donald thompson made just under $9.5 million last year. now, that's no surprise. the median salary for american ceos has now jumped to about $10.5 million last year, according to a report that came out today. now, $9 million. compare that to the average salary for a fast food worker, most of whom by the way are not teenagers anymore. they're between 24 and 54 years old. you know how much they make? about $18,000 a year that is below the poverty line for a family of three. so donald thompson, i think you ought to try getting by on a fair wage like that. it's outrageous. >> okay. my outrage. in maryland there is a 40-foot monument made out of cement and marble erected in 1925 by the american legion commemorating the men of prince georges county who died in world war i. odd isn't a word i would use to describe it. but fred edwards, national director of the atheist nonprofit united coalition of reason did. why? because the solemn monument to sacrifice is in the shape of a cross. so he filed a lawsuit asking a federal judge to tear it down for violating the separation

. >> officer donald thompson who is a party of the lapd bomb squad and then it burst into flames.hout any hesitation into the burning car, he rescued the 72-year-old driver. >>> off to a beautiful start in the bay area. and hopefully not as windy. rosemary, you are not joking, it was windy out there. >> today, not as widespread and not as strong. we will have a breeze. i will explain why in a moment. >> giving you a look outside our doors and over the oakland skyline. isn't that a beautiful shot and above the tribune tower. light, light breeze. you mean seeing it in the hills and it kicked up the wind and pushing off to the east. it is sort of like areas of utah and circulation in the atmosphere being picked up by the beautiful shot. we have a ridge of high pressure that will be building over our area. transition today and keep the winds going. i expect by tonight. they will be dying down. it pulls in and we are looking at warming up. especially as we get into mid week. >> today, it is going to be a beautiful day. >> temperatures five to 10 degrees warmer for the inland cities and

from frank sterling obtained his freedom largely due to the vigorous efforts of his lawyer donald thompson under the war with the question remains why did he ever confess to a crime he never committed. and police officers don't beat people anymore i mean it just doesn't happen really in the course of interrogation because there's been a sad light moment no because the psychological techniques are more effective in obtaining confessions than physical abuse. in the case of frank stirling only his confession was filmed but the video speaks for itself the two policemen had applied the read method as well as some of their own making. here they offering coffee and donuts to prepare frank sterling for his final declaration of guilt. but what had gone on before. i remember the back rubs fashion the shoulders. trying to be all buddy buddy in or here for you. and i was so gracious and myself well i try to let bragger out and all that. i did . you're not listen to me. over and over and it's like ok i'll give you what you want well they had this weird interrogation technique in your case that i've nev

. >> so should the punishment for congressman thompson be as swift and severe as it was for donald sterlingnks for coming to me first, juan. here's the deal. look, i'm in the mind set now about all the stuff going on, he said, she said, they are going to take this away from him. let the free market dictate. let him vote him out -- is he still a congressman? >> yeah. >> let them vote him out. as far as donald sterling, let the free market take care of this. life has a way of giving you your comeuppance. >> and i agree with you. that's the key. in all these arguments, when the commercial people, when the advertisers flee, you are in trouble. >> i -- yol like his comments at all. he can keep his job. i think it's pretty embarrassing for him. these comments. they speak for themselves and the way he disparaged clarence thomas. he's not moving the ball forward for anybody there. >> gregory. >> you know what, i'm tired of this kind of race ping-pong. i'll throw you a bundy and smn somebody throws a sterling. what if your name really is uncle tom. >> i had an uncle tom. tom perino. >> i hope he did

while donald sterling is being criticized for his comments, there is free speech, benny thompson attackingnator mitch mcconnell referring to justice clearance thomas as an uncle todd take a listen. >> i've never been treated like this, with such disrespect. mitch mcconnell had the ocho ol president of the united states, i don't care what you come up, we going to be against it. now, if that's not a racist statement, i don't know what is. clearance thomas, it's almost to the point to say this man doesn't even like black people. he doesn't like being black because every decision where color had something to do with it, he went against it. >> now, we reached out to the congressm congressman's office for a statement and waiting to hear back. will the naacp have the moral courage to stand up and denounce this kind of shameful rhetoric? joining us now, fox news political analysts, they are honoring al sharpton, i think that answers the question. what is your reaction? >> let's say he went to the alvin home school -- the naacp is for sale because they were going to honor a black and white, the nat

everyone is talking about donald sterling and we all reacted to that. what about benny thompsoncharlie rangel. listen to their comments and i'll give you the reaction. clarence thomas, this man doesn't even like black people. >> i have never seen so many confederate flags that represent groups that are proud of the fact that they call themselves the tea party. >> so some outrageous statements. first, do you think these are big deals? >> they are big deals. the media should have covered it. it's just so wrong for these men to make these inflammatory racial statements. we can't have two sets of rulings here where if you're in the private sector and you're the owner of the clippers and you make inflammatory, hurtful statements you get persecuted and crucified. you get fined millions of dollars, get your team taken away, but yet you're an elected member of congress, you get away with it. that's not right. >> you got no coverage on rangel, zero. zero coverage on benny thompson. by the way, he doubled down with cnn yesterday and said he is an uncle tom, what do you want me to say? 165

thompson the team was prepared to boycott it's just a game with the l.a. clippers if n.b.a. commissioner adam silver didn't ban clippers owner donald sterling for his racist remarks johnson wrote the warriors players want to protest previously they decided to give silver a chance to do the right thing that silver had announced the punishment for sterling's bigoted comments were an indefinite suspension and measly fine the warriors were ready to make and the story state luckily for warriors fans commissioner silver did end up banning donald sterling for life but that shouldn't take away from what the team planned to do no one pays the warriors to make political statements it's impressive that they were willing to go that far to go stand against racism the bad gun nuts and bill in the padilla the c.e.o. and president of the us division of our make takes a german gun manufacturer and she decided to introduce a safer gun into the marketplace she thought she was going to be applauded for her commitment to public safety instead she's been harassed by gun nuts and extremists who think that our matrix's secrets smart gun a gun that can onl