she really respected that about eric. >> but here was the complication about eric. relationship, decisive eric was determined to have no more. he was opposed to marriage. justine on the other hand wanted a husband and children. lauren said to say good-bye to eric and move on with her life. >> what are you doing with him? those are the two things that you ultimately want in your life. >> but justine stayed with eric. they had been a couple for months, but she still wasn't introducing him to the parents. >> he's the phantom boyfriend? >> yeah. when you know your child is seeing someone on a steady or on an exclusive basis, you would kind of at least like to see who they are. >> finally, after a year and a half of nudging her daughter, heidi got to meet the boyfriend for dinner. >> i just insisted that i meet him. >> dinner was awkward. eric squirmed as though he wanted to be a thousand miles away. >> my feelings were, well, okay, i don't really get it, you know, but it's really not mine to get, you know. it was justine's boyfriend. >> did you think that he was the guy

. ♪ >> eric: i'm eric boling and this is your world.cross the country, the outrage is building over this cover. refusing to sell the bomber issue and maybe because of this. >> he did a terrible thing. you know i at this think it's despicable they would put them on there. >> why would you publicize this guy. he is absolute terror have the. >> to have a national tragedy like that and like he is james franco it seems jeep cheap to me. >> encouraging by putting on the cover of rolling stone. >> they made him look like a rock star. made him look like you want to be, not someone who did something awful to america. >> eric: molly with the reaction there and what are they saying now? >> the reaction in boston has been fierce. we're on boyleston street. it was easy to find people that had negative feelings and twitter verse on fire. there are numerous things all over the web an on routinely petition a friend of jeff bowman. he lost both his names during that bombing. and pictures of him were broadcast all around the world. in a letter that was w

i'm eric shawn. fox news watch is on right now. >> thomas jefferson said those investigations that attack a free press first. so free press as a journalist tell my fellow citizens that the government is collecting all their phone records and email and tapping into their facebook conversations and skype telephone calls. this is about journalism is about shining a light on what powerful people in the country are doing and we are going to continue doing that. >> eric: that is glen greenwald. his actions causing a debate over activism and journalism. they quote, a real journalist is one who understands at a certain level and doesn't shy away from the relationship between government and press. very tension that american founders had in mind. with the f amendment. those who fully meet the description deserve to be >> eric: "new york times" columnist warns i do think activism which is the determination that can prompt discovery can also impair vision. if an agenda is in play and momentum at work, cracks may

eric's ex-wife anne and her daughters say eric should.re's no legal obligation. >> my life insurance policy wasn't mine very quickly after i left. a conservator was named after i disappeared. >> reporter: he says that conservator, his father, made decisions that take him out of the equation. it's a messy fight playing out in court right now. but despite the painful consequences, eric insists he made the right decision to return. >> to live in a disguise is a horrible prison. and then to take the disguise off, it might hurt some people, but did you do it to hurt people, or did you do it to be true? and once they see that disguise off, it's their choice to like it or hate it. >> reporter: his daughter has clearly made her choice. >> it's insulting to all the gay people that i know and love for him to say "well, i did it because i was gay." i know a lot of people who would never do this and absolutely never blame it on their homosexuality. i don't believe that he is capable of love. >> reporter: towards anyone? >> towards anyone but himself.

eric?s asking voters to punish politicians who aren't backing his new green initiative against coal, but he may want to be careful what he asks for. some of those politicians are from his own party. listen. >> i should not have to be sitting here as a south senator fight anything own president and my own government. that's ridiculous. i want to work with them. i will continue to reach out. but i need a partner here. i don't need an adversary. >> eric: so is the president's war on coal really a war on american jobs? joining us now is chairman and ceo of alpha natural resources in virginia, kevin crutchfield. let's talk about it. the president, before became president obama, was senator obama, saying he was necessarily going to have a war on coal. do you feel it in the jobs in virginia with this war on coal that he's inflicting? >> look, it's absolutely a war on american jobs, american prosperity and it's ultimately going to be a war on the american consumer because under the president's poli

>> the whole thing, eric is as i said before.he private enterprise and insurance companies have this information already. yes, they don't abuse it. you have medicare fraud with the government who is abusing taxpayers to extent of 75 billion dollars and it's going to get worse. >> not only do they abuse it but they sell it. you are talking about solutions. if solutions where republicans they want to shut the government if obamacare is not defunded. >> why do you explain that 53% of americans want to repeal the law? >> 20% don't think they didn't go far enough. those numbers are off. >> you asked for a solution and the solution is obvious. to go back to what existed in the government before the enactment of the entire medical stated. the reason it's not in constitution, individuals have a right to their own health care to provide for it, not to be obligated to take care of their neighbor. if we had a private health care system, it would be lower cost and higher quality. >> eric: coming up a "cashin' in" exclusive as calls to boycot

eric, you read it. >> eric: do i have to? pick up line for a dude?n because i can't micahan me crazy. >> brian: if you want a woman -- >> gretchen: dr. mcdreamy from "gray's anatomy" got the most votes. 35%. i think. >> brian: right. >> gretchen: said that he would be the guy they'd want. >> brian: we want to know if this study is correct by your book. what is your criteria for the perfect guy and we could change, eric, couldn't we? we could change. >> gretchen: you can always go to medical school. >> brian: right. we're thinking about it. >> eric: obamacare is going to ruin the whole doctor thing. >> brian: don't start talking down the study. straight ahead. >> gretchen: why couldn't americans understand one of the most important witnesses in the george zimmerman trial? this colombia professor had an idea. >> she was very articulate. i think people did understand her. she's speak black english. a lot of people think black english is bad gramar but that's like saying a cocker spaniel is a bad kind of saint bernard. they're different kinds of english.

>> eric: fox news alert. we are awaiting a news conference any moment now on the latest developments in the tragedy in san francisco. that crash that claimed two young lives, but miraculously spared so many others. the two who were killed were two 16-year-old teens from china. they were on their way to experience an american tradition, summer camp in california. they are the only two fatalities so far. but nearly 200 others are hospitalized with various injuries. 49 passengers are in critical condition at local hospitals. now, the investigation has begun for what caused that airliner to apparently hit a sea wall at the end of the sfo runway and break apart. good morning and welcome to america's news headquarters. >> jamie: we are glad you are with us. there is lots of news, including a press conferences and the national transportation safety board has recovered the black boxes from the boeing 777 as they continue to investigate. they began in the wee hours of the night. they hope to interview the crew today,

. >> eric: i'm eric shawn. the president doling with a looming budget battle with the fiscal cliffs and the debt ceilings that seem to be coming up every several months. the president will begin a series of speeches focusing on the economy, and the scandals he has termed as photocopiy. we have more in washington. >> reporter: good morning, eric. the fiscal year ends at the end of september, that means that we are headed for a debt ceiling showdown. between now and then, congress will take the august recess, which limits congress's time to get its work done. but republicans are determined to stave off more red ink and debt. they don't want a debt ceiling increase. if the government is closed to function, the obama administration will lay the blame at feet of the g.o.p., it is setting that groundwork right now. >> congress needs to do its work and not look for the last possible moment. nobody can take the riff of making a mistake. they should get back after their time off in august and finish their work and get i

eric? >> eric: jamie, the presidential race, 2016 is 3 years from now.lot of people are talking about the potential candidates. for a look behind the news. here's liz trotta. >> don't let your thoughts wander too far from the nation's politics. the mid-term and governor's elections await us in theqtqç f. but the attention of those who play professional politics is already fastened on the big one, namely who succeeds mr. obottom a. for democrats, there are the every present hillary and ever patient joe biden, which republican has the stuff to run the country is problematical. even if the heat has left you comatose. you know the names -- bush, paul, rubio, cruz, ryan and chris christie, already seen as a probable favorite. the governor of new jersey, who is part sherman tank, part tony soprano, has caught on as every man. the new york times intellectuallyized his perm, saying he is schooled in securities and a? >> they left-hand compliment. when the pressure was on him to be mitt romney's runningmate, the 50-year-old christie said, i don't think there is a

most importantly to me and eric, are we doing a good thing? here's how it breaks down.osts one chunk. labor, the inner sleeve, this much. design, box, packaging, this much. various sundry equipment and miscellaneous, another small chunk. chris, me and eric get a slice out of every bar. that leaves this much, which the retailer takes. chef bleeding heart hippie here has already convinced me to give whatever meager profits we make off our first bar to a local charity. >> what's unusual about these pods? these beans? >> extremely high quality flavor. >> thought not around for a while? >> this was over 120 years ago and now making a giant comeback for a choclatier, this is a once in a lifetime find. >> about 40% of the beans from these trees have white cacao beans mixed in. the rest are purplish in color. we heard of an ultra rare group of trees further up the mountains that produce pods of 100% all white pure beans and that's something that me and eric are very interested in down the road. but for now, don fortunato's daughter has prepared us a traditional peruvian mountai

eric? >> okay.wouldn't let me roll video of two of the worst opening -- the first pitch for the all-star game. first one was president obama, remember that, he throws like a girl, and carly ray jackson threw one out the other night, almost hit herself in the foot, that's how far it went. that was mine. i was trying to roll video. >> you should see mine. >> that's great. >> anyway, tom seivert. >> roberto. >> not going to say anything about that. the british columbia coroner has completed his autopsy on "glee" actor cory monteith, and he died as i was worried of overdose of heroin and alcohol. another star who is lost to drugs. that's one of hundreds, and it is a tragedy. that's all i've got to say. >> can you overdose on steroids? being very serious? you cannot overdose on steroids. >> sure you can. >> overdose? >> like die? >> you don't have to die -- >> but that's a point -- the difference between steroid and heroin. >> i think it can effect certain bodily organs. >> might be a bigger consideratio

it's just over half an hour. >> host: it was put together by eric draper. there is a forward by president george w. bush. mr. draper, in this book you asked the question, could a black kid from south-central los angeles be the photographer for the president of the united states? what is the answer to that question? >> guest: that's a big yes. >> host: how did you get the job? >> guest: well, back in 2000 i was as assigned by the associated press to cover the bush campaign because i was a staff photographer. that's my background is photo journalism. so i covered the campaign full time for 18 months nearly. >> host: did you get to know the president in, did you get to know the president in that kind of work? >> guest: you do. you do. you spend a lot of time on the road, mostly with other journalists and a lot of time with staff, campaign staff. i really didn't think about the job until actually after the election because you might remember the election wasn't decided that night and during the recount, well, that gave me the opportunity to pursue the position

designer chocolate bar business that eric got me into last year.efore we get all indiana jones, we're spending the time in lima. we like the capital city just fine. we are friends here. lima is the cultural hub and culinary capital of the country that has exploded in the last decade with scores of world class chefs, cooks, and restaurants. it has long been considered to be one of the best food scenes in all of south america. >> one of our friends here is chef restauranture. he is one of the best, most successful chefs in the country. his family is something of a beloved culinary dynasty in peru and a small fishing village about an hour south of lima is where they spend their weekends. >> his mom is like peru's julia childs, james beard rolled into one. >> thank you for having us. >> a caterer, cook book author, beloved icon of peruvian gastronomy. >> to say it's fortunate to enjoy her hospitalalty would be an understatement. >> warm, generous, welcoming beyond belief. >> we h lunch. >> it sounds like paradise. >> wow. look at this. >> every weekend

>> eric, that's not going to do it. look, detroit is a microkas ym of what could happen to the epitire united states. if the fundmental part of this, they have destroyed the inner city, you have a 47 percent illiteracy and functional illiteracy rates with the dults and allowed for people to vote for people who don't care and over tax and the way to cure this. johnathon is right about the second one. privatize everything. and take that art collection that is 3 billion, big number. and take privatize the fire department and privatize the police department and make them responsible and cut the budget down to what it can do and then go forward. >> and yeah, i will take it one step further, wayne. privatize the land and privatize detroit. eric, this city only has 700,000 and you have hundreds of inhabitated to the agerage. let private enterproiz handle all of those elements and i am telling you, it will tloif. >> maybe not private toys the full four department and police department but portion a and sell the land. i think it

>> eric this is all irrational. they are outraged. they can take it out on anything that is in their way. in the los angeles riot. they destroyed part of the businesses to support the community. they are not protesting and martin luther king. and gha ndi. it was always nonviolent. >> okay, we have spent how many minutes talking about something that says. >> remember the arizona boycott. nguys, roll video for ja mu. here is the video. this is not 5 or 10. these are cities in the country. and folks in south florida. it is. >> that is a hell of aediting job. we rerun the scones 15 times. >> why not put it on. >> and why should we find vandalism to a business in >> did you notice there was a tea party rally and the guy was caught being a racist on tape in >> no. i would refer you to. i don't think he represents the te authority a party. >> john? >> i deplo re racism. you can reason with people and trade with them as businesses do or throw a brick through the window and the so- called occupy protestors. coming up, it is not justor ame head

we're anxious to hear what eric holder is about to say. do we know where george zimmerman is right now? >> you know, wolf, no. it's like the where's waldo. no idea where george zimmerman is. when you hear from his attorneys, you understand why. zimmerman, for the last 16-plus months has received death threats. he has to take hiding -- go into hiding for his own safety. we do know, wolf, that his life is certainly different this monday. he's not wearing that ankle bracelet anymore, the gps ankle bracelet. he no longer has the 10:00 p.m. curfew that he had from the state. so now he is truly a free man but in hiding. certainly for his safety. >> do we know for sure that the actual gun that he used, that shot and killed trayvon martin, has now been returned to him? >> we don't have that entirely confirmed from my reporting at this point. we do know that it was in the custody of the state. we are waiting to get word on that. >> if you hear anything about that, let us know. george howell, reporting for us from sanford, florida. >>> in the afterm

and he said, eric, are you interested in history? and all i could say was, yes or. he said, the pictures you're making are very important. the one in a situation and the one here in the south lawn. and just as he said that, out of the corner of my eye, rumsfeld and cheney can walk out of the oval office and the president walked over to greet them, and they were deciding on the timing of the start of the war. chapter seven called to the world. i travele traveled to newly 70 y with president bush, and on this trip, i believe this was 2007, the presidents -- the president traveled to kosovo. there's a small town there, and he's the first american president to visit that country. as you can see they are very happy to see them. if such a unique moment. about the only time i've seen this many hands on the president. i'm sure the secret agents are -- [laughter] and the final chapter is called sprint to the finish. this is the moment the president leaves the oval office for the very last time, january 20, 2009. and i was there eight years earlier to the day when the preside

i'm jamie colby. >> eric: i'm eric shawn.dent doling with a looming budget battle with the fiscal cliffs and the debt

. >> eric: they go easy on these guys.t do crime stories. >> they go easy on them until they clobber them. >> eric: one thing in the sports pages and something else when you have a horrible situation like this. >> hernandez is discovering what it is like. >> my take on it these are role models. charles barkley said i am not a role model. hell, yes you are a role model. you look at hernandez with tattoos up and down his arms arms and his attitude is poisonous for young people of color. when they look for male examples of what success looks like, they see hernandez or they see charles barkley and these guys. if they are misbehaving. you know what you are supposed to replicated what to have a dowag on your head. i think it's absolutely wrong. i hope somebody would say it. >> eric: great point. great point. thank you. we need to move on to something else. conspiracy theories related to death of journalist. michael hastings was killed a car crash last month. it occurred about 4:00 in the morning. his 2010 rolling stone article,

eric mentioned this earlier.that -- the fbi investigated three dozen people to try to determine was there a racial bias, were there grounds to constitute a hate crime? their investigation came back negative. there was nothing that they could point to, no evidence to suggest that this was racially motivated or a hate crime. that's the problem with this. >> why was the fbi looking into it in first pace? >> the fbi -- under the direction of the department of justice and eric holder, they were called upon, investigate this, we think this is racially motivated and you have an obligation to do so to make sure there hasn't been civil rights violations and this is a number of groups that came forward requesting this in the ncaa. they decided not to file charges. eric mentioned came forward and said we would file it anyway. even though the investigator at the state level said there were no any state charges. they are going to have to find some way to conjure this up and maybe -- i just don't see how they can say a good fa

of stone gate and editor of the libertarian republic dot com and in new york we cross to eric draitser he is the founder of stop imperialism dot org all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it eric in new york do you like the term mcdonnell as ation of the economy you like it dislike it indifferent well the term is sort of something that is very recognizable particularly in the united states many of us remember in the one nine hundred eighty. you know mcdonald's had become sort of emblematic of what low wage jobs were that the mcdonald's work was essentially the lowest one could possibly imagine of course this is a mythology but that was sort of implanted in the popular culture in the united states at that time and i think that recently we've seen symbols such as wal-mart sort of take over that mantle of the low wage exploitative employer but certainly the term mcdonald the zation i think people get the idea that in the united states what we're seeing is a conversion of the economy from what was traditionally a

eric, you made this point about the royals and does it add up for the queen of england. is england getting more attention than this. say the sun never set on the british. >> if they won the world cup. >> my wife called and said did you see the baby. i said yeah, i saw the baby. she said is it cute? i said as far as babies go it is cute. >> not when first born. my son was ugly looking. >> it is an evolutionary technique created by natural selection. >> puppies are cute. >> that's so you don't drown them. >> they're not cute when they first come out. >> babies are very cute. >> not the first 30 seconds, they're not. i'm telling you, man, ew. they have stuff all over them. >> doesn't she look great, kate middleton? >> i think she's the most beautiful woman in the world, i really do. >> what about the woman you ran into on the street. >> close second. now what's happening to me now is i'm supposed to countdown exactly the minutes, probably have to be careful. i wanted to ask greg -- >> yes. >> i don't want to ask you a question. >> i lived in england. that's why i asked you

president obama and eric holder brought it in. instead of doing that, lead out of it, instead of inject more. >> it triggered a debate on race we have not been willing to have in this country. >> you're right. why? because every time somebody says we need to have a conversation about race, the translation is we must agree with you about it. if you were to talk about families, self reliance, that's construed as racist, expecting normal behavior is construed as bigoted who make a living off this. >> people are scared, and it is not just those that are black, people in the black community don't want to speak up like bill cosby. juan williams echoed what bill o'reilly said, gave great advice not just for blacks, but also for whites, wait to get married, don't have kids out of wedlock, it is the fastest path to poverty. eric holder and barack obama had every opportunity afforded to them. president obama's black father left him when he was two years old. his white mother raised him. he had every opportunity to go to school. yet he ident

>> listen, the whole thing eric, to ja mu's point. private enterprise and theyave information already. but they don't abuse it. you have a medicare fraud already with the government who is abusing the taxpayers to the extentf 75 billion. that is an insane number and it will get worse. >> they not only abuse approximate it but they sell. it talking about solution. what is your solution? if it is what republicans want to shut down the government if obama is not defunded that is not tenable. >> and why is the fact that 53 percent of the americans want to repole. >> 20 percent think it did not go far enough. those numbers are off. >> john? >> jamushgs asked for a solution. go back to what exists inthis country before the medical entitlement state. it is not in the constitution. individuals have the right for their own health care and not obligated to take care of the neighbor. it would thriveprivate. we haven't had it 50 years and we are going in a difre direction. coming up, calls are growing to coming up, calls are growing to boycott ru

let's go to eric go ahead reply. you can distort you can distort the history all you want but i mean people remember their basic history at least in the united states or hopefully some people do the minimum wage just like child labor laws just like the right to unionize these are part of the legacy of the new deal of the one nine hundred thirty s. of labor struggle labor struggle in the midst of a depression of world historical proportions and you're trying to tell me that somehow the minimum wage is destructive. to workers this is nonsense it goes against not only logic and reason i think it goes against basic morality and frankly i think that more reality is something that is missing from your entire ideology the only morality it seems that you're interested in is the morality of wealth and profits and you can you can shroud everything you say in this you know pull yourself up by your bootstraps nonsense but again ask the people of the united kingdom what the what the thatcherite policies did ask the people of the

my initial reaction to eric holder's speech was a negative one.said i said a bad word in the green room, i didn't, i never do. >> that's not true. >> but everybody in life brings their personal experiences to whatever job they currently have, so when we are here, i can talk about something from wyoming or my time in government and you can talk about time in business, bob has been on campaigns. everybody brings personal experiences. i think what eric holder experienced, talked about being stopped when he was running because he was late for a movie, those things do stick with you. president obama appointed him, a lot of us can disagree with some of the decisions he's made, on this one in particular, i disagree with what he did, i don't think they're going to bring a case ultimately, i think they had to say what they said because president obama had already inserted himself, and the anger against them had they so great, it would have clouded everything. i think in two weeks no one talks about it. >> the word you used in the green room? do you want to

kristen and eric? >> a brushfire is under control near orinda park after breaking out near grisly peak boulevard. it burned two acres. >> pg&e is issuing an alert to conserve energy today in effect from noon to 7:00 p.m. with officials saying the hot weather is overtaxing the power grid. it could lead to blackouts if there is fire or the plant is forced off line, the peak energy demand of 47.5 thousand mega watts close to the report in 2006. >> it is day two of the bart strike and next we have team coverage of the stalled contract negotiations and what both sides are saying fill take to get them started. >> there is a change in how bart will move people around. we will have the details you need next. >> a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, still light even for >> abc7 news starts right now. >> day two of the bart strike of the it is now 4:29. thank you so much for joining us. >> leyla gulen is following the traffic. >> good morning, kristen and eric. at 4:29 we have a car fire slowing things down and a

eric, how about you? flight attendant call button and let the flight attendant work that thing out. >> i think she had to have been on something because i don't know a single woman who can sleep on a plane. all the guys can fall asleep right away. >> i did this one time. when i moved to england on the flight from the united states to england, there was someone going from atlanta. i leaned over and the next thing i knew i had fallen asleep. they were nice to me, though. >> what you've got to do is poke them. then there's the people that pretend they're asleep and they're not. like the guys that pretend. oh, i'm so sorry, i fell asleep. i'm like really? >> can we get a closeup of her shirt? i mean her dress? >> no, we cannot. >> what did you do with the rest of that material? >> what are you talking about? >> look at it. >> it's perfectly fine, bob. >> you're talking about earlier in the dressing room. >> there are too many thoughts in my head looking at that picture that i want to keep my job, so i'm going

i'm eric shawn. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> we've been watching this situation for a couple of days. hard to believe how bad it's gotten. i'm jamie kobe. it is great to have you here this morning. secretary of state john kerry is calling this a, quote, pivotal moment for egypt as the new military backed government is clashing with supporter of ousted president mohamed morsi. secretary kerry is urging egyptian leaders to act immediately to help their country take a step back from the brink. conner powell is live from our mideast bureau with the very latest. connor, tell us more. >> jamie, there's been calling to have an inquiry investigation into saturday's silence. those aren't likely to do much to calm tensions in egypt which appear to be getting worse and worse. in an effort to clear out the muslim brotherhood from the streets and end their nationwide protest in support of now deposed former president mohamed morsi, the egyptian military opened fire on peaceful demonstrations yesterd

clair shores, michigan, eric henze, now, eric you're not allowed to perform in your talent show, why?because the principal said it was inappropriate. >> jimmy: oh, my gosh, what did you say when you heard this news? >> i said it is not inappropriate, it is really funny. >> jimmy: exactly, exactly, but the principal stood firm and said you may not do this in the school talent show, what did your friends say about this? >> they said i should do it. >> jimmy: now did you do it for them, have your own little talent show? >> no. >> jimmy: so you had nowhere to turn, and here you are right now. so in a way, you would say i saved your life. you -- what do you want to be when you grow up? >> a cop. >> jimmy: oh really? and when you are a cop, will you arrest the principal who made this terrible decision? >> no. >> jimmy: you will not? why wouldn't you do that? >> because i don't want to like make her mad. because she didn't do that much. >> jimmy: she didn't do that much to make you mad. and you still have to deal with her next year when you go back to school, right? >> yeah. >> jimmy: do you

press secretary jay carney today confirms that president obama is firmly behind attorney general eric holder opinion that "stand your ground" need to be changed in the name of gun-control. here is the spokesman earlier today. >> the laws that we see on the books ought to be reviewed a and examined whether or not they reduce the problem of gun violence or in denver and they make it worse. we need to examine those laws and examine them with a gold mine to reduce gun violence. lou: al sharpton takes it further speaking at the naacp conference, he proclaims "stand your ground" law themselves are a violation of civil rights and claims "stand your ground" for the shooting ignoring all together that it has nothing to do with the is a brendon defense team argument. >> there is a lot in this state called "stand your ground" that is the worst violation of civil-rights of state law in this country. and until we can overturn "stand your ground" we risk other trayvon martin and what we must do is to stand up and deal with the civil rights investigation to end "stand your ground" at the same time.

as you can afford all these that eric go ahead. and i think somebody will say that but we're not better off than another nine hundred seventy real wages have declined since one thousand nine hundred sixty eight in fact median income continues to go down over the last three years the obama administration gets out there touting some kind of an economic recovery and people want to point to the stock market when every one any economist worth his salt understands that the that the stock market increases are directly tied to quantitative easing to fed federal reserve policy not to any kind of economic recovery and certainly not to any kind of naturally occurring free market principles this is the. president of iran reserves ok austin. in washington you know i want to talk i want to say that we agree here eric because i think the issue here is you're talking about the federal reserve's policies and one of the things that has declined since the one nine hundred seventy s. is the value of the dollar with the federal reserve quantitative eas

eric. but here's where i draw the line. i guess it's my training, my background, whatever you want to call it. i have the luxury of not caring about that part. what i do care about is that the guy, snowden, took valuable american intelligence and he took it to our enemies. i don't care what else he thought he might be doing. what bothers me that eric, respectfully you can't knowledge, most people cannot imagine, because they would never -- will never be there, is what scares me is that maybe a guy like snowden, or even snowden, has a list, has intelligence outing guys like me. what i used to do. because i -- >> you're voicing the concern of a huge portion of the population. here's my concern, though. let's just say -- i don't know what they're going to do. they may have information. they may have phone calls. they may have actual dialogue they can access. they may have lists of people who bought guns. they may use that and sell it. i don't know. but they violated the constitution by getting it. my concern is, if there's no

. >> cenk: now eric, that goes to your expertise eric bohlert from media matters.connect the dots the media would have to tell them. >> right. >> cenk: how do you think the media is reacting to all of this? >> there would have to be context, but no, the way the media cycle works nothing is connected. everything just happens independently. everything happens in a silo. the good news, the bad news, that's one of the things that the press does so poorly is connect the dots. specifically on climate change you know, we waste probably about ten years in this country with the he said-she said debate about climate change. you know, there were sort of these climate denier kooks. they were given fair time because nobody didn't want to be biased and leave anybody out of the discussion. we wasted a decade giving these people national platform when they didn't deserve one. there is a consensus now within the mainstream press that you don't need to include a climate denier quote when you write an article about catastrophic theories or hypothesises that we face or clear evidence

attorney general eric holder sent a letter to the russian government on friday assuring that snowden didn't qualify for asylum because of the leakers claims that he would face torture and the death penalty if he returned holder says those claims are untrue holder said quote first the united states would not seek the death penalty for mr snowden should he be returned to the united states second mr snowden will not be tortured torture is unlawful in the united states but are snowden's concerned so unfounded holder's promise notwithstanding the united nations characterize the u.s. government's treatment of first class private bradley manning as cruel inhumane and degrading during his profile detainment that treatment included locky manning up alone for twenty three hours a day and forcing him to strip naked at night eric holder isn't the only one taking action taking action to bring snowden stateside in the senate on thursday evening u.s. sanctions against any country offering asylum snowden passed unanimously in committee the sanctions introduced by south carolina senator lindsey graha