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>> barbara walters gets a big interview with syria as al-assad.tries to get his former aide a job at cnn. how did the media react to that deal? and qe-ii's jubilee celebration gets world attention. did one cable news network go overboard on the coverage? find out next on news watch. [ male announcer ] introducing a powerful weapon in your fight against bugs. ortho home defense max. with a new continuous spray wand. and a fast acting formula. so you can kill bugs inside, and keep bugs out. guaranteed. ortho home defense max. abc's barbara walters, pulled off a coup getting an interviewed with syria's president assad in september. a timely booking considering the escalating conflict and civilian massacres in at that country. however, earlier this week, the london newspaper the telegraph printed a series of chummy e-mails between walters and a former press aide to al-assad. jafry, daughter of the syrian ambassador to the united nations and one time press aide to assad helped walters land that interview with the syrian president. and once the e-mails

>> barbara walters gets a big interview with syria as al-assad.nd then tries to get his former aide a job at cnn. how did the media react to that deal? and qe-ii's jubilee celebration gets world attention. did one cable news network go overboard on the coverage? find out next on news watch. what's with you? trouble with a car insurance claim. [ voice of dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so goo now it's guaranteed. [ normal voice ] so i can trust 'em unlike randy. are you in good hands? my feet and exactly where i needed more support. i had tired, achy feet. until i got my number. my dr. scholl's custom fit orthotics number. now i'm a believer. you'll be a believer, too. learn where to find your number at drscholls.com. abc's barbara walters, pulled off a coup getting an interviewed with syria's president assad in september. a timely booking considering the escalating conflict and civilian massacres in at that country. however, earlier this week, the london newspaper the telegraph printed a series of chummy e-mails between walters

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. >> reporter: barbara walters landed an excuse interview with bashar al-assad in december.litate that interview. walters admits in months following, she tried to her her. in a statement she said i did offer to mention her to contacts at another media organization and in academia, though she didn't get a job or into school. columbia tells cnn its applicants are evaluated solely on materials submitted, adding we understand and share concerns about the brutal regime in syria. she says she was accepted to columbia because of her qualifications. as for her relationship, she says she was an unpaid media intern. saying i am nothing but a victim for some personal agendas. as any ambitious graduate student in america, all i was trying to do in this very brief time was to build up my knowledge and explore ways to successful academic options. what's going on in syria and to my people saddens me and breaks my heart. >> what she represents is an outlet for the regime to extend their reach outside of syria, perpetuate false messages, false realities that are occurring within the country.

to move, it's own set of problems but better than what we have. >> kat kinsman, thank you. >>> barbara waltersh reporting. she's being criticized for using her influence to help an aide of syrian president bashar al assad find a job here in the u.s. walters has now apologized for what she calls a conflict. she says in a statement, quote, in the aftermath, miss jaafari returned to the u.s. and contacted me looking for a job. i told her that was a conflict of interest and that we would not hire. i did offer to mention her to contacts at another media organization and in academia. though she didn't get a job or into school, in retrospect i realize that this created a conflict and i regret that. it was surprising to hear this. >> this is a world class embarrassment for barbara walters. i have a huge amount of respect for her but i think she realizes how badly she screwed up. you have barbara walters on the one hand just seeming to do a favor for somebody she had gotten to know, the daughter of the syrian ambassador, help her out, the news organization she referred to was cnn. she tried to help her

lack of sun early -- six degrees cooler because of the lack of sun early sunday morning. >>> barbara walterspologizing today for trying help the daughter of a former aide to syria's president. walters landed an exclusive interview with assad last december. walters admits to trying to help a daughter of a former aide who set up that interview. she passed on the daughter's resume to cnn for a potential job and recommended the girl for columbia university's journalism school. the aide's daughter did not get in and did not land the job. >>> google warning g-mail users they may be the target of cyber attacks. google will put a banner message at the top of the accounts. google didn't mention specific governments some say it could be google's latest effort to fight china over censorship and web privacy. >>> new honda fit is the new king of electric cars. the japanese carmaker says their 2013 fit operates on epa rated fuel cost of $500, per year. it uses 29 kilowatt hours of energy per 100 miles and combine add justed rate going it were using gas, but it is not, of 118 miles a gallon. the highest fu

going to welcome people bhor part of this into our school. >> jafari emerged in the media after barbara waltersashar al assad in december. walters admits in the months falling, she tried to help jafari. in a statement, walters said, i did offer to mention her to contacts at a media organization and in academia, though she didn't get a job or into school. the media organization was cnn, but it went nowhere. columbia university tells cnn, its applicants are evaluated solely on the materials submitted, saying, we understand and share concerns about the brutal regime in syria. she says she was accepted to columbia because of her qualifications. as for her relationship with al assad, she says she was an unpaid intern in media circles for three months, not an aide. saying, "i am nothing but a victim for some personal agendas. as any ambitious young graduate student in america, all i was trying to do in this very brief time was to build up my knowledge and to explore ways to successful academic options. what's going on in syria and to my people saddens me and breaks my heart. activists fighting for de

lack of sun early -- six degrees cooler because of the lack of sun early sunday morning. >>> barbara waltersgizing today for trying help the daughter of a former aide to syria's president. walters landed an exclusive interview with assad last december. walters admits to trying to help a daughter of a former aide who set up that interview. she passed on the daughter's resume to cnn for a potential job and recommended the girl for columbia university's journalism school. the aide's daughter did not get in and did not land the job. >>> google warning g-mail users they may be the target of cyber attacks. google will put a banner message at the top of the accounts. google didn't mention specific governments some say it could be google's latest effort to fight china over censorship and web privacy. >>> new honda fit is the new king of electric cars. the japanese carmaker says their 2013 fit operates on epa rated fuel cost of $500, per year. it uses 29 kilowatt hours of energy per 100 miles and combine add justed rate going it were using gas, but it is not, of 118 miles a gallon. the highest fuel r

barbara walters and ted turner i interviewed. john glenn, and he is the gold standard as far as i'm concerned. he did see i spent a lot of time talking to people collecting stories. my challenge was to keep it pared down. everyone had a couple of great cronkite stories. he had a long career. he lived into his 90's. he knew everybody. he was with all presidents. he was an usher at the democratic and republican conventions of 1928. he defied convention coverage. he was the political maestro. there were so many people to talk to. i got it just in the nick of time. there were others that have died since i started interviewing. they're all in their 80s and 90s. getting to people like jimmy buffett or mickey hart you were great friends, i really wanted to get in an interview as many people as i could of families and friends and adversaries. >> when did he die? >> 2009. >> when you began your book tour, the first review i saw, i am going to read the headline and first paragraph. >> he dents his halo. an unconscionable shading of a story

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and barbara walters said you do everything in front of a camera. what's the deal?rs today. a lot of behind the scenes drama going on when they taped it on tuesday. teresa, a class act, as always. >> too much drama. >> who has a functional family? >> i'll go to my grave never watching "jersey shore" or "real housewives." >> i like them both. i'm not going to lie. my home state. >>> remember not long ago reese witherspoon won an oscar for her role in "walk the line." she played johnny cash's wife, june carter cash. now jewel will get a crack at it. she'll play june carter in an upcoming lifetime movie based on the book "anchored in love." >> and that's jewel on the left. and that is june on the right. >> that is june on the right. apparently she tweeted a photo of herself. almost looked unrecognizable. long, curly dark hair. i'm anxious to see how jewel does. singer and actress. >> movie coming to lifetime. >>> also we want to extend our thoughts and prayers to the family of bob welch. the former guitarist of fleetwood mac. hugely successful band. apparently committe

this has become a huge controversy way beyond the whole barbara walters connection. >> it has, wolf.nder fire. there are calls for the university to take a stand and drop its emission of a daughter of a syrian official with her own ties to syria's president. syrian human rights activists in the united states are furious she's been accepted to a prestigious program at columbia university. angry because of her close ties to syrian dictator bashar al-assad. she's the daughter of syria's ambassador to the united nations. leaked e-mails show she appeared to have a close relationship with al-assad referring to him at times as handsome and cute. she provided advice to him on his public image abroad as syria waged a brutal crackdown on its people and denied it. this woman prefers not to give her full name just graduated from columbia's school of international and public affairs. she's demanding columbia rescind the admission. >> i was surprised and very disturbed by this decision. for me accepting her is not a personal thing, it's accepting what's happening in syria, it's accepting the genoc

barbara walters does those. i've been to a few. anybody who is anybody is there--but me. >> and me.inging people together of completely opposite political pressure situations and watch them argue. but he himself had contradictory politics. >> joy: a lot. fdr liberal, a jfk king maker yet he became well-known as this fiercely hawkish supporter of the vietnam. >> joy: he was a hawk. and because he was so powerful in his journalism, and was in so many different newspapers in the country he had a lot of influence. it appeared to me that when he went to vietnam, he had a particular idea of what was going on. then he would report it. the n he would bring back was false very often. >> well, it was the information that the generals wanted to feed him and the secretary of defense, and lyndon johnson he became their--one of their important spokes people robert mcnamara. everything that we're talking about now is, indeed, in the play but the play is about him as this extremely complex and kind of larger than life character, larger than life emotions. >> cenk: the parallels that i saw was, numb

tune. >> i remember watching brin brian's song. >> and i am watching him in slow mo. >> and now barbara walters to talk it out with. >> good thing you wear brian picalo. >> good news, justin bieber is out . the bad news is lee greenwood. >> and i didn't have to kiss joy bejah. >> that is good news. >> coming up on "fox and friends", it is not illegal to shoot a cop? this protect the people or go too far? we report and you decide. >> and the left, underdogs and party of the people and our next guests said hardly. he should know he was born in the left wing of politics and his information is stunning. we'll explain coming up. ♪ i'd like to thank eating right, whole grain, multigrain cheerios! mom, are those my jeans? [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios >> welcome back. democrats portray themselves as party of the underdogs and republicans as party of the rich. >> it would be the first president to be outspent not because of what mitt romney is raising but the super pacs. they spend $400 million to be attacked on the

>> i said peter you're our principal anchor, but i've already signed up diane sawyer and barbara waltersthe special and i won't kick them off. so we ended up doing it with the three of them. >> rose: were they thrilled about peter joining them? >> they are perfectly accepting. as part of writing the book i looked at the transcripts and early on peter turns to diane and barbara and says "when you first heard about this story last night, did you think it was a big story? " and diane says "yes." and barbara says "oh, my, yes." you knew peter well. he was a great journalist and his instinct most of the time was dead on and we agreed on many more things than we disagreed. it just happened to be the first one out of the box. >> rose: how many times did he say to you "david if you go ahead this is your right but if you do that it will damage your reputation and abc's reputation"? >> it's the only time at the the very beginning. we came very close professionally and personally after that and worked on a lot of things together, the millennium program, the 24-hour program and, of course, 9/11 and

that's been running. 14, 15 months ago he was the darling of vogue magazine and being embraced by barbara waltersof the most loathed men on the planet. there are no foreign journalists allowed in syria now. all that footage is coming from these disdents. they are the ones getting the word out and showing what's going on. it's powerful. it's freedom of the press. >> it's frustrating. they don't want us there and telling the stories of slaughter. let me end with this because this can't all be easy. what's the biggest challenge as part of this program snl. >> the biggest challenge is when i was talking to people they were leery about it being kept secret where the trainings are being done kept secret. we had to change the names the because we don't want to put them at risk at back home. it's getting over the stigma and people saying because you're trained by the americans, you're an american pawn. this training just enables them to show what they want to show. we're not coming to them with any kind of agenda. they are saying here are the tools. you do whatever you want to do with it. >> the video ca

and barbara walter is apologizing for helping an aide to bashar assad.t individual helped land walter an interview last year. when asked about this, walters admitted there was a conflict of interest and apologized. >>> starting next month, american airlines will cut the routes they service and more pilots are using more sick sometime and the airlines can't staff the flights. american airlines is fighting with the union. >>> and digital is adding to its service. ma apps will offer street and offroad locations including hiking trails images. google says these new futures should be available in several weeks. >>> 8:15. some trails in the pay low alto foothills are temporarily off limits to dogs. there have been several reports of coyotes acting aggressively. park rangers say the coyotes say they appear to be protecting her den and her cubs. one woman said the coyote approached her and her friend. >> i don't think if you mention it to a dog they will wine even though she's a pretty big dog. >> the trails will likely remain closed through -- closed to dogs ne

. >> you are the official child of barbara walters. >> that is so much better. >> we all know barbaraeveryone. we do know some democrats have been frustrated with barack obama to appear in wisconsin to she his support. but barrett said he didn't want the president to show up and make the election a national spectacle. and went on to say he wants the outcome to be about wisconsin familiar list and jobs. if you are wondering what is next for rick santorum, yeah me either, he tweeted out he would make a big announcement on friday. we know little more than that, other than he is not running for another political office. and 34% of facebook users have been logging on less in the next six months. and 80% have never bought a single thing on facebook. now they are thinking about lowering the usage to 13. analysts say facebook could give limited access but then attach their profiles to their parents, and then sell them advertising and that would be a way to bypass control ads. we're back right after the break. as a culinary manager i make sure our guests have an over the top experience. being

a problem he spoke candidly with barbara walters with in 2003. >> it got to the point i was suicidal.> i wasn't happy when i was sober. and i wasn't happy when i was high anymore. >> reporter: but after checking into rehab, he turned his life around. meeting fiancee, lisa stelly. and welcoming daughter, pearl clementine, in april. the family here on the cover of "people" magazine. then, in may, he went to the hospital, concerned because he had lost much of the vision in his right eye. that led to the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. >> the disease is very variable. some people can be running a marathon with m.s. and others are in wheelchairs. >> reporter: for "good morning america," amy robach, abc news, new york. >> we're thinking of jack and wishing him the very, very best. >>> coming up, why did this father make such a big face at the ballpark? it's in josh's "play of the day." come on back. [ female announcer ] fashion or food, it's all about taste. and the chefs at lean cuisine are loving tangy lemon, peppery poblano, sweet butternut. we're roasting, and grilling to create must-h

. >> stephanie: what happens if barbara walters orders through the drive through.tt romney. >> where do you get your hoguey. do you go to wah-wah's. i know it's a very big state divider. but we went to wah-wah's. i went to order a sandwich. you press a touch-tone key pad. and the sandwich comes and you touch this, touch this, and pay the cashier, it's your sandwich. it's amazing. >> stephanie: i mean, wand. [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> stephanie: normally does the help bring you the sandwich? you touch a thing. >> i usually have illegal immigrants make my sandwich for me. >> stephanie: i said bring me a sandwich and it magically appears. [ ♪ magical ♪ ] people touch things if they want chocolatey con fection. >> romney: by the way where do you get your hogeys. do you get them at wah-wah's? [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> romney: it's amazing. ♪ oh won't you ♪ show me the way ♪ >> romney: touch this, touch this, touch this. ♪ oh won't you ♪ show me the way >> romney: go pay the cashier. there's your sandwich ♪ wah-wah ♪ >> it's actually not a wah-wah. [applause] >> stephanie: yay, that was ju

. >> that sounds like barbara walters talking about what an army would do. >> let's talk a little bit she would tell the europeans to retreat. >> the debate, of course, continuing. what does europe need to do to avoid a meltdown, and how involved should the u.s. be in the recovery process? it's a conversation we've been talking about all morning and yesterday. steve liesman joins us now with more on that very topic. >> you know, i feel like i should take this passive aggressive attitude, which is just to be quiet. let it play out and say you know what, guys? what u now is what you're going to get. and let's just see how it plays out. >> we didn't listen to you? >> no, you listened to me. it was great. i think -- >> we didn't agree with you. >> you didn't agree with me. and i got a lot of controversial e-mail. most of it -- well, you can't really repeat it. but it was interesting to see people responding. >> but you think -- you were eminent before any of the other economists. you were preeminent, right? >> i don't really think that, joe. i think i'm an economics reporter. and i've bee

walters. the civil rights demonstrations in oklahoma city in 1958 were led by a 16-year-old high school student named barbara posely. ba barbara posely. ordinary people. maybe extraordinary people who just up until that point led ordinary lives and then became involved in the civil rights movement. yet i think we have to understand that the protests in new mexico, the protests in oklahoma, the protests in wichita, didn't sort of catch on. they didn't catch far. they didn't grow as would be the case at the greensboro in 1960. and, of course, for that reason, we don't know very much about them. for that reason, they don't make the history books, or they don't stand out in history books, as much. by 1960, the situation would be different. by 1960, the protests would begin, and this time, they would continue. they would grow and they would spread and they would continue. and eventually, they would transform america. let me talk about the reasons or the background for those protests that began in 1960. first of all, there are a whole host of college students, white college students, but even more importantly, you