day that agnew came to the house? >> i certain dloy. >> could you tell us about it, please? >> one of the most handsome men i ever met. it was an odd impression. he is tall, very stately. kind of impressions of people. i saw -- katie couric on the plane and i was thinking she is not as tall as i thought. anyway, he came. he came to the house, the office. we were all sitting there. he was very dignified, stately. certainly my first time of meeting sort of a -- such a high-ranking member of the government. that was -- it was just -- it was a visual impression i had that day. separate from what we were going to do. that was my impression. >> do you remember -- again a long time ago. do you remember some of the challenges that congressman rodino faced regard agnew process? >> we faced challenges. he faced challenges from day one. remember, he -- he came to the chairmanship after a 50-year reign of seller who was in those days, you know, most important people in the civil rights movement, judiciary committee. had been a me

eleanor judy agnew, died at her california home. she was the wife of former maryland governor and vice president spiro agnew. a spokesperson says she was surrounded by her family and died of natural causes. judy agnew was 91. >>> chicago's midway international airport is back in business, following a power outage. the airport was shut down for nearly four hours overnight. due to a lack of runway light. chicago aviation department officials say a problem with a lighting volt caused the outage. 85 flights were canceled or diverted, while the airport was closed. airlines are working to get back on schedule. >>> midair meltdown. a plea from the pilot who came unglued on a packed flight over texas. mary is in the newsroom with the latest on this case. mary? >> hi, kai. clayton osbun pleaded not guilty to charges of interfering with a flight crew. the incident was caught on cell phone, back in march. passengers had to wrestle him to the floor after he left the cockpit midflight, ranting about jesus and al qaeda. he faces up to 20 years in

spiro agnew, actually the session is a new was the most bewildering really on those with richard nixon because nixon was not mysterious with ms one would expect him to be. and in fact, he was almost positively asked the contrary in terms of it. i don't know why because there was basically breaking along with bribes and so on and so forth. and he was saying things that i don't think vice president matt albers took a bribe from anyone who we didn't think was the best man for the job. given out bribes are never going to get the job anyway was the sorry. but afterwards, i did say it was so generous in the way. he said i don't want to kick a man when he's down. but it was a surprise. none of us would've choreographed this this jazz performance over agnew. >> host: how do you choose the topic of the program? >> they sort of have chosen some to assert extent. there was one, obviously one on watergate. one foreign-policy, one on abuse of power and one that variously codenamed mix in the man or whatever and there's a good joke with peter august in the play were nixon is asking jack brennan what

. >>> teachers nationwide are get agnew resource called share myless-- getting a new resource called shaer my lesson. it includes things like lesson plans and presentations that teachers can check out other plans and use them as well as upload them and some of their own. it's expected to be available by the start of next school year. we want to foe what you think about this resource -- know what you think about this resource. >>> after a 3p week upgrade -- three-week upgrade, the library opens today. community will have access to it once the doors open. >> summer storms roaring through wisconsin that caused some people to take cover immediately. >> reporter: everything is up to speed on 695 at route 295. i will show you what 83 and 95 look leek coming up in my -- looks like coming up in my abc2 timesaver traffic report. beautiful way to start the day here at the statue of liberty. stay with us, there's much more to come. you are watching "good morning maryland." >>> now "good morning maryland at 4:30. >> 4:39 thanks for joining us. we have heard it all the last few days. we are talki

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mohammed morsi was sworn in in cairo promise agnew egypt, later he was salute bid the country's top generals more cia an, morsi, an islamic, took power after mubarek was ousted. >> the constitution limits him to one, six-year term, bill whitaker reports it is tainted by a drug war that exploded out of control. >> are you scared? >> rodolfo montes has one of the most dangerous jobs in mexico, she a journalist covering the brutal drug cartels, the money, the murders. >> >> i am very fortunate to be alive he told me. mexico is the deadliest country on earth for journalists, almost 50 have been killed since president felipe called drop de recho, called drone, calderon declared war, much less than the total killings but more than ever cartels have reporters on their cross hairs, two were just killed and ghumpd a ravine, surveillance video caught armed gangsters firing bombing a newspaper in that city, a columnist gunned down in juarez. >> montes said they kidnapped his wife, roughed her up and held her nine hours and kidnapped and pistol whipped. >> the message is very clear, he said. stay out of

. >> had he worked for spiro agnew? >> i forgot that if that was true. >> did you play any role of shaping information? the books that were handed to the committee? >> again, not the article i watergate conspiracy, but i may have had a role in some of the other stuff? >> the question for you, since you were working on the legal side, did you come to the understanding that this procedure was like a grand jury? some question as to whether mr. st. clair could be there and cross-examine. >> and -- and then i guess the issue in a grand jury, the defendant's council is not there. >> most grand juries. some states by statute permitted defense council. >> is this one of the -- sort of discussions? >> yeah, there were a lot of arguments about whether the standard here was probable cause, 4 out of 9. preponderance, 5 out of 9. reasonable doubt? >> you mean five out of nine jurors? >> no, percentage likelihood. no. a grand jury, four o4 out of 9 , that's probable cause. there are all different standards of proof required. another

very, very intense from sort of the summer starting with president -- vice president agnew right through the fall into the winter we had to deal with these constant stories of his -- his -- connections to organized crime. >> how did you become convinced the white house -- >> i mean, it is logic. who else -- i mean, where would you -- and reporters would come to you and say we just heard this. you know. et cetera. they just -- you know, we knew where it was coming from. there was nothing could you do about it. you have to stand up and say here's -- here -- this is who he is. this is the record. those are his finances. this is, you know, have you -- had to put your palms up, as we say. you know. >> one of the other decisions that the chairman had to make was whether to call witnesses to the -- nine people. >> mm-hmm. >> do you remember how that came about? what role the chairman played besides making the call? >> well, he made the call to do it. i think it was a strong staff -- feel they had to call these people. i didn't because i was a committee issue. it wasn't -- no reason. i don't rem

spiro agnew was on the attack. they made the press the issue successfully. the conduct of the press became the issue rather than the conduct of the president of the united states. why was that such an effective strategy? because it works and because it appeal-- again, that-- unless the--you know, until things become really hairy in this country, people identify with criticism of the press and usually for some pretty good reasons. you know, we don't do our-- you know, we're like doctors, you know? you go to the doctor's office, and 10% of the doctors in this country are great, and they, you know, save your life. another 20% of them, you might be a little better off by the time you leave the office. another 20%, you're about the same, 30% a little worse, 20% of them, you'll be in pretty rough shape. 10% of them will kill you. i'm not at all sure that we're different. people want their children to marry doctors. well, that's because they make more money. [laughter] it has nothing to do with saving lives. [laughter] but my point is that when the chips are down a

haldeman had moved to the grand big office down the hall where we had put spero agnew, and we had to kick the vice president out so haldeman could take that office. nixon was the first president to put the vice president in the west wing, to give him an office there. so higby said bob wants me to tell you that the president wants a taping system installed in the oval off fills and he wants to make sure it's a good taping system, and he'll talk to you more about it later. >> do you know why he wanted it? >> no. but i didn't then. that's all larry said, just convey that. >> you understand now it's because the earlier system of staff keeping up with their reports to the president's file about their meetings broke down? do you agree with that? >> i was not aware of that, if that happened, no. >> it did. >> the way it was explained to me -- it did? >> it did happen. >> we had a postal strike, and i heard the president say, it's too bad that when we had that postal strike and we solved it so well. we brought people in, the cabinet members came in. everyone contributed to the solution. it's

others but that -- very, very intense from sort of summer starting with the fact -- vice president agnew right through the fall in to the winter, we had to deal with these constant stories of -- of his -- his reported connections to organized crime. >> how did you become convinced that the white house was behind some of this? >> who else would be? i mean, it's sort of logic. i mean who else, i mean, where would these -- and reporters would come to you and say, this is we just heard this you know, et cetera. and they just, you know, we knew where it was coming from. they just -- there was nothing you could do about it. you just had to stand up, say here, here, here, this is who he is. this is his record. these are his finances. this is you know, you just had to, you had to put your palms up as we say and say, you know,. >> one of the other decisions that the chairman had to make was whether to call witnesses to be interrogated, interviewed. nine people -- >> mm-hmm. >> judge colson. do you remember how that came about what what role the chairman played besides making the call? >> well, he

coming up in the new half hour we're launch agnew series, five facts, giving you information that willnge of topics. this morning we'll be telling you five things you need to know about protein. how much do you need? does it help you lose weight? some surprising facts away. >> olympics 45 days away. we have fun ways to follow the action with your whole family and help your kids learn something along the way. learning about geography to reading to exercise. >> help for busy parents. if you find yourself having stress and guilt for dinner instead of meat and potatoes with your family, you are not alone. we'll get tips from working mom behind the popular blog, dinner, a love story. creative ideas about putting a home cooked meal on the table every single night. >> wow, that's daunting. >> that is. >> we see that a lot. i do it a lot. >> four out of seven. >> four out of seven ain't bad. >> see what we've got for you. looking ahead today, strong storms in the dakotas, some wet weather along the new england coastline, showers in the pacific northwest, sizzling in the southwest. for tomorrow

here's one of the teachers, melanie agnew.e cool things that this bus provides and the students who are tutors on it that come to the school is getting them ready really for college quickly. >> the howard tutors come on the verizon wireless mobile learning lab to help students with writing, scholarship essays, applications. most of the students who have used the labs have used the essays to apply and be accepted to the college or university of their choice. >> reporter: those can be tough. you're writing about yourself. it may be difficult to extract the life experiences you think would be positive for college. >> the great thing about the lab is students can start their essays with teachers at coolidge and they get one on one attention. >> reporter: this is charles. he is not only one of the guys that took advantage of the bus, but he's also going to be one of the commencement speakers at coolidge. he will read a little bit of his statement. he said a lot of the things he's gone through in his life no excuse. you are going to

they tell you the pakistanis are develop agnew very mobile version of the nuclear weapons so they can roll them right up to the indian border. because they are so mobile, they are more vulnerable to being stolen. and so they're pretty revved up. >> rose: it's a pretty scary world. >> it is indeed. >> rose: david, thank you. >> thank you. >> rose: back in a moment. stay with us. >> rose: morgan freeman is here the oscar winning actor just turned 75 and he is busier than ever. this summer he stars in a new film by rob ryaner called the magic of bell aisle and he appears in the last batman when the dark knight rises but his passion remains a signs passion called through the wormhole with morgan freeman and explores some of the deepest mysteries of the universe and questions that have puzzled human kind forever. the energy times calls it quote a commercial for wonder, something real life seems to offer less and less with each passing day. here is the teaser for through the wormhole. >> you've got questions, right. we all do. all seven billion of them circling a single star. and there's ov

. >> how intense will the wrangling be on form agnew government. they have to work with somebody? who will it be. >> reporter: they are scaling back on that. but still there's very difficult path ahead for any government because greece does not have a history of coalition, not used to forming government ace long those lines and the challenges up ahead would be hard for any government wean an outright majority. >> the g-20 meeting, people are now hoping to get some sort of action from here from global policymakers. what are they looking for because the g-20 is about a really, seems like it might come down to deciding whether they will release more funds or authorize more funds for the imf. >> that's probably the most we can hope for from the g-20. i was getting questions this morning. of course in 2008-2009 the g-20 acted very decisively. made very aggressive fiscal stimulus. worth around 2% of global gdp. it helped things. of course now every where really governments are having to focus on fiscal tightening, particularly in europe. so there's no fiscal lee way. on the monetary sid

by seeing and seizing every opportunity, dawn not only has a place to call home, she is now start agnewman dining hall. >> dawn till keeps in touch with family members, including her grandma who dawn credits for giving her a love of reading. the teen says she will work her way through college to cover part of her tuition costs and living expenses. her high school principal also set up a fund in her name. dawn is already thinking of ways to give back. she plans to develop a nonprofit to help kids overcome a similar hardship. >> a lot of people will be rooting for her this fall. >>> up next, the track star becoming the first arch tee sprinter in the olympics. we'll have his remarkable story. first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> back now at 8:45 with "today's" count down for london, the opening ceremony 46 days away. for one sprinter just competing will be an historic accomplishment. "today's" savannah guthrie has his remarkable story. >> he holds one of the fastest times in the 400 meter sprint in the world. it's no surprise he's a favorite to qualify for the olympics for his native south a

this morning republicans are plot agnew line of attack -- plotting a new line of attack against the health care loll upheld in the stunningdecision yesterday by the u.s. supreme court. allison burns in the washington, d.c. bureau where the health care war is raging again. allison. >> reporter: republicans have set a date on july 11th the house will vote to try to repeal what they call obamacare. now the 5-4 supreme court decision to uphold the law prompted emotional reaction on both sides. republicans are seizing on the message that the penalty is a tax something democrats insisted it was not when the law was created. >> the supreme court has spoken. this law is a tax. the bill was sold on deception. >> reporter: democrats are celebrating their victory insisting the politics don't matter. >> politics be damned it's about what we came to do and any time we want to see it through a priesism what it means in terms of elicks we undermined our focus in coming here. >> reporter: and democrats are launching a campaign of their own trying to convince skeptical americans the health reform law is go

the first democratically elected president will become form agnew government.then national unity. he could be sworn in as early as june 30th. mitt romney is hosting a lunch in scottsdale if the court rules on the arizona immigration. they will decide it's con constitutional to require police to check someone's immigration status if there is reasonable do you not. he supported states rights to pass such immigration laws. >>> a new u.s.a. today gallup poll found that president obama has a huge lead over mitt romney with latin 0 voters, 66 to 25%. what may be surprising only 12% said immigration policy was their top concern. healthcare unemployment economic growth and the wealth gap between the rich and poor all rated as higher kern's. the upside of the pol for romneys is his parents were -- -- that parents born in the united states are more open. it means the g.o.p. has a chance. a small group of postal workers are starting a 4-day hunger strike in d.c. today. they will hold a press conference with dennis cue sin kusinich. back with more after the break. stay wit

by seeing and seizing every opportunity, dawn not only has a place to call home, she is now start agnewning hall. >> dawn till keeps in touch with family members, including her grandma who dawn credits for giving her a love of reading. the teen says she will work her way through college to cover part of her tuition costs and living expenses. her high school principal also set up a fund in her name. dawn is already thinking of ways to give back. she plans to develop a nonprofit to help kids overcome a similar hardship. >> a lot of people will be rooting for her this fall. >>> up next, the track star becoming the first arch tee sprinter in the olympics. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] go from being on the road to being on vacation. hilton honors. the guest loyalty program with over thirty-eight hundred hotels worldwide. fiber one. almost tastes like one of jack's cereals. uh, forgot jack's cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? uh, try the number one! i've never heard of that. [ wife ] it's great. it's a sweet honey cereal, you'll love it. yeah, this is pretty good. are you guys alright? yeah. [