which is crazier, not having the tax or al gore himself? on my facebook page. ray writes this: gore and the rest of the progressives are nuts to think they can change behavior by increasing taxes. and john agrees: al gore, he says, is nuttier than a squirrel. that's one of the best e-mails i've ever seen. all right. we also asked the question on jerry willis.com. 4% said no carbon tax, 96% said al gore. here are some of your e-mails. richard from michigan writes: if paul ryan considers our average social security benefit of $1200 a month an entitlement the government can't afford, what does he consider the average congressional benefit of $3300 a month for which they have contributed little or nothing? grand larceny, pardon me, we can afford? you don't hear any democrat or republican talking about cutting those payments or increasing their contributions to the plans. and dean from iowa asks: if you were on a plane and it was of being taken over by a couple of terrorists, how many people on that plane who are not terrorists would you want to

i could have voted for ralph nader is my first choice and al gore is my second since they are had the fewest votes and lost my ballot were rolled over to become above a ballot or a vote for al gore just imagine all of the ralph nader votes that were cast across the country rolling over to votes for al gore surely gore would have won the election and the supreme court never could have stolen it from george bush right now instant runoff voting is used in more than three hundred communities across the country the largest in san francisco berkeley oakland california. and thanks to organizations like fair vote and the green party instant voting is becoming more and more popular across the states but we need to take instead of voting and proportional representation national we need more choices and more voices in our elections it's time to leave behind our eighteenth century electoral system and step into the twenty first century. coming up how did martyrdom become such an important part of the christian experience and is the christian belief persecution just a myth class canada boss it's a

between bush gore and nader back in two thousand i voted for ralph nader my wife louise voted for al gore the real reason bush took florida was because the u.s. supreme court stopped a statewide recount because jeb bush and katherine harris had illegally knocked about seventy thousand african-american voters off the rolls even before the polls opened but nonetheless ralph nader did get around seventy thousand votes in that election but what if i.r.b. had been in place under i r v if i lived in florida i actually live from lot of time which is why i felt it was safe to vote for nader if i lived in florida with i r v i could have voted for ralph nader is my first choice and al gore is my second since they are had the fewest votes and lost my ballot were rolled over to become above a ballot or a vote for al gore just imagine all of the ralph nader votes that were cast across the country rolling over to votes for al gore surely gore would have won the election and the supreme court never could have stolen it from george bush right now instant runoff voting is used in more than three hundred c

same thing with al gore.o i think it's that kind of thing. >> where are the cheers for al gore, by the way? i missed that scene. he disappeared. >> when he finally showed up to come out against the iraq war, he was very much cheered. >> i think it was the message. anyway, what do you think, lauren? you were out there today? >> i was in the room. >> what do you think? >> it was his swan song. there's no question about that. he did do very interesting things. he alluded to dads who don't know what weekends are and single moms who work two jobs. these are the people that he basically ignored during the presidential run-up, and maybe, maybe he is moving more moderate. could that be a signal that the republican party will go that way? >> he also talked about the guy that discovered oil in north dakota. not something most people can identify with. >> right, but he -- so did donald trump earlier. >> trump was absurd. trump comes in there, nobody's there in the morning, of course, to see him. a problem in both proble

having dinner sitting next to al gore is taxing. and it's really unpleasant. ask him how much do we know about really goes on in the white house and he said, 1%. i believe it's higher but if you really step back we often don't know what's going on. that's the dilemma and i want to talk briefly and then answer questions about the new book i have done which is just out called the price of politics. it's about three and a half years of negotiations between the obama white house and the republicans in congress and the democrats. how they essentially tried to bring the federal government's financial house into some kind of order. now the answer is they failed. we have the federal government whose financial house is in total disorder, total disarray. it is a historic rob him. i covered it for three and a half years but we will be back in about three -- for five months because to try to put it in english we had $16 trillion of ious out standing in the world and the negotiations last year, they agreed to raise what they called the debt ceiling so the government could

more so than before. >> where are these cheers for al gore?when he finally showed up to come out gns the iraq war, he was -- he was very much cheered. what do think? >> well, it was his swan song. there's no question about that. but he did do interesting things. he alluded to single moms who work two jobs. these are people he ignored during the presidential run up. maybe he is moving more moderate. trump is absurd. let me try something by you both. i don't know your politics. i don't know joe's. it's a little left to me. but just a notch. let's take a look at this. is the big problem authenticity? i think he is interested in making money and occasionally teaching others how to do it. . he makes a lot of money and he wants to keep the american system very much like it was when he made all this money. it's pretty simple. and when he starts talking all the fill soft call beliefs these have showcased some awkward moments. full display last year. >> i fought against long odds in a deep blue state. but i was a severely conservative republican govern

al gore slapped with a lawsuit. the connection to the bay area, we're back in a moment. >>> a painful wound reopened. 11 years after terrorists killed their loved ones, the families of 9/11 feel victimized again. this time, it's the very government protecting them that's on the slide. the tsa. it will soon allow passengers to carry small knives on flight. >> reporter: jessica, this is a pocket knife i carry with me just about every day. under the tsa's new policy, in pocket knife would be allow onto planes. earlier today, i spoke with alice hoglin. she's the mother of the victim of 9/11 and her reaction to the new tsa policy is quite visceral. >> this unwise move by the tsa is a slap in the face to the fellas who stood and faulgt. >> the move alice is talking about is the new policy that allows holding knives with blades that are less than 2.3 inches long and half an inch wide. >> they were able to charge up the aisle and take back control of their lives. if they would have had a few more minutes and a couple hundre

neil: one more, question, al gore, what do you think of him now, being seed o sued on sellig current to al jazeera, he seems like an increasingly sad figure. >> he has been subjected to a lot of criticism over that sale, he was in a difficult position, the company was not making money. neil: odd sale to the weirded people. >> i think they are weird people. neil: would you do it? >> i don't want to comment on that. neil: is he still your friend. >> yes. neil: on lift or right, one thing they all agree on is you want david boies on your side. >> meanwhile. that ira iranian cook who lookse lord farquat, is taking ben affleck to the court. girl vo: i'm pretty conservative. very logical thinker. (laughs) i'm telling you right now, the girl back at home would ablutely not have taken a zip line in the jungle. m really glad that girl stayed at home. vo: expedia helps 30 million travelers a month find what they're looking for. expedia. find yours. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps disso

neil: one more, question, al gore, what do you think of him now, being seed o sued on sellig current al jazeera, he seems like an increasingly sad figure. >> he has been subjected to a lot of criticism over that sale, he was in a difficult position, the company was not making money. neil: odd sale to the weirded people. >> i think they are weird people. neil: would you do it? >> i don't want to comment on that. neil: is he still your friend. >> yes. neil: on lift or right, one thing they all agree on is you want david boies on your side. >> meanwhile. that ira iranian cook who lookse lord farquat, is taking ben affleck to the court. before copd... i took my son fishi every year. we had a great spot, not easy to find, but worth it. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing betr. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chron

. >> you are close to the former vice president al gore. his concern in life is saving the earth from an environmental holocaust. given that goal, were you surprised to discover he took a $100 million from the oil rich family that runs qatar and the next time you see him will you ask them to give that money to an environmental charity? when our grandchildren inherit a planet that is still alive, they will think al gore. [laughter] climate orbelieve in gravity or any of that. it is real. this is ingenious. he is bleeding the funds from the enemy and using it for good. god bless al gore. it is ingenious. >> that was valiant. mr. carlson, mitt romney could live anywhere he wants except the white house. inchose to sell his mansion conservative utah and buy a mansion in liberal la jolla, california. why did he sell? >> mitt romney. the name rings a bell. vallejo,e who is from california, -- la jolla , it is despicable. i would have been happier had he moved to highland park, texas, for example. if you are interested in drinking cop located coffe

. >> ahead a lawsuit targeting current tv and al gore. why they're going to court over the sale to al jazeera. >> and at 4:30 the united states in cross hairs of north korea. are we a the social networking giant facebook is announcing changes to its news feed. mark zuckerberg spoke to the company today saying the news feed will be something like a newspaper tailored to every user's particular interests. zuckerberg talked about one new feature stream lining the current feed. >> to see all posts from friends in one place. so now, i can come to my all friends feed and i can see every single post from everyone of my friends in chronological order to make sure i'm not missing anything my friends are doing on facebook. >> a statement says it's going to be six months to a year before every whoun accesses facebook seize the revamped news feed. >> former vice president al gore being sued by a man who says it was his idea to sell the network to al jazz yeara. he wants $5 million from gore. he says he presented plans for the sale to executives at cur

jenna: new next hour a lawsuit filed against former vice president al gore. appy with the sale of his tv channel to al jazeera. we'll have the latest on that. also a devastating accident. that's what they're calling it, at an exotic animal park. an intern was killed in the lion cage there. the latest on the investigation into what happened. >>> plus an ivy league university complaining that new menu item in the dining commons is too popular. too popular. why administrators are unhappy that students love nutella so much. a hard-hitting report on hazelnut spread. jon: that's right. hey, there is an incredible sight in the sky and you can see it beginning tonight. a rare comet makes its debut in the northern hemisphere, naked to the human eye. it will give you the best view you have in years. some astronomers are calling 2013 the year of comet as they identify more and more of the snowballs flying through space. does it raise questions about our safety here on earth? we have the chief astronomer at the franklin institute planetarium. dr. pitts, we saw a couple we

same thing with al gore.o i think it's that kind of thing. >> where are the cheers for al gore, by the way? i missed that scene. he disappeared. >> when he finally showed up to come out against the iraq war, he was very much cheered. >> i think it was the message. anyway, what do you think, lauren? you were out there today? >> i was in the room. >> what do you think? >> it was his swan song. there's no question about that. he did do very interesting things. he alluded to dads who don't know what weekends are and single moms who work two jobs. these are the people that he basically ignored during the presidential run-up, and maybe, maybe he is moving more moderate. could that be a signal that the republican party will go that way? >> he also talked about the guy that discovered oil in north dakota. not something most people can identify with. >> right, but he -- so did donald trump earlier. >> trump was absurd. trump comes in there, nobody's there in the morning, of course, to see him. and he says the problem

but, you know -- i haven't rushed to the drawing board on that issue, i must admit, and al gore is a prominent tennesseean. i am a big fan of al jazeera, they're a good news outlet. they do own a lot of oil but -- i don't know. i don't know as anyone who works for them -- a dcartoonist could contact my syndicate. first fellows,- john mcdunnough -- when he was involved in trying to promote the affordable care act and he argued that if we'd looked at the socieal security act, we'd be opposed. and that getting it started is what was important. i wonder if you may comment on that. >> during the debate when republicans were talking about repealing obamacare? it was with the caveat, everything in play, the 26-year- old being on your insurance, the no caps. they weren't campaigning against that. they said they would replicate it. all the stuff that came to being is popular. program will be more popular with the more benefits. >> there is a poll that supports that. when people were asked about specific provision,s 75% were in favor. and when they were asked about obamacare, 55% negative. ther

it happened in democratic primaries when al gore -- your greater point is a critical point for republicans. i come from a state that is 38% black. republicans like george bush and mitt romney get 5% or less. i got 20%-something mississippi from the blacks in mississippi, and i would like to think partially because i had a good record, but also because i tried. if we talk about me getting 27% of the hispanic vote after saying effectively we want your grandmother to self-support, i want to know who that 27% of the hispanic voters who voted for him. the truth of the matter is, not only is it easier to vote for somebody if you like them, it is easier to vote for somebody if you think they like you. this is a real -- this became more than about latinos, became about color. when asian-americans were both for democrats, then that says to me at all those chinese-americans who came here as republicans, because they were fleeing communism, all those vietnamese-americans, all those indian doctors and businessmen who were showing off -- who were taxpayers and they voted for a democrat, a left-wing dem

nation, al gore should be turning over in his grave, [laughter] because it's march 6th and it is still winter. [laughter] a massive storm is sweeping the country, so i hope you're bundled up somewhere warm, surrounded by your loved ones. particularly your slow moving, well-marbled loved ones. [laughter] you never know. now, this year the weather channel has taken to naming all the winter storms, they're calling this one winter storm saturn. personally, i would have gone with uranus because that's where they are pulling these names from. [laughter] besides, the rest of the media has a much better name for the storm. >> the dreaded "s" word, snowquester. >> snowquester. >> snowquester. >> snowquester. >> snowquester, right? > they're calling it snowquester which i think is great. >> isn't that cute? i think it's cute. [laughter] >> stephen: it is cute. and deadly. [laughter] of course, the snowquester is a combination of snow and the sequester. nation, i think this fantastic and ridiculous. or, fantasticulous. [laughter] we should name all of our weather events after what kind they are p

al jazeera network. a tv consultant in l.a. filed a suit in san francisco accusing gore and his partners of stealing his idea. he says he pitched this idea of selling current to al jazeera and he expected to be paid if the idea was actually used. gore is a co-founder of current tv. they sold it to al jazeeraa back in january for $500 million. >> 5:15. the faa announcing it will close control towers at smaller airports all over the nation. scott mcgrew, this includes one bay area airport. >> this is an airport which has a control tower run by private contractors. the faa says it is going to shut those contract control towers first. the cuts will come in april. assuming there's no budget deal. san jose's small airport will not be affected. it uses faa personnel. south county just off highway 101 on the way to morgan hill also unaffected because it doesn't have a control tower at all. now, you can still land at san carlos after the cuts. it's just going to be uncontrolled airspace. the markets continue to set records and remember a rising tide lifts all votes though as stev

. >> bill: al gore be damned, is that what you are saying? >> i often say that al gore?aughter ] >> bill: did you actually call me on knock us -- obnoxious on my own program? is that allowed? i have one of those ejector seats. i was goods going to use on colmes. john stossel and daryl hannah hates him. courts saying the state can't drug test welfare recipients. legal next. >> bill: thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly in the is it legal segment tonight it. three hot topics. get to them. here now attorneys and fox news analyst kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl. miami, a jury wanted to hold a sex offender, convicted sex offender -- not hold. a jury wanted to release the sex offender after the 25-year term. >> right. 4 the years old now. here is he. >> bill: what he did do. >> sexual assault of six women. he served his 25 years. full service. he was going to be let out. in florida they have a law that says you can be detained even after your criminal. >> bill: a lot of states have that. >> they have it. a jury of sex said no, he he -- a jury of six said no. he shoul

. >>> former vice president al gore is being sued in san francisco federal court over the sale of hisetwork. tv consultant said that he came up with the idea of selling al jazeera but that he was cut of the deal. >>> the new biography roger ailes has some juicy comments of fox news. and he said of newt gingrich, newt's a blank. >>> every home owner in nelson, georgia could be require that every household have a firearm. the town has 254 households. it could become law at the next council meeting. >>> and tough talk long island congressman peter king is about to fight. he's going to box the kickboxing champ irish joe foley at a pub on friday. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> portions of the northeast hit hard by superstorm are bracing for coastal flooding as a late winter storm continues to march east. in new jersey, incredible video shows the storm's powerful wind gust making land fall. >>> now for a look at the national weather, we have nbc meteorologist bill karins. you had quite a reaction to the peter king's story. >> he can't box that guy. >> why not? >> it wou

and unfortunately i'm old enough to remember the attempts by al gore and re-inventing government back in the day, and it seems like all the evidence from government, and all these challenges, would argue that the chances for re-inventing government anytime soon or slim to nil. what do you think? >> guest: am i supposed to disagree? >> host: well you recommended -- >> guest: expecting it to happen two entirely different things. let's put the framework around this conversation for the viewers. as you know, the largest source of funding for the charitable sector by far is the federal government, outstripping all other sources, all the sources by far, and larger than any -- all collections. half a trillion a year. it's -- it is. >> host: it's there's larger bucket of money that comes from earned income when you look at the nonprofit sector, but it's the largest. >> guest: i treat those differently because income is not on a transactional basis as oppose ode a decision to give money to an organization because it is effect enough pursuing a public purpose. when i recommend re-inventing gove

when you take those things away, like you said to al gore in 2000, you can't talk about the environment, what you get is someone who is inauthentic. >> i remember that image that was presented by parents of a 14-year-old who died at a very young age of mitt romney coming to his bedside with a legal tablet and preparing for him his last will and testament so that he knew where his skateboard would go. >> right. >> not shown in prime time. if you weren't watching a feed like ours on msnbc, chances are you didn't even see it. that's not the fault of the media. that's whomever put it at 9:00 instead of 10:00 at night. >> i think it's part of the core problem i think with the romney campaign is it was operating out of fear. fear of the base of the republican party, and they did so much of what they did out of terror at what the base would say, whether it was tea partiers or the religious right, that they failed to do basic things you're supposed to do when you're building a challenger's campaign. >> let us acknowledge this, at times in the interview mitt romney came off as humble, especially

. >> bill: al gore be damned, is that what you are saying? >> i often say that al gore?r ] >> bill: did you actually call me on knock us -- obnoxious on my own program? is that allowed? i have one of those ejector seats. i was goods going to use on colmes. john stossel and daryl hannah hates him. courts saying the state can't drug test welfare recipients. legal next. mallonrothers magic? watch this -- alakazam! ♪ male announcer ] staples has always made getting office supplies easy. ♪ another laptop? don't ask. disappear! abracadabra! alakazam! [ male announcer ] and now we're making it easier to get everything for your business. and for my greatest trick! enough! [ male announcer ] because whatever you need, we'll havet or find it, and geit to you fast. staples. that was easy. pull out the paper and what? another article that says investors could lose tens of thousands of dollars in hidden fees on their 401(k)s?! seriously? seriously. you don't believe it? search it. "401(k) hidden fees." then go to e-trade and roll over your old 401(k)s to a new e-trade retirement acco

al gore was a stiff. that is why the democrats lost. it is an easy explanation. they are confronting something very real. they deserve great credit. it is difficult and painful. most technological advances do not come out of the party apparatus. they come out as howard dean had social networking, and barack obama took that to different levels in 2012. >> rand paul had a speech on immigration that even marco rubio praised. >> rand paul is, to me, representing what republicans ought to be doing, and not what priebus is talking about. paul called the harvard university business school and asked for an opportunity to talk to the students about the future of the republican party and the african-american community on april 10. he is not waiting to get the nomination and then put together the outreach programs. he is doing it now. he is doing this on a number of fronts. this is what the republican party has to do. not just worry about the mechanics of the campaign. >> i am all for idealizing, idolizing rand paul. this is a fella who has re- created himself. this is the

unfortunately i'm old enough to remember the attempts by al gore in reinventing government back in the day, and it seems like all the evidence from government and all these challenges would argue that the chances for reinventing government anytime soon are slim to nil. >> guest: am i supposed to disagree with that? >> host: you recommended it. [laughter] >> guest: sure. so let's put the framework around that in this conversation for our viewers which is as you know, the large as source of funding for the charitable sector by far is the federal government outstripping all other sources by far and all collective individual nations, a half a trillion a year. it is the largest largest sole funder but there's a larger bucket of money that comes from income when you look at the nonprofit sector as a whole but is certainly the largest. >> guest: earned income is not on a transactional aces as the decision to give money to an organization because it is effective in pursuing a public purpose. what i look at my recommend reinventing government to use al gore's phrase, i say let's follow the mone

al gore gets a grilling over his hypocritical deal with al-jazeera, and the media show tear support for mayor bloomberg's antics. which stories made our list? find out next on news watch. >> jon: on the panel this week, daily beast columnist kirsten powers, rich grinle spokesman to the last four members ambassador united nations and jim pinkerton, and analyst juan williams, i'm joan scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> we're not going to balance the budget in ten years because if you look at what paul ryan does to balance the budget, it means that you have to voucherize medicare, you have to slash deeply into programs like medicaid. my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. >> jon: so president obama there appearing on abc telling george stephanopoulos that balancing the budget is not his goal and attacking congressman paul ryan for the budget that he proposed. so, jim, to you first. did the media ignore the president's contention that a balanced budget is not really in the realm for him? >> i don't think the media have ever thought of that as a partic

. >> i was talking about were similar to the kind of problems al gore had in 2000 and john kerry hasour which essentially you had a campaign apparatus that would not let the guy talk about who the core of what he was is. the core of who he is is he's more mon imp, his deep commitment to his faith and his belief he was a great governor of massachusetts. when you take those things away, like you said to al gore in 2000, you can't talk about the environment, what you get is someone who is inauthentic. >> i remember that image that was presented by parents of a 14-year-old who died at a very young age of mitt romney coming to his bedside with a legal tablet and preparing for him his last will and testament so that he knew where his skateboard would go. >> right. >> not shown in prime time. if you weren't watching a feed like ours on msnbc, chances are you didn't even see it. that's not the fault of the media that's whom ever put it at 9:00 instead of 10:00 at night. >> i think it's part of the core problem i think with the romney campaign is it was operating out of fear. fear of the base

on t-- represented the president and al gore in the recount. in the constitution that allows for a different associate rules for a different class of people and there is a moral imperative here. if you believe and value and treasure and revere the institution of marriage, then you should want every family unit to be really wrapped in marriage, and, if you believe that children are best raised in families where both of their parents are married, there is certainly no other answer than to overturn something like prop 8 which would deny an entire class of people access to this revered institution. >> chris: gary, conservatives like nicole and ted olson, very conservative lawyer in his brief, on her side, to overturn prop 8. say that same sex marriage advances limited government, individual freedom, and family values. >> yes, chris, well, look, you don't advance limited government by being an anti-democratic movement that is attempting to take this issue away from the american people. what the brief is asking for and what the groups waiting outside

and, unfortunately, i'm old enough to remember the attempt by al gore and reinventing government back in the day, and it seems like all the evidence from government, and all these challenges would argue that the champions for rent in the coming anytime soon are slim to nil. what do you think? >> guest: , supposed to disagree with that? >> host: you recommended it. >> guest: to entire different things. sure, so let's put the framework around that, this conversation for our viewers, which is as you know, the largest source of funding for the terrible sector by far is the federal government, outstripping all other sources, all sources buy for and including, larger than all collective individuals. >> host: if i could interject, it is the largest sole funder but there is a larger bucket of money that comes to earn income when you look at the nonprofit sector as a whole. >> guest: correct, but it certainly is the largest. earned income is not a transactional basis as opposed to the decision to give money to an organization because it is effective in pursuing a public purpose. so when i say,

hulk hogan, ashton kutcher, sarah palin and al gore. it appears to have originated in russia. sources say the attack could have been launched from anywhere. that it will take a long time to rack the digital trail. it can happen to anyone. millions of americans are vulnerable with thousands having their private financial information compromised each year. but increasingly, hollywood's eli elea elite are becoming the targets. for years, very compromising photos of scarlet johansson, christina aguilera leaked on to the web. the fbi arrested this man. christopher cheney in florida. and charged him with 26 counts of identity theft, unauthorized access to a computer and wiretapping. just yesterday a 12-year-old boy admitted to charges that he targeted ashton koocher and justin beebe we are an elaborate form called swatting. it is when someone manipulates phone equipment to make a 911 call luring police to mobilize s.w.a.t. teams. these hackers make it look like the call are coming from the victims themselves. this 911 call launched an eight-man s.w.a.t. team to this could have sprin

when you have a budget where al gore's lock box looks better than what you put forth say hey wait a second we are spending right now a lot of money for the worst economic growth since fdr when ireland, canada, finland, sweden have shown time again the best way to get growth is cut. remove the government out of the u.s. economy. >> mike, for those who believe government is too big right now it this the best we can do, the ryan budget. in. >> no, dave. john is right we should be doing better. if we want to look at history to time when the country was its most prosperous it has always been when government spending relative to gdp was lower not larger. the last president to proside over a prolonged period of prosperity was bill clinton when got spending down to less than 19% of gdp. this budget doesn't come close to that. >> if you look at spending over the past five years 2009 the big increase because of the stimulus but then the big increase doesn't go anywhere. just stays. we have a permanent stimulus amount of spending. president obama increased the amount of spending by 20% of the governm

among other victims, al gore, sarah palin, former secretary of state hillary clinton, and singer beyoncee data company equifax says at least some of their stolen information appears to come from what it called fraudulent and unauthorized access to the annualcreditreport.com website set up to let consumers see their own credit reports once a year for free. >> behind this website is data belonging to 200 million americans. so even if people never visit the website, someone can break in and access any one of their credit reports. >> reporter: the data thieves apparently knew enough about their targets to answer the personal questionsequired to get access to the credit reports. the experts recommend checking your credit report and credit card accounts to look for unusual activity, and they say never give out your social security number on the phone or online unless you're absolutely certain who is asking for it. brian? >> pete williams in our d.c. newsroom tonight. pete, thanks. >>> another terrible day in afghanistan. five u.s. service members were killed when their black hawk went down las

his clients range from former vice president al gore to philip morris, to the national geographic society, and he is listed in the 2011 edition of the best lawyers in america. his cross-examination of an expert witness in bush vs. gore made the front page of "the new york times." he has a framed in his office. he was the youngest attorney and first hispanic to serve as president of the florida bar. he was chair of the ethics commission and served on the orange board committee. in the aba, he has been a florida state delegate, chair of the house of delegates, our policy-making body, served on the board of governors, and is a fellow of the american bar foundation. as the aba president, he has led national effort to protect state courts, improve civics education, and fight cuts to legal aid funding. it is his mission to make equal justice under law a vibrant living reality for everyone, not just four words carved on the facade of the supreme court building in washington. mr. zack is a passionate and tireless advocate for liberty and justice for all. as he wrote in a letter in today's "daily

among other victims, al gore, sarah palin, hillary clinton and singer beyonce. the data company equifax says at least some of their stolen information appears to come from what it called fraudulent and unauthorized access to the annualcreditreport.com website set up to let consumers see their own credit reports once a year for free. >> behind this website is data belonging to 200 million americans. even if people never visit the website, criminals can break in and access any one of their credit reports. >> the data thieves apparently knew enough about their targets to answer the personal questions required to get access to the credit reports. >> that was pete williams reporting. shoppers are being urged to check their credit reports and accounts for any unusual activity. let us know why you're awake at way too early at msnbc.com or tweet me @bill karins. still ahead on way too early, we're keeping a close eye on that smokestack atop the vatican. right now inside the chapel, 115 cardinals are voting on the next pope and the direction of the catholic church. our c

>> when our grandchildren inherits a planet that is still alive and functioning, they will think al gore, the nobel peace prize winner. you do not believe in climate science, as tucker pointed out. it is real. i think this is ingenious. this is gore at his best. he is using these funds for good. he is a genius. >> that was valiant. here's my question. mr. carlson, mitt romney could live anywhere he wants -- except the white house -- and so he chose to sell his mansion in utah and buy a mansion in liberal la jolla, california. why did he decide to settle in california? >> mitt romney -- the name rings a bell -- as someone who is from la jolla, i would say he inexplicable, to be honest with you. i would have been happier had mitt romney moved to highland park, texas, for example. there you go. or louisiana. i will say if you are interested in drinking complicated coffee and going surfing, la jolla is fantastic. >> he does not drink coffee. >> that is right. >> just froth. >> i ask you this question last year. i will ask it again because you are qualified, of all the in this room, you know