this happened at an apartment building on piney branch road. a tree helped break that fall. the boy's family was at home at the time. he was taken to children's hospital with a broken femur and a head injury. >>> this morning several families in montgomery koipt co are out of their hoemds after a fire tears through townhouses. it happened along cannes avenue in olney, maryland, last night. one home is a total loss while others were damaged. plumbe plumb

of texas at austin tries for racial diversity, but the way they did it was challenged by a senior, abby fisher. >> the race should not be considered. >> reporter: she says that affirmative action kept her out. >> there were people with lower grades who were not in the same courses. the only difference between us was the color of our skin. >> reporter: she says the state law that guarantees the top 10% of graduates makes the university racially diverse enough. 29% hispanic, 6% black. but the university says that considering race is one factor in making sure they admit enough with diversity. >> what is important is that they have the ability to see that not all are the same, regardless of their ethnic economic background. >> reporter: the supreme court ruled nine years ago that they can consider race to get a critical mass of students. a decision written by sandra day o'connor. today, they seemed to find it too vague? what is the local end? when will i know that you have reached a critical mass? one justice, does it vary from group to group or state to state? the lawyer from the universit

>> abby from miami. >> jimmy: hey, abby. >> mindy hong from new jersey. >> jimmy: hey, new jersey. >>. [ cheers ] >> rich stovitz from new york. >> jimmy: that's what i'm talking about. all right, good man, rich. now what is the name of your crew? >> special sauce. >> all: wha, wha! [ laughter ] >> jimmy: they couldn't even hear themselves and they're the one's who said it. special sauce, what, what!? ew? >> eww! >> jimmy: yes, thank you, buddy. [ light laughter ] all right, here we go. you guys look good. you look like you're a solid crew here. look at your photo of your group shot there. there you go, there's special sauce. money signs in there. that's the way to do it, you guys. it all comes down to this right here. look at this. it's time for the dance battle. behold the dance floor. that's where the magic happens. [ audience oohs ] now, the roots are going to play a song, and each crew will perform the choreographed dance routine they made up less than an hour ago. this is it, you guys. and remember what we always say here at "late night" -- cover your hat, cover your hat. ♪ from