and also my husband takes it-- gene brown. he takes it for his neck and his shoulders and it helped tremendously. he has so much problem because he does construction work and he would be in the evening time in lots of pain. and that is not happening right now. >> i drive between seven and eight hours every day and sitting behind the wheel has taken a toll on my back, which i've had a problem with for over 40 years. and driving the limo has made it worse and since i've started using omega xl, it has helped considerably. i've used several other products, some of which i really don't want to take, but nothing has worked as well as omega xl. >> so i started taking the product. i immediately noticed my energy level changing. i would drag in the morning, i would be tired. i found myself jumping right out of bed and getting myself ready to go to work. i also noticed probably on the fifth day of taking the product, pains in my leg stopped. >> dorothy: it's really important that we do take care of our bodies, and if there's preventativ

brown men. >> that struck me too when gene said that this morning on "morning joe." there was a stark contrast, lynn, eric holder saying essentially the justice system is broken. >> announce today that the justice department will take a series of significant actions to recalibrate america's federal criminal justice system. we will start by fundamentally rethinking the notion of mandatory minimum sentences for drug-related crimes. >> there's no decision that has ever made that is not without controversy, but your reaction to that decision yesterday. >> well, holder said it very well when he said we are coldly efficient in our incarceration efforts in the united states and he wants to uncuff judges and let them use their discretion in sentencing especially for these nonviolent drug offenders who aren't part of a drug cartel. my reaction he wants to make this as part of his legacy. we know has been discussed a lot of these defenders in federal prisons are african-americans and holder cited a study yesterday that african-american men get 20% longer sentences than white m

gene. >> reporter: the cemetery of the victims of the 19 8 attack still browning mourners.y say they had to wait for years to get help because saddam hussein was allowed to deny them help during his time in power. they said that long wait must not be repeated in syria. >> at least one person is dead and dozens of others injured after a bomb ripped through a military boss in yemen. the explosion occurred sunday morning. the bus was carrying aviation cacadets and air force officers. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. >>> heading to pakistan for the first high level meeting with the government, karzai wil say y will talk about the withdrawal from afghanistan next year. >> reporter: he says both countries want security. >> so the people of afghanistan and pakistan are safe from acts of terrorism so our relationship gets better and these two countries can live in a brotherly and peaceful manner. >> reporter: afghan officials say this spring pakistan sent hundred dollars of fighters in its tribal areas to battle afghan security forces. it's the first year th

gene. president ford liked to talk golf with him. he saw eight presidential administrations come and go, often working six days a week. he was there while america's racial history was being remade, brownthe board of education, the little rock school crises, the 1963 march on washington, the city's burning, the civil rights bills, the assassinations. when he started at the white house in 1952 he couldn't even use the public restrooms when he ventured back to his native virginia. the writer of that article, wil haygood joins us now. he's also the author of the new book "the butler: a witness to history." ronald reagan knew eugene allen from his father's white house years. wil, i remember that tremendous column you wrote. i think we all do. how did you first get on to the story? >> i had wanted to find somebody who worked in the white house during the era of segregation because i thought that then senator obama was going to win. i just felt it in my gut. and so i launched a nationwide search, looking for someone, and someone down in florida told me about this man who they thought had served in three administrations. when i finally tracked down mr. allen after 57 phone calls, he let me kn