dan rather. yeah, him. the guy who did the news. meaning delivering liberal pap under the guise of journalism. he reviewed the show for some blogs. oh, how the mighty have fallen. once the kingd the show because it's what news should be. ie, liberal. to help promote the mess, british actress mortimer, reveals how uninformed we yankees are. in the same blog, she says that george bush was president for ten years and describes a tea party who elected dozens of politician as the lunatic fringe. this is from a self-described anarchist, ailing from england where the media is as balanced as their teeth. how much you want to bet she sees wall street as fine, to adult like her protesting against democracy peacefully is scarier than planning to blow up bridges. newsroom is losers' lament, harkening back to a time when the left ran everything. no wonder they hate fox news, which means they hate you. non-coastal types who don't own prius, held together by bumper stickers. hbo hates you. you should accept the hate proudly. you earned it, because you're right and the show sucks. oh! that's all i have to say about that. what do you want to talk about? >> andrea: so you really liked it. >>

dan rivers in cairo. >>> now, john king with a look at what's on "a.c. 360." >> tonight, with both parties looking to score political points with their constituents, we're keeping them honest. a big panel tonight. jeff toobin, sanjay gupta, ari fleisher, gloria borger. also ahead, a live report from the front lines of the firestorm. it's already ripped through almost 350 homes in colorado springs. the waldo canyon blaze is only 50% contained. we'll tell you why the fbi is now involved. those stories and more on that house vote to hold the attorney general eric holder in contempt of congress. plus tonight's riduculist at the top of the hour. >> now, our fifth story "outfront." did infighting in the obama administration cost american lives in afghanistan? taxpayers have spent more than $542 billion on the afghanistan war. more than 2,000 american soldiers have died. but did fighting in his white house cause the country to pay a steeper price in money and lives than we should have? went into afghanistan with the troops during the surge. his new book is called "little me the war within the war

the neocons led by dan and the whole crowd of robert king own him.n iran the day they tell him to. honorary degree, liberty so-called university down there. he's got that. now the nra put the handcuffs on the guy. he is totally owned. and the day he pulls the sister soldier moment, the day he stands up to one of those five forces of the republican party, will be the first day he's done it. the man is completelyç sold ou to the right on all the issues that matter. i don't think he's a right winger. i think most americans i talk to think he's sort of a pragmatic business guy. his current business is politics. but he has signed so many papers -- >> don't forget immigration. >> with so many guys. >> don't forget immigration. >> he's adopted the rhetoric of -- >> is there a mitt in that mitt romney, is there a person in there that says, no, i'm not there on this? no, waitress, i'd like to make a change for the orange juice, can i have tomato juice? just one time. don't take the blue plate special. >> his dad walked out of the 1964 convention. you might r

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dan says bacon and sundaes. my kind of fella. >> gene says all i can say is ewww. >> i'm with her. would you try burger king's bacon sundae? we know you would. >> salt and sweet, a balance there. >>> we have a balance in the weather today. we got some rain yesterday, today we'll be nice and dry. get out there and enjoy it. let's talk about rainfall totals, they were hefty in spots. for everybody got the rain, bwi only about .30 inch of rain. look at bel aire, close to an inch and a half of rain. churchville came in over an inch of rain and over an inch in mount airy. 66 in churchville. mount airy coming in right around 63 degrees. so we are a little bit on the mild side, but we'll take it, right? look at what we have here in mount airy, we do have the beautiful sunrise this morning. we have the sun, we have the clouds. that will be the scenario through sunrise and then as we go throughout the day, that's when we'll start to see more sunshine in the forecast. maryland's most powerful radar is dry right now. we have all five sweeps on and they will stay dry or it will stay dry as we head through the remainder for today. get

dan. back to you guys in the studio. >>> our big story this morning, the unexpected death of rodney king, a man whose beating at the hands of l.a. police sparked some of the deadliest riots of the nation has ever seen. >> rodney king was found dead yesterday morning in his pack yard swimming pool at the age of 47. karen gray houston takes a look at his hive and legacy. >> i just want to say, you know, can we all get along? >> reporter: rodney king on the third day of the los angeles riots in 1992. 55 people died and more than 2,000 injured. l.a. on fire. the most serious riots the nation had ever seen. >> these were the most serious riots we've had in this country and they were serious, i think, because african-americans and others saw the beating before their very eyes an then there was an aquittal. >> reporter: d.c. congressional delegate eleanor holmes norton is herself a civil rights pioneer. she was an organizer for the student nonviolent coordinating council in the '60s. she says the king videotaped beating exposed a major civil rights issue. >> it exposed police brutality in a way we'd never seen it before so it s

dan patrick will be there. beginning wednesday at 3 p.m., golf's best takes on golf's toughest test at the u.s. open on nbc. for eddie olczyk, pierre mcguire, all the kings past and present who have a night to celebrate, doc mike emrick saying good night from los angeles. you've been watching the stanley cup final presented by geico, part of nbc sports championship season. >> live, local, late-breaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news tonight. >> the kind of turned into a circus here, a little bit. >> flames shooting through the roof, small blanketing downtown an onlooker struggling to catch their breath. that fells point fire is our big story tonight. 11 hours after it started, firefighters are still on the scene on broadway checking hot spots to make sure the flames do not read night. >> dozens of firefighters converged on the scene at the fight of the inferno. kerry cavanaugh joins us live from the warehouse with the update. >> firefighters are still out here right now dousing hot spots to make sure they do not read night overnight. locals tell us that the building was a former grocery store. there was the heat of the day, degrees, and they say the old timber

burger king is celebrating the listing on the nyse. the stock is up 2.3% in the early going. dan to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> burger king was taken private back in 2010 by 3g. what's the next major step in this transformation. is it shifting to this asset-like model? >> 3g acquired the company back in 2010, made transformational changes, repositioning the business domestic. and lastly the fliching. we will be focusing on running our brands, our operations, and it's a good strategy. it puts our restaurants in the hands of the -- >> mcdonald's moved toward the model, yum brands has been on that model, and this allowsing them to assign a higher valuation theoretically? >> yes, for us moving toward the franchise mix action it crazy a more cash flow genre tiff, stable, predictable stream, allows us to focus on the brands. >> foul ball foible, everyone wants -- what percentage of your advertising will go toward facebook this year? >> that's a good question. so when we look at our entire marketing strategy, what we have done over the past 18 months, we've brought in the commu

dan patrick will be there. beginning wednesday at 3 p.m., golf's best takes on golf's toughest test at the u.s. open on nbc. for eddie olczyk, pierre mcguire, all the kings past and present who have a night to celebrate, doc mike emrick saying good night from los angeles. you've been watching the stanley cup final presented by geico, part of nbc sports championship season. >>> tonight there is raig closer to washington. we'll tell you how it might affect your morning commute. >>> a korner rules on the famous case of a missing child and says yes, the dingo took the baby. >>> a suspected thief flour bombed. >>> we begin with breaking news in montgomery county. a train hit a pedestrian at the randolph road crossing in rockville tonight. it may have started with a game of chicken. >> montgomery county police say this may be the result of a game of chicken. they say a 23-year-old male was out here near these railroad tracks with his girlfriend about 9:30 this evening. the arms of the crossing were down is what police say. and they tell us that the girlfriend told police that he's done this before, that he was trying to get extremely close to the train without

king well she was teamed up with bt feet bank into the country's region's p.t.b. will invest one hundred billion dollars over three years old today stories for you on the website thanks dan course now as syria continues to slide into full scale civil war the conflicts now creeping beyond the country's borders further across the region we've got more of that in the latest edition of crosstalk on our very soon from updated the headlines for you in just under five minutes. here on earth. that's. just speak. a little and. if. you. see. the british. find out what's really happening to the global economy. headline news you need to watch. the war and going away. many people thought that nuclear weapons disappeared. something might be going off by mistake. or weapons on hair trigger alert. to use it. you know if you keep spinning a trillion dollars a year. you know people are dying from these weapons but until we actually see it people don't wake up to. the firepower of the second world war this. is the equivalent. of the world's nuclear arsenal today. hello again this is the news channel these are all top stories creeping contagion. ratings downgrade now with fears the crisis i

dan is a spokesperson for metro kind enough to join us here this morning. >> good morning. >> what are you seeing so far this morning earlier we spoke with caroline at the king street station she said folks seem to be getting acclimated, things are getting better here. >> that's right. we are off to a good start the first rush plus trains made their way through that provides additional service on what is the most crowded part of our system between here and rossland. prior to rush plus, where trains are the most packed any where on our system we are adding three trains in each direction as you mentioned each hour to ease congestion. >> we call that the orange crush. how did you decide where to station helpers. >> here in courthouse most people are not travelling through the district all the way into prince georges county. folks here really don't care whether they get on the new carrolton train or largo town center train all they know is they are going see the district. folks could get tripped up and you will find scores of additional service personnel. >> >> i will ask, you don't have a minimum date yet but kind of monitor the situation. >> exactly we will do

cnn's steve national correspondent dan king and the waste technology as chains cnn and fox business the vice-president and the small business focus on the communicator's tonight at it:00 on c-span2. tomorrow, attorney-general eric holder testifies before the senate judiciary committee on his recent decision to appoint u.s. attorneys to investigate leaks of classified information about u.s. trust rights and cyber attacks. earlier today the house oversight committee scheduled a hearing to consider a contempt citation against mr. holder. this move comes as part of an investigation into operation fast and furious, where the government knowingly allowed weapons to be smuggled across the border with mexico. mr. holder is expected to testify on both issues live tuesday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> pulitzer prize-winning author david maraniss traveled the globe to research his new book, barack obama the story, as in places like canyon and kansas to examine the president's family tree. book tv would give you a preview of the system pictures and video, including a trip to kenya with the au

king's beating the devils. city officials are urging people to celebrate responsibly. >>catherine: dan kerman is joining us live from oakland hills. >>dan: we are in the oakland hills, the fire danger is still high at this moment. people are getting on alert. this city of oakland has sent out notices that now is the time to clear brush and it needs to be done in and around their house. just three weeks ago to get it done before inspectors go out. today, we went along with the fire department's inspector that showed us how to do it properly. >> with temperatures rising in the brush drying, oakland fire battalion chief showed us an example of a home ready for fire season. >> the african much cut down all their low-lying grass in the dead grass. the 30 for clearance around the home all the way up to the properly aligned. they have taken away all the dead in the dying debris all the way down to the soil loss 50 look at the roseland, the trees are clear fact, it gives them 6 ft. of space between the house scanned the lateral vegetation. >>dan: a few minutes we we saw just the opposite. >> s