i thought about putting a picture of abigail up here by means of comparison because in abigail's portrait of the white house -- or excuse me, as the first lady, she's wearing a mob cap, a high-neck dress and a shawl over it just to make sure everything is covered. abigail's attitude about what dolly wore was that she looked like a nursing mother. dolly actually comes from my adopted state of north carolina. she was born in gilford county. and for those of you who are from this area, you may be aware of the fact that gilford county was settled by quakers. dolly was raised as a quaker. and when she married james madison, she was ex-communicated because he was not a quaker. it is said that she encountered a fellow former quaker friend of hers on the street one day. as those of you who are part of the quaker tradition know, it was practice for men at that time to wear hats as a sign of humility. she looked at her friend and said to him, friend, where is thy hat? he looked at her, particularly the neckline, and said, friend, where is thy kerchief? dolly tried a little bit of everything. she wa

and the victims were soaking in it. >> abigail folger had been wearing a white nightgown.eople thought that it must have been red, there was so much blood. officers who attended the murder scene had not seen anything like it, and we're talking about los angeles pd veterans. >> but they would see something just as shocking the following night. >> the bodies of a man and his wife found in their home. >> in the peaceful suburban neighborhood of rosemary and lino la bianca. >> their bodies had been mutilated. they had been stabbed repeatedly. a fork was left in lino's abdomen. someone had carved a word on his stomach. there were words written in blood on the walls and on the refrigerator. >> the words, "rise," "death to pigs" and "helter-skelter" written in blood, just as they had been at the tate house. >> they found no evidence of robbery, no suggestion of motive. a baffling crime and bizarre. >> the los angeles police department assigned almost 20 investigators. with seven people viciously murdered and no good leads, people started to blame the victims. rumors filled the ne

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of course. >> abigail: actually, um, i was kind of hoping we could talk...bout us. >> daniel: no, no, no problem. i have surgery scheduled a little later today. yeah. no, i will take care of it when i get there. okay, thank you. bye. let me just find my keys. what is that? that's weird. is this jj's? >> eve: who's there with you? >> jj: no one. and abig

. >>> a montgomery county lost an all-out search for a beloved yorkie, abigail. they let her out for a few minutes. that is all it took for someone to take david henry is live with more. >>reporter:the kids read about her in a book called "a home for abi." and abi needs her home after she was stolen las

. >>> a montgomery county lost an all-out search for a beloved yorkie, abigail. they let her out for a few minutes. that is all it took for someone to take david henry is live with more. >>reporter:the kids read about her in a book called "a home for abi." and abi needs her home after she was stolen last night. >> i want her back. if they have her, she needs us. >>reporter:andrea let abi out in theyard. she came out minutes later and abi was gone. a white car stopped in the alley and then sped off. >> i can't believe that people are so cruel. it's that kind of world today. >>reporter:they bought abi in florida. he was smitten the moment that he held her. >> she was a gem. >>reporter:phil and andrea did not get any sleep last night. they spent the day going door-to-door and handing out the flyers. andrea was taken by abi's personality. backyard. >> all the grandchildren are gone and she was our, our whole life. >>reporter:they wonder who could take away such an important part of their lives. >> a heartless person. they don't realize that people love their animals

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she gave birth to a baby girl named "abigail" tuesday. it is the first child for the 46 year old duckworth and her husband, bryan. because of her age and injuries as an iraq war veteran, duckworth's pregnancy was considered high- risk. her office released a statement today. saying the new mom and dad are thrilled about their new addition. >> >>still ahead this midday chaos overnight, after a gunman opens fire on the campus of florida state university in a library packed with students. >>plus, drivers killed as their airbags deployed. now, carmakers are facing tough questions about what they knew, and when, on capitol hill. >>and, more fallout from the sexual assault allegations against comedian bill cosby. what he said during an interview right before several women came forward. before several women came forward. im >>a college library packed with students becomes a crime scene. when a gunman opens fire. wounding three people before being killed by police. a student inside the library at florida state university took this cellphone video

. >> abigail: aunt kayla? hi. >> kayla: hi. >>

found guilty 35-year-old abigail simon could face life in prison.orado woman allegedly making up a story about her six euros on having cancer to collect tens of thousands of dollars in charity. the mother pleads guilty to fraud and child abuse charges. the courts and missing her to months in jail and five years probation. ia man accused of falling naked from the ceiling and women's airport bathroom before tacking and 84-year-old man. due to be arraigned this hour in massachusetts, he faces a number of charges including attended murder and assault. heather: the grand jury in ferguson sparking protest all across the country including here in new york city. david lee miller has been following the story for a couple of days now. quite a night, closing some major roads? >> indeed it was. ferguson is about 1000 miles a little less than that, 1000 miles from new york city but the demonstrations are in no way constrained by geographic boundaries. demonstrations the last 24 hours literally from coast to coast to protest, voicing their anger and frustrations

later on in the day, cnbc will be speaking to eva langoria, enda kenny and abigail disney. >>> and staying on the tech theme, apple is preparing a new bond sale for the first nondebt ever issued. they're working on a two-part euro dominated deal to raise a total of $1.2 million. deutsche bank and goldman sachs have been hired to handle the transaction. we have had some news out on the wire in the last hour or so suggesting the eight-year bond could be priced at roughly 1.2% and 1.8%. we might see global profits doing much more of this, issuing debt in other places where, you know, interest rates are much lower. >> it certainly makes sense for apple. does it make sense for the investors to come in and buy the paper at this point? because remember, back in 2013, we saw that massive dollar bond offering from apple. the timing was impeccable, it really was, because we saw a bond sell-off and some investors lost a lot of money on that purchase. will it be the same sort of timing this time around? do you really want to invest in that? because it seems as though apple seems to have a good neck in

. >> abigail: little caffeine to start your day? >> ben: thank you. but i was hoping to start my day like this. >> sharon: your first appointment is here. >> marlena: oh, thank you, bring him in. >> clyde: nice to meet you, dr. evans. thank you for making time for me. >> hope: okay, here you go. >> ciara: oh, i don't need a menu, i want smiley-face pancakes. >> hope: okay. >> ciara: i'm starving, can we please just order now? >> hope: honey, chase and his

. >> abigail: why didn't chad just tell ben that the dimeras owned the apartment building he was tryingget into? no, instead, he had to go and give him a bad reference.

. >> abigail: why didn't chad just tell ben that the dimeras owned the apartment building he was trying to get into? no, instead, he had to go and give him a bad reference. it'so

. >> abigail: little caffeine to start your day? >> ben: thank you.ut i was hoping to start my day like this. >> sharon: your first appointment is here. >> marlena: oh, thank you, bring him in. >> clyde: nice to meet you, dr. evans. thank you for making time for me. >> hope: okay, here you go. >> ciara: oh, i don't need a menu, i want smiley-face pancakes. >> hope: okay. >> ciara: i'm starving, can we please just order now? >> hope: honey, ch

abigail simon took the stand in her own defense testifying that the alleged victim forced himself on and that she was controlled by him. >>> and lawyers for ex-nfl player aaron hernandez due in court to talk about evidence sharing with prosecutors in the murder of two boston men in 2012. prosecutors say that they were killed after a chance encounter with hernandez earlier in the evening at a nightclub. the former patriots' player is also charged with the murder of an acquaintance last year. jon that. jon: back to that firestorm in ferguson, missouri, after the grand jury decision with the media caught in the middle of violent protests. take a look, a protester or breaking a fox news camera last night. we watched it live as demonstrators directed their rage at reporters on air. meantime, president obama calling on the media to shift its coverage. >> and i think the media's going to have a responsibility as well to make sure that we focus on michael brown's parents and the clergy and the community leaders and the civil rights leaders and law enforcement officials who have been working

lynn sweet said the infant is named abigail. a name we all love here on msnbc.mily. we have sad news. wering mike nichols whose career defined an era starring with his matching of elaine may. a director on broadway and hollywood, mike nichols is of the air artists to win a tony and a grammy. he skyrocketed to popular success with the graduate in 1968. with the classic career advice plastics. of course the pairing of dustin hoffman and seductive ann bancroft. >> mrs. robinson, you are trying to seduce me. aren't you? >> nichols crafted the iconic opening scene from working girl. and more recently, "charlie wilson's war" based on the texas congressman. >> you got it? >> no, no. i'm stupid. >> you are not stupid. you are just in congress. >> nichols won tonies including six for bear foot in the park, the odd couple, death of a salesman. broadway plans to dim the lights in his honor tomorrow night. he was a legend in his own right and was worshipped. he was born in berlin in 1931 and his family fled nazi germany years later and he was married to our good friend dian

i'm giving zach the same advice that john adams told his wife abigail in a letter, he said let my sons happy, happy man. and that's what basically i'm telling my little nephew here. religion, morality and freedom. only way to go. >> zach, if i was running for office, i would want my government -- i'd fight to declare that radical islam is the enemy of this country and i would call it what it is right now. >> yeah! >> okay, one. i would secure america's borders, number two, i think it's immoral to rob our children and spend more money than we take in. i'd spend within our means. and balance the budget. and i like the penny plan. i'd have an alternative to obama care, free market alternative. i'd have school choice and education. and i'd have energy independence. that's my top items. simple, but i think would make a big difference. >> i like it, sean. but i would just add to begin with as i would cut the government about half of what it is now and clean out more bureaucracies than i shoot ducks, you know what i'm saying? >> i know what you're saying. >> sean, i think -- hey, sean, i thin