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. >> donald critchlow author of the conservative ascendancy. are conservative still in the ascendancy? >> you probably have heard about this. i think this is the worst time for conservatives, at least since watergate and i think it is may be compared to the republicans in the new deal. so, they are in very tough streets right now. >> so, as the conservative what is your prescription to get out of that riot? >> one thing i discussed in the conservative ascendancy is the fortunes of conservatives and the republican party and what we learn is that every time the left and the aggressive primarily within the democratic party have counted out the conservative's they always come back, often through the misfortune of democrats, so don't think conservatives should give up hope. they might, they still may have opportunities. >> when you hear the term modern conservative movement what do you think and who'd you think of? >> well, i think it is a movement that is really quite the verse within its own grouping and i think there are a number of tensions with

. >>> donald foil, the nba veteran has helped more than 1,it 200 children in the caribbean in three years. last year he held a camp stressing education, nutrition, and yes, basketball. foyle hopes to expand the program to other countries. >> nice job. thanks. >>> a freak show owner is going to court. i just like to say freak show because he lost out on buying a five-legged doggy. but even if he wins, it's too late for him to get what he really wants.

brian: flames coming dangerously close to donald trump's exclusive golf course. officials are reporting this morning that the fire is not contained. firefighters are battling another fire in the san gabriel mountains. gretchen: health officials are stressing that it is vital for new parents and pregnant women to get the swine flu vaccine. doctors say women at any stage of their pregnancy should get the vaccine. they recommend combining into with the seasonal flu shot. the vaccine will not be a billable until october -- will not be available until october. brian: william la jeunesse joins us from outside the capitol building in sacramento, calif.

do you believe tom ridge or donald rumsfeld? >> this is a tough one.ere's part of me that wonders is this a publicist going out there and really trying to gin up support for a book that maybe is not going to be as exciting as it's been promoted? on the other hand, i have a lot of respect for tom ridge. he's a guy i was really actually hoping john mccain would pick as his vice presidential candidate, and, you know, if i was going to pick between the two, i would side with ridge over rumsfeld. >> isn't that troubling then that even you, a republican -- >> you bet -- >> think ridge is probably telling the truth which means the bush white house played politics with the terror alerts? >> well, you know, again, i'm not going to discount what governor ridge said, and i'm really curious to see what's the context, you know. again, it's one thing for a publicist to put out a couple of titillating aspects of this book that's coming out, but, you know, look -- and here is i guess the real problem. when you hear something like this you don't immediately discount it

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. >> deputy donald chase survived the attack, deemed attempted murder by prosecutors. meanwhile, they scoured the woods and came up empty. u.s. marshals joined the search for champagne, and thursday night a tip led them to a home outside of rich mourned. -- richmond. they say it took a few sweems of the home to turn up the fugitive. >> they looked out, the wall looked different, and they peeled back the wall, and he was in there. meanwhile, howard county officials are trying to figure out how he staged an a escape while handcuffed in the back of a patrol car. >> this man was desperate and decided to escape. we have not had the time to do a review if there was policy failure or violations. some of our detective cars have protective barriers in them, others do not. >> the wounded deputy, donald cheas, is recovering at home according to the sheriff's department. he plans to return to work as soon as he is well enough to. >> an elite special operations unit killed in a helicopter training accident. one of the soldiers was from maryland. he is paul johns frn from lancaster,

trump entertainment would not allow donald trump to buy them.so here we are, late summer, but donald trump is back again, working with the bank of nevada, and he is stepping in to buy these casinos and be involved directly this time. so how does this reflect what is going on in the environment? it shows that as property falls to disarray and bidders step back from the table, there are deals to be had. it is hard to tell if this is a good deal, because we do not know how much money is being put forward. but he says, quoting from the press release? "we will make this city hot once more." jon: a missing dog, and a search for a million-dollar dog. courtney friel has the scoop. >> seriously, animals are always big klicks online. imagine losing your dog because it wandered off, and someone finds it nine years later? mussy the much was reunited with her owners in australia today. she was found sleeping in a cardboard box 1,200 miles away, but luckily she had a microchip, and the family will never take their eyes off her again. you can read all about it

the skyscrapers or donald trump's hair?r: her first time in new york she had never seen such skyscrapers. >> she's not going to add she's never seen the hair. >> what would you like to do as miss universe? what's your platform? >> translator: she would like to thank the miss universe organization and donald trump and she'll be working for hiv/aids for the year. and many young women around the world. >> right now she just had to go -- you twirled. >> coming up, we still have "today's kitchen" where it is all about the shrimp. but first your local news and weather. [ clang ] ugh! whoops! whoo! okay, one-tone hair color -- totally washing you out. pbht! let's get your right color! nice'n easy with color-blend technology. in 1 simple step, get a blend of 3 tones. highlights, lowlights, and shine. it makes a fresh, light-filled frame for your pretty face. why settle for flat hair color when you can get that hair color? with nice'n easy. your right color. en't yof bleach accidents? new spray n' wash bright and white is your safe

in our third story, donald rumsfeld defended himself by turning to osama bin laden.new book, the former homeland security secretary mr. ridge writing -- "attorney general john ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat delve and was supported by donald rumsfeld. there was no support for that decision in our department. i wondered is this about security or politics?" mr. ashcroft saying, didn't happen. now would be a good time for mr. ridge to use his emergency duct tape. from mr. rumsfeld's office, more of an attempt in a statement that reads, a storyline seemingly to sell copies of the book is nonsense. in his defense, incredibly, rumsfeld quotes frequently and at length osama bin laden. given those facts, the statement continues as if there were facts, it would seem reasonable for senior administration officials to discuss the threat level, talking about the time before the 2004 election, it would have been irresponsible to had that discussion not taken place. all of that carefully missing the point. mr. ridge knew the discussion had to take place after a ne

donald rumsfeld's book coming out. i have no doubt if they provoke colin powell enough, his book will follow theirs. we have president bush pushing a book. people like myself, historians, internationalists, people who teach this subject matter have already pronounced the bush administration one of the most incompetent in american history. i think history's verdict may each be worse than that. it may be the most incompetent and here we have these people in my party wrestling over whether or not there was enough shame to go around in that administration. with all the challenges that this country confronts right now, this is -- this is really disturbing. >> it seems to me like the very last seen your administration official to write the book will have all the blame piled up so high on them that the they'll have to do something quite dramatic about it. all these books are self-exculpatory in a way, and the obvious question to what ridge is alleging here is why he waited until after the election to resign. if he did suspect

attorney general john ashcroft and defense secretary donald rumsfeld wanted it.t least one former bush administration figure, though, disputes ridge's version of events. >> not only do i not think that it played, politics played any part of it at all, it wasn't discussed. the only thing discussed was earlier that summer there was a threat against the financial district and the bin laden tape and then another tape, kiran, by a u.s. citizen by a member of al qaeda and it was a threatening tape and the discussion revolved around what the discussion was. >> in the end the terror alert level was not raised and tom ridge resigned november 30th, weeks after the election. >>> victims' families are calling these pictures from libya deeply upsetting, deeply distressing. a huge crowd in tripoli celebrated al megrahi's arrival. he was released from a scottish prison after only eight years of a life sentence. he was set free because he's dying of prostate cancer a decision president barack obama called a mistake. some family members agree. >> it's hard for me to believe it. t

it happened to donald bennett in 1989.0 years later, his mother hopes for some answers. >> donald bently stares out from his high school senior portrait. he pri prepared to study political science at morehouse university. >> he was a good kid, smart kid, but he wasn't no angel. no, he wasn't an angel, but he brought a lot of joy to our life. >> and he made his parents proud exceling at track, football, and debate. the 19-year-old was getting ready to return for his year of college when he was approached by some people at the wall street lounnl. >> he was approached by a man and woman who a-- who attempt today rob him. police say donald was shot to death in the back when he ran and they have been chasing down information since. the problem is, they don't have any leads. >> i don't believe that no one said anything about this murder that night. >> 76-year-old ellen bently is struggling with the 20th anniversary of her son's murder. >> this past last week i was a mess. i thought oh, i'm getting older, it's been so long, 20 ye

i take my marching orders from donald j.d. >> no, you shouldn't. >> what's wrong with you? >> he's an american icon and my personal lord and savior. >> i won't go that far. he is a grade great man, great american. >> he's a great man. >> the miss universe competition sunday night. >> perhaps the greatest competition ever. >> 9:00 eastern time in nbc in telemundo. sent over some video. shots of girls in intertubes going down the atlantic resort in the bahamas and they are just having fun frolicing in the water and people seem to be getting along. >> we can love completely without completely understanding. >> that's it. >> jonathan, coming together? >> that's what i was trying to tell him, jonathan didn't get it. >> there it is. >> just stop it. get rid of the video now. >> the point is there's no point. the point is from all different cultures, all different countries, and they can get along. why can't we? >> thank you. >> that's what donald is trying to tell us. >> maybe the republicans could learn a thing or two from them.

and donald rumsfeld has a book deal as well.er his entire political career. >>> a convicted terrorist gets a hero's welcome. crowds in libya cheering the man convicted of the bombing of pan am flight 103 over lockerbie, scotland, killing 207 people. scotland let abdel basset ali al megrahi return home on compassionate grounds. president obama couldn't work up any compassion. he was asked about al megrahi's warm welcome. >> i think it was highly objectionable. >> it took 11 years after the lockerbie bombing to bring al megrahi to justice. he served eight years in prison. >>> the cash for clunkers program may be at the end of the road. mom: just one breakfast a week and the savings really add up. save money. live better. walmart. >>> a nightmare delay that trapped dozens of flyers is not being blamed on continental express or its crew but a different airline. the pilot pleaded for the 47 passengers to be let off the delayed flight. instead they were stranded overnight 50 feet from a terminal. a representative for the airline refus

on the phone with us is donald trump. >> over here. >> sorry. back in control of the casinos buying back $100 million of a few casinos, do i have it right, donald? >> we're in the process of doing that it's a tedious process. it's a long process, erin. i made an offer a number of months ago bond "american idoho rejected the offer. we received a vote of approval from the board of directors of the company t took a long time, the bondholders were very actively involved in that and they were not accepted. so we were happy about that but it is a process. >> how much money has been lost in trump entertainment over the years? >> well, it was very suck sussful, mark, when i had it as a private company and i took it public years ago. >> big mistake. >> that was not one of the great things because i became much, much less involved and as you know for the last number. years i haven't been involved in management at all. but when i had this as a private company, it was very, very successful. the world has changed a lot in the casino business as you know beca

a spokesperson for donald rumsfeld call says it was irresponsible not to discuss the alert levels. no analysis from you? >> well, you are so on fire. we're all just staring at you. >> i am very mad because i will tell you that i have friends who went into the polling booths and said things to me like i was holding my baby and i was just worried about the security of our country and then i pulled the lever for george w. bush. i was worried about the pucurity of our country. so i guess it worked. >> does it make you feel better that tom ridge said -- >> i think it's terrific just like scott mcclellan that he has a book later. after the fact. for him, actually. >> joe, any -- >> i don't want to talk and then be yelled at. >> you can talk, go ahead. i wouldn't interrupt. >> she's going to yell. >> there was speculation about this at the time, just remember. >> i remember actually speculating myself and getting laughed at, not by you. >> it depends on the dress you were wearing that day. >> this is a good one today. come on. no. >> this is a great dress. i was talking about that day. it

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in a new book, ridge said he resisted that move despite being urged by donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft. the administration manipulated the terror alert level for political reasons. ridge said the event reinforced his decision to resign. however, other bush insiders are insisting there was no intent to a little bit size national security. >>> he was convicted of killing 270 people in a devastating terrorist attack back in 1998 -- excuse me, 1988. but now after serving just eight years of his life sentence, a former libyan agent is a freeman. scottish officials released him on compassionate grounds. the 5-year-old has terminal cancer. his early release has triggered outrage among families of the victims who were killed in lockerbie, scotland. >>> the cash for clunkers rebate program is out of gas after a run that was, well, almost too successful. as nbc's leanne gregg reports, drivers still have until next monday to take advantage. >> reporter: not much time left for those wanting to cash in on their clunker. the program that some are calling one of the government's most successful econo

morning, just 72 hours before the polls opened, the president's top security advisers, including donald rumsfeld and john ashcroft huddled for an urgent meeting to decide whether to raise the color-coded threat level from yellow to orange. then homeland security secretary tom ridge reveals in an explosive new book, a vigorous, some might say dramatic discussion ensued. ashcroft strongly urged an increase in the threat level and was supported by rumsfeld. he goes on, there was absolutely no support for that position within our department, none. i wondered is this about security or politics? post-election analysis demonstrated a significant increase in the president's approval rating in the days after the raising of the threat level. the bush campaign was already pushing the envelope on frightening voters, listen to then vice president cheney just ten days before the bin laden tape. >> the ultimate threat is the possibility of their succeeding and getting a biological agent or nuclear weapon, smuggling it into the united states, into one of our own cities and raising the specter of being

guess you can't trump the donald. >> just when you thought the donald and his hair were down, he's back thank you. >> reporter: that's right. he's back. >> thank you, courtney. >> if you're looking for a good deal on an airline ticket you may be able to tweet your way to a big discount. some airlines are now using the online social networking site twitter to announce reduced airfare deals. if you follow jetblue or united on twitter you can get first dibs on ticket sale alerts. the tweets are a knewer way to fill seats. >> we are always looking for jobs 4 you. fairfax county is looking for a director of public works and environmental services. candidates should have a bachelor's degree in engineering, business administration or a related field. you should also have nine years of experience as a manager or supervisor. for more information, visit nbcwashington.com and search jobs 4 you. >> well, here's a warning about the sun most parents probably never expected to hear. doctors expressing concerns that children aren't getting enough of it. at least not enough vitamin d. the reason they be

i want to be a workman for him. >> i wonder what "the donald" would say to all this.d a chance to talk with him about this. but i know he is a man of faith too. i know because of the relationship that i have with donald that he -- you know, there are a lot of surprises that he had. i think everybody has an opportunity to change and to grow and to transform. and i'm going through a transformation right now. and i would hope that people would be more supportive. i have people in my life who are. i understand people are questioning what's happening with me. just know i am obedient. >> okay, omarosa joining us in seminary school. >> thank you for having me. >> good luck to you. >> thanks. >> now here's maggie. >> this portion of the "early show" sponsored by staples. staples equals savings on everything for back to school. >> this morning in our series "back to school early." fixing up a dorm room. here with ideas that won't break the bank is our designer, kristan cunningham. pretty boring and bare and bland. after a little bit of work, a lot of great ideas, let's show ev

still to come, the donald is back. before ta, take a look at u.s. futures want right now, we're setting up for a bit of a preether. snoor >>> welcome back to cnbc's "worldwide exchange." here are some of the stories that we've been watching from around the globe. treasury secretary tim geithner reportedly losing his cool at a meeting of top u.s. regulators last friday over their faltering support of president obama's financial reform plans. geithner told his counterparts enough is enough. the meeting including fed chairman ben bernanke, mary schapiro and fdic's chief sheila bair. bair and schapiro have argued authority should be shared. geithner told them, even though as regulators are seen as independent of the white house, the administration and congress are the ones that set policy. democrats dianne feinstein and republican susan collins have dropped their opposition. last week wbl the two said they would vote no unless higher standards were put in place. and meet the new boss, same as the old boss, donald trump and daughter, ivanka have fought o

let's get donald in. where do you stand on this donald? are you starting to turn more bullish? i actually went out shopping for apartments on the weekend. >> for an equity buyer, fun to talk about the economy. i look at what i'm buying, what i'm paying for it and how like will hold it you can find plenty of problems, when its go up, everybody looks at things good and when it goes down, looks at things that are wrong. >> what about housing? i think we're about to pop here. >> hopefully. i think helicopter ben has done his thing and we're flooding the market with dollars so they will start to prop up prices. but the other side of that is inflation down the road. >> we are done, guys. >> the market's going up but earnings are going down. >> i have to wrap even on that wonderful accent. still a lot more ahead tonight, folks, on "cnbc reports." >> coming up, the rising american auto industry. yes, you heard right, i'll say it again, the rising american auto industry. will ford's big month being enough to get american manufacturing moving again. >>> pax americana. without the usa, ca

>> he said, for instance, he had a hard time talking to donald rumsfe rumsfeld.ould brush him off. he wasn't included in national security council meetings. the fbi often blind sided him with information that had not been shared. i never knew as a reporter covering ridge about any of those specific things. i can tell you he did talk about problems with information sharing this morning. i went over the transcript of an interview i did with him when he was leaving office and he talked about the difficulty of being the new kid on the block. how other agencies did not want to share the information and how he felt that was a disadvantage for the agent. >> jeanne meserve in washington this morning. thanks. >>> francis townsend, george w. bush's homeland security advisor at the time ridge says these decisions were being made is going to be with us. we're going to be talking to her in the next half hour in the most news in the morning. >>> hurricane bill could hit the east coast this weekend with dangerous waves and rip tides. right now, the powerful category 3 storm is

in our third story, donald rumsfeld defended himself by turning to osama bin laden. in his new book, the former homeland security secretary mr. ridge writing -- >> now is a good time for him to use his emergency duct tape. and then a story to sell copies of the book is nonsense. in his defense, incredibly, rumsfeld quotes frequently and at length osama bin laden. given those facts, the statement continues as if there were facts, it would seem reasonable for senior administration officials to discuss the threat level, talking about the time before the 2004 election, it would have been irresponsible to have that discussion not taken place. all of that carefully missing the point. mr. ridge knew the discussion had to take place after a new bin laden tape was released. he writes about that at length. most notably, the timing of the tape may have been a surprise, the content was not. there had been nearly 0 audio and videotapes attributed to bin laden or his lieutenant. a threatening message, audio or visu visual, should not be the sole reason to elevate the threat level.

we got a behind-the-scenes look at practice with head coach donald hill eelee. >> guys came back in great shape. we hadn't had the -- minor knicks and bruisees in practice. and everybody going to this first week of school was healthy and we got optimistic about the outcome of the season. >> the chemistry this year more than anything like the biggest difference that i've seen since i've been here. so that's like a big part. that's all the football and everything like that. so i feel the chemistry is the biggest part of this team. >> i think -- >> get some high free file individuals and to camp and to school. and with time we still -- making our mark and going from competing from the championship last year to putting ourselves in position to win it this year. >> coach has something new every year. definitely got it working hard, working better, not going to stop like that. so [not understandable] hopefully meet up to him. >> we will travel up york road and look at the towson tigers and their new head coach tonight at 11. >>> the orioles played home last night and it was the weeders pa show.

. >> donald trump has inked a deal that will give him control of the atlantic city casinos that there is named. the mobile reached an agreement to buy troubled entertainment resorts out of bankruptcy and ticket private pr -- and take it private. atop a competing bid by bondholders who refused to deal with him. >>> makes the news from the u.s. commerce department. new numbers show americans spend more but earned less in june. americans spent 4/10 of a percent while leaving the income gains made in may. economists expected personal incomes to increase a full percentage. consumer spending is closely watched because it comprises about 70% of economic activity. >>> this company says that it now expects to lose about $4.7 billion for the entire fiscal year, about $1 billion less than the the original forecast. analysts say that the improved figures are a sign that the cost-cutting measures work. >>> the cash for clunkers program may be a boost for automakers, but it may be at the expense of charities that depend on donations for old cars. donations are down nearly 1/3 since the program was

presidential election and he said he objected to raiseing the security level despite the urging of donald rumsfeld and ashcroft. it was a video released and president bush left the terror alert unchanged. >> 14 days is what you have left to change trade in your old car for the cash for clunkers program. >> call it a cash for clunkers selloff this weekend. >> move fast. >> started a month ago and dealers say it's been a huge success. >> business increased significantly. >> but right now we have nothing funded yet on one deal. >> he says he hasn't seen a dime from the government fronting the cash for more than 100 clunker trade-ins at $4500 a pop. >> about a half a million dollars. and it's scary. >> some dealers dropped out of the program early for fear of not getting rei mean bursed. >> they are going to get their money. we have their money. >> but only $145 million out of $3 billion have been paid. >> there was so much more demand than expected. >> there's worry another backlog could be created. g.m. and chrysler have agreed to cover short falls and -- >> we are doing everything in our p

donald rumsfeld there was not impressed. eight hours but interrupted by short breaks. jatindra said he wanted to set the record to bring glory to his indian army daredevil team, plus he was worried he was losing his cool. i may have that mixed up with that shark episode of "happy days." anyway, he broke the record. congratulations. and bye. to beijing and artist hong chin who does not let anything go to waste after he puts it down. some throw away the hair after it falls on the flow. mr. chin uses it to build sculptures. behold the gate of the heavenly peace, the famous building in tiananmen square or as it were here tiananmen air. the edifice was built in hon or of the -- had used red dye for some of the walls and also does a brisk walk-in clown business. he has plans to build more communist buildings this year and also collecting dandruff to create a snowy winter scene and i made that last part up. and back to finland for the world's sauna championships. they showed up to sit down. the goal to see how long you can last in

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the allegations in clear, that donald rahm spelled -- rumsfeld wanted to use the color-coded threats system for political gain. in reference to the advice to americans to cover their homes in saran wrap secured by duct tape in the event of a biochemical attack, former justice department official said -- rich himself contradicts his own claim that he had been pressured, riding -- apparently, the white house did not call. elsewhere, he wrote that he was never directed to raise the tariff threat level "no matter how many analysts, pundits, or critics say so." bret: president obama today called the recession -- called the release of the pan am 103 bummer highly objectionable. his press secretary of -- described video of his welcome as offensive to those who lost loved ones on the flight, which was blown out of the sky over lockerbie, scotland, in 1988. he was freed because he has terminal prostate cancer. libyan authorities are keeping him out of sight to avoid hurting what was their steadily improving relationship with the u.s. the justice department is looking into whether military def

entonces, yo hablaba con la organizaciÓn miss universo, a la que les doy las gracias, y a donald trumps quiero dudarlo bienvenida a nuestro segmento de cocinando con nestlÉ, les traigo un pollo muy especial porque Ésta fue la receta ganadora de uno de los concursos que se hicieron entre los empleados de nestlÉ. los ganadores fueron pedro naba y robert filo. lo bueno de estos cubitos es que se desmoronan fÁcilmente a asÍ que ahorramos muchÍsimo tiempo y no tenemos que cortar ni pelar. entonces, para la receta presten atenciÓn. en un bols tenemos dos dientes de ajo picaditos, a mÍ me gusta utilizar el cuchillo y la madera y darle hasta que estÉ bien picadito. tenemos una cucharada de aceite vegetal. tenemos tres cucharadas de vinagre rojo de vino tinto. ¿ok? tenemos aproximadamente dos cucharadas de jugo sazonador. entonces estamos haciendo como un marinado. y aquÍ estÁn los cubitos. >> yo los conozco, si yo cocino. >> mira, tiene un papelito. con los dedos simple y llanamente sazonas tus comidas. Í que hay que descubrir el poder de tus manos. entonces le vamos a poner dos cubitos sabor

at a public hearing, donald fry, chairman of the location commission, says he has yet to get anything in writing or the additional $19.5 million licensing fee to get more machines. currently, they are licensed for 500. >> we cannot move forward with any consideration of even looking at a new alternative plan until one of the proposals is given to us in writing. and it has to be accompanied by the mandatory licensing fees. members of the public are concerned over the timing and locations. this one was held at 4:30 p.m.. >> if you wanted your input, you should consider having these meetings in the community at a time when people can attend. that is how you get input from the public. >> fry says that would advertise the meetings would last until 630 or 7:00. attendance has still been lackluster. >> that would give people ample time to come. we have had, quite honestly, very few members of the public to attend. >> we're told bceg plans to give a written document next month. the process as long from over. live from the studio, wbal tv 11 news. >> switching gears now, a conde today. -- a ca

sam donalds is someone i know thatoth ofs admire. he sai that when hwas coming up in the business, he was trying to knock over somef those who were morexperienced. now ose of us more experienced are exriencing the same thing. i'mnclined to say there are people who are natural journalists -- smart, adaptive, this type of thing -- of any age. i wcome a serious person out there. >>inaudible] ople have opinions abou politics at every lev. maybe there is moreense of participation. ere is certainly mor publishing about politics than i ever remembe. we dissect and stued the most the smallestinutia [inaudib] which only makes it harder for a politician to eress a casual thought. you think we overdo the political covege? >> i do not thinke overdo the effect of political covege. however, whai think has happed is a lot of the journalism has been reaced by nois. -- i d not think we over the effect is -- -- effectiv political covera. they had decided it is caper to put our peoe and just yell. is more effective to use all yourools in ways that peop

ridge says the pressure came from defense secretary donald rums fields and attorney general john ashcroft. in the end, the terror level was not raised and ridge resigned. his revelation is contained in a book that is actually coming out next month. >>> a naked passenger forced a southwest airlines flight to make an emergency landing. this happened yesterday on a flight from oakland, california, to st. louis. according to police, the 21- year-old man showed himself to a female passenger, actually punched her in the face, and then took his clothes off. passengers say it happened very quickly. >> the flight attendant was like sir, you have to sit down. and he kind of -- he had no clothes on. he had a baseball hat and socks. >> reporter: the crew and passengers were able to subdue the man. the flight returned to oakland. the man was arrested and it turns out he was wanted on an outstanding drug warrant. the woman that he punched was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital. >>> a medical center in southern california is welcoming a bouncing bundle of joy to its hospital staff. and the n

. >>> for the third time, donald trump is the proud owner of the atlantic city casinos that bare his name. he's lost control of them twice because of bankruptcy. but trump and his daughter outbid competitors. trump says he will make atlantic city hot again. >>> if you want hot, how about some nascar action on this tuesday morning. >> good morning. it was a day late. but certainly worth it. pennsylvania 500 rained out on sunday. they would run on monday. a beautiful day for racing at pocono raceway. points leader, tony stewart, started at the back. problems for the three-time champion, jimmie johnson. complaints of losing power. they would look under the hood. he fell down three laps. at lap 149, it got nasty. gordon takes damage and comes back out. gets it to the back of stremme. moments later, stremme gets into the back of gordon and spins him out. both drivers are penalized by nascar. another big wreck this time. the 96 car, bobby labonte. ten laps to go, denny hamlin, driving with a heavy heart. his 91-year-old grandmother passed away three days ago. takes the checkered flag. an e

says that he objected to raising the security level despite the urgings of former defense secretary donaldd and john ashcroft. ridge says the episode persuaded him to leave the administration. >> it was easy to laugh afterwards but during it you don't realize how captive you are at 29,000 feet in a small airplane with such a big guy. and when you think back on it, it was scary. >> high-flying flasher forces a southwest plane to make an emergency landing. during the flight, the man exposed himself to the woman sitting right next to him and then punched her in the face. he did not cooperate with flight attendants. police say he was completely naked when he was taken off the plane. >>> wal-mart is recalling more than 1.5 million dvd players because they could overheat and burst into flames. you should knopp suing the dvd player. >>> here's one recall for anyone with a baby in the house. parents, you are being urged right now about the simplicity bassinets. two infants trapped and killed. the cpsc says if the velcro fasten flat covering the metal bars in the bassinet are not properly adjusted

certainly good enough for campa donald's marketing campaign and for us, a taste test.p in downtown washington, d.c., to taste four different iced teas. here's the heavily marketed mcdonald's, a 32 ounce cup cost us $1. wendies also sells sweet tea, it cost us $2.09. this is arizona sweet tea, a 23-ounce can cost us $1. and we threw in a ringer, lip ton powdered tea, a 24 1/2 ounce key good for 40 eight-ounce servings cost us $2.99. we poured the sweet tea in cups marked a, b, c and d and proceeded to announce our famous taste te rules and regulations. >> we want you to taste one of each and tell us which one you like the best. >> reporter: sweet tea is loaded with sugar and history. legend dates ito3yz back to theh century when americans began to grow tea in south carolina. add sugar from louisiana and sweet tea was born. but it took the sweltering st. louis world's fair in 1904 for an enterprising merchant to pour ice in the mix. and now you have yourself a tradition. as for our taste tests, each tea got sweet reviews. tea a is wendy's. >> a had a very sweet flavor to

well, the two men who tom ridge said pressed for an elevated threat level, josh ashcroft and donald rumsfeld, they refused to comment themselves but left it to their flacks, if you will, to dispute ridge's version of events. ashcroft's spokesman said this, didn't happen. now would be a good time for mr. ridge to use his emergency duct tape. that's pretty snarky. rumsfeld's spokesman implied it was about the selling of books. the story line advanced by his publisher seemingly to sell copies of the book is nonsense t would seem reasonable for senior officials to discuss the threat level. we're not here going over what the so-called story line put out by publishers. we're quoting directly from ridge's book, and we'll continue to do so. we have an advance copy, sir. former bush chief of staff andy card denied the politicization. we bent over backwards repeatedly and with great discipline to make sure politics did not influence any national security or homeland security decision. that was what card said. and he's fairly credible that fellow. the clear instructions were to make sure politics never

people worked with him yet at the same time if you are donald rumsfeld going in front of the senate armedces committee having gone to war and not found weapons of mass destruction, woe is you. >> he was going to war against you. yeah. one writer today said, in effect, yes, he was an irish romantic but he was also a clear-eyed pragmatist. a lot of the stretches across the aisle to the other party was just because he needed them and it was his nature to make friends and be charming. i hope his irishness, his roots in this soil and soil across the atlantic gets talked about and covered. but it was that part of him that led to that explosion of bipartisanship there briefly -- not on all issues but on some -- that results in his reputation. >> brian williams, thanks so much for taking the time. we'll see you tonight on "nightly news" one hour tonight. >> thank you. >>> now back to new york and chris matthews, host of "hardball." thanks for joining us. you are a long-time kennedy watcher on the hill. you worked for tip o'neil. you saw the way he operated within the massachusetts delegation with