host: our guests are brian brown and susan sommer. lots of calls coming in. go to blend oh, maryland. tonya supports same-sex marriage. caller: good morning, america. i am sorry, mr. brown. i cannot agree with anything you are saying. i don't see why you would perpetrate the myth that the only people who should be able to get married are people that can procreate. i am no longer able to have children, so should i not be able to get married? my daughter is a lesbian. it doesn't mean that she does not love someone else and should not be able to be in that bond with that person for the rest of her life. i support same-sex marriage because i believe that it has nothing to do with the courts. it has nothing to do with the bible. it is all about love, how you feel about someone. and how you are going to cherish that person for the rest of your life. for anyone to say that same-sex marriage is bad because it is in the bible -- if you are talking about the bible, you must be talking about sharia law. it states we can't follow the laws of another country. the bible wa

brian brown of the national organization for marriage and susan summer will join us. we'll also take your phone calls and look for your comments on facebook and twitter, beginning live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span2. >> here's some of the featured programs for this president's day weekend on the c-span networks. on booktv, live coverage of the savannah book festival with nonfiction awe theirs and books on topics like the disappearance of michael rockefeller, british company of elephants and four women spies during the civil war. and sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern on afterwards, femurrer senior adviser for president obama david axelrod, on his 40 years in politic us, and on american history tv on c-span3, saturday morning at 8:30 the 100th 100th anniversary of the release of the film "the birth of a nation" start offing with an interview of the author this showing of the entire film followed by a live cal-in program with harry jones and author dick lehrer, and on sunday focus on how artists captured the spirit of george washington. find our complete television schedule a

and then brian brown and susan sommer discussed the state of same-sex marriage in the states and courts. "washington journal," live on c-span. >> here are some of our featured programs for this presidents' day weekend. on c-span twos book tv, saturday morning at 9:00, nonfiction authors and books on the disappearance of michael rockefeller and women spies during the civil war. sunday at 9:00 p.m. eastern a senior advisor for prosit advisor, david axelrod on his 40 years in politics. c-span3, the 100th anniversary of the release of the film "birth of a nation." will be a showing of the entire film and that a call-in program. sunday, on the presidency, george washington portraits. how artists captured the spirit of the first president and what we can learn through paintings. let us know what you think about the programs you are watching. call us, e-mail us, or send us a tweet. joined the c-span conversation. -- click senator rand paul attended the american spectator magazine gala. the potential republican candidate defended the government shutdown and criticize former secretary of state h

then a look at the legal and political status of same-sex marriage with brown brian brown president of the national organization for marriage and susan summer of lam don legal. call and tweet on our facebook page with your thoughts. >>> on friday oregon gof your john kitzhaber resigned. the resignation becomes official on wednesday. here's audio of the governor reading his resignation letter. >> i'm announcing today that i'll resign as governor of the state of oregon. it is not of my nature to walk away from a jb that i've turned taken. it's to stand and fight for the cause. i apologize to all those people who gave of their faith, time, energy and resources to elect me to a fourth term last year and who have supported me over the past three decades. i will continue to pursue our share goals and common cause in another venue. it is deeply troubling to me to realize that we have come to a place in the history of this great state of ours where a person can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media with no due process and no independent verification of the allegations involve

and brian brown president of the national organization for marriage and susan somer from lambda legal will discuss the state of same-sex marriage in the states and courts. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. here are some of our featured programs for this president's day weekend. on book tv saturday morning at 9:00, live coverage of the savannah book festival with nonfiction authors and books on topics like the disappearance of michael rockefeller. a british company of elephants during world war ii and four women spies in the civil war. and former senior advisor for president obama david axelrod on his 40 years in politics. saturday morning beginning at 8:30. theanniversary of the release of the film the birth of nation starting with an interview of dick lair. the showing the of entire 1915 film followed by a live call in program with civil war historian harry jones and dick lair and sunday at 8:00 on the presidenty focusing on how artists captured the spirit of the first president a

lotriante from the georgetown institute of law talks about executive action on cybersecurity and brian brown, president of the national organization for marriage and suzanne summer from lambda legal will discuss same sex marriage in the state and the courts. we'll take your calls and join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal" 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> this sunday on "q&a" filmmaker phillip thomas harris explores how african-americans have been portrayed in photographic images from slavery to today. >> selma is based on many ways on the work of deborah willis, reflections in black, her groundbreaking book about black photographers but i'm also very much aware there is this other narrative going on as well in which black people were constructed post slavery and even before the end of slavery as something other than human. and it was part of the marketing of photographs and memorabilia and stereotypes that now would be considered de classe. but still are haunting us in terms of the way we might see ourselves, in terms of the way in which we might see others. >> su

. >> brian: cooler temperatures are brown the bay area with ties into the mid to upper 60s with gusty winds what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get live video monitoring and 24/7 professional monitoring that i can arm and disarm from anywhere. hear ye! the awkward teenage one has arrived!!!! don't be old fashioned. xfinity customers add xfinity home for $29.95 a month for 12 months. plus for a limited time, get a free security camera call 1800 xfinity or visit comcast.com/xfinityhome. >> vicki: new reports out that 2015 has been an uncharactaristically violent year for san francisco. according to police there have been a recorded 11 homicides in two short months. the homicides unfolded at a quick pace for a city where fatal attacks are down more than half in the last several years. according to officials.san francisco recorded 45 murders in 2014 and 48 in 2013. 20-07 was also a violent year, with one hundred recorded homicides. it's back to work today at california's ports.except

. >> we'll show you how brian's version of events evolved. >> then, bobby brown today as the man who called 911 for his daughter speaks out. >> my client found bobbi kristina in the bathtub. >> this, as we remember whi'stney death three years ago on grammy weekend. >> this baby didn't mourn her mother. >> ll cool j is here. we'll talk about his grammy tribute to houston and hosting this year's awards. >> plus, glen campbell's wife with an update on his alzheimer's batle. >> also, we have the making of si'ims swsuit issue. >> it could possibly be the year of the torso. >> yeah, the year of the male torso. because you saw the trailer for magic mike xxl. only we are on the set. >> it's the godfather 2 of male stripper movies. >>now, "entertainment tonight." we love entertaining people. >> #brian williams misremembers is blowing up. the face of nbc news is truly under fire. under fire today as his war story turns out to be a false tale. >> a wicked sense of humor, but nobody is laughing today, after it was discovered that his story about being in a helicopter that came under fire in iraq

. >> we'll show you how brian's version of events evolved. >> then, bobby brown today as the man whocalled 911 for his daughter speaks out. >> my client found bobbi kristina in the bathtub. >> this, as we remember whitney's death three years ago on grammy weekend. >> this baby didn't mourn her mother. >> ll cool j is here. we'll talk about his grammy tribute to houston and hosting this year's awards. >> plus, glen campbell's wife with an update on his alzheimer's batle.

. >> reporter: she believes she and fellow councilwoman have been targeted by brown and police chief brian hills with tickets and surveillance. she even takes it a point further -- >> if i go missing or wind up dead, you better look at paula brown, chief hill -- >> everybody should be in fear of their life, it should be me. she just created another fantasy in her land of make-believe. >> reporter: all in front of state officials there to help the bure roeorough. have you seen anything quite like that? >> i should say in the 57 counties i've traveled i've never seen anything like this ever. >> reporter: the council did agree unanimously on one thing last night. they have accepted the state's help. now they plan to have the special meeting to vote on whether to take a loan from the state to pay outstanding bills. for the investigators, harry hairston, "nbc10 news." >> thank you. >>> from our jersey bureau today, the taj mahal casino is closing its poker room until july. it's scheduled to close sunday. they say the room is unprofitable. it will go through a makeover as the casino continues to

brian williams rap. it's tuesday february 3rd. "early today" starts right now. >> good morning. i'm dara brown. it is the winter that won't quit affirm new threat. subzero temperatures turning everything to ice. the massive storm turning deadly. at least 15 dead. at airports more misery at least 16,000 flights scrapped. here is nbc's kurt gregory. >> reporter: people in the northeast need no convincing that winter isn't close to being over. in boston another 12 inches of white tough on the ground and another six inches expected. that's more than three feet of snow in a week. >> as you can see, tons of snow here. hopefully it will let up soon. >> reporter: schools have already been canceled tuesday. in connecticut, snowplows working to keep up. from snow to sleet in queens, new york, where ice shut down power to five subway trains forcing hundreds of commuters out into the slush to wait for buses. >> i hate the cold. >> it didn't faze others. >> it's a normal day here. all have to say home because it's slushy wet outside. >> reporter: in the midwest, the cleanup continued after record single day

brown's care. >>> nbc nightly news anchor brian williams is backtracking just a little bit after fabricate ago story about his experience during the 2003 invasion of iraq. >> on this broadcast last week in an effort to honor and thank a veteran who protected me and so many others after a ground fire incident in the dessert during the iraq war invasion, i made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. it did not take long to hear from some brave men and women and the air crews who were also in that dessert. i want to apologize. i said i was traveling -- >> you heard brian williams say i made a mistake in recalling. is that another way of saying i lied? >> ya. >> i made a mistake in recalling. i took the 20 bucks out of your wallet. you lied. williams claimed he was in a helicopter hit by rpg fire, but was really on a following aircraft. he blames the fog of memory over 12 years and repeatedly watching video of himself inspecting the damaged aircraft from the mix-up. >> wow okay. the tonight show is in los angeles this week, host jimmy fallon decided to take a trip back down memory lane to hi

elisabeth. >> you got it, brian. >>> well, a student at brown university taking aim at the rotc afterns allowing the armed forces training program to return to the university. he called them criminals saying rotc's attempt to recruit elite students is a calculated attempt to rope the best and brightest into the industry of state-sanctioned violence, end quote. it goes on to tout the anti-military bias. we're going to talk about it now. fox news contributor colonel david shunt a former rotc instructor and joins us now, thanks for being here this morning. >> hi. >> you were an instructor for the rotc, this writer says it's an organization of criminals. certainly indicting you as training them. how many criminals did you train, colonel? >> hundreds, hundreds of people. it's very interesting i spent 30 years doing what i did, and i'm target about being an rotc instructor. it's a lot of reward, but it's not exactly exciting. i think the insipid remarks by one student down in providence, rhode island is obviously, low hanging fruit. i think the bigger story is brown university is one of the

. >> here in atlanta, another brown family member was in the hospital after a fight broke out. >> they hit somebody. >> then, why did brian williams lie? as people now call into question his reporting during katrina. >> plus, as preparations ramp up for sunday's grammys, we're with honorary barry gibb. ♪ staying alive ♪ >> can we talk about "the barry gibb talk show"? [ unintelligible ] >> maybe i lose my temper sometimes. >> also, we got new "fifty shades." but where's all the steaminess? >> nischelle has that with some telenovela. >> do you like? >> are you hitting on me? >> now, "entertainment tonight," we love entertaining people. >> a brown family brawl erupted in atlanta while bobbi kristina remains in a hospital, fighting for her life. police were called to the scene of the fight. it's just one of those things that really leaves you shaking your head. nancy o'dell is off, brooke anderson is here. >> evoderyby is concerned about bobbi kristina. last night, even oprah needed a moment to collect herself. >> you're going to pray for bobbi kristina, right? >> absolutely. >> there aren't any words. >> this anniversary co

. >> brian: showers are quickly heading towards the >> vicki: with the price of gas down.governor brown is looking for how to repair california roads. currently the state has an almost six billion dollar backlog in highway repairs. the governor is looking into wether to tax drivers by miles instead of gas used. proposals include a possible dollar-a-week fee for drivers, a temporary gas tax hike, re- directing funds, or converting carpool lanes into tollways. if any of these possibilities goes through it could take more than five years to put in place. >> brian: in active weather day. with steady weather today. we have had a line of strong showers. this is just after 6:00 with the heavy use rain at really picking up as the light showers came through. the wind was over 50 mi. per hour in some places. this is moving northeast at 50 m.p.h. which are really fast moving showers. this will approach san francisco and 30 to 40 minutes and it could bring had fairly heavy rain. more weather for tonight but things are beginning to wrapup. showers for tonight and tomorrow. but look for a mixture of

. >> brian todd outside the mall of america in minnesota, thank you so much. let's bring in cnn justice correspondent pamela brown. the fbi is obviously preparing and drilling for years to prepare for any threat against malls or other soft targets. you heard brian mention. does law enforcement really think that this threat might materialize, or are they just -- is this just a case of better safe than sorry? >> you know it's always better safe than sorry. he said they have been preparing for this but the real concern is that it could materialize in the form of these lone wolf attacks we just heard brian talk about. so that's why we are seeing in large part this beefed-up security outside those malls listed as specific targets, and now some shopping center chains are pushing back and trying to convince potential patrons it's safe to shop. today westfield malls releasing a new statement saying there is no imminent threat to its shopping centers in the wake of a new alarming video from terrorist group al shabab calling on attacks at specific malls in the u.s. canada and the uk similar to this attack two years ago. wh

. >> here in atlanta, another brown family member was in the hospital after a fight broke out. >> they hit somebody. >> then, why did brianliams lie? as people now call into question his reporting during katrina. >> plus, as preparations ramp up for sunday's grammys, we're with honorary barry gibb. ♪ staying alive ♪ >> can we talk about "the barry

brian ross, abc news. >>> the atlanta community joined with the family of bobbi kristina brown to prayeds of people gathered at an outdoor amphitheater last night to pray for her recovery. her father, singer bobby brown, was there. bobbi kristina's grandmother, cissy houston, is among the family and friends keeping vigil at her bedside. tomorrow is the three-year anniversary of her mother's death. >>> the measles outbreak is getting worse by the day. now up to 121 cases across the country this year. nearly 20 of those cases confirmed last week alone, including a baby in atlanta on saturday. the cdc says the virus has now spread to 17 states. health officials believe the outbreak started with a group of unvaccinated tourists at disneyland. >>> and the break at the gas pump appears to be over as fuel prices make a u-turn. the average price of a gallon of gasoline nationwide now up to $2.19. that, by the way, is up 12 cents from last week as oil prices continue to rise. analysts are predicting prices to hit $2.65 a gallon this spring. >>> it's that time of year again. one of my favorites.

brian stairs, city hall stairs for years and i'm still in pain. we need some closures as parents. we don't want this to hit anybody else's home. >> thank you, ms. brown. next speaker, please. [ applause ] >>supervisor london breed: please, if you cannot clap, i would appreciate that. thank you, i think there is a board rule that says you can wave your hands, but please not clap. thanks. >> next. >> public speaker: i saw a bumper sticker that says i hate haters. jesus used that to explain that he has to come no. 1. he said if any man come after me and hate not his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters in his own life also he can not be my disciple. whoever does not bare his cross cannot be my disciple. today i was up at city hall in san mateo asking the secretary to community with k fax 11 00 and get the podcast yesterday because he made the fact that yes, -- jerry brown is making the announcement to sign the declaration to vaccination. get the podcast. michael, the black guy. he's on k fax. i listen to so much talk radio. one of those guys interviewed him. >> good afternoon. supervisor president breed and good board good bo

brown. >>> well, the future of nbc anchor brian williams is up in the air as the network investigates his admission of what he calls false memories from the iraq war. nbc news aired last night with lester holt at the desk. williams took himself off the air after he was caught embell,ing in an iran story say weighings in a helicopter that was hit 12 years ago. it was not hit. >> over time when you look back, things that you thought you remembered really well, they tart to get fuzzy around the edges. >> other stories brian williams has told over the are being scrutinizessed. some people are coming forward to dispute his accounts of hurricane katrina. >>> the bay area woman caught several times trying to board flight without a ticket is apparently at it again. she made her first court appearance in florida on fraud and trespassing charges. officials say she got onto a flight from minnesota to florida without a ticket. she then checked into a luxury resort near jacksonville under another guest's name. you will remember she's previously been arrested at san francisco, l.a.x. and phoenix sky ha

last friday brown was found unresponsive in a bathtub in her georgia home. >>> nba anchorman brian williams says he is temporarily stepping way from his newscast amid questions about his credibility. williams recently a will guyed for falsely saying on the air that he was in a helicopter hit by a rocket propelled grenade while in iraq in 2003. in a message sent to stop williams says it is painfully apparent to him that his actions have made him too much a part of the news. >>> another candidate joins the democratic race for the mayor of philadelphia doug oliver announced his candidacy in germantown. >> fresh set of eyes to make all of the difference in the world. owe when i look at the city of philadelphia, i think it is time for a fresh set of eyes, a different point of view. we as a city want something other than what we've always gotten we need to do something other than what we have always done. >> oliver is a former aid to mayor michael nutter and he will be running against former city councilman jim kenny former d.a. lynn abraham state senator anthony hardy williams and former judge n

brian nash with a little flotation in the lane. tied at 25. good ball game as you would expect between 22 and 24. west virginia's jawan staten blocked but right out to gary brown. he had 18 points. a 30-16. west virginia wins an important game 73-63 in stillwater. >> how'd you do on that mustang getting to work today? >> because of my great driving skills, i made it. i made it. >> in one piece. >> congratulations. >> in one piece, i criminal. >> we're on top of this storm. going to be back here. >> sleet's going to get slippery now, freezing rain, not good. >> stay off the roads if at all possible. >> thanks for watching. bye. the bed reacts to your body. it hugs you. it's really cool to the touch. this zips off so i can wash it-yes, please. (vo) visit your local retailer and feel the tempur-pedic difference for yourself. >> axelrod: tonight, the winter of our discontent. snow and ice make a widespread mess in the south midwest, and northeast as angry commuters vent on twitter, she's the one who's got to answer them. >> i don't think that they realize that there's actually somebody back there reading all of this stuff. >> axelrod: a new it terror video from th

brown and smu up next. >>> fresh off that upset of vcu lasalle hosting davidson. jordan bryce has 22. explorers up in the second half but they lose their lead. brian sullivan, three of his 28 right here, lasalle with a let down they lose by eight 77-69. >>> delaware on the road against william and marry clinging to a one point lead with under two to go, maurice jeffers with the basket and the foul. big win for the blue hens. delaware by three. seventy-three-70. >>> and add on the ice sure but flyers are playing their best hockey in years, they have won and they have pick up points in eight straight games, for the first time since 2011. they have seven-point out of the wild card spot heading in to tomorrow's game verse buffalo. flyers blew a two goal, to third period lead against scott hartnell and blue jackets. eventually losing in overtime, flyers had trouble in columbus, they have not won out there in that arena in almost a decade. flyers and buffalo tomorrow night begins the worst team in hockey. sabres only had a measly 35 points. few in the nhl. they cannot waste these opportunities with ray emery playing so well. >> we just to have wake up a

brown. both came from the dean smith coaching tree. he passed away at his home. his wife and five children were with him. chri thanks a lot jason. >>> you're not going to see brian williams on the nbc nightly news tomorrow. he e-mailed his colleagues to take himself off the desk for the next several days. williams has become too much a part of the news after apologizing for making false statements about his reporting in iraq. nbc news president debra tur nis announced an internal investigation is being -- lester holt will anchor nbc nightly news until williams returns. >>> still ahead at 6:00 the powerball jackpot jumps to nearly half a billion dollars. we'll tell you about your next shot t >>> a rude awakening for some southeast d.c. residents after a vandal visits overnight. derrick ward and details coming up on news 4. >>> we continue to follow our top score i. a plane carrying two people crashes in trading-in or selling your car truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, book an appointment. and three, pick up a check at your nearest buying center. ♪ find out how much your car

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brown at smu. >>> fresh off that upset of vcu lasalle hosting davidson today. jordan price lead lasalle with 22. explorers up in the second half. but they lose the lead brian sullivan three of his 28. lasalle with the big let down they lose by eight. delaware on the road against william and mary clinging to a one pointing to. maurice jeffers with the basket and foul. delaware by three. penn also lose toes brown. >>> the eagles have yet to show their love for jeremy maclin and the eagles receiver will be a free agent in just a little more than three weeks. if they cannot agree on a new deal. maclin and eagles have been going back and forth on and off since last season and they have yet to come to an agreement. eagles could put the franchise tag on their leading wide out beginning monday that will keep maclin here for 2015 but that will cost the eagles around 13 million-dollar. maclin maintains he wants to be an eagle. >> touchdown. >> eagles what are you thinking right now. >> that is where i would like to be. that is the place that drafted me. that is where my life is basically right now. we both made it known that is what we want to have happen. but i als

governor brown was sworn in for a fourth term last month with a promise to address climate change. nbc news anchor brianwilliams has taken a leave of absence as faces an internal probe over false statements on air. williams apologized last week after it emerged he had wrongly claimed he was aboard a helicopter downed by rocket fire during the 2003 u.s. invasion of iraq. u.s. soldiers have publicly challenged his account, saying he was nowhere near the aircraft that came under fire. williams has blamed the "fog of memory" for his mistake. on saturday, williams announced he will step down for a few days as nbc conducts a fact-finding investigation into the 2003 incident and several other reports, including williams' coverage of hurricane katrina in 2005. more than a dozen st. louis area residents have filed lawsuits accusing two suburbs of creating an illegal debtors prison by targeting african-americans with arrests and fines. a study last year found a large part of the revenue for several st. louis counties comes from fines paid by african-american residents disproportionately targeted for traffic stops

brian thompson, "nbc10 news." >>> from our delaware bureau a wilmington man is behind bars after leading police on a chase and crashes his car. this is ronald brown. police tried to pull him over north of fredrica for speeding. reaching speeds of 100 miles an hour. he crashed into two telephone poles last night. after sevening his car, police found 2,000 bags of heroine and 2 grand in cash. >>> tom wolf is having second thoughts associated with his center city office inside the bellevue on broad street. it costs more than $13,000 a month the governor's office tells us they inherited the office and the lease and is looking to cut the cost or move all together. this comes together after governor wolf announced initiatives to save money and improve government. >>> call it the big dig yet again. it's under way in high gear across boston and new england. the city is recovering from several feet of snow and bracing for even more. now the race is on to get streets and sidewalks clear for old man winter. >>> plus legendary ss united states could be a step closer to being restored. right now it's still docked and way in south philadelphia. why a mystery p

brown williams was anchoring one of the few remaining popular programs for the nbc news brand. in what way do you think the investigation should be handled see that what brian williams' mistakes are as an individual aren't seen as a black mark for the entire network? >> i think it's not a black mark for the network but the entire business. certainly we've seen in recent years americans' faith that institutions generally has been diminishing. that's been particularly true in the news business. there are so many voices throughout that the one thing that should distinguish a mainstream news organization from all the other sources of information is our trust and credibility. and that's why i think it's so important for nbc to take a strong stand here. >> john the problem for nbc, they have so much trust and faith in brian williams they didn't really have an heir aparliamentarian linea apparent lined up. lester holt will fill in for six months. but if you're right this he doesn't return to the chair, who is likely to fill his shoes? >> i will rather doubt -- this is just as a viewer, not as an insider at nbc -- i really doubt that lester holt is going to be the

obama impersonator reggie brown taking a selfie with a kim jong un impersonator in california and in between is bonod bono doppleganger. >> brianwhat was it like? and did you get one? >> sadly the fact that i didn't play this season hurt my chances because i was full time with you guys and i couldn't get a uniform that fit me or position or team that actually get me but i will say this -- i'm sure you're buying into it clayton but we had a shoot in the morning and then we went over to the honors and we worked the red carpet and this thing is getting bigger and bigger. the mvp of the league is aaron rogers. he's become a big commercial star with the packers. j.j. watt another guy that transcends the sport walks off with defensive player of the year. demarco murray, who could have been here and bruce arians gets the coach of the year and o'dell beckham is the rookie of the year. so i went to the carpet to talk to a bunch of football players that weren't sweating. actually smelling very nice on the red carpet. let's watch. >> i wanted to be a top ten pick. i wanted to win the heisman, national championship. didn't get any of those

brian jacob church and a clip of who you interviewed, and victoria suter. you say mainly what we're talking about, people taken to the site as you call it, disappeared, are black and brownople in chicago. >> that's right. the attorneys who do this frontline police told me that typically, these are people of color who are most often impacted. including people, when we tried to is big with them, through their attorneys -- and we try to speak with them through their attorneys, declined at if you're there would be retaliation by the chicago police. >> were going to go to break and then talk about this police detective richard zuley who went from chicago to guantÁnamo and what happened there. we are also going to ask you about john burge, known for torturing people in police stations in chicago and what has happened to him. spencer ackerman has published a two-part series on police abuse in chicago "the disappeared: , chicago police detain americans at abuse-laden 'black site'" and "bad lieutenant: american police brutality, exported from chicago to guantÁnamo." that is what we are talking about next. stay with us. m♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org

meanwhile, according to tmz, bobby brown is standing strong in his discussion not to take his daughter off of life support because he believes in miracles. >>> nbc news anchor brian williams continues to come under fire after he admitted he misremembered a story about being in a helicopter that was shot down. now an army veteran speaks out says he was not on the helicopter. everyone on the mission knew he was not on the helicopter. still he believes williams has learned his lesson. >> i think apology is enough. think even more so all of the backlash that's come with that. i definitely think he's probably learned his lesson. >> social media certainly blown up about all of this. nbc news has reportedly set up an eternal investigation into what brian williams may or may not have experienced during his time as a journalist. >> this morning a story lots of people still talking about. bruce jener the former track and field star reportedly making a huge life change. in an interview with the associated press, his mother told the ap that she's proud of her son in terms of his plans to transition to a woman. tmz has recently posed pictures of jenner. he under went surgery