. >> anthony cumia, part of a siriusxm show was fire forward a racially charged rant on twitter. >> afterllegedly being attacked by an african-american woman in times square, the often controversial radio host sent a series of profanity laced tweets. calling the woman among other things, an animal. >> they have taken down but cumia promised to address the story online in the coming days. cnn's alexandra field is following this story. >> what anthony cumia says on the air may sometimes surprise you. this time he wasn't on the job but his former employer, sirius xm, still says it was enough to cross the line. they are the shock jocks fans love to hate. >> you're checking out the opi and anthony show. >> thanks for being there, people. our first day on xm satellite radio. >> but after 20 years together on the air, opi and anthony are no more. >> once it's over, it's over. >> it's over. >> sirius xm pulling the plug on anthony cumia this week for his seemingly hate-filled remarks on twitter after he claimed an african-american woman punched him in new york's times square. if you're out here i

are they trying to deport anthony cumia? is the right thing to do and it is the christian thing to do and it is incredibly practical. and tiny boat or giant rubix cube. anthony cumia leads the discussion in this summer's controversial debate. none of these stories on "red eye" tonight. >> and now, let's welcome our guests. if looks could kill

are they trying to deport anthony cumia? >> it is the right thing to do and it is the christian thing to do and it is incredibly practical. and tiny boat or giant rubix cube. anthony cumia leads the discussion in this summer's controversial debate. none of these stories on "red eye" tonight. >> and now, let's welcome our guests. if looks could kill she would murder you and convince a jury it was self-defense. i am here with remi spencer. that's with an i and not a y, remi. and she is hotter than an easy bake oven at a girl scout bakeover. and she operates on a dim bulb. it is joanne nosuchunsky. he has sod, puppy dog eyes. there is a puppy dog in the green room with the same eyes. it is andy levey and puppy eye remover. it was he the unemployment line. did something happen over the holidays when i was away? former radio personality anthony kumia. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. hi, greg, you look like you are into fitness. maybe we could get our pump on together sometime. >> well, start with economic news. the

. >>> plus, what does this guy have in common with disgraced radio host anthony cumia of the opie & anthony show? what you can and can't say. my legal experts are here to tell you who is right and who is wrong. >>> plus, the latest surprise in the hot car case. and we know what happens when animals attack such as sharks and bears. but what happens when the tables are turned and humans are the bad guys? the heartbreaking and inspirational story of the crying elephant. and as always, we want to know what you think about all of this. make sure you tweet us using the #askdon. >>> first, i want to give you my take on the violent crime that seems the plague some of our cities. it's 10:00 p.m. do you know where your children are? remember that phrase on to the tv and the radio? do you knee where it came from? it started in the summer of '67 when youth curfews were put into place after rioting in several u.s. cities like newark, buffalo, chicago, and los angeles and beyond. some say it started in buffalo. others say it started in new york with news anchor on the 10:00 news starting each nightly new

blogger say it would be just no i mean it's what anything i can say i'll say something about antique anthony cumia or something and i'm in and then all of a sudden you're on twitchy and then that gets picked up by the huffington post and that gets picked up by the new york post and so one tweet becomes so grand and that it's of course taken out of context and then you just get for the next you would you are new reverend person i don't use you wrote sports and does or doesn't mean i don't think these sort of so but it goes with the dirge or you. know i think some people are really just itching to fight sometimes and i think i can say the most harmless thing that i feel in my mind a many people should agree with and i believe that there are people that are just so bored that they will go crazy oh yeah they got me into a feud with someone well known because it's. got a good chris brown one for a while from jail or. you so much they're. now he was out this is when he was addict amanda bynes went absolutely back on me but. the sad thing about that one was that i was actually defending her because she w

can anthony cumia get back on the air or can adam richman get a show back? >> i don't think so.i'll tell you why. some people say, well, paula deen got her career back in a hurry because she had an audience already. duck dynasty had an audience already. you can see cumia had an audience, but he's expendable. no, i don't think they recover from it. i think if you're a bigger star, maybe after a year you can. >> a little more forgiveness after some time. joe, nice to see you here in new york city. coming up, facebook devices a surreptitious scheme to might want your emotions. this is a chilling story. our digital download is up next. h >>> time now for our digital download. facebook now admits it tried to manipulate the emotions of millions of people by controlling what they see in their news feed. >> one group had positive posts. one group saw negative words. >> facebook affected my mood with this study, put me in a bad mood. >> i felt violated. i felt like this is big brotherish. it was just something of the 9,000 words of the terms of use, you don't ever scroll through all of t

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. >> reporter: shock jock anthony cumia's twitter page is silent. comments now deleted. "the opie and anthony show" on sirius xm. >> a whole decade. >> reporter: he says he was taking photos in times square when he was repeatedly punched by an african-american woman who did not want her picture taken. a twitter rant followed with cumia calling her an animal, savage and other names too inappropriate to broadcast. among his many comments, there is a deep seeded problem with violence in the black community, trying to address it and you'll be exiled to racistville. reactions were strong, one woman writing, that was the most disgusting racist tirade i've seen in a very long time. on thursday, cumia was fired by sirius, which called the comments racially charged, and hate filled. in response, he was unapologetic, fired for expletive that wasn't even on the air and wasn't illegal, he tweeted. his supporters launched an online petition calling for his reinsta reinstatement. >> i need to catch something. >> if the fan backlash is as significant as it was with the duck dynasty sit

can anthony cumia get back on the air or can adam richman get a show back? >> i don't think so.i'll tell you why. some people say, well, paula deen got her career back in a hurry because she had an audience already. duck dynasty had an audience already. you can see cumia had an audience, but he's expendable. no, i don't think they recover from it. i think if you're a bigger star, maybe after a year you can. >> a little more forgiveness after some time. joe, nice to see you here in new york city. coming up, facebook devices a surreptitious scheme to might want your emotions. this is a chilling story. our digital download is up next. . did someone say burn? try alka seltzer reliefchews. they work just as fast and are proven to taste better than tums smoothies assorted fruit. mmm. amazing. yeah, i get that a lot. alka seltzer heartburn reliefchews. enjoy the relief. that's why i always choose the fastest intern.r slow. the fastest printer. the fastest lunch. turkey club. the fastest pencil sharpener. the fastest elevator. the fastest speed dial. the fastest office plant. so why wou

number four, anthony cumia, was fired for a racially charged rant on twitter.r being allegedly attacked by an african-american woman in times square, he rereleased a series of tweets calling the woman an animal and talked about violence in the black community. his tweets were deleted overnight but he promised to address the story online. >>> number five, hurricane arthur weakened overnight. now a post tropical cyclone. about 40,000 people in north carolina lost power. communities all up and down the east coast saw the winds whipping and lashing rains and flooded streets. let's go to meteorologist karen mcginnis with more now. just a post tropical cyclone, what's that mean and who does it mean anything for? >> there are no leftover characteristics of a hurricane or tropical storm. but now we're looking at just kind of a broad area of low pressure that's going to get caught up in another weather system that's sweeping through. the rainfall has been the heaviest right across maine with some gusty winds. but the effect for the rest of the afternoon and indeed the w

want to turn to another story in the headlines, a case of siriusxm radio host opie and anthony, anthony cumiarged for a series of racially charged tweets. he is a shock jock. can a company fire someone for being a jerk? >> yes, absolutely. people say what about his first amendment rights? and what they don't suns the bill of rights, including the first amendment intended to protect you from government action. meaning the government can't arrest you for making racist comments. that's why the kkk can march in skokie, illinois and say all kinds of outlandish cretin minded things. but that doesn't mean your employer has to keep him. if you want to test the, don, go to your boss at cnn and call him a name. watch how quickly you are not working for cnn. >> a lot of people are cancelling their siriusxm subscriptions there is a change.org position to reinstate him that he should get his job back a la phil robertson of "duck dynasty." jane velez-mitchell? >> i looked at the tweets and they're horrific, they're really vile in my humble opinion. >> it's a jungle out in our cities after midnight. violent

i don't think her comments were nearly as hateful or problematic as anthony cumia. a professional comedienne who made jokes. sometimes the jokes are too far. heir book is have layer yus, it's an awesome book. there are moments i think, i would never say that, but people have the right to let the market decide, as opposed to saying you can't say it at all. >> fredericka whitfield interviewed rivers did her book, "mad deef yeah." rivers walked out of this interview after fred asked her about protesters demonstrating against her book cover which shows her in a fur. so watch this. >> you know, i'm going, i really am going, because all you have done is negative. >> no. >> all you have done is negat e negative. i made people laugh for 50 years. i am put on earth to make people laugh. my book is funny. i wear fur that was killed 15 years ago. i work for animal rights. stop it with -- and you do this, and you're mean, and you're that. you are not the one to interview a person who does humor. sorry. >> are we serious? >> yes, she was serious. ben, is this just another stunt

that it's words just words especially on the internet morning radio shock jock and the cumia from the opie and anthony show has been fired for a massive twitter rant that he made against a woman who believe that the radio host was taking mocking photographs of her and got aggressive with them who may claim to just be taking pictures of time square now normally what you do outside of work shouldn't matter but with public personalities i can see how people want the never good behavior all the time but the problem is that guys like him are put on the airwaves to have bad behavior what does the sirius x.m. company expect from people they put on air to be wild and raunchy this is typical corporate boardroom mentality when we want morning gigi's to be really crazy in shocking but not too crazy and shocking hey i don't have a horse in this race i actually think the opie and anthony show is pretty dismal but when i see someone getting fired for wacky shock jock stuff that is in a way kind of part of his job well it just seems very hypocritical to me but that's just my opinion. on your political. policies i de

that it's words just words especially on the internet morning radio shock jock and the cumia from the opie and anthony show has been fired for a massive twitter rant that he made against a woman who believe that the radio host was taking mocking photographs of her and got aggressive with him who may claim to just be taking pictures of time square now normally what you do outside of work shouldn't matter but with public personalities i can see how people want them to have good behavior all the time but the problem is that guys like him are put on the airwaves to have bad behavior what does the sirius x.m. company expect from people they put on air to be wild and raunchy this is typical corporate boardroom mentality well we want morning gigi's to be really crazy and shocking but not too crazy and shocking hey i don't have a horse in this race i actually think the opie and anthony show is pretty dismal but when i see someone getting fired for wacky shock jock stuff that is in a way kind of part of his job well it just seems very hypocritical to me but that's just my opinion. your friend posts a photo fro

like that it's words just words especially on the internet morning radio shock jock the cumia from the opie and anthony show has been fired for a massive twitter rant that he made against a woman who believe that the radio host was taking mocking photographs of her and got aggressive with him who may claim to just be taking pictures of time square now normally what you do outside of work shouldn't matter but with public personalities i can see how people want them to have good behavior all the time but the problem is that guys like him are put on the airwaves to have bad behavior what does the sirius x.m. company expect from people they put on air to be wild and raunchy this is typical corporate boardroom mentality well we want morning gigi's to be really crazy and shocking but not too crazy and shocking hey i don't have a horse in this race i actually think the opie and anthony show is pretty dismal but when i see someone getting fired for wacky shock jock stuff that is in a way kind of part of his job well it just seems very hypocritical to me but that's just my opinion. crosstalk rules in effect tha