i ran away from philadelphia to fort lauderdale when i was 15, and gave birth to my oldest daughter and was labeled a habitual runaway by judge mark speiser. over the next years, i struggled with my addiction, giving birth to a son and another daughter. finally, in my late thirties, i ended up homeless, living under bridges, and i finally started going to jail. it was jail that actually saved my life, because that is where i met broward county drug court judge marcia beach, who loved me, and so i could love myself. she placed me in the sheriff's 90-day in-custody treatment program. the time there helped save my life. the last 30 days of the 90 days i did something i had never done before in my entire life. i made a plan. today, i'm an intern for intherooms.com. we are the world's largest recovery web site with over 260,000 people worldwide, sharing their experience, strength, and hope with each other, and it's powerful. today, i'd like to tell you that i'm an asset, not a liability. today, i'm a face and voice in and of recovery, and thank you for having me. (applause) on behalf of the

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i would paid and have a party on the way down the fort lauderdale gerri: you get what you pay 46 you what you pay for. you make a good point. thanks for coming of tonight. and everybody can relate to the results. thank you so much. >> thank you. gerri: now we want to know what you think. which airline is the worst? american, delta, southwest, united, or do you have another favorite? log on to gerriwillis.com. a vote on the right-hand side of the screen and elsewhere results of the end of the show. the mother of all bus stops, and taxpayers across the country, including you, are picking of the tab. check out this one in arlington virginia. this cost $1 million. it does not even the shield you from the rain. despite being checked out with future -- futuristic architecture and an electronic scheduling board, he did cement floors, it does little to shield commuters from wind and rain. how deep is his waistcoat and a master's cretaceous system? president of citizens against government waste joins me now with details. what to you make of this? >> not a big surprise. between 1996 and 2010,

radio guy in fort lauderdale minestrone. i want what we're about to give you never seen anything like this i'm told. i'm going on i'm abby martin and this is breaking the set folks the american economy is barely climbing out of the great recession unemployment remains high the latest job numbers are low and on top of all that it's tax season for millions of american families is a very discouraging time in fact near as moose and paul was just revealed that fifty four percent of americans no longer believe it's possible for a person to work hard and get rich in this country. you know why they called the american dream because like george carlin said you have to be asleep to believe it on that note or break the set. of the total number of users you cover sheet or anything like that. just yesterday former british prime minister margaret thatcher passed away for those of you who are avid corporate media watchers your impression of her legacy might look something like this. i think she's the probably the greatest prime minister of

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holdings include the two largest papers in florida the orlando sentinel and the sun sentinel in fort lauderdale on saturday the state of florida announced that it is suing b.p. and halliburton over the two thousand and ten deepwater horizon oil spill which happened three years ago saturday so will the merits of this lawsuit or debate over future laws regulating oil explore exploration refinement transportation will these debates take place in these big florida newspapers perhaps and if they are then then being alone. koch industries seems like a win for the oil barons three years ago the nation suffered its worst environmental disaster ever with the b.p. oil spill in the gulf today tar sands oil flows in wetlands across mayflower arkansas all a result of another oil pipeline accident and now with policy debates raging about more pipelines and cutting carbon emissions the biggest players in america's dirty fossil fuel industry the koch's want to control at least some of the media coverage of these oil disasters by purchasing influential newspapers now having said all of that today is earth day s

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radio guy in fort lauderdale minestrone. quote for about fifteen years you've never seen anything like this i'm told. what's good folks welcome to breaking the said man will rob lowe filling in for abby martin you know these days it seems that everything in this country boils down to budget cuts thanks to the a steady measures that we call sequestration one of the victims of these cuts is the department of energy's nuclear nonproliferation program you know the folks trying to limit the spread of nuclear weapons well according to foreign policy magazine under the white house's twenty four thousand federal budget the program would be cut by twenty percent seems like an odd move considering the u.s. has been working tirelessly to try to keep other countries from acquiring nuclear weapons namely north korea and iran but that's not all your bomb administration is on board with new spending to the sum of five hundred million dollars to upgrade the already existing nuclear web.

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holdings include the two largest papers in florida the orlando sentinel and the sun sentinel in fort lauderdale on saturday the state of florida announced that it is suing b.p. and halliburton over the two thousand and ten deepwater horizon oil spill which happened three years ago saturday. so will the merits of this lawsuit or debate over future laws regulating oil explore exploration refinement transportation will these debates take place in these big florida newspapers perhaps and if they are then then being owned by koch industries seems like a win for the oil barons three years ago the nation suffered its worst environmental disaster ever with the b.p. oil spill in the gulf today tar sands oil flows in wetlands across mayflower arkansas all a result of another oil pipeline accident and now with policy debates raging about more pipelines and cutting carbon emissions the biggest players in america's dirty fossil fuel industry the koch's want to control at least some of the media coverage of these oil disasters by purchasing influential newspapers now having said all of that today is earth da

worse you're going through the white house soup of the day the radio guy in fort lauderdale minestrone. what clothes were about to give you never seen anything like this i'm told. it's going on everyone i mean martin and this is going to set well after senator rand paul's epic filibuster in the senate where it seemed like he was actually objecting to drones i saw something that caught me by surprise the fox news poll said that if the government wants to take down an imminent threat and using drones on u.s. soil is ok with him yourself. here's the stink should neal i've never argued against any technology being used when you have an imminent threat an active crime going on if someone comes out of a liquor store with a weapon in fifty dollars in cash i don't care if a drone kills him or a policeman kills him wait a minute what he doesn't seem to draw in mexico much of a distinction between a common criminal and an enemy combatant but wait paul issued a statement just last night reinforcing this view.

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martha: we're watching breaking news coming out of the fort lauderdale, florida.s is off of hendrix i'll near fort lauderdale. a boat caught fire and spread to another vessel. there is one person injured in this ongoing situation. their condition is not known. we'll get you more information. that is the scene, folks standing around in the neighborhood trying to figure out what happened. whether or not they can put this out. >>> plus trying to recover from the heartbreak in the small town of west, texas. why people are still waiting to hear when they can get in to find out what they can salvage there. >> our house, all the windows everything, it sounded like a bomb. there is like a bomb on 35. i don't know what is going on. >> they're going to have to do something. we don't have a place to say. [ male announcer ] how do you measure happiness? by the armful? by the barrelful? e carful? how about...by the bowlful? campbell's soups give you nutrition, energy, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. progressive direct and othe

. >> boynton beach, florida, is a bedroom community, located between two cities, fort lauderdale andlm beach. with its waterways, manicured lawns, and tall palm trees dotting the landscape, it's a beautiful place to settle down and raise a family. >> we moved in this neighborhood about 16 years ago. we moved in the house when it was brand new. it seems to be a very nice community. lots of children around. lots of activities for the children to do. and it seems to be generally warm, and everybody seems to know other people. >> reporter: but although the community promotes a sense of peace and tranquility, like most places, it also has an underside. >> we have everything from the low-income drug crimes all the way up to white-collar frauds. >> and one spring morning jean's home becomes a boynton beach crime statistic. burglars crawl through a doggie door located in the kitchen. they think no one sees them. but miles away, someone is watching. >> i was at the office. i wasn't there. i was watching a live video feed of my house. and there was a man in my house, and he was robbing me. >>

to fort lauderdale? >> no, i didn't. -- we would go to tampa but we wouldn't like, you know -- it wasn't like a "girls gone wild" thing or anything. you know, we were training twice a day and so -- >> jimmy: i always want to do crew. >> really? >> jimmy: "dead poet's society"? >> yeah, well i was the coxswain. i was the guy yelling at the people. >> jimmy: yeah. >> anyway -- >> jimmy: wait, what? there's a man yelling at people? >> yeah. >> jimmy: where? >> in the -- >> jimmy: one of the guys yells? >> yeah, one person is looking the right way. everyone else is facing the wrong way, rowing. i'm just yelling. >> jimmy: so is the wind facing your back? >> i don't know. yeah. >> jimmy: i'm very interested in this. >> the boat is going -- i'm facing the way the boat is going because i'm steering the boat. >> jimmy: lemme draw the boat. i'm gonna draw the boat, here. here's the boat. >> i'm steering the boat and they're just rowing. >> jimmy: here's the boat. >> yeah. >> jimmy: here's a bunch of rowers. how many people are on

i remember the first tournament i used it was down in eagle trace in fort lauderdale and it was a windy day and i had a puck that was this long and about the third hole the wind blew the putter into the ball and i hit it that far short of the hole on the six inch put and i said wow. anyway, i fiddled around, tried a couple more and when i got to augusta i actually started putting really well. and i wasn't hitting the ball very well but in augusta i started hitting the ball well and i couldn't make a put for the first day or two. i guess that happens, you start doing one thing well and the next one leaves you. about the third round i started making some puts and the fourth round i hit the ball well and rolled the table with -- >> but you started sunday morning at what? >> i think i was four shots back about eight players. >> eight players ahead. you were ninth and four shots back at the end of the front nine? >> i hasn't moved a lot. front nine i shot one under. i remember -- i love the story because it got me going. i was standing and i hit it about 12 feet, maybe 14 feet. i was just ab

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from forts lauderdale, florida. a few tweets. jodi writes -- from gary stewart. the phone lines are open this morning. we will go to carson, calif. on the democratic line. good morning. i believe the judge's ruling should stand. personally, my experience was at 14 years old. was impregnated by an in-law of the family. it was a rape, not my doing. i had to drop out of school. it took us across the border to mexico to be married. it was a situation that i had to stay in until i was almost 18, one month before i got out and left and never went back. time.a very hard i ended up having two children in that relationship. it was hard all my life raising those children. i did. i worked for 49 years. i am now 75 and retired, but this is not something that had to happen. howle do not understand girls are in this position, especially at very young ages. host: thanks for the call. we appreciate your insight. john writes on twitter -- that will take us to the "daily news" editorial yesterday which did not agree with the decision. phone lines and twitter are open. the bill is

he is a student of westminster academy in fort lauderdale, florida. he is the second prize winner in cams year's student competition. >> we talk about crisis. i think education in america may be in a crisis. >> what about education and united states? ? is that going in the right direction? wax no. -- >> no. if that is a very tough problem. , test graduating class scores fell. reading drop to the lowest level in four decades. >> the children in our schools today will be the first generation of children who are less educated than their parents. >> freedom is like a secret ingredient that makes america special. freedom is what america is about. freedom has enabled the greatest minds to dare to mount and it has enabled america to become a country of innovation. freedom has allowed us to explore into the unknown. it has allowed us to become the strongest nation in the world. but what is the driving force behind freedom? education. without education, great man would not dare to speak up. without education, our forefathers would not be able to establish the

debbie, fort lauderdale, florida. she is a republican. caller: hi, katrina. how are you?st: fine, how is florida? ander: it is raining today i'm a middle-class american, what we need to do is grow our $.33my is tax wall street on every transaction. europe is going to do this. this do not do this, country is doomed. this is a republican speaking. i am telling everybody to vote out every single republican that does not agree with this. guest: debbie, i love that idea and i have written about it at ."e "nation i think the idea of the robin hood tax, financial transaction tax, speculation tax, it is an idea whose time has come. it is taxing a penny, worth three pennies on every hundred itlar transfer of stock, and would slow down the speculative machine, and depending on which legislation you go with, it would provide maybe 350 billion dollars or more over 10 years from and the great thing and i am so glad you are republican -- this is the moment. there is a lot of talk about how we cannot have bipartisanship. i think we can find bipartisanship or even trans- barthes and ship

the fort lauderdale fire department used foam and water to put out the flame.re was one injury, a man who was burned. they are not life-threatening injuries. both boats, 35 footers a total loss. no word on what caused the fire to break out, jenna. you'd think that the fumes may have had something to do with it. but we are just not sure. the fire department spokesman says it did not appear to be anything suspicious. back to you. jenna: thank you. jon: court action today in the canadian terror plot to blow up a passenger train that runs between new york city and toronto. investigators say the suspects got support from al-qaida he will apartments in iran but there is no evidence the iranian government was behind the blot. iran is not only saying it had nothing to do with this moth, it also denied that al-qaida has any presence within its bode tkers. do you believe that? let's ask ambassador john bolton, former u.s. ambassador to the united nation -gs hanna fox news contributor. no surprise i suppose that the iranians deny any official involvement, or even unoffici

it's set to announce in baltimore, austin, fort lauderdale and washington. you you can board before everyone else. but elite frequent flyers and passengers in higher class, well they still get to board before you. >> american is not the first to try this. alaska and frontier already give boarding priority to customers without carry-ons. it makes a lot of economic sense. airlines collected over a billion dollars in baggage fees and they're losing money when planes sit on the ground. if more people check their bags, revenues go up and the boarding process moves faster. >> american stresses for now this is just a test. >> all right. so they're probably still partying somewhere in louisville. everywhere in louisville. >> yes. >> check out the fans who took to the streets after last night's victory coming up we'll hear from coach pitino, kevin ware, and the game's mvp. [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in t

i have seen a lot of them down coming out of the port of miami and fort lauderdale. they dwarf any fishing boat down there, craig. i think there is a difference in cost and operations and aifrlings plus i get back to the fact for me, those fishermen are paying taxes, i am sure paying business taxes, income taxes and sales taxes, these damn cruise boats aren't. they are not american ships. they are ships coming into americanports, they are not paying american taxes. they are free loaders and no they want us to take care them and coddle them and rescue them and not reimburse us. louisiana, i have been there. john. what do you say? >> good morning, bill. i agree and i don't agree with you. false you refer to it as a tradition. it's more -- i think anybody on the high seas or even in the waters would look at it as an obligation to help any vessel in distress. >> by the way, i would agree with that, too. if you don't do it, shame on you. right? >> what you do. >> sure, but i think the other gentleman hit the nail on the head that coming into u.s. waters, they are required

in fort lauderdale, florida. caller: i want to see if there is any information i had read about a third accomplice. i am wondering if there was anything else that could be brought to the public's attention up at third accomplice, if indeed he does exist. host: this is an ongoing investigation and i am sure there's a lot more information that will be coming out about the investigation and the pursuit of this alleged second bomber. patriotledger.com, "caught" is the headline. pittsburgh, pennsylvania on our line for independence -- caller: i was concerned we are still not prepared after all of the incidents we had not only with the shootings but explosions. i feel they were unprepared. with all of the police we still have this tragedy. aggression learn from the israelis and take precautions in more public theaters and auditoriums. host: what kind of precautions are you talking about? there should of been more at the finish line. they should have been ready to prevent strange begs or boxes from being dropped in the

host: another tom, in fort lauderdale, florida. also in support. caller: good morning.ould it be possible to make our tax system more complex? look at all the taxes we have. i could be sitting in the office of my home one thing to do the right thing, fill out my tax form, and be made to feel like a wrong.l for doing trompit when is somebody going to say enough is enough? let's go to a value added tax. let's go to some tax that takes the onus off of the honest hard- that takesizen -- the burden away from all this craziness. if you had a value added tax, you would not have to ask the question should there be a sales tax? it's already there. then the playing field would be level. what is it about our government that it has to be complex? host: all right. in other news this morning, president obama slated to head to texas on thursday. here's the associated press this morning -- we will be covering that dedication of the library here on c-span tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern time at. excuse me, wen -- have an interview with george and laura bush airing tonight at 10:00 p.m. on

he has a student of westminster academy in fort lauderdale, florida. >> we talk about crisis, education in america may be in crisis. >> what about education in the united states? is that going in the right direction? >> that is a very tough problem. >> the college board found that in the graduating class of 2012, test scores fell in two of the three sections. rating dropped the lowest levels in four decades. -- leading a drive to the lowest levels in four decades. dropped to then lowest levels in four decades. >> freedom is like the secret ingredient that makes america special. freedom is what america is about. freedom has enabled the greatest minds to dare to know and as an able to america to become a country of innovation. freedom has allowed us to explore into the unknown, it has allowed us to become the strongest nation in the world. what is the driving force behind freedom? education. without education, a great man will not dare to speak up. without education, our forefathers would not be able to establish a free nation. that is why i believe education is the most important element

host: republican, fort lauderdale, florida. , i am calling in because i have a question for the senator. marco that he applauded rubio this weekend. hi. he applauded the senator, marco rubio, and what i want to know to includebio's plan a comprehensive immigration reform -- i say this because right now cubans are arriving on our shores and automatically, within a few days, they are moved to the front of the line. they get the legal documentation, which means a cuban can never be called illegal. they automatically get food stamps, but a care, housing stipend, at a cash stipend. so how can we say that people who have been waiting here, who have been living under the shadows for decades, should be pushed back onto five years when cubans get to move forward? know more clearly about the treatment of cuban refugees from the castro dictatorship in florida than i do. so i do not want to challenge you on the fact there. that would you say is absolutely correct, and i have no reason to doubt that. need to dotill something to enforce the border and to make sure that our system of employment is acc

fort lauderdale. independence line. >> how are you? opposing anyy changes to the second amendment. it is a tragedy what happened. withas nothing to do targeting law-abiding citizens, like myself. the president is overreacting. withhe method he is using those unfortunate families, shame on him. he has acted that way and many other ways. i do not support it. gun laws thatet need to be reinforced. look at what happened in boston. come on. >> thank you for your comments. a couple more minutes for your phone calls. also, your tweets. here is one from alan. he says -- here's a gun control idea. prosecute criminals who failed the background checks. another one from california. i just watched obama speech on gun control. it was incredibly legible to watch. disappointed, if not surprised that a number of shameful and epic failure by the u.s. senate. another said, don't let the door hit you on the way out. republican. go ahead. -- in whatbelieve in they did. ,or gun control in this country i do not believe but the senators did. i believe the president of the united states has the power to ov

may is in fort lauderdale, florida. sayer: i just want to illegal immigration has destroyed my family. they have destroyed the family that made under $30,000 a year. i wake up every morning and worry about my children. they do not have jobs. are you going to do about my kids in 10 years that cannot draw social security, do not have a pension, never had a job because illegal .mmigration, they have the jobs guest: with all due respect, i do not think your anger should be focused on undocumented immigrants. i think it should be focused on the economic system that is failing working-class americans. it is failing to invest in the future and job creation, failing retirement security like social security and pensions. that is where the problem is. you get rid of all of the undocumented immigrants, you still have a system where your kids in 10 years may live in the dire way you suggested. i would place your energy and anger on the system that is not working and find ways to drive changes that would improve the conditions of yo