i love this guy. >> brian stelter? >> my reaction?t time. >> i have to tell you my reaction. i'm a gay man. i was startled. i had never seen two men kiss on television in that particular situation and i was with other -- i was with other straight people, my straight friends and we were watching and we just looked at each other and were like, wow, what just happened? i was startled. it took me aback and i started thinking about all these things, it's not about his boyfriend and about him. i wondered if i had a bit of bias. but i went -- >> but there is an intimacy there. >> i wonder if it was appropriate -- >> but you know why? he started like this, don. he was convulsing. he was crying so hard. the embrace was so intense. >> i interviewed robin roberts. she came out a few months ago. what she said to me what was she supposed to do? shake his boyfriend's hand? >> i agree. >> you know what, that's right. >> if you're in the moment, people kiss their girlfriends and boyfriends all the time. but here's the thing, howard, that is so import

i want to bring back in brian stelter, host of "reliable sources."joined the mix. >> it wasn't crowded enough. >> you're the new kid on the block. what do you make of people dropping out of speaking at schools because kids are protesting. >> i wouldn't call them arrogant. i would call them insecure and entitled. protected their entire life. we raised a generation of kids we pick up when they fall down and tell them they're special their entire lives. this is what you get. "the wall street journal" wrote about this. from 1987 to 2008 there were 48 protests that resulted in 21 cancellations. since 2009, 95 protests that resulted in 39 cancellations. we're not capable of hearing disagreements. >> i don't think i'm too far off where you stand on that. isn't it a right of passage to question authority and protest things in college? isn't that what those college years are about to take a stand? >> i was a student protester. i love students protesting. it would be nice if students were protesting things that mattered which is to say if iraq war were still h

brian stelter sits in my chair and interviews me about my brand new book "talk." >> so the tables are michael. this seems like -- >> this is awkward over here. >> a real life book. why fiction? >> i wrote it as a novel. it is intended to be a bawdy read. it has a very serious message about, in my view, the impact or effect of a polarized media. i could have more easily written this as non fiction, but i thought it will be more impactful. 50 shades of talk radio i had on my mind to be entertaining and deliver the message i want to deliver. we ceded control of the conversation to men and women with microphones who are stirring a false divide in the country. >> your character that is struggling with this is stan powers. he is a florida talk radio host. one difference right away. tell me his struggle. >> stan is a former stoner and slacker. he has no expertise. he grew up in ft. myers area and learns he has a knack for choosing music that people like to listen to. parlays that into the career of a classic rock dee jay. through happen stance, gets involved in the world of talk radio. they

you cannot mention brian stelter's show "reliable sources" sunday at 11:00 a.m. o have you with us, brian. >> thank you. >> a california city wants to make bullying a crime. there are some, though, that are arguing that what they're doing is going just too far. >> carson will be one of the first cities in the country to criminalize bullying. they want to make it a misdemeanor. it will cover anyone bullied or bullying from age 5 to 25. the mayor of carson, just outside of l.a., said many kids committed suicide because of taunting and physical threats. he says there needs to be a solution. >> this ordinance is designed to protect the victims of bullying. it it also protects the bullies themselves in the sense that we now have adults who will be intervening in their lives to find out why they're doing the bullying. they naturally have to understand there are consequences. >> you can hear more of our conversation with carson's mayor. also with hln legal analyst joey jackson. is this on our facebook page, facebook.com/thishour. joey is actually, you know, he thinks thi

it's not clear if she'll address it during the speech but we'll have more on the story later with brian stelterhead to wednesday the 9/11 museum opens to the rest of us to the public here. built in the bed rock of tragedy the museum is dedicated to the nearly 3,000 people who perished in the september 11th terrorist attacks and 1993 bombings. exhibit halls are filled with oral histories and photos as well as some very personal items from those victims. also on wednesday in washington, there is going to be a house foreign affairs committee hearing on boko haram and the threat to school girls in nigeria and beyond. >>> saturday pope francis is leaving for a trip to the holy land saying his three days in jerusalem, bethlehem and amman are aiming to boost relations with oth drthodox christians an calling for a peace between the palestinians and the christians. >>> on sunday, the survival of ukraine may be at stake here with a bloody insurgency raging in the east, a presidential vote could help throw the country out of crisis or plunge it into a full-fledged civil war. cnn is going to be there live

>> senior media correspondent brian stelter joins us, as well. everybody wants to know what happened. >> we are not crazy. this was their kind of carefully choreographed way to try to tell people to move it along. the video is so insendiary and so bad it doesn't stop people from wanting to know what led up to this. that statement didn't do much to quell anything. >> you have to agree. i'm like amazed that so many people are interested in this video. it's gone more than viral. >> really? >> i am. >> i spent more money than i should say on their concerts. these are some of the biggest stars in the world. it might sound silly to say, it is not just a story about celebrities, it is a business story, also. these are giant stars caught on camera doing the kind of bad behavior that maybe all families have these problems. rarely do we see it involving a-list stars. i think it is a giant story. >> i think it became bigger because beyonce's image is so carefully controlled. here we see her in maybe a setting -- >> and because there was no audio on the vide

imagine there are many, many offers or interests from other employers that she's already field sglg brian stelter, alexandra field. >>> checking other stories, the department of justice filed criminal charges against five chinese military officials accused of cyber spying on u.s. companies. it is the first time the united states has filed such charges. the officials are accused of stealing trade secrets from a number of those u.s. companies. >>> at&t set to acquire the naths's largest satellite tv provider, directv for nearly $50 billion. if approved, it would be the country's number one television provider behind comcast. at&t ceo says the merger would create new ways to deliver content through mobile deaf vitss, laptops and even cars. >>> lts this morning we're learning about the first american to contract the mers virus without visiting saudi arab arabia. an illinois man got it after having a meeting with another man from indiana who got sick just days later. so far three people have tested positive for the middle eastern respiratory syndrome or mers. >>> opening bell on wall street, executive

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