michelle obama's older brother, men's basketball coach of the oregon state beavers, author of the new book "a game of character: a family journey from chicago's southside to the ivy league and beyond." craig was introduced to the world in a sense on the night of august 25th, 2008. that's when he got the chance to introduce his sister michelle at the democratic national convention. here is a little of that. >> please join me in welcoming an impassioned public servant, a loving daughter, wife, and mother, my little sister and our nation's next first lady, michelle obama! >> larry: what was that like for you, craig? >> spectacular, larry. i just -- i can't even put it in words hardly still. it was such an honor to be a part of that and be able to introduce my sister. it was a great honor. >> larry: i understand that you wanted oprah to do it, is that right? >> well, here is what i thought when they asked me. i thought they were joking. you know, just trying to keep it the campaign live. but they were serious. and i said do you really want a basketball coach to stand there in front of all

for zero or hyperbole but what is believed by a true animal-rights believer not and will welfare beaver. and gary is very candid he agreed to be interviewed and i trust and tried very hard to present his position not only accurately in terms of what he said and also in context that was very important to me because i considered gary to be very radical but he is principled provide disagree with him completely but he is candid about what he believes it has a lot to tell us. he said to me "we have a moral obligation to care for the domesticated nine unions we brought into existence but we should not produce more. they're goal of animal-rights is the end of all domestication no matter how beneficial it is too humans. i asked him does that include dogs? our beloved pets? yes. a and he does take and the stray dogs that nobody else will adopt. but he does not believe they belong on the planet earth. >> we can sell them to be refugees in which a the world they do not belong. so think of a consequence of animal-rights should it prevail not only would you not be able to have a stake, and no medica

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. >>> in sydney australia, a concert for justin beaver cancelled following a riot from fans. they surged guards -- towards the venue monday morning accepting eight girls to the hospital. injuries several more. >>> we have an exclusive intefer view with kitty kelley. she'll chat with us along with richard sher. a former colleague and still good friend of oprah. richard was quoted in her book but never talked to her. it should prove to be quite interesting television nor you today. watch it exclusively on "good morning maryland" at 9:00. we sit down with kitty kelley. i don't even think she's been on larry king yet. >> she's having a hard time getting publicity. >> i wonder why. >> i know. no one wants to make oprah mad. >> coming up next, not the homecoming game but this rally will be just about pomp and circumstance. >> we all know who is running against former governor bob ehrlich but he wants to make it official today. >> it's now all about your vote. i'm linda so. when you can hear o'malley make his first pitch to voters as he kicks off his re-election campaign. - friend:

great, you leave the theater and say, hey, what do you think about recycling and what happens to the beavernd you bring it in their world. my 4-year-old was very concerned about the animals and everything and so was my 7-year- old. taking an active part in it and it's good. it's just entertainment. it's a funny movie. do you have to stay through the credits. we have to. we took self-dep pri case to a -- dep case deprication to a new path. well, blue lagoon. >>> well, maybe. 20 years i've said no, so you can imagine how much i trust these people. well, you're always delightful and thanks for being you. it's out april 30th and we'll see you next time you're up on the bird. >> can't wait, thank you. well, that's the trailer over your shoulder. well, you have to love her mom's honesty, i'll tell you why. if you don't have kids, they want to go to a movie and there are times you sit there like, i have nine things i have to do today, when is this over. and sometimes, you get a movie and you're like, well, that wasn't too bad. >> we're taking a break and we'll be back with first warning weather an

and in the comic book of your mommy kills animals it shows a woman leave it to like leave it to beaver's mom. she's wearing a dress and she's wearing an apron and she has a string of pearls. and it shows her maniac, you know, stabbing this rabbit that looks like thumper out of bambi and the rabbit is looking like this. and this is handed out to 6, 7, 8-year-old kids. tell your mommy that you know she paid men to hurt and kill animals. everyone knows and the sooner she stops wearing fur, the sooner the animals will be safe. until then keep your doggy and kitty friends away from mommy. she's an animal-killer, closed quote. in the fish with daddy tearing apart a fish on the cover, until your daddy learns that it's not fun to kill, keep your doggies and kitties away from him. he's on hooked on killing defenseless animals they could be next. closed quote. imagine your kid came home crying thinking you're going to kill their beloved pet. but the zeal of animal rights is so strong and the emotionalism so fervent that they're willing to undermine the relationship between parents and children ove

. >> i had justin beaver on my show today. he came. a 16-year-old. >> larry: how did that happen, him? >> a lot of girls go to malls and like to hear little boys play music with their bangs and their hair. you have young sons. do they have that hair that comes to their eyes? >> larry: it's coming. >> at 13. watch out for it. it's very difficult when you see these people, you know, to be successful so early, i don't know how you sustain that. >> larry: too much too soon. >> i didn't get real success in my mind until i was probably 30, 28, 30. and i waited tables for a long time and i appreciate it. >> larry: what kind of restaurant? >> all restaurants i was fired from. >> larry: for being incompetent. >> not incompetent. just for being -- >> larry: you were rude to custom customers? >> i didn't have a lot of patience for people who had to decide what they wanted for lunch and took -- >> larry: so i sat down -- i'm a quick decider. if i sat down and looked at the menu and i came over, what would you do? >> first of all i would compliment

this is a beavers problem. they have to see these leaders understand. the leaders want them to do well. the leaders appreciate what you're going for because in the past it would admit to something like this was on soldierly. we've at least to get that down now maybe not all cases but we have recognized this is as much of a problem as if you have a physical injury but we have a long way to go. >> you posed one question of what is the individual act that may be the most important in management and toward success of an organization. i've heard in my entire life practically i came up with the idea that there is one overwhelming item and interestingly enough i have not heard that word from you and this word is stress unless the people working for you can trust you you will not be able to get through even if you have great ideas. if the people working, you don't trust each other, the organizations won't work. and if your boss doesn't trust you if you are doomed in that organization. so i think the trust is probably the most important. i would like to hear you

>> glowing rowing up is a prett thing, beaver, if you grow up. it's all right to look back on the good times you had. the thing s when you try to relive them, somehow they're never quite as good the second time around. >>> you know, the sad thing s there are some men my age still trying to be little boys. >> oh, why did that end on the cutting room floor? that would have been an improvement over the actual ad. >> good stuff. >>> good morning, welcome back to "morning joe." we have mike barnicle here, aka, admiral stockdale. >> what am i doing here? >> pat buchanan is here, sam stein from "the huffington post" and willie geist in augusta. before we go further, let's take a look at the morning papers. how about we read them. >> go ahead. >> wall street journal -- greek bond crisis spreads concern over a potential liquidity shortage at greece's private sector banks fueled a sharp selloff yesterday in greek debt and equity markets. what a mess. >> the washington "times" -- rubio keeps claiming, charlie crist denies that the florida governor will bolt

what i said in the fundamentals beaver was what we had when it comes to the creed, when it comes to thepractice that when it comes to implementing what lansing for example in the discussion we had a moratorium some of the texts are clear-cut for some of the scores there is no discussion this to be implemented. we need to understand there are conditions in the context so in the light of the context i'm coming with a reinterpretation of the text by saying if you implement the text literally you are going to betray the in the objective of the text. all of this is coming from what congressional of, critical reading and this is something that is part of the islamic tradition so when you're telling me there are things that are universal the it is coming from our, rationality i would say yes but it is coming also from the relation it is cui to construct something which is coming from our common rationality would say the opposite the meaning of the velocity i'm talking about reason these are not contradictory dimensions when it comes to this and when it comes to the legal tradition the question

worked at a couple of nuclear power plants, specifically calvert cliffs, nine mile point, too and beaver cliffs. i would like to ask kathryn if she has ever taken a chance to look at the in poker -- the info report. guest: yes, it is an industry group that takes a look at our ports and makes recommendations for we can run our plants better. host: next call from north carolina, paul on the democrats line. caller: would like to make three points. and i am an -- a mechanical and an electrical engineer. and i'm very familiar with folks mechanical stuff that is used to operate these plants. all of these are very safe even with the back of systems. number two, these plants are very vulnerable. i know of one in the south where a rocket launcher could be placed in a van and it could be pulled right up and blow a hole through the cold in -- cooling power. and number three, the waste is forever. it does not go away. there is nowhere to put it, just because it is put in a capsule, these are time capsules. i know of people who worked in a plant in the industry and died before they were 40. guest: i

. >> doctors say texting beaver is -- behavior is actually addicting with all of the withdrawal systems>> reporter: how fast can your average 15 years old text a single line? let's say faster than someone not in high school [ laughter ] >> mine is not even english. >> reporter: for 10th graders sarah marshal in the middle and april texting is as important as talking. how many text do you send and receive each day. >> about 200. >> a couple of hundred. >> reporter: it varies. study shows to the tune of 3,000 text a month for the average teenager. the question now are teens texting too much? >> it's bad when i go to sleep when it's right by my bed when i wake-up. it's the first thing i go to when i wake-up. >> reporter: the rate of texting has skyrocketed. >> why is it so important to know when somebody is trying to reach you. >> you feel like you missed something. >> you sometimes feel your moods changing depending on how often you're receiving the text or the speed? >> yeah. >> reporter: like what. give me an example? >> if someone responds right away, you're like yay, they responded, b

we can motivate anyone and we want to come back with the style of "leave it to beaver" because i have anybody can have. >> erik, you're work on another campaign, right? >> yeah, i have a show coming out that i executive produced for my network, my channel 13, my network tv. it's called "world's funniest moments" internet bloopers and stuff i hosted and we're going to be distributed by mgm this fall and i'm working on a bunch of other stuff. >> cool. erik estrada and lou ferrigno, keep your hands off my butterfinger, the butterfinger defense league. thanks so much for stopping by "fox & friends" this morning. >> thank you. >> go back and change into your muscle shirts! >> got it. >> all right? back to brian and steve in the green room. i know they want to see that. >> we're not afraid of touching his butterfinger. >> lay off. >> you want one, mike? >> yeah. >> first one is free. straight ahead, the obama administration said it would not go for a value-added tax, a vat. but are you already counting revenue from it, mr. president? stuart varney on that coming up next. >> the country musi

whio is here with the latest from beaver creek ohio.hi. >> reporter: hi, i'm here at paterson park church and this is where tiffany is members and where they chose to update members of the media on reaction to finding tiffany. i can tell you that a lot of the details they wanted to keep private, but they did tell us they wanted to thank the police, the members of the church congregation here as well as the media for getting the message out. and you know, there are a lot of tough questions we all had with them especially with the new information that we learned and i asked them specifically today, are you mad at tiffany? do you have any anger? do you have any judgments? >> you know, she may have made some mistakes, but e everyone ds and i can't blame her for any of them. she's a person like everyone else, you know, getting through life and it's not always easy. >> do you have any anger at all? we want to know that question. >> no anger. i was just -- you know. we've got the same feelings that everyone else has. we've got confusion and al