. >> carol: thank you! guys. >> brian: have a great day, everyone. bill: welcome to fox. welcome to monday morning. a fox news alert inside the courtroom now. george zimmerman just walking into that courtroom as opening statement in his second degree murder trial are about to begin. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to america's newsroom. martha: over the weekend it was a minor victory for the defense team because the judge ruled audio experts cannot testify in court about how it was heard screaming for help in the background of the 911

carol? >> that's very scary. renee marsh reporting live from washington. >>> new england patriots used to defending offenders on the field. from the air and all the ground reporters swarmed seeking comment on a murder case that is casting a large shadow around him. here's more from our susan candiotti. >> reporter: the embattled patriots' tight end spent much of thursday away from home. first, he drove to gillette stadium as a news camera hovered overhead tracking his white suv. hernandez hustled into the facility. next he stopped for gas where he was bombarded with questions from reporters. >> can you tell us anything you want to say? what happened on monday night? can you just tell us what happened on monday night. >> reporter: the family a of lloyd also wants to know what happened monday night. they wonder why lloyd, a friend of hernandez, was shot dead. his body discovered a half mile from hernandez's home. police are not calling hernandez a suspect in the murder, but lloyd's family want

carol? >> i want to ask dana bash about that very topic. dana, i was reading some german newspapers online last night and it said that the german people are really upset about the nsa controversy because they have a history with the secret police. t this sort of reminds them about this and in the german's mind, the nsa is collecting their phone records and they're listening to their phone calls. will the president be forced to say something about that in his speech today? >> unclear if he's going to say it in his speech, but jessica just noted he was on the defensive in a press conference he had not too long ago earlier today with the german chancellor, angela merkel who was very clear that she was going to represent the anger of her people in germany about these secret programs. because we're not just talking about surveillance here in the united states. the thing that germans are most upset about is the fact that one of the programs deals with internet users abroad in germany, around europ

carol? >> anna coren reporting from hong kong. >>> leaking information to glenn greenwald the columnist from "guardian" newspaper. now coming under fire from politicians like congressman peter king who claimed he was threatening to disclose names of cia agents and suggested that journalists should be punished for publishing classified information. the journalist greenwald responded on cnn's "anderson cooper 360." >> i was really staggered that a united states congressman, the chairman of the house homeland security committee could actually go on national television and make up an accusation. literally fabricate it mainly that i have threatened to uncover the names of covert cia agents as a way of arguing for my arrests and prosecution inside the united states for the crime of journalism. it's bad enough to call for that. it's extraordinarily menacing that he did so based on a complete falsehood. the idea that i ever threatened that. i did not, nor would i ever. >> he did not respond to a cnn

carol?>> ch)istine romans reporting live from new york this morning. >>> colorado's black forest fire is now a crime scene w$en investigators find whoever started this fire, they will be charged with murder. the sheriff says the information has far expanded beyond my arson investigator. federal and state investigators will determine the cause jt the fire. cnn's george howell is live in colorado springs. good morning, george. >> carol, good morning. so, we're talking about some 15,000 acres scorched. 483 homes destrovq" and, as you mentioned, two people who died as a result of this fire. all being treated right now as a crime scene. now, you see back here, no smoke on the horizon, that is great nquáy the latest number that we got is that the fire is 65% contained. and, obviously, firefighters are still working on that. they're hoping to get more weather, more rain. as we saw over the weekend to with their fight. but, again, as you mentioned, we have several investigators who will start steppi

we appreciate it. >> reporter: thank you, carol carol. >>> flood waters are cink up to people's homesissouri. the river is nearly 9-feet over its banks. people who live in 43 homes neighbor have been told the evacuate. >> i'm freak out. i have a respect for people that live near flood plains, levies. it's a totally different feeling than i've ever had. >> are you swaird scared? >> yes, i am scared. >> i am moving my vehicle and things to a residence for right now. >> where it's higher and dryer? >> higher and dryer. >> martin, i hear they're expecting rain there. >> reporter: yeah. is the next concern, carol. good morning to you, by the way. this area we are standing in was completely dry yesterday. hooers the irony of this situation right now. the crest of the rivers in this area. there are two, in the missouri and the mississippi. that's why west alton has two surge waters running beside it. what happened here was that second levy break yesterday as you pointed out. the river has been creeping over 2 miles to get where it is right now. you point out there are only two dozen, three d

i'm carol costello. an american marine kidnapped at gunpoint in mexico today, the fbi is asking for your help. 2 1/2 weeks since corporal armono torres iii last seen or heard from. armed gunman stormed his father's mexican ranch just south of the border. this is perhaps a fight with mexican drug cartels. rafael roma joins us, and the fbi is asking for help. how can we help? >> somebody must have seen something, either in mexico or maybe somebody with information in the united states and so the fbi is saying if you have any piece of information whatsoever, give it to us so we can continue with the investigation. armando torres is a marine. it has been exactly three weeks today since he crossed the border in la varanca. the name of the town where his father visited. his father owns a ranch there, and he was going to be there to be with him and his uncle. all three of them kidnapped by armed men, nobody knows where they are. the family says they received a phone call during the first week, after they disapp

carol? >> dan simon reporting live from colorado springs this morning. >>> walgreens paying a record fine of $80 million to settle claims it knowingly allowed drugs like oxycodin to hit the black market. alison kosik is at the new york stock exchange to tell us more. really? >> really. this all circles back to a distribution center, carol, that is located in jupiter, florida, which received bigger than usual orders of prescription pain killers from half a dozen pharmacies located in the state. walgreens is supposed to report the activity and it didn't and the government says triple the average number of pain killers were delivered to the pharmacies. the dea says these locations knew the drugs were not for legitimate medical use and there were tens of thousands of violations and that walgreens negligently allowed painkillers to make the way to the black market. not just the fine because the walgreens center is banned from distributing similar drugs until next year. the company said in part, "

i'm carol costello.begin this morning in hong kong because somewhere in the city, edward snowden the man that leaked sensitive intelligence from america's spy agency, may be on the run. after introducing himself on camera to a nation with a lot of questions. >> i'm willing to go on the record to defend the authenticity of them and say i didn't change these. i didn't mod pie the story. this is the truth. this is what's happening. you should decide whether we immediate to be doing this. >> a man with snowden's name reportedly checked out of this luxury hotel. would journalists said snowden left the hotel only a few times since arriving in hong kong three weeks ago. now he has given up his anonymity and likely any chance to return to the united states and living prely admitting he is the source of an intelligence leak that has the obama ad point the defense. questioning just how much the government knows about everything from their phone calls to their facebook updates. he hear in his own words edward snow

carol? >> that she does. pamela brown reporting.urse, deen is taking a beating, not only in the mainstream press, but from late night comedians. >> over the weekend, fans, big fans of paula deen, staged a protest against her firing. yeah. deen's fans were so upset, they held a hunger strike for eight secos. they took out their emergency butter. has it been eight seconds? it's been eight seconds. paula deen is also -- charges are coming out of the woodwork. paula deen's also accused of paying some of her employees in beer. yeah. after hearing this, andy richter asked, is she hiring? >> paula deen is having a difficult week. paula deen was deposed as part of a discrimination lawsuit filed against her. an attorney asked if she's used the n-word, yes, of course. just an fyi, only you can say yes is, yes, of course. duh. on friday, the food network announced they would not renew paula's contract, and today smithfield, a company for whom she endorsed pork products also severed ties with deen. even the other white meat is turning on her. t

i'm carol costello. six people still missing after another wave of violent storms in oklahoma. this time el reno. 39 miles from moore. in the bull's-eye. a look inside the storm. this semi no match for friday's tornado. neither were the hope hopes, schools and churches in its path. now many forced to start over. >> there is really nothing left much of anything. >> and despite the much weaker than the storm that hit moore, this one was just as deadly, already 16 died in the state of oklahoma including a family of lee from guatemala who tried to wait out the tornado in a storm drain. three storm chasers also among the victims. tim and paul samaras along with carl young, the truck they were chasing the storm in now smashed to pieces. meteorologist chad myers joins us from el reno, oklahoma. chad, you were chasing the storm yourself. this has to leave you -- this has to have you kind of scared? >> reporter: i was crying yesterday morning. i just couldn't believe we lost these men because they were the safest

i'm carol costello.andolfini, the actor best known for his role as tv's tony soprano, has died of an apparent heart attack in rome. his death at 51 is certainly shocking. el he will be missed and his work will certainly live on. >> if you have any doubts or reservations, now is the time to say so. no one will think any less of you. because once you enter this family, there is no getting out. this family comes before everything else. >> it takes a special guy to make us care about a mobster. italian authorities will conduct an autopsy on gandolfini's body, although they tell us there is no sign of drug use or foul play. cns turner is live in new york. at first people thought gandolfini's death was a hoax. >> yeah, because there had been several hoaxes this week alone about his death, carol, so when we first got tipped to this, we were very cautious and very reluctant because we thought this could be another one. but, in fact, this was very real. that autopsy that will be done tomorrow we hope will begin t

. >>> as we said, carole king has done something no woman has ever done before.ed it last night, when she and someone you'll recognize showed up at a fund-raiser for the boston bombing. and what better message to send boston than the song written by our "person of the week," you know, "you've got a friend"? ♪ all you've got to do is call >> reporter: last night, in boston, they brought the house down. ♪ you've got a friend >> reporter: a song written by carole king and sung for survivors and heroes. after all, she's the daughter of a brooklyn firefighter. >> i bow to first responders. i bow. he really was going in there, into these dangerous situations and, you know, they -- really, the only support they had was each other. >> reporter: and that's the thing, somehow you know carole king has lived these songs. her share of love and heartbreak. ♪ but you're so far away >> reporter: she's had a 50-year career that almost didn't happen. when she was a teenager, she began writing songs with a lot of collaborators, but for other people to sing. at first, she was petrif

i'm carol costello. we begin with president obama hitting back at critics who charge the government is spying on american citizens. mr. obama says come on, i'm no dick cheney. the president defending his administration against charges that it abused its power and trampled on american civil liberties in the process. we begin this morning with white house correspondent brianna keilar. >> reporter: in a candid and unusually long interview with pbs's charlie rose, president obama revealed how defending the homeland weighs on him, even as he discussed his goal of helping the middle class. >> and that is the thing that i'm going to be focused on for the remainder of my presidency along with the basics like making sure nobody blows us up. >> reporter: obama stood by newly revealed nsa programs that gather vast amounts of phone and online data from millions of americans. >> should this be transparent in some way? >> it is transparent. that's why we set up the fisa court. >> that's the secret court that rules on

i'm carol costello. we begin this morning with tales of espionage, intrigue and a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. at the center, edward snowden, america's most wanted fugitive. exposed a secret u.s. surveillance program and he's in the middle of a globetrotting search for asylum. here is the latest twist. it's not clear snowden has left moscow where he sought refuge for less than a day. from there he was expected to head south, flying through usair space en route to cuba and then hoping for asylum in ecuador. moments ago ecuador's foreign minister weighed in. allegations of u.s. surveillance are a human rights abuse against the whole world. cnn's phil black traces snowden's mysterious travels beginning in moscow. >> reporter: moscow's international airport, early signs the government of ecuador was playing a role in the fate of edward snowden. the flag was a give away. this was the ecuadorian ambassador's car parked outside and this official from the embassy somehow got lost inside the terminal. >> i

>> we don't know, carol. no. we have reached out to the district attorney who was in charge of this investigation and said they were being very careful about everything they have been doing thus far-reached out to, of course, police sources, as well as the lawyers representing aaron hernandez. but interesting to hear how this went down in the morning, which is not uncommon. police entered the front door, according to our photo journalist rick hall and eaaron hernandez came out and he was wearing a white t-shirt and shorts. next step would likely be that he would go over to the police department and hear what the charge may be. if, in fact, he decides to talk with investigators, this is what we've been told. questioning possibly could take place. that's highly unlikely given the fact that a lawyer which was representing him and the legal team. however, from there very likely he would have a first court appearance this day and it's possible that there will be discussion, of course, about bail being set. >> this com

carol? >> nick paton walsh reporting live for us this morning. >>> back at home, america's top cancer doctor accused of poisoning a colleague she was dating. she's charged with spiking her lover's coffee with, of all things, a deadly sweet tasting chemical commonly found in antifreeze. her victim did survive. ed is live with more on this case. good morning, ed. >> reporter: good morning, carol, bizarre story, indeed. the doctor has been charged with aggravated assault and put on administrative leave and she works at one of the premier cancer hospitals in the hospital. dr. gonzalez is a breast cancer specialist researching the most aggressive forms of the deadly disease at the m.d. anderson cancer center in houston. she was featured in this susan g. komen foundation video, highlighting the day in the life of a breast cancer doctor at one of the most respective cancer hospitals in the country. >> one of my aunts died with lung cancer when she was 35 and i was 10. that was when i sort of made t

. >> how is that, carol, that good enough for you?at's lackluster. >> it's just perfect. >> breath taking. >> lovely like you, carol. >> yes, exactly. >> that's way i would describe it. >> i don't see anything. >> you didn't call any attention to it. >> i didn't call attention to it. >> because you don't see it. >> my halo. it's been manufactured. >> wow. letting it all hang out, brian. >> not a night. that's kind of a mean girl. >> it wasn't nice. >> that was local philadelphia anchor and a meteorologist showing off their lovely on air rapport. >> i think i'm on carol another side. >> we have a quick pick. i have it right there. they are saying there is no controversy. that's a peck nicole tweeted saying, carol is gorgeous. look at this picture. they also wrote there is nothing but love between them. se included the hashtag halos4ever. >> that's trenning right now. the best responses on our caption contest just weighing nicer "way too early" will be right back. zblmpbls we had never used a contractor before and didn't know where to s

i am carol costello. >> i am alison kosik.the heat wave is already causing health problems. almost 200 people were treated for heat related injuries at a concert yesterday in las vegas. officials are keeping an eye on the power grid to make sure the ac doesn't go out. >>> and number two on the list, county clerk opening over the weekend to offer marriage license to same-sex couples. two men and two women were married. the case for california's prop 8 made california the 13th state to legalize same-sex marriage. >>> and then president obama meeting with mandela's family. he is fighting a reoccurring lung infection. >>> an american student has been killed in egypt. the 21-year-old was stabbed while watching demonstrations in the coastal city of alexandria. >> finally, at number five, random house has pulled the plug on paula deen's new upcoming book. fans have showed support following the recent controversy, but now the book has been cancelled along with deen's five-year contract. >>> the edward snowden affair has become quite t

(applause) carol and i are heros today so are all the social workers of san francisco general and we continue to be inspired by the work they do today. nobody want to have cancer it's not part of the plan that we all have for our lives it's most likely that each person here today has been itemed by can retro a friend or family member and now imagine going through surgery and if you are knew to this country and don't speak english if you are a single mother with no church or do a minimum wage job with no health insurance if you loss your home last month due to the rents raise in san francisco and are sleepling on a couch and amendment shorn is nothing if you don't have a safe place to go to sleep at night or a our patients didn't on san francisco hospital foundation and individuals like you here today to help them travel this journey with a little bit of diggity and carol and i wake up everyday to do this job that is so hard first of all, because we have the support of our friend and family that are here today we we it's an amazing thing to touch the life of someone evidence. it's rea

nicole brewer is the anchor, carol eriksson is the meteorologist. these supposed to be subtle barbs at each other have gone way out of hand. take a listen to some of this stuff. >> carol, when it comes to the weather, we want no monkey business, okay. >> it is 49 degrees in philadelphia, nicole. >> i tried. you can't even give me that, can you? >> well, carol, i would say the forecast is bananas. >> oh, please. >> it would be wasted on you. i won't.taking it back right no. >> that was an interesting exchange, i am sure she regrets. hard to get applause. >> carol, good enough for you? >> what did i tell you. what did i tell you. an update. apparently, cbs vp of public affairs came out to say this was edited grossly out of context. we edited a little bit. go online. look it up yourself. it is awful. worse than what we showed you. >> those two are not fond of each other. >> carol and nicole have professionals who have respect for one another. the greatest of colleagues inside and outside the office. >> we're not like that. >> at least except for this m

meet nicole brewer and carol erickson.side by side as anchor and meteorologist and judging but this on-air banter, they don't seem to like each other very much. >> after that we like that with a couple of shower chances by the time we get to wednesday, thursday and friday and thanks for the hard to get applause, nicole and kevin. yes. >> how's that carol, is that good enough for you? >> lackluster. >> okay. i'll try a little harder next time. thanks so much. >> and there's more. one website compiled the greatest hits in what was called a master class and highly public passive aggressive behavior. >> carol, when it comes to the weather, we want no monkey business, okay. all good things. >> it's 49 degrees in philadelphia, nicole. with a temperature -- >> i tried. you can't even give me that. can you. i would say that forecast is bananas, but i know that's completely wasted on you. carol, i understand you have some good news and possibly a halo behind you. >> possibly a halo. nicole -- of course a halo. >> it always comes in

women work to meet each individual's needs and carol helped one young family who's head of household was diagnosed with stage four lung cancer and it had spread to his spine and bones. they coordinated transportation, financial support, and child care for the patient's young children. in addition,, care lynn rachel setup the family with support groups, therapy, communicationed with the schools and advocated for the patient and their families with the healthcare providers additional lesion a common request of patients who are near the end of their life is to return to their country of origin, here again care lynn work tirelessly to facility these requests with the family overseas they wrote letters to the embassy and is conscientious late and is place sure those wishes came true. care lynn

if you know carol and me there is only love between us. carol is a doll and noent disrespect.h the drop dead looks they were shooting each other? that's it for this edition of "reliable sources." you can catch the season finale of anthony bourdain's parts unknown tonight followed by the premier of-- state of the union with candy crowley begins now. >>> chances are pretty good that the feds have got your number and the ones you've called. today, tracking down bad guys versus protecting the civil liberties of everyone else. >> you can complain about big brother, but when you actually look at the details, then i think we've struck the right balance. >> democratic senator mark udall and republican senator john mccain on government spying and the balance between security and privacy. plus, the search for who decided to give extra irs scrutiny to groups with tea party or patriot in their name. >> indication is that they were directly being ordered from washington. >> this sunday, the top democrat on the house oversight committee elijah cummings gives us his take on who knew what whe

take it away nicole and carol. >> after that we like that with a couple of shower chances by the time we get to wednesday, thursday and friday and thanks for the hard to get applause, nicole and kevin. >> how is that, carol? is that good enough for you. >> lack luster. >> i will try a little harder next time. our time now 6:30 and let's give you a look at the weather with carol erickson. >> it is just perfect out there. >> breathtaking. >> it is wonderful. >> lovely like you, carol. >> exactly. >> that's how i would describe it. >> me too. >> i could see you pulling the whole don't you know who i am? >> you said you could or couldn't. >> i could see you doing it. >> you don't know me at all. you don't know who i -- oh, sorry. >> see. >> yes, that was n interesting interesting -- an interesting exchange i'm sure she regrets along with that last glass of whatever. >> awkward relationship at a news set. wonder what that is like. >> maybe they are just acting, paul. it became a hit on-line and roll a little bit because we have been through that. a spokeswoman for the station has said it h

it happened 8:30 last tuesday night on the carol neighborhood -- in the carol neighborhood. and they are saying, they are 14 to 16 years old. >>> making sure the west freeway is okay coming out from vallejo. it is nice, the roadwork has been picked up and northbound 101 is looking very good, traffic is moving very nicely, northbound 101 traffic also looks good in this area. it is 46:00 let's go to -- 4:46 let's go to rosemary orozco. >>> we are continuing to watch this system and it is a few hundred miles off the coastline but that has tipped our on shore breeze inside the bay into livermore so there is a little pit of a push there. the winds are on shore and in our heels gusting to 128 miles per hour mt. diablo air and temperatures will be at their coolest today. 155 degrees in fairfield, 55 in napa 56 livermore, 5 did 0, temperatures are not too bad but just make sure you have a jacket in place. notice 78 downville and antioch. mid-70s morgan hill, upper 70s for santa cruz, 68 redwood city, 62 san francisco, barely getting to 60 degrees in pacifica. we given a light reboun

>> -- inds (indiscernible)>> wanted to thank carol bock for her presentation; it was heartening to see the kind of work that we're doing and the stewardship of the port exhibits along our waterfront. i'm struck by the hard work that has gone in by so many people that are still around, people and faces continuously pop up. i want to thank the mission creek alliance; people like karin who seem to be at the forefront of every issue before us and david bellpray (sounds like) -- as you noted heron's head park -- having been there with my dog, i appreciate the dog park, he loved it. >> you are being gracious to say that it had all the support but there was some opposition. heron's head park has received several honors which should be attributed to carol and david and the whole thing that made a lot to make this happen. because of the port's alliance with parks and rec in the 2008 bond we were able to do mission creek and the park at heron. it is wonderful. all the kids i talked to are part of - they loved it . thank you. >> it has been expressed well by commissioner katz high commissioner br

carol, alison? >> casey, i was half hoping you would fry an egg on the ground to demonstrate how hoss it is. let's go to alexandra steele to give us an idea of when there's going to be any relief on the way. >> no, not for you, not for casey, not for anywhere. this is really just going to stay put. so it's kind of the breadth and decht of this high pressure that's in control. temperatures not just records for the day or the month but some of the temperatures will be the hottest these places have ever been. check, we've got that. and also we're seeing these days not only through the weekend but even into the beginning of next week this heat will last. what's happening? it's a jet stream extreme. the high pressure in the west, the trough in the east, and with high pressure what happens is air sinks and it compresses and thus it warms. it's kind of like have you ever pumped up your bicycle tire and when you feel the rubber, it gets hot to the touch. this air is compressing and warming. not only desert

carol, what have you got? >> we're in a win-win situation here because i think that either the economic numbers come in better than we expect and that will start taking over and people will start focusing more on fundamentals or if not, he's going to have to take back those statements and we're going to go back to the party. we're in a win-win situation either way. >> would you buy the market back, then? >> i absolutely would. >> are you buying it right now? >> not right now but very close. >> do i dare ask -- i don't know if you do stocks or not, but what sectors? what do you have your eye on? >> if you're a believer that interest rates are going to go up or stay up, you have to be in the insurance, the financials. if you're not a believer and you think it's a temporary pullback, you have to get back into everything that was doing well, technology is certainly a play. i wouldn't touch the homebuilders until rates start to drop back down again. >> would you buy the market? >> no. the first thing they're going

carol, are the detainees still on hunger strike, still in isolation, and will it make any difference yes, andrea, there's still 104 of the 166 detainees on hunger strike as of this morning. navy troops are tube feeding, or as the president calls it, force feeding 44 of the hunger striking detainees. they've been on strike for about four months and first thing we learned today at the hearing with khalid shaikh mohammed is that the 9/11 accused are not on a hunger strike. they look fit. they look like they're eating and in fact we're in a lunch recess where they've been given an opportunity to pray and have lunch. as for clifford sloan, i have to tell you, it was a bit of a surprise. people down here didn't immediately recognize his name and we know, as established, he's not a career diplomat. so it looks like this is a choice to lobby the hill on reducing restrictions. if you recall the last person who had this job was a career diplomat, and his focus was lobbying europe, primarily, to resettle detainees that were cleared through the process. now the process is stalled. congress has i

first to you, carol. what is happening today?e khalid shake muhammad wearing the cammy gear and what to many are offensive battle gf arb? >> reporter: yes, andrea. he and his four fellow accusers back in court today. they voluntarily skipped court today and he showed up in what i would call his uniform. the attire of a hunting uniform, woodland camo pattern that the judge has allowed him to wear with a white turban. he has the same burnt orange dyed beard. these are strictly legal motions. it's not about the 9/11 attacks, that day, the plot or the scheme. we're hearing something called an unlawful command motion. it's a uniquely military thing. it basically says the military and the government medaled in the preparation of this case to stack the deck against the defense and they've been calling admirals to court to talk about the preparation by the prison, the prosecution, the pentagon for the case in talking about things like guard searches of what's supposedly privileged material and the days and months ahead of the initial arr

. >> my name is carol dolly president of trance gender san francisco and board member of trance marchand i'm an audio engineer for stage hand crew in san francisco. >> i'm james -- i'm an out trance man in santa cruise. >> i'm jamie -- vice president of san francisco -- educator and activity from san francisco, california. >> i'm ashley mad began -- graduate at san jose state university and i'm a reporter for "equal time." >> we thank you all for being here. this is long over due. what does trance gender lifestyle culture mean and what concerns do you have in the community. mean to you. >> i am going towards the norm ative gender presentation -- it is who i am. but it doesn't mean that i am the norm for everyone. it really is an individual thing. the transgender community and that is its investigateth and a little bit of its difficulties, that is, it's a broad and diverse definition and as a community we have learned to be a lot more accepting and understanding of the differences because they are important to each individual. >> an understanding of who you are. >> i think the public i

and joining me is carol brown. carol, it's good to have you here. and certainly on the heels of this there's a lot of chatter. here we go once again. the attempt to start the conversation on this. we know the president is doing everything he can with executive orders without giving congress a new issue of legislation. so how far can he get without going through congress? >> well, the good news is that the president has a lot of authority to cut these dangerous conditions. things that are hard on the children and the the communities. there's a law on the books. today he'll be talking about how he's going to use the law to achieve common sense and cut dangerous pollutants. >> among this is the economic growth aspect of all of this. also job creation. cut reliance on foreign oil. these tr the benefits that are projected. but how can we get to the benefits if people aren't willing to come to the table and discuss that there is actually a problem? >> well, i think people will come to the table. we can modernize the plants. that will create jobs. it will