celebrities such as jay leno, l ellen degeneres are coming out against this. >> what year is this? 1814? it is 2014. we sit around here and okay evil flourishes when good people do nothing. there's nothing extreme happening here. these aren't crazy feminist whackos. >> they're pretty late to this game and far too few of them. for years, we've been spending up flares and sounding the alarm on how brutal sharia is, particularly to women. >> here's what sharia law will represent. iran requirement that women obtain permission from their husbands for their daily freedoms. beating of disobedient women and girls. >> can't work. can't go to school. we've seen what happens in iran under sharia. >> a country that sits on the brink of coming under fundamentalist sharia law where women have no rights, i hear one thing from the usually deafening voices of women's liberal groups. silence. >> they should care because it's happening all over the world to innocent people. let me clarify. in simple terms what sharia law is and what some of the punishments are. false accusations is punishable by deat

>> reporter: ellen degeneres said that they will not patronize the property.how host tweeted i won't be visiting the bel-air or beverly hills hotel until this is resolved. >> the actions that they are taking is unfound the. >> reporter: groups shunning the company's hotel put their focus in the wrong place. >> it's going to hurt our employees and this has nothing to do with them whatsoever. it's not their fight. >> reporter: he says celebrities want to influence the state department to take action, in fact at a monday briefing marie harf addressed development in brunei. >> let me be very clear, we have concerns. >> reporter: she was asked whether diplomats ever stay at dochester hotels. >> i can check. i don't know the answer. >> reporter: the mayor is introducing a resolution before the city council that would urge the sultan. >> we have a history of standing strong against injustice. >> reporter: the legendary property has been around for over 100 years, longer than beverly hills itself. >> it's not for a boycott of the beverly hills hotel but it's a focus o

richard, now that jay leno and ellen degenerous and sir richard branson and sharon osborne opened the door, will you and all your liberal friends join us on the conservative side and stand up, identify radical islamist for what they are, their mistreatment of women and gays and lesbians who they kill, stoning to death women, allowing women to have the choice of dress. they ought to be allowed to drive their car and pick their husbands and work and ought to be able to go to school. are you going to join us with and stand up for women's rights considering those on the left like to say mitt romney with his minders of women's resumes was declaring a war on women? will you join us finally? >> i will -- sean, you know i always stand up for women's rights and lgbt -- >> i never heard you speak out against obama's policy -- >> wait one second here. i want to go back to one thing, i reject the notion the president is with jihad and al qaeda. he killed president obama -- >> actually navy seals killed him. >> we have drones up there every day destroying the taliban. that's president obama's fore

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ellen degeneres has tweeted she won't be visiting the hotel bel air or beverly hills hotel until this is resolved. the management adds that the law has nothing to do with them of their staff. as you saw, one of the most recent stars to come out is jay leno. >>> the republican controlled house has voted to hold a former top officials at the irs in contempt of congress. the house approved the contempt citation for lois lerner in a 231-187 vote. six democrats went along with the measure. lerner who was in charge of the tax-exempt division refused to testify. republicans say she waived her fifgs amendment rights by making an opening statement. her attorney says today's vote has nothing to do with the facts or the law. its only purpose is to keep the baseless irs conspiracy alive through the midterm elections. it's unfortunate they have put politics before a citizen's constitutional rights. >>> republicans say the investigations into the 2012 benghazi attack has nothing to do with politics. they are facing very strong criticism for attempts to fundraise off the attack which left four ameri

ellen degeneres recently tweeted, i won't be visiting the hotel bel air or the beverly hills hotel until this is resolved. >> you don't blame those working at the hotel. i'm sure a lot might not be aware of what's going on. but you make people aware. >> reporter: brunei is an oil-rich country in southeast asia slightly smaller than delaware ranked the fifth richest country in the world. the beverly hills hotel has been a playground for celebrities like elizabeth taylor and frank sinatra. now some are calling for a boycott, but the hotel which generates millions for beverly hills, says it's being unfairly targeted. >> this hurts our people. and most importantly it's not our fight. we have done nothing wrong. >> reporter: protesters say the only way to end this is for the brunei government to end its policies or sell its hotels. joe fryer, nbc news, los angeles. >>> and the big business news late today. a chinese company called alibaba filed paperwork for a billion-dollar initial public offering. the tech industry's largest ipo since twitter. while you may not have heard of alibaba yet, it

it caused outrage around the world.musl celebrities like ellen degeneres and p diddy have taken to twitter hash tag bring back our girls. those like michelle obama and others have tweeted out. >> i just think this is

support from ellen degeneres to basketball great magic johnson.go sam told our robin roberts. >> i think i can be a beacon for those people. the light. i can be comfortable if my own skin and be like michael sam. >> reporter: his pick could similar pact missouri law which currently does not ban discrimination, either hiring or firing based on sexual orientation. his biggest challenge comes on the field where nfl players are bigger and stronger and where only half of last year's seventh round picks even made the team. >> i have to prove myself and i want to show the coaches i'm a team player and hard-working guy. >> reporter: it's on the grid iron where we will find out how truly great michael sam will be. paula faris abc news, new york. >>> we thank you so much for watching. we're always here at abcnews.com. "nightline" later and we leave you tonight with the washington monument back in business, looking beautiful. we'll see you tomorrow night. good night. >>> tonight hot weather around the corner the fire season gets off the ground early. >> look

. >> life has come a long way from 17 years ago when ellen degeneres said this on her sitcom. >> why can't i say the truth, being who i am, i'm 35 years old, i'm so afraid to tell people. i mean i'm -- i'm gay. >> her studio audience applauded but america did not. advertising agency reports chrysler, j.c. penney dropped commercials from her show, her ratings took a dive. the show was canceled. ellen was unemployed and reportedly came close to bankruptcy. just 15 years later, she's hired as j.c. penney's spokeswoman and hosted the academy awards twice. this is so quick. >> amazing to see the tide shift in american culture and the change of opinion that nowadays, there's so much more support for gay rights, for same-sex marriage and equality. john: same-sex marriage is yet a different point, and let's look how quickly attitudes changed there. in 2004, abc "washington post" poll found gay marriage was opposed by 59% of americans. 10 years later supported by 59%. >> amazing to see so many out and proud gay americans like ellen, anderson cooper and neil patrick harris and now with michael

ellen degeneres and natalie portman had vegan weddings.a mowery cut this ad for peta. >> it is filling and full, it's acidic, full of fat and clogs up the arteries. john: yeah, robb. you paleo folks push lots of meat. >> i mean really when you look at the literature on the paleo diet, the predominance is vegetables, fruits, nuts, tubers, nuts and seeds. . >> the guardian reports that french vegans face trial after the death of a baby fed only on breast milk from a vegan mom. clearly it's not enough for everyone to live. >> i disagree, there is so much evidence of the vegan diet being healthy for pregnant women and for their children while breast-feeding. in this particular case, they were fed soy milk and replaced breast milk as well as apple juice. it wasn't a nutrient rich and the right diet for the baby. john: you say it's all healthy, all this stuff is vegan certified, right? >> i don't eat that stuff. john: vegan doesn't mean healthy. >> no. >> that's why i advocate for whole food diet. this is something we agree on a lot is getting b

. >> it began with a tweet from ellen degeneres urging followers to stay away from the iconic hotel andthers owned by the sultan of brunei. why? the sultan, rule are of a tine which but oil -- tiny but oil-rich country announce a penal code making adultery and gay sex punishable by sex. brunei is the first country to adopt sharia law. social media spread the message. >> a week and a half ago we saw small reports in online media that the subtlian of bruin -- sultan of brunei announced that he'd move ahead with imposing taliban laws. >> kathie spiller is the executive director of the "miss magazine." >> we were scheduled to hold a big annual event for global women's rights at the beverly hills within a week. when we verified that is what was happening, we decided to pull the event away from the hotel. how could we hold a global women's rights awards at a hotel, whose owner was about to impose these taliban laws. >> a dozen organizations followed suit. >> we hope to draw attention to this, people go okay, maybe i will not hold my event until they change it. >> the hotel lost 1.5 million in

. >> we don't want to hear -- i want to hear jay leno and ellen degenerous come out. >> did you hearhool? they cancelled honors night. the kids who have better grades, they did this and kids that get better grades go to honors night and the families go because the dopey kids that didn't study didn't get the grades and might feel left out. >> we had a couple generations dealing with this. the inspiration it gives you, the power to achieve more is seeing other people achieve more, there is a reason to want to get something so you have competition, people who do well should be rewarded. there seems and this comes from the left, perhaps people who themselves did not do well in school wanting to make not doing well lowering the bar -- >> geraldo. look at geraldo. you want everybody to participation trophy. >> what do i look like here? i just have one ps to the previous conversation, al gore sold currency for 400 million -- >> exactly. >> to al jazeera. he sold to the petro chemical industry. >> i have a picture of al gore getting into his gulf stream. >> as a father of five, some kids wer

i'm glad ellen degeneres and jay leno have jumped in. juan, there is this mysterious reluctance to use the term "war on terror." the president went to cairo, addressed the muslim world, supposedly apologizing for america to bring america closer to the muslim world. doesn't seem like it's working. overseas contingency operations. explain the reluctance and resistance. why didn't we do it then? >> it's interesting because today this question was asked quite pointedly and the response, they have the same person serving. it would have raised the credibility, the respectability, the recruitment, credibility for boca haram. >> that's lame. >> i don't think it's lame. when you give them the stature, they are gaining world-wide recognition. >> now they have worldwide recognition and 300 girls they want to sell off to slavery and perhaps kill and if there is any chance to rescue them, it will be american troops boots on the ground that will be able to do it because nobody else is capable of it. >> well, that ain't going to happen. i don't think a

. >> oprah made it, beyonce, sofia vergara, ellen degeneres. >> how long is the list?at's not you. lady gaga. gisele bundchen. >> thank you, jerry. somebody loves me. >> it is national burger day. let me get rid of this because it's very important. so this newspaper -- just take a look at this, you guys. pretend that you are waiting -- this is a line to get on the subway in beijing. okay? they put in security because there was some kind of a shooting around there. are you eating when i'm talking about something serious? >> mm-hmm. >> all right. anyway, so they decided to put security in. can you imagine going on your morning commute and having to stand in this line to go through security? >> that is so good. >> to go through all of that. and that's what they're doing. anyway, i wouldn't -- i don't know how long i could wait in a line like that, but they're doing it in certain subway stops. it's the busiest subway system in the world, by the way, and they're trying to keep people safe. did you take off half the bun? i do that. it makes me feel better about myself. >> th

hollywood, jay leno, ellen degenerous have spoken out against the owner ship of the hotel in hollywood and i want to show you a piece. >> what year is this? 1814? come on, people. it's 2014. people are being kidnapped and sold and we sit around, evil flourishes when good people do nothing. there is nothing extreme happening. these aren't crazy femininests. >> i like jay leno. we've been on this over a decade. talking about gays and lesbians, why is hollywood silent up until now? >> that's a good question. i'm delighted they are. the law is part of an ideology when you talk about it and look what it does to women, demeans them, murders them, stones them and hollywood has never said anything to this day. i say congratulations jay leno and your friends, pick up what sean hannity and us have been pushing for the last ten years. >> guys, good to see you both and i agree. welcome to the party. the entire world, every liberal ought to stand with conservatives about the treatment of women, human rights and how oppressive it is. good to see you. >>> coming up, will democrats boycott the benghaz

it's interesting to me that all of a sudden jay leno and ellen degeneres jump on board. shar sharia, the oppression of women is now an issue. has the media been negligent in mentioning this? >> yes. this commitment of material and men to nigeria wouldn't have happened without a broad social media campaign. seven weeks before these women were kidnapped, boca haram slaughtered children and burned them alive. not a word was mentioned. it's infuriating. >> well, i don't think it's enough to confront just those who act out radical islam ideology. you have to attack the people who are causing that. i went to a group that's based in california. what did i find? i found a fatawa where they said it was justifiable to use slaves during a time of war. >> i run a think tank there. as a resident of nigeria, you do see in the media reporting locally about these issues and the attacks boca haram is carrying out. i think the international attention is a good thing with respect to holding the government more accountable within the international community to take a harder line against thi

ellen degeneres tweeted this out. >> and richard rode, no employee nor our family will stay at theseotels until the sultan abides by basic human rights. now the ceo of the collection flew in from u.s. in london to deal with this issue. he said the hotels are being unfairly picked on and the boycott only hurts employees. for more information you can follow me on twitter. matt: those are some of the more iconic hotels in los angeles, and visitors spend a lot of money on those visits. >> reporter: yes. >> thank you. >> reporter: thank you. >> it's not an updated version of optimus prime, but meet the black night. this truck designed to fly like a helicopter has been successfully tested in the california desert. it was intended for military use in remote and inhospitable environments like in afghanistan where military operations are under way. that will do it for this edition of al jazeera america. you can follow all of today's stories on our website at www.aljazeera.com. i'm michael yves, even more information is coming up next with "real money with ali velshi." other. >> catastrophic f

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it's tiring but it's good fun. >> he has heard rumors he could be invited to perform on the ellen degeneres but nothing has been confirmed yet. >>> sal knows how to moonwalk. >> does he? >> yeah. >>> coming up, some folks in washington, d.c. will remember something for the rest of their lives. >> reactions when people spotted the president taking a leisurely stroll. at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies, which is why we are supplying natural gas, to generate cleaner electricity, that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and why with our partner in brazil, we are producing a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane to fuel cars. let's broaden the world's energy mix, let's go. >>> welcome back. 8:55. a u.s. soccer legend is out and a bay area native is in for the next month's world cup in brazil. shock waves were sent across the soccer world yesterday after news that landon donovan will not be participating in his fourth world cup. 31-year-old earthquakes scar is headed to his first. he grew up in danville. played at de la salle high school and then chico state.

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ellen degeneres and natalie portman had vegan weddings. al gore came out as vegan.ut this for peta. >> when you tend to eata meat, it's rather filling and full, extremely acidic, full of fatll and clogs up the arteries. >> yeah, rob. you paleo folks push lots of fol meat. >> really when you look at themt literature on the diet, the proceed dominance is vegetables. fruit, routes, nuts, tubers, seeds. it's about 60% of the calories should come from fruits and vegetables. >> guardian reports that french vegans face trial after theat death of a baby fed only breast millioning from a vegan mom.om clearly it's not enough for everyone to live. >> i disagree. there are so -- there is so much evidence of the vegan diet. the plant-based diet beingence healthy for pregnant women and for their children while they'ro breast-feeding. this particular case, they were actually being fed soy milk and replaced breast milk. so it wasn't a nutrient rich and the right diet for that baby. >> you say it's so healthy. all this stuff is vegan certified, right? >> i don't eat that stuff. does

it caused outrage around the world.musl celebrities like ellen degeneres and p diddy have taken to twitter with a hash tag bring back our girls. those like michelle obama and others have tweeted out. >> i just think this is pathetic. i just amke stunned. we got 300 nigerian girls kidnapped by an al-qaeda group and nobody cared to talk about it for a while. hillary wouldn't call it a terror group of the all of a sudden, we're on a big push to get them back and this is how -- the sad thing is that the lows information crowd that's puddling around out there on twitter is going to think we'ret doing something about it. it is just unbelievable. bring back our girls. they're nigerian! >> rush goes on to say, are we this powerless that that's all we got is a hash tag? >> yeah. it is sad.ss a it's a hashtag, they're holding up a sign. i understand their hearts are in the right place, but i would like to have seen some leadership in a real significann way. results oriented. doesn't everyone want that?hat shouldn't it have mattered about the young nigerian boys who were murdered as well? i hope they

also ellen degeneres tweeted out about this writing: >> and you have richard branson who wrote: . >> and also british comedian steven fry wrote: >> now, the c.e.o. flew to the states from london, saying his hotels followed the laws of the u.s. and europe, not bloouni and feels that -- brunei and feels the hotels are being unfairly picked on and the boycott only he'lls employees. >> -- hinneders employees. >>> we've been talking about the climate change report. in the western united states one of the biggest areas for agriculture and government research shows the average price of eggs is $2.06 - that's a 7% jump from last year. tomatoes $1.63 - up 9% from 2013. beef pricers the highest in 30 years. selling for $5.23. the high cost of beef is because of drought conditions that caused production costs to skye rocket. >> paul brennan joins us from elizabeth colorado. how are the ranchers dealing with this problem? >> reporter: we are in elizabeth colorado. this is high and dry country. what they say is it's getting drier year after year after year. we talked to a lot of ramption and they

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jay leno, ellen degenerous, sharon osborne calling for a boycott after learning a part owner is hassanal bolkiah. they are late to the game. because those stars and countless others on the left failed to recognize the raise of radical islam over the years, guess what did? on this program, we've been sounding this alarm how brutal and inhumane sharia law is to women. here is what sharia law will represent in other states, saudi arabia and iran and requirement that women get permission from their husbands for daily freedoms, beating of disobedient women and girls. execution of people that are gay. women in afghanistan can't work, can't go to school. we see in iran what happens, people's hands get chopped off. if you get raped as a woman you need four male eyewitnesss to prove it. as the world watches a country that sits on the brink of coming under fundamental law, i hear one thing from the usually deafening voices of liberal women's groups. silence. we bring in our studio. audience for reaction. brook. we talk a lot about terror. >> a lot of people argued it's the hash tag diplomacy that

the fall and has been receiving donations to cover the costs including a $15,000 check on the ellen degenereshow. back at school, his principal says tunde and his friends are setting an example for the rest of the students. >> because so many of our kids don't see a way out. they don't have the role model. and tunde is a walking role model. >> is the label role model sitting well with you? are you comfortable with that? >> yeah. kind of adds pressure but it kind of makes me check myself to make sure that i'm doing what i'm supposed to be. so -- >> reporter: but tunde feels the overwhelming reaction to his academic success is also a reflection on oakland itself. >> a lot of times they portray our city in a negative light and focus on the bad news. so i think a lot of people were just really happy that we have some positive news that a lot of people could relate with. >> reporter: the raiders seem toll be happy having him wearing silver and black. >> it's a blessing that he is here. i'm glad i could meet him. >> reporter: in oakland, john ramos, kpix 5. >>his mother is a principal at a school i

ellen degeneres tweeted she was boycotting the hotel.od power plays are pulling events from the property. both women and lbgt groups are uniting for protest under the hash tag stop the sultan. many of you online agree, any business associated with the impression of women and gays does not need american support. >>> the mind is a beautiful thing. one man's mind became brilliant following a tragedy. in 2002 jason padgett was brutally beaten by two men, repeatedly kicked in the head resulting in a concussion. doctors think these injuries rewired his brain. now padgett is a math genius, diagnosed with acquired savant syndrome. now the former furniture salesman from taco ma, washington, cease complex geometry in every day things. they illustrate mathematical concepts such as pi as pictures rather than equations. his amazing story is going viral as we marvel at his evolution. evidence doctors say points to untapped potential lying dormant in all of us. >>> you the potential to join the conversation with fellow read reiders and keep telling us

. >> ellen degeneres. >> would be fantastic. >> i know that obviously you're watching, we're talkingsn't. was there something that sort of struck you. >> there was some truth to what was going on there that night. because i actually got a call from wolf blitzer. wolf said, can you help me find my table? and i thought, you know, maybe i can help him. i looked over at who was with me. i was looking for our table, actually. but i was in washington, d.c. up at the north route. so i was with the ambassador from bangladesh looking for it up there. i told him we probably won't be able to help him. >> we know wolf didn't really call you. >> right. >> playing off the joke about trying to find a table, trying to find the plane. what about the president going at the media. is that pretty risky, ryan? >> there's two tracks for the precedence, self-deprecating humor otherwise you get attacked for not making fun of yourself. obama likes to weave in with his self-deprecating humor basically attacks on, for lack of a better word, his enemies, fox news, the press, certain republicans that have given

beverly hills hotel after its partial owner implemented sharia law in his country and while ellen degenerous andrrorhorrors sounding the alarm for years because under the so-called legal system, the following are considered criminal behavior punishment by fines, jail, amputation of limbs, flogging or death. that means absence from friday prayer services, wearing quote indecent clothing, anything that doesn't cover women completely and the use of allah by a chris and theft, homosexuality and adult tri. the man is a violator. he and his family enjoy a fleet of cars, planes, partying and things that include underaged girls. joining me now is julian lauren. thank you for being with us. you wrote a book about this, right? >> thank you for having me. i wrote a memoir about my experience with prince jeffrey when i was a teenager. >> yeah, you were 18 years old. that's his brother and why don't you tell the story what life was like for you and why did you do that? >> well, i was 18 years old, and i was a wild child, and i had a lot of wonder lust and i fell into this situation which was supposedly a

she opened to ellen degeneres about her cravings for pickles and sauerkraut.ts a natural birth. >> will you do an epidural? >> no. >> really? >> i know. i'm crazy. i did this to myself. >> i might as well do it right. >> well, first of all -- >> i wanted this. it's not like -- no one made me do this. >> you didn't do it to yourself. i know that much. >> almost turned into a whole different conversation. the star revealed ashton is learning her native language so they can speak to the baby in russian. and if that doesn't work, bianna tutors on the side in russian. you can hire her as your nanny. >> i'm impressed every time by that. 100% of the time. >> i know. languages are exciting. she's going to do the newscast next week in russian. >>> major buzz for hunter hayes. he's officially a world record holder. the country star kicked things off right here on "gma" yesterday morning. embarking on a challenge to play the most concerts in multiple cities in 24 hours. the old record was eight shows in one day. hunter played ten. here's the moment he officially made his

ellen degeneres tweeted her vow never to stay there again. richard branson joined the boycott as did the former sultan of late night, jay leno. >> not a political issue. this is not something that's debatable. it's people being stoned to death. hello! >> as the beverly hills city council meets tonight over this action, we are joined now by mavis leno, long a champion for women's rights around the world, great to have you here. thanks for taking the time. >> oh, i'm very pleased to be here to talk about this issue. >> how did you and jay discover what was going on there with the sultan? >> i got home from a trip i was on and the following night went to a party with jay where i ran into robbery -- rob reinner. i was very jet lagged. he said to me did you hear what's happening at the beverly his hotel. i said no and he told me what was going on and that people were pulling their parties and so on. i said, oh, wow, that's amazing. walked off. and then about a minute later when my jetlag subsided, i realized, oh, my gosh, the feminist majority, th

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to talk-show host and comedian ellen degeneres.e to make it the biggest story in the world. >> brown: the online effort is :that social media campaign was started two years ago by the western group, invisible children, to raise awareness of alleged war crimes by ugandanç rebel leader joseph kony. but the drive to save the nigerian girls has also been criticized as being overly simplistic and ultimately ineffective. and, in a further twist, it turns out the young woman in this photo is not nigerian. in fact, she is from guinea- bissau. her photo was taken in 2011 for a reporting project unrelated to nigeria. all the same, the mass abduction is being widely condemned, including by islamic leaders. today, the top religious official in saudi arabia chargeç boko haram is misguided and should be made to reject its path. >> sreenivasan: california governor jerry brown is embarking on what is likely the final campaign of a political career that spans nearly half a century. he is seeking an unprecedented fourth term 40 years after he first

the idea of an lgbt becoming more and more mainstream, you have more rosie o'donnells and ellen degeneroustinue to shift. if you look from a biblical standpoint, you look about who jesus criticized the most, the pharocies. the most religious of them were criticized because of the hypocrisies. love your neighbor as yourself. love your neighbor as gay, black, hispanic. love them as you would love yourself and respect them. >> that's why i was happy when the gay community came out and protest when the ceo had to step down from mozilla by saying he had every right to make that donation. he was a good ceo. i think we're all going to have a balance here. >> we got to leave it there, but good to have the conversation. thank you both very much. when we come back, it's mefr too late, and we're going to introduce you to a man who remains true to his dream for over seven decades. love it. that's next. i make a lot of purchases for my business. and i get a lot in return with ink plus from chase like 60,000 bonus points when i spent $5,000 in the first 3 months after i opened my account. and i earn 5 t