says he did it on a personal level, not as afp.epublicans said that explanation sounded bogus to him. that's further evidence of the dark campaigning that goes on in kansas politics. well funded special interest groups hide behind sham organizations to try to influence the electorate. the koch brothers negotiation for all their influence in the koch brothers home state of kansas, they have not been able to get kansas to dump the wind energy industry into the dirt. maybe even in a state where they have tons of influence, it is because it is too on the nose, too transparent for oil refining company to be declaring war on the sun, right? war on wind. but watch for this no matter what state you live in. when they wanted to appear to be something other than the richest men on earth shouting from their pile of oil refinery money, shouting down, what turned up in people's mailboxes instead when they wanted to look like something they aren't, was this plea from the elderly poor. it wasn't the koch brothers and afp and chamber of commerce a

. >> the director of afp kansas admitted to helping set up a group that send out postcards to kansansenergy makes their electric bills go up and state activists say afp and their allies have tried six times just this year to repeal the renewable energy mandates in the kansas legislature. so why is the fight against green energy so important in kansas? could it possibly have anything to do with the fact that if you want to see some of the best examples of benefits of renewable energy you need look no further than the koch brothers own backyard. >> we hope those in greensboro will remain in your shelters. a tornado emergency declared by the national weather service. >> the night of may 4th, 2007, a massive tornado more than a mile and a half wide tore through the tiny western kansas town of greensburg. 11 people died. it is utterly destroyed. 95% of it erased but when it came time to rebuild the city decided to embrace the same force of nature that leveled it. >> 100% of the consumption of the city of greensburg is from alternative energy, the wind. not only is it the wind that destroye

the video obtained by afp, the leader of boko haram says they kidnapped the girls from their boarding school three weeks ago. hes theren to sell them as slaves. nigeria's president is under fire, for not doing enough to set them free. al jazeera, yvonne ndege reports from abuja. >> why the rescue effort has so far failed. some church goers are planning overnight vigils, until the girls are found. >> i have a daughter i have a son, it's painful. if i should put myself in the shoos of the parents painful. >> reporter: the missing girls. >> what we would can request is maximum cooperation from the guidance, because up to this the time, they have not been able to come clearly to judge yet to return. >> reporter: news of the abductions have spread around the world. accused the nigerian government of mishandling the effort. >> has the might of the entire military of the country. he has financial resources at his disposal. and he can make things happen if he actually wants to make things happen. so there shouldn't be any excuses. >> reporter: people have been protesting in london too. there'

even on the part of afp, backed by the koch brothers, that what they're selling people on is not going over very well. >> exactly. it is the dog food that dogs just won't eat. and again, we're not talking only about workers suffering because of lower minimum wage, we're talking about the taxpayers suffering. taxpayers right now are spending $250 billion a year on social welfare programs for the working poor. people who work but can't afford to survive and pay for their own families. if we raise minimum wage, if we force businesses to pay reasonable wage to the workers, the taxpayers would save tens of billions of dollars. and maybe that's part of what's motivating romney since he pays a lot of taxes himself. >> not according to harry reid. ron unz, thanks for your time. joining me in atlanta, msnbc contributor goldie taylor. >> nice to be here. >> this fight has been hot. we had amazing footage of john lewis coming out when the fast food workers struck. it is the kind of issue that in deep red states, even in states with the sort of conservative center of public opinion, you see over 5

there's in deal on the table, money coming from lansing, and afp says, which is the koch-backed organizationsays, sell the art first. sell off the water first, sell other assets before you take this money. >> yeah, this is where republicans have to be very careful, because with the auto bailout as well in michigan really hurt the republican party. and when it's hitting people in their everyday lives, the hill is a washington-based publication, but we get calls from everyday americans who are saying, what is going on with the unemployment insurance. and so whether it's education or school lunches, we talked a little earlier about the little guy and who's fine with the little guy. republicans have this tough dynamic where they're trying to cut budgets, but they have to also make the case, i'm with you. and that's a tough sale. >> igor, americans for prosperity gave us a statement in response. they say, quote, detroit has had enough special favors and unfortunately with each bailout, it becomes less likely that city leaders will ever take responsibility and reform their policies. michigan taxpa

news agency afp is quoting a united nations official on the ground, saying a number of government soldiers have been killed or taken prisoner. two years after the u.s.-led air attacks that toppled lately be a leader moammar gadhafi, the country's dissent into chaos is near complete. >> armed men stormed the ghazi oz embassy and killed the united states ambassador and his staff -- men stormed the benghazi and the sea. >> the aftermath of a rocket attack in the southwestern suburbs of tripoli -- the barrage came down near an army barracks shortly after the air force chief announced his backing for armed action against the islamists. two migrant workers were killed and a number of people wounded. >> yesterday at midnight, we heard explosions, so we rushed outside to see what was happening. we found out that our shops were burned out, and we evacuated to wounded people. >> the u.s. says it is concerned at the deteriorating situation and has moved elements of a marine air-ground task force where they could deploy more quickly if needed. >> watching the situation very closely, the unrest, the vi

the stewardess tune with ice and concerts we welcome the night and audio of the french news agency afp. and so from the bloomberg news agency the greatest conceivable that of the world this week we can join the conversation on facebook and twitter are hushed and t w t w. each day this week the steady drip drip continued in eastern ukraine police station here in town hall there taken over by a coalition of pro russian separatist and masked men in the city of turin yes on thursday after meeting rallies and comprise of our motherland is the same union that tacked on to state prosecutor's office. tacked to the left seeks to police injured and the building taken over by those pro russian separatist and that was thursday of course since that time. and i do we've seen it. there was a donkey this friday. this offensive as it were on the flashpoint cities of yawns. two helicopters shot down. tho escalate an escalation in the last week and really thinking when will it stop me to attend to. not really seems to be hosting a means to close and tight. he could not comment on anything right now on wh

barricades set up by pro russian activists to stop the advance of ukrainian government's forces meanwhile afp news agency released a video purportedly showing the strike by ukrainian forces on activists controlled checkpoints. a three day mourning period has been the play it in the black sea port city of modesto in south west ukraine. that's after forty six people were killed and or imbalance which erupted late on friday between pro and anti shia forces. more than two hundred people were injured in downtown internet's mean involve some five thousand people gathered outside the region with the new station to mourn the deaths of victims. the clash began with street fighting between the two sides in which at least three people were reported killed by gunfire government opponents to refuge in a building freeze been caught fire after protesters from fire bombs and such this was before significant confrontation in odessa. since unrest the surface in eastern ukraine. well to two hundred fifty five victims had ended in a five out of hundreds of villages very often due to the collapsed homes in need o

be in exchange for prisoners since the terrorist group boko haram currently held in nigeria jails of afp. the president agreed to attend a security summit in paris on saturday focusing and have yet to answer the invitation. at the same time, officials are trying to develop a conclusive list of the names of the missing girls. experts from the u.s. and other nations are now heading to nigeria to help out. >>> a vigil is planned at stanford in an effort to maintain focus on the missing nigerian schoolgirls. it happens at 6:30 in linton plaza at university avenue. time now is 5:10. >>> it was a very special mother's day for a group of bay area women. how a local nonprofit turned a holiday into an unforgettable experience. >> donald sterling talks publicly for the first time since his racist rant got him banned from the nba. coming up, what he said about holding on to the clippers. >> turning offshore. get ready for some serious heat, maybe some record heat. we'll talk about that coming up. >> some paving work has wrapped up out of vallejo. all lanes wrapped up on westbound. we'll have the la

afp sent a statement defending the math in the letter.hank you for your time. >> thank you. >> copping up, remember chief justice roy moore? he was thrown out of office after refused to remove a monument to the ten commandments. he' back. >>> the republicans' health care plan for america -- don't get sick. that's right. don't get sick. if you get sick, america, the republican health care plan is this. die quickly. that's eight. the republicans want you to die quickly if you are get sick. >> there is a lot of outrage when alan grayson said that on the house floor during the contentious fight about the affordable care act. it's uncivil the to say the other party wants you to die quick if you get sick. here is the uncomfortable truth about health care and its reform. lives are actually at stake. republican governors and legislators are blocking medicaid expansion. three are still considering it. they are blocking basic health care insurance for 5 million people. yesterday we learned just how the this petty obstructionism affects them. a new

the koch brothers funded group afp is running millions of dollars of ads against kay for months to try to soft en her up for whichever republican runs against her. it was today that north carolina voters went to the polls to decide who will be the republican running against kay hagan. the republican establishment like mitt romney got behind one candidate. the current speaker of the north carolina house, tom tillis. social conservative mike huckabee, former governor of arkansas endorsed a baptist pastor in the running as well. senator rand paul got behind a north carolina doctor who has never before run for office. head ed into tonight's voting it was the rand paul endorsed greg brannon who had a chance to have forcing the front runner into a run off. they would love a run-off. obviously the best outcome for them is if they ended up running against mr. brannon. democrats would have the chance to run against someone who says everyone has the right to own a nuclear weapon. just forcing him into a run off would mean the republicans had to keep fighting each other until mid july before they

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the afp and some other sources are reporting today that her husband has admitted to killing his firstife -- >> i know. >> -- in order to marry her. she is the only real victim here, it would appear. and this comes from a culture where women are terribly undervalued, are not regarded as capable of bringing honor to their family. they're only considered as capable of dishonoring their family. this is very much in sort of tribal rule, rural, semi-educated or uneducated communities. it happens less often but it does happen occasionally in cities and among more educated families. >> on that point, irshad, the husband to be, who is now a widower already, is not going to be around with this wife but killed a previous wife and said so. which is strange enough. how do you put all this together? i don't think they're necessarily related, these two horrors, but how do you put it together? >> well, you know, like you said, chris, these things are called honor killings, although they are highly dishonorable -- >> well, how does he get away with killing his first wife? what was the honor in that? l

the john walsh had no problem, listen to this, calling afp's position "irresponsible." >> it's an irresponsibility statement, it doesn't reflect testify rooelt. it's prt art of our state in di condition and if we had the opportunity to settle and keep as many whole as possible and provide control for the long hall i think that's a good deal. >> that's a rare piece of tape. when was the last time you heard a republican make any sense when it comes to helping folks out? politico reports americans for prosperity plan to spend $125 million to elect republicans in the mid terms, one of their main targets congressman gary peters running for the senate in the state of michigan. americans for prosperity will be using dark money they refuse to disclose. >> david coke and his brother charles work behind the scenes and bring deep pockets. watch when you ask how much here in michigan. >> i don't get any money from the cokes. >> does your organization? >> i don't know what they give at the national level. but we have over 90,000 donors nationwide. >> but you're not answering. >> we don't disclose who our donor

joining me on the phone is a photojournalist with afp.ou've been looking at, and the ones you see here, these moments of anguish. you see some of the survivors right after they were rescued. you were there. i mean, what sort of condition were they in? >> i just drive from the coast of izmir to mine site. i just arrive at the mine. and people are shouting. people were -- like crazy. and they're searching their friends. a lot of injured people i saw coming out from the mine. and i saw a lot of died people coming out from mine. and now i am viewing and this is so, so sad that some of them waiting for their children, some of them waiting their sisters, brothers, husband. and it's so sad here. nobody sleeps here. and tomorrow morning, all is wake up and it's so sad here. >> bulent, thank you very much. those incredibly moving pictures as he watched the survivors and some of the dead coming out of the mine. >>> well, our breaking news continues. the nba just wrapping up a meeting about whether to force donald sterling to sell the los angeles cl

london afp. justice is government gets its a re take full control of the country's third city homes of long flight and a formal entry and tell you the ancient citadel of aleppo least fourteen killed possibly many more inside the carlton hotel it's now used as a military base the rebel islam is fronts claiming responsibility. it happened as rebels relinquish control of what was once dubbed the capital of the revolution the old city of homes the city of note is that the capital of the revolution is about to lose its revolutionary elite is the symbolic since the last beyond a complete blockade by government forces since june twenty twelve to come up with proceed to the evacuation of civilians back in february and has complete control of the position fine tears comes up to england's mark meeting with the representatives of the recent security forces opposition plate is on the run. it stands a good deal of it seemed dazed people including rental places and at least what the score to three or tying in

kidnapped nearly a month ago by the terrorist group boko haram in a 17-minute video released today by afpt 130 girls, most of them christian, can be seen there, wearing conservative muslim garb and now reciting the koran. the video also shows the leader of boko haram carrying an ak-47. he's shown in a different location from those girls. and he says they were converted to islam and won't be freed until nigeria releases imprisoned boko haram fighters. senior u.s. officials also confirm today that the u.s. military's flying manned surveillance flights over nigeria at the request of the nigerian government to help in this search. international pressure continues to grow as well. the white house deployed the first lady to again speak out on this issue in their weekly address. >> my husband and i are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 nigerian girls from their school dormitory. in these girls barack and i see our own daughters. we see their hopes and their dreams. and we can only imagine the anguish their parents are feeling right now. let us all pray for their safe

. >> we're watching the afp c.ill june be a month for action in the shape of mark connie and mario draghi of the ecb? people are speculating as to whether we will see some action from the ecb. >> it will be an interesting month. a number of flaws it can -- of tools it can deploy. can, for example, increased capital requirements on certain types of mortgage lending. what it could do is pass the stress test further. there are things it can do which directly affect the housing market that don't have any direct monetary policy affects. ecb members have been talking about lowering the rate corridor , which would include not just a reduction in the refinancing rate, but taking the deposit rate into the next territory. >> stay with us for further analysis when countdown returns. ♪ >> welcome back to "countdown." we speaking to the chief economist at invest tech security. dmitri medvedev says a second cold war may emerge from the crisis in the ukraine. how does that make investors feel? up tothat we are building elections

>> we always have a reason why, just like on our afp programs. rather than having the military modify the proven system. >> great idea. to ask franku need kendall that question. if we do go with a separate -- em to be operable >> for the record, the federal money on i.t.nds every year and much of it is wasted. >> i wanted to ask about improper payments. you testified again today about the dod that .7%ormance rating was only and compared to governmentwide, it is 3.5%. i know that some of the data used in that report was going backwards. gaoll give it that, but basically found that the dod improper payment estimates were norher reliable, statistically valid, because of long-standing and pervasive financial management weaknesses. that is what this hearing is all about. how do we know that what you're giving us today is accurate. more detail on how dod has evolved to get to this place where apparently your statistics are quite good? >> the main thing is we have tried to close the barn door before the cows lead, rather than looking at improper payment

the video obtained by boka haram by afp is 27 minutes long.ws the girls wearing muslim head dresses, reciting parts of the koran and making islamic declarations of faith. in a separate portion the terror group leader pitches what seems to be a deal to release the girls. nima elbajir is in the capital to talk about? tape. good morning, nima. >> reporter: good morning, carol. today will be a day of relief for many families. i'm sure they'll also be scanning those videos trying to make sure their girls are amongst that hundred or so girls shown in the video. realistically, the issue is whether or not they can trust in what boka haram is saying. they're offering now to swap the girls for prisoners. you remember, carol, initially they said they were going to sell them as spoils of war. that seems to be a pretty significant about-face. obviously that's something we have to watch closely in the coming days. we traveled to chibok and found a community still in the very grip of terrorists, boka haram. >> this is a road few have been willing to travel.