it was on andrew brightbart and the government.com. it wasn't on fox news so maybe you shouldn't be using racist either. >> and it was about to go on glenn beck which is what the administration was afraid of. i think newt is right, she shouldn't have been fired summarily and we ought to stop being afraid of glenn beck. fox news was not blameless during this. i don't know if ever there was a clip of a white farmer saying wait a minute, this woman helped us save the farm, did that ever appear on fox news? >> chris: i don't know because i wasn't reporting the story. i haven't seen the white farmer. i have seen his wife, i haven't seen him anywhere but that may be a mistake on my part. the obama white house fired her, the administration fired her for fear, not the reality but the fear that she was going to appear on glenn beck. is that what barack obama campaigned for when said he was going to change the 24/7 media cycle? is that the profile in corruption? >> i think that is wrong. as you know, i made a career standing up to that kind of s

the source was andrew brightbart.uest: us some accused him of acting improperly for the way he edited id and presented it. that was not his intention in causing this. i do not know what he was trying to prove in that segment. the naacp who took the video and had it in their position and should have viewed the the whole thing before they put out the statement. they could of of you did to see the full context before they put a statement about which pushed the administration to make a rash decision. host: we have a link to our web site to get more affirmation of our guests. you mentioned you will be out of going door to door for the senate race in las vegas. is sharon the strongest republican to face senator harry reid? guest: it is the right of the republican voters to pick their nominee. he is in a weak position because of the agenda he pursued her hot. [unintelligible] the stimulus that was supposed to stimulate the economy which is falling flat on its face, las vegas is the 50th state in terms of returning funds to d

yesterday, andrew brightbart posted a video clip that showed a usda official, shirley sherrod admitting that she had chosen to limit her assistance to a poor farmer because he was white. tom vilsack demanded and received sherrod's resignation. even the naacp condemned her words. only one problem. she was talking about something that happened 24 years ago and told that tale as a confession about how wrong she'd be and how much she'd learned. the naacp is backing her. tonight, we want toed to ask you, should she have been fired or was this a rush to judgment? tell us on the "nightline" facebook page or on the "nightline" page at abcnews.com. that's our report for tonight. for all of us at abc news, good night, america. >> jimmy: hi, i'm jimmy kimmel, with a word from reebok runtones. the shoes designed to give you stronger legs with every step. they have moving air balance balls on the soles that force leg muscles to work harder as you run. no man wants chicken legs. even chickens don't want chicken legs. but sadly, it affects many of us good men. men like ralph macchio. >> skinny ass chi

. >> now the owner of that blog, andrew brightbart, what is he saying about all of this?> he's a conservative blogger. his initial point in posting this was not so much, he says, directed at her. but to show the audience. she was speaking at an naacp dinner in georgia. he wanted to show how the audience supported her when she talked about discriminating or considering treating the white farmer that she helped 24 years ago differently from the black farmers that she was helping. there's been a back and forth between some conservatives, tea party members and the naacp about racist charges. that's how all of this came to light. but she ended up getting caught in the crossfire. >> thanks, tracie, for the update there. >>> also new this morning out of washington. the house is expected to extend unemployment payments to millions of people whose benefits have run out thp the president is going to sign that bill soon as congress can get it to him. the senate broke a stalemate that's lasted several months. they passed the plan on wednesday. millions of people who have been out of

this past monday conservative blogger andrew brightbart slimed shirley sherrod by publishing two-plusg it was proof that she and the naacp were racist. that clip we now know completely misrepresented her and her story. but it spread like a cyber virus. in a matter of hours shirley sherrod was attacked by politicians, denounced by pundits, criticized by the same naacp and told to resign her post immediately. to literally pull over to the side of the road and submit her resignation on her black berry. i guess she should be grateful they didn't send a patrol car to arrest her for texting while driving. what's so sad about all this is the story shirley sherrod tells, the story that was left on the cutting room floor. it's so compelling. including her father's murder by a white man when she was a teenager and her decision to stay in the south, confront her own misconceptions about race and class, and work for change. i've come a long way, she told her audience. >> as my mother has said to so many, if we had tried to live with hate in our hearts, we probably would be dead now. but i've come