oregon congressman david wu is a private citizen. awmaker's resignation became official at the end of wednesday. wu was forced to quit after being accused of an unwanted sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman. he liant been hit with criminal charges but was facing an ethics committee investigation. wu is the fourth member of congress to resign this year in the wake of a sex scandal. i'm ainsley earhardt. we return to greta van susteren and "on the record." israel is gt what iran is planning, planning to do to them. now we asked israeli defense minister ehud barack about iran's threat to israel. the only thing i know what's in the public domain, what i read about. it seems that the united states seems to think that the nuclear threat isn't as grave as israel does, that they stop their nuclear program. frankly i can't imagine iran has stopped its nuclear weapon program. it's hard for me to believe that out of there. but does the united states -- are you and the united states on the same page as to the status of iran's nuclear weapon

(laughter) the guy in the tiger costume is congressman david wu of oregon. apparently he resigned today because of inappropriate sexual contact towards an 18-year-old. did i mention that's a real picture of him dressed like tigger? (laughter) so let me explain something to you. you really think i'm going to stimulus stuff. (bleep)ing with this guy would be... how do i put this? grrreat! (cheers and applause) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) welcome back. every so often a news anchor end up becoming the story. dan rather being roughed up on the floor of the '68 democrat quick convention. marv albert having a sex scandal. barbara walters causing the destruction of the hindenburg. (laughter) why? why barbara? why do you kill? lately watching cnn i've noticed something newsworthy may be brewing there as well. >> one group calculated how much it would cost to go to hog warts school of witchcraft and wizardry. >> more than $43,000 and that's for only one year. tuition is actually the biggest chunk. just to send your kid off to become a wizard, it's going

last week, david wu said he would resign after the debt ceiling was solved, but wu has yet to submit resignation governor to the oregon governor or john boehner. he did record a video ahead of the vote monday saying it was likely to be his last and bidding viewers godspeed. we called wu's office but the phones went straight to voice mail. ntsman does not have theon highest name recognition with the republican voters or apparently his own staff. for second time, huntsman's staff members misspelled their boss' name on campaign literature. the first was at his campaign launch. this time on a fundraising mailer. both times his name was spelled j-o-h-n. not j-o-n as is correct. also on the june mailer is a quote attributed to the "wall street journal." calling huntsman, "the conservative problem solveer." and while that did appear in the article, it was the journal quoting huntsman talking about himself. he says major staff changes have been made since then. if you are looking for problem solveer, check out the mayor zuoukas who is fed up with parking luxury vehicle in bike lane fom a few

at the stroke of midnight, oregon congressman david wu can wear his tiger costume again. since he took these photos but now he's free to because the embattled democrat forced to resign after allegedly forcing himself on the teenage daughter of a campaign donor. he made headlines earlier this year posing for photos in the tiger costume. a special primary election to replace him is scheduled for november 8th followed by a general election on january 31st. relatively difficult to read that storyithout smiling when you've got somebody cracking up next to you. >> unleash his inner tiger now! >> all right. from princess bride to survival guide. kate middleton reportedly undergoing grueling training to prepare for a possible kidnapping or terror attack now that she's a major public figure, kate is reportedly learning things like how to drive a car under stress and how to send coded messages to rescuers. and those are your headlines. >> that's frightening. sounds like they're sending her to james bond school. >> yes. >> uh-huh. let's talk a little bit about the economy. it's not

talk to me about david wu, the congressman out of oregon.nted sexual advances toward the daughter of one of his donors who was 18 the the time. >> i call this wunergate. perfect time for a scandal during the debt ceiling situation, this debt ceiling crisis. if only anthony weiner had something to distract the media and americans from his situation. remember the senator from south carolina, he was in trouble then michael jackson tragically died. he was off the hook. the best time for a scandal is around the holidays when this super committee is deadlocked. >> good thing the debt scandal ended when it did. president obama could not default on his 50th birthday today. >> yes. that's the big news, president obama turns 50 today. last night he was in chicago doing a couple fund-raisers. one of them, ali velshi, $50. the other fund-raiser, apparently, $38,000. i'm not sure which one had jennifer hudson but you've got jennifer hudson singing to the president of the united states. can we throw up the picture on the front page of today's "chicago tri

oregon congressman david wu, his resignation was announced earlier, but becaming that you have morninghe house floor read his resignation letter amount house floor. wu serving his seventh term, i believe it is remind amid allegation and accusations that he had made unwanted sexual advances on a young woman. it was actually a daughter of one of wu's fund raisers. but wu had postponed his departure from congress because he said he -- until the house had voted officially on the final debt deal, he wanted to see that vote through. he has finally made that resignation official, the house has. and if you are keeping count at home, which i'm sure you are, the total number of house of representatives now stands at 432. as we have been seeing, that number can change quite a bit these days. >>> anyway in other knew the race to the white house, new hampshire is call canning on texas governor rick perry. top officials -- a group of top officials from new hampshire visited the texas governor to invite him come to the first in the nation primary state and their message was really if you're gonna do

the resignation of oregon congressman david wu is now official. he said he would quit because of the sex scandal after the debt issue was resolve and he submitted his resignation wednesday night. the house clerk read his letter during today's session. >>> will the man who campaigned on the platform the rent is too damn high changed his tune. you'll definitely want to stick around for the grapevin grapevine. after the break, first guns to criminals. now word of another government operation involving the bad guys and cocaine. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more amecans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell sites... f greater access to all the things you want, whenever you want them. it's the at&t network... and what's possible in here is almost impossible to say. host: could switching to geico

one of the members voting david wu.omised he would resign after allegations surfaced he had a sexual encounter with a teenage girl. but check out the youtube video he put out just before the vote. >> this is a crucial vote. it is likely to be my last vote. and i want to thank the people of oregon for giving me this, this seat in congress temporarily which is the greatest honor that an immigrant child can ever have. >> and here's a hint. rick perry is getting into the presidential race. a former perry aide sent an e-mail inviting an exclusive group to have dinner with the governor as he gets closer to joining the 2012 race. the exact language, the texas governor is, quote, poised to enter the presidential race, but it could be weeks before he makes a decision. >>> casey anthony's lawyers are head to go court in less than an hour to try i to stop a judge from forcing the florida woman to turn herself in. she has to meet with a parole officer by tomorrow afternoon to start serving a year of probation for check fraud. nbc's

david wu has resigned.n has been accused of an aggressive unwanted sexual encounter by the teenaged daughter of a campaign contributor. that makes room for a new representative and a special election will be held january 31st. >>> minority teens might be dancing in the streets of new york city. michael bloomberg plans to spend $30 million of his own money to help black and latino men tackle disparities in their opportunities versus their white peers. billionaire george soros will chip in another $30 million and the city of new york will pick up the rest of the tab, $67.5 million. >>> republican presidential candidate newt gingrich is being criticized for his campaign schedule or lack thereof. some analysts say it's more like silent. he's holding low-key events or staying close to home in georgia, which is a state with very little importance in the primaries. one poly-sci professor says it seems to be more of a hobby than a campaign at this point. >>> who knew but republican presidential candidate jon huntsm

. >>> speaking of turkey recalls, congressman david wu has finally made his resignation officl.presentative announced last week he would resign over accusations that he had, quote, an unwanted sexual encounter with a teenage girl but he stayed on to cast a vote on the debt debate. now he's gone. >>> new york city mayor michael bloomberg is taking an unprecedented step to help young minority men in new york. he plans to use $30 million from his own foundation to expand and improve job placement, fatherhood classes and probation serves helping young black and latino men in new york city. >>> and syrian activists are claiming that security forces shot and killed six anti-government protesters last night. this is the latest incident in an increasingly violent uprising that has killed 1700 civilians since it began i march. "time" magazine's deputy editor joins us now. bobby, thanks for joining us. >> any time. >> this situation, it's so appalling, but the fact is a lot of people are asking why has not the international community mobilized. we saw the security council finally yesterda

congressman david wu has stepped down following allegations he made unwanted sexual advances towardsocrat's rez sags was effective yesterday. he's the fourth member of congress to resign this year alone due to a sex scandal. >>> and the mayor of a small town reportedly says he signed $1 million worth of contracts with a california company while he was drunk. and now that company is suing the city for work it performed under the contracts. the city says the contracts aren't legal since they were never approved by the city council. >>> and right now, secretary of defense leon panetta is holding his first press conference since taking that post. let's listen in. >> i've been truly impressed with the expertise and the professionalism of the department's senior leaders. i'm proud that we're going to build on this terrific team in the weeks ahead. we just announced yesterday, the president announced that he will nominate ash carter to be my next deputy secretary of defense. and the senate confirmed general marty dempsey and admiral sandy winifeld to be the next chairman and vice chairman o

. >>> and at midnight, congressman david wu's resignation officially became official.e left office amid allegations of sexual assault. in a statement, wu called serving in the congress the greatest honor of his life. >>> sarah palin is free and clear. ethics charges against her have been dismissed. in june, a dallas woman filed a complaint alleging that the palin reality series took advantage of state incentives that palin signed in to law when she was still governor there. >>> and jon huntsman making a musical campaign stop in new hampshire. who likes peanuts? he tickled the ivories in an effort to get people to remember his name. ♪ >> for president. >> who? >> jon huntsman. >> i heard about you this morning, as a matter of fact. >> i hope it was good. >> well, it was just a small tweet, if you will. >> okay, well, then -- >> i do know there's competition between you and romney. >> well, we're all candidates, right? >> i know that. >> we're all candidates. >> i heard about you this morning. problematic when he got into the race two months ago. >>> casey anthony can co

. >>> congress man david wu officially resigned his seat.ter with an 18-year-old. he is the fourth congressman to step down just this year after a sex scandal. >>> former football star turned actor bubba smith has died. for nine years he was a feared defensive end and won a super bowl with the colts, later became an actor known especially for his role as hightower in the "police academy" series. bubba smith found dead at his los angeles home yesterday, he was 66 years old. >>> finally picture this one, two moons in the night sky, scientists think that's what it was like, the earth had two moons until 4 billion years ago when the moons apparently collided and merged which may be why the far side of the moon has mountains and the near side is mostly flat. 32 minutes past the hour, a little science for you this morning. >> thanks for finally clearing that up. i always wondered about the flat versus mountainous. >> it's confirmed. >> thank you, glor. >> sure. >>> they are calling this the great heat wave of 2011 in the south. we've been telling

david wu officially resigning overnig overnight. >> reporter: it went into effect at 11:59 last nightngressman wu announced last week he was resigning after he was accused of unwanted sexual advanced towards a fund-raiser's daughter. he announced last week he was going to resign but it doesn't go into effect until last night. he hung around so he could cast his vote in favor of increasing -- or his vote, pardon me, on the debt ceiling vote. was this a story that broke by the oregonian newspaper. last month, it was reported that the daughter of the fund-raiser had called wu's office in may complaining about this incident that had happened all the way back in november around thanksgiving. the daughter was 18 at the time. so this caused quite an uproar on capitol hill and wu's district, we should mention, is strongly democratic, so the political wing of democrats in the house are hoping they can hang on to this seat but we expect the governor of oregon is going to announce a special election. kyra, you probe -- you know, we cover politics, we cover presidential candidates. jon huntsman,

david wu notifying his state's governor and house speaker john boehner in a formal resignation letter. wu caused alarm among his staffers last fall when he sent out pictures of himself in a tiger costume. he announced his intention to resign after he was accused of making unwanted sexual advances on an 18-year-old young woman. >>> so get off the beach and get back to washington. that's the message from the obama administration to them tod the impass over funding the faa. we're going to talk to transportation secretary ray lahood next. bill: also, a day of sun and sand they will never forget. when a visit to the beach turns into a frantic rescue operation. wait for this. >> was down there for a long time. he was buried so deep. i mean, we expected -- we came on scene, they were about four feet deep, and we were expecting they would get the head. they kept getting deeper, i was worried they had missed the victim, but he was literally seven feet underground. like many chefs today, i feel the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition. and that's what they do with grea

signed, david wu, member of congress. the speaker pro tempore: under clause 5-b of rule 20, the chair announces to the house that in the light of theres. ig -- resignation of the gentleman from oregon, mr. wu, the whole numb of the house is 432. the chair lays before the house a communication. the clerk: the honorable the speaker, house of representatives, sir, pursuant to the permission granted in clause 2-h of rule 2 of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on august 2, 2011, at 1:00 p.m., that the senate concurred in the house amendment to the bill senate 365, that the senate agreed to, without amendment, house concurrent resolution 70, with best wished, i am, signed sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 4 of ruled 1, the following enrolled bill was signed by the speaker on tuesday, august 2, 2011. the clerk: senate 6 -- senate 365 to provide for budget control. the speaker pro tempore: the claire lays be