a spokesperson for the city of houston. i advocate for houston. with that said, i was an activist for a long time. i have a clear public track record in support of equal marriage and in support of employment and nondiscrimination and in the passage of nondiscriminating ordinances. it is on my list that i want to check off. up, we have arap couple of questions on social media. the questioner wants to know how you have used social media to connect with supporters whether they are near or far? not much of a social media person. .on't tell anybody the staff handles the facebook page. et.o twe the first rule is to never attend national never pretend or let someone else -- the first rule is to never pretend or let someone else tweet for you. i put my initial there so people know it's mean. one of the challenges is that it is right there in your hand in the moment whether you're happy or angry. you hit that send button and it is always dangerous. mayor, they want the real you. they want to be connected to you and get a sense of what you're feeling. every

she is daughter of acclaimed director john houston and granddaughter of oscar actor walter houston. angelica has carved out an impressive acting career of her own including her oscar-winning directed by her father as well as roles in the addams family and lonesome dove. it is an honor to finally have you on this program. >> thank you so much, tavis. got thisen i first book, which is a good sign, i stared at the photo on the cover. can you push on that? -- the eyes are the window to the soul. what is in your soul that day? your eyes are so expressive. >> i was new in new york. i just met the man i was going to spend the next four years with. my mother had recently died. so i think there was a lot of sadness in me at that time. and also new beginnings. i was young. you say sadness, but given her your father was, your grandfather and lineage, what is who hasr a white girl been raised in the environment that you were raised in to be sad about. motherd lost my recently. it was a very deep sadness for me. something i think you don't really recover from at any age. at 17, it was a huge thi

[indiscernible] [indiscernible] from.s where it is coming >> copy tom in houston -- copy, houston? >> copy that, rick. [indiscernible] it is completely -- [indiscernible] rick.y, we have no video, rick. if you can continue your description. >> ok. they are pretty good size particles, much bigger than anything we have seen. [indiscernible] all around the pump module, and looks like. i cannot see it everywhere. [indiscernible] big chunks, big chunks. diameter? >> lots of little ones, some big ones. >> it may be slowing down now. it is hard to tell. >> about a six minute process, four- to six-minute process or so. [indiscernible] where we're seeing it come from is where we would expect to. >> standby. >> it is likely coming from the outside of the trusts and maybe bouncing back and coming back your way -- from outside the truss. [indiscernible] this is mission control houston. to quickly recap. after utilizing some ingenious techniques, mastracchio and one of or able to demate the fluid lines hooked up to a jumper box, an interim box to maintain the flow of ammonium through the coolin

take houston, texas, for example, where inventories fell to an historying low. that's why they're not all that worried about these rising rates. charles builds homes with his brother. he's in front of one of the homes that he builds, rates might go up, the stock market soared so i decided we're going to talk to you because you're where the rubber hits the road. you're in the business of building houses and people want to buy them. what do you take away from today? >> um, you know, i think what happens is the rate will go up. but i think people will adjust their mindset. i think anything under 6% i think we're going to be safe. a lot of people, it's a mindset of its 4%, and while i got 4.25 and they can't wait to tell their friends. but i think it doesn't really make that much of a difference as far as payment as it bumps up a half point depending on the price of the home. what we're doing down here in houston, what i'm doing ask it's a higher priced home, and a lot of these people are paying cash or putting more money down and they're really not financing that m

. >>> and coming up, the warriors in houston, a very important game in houston. they're going to go up and down. we'll have the highlights, check in on the 49ers, and there was also a race between charles barkley and more fun. >> and stay tuned for inside edition, bella lawson admits to taking drugs herself, but find out who else, and beyonce's new visual album, why she release today without any fan fair tonight after the news. ♪ could it be? ♪ no presents beneath the tree? ♪ ♪ wait a minute, now i see ♪ my gifts are above me ♪ that's my kind of holiday ♪ i picked it out in a snap ♪ what made it genius ♪ was my camouflage wrap ♪ that's my kind of holiday >>> new tonight at 11:00, the city of concord is warning residents to be on alert. a rash of burglaries is plaguing the city. 26 burglaries have been reported. eight of those have been car burglaries. many have a happened at malls in the area where people shop for gifts, put them in their cars and then go back for more shopping, finding themselves victimized. we spoke with an official about their plans to keep pa

so we had to go right on houston, left on l. street to make it work, getting to the free will on her way to the trademark. spinks of this is a photo of you on l. street to give turn onto elm street and explained where you are and do these people we are seeing in this photo spent this is called the follow-up car. it's the car in italy behind the presidential vehicle. i'm in the forward position. there is a get mcintyre and ager landis my assistant was opposite agent mcintyre. there was one other agent in the back of the car. he had an ar-15 rifle. he was in a position between two of the president needs -- president aids. making sure everything was going okay. the car was driven by an agent and there was an agent in the right front seat. as we proceed down elm street, we were down there about 120 feet. we slowed down considerably because of the sharp turn. but as we got down to about 120 feet, i was scanning the area to the left and straight ahead. and all of the sudden i heard this explosive noise over my right shoulder. came fro

how many american indians in houston have had their lives destroyed? >> 17,000. >> that number, where did you get that number in. >> from american natives in houston. >> what about people that have problems paying their bills? would the dodgers be offensive? >> it is offensive. >> what you're saying is true. zero tolerance excuses you from common sense. what's wrong with the braves? >> we're becoming babies. >> the schools are terrible. shouldn't we be outraged about that. >> what percentage of students graduate from houston public school scho school? >> it would be higher if the students were offended by the mascot. they refuse to go to school and end up with bad grades and become criminals an become a burden on the justice system and taxpayers. i would think, tucker, as a libertari libertarian/conservative you would want to minimize that by changing the team name. can we run on to the next story. >> we can. we have run out of time. you have no reservations about these names. a little morning television banter. th >>> when we come back we have a lot o

control houston, five hours and 12 minutes into the spacewalk. three out of four fluid lines are now connected to the new spare pump module. you will be working with the m-3 line now. >> the m-3 line is a -- is the final fluid line that is hooked up to the pump module jumper box. the jumper box is utilized in an interim state to maintain among you flowing through the plumbing of the space station on the starboard truss in an acceptable fashion during the period between the disconnection of the saturday and the installation of the new pump today. there was difficulty with the third in the series of fluid lines, the m-4 line. it refused to budge from that jumper a short time ago. when we finally were able to get it disconnected, a small number of ammonia flakes were detected by the crew. playing it safe and per the flight rules, we will have to conduct a decontamination procedure for the crew before they are able to reenter the international space station. that is forward work a short time from now. the task at hand now is to disconnect the fourth

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in 1997, the yates returned to houston. where their third son is bor, where their third son is borwhes bor where their third son is born. in 1998, they trade in the rv for a renovated 350-square-foot bus, a bus they bought from michael woroniecki. baby number four arrives a few months later. >> i went on the bus. it was a bus. it was small. and there was a trap door that lifted up and you'd look down in the luggage compartment and there's pallets on the floor where the children slept. >> mrs. yates was overwhelmed. she was -- had begun home schooling and she just couldn't handle it. >> you can imagine home schooling. >> a, b, d, e. >> she was changing diapers 24/7. washing diapers. not permitted to use pampers. had to use cloth diapers because they were more basic. they were the salt of the earth. return to, you know, disassociate from materialism. return to the basics. >> so there's no question that she was stressed. >> andrea yates' life had begun to unravel. >> she seemed perfectly fine up until after we had luke, which

of the houston oilers 1993 team were homosexual. not widely known to the public, but the team knew and accepted them. >>> bruno mars getting ready for the 2014 halftime show and the cold temperatures. he said recently in an interview, everyone is putting the fear of god in me like there is going to be a blizzard. i know it's going to be cold. hey, i gotta face it. >>> business headlines ahead. >>> plus, a swimmer's nightmare. carnivorous fish attack dozens of unsuspecting beach goers. you're watching first look on msnbc. are you ready grandma? just a second, sweetie. [ female announcer ] we eased your back pain, you turned up the fun. tylenol® provides strong pain relief while being gentle on your stomach. but for everything we do, we know you do so much more. tylenol®. we know you do so much more. i need you. i feel so alone. but you're not alone. i knew you'd come. like i could stay away. you know i can't do this without you. you'll never have to. you're always there for me. shh! i'll get you a rental car. i could also use an umbr

tonight, msnbc returns to houston where one third of all illegal immigrants enter the country. this time the human merchandise is different than what we last found here. not women from latin america, but young women from asia, traffic and trapped in to selling their bodies and dignity for cash. for those who find it hard to believe that sex slavery is alive and well in modern america, harris county's human trafficking task force invites nonbelievers to ride along for the day in the life. >> houston is a hub. >> bruce carr has a federally funded human trafficking task force for texas. >> we have a big problem in the houston area with a lot of spas popping up in the outlining areas of the county. >> we will work off of case 15847. >> the mission, root out traffickers hiding behind massage parlors and spas. >> we will go to the v.i.p. spa. >> one of the 500 spas that have been illegally trafficked from asia. >> these are the advertisements they are advertising here. talking about sexy asian girl s and then saying open steven days a week, 24 howevers and explicit pictures. >> the t

a houston area teen has died from the h1n1 flu virus. health department says there have been 13 confirm the deaths in the greater houston area. texas children's hospital reporting 7 children were admitted from the flu three of them are in intensive care. this season's flu vaccine does offer protection against the h1n1 virus and they say it is not too late to get it. >> we are a few days away from january the 1st. the day coverage over observe care begins. questions remain about how many people actually will have coverage. elizabeth prann has the latest. >> a lot of unknowns come the first of the year. will the fact that those who enroll in healthcare coverage be provided the services they signed up for. for man he into it won't be conclusive until the first doctor visit. long call times jumbled res images reinstated cancellation notices have left people in the dark about what is to am am come. two states are taking action. officials there reviewing legal options to halt payments to cgi groups that the contractor that was hired to carry o

to los angeles and back to houston on a saturday. it costs $550, takes 22 hours i'll get 5,248 miles. >> you are a freaking idiot. >> some would say this is crazy or extreme. >> i would agree with that. >> flying across the country just to get miles. >> i would agree with them wholeheartedly. it's not a pleasant experience. >> these real extreme frequent flyers are a lot like george clooney's character up in the air. >> i plan on grabbing as many miles as i can. >> what's your total? this big no. >> i don't want to brag. >> this is presexy. we're two people who get turned on by elite status. >> starting february 1, delta record flights cost more miles per trip. united is increasing the number of miles required for upgrades to destinations like europe. that jarrod sees this as a devaluation of his hard earned miles. >> right now, i'm cashing in miles and trying to burn as many of my united miles as possible, because starting on february 1 next year, they're greatly devaluing their mile program, which is why i plan to move to american

and ryan owens has the latest from the johnson space center in houston. good morning, ryan. >> reporter: good morning, lara. that spacewalk now well under way. look at this. what a unique opportunity. we're inside the air lock here at johnson space center. this is where those very astronauts trained. they start here before they head out into the dark necessary of space. american astronauts rick mastracchio and mike hopkins start their work. the test inside their space suits, bone dry. they gave them a close inspection on monday, food who can blame them. one leak, one tear, and they are dead in an instant. i know you train for it. but is it scary when you're up there and there's nothing else? >> it is scary. it's a matter of just managing that fear. >> reporter: recent problems with those 35-year-old spacesuits have added to that fear. in july, an italian astronaut nearly drowned when water leaked into his helmet.

good for him. >>> the nfl's week 14 kicking off tonight with jacksonville hosting houston.for last night's basketball action, including a big upset in college hoops, here are our friends at espn. >> good morning, america. how's your day going? he's stan. i'm neil. this is the "sportscenter" set in los angeles. nobody beats number ones like north carolina, stan. >> it's really early. i don't know if people really know how their day's going yet. too early to call. carolina and michigan state. brice johnson scores. if your day is going well, it's going to be spectacular. johnson, 14 points off the bench. j.p. tokoto had 12 points. carolina up six. they're going to finish the job against the number one team in the country. tom izzo called the michigan state team soft. you don't want to be at their practice on thursday. north carolina goes on to upset michigan state, 79-65. >>> let's go to the great northwest. emphasis on great. trail blazers hosting the thunder. this used to be a rivalry when the thunder was the sonics. i'm supposed to let that go. lamarcus aldridge, late. he h

tom wagner woke up in houston on an express jet in his seat in the back of the plane. was freezing, he was alone. in dark cabin. everyone had deplaned. he was still there. he had his cell phone with him. >> i called my girlfriend. she thought it was crazy. i said, debbie, i'm locked on a plane. >> express jet has apologized. they're investigating trying to figure out what went wrong. i'll tell you what went wrong. they left a guy on the plane and shut it and left. >> you go to the minibar and wait until they come get you. >> he said they tried to keep him quiet by giving him a $250 motel room. >> it would take more than that to keep me quiet. >> you're going to have to come out a little bit more. >>> for some of you, your local news is next. >>> for everyone else, right back with a surprise revelation from susan boyle. don't go anywhere. ♪ of time gone by you'll find levian, the world's only chocolate diamond jewelry, the open hearts collection by jane seymour, the leo diamond -- the first diamond certified to be visibly brighter. neil lane bridal -- from hollywood's p

houston. houston. >> yes, that was all that back and forth mileage.there was, like, 200 something bucks. la guardia, san jose and return. i have never been to san jose. >> internet blogs like flyer talk and the point guy help the runners plan their trips, but other websites are dubious. >> i found a route where i can fly from houston, new york and los angeles and back to houston on a saturday. it cost $550, takes 22 hours and i get 5,248 miles. >> you are a frigging idiot. >> some say this is crazy or extreme. >> i would fly across the country to get miles. >> i agree, it's not pleasurable. >> the extreme frequent flyers are a lot like clooun -- george clooney's character in "up in the air". >> you have to fill me in on the miles >> this year loyalty has gotten pricier. starting february 1st, delta reward flights cost more files per trip. united is increasing the number of miles required for upgrades, to destinations like europe. we see this as a devaluation of hard-earned miles. >> now i'm cashing in miles and trying to burn as many as possible becau

. >> if you're flying, airport delays in dallas, memphis, chicago, minneapolis, detroit and houston. back to the news now. the rape investigation involving florida state star quarterback jameis winston is over. and today we'll learn if he'll be charged. >> the prosecutor will announced what is next in this case at 2:00 p.m. eastern time today. winston's attorney has maintained his client has the done nothing illegal. and he said if the prosecutor saw the same evidence he did, winston would be cleared. >> i think he did a complete investigation. i know i pressured him to hurry the investigation. i know the media has the questions. and he has a desire to get this off his plate. >> he also said that winston will address the situation after the prosecutor's announcement. winston is a leading heisman trophy candidate. and the seminoles are college football's number one team. >>> the spurs and timberwolves must reschedule the game they were supposed to play last night. it was going to be played in mexico city. but smoke inside the arena forced everyone out and the game had to be postponed.

. >> station houston with us. hope everybody had a good day. >> reporter: a saturday spacewalk brought them halfway to that goal. american spacewalkers rick mastracchio and mike hopkins removed a broken 780-pound coolant pump. >> don't tlaet go. that's a stocking suffer. >> reporter: but a malfunction in mastracchio's suit -- >> my toes are quite cold. >> reporter: forced the postponement of a second spa spacewalk, scheduled to complete the repairs. >> we want to dry that suit out overnight. rrl if the second spacewalk in a row, water in the suit was an issue. just to be safe, the as troy naughts will use a backup suit. >> it's their life support system. somebody on the ground, team on the ground is making a big plan to put that new suit together. >> reporter: this is the suit they're wearing. behind glass in a display at the johnson space center. at 35 years old, it could be a museum piece, but nasa always facing budget constraints, must make old things work. >> we've done over 11,700 hours of spacewalking. i thi

. >> houston, we've had a problem. >> houston, we had a problem, words that would be forever linked to jim lovell. >> when the explosion occurred, i thought to myself, why me? why now? and for a little while, i couldn't believe what was happening, and then, all of a sudden, i said, well, it is me, and it is now. so what's next? >> the command module's normal supply of electricity, light, water all lost. there was no heat source. they were 200,000 miles from earth. and going in the wrong direction. did you ever actually think, "i might die"? >> well, we thought our chances were about 10%. >> did you really? >> oh, yeah, when we realized after we saw the oxygen escaping that things could be, you know, really bad. >> we have broken out into space. >> as the world watched, ground control in houston faced a formidable task. think of a way for the crew to fix their spaceship, test it, and then write up step-by-step procedures for the astronauts to follow just to get home. >> we immediately went to the simulators to try to do in the simulators what they had to do in the damaged apollo 13 spac

for their third straight win in houston tonight taking on the rockets.ses the shot but howard is right there. he had 22 points and 18 rebounds, shooting 20 free-throws and made 12 of them. 51-28, rockets, and no comeback from jackson. curry, a bad pass. hardin, the fast break, a step-over there, maybe a travel. who knows. 65-37. hardin had 34 points. 105-83, the rockets all over the warriors. bryant will return sunday against toronto. he made this announcement posting this dramatic video on his facebook pag . [ playing of video ] >> it's a little much. it went on for two minutes. all right. let's move on. the 49ers face seattle sunday in the big game of the season. some players are calling it a statement game. >> whenever you play a team and you lose, and the next opportunity you get to play them again, it's definitely a statement game. >> last year, what did we do? split with them? and that's our goal this year. >> it's playoff time already in high school football. this is the open division championship, and patrick walsh uses this method of inspiring.

south of houston.ral unit. i thought i was in pretty good shape when i went there. i'd been lifting weights and running for a number of years. and i was 44 years old when i went to the field for the first time. it just about killed me. i can laugh now, but when you're new to it, it's real hot and humid down south. imagine that it's august in texas and there's no smell quite like walking past a cell block with several hundred men. the chow hall smells a certain way. that many people there was 26300 men on those units, they crank out a lot of garbage every day. it has a distinct smell. in the agricultural units like ramsey one, there could be livestock issues, but mainly it's the scent of a large number of men in close proximity in a very humid climate in the heat of the summer. no air conditioning. a fan if you've got the money to buy one. and the cell blocks aren't built for ventilation or comfort. they're built for utility and security. it's a world of concrete and steel. the clothes don't fit. the ha

weapon don't rescue detroit by taking money from houston or atlanta. we rescue detroit by leaving more money in detroit. what we've devised a plan that would dramatically lower taxes in detroit, bring the corporate income tax down to five percent, the personal income tax down to five percent, make the capital gains tax zero, take the payroll tax and bring it down for the employee and the employer. without bringing any new money to detroit, just leaving money in detroit is over a billion dollars that would stimulate detroit's economy. >> basically a flat tax but flat nonetheless. >> absolutely. flat and very low. we also look at regulations and try to get rid of the owner's regulations that's making it expensive for city government and for businesses to locate in detroit. we think if you combine all of this, that it would be the model for how you would rescue cities across the country but any impoverished area. we have impoverished areas in eastern kentucky. we think this same plan would rescue them and parts of louisville and other major cities. >> may

. >> with her name cleared, myra moved to houston and began round the clock treatment from an obesityrobably is very close to going to respiratory failure. >> she lost 100 pounds. next she endured a half dozen surgeries. some to remove tumors and others excess skin. she adhered to a strict high protein diet. she had to lose 600 pounds just so she could safely have gastric by pass. her transformation was filmed for a documentary on tlc. >> i think it's a miracle of god that i'm healthy and i'm alive. i'm not diabetic. i do not have high cholesterol or high blood pressure. >> it's possible just to take 800 -- subtract 800 pounds from somebody and they can walk around like normal and now you're okay? >> i'm okay. and my organs are perfect. >> that's crazy. >> i'm looking for clothes for job, something nice. >> these days the new and improved mayra occasionally gets reminders of her old life like letters from her sister. she showed me a recent one where jamie wrote that she wanted her to take care of the surviving children. >> she said that's why i want you to promise me please that if i

it means of fitting in houston for them five days on. from a customer service standpoint, not so sure. i will think twice who i use next year. >> if they were to say right off the gate that we must definitely underestimated this whole thing. and we will touch base one we find out. would that have built more loyalty to the process? >> it is about honesty and being proactive and go back to the retailer and say that i want to order this item again and ship it overnight. and there are two items that are out there going to the same destination. one of them will get returned. but at least it culminates the problem and it certainly will save a lot of hard feelings on the backend. and we wouldn't be on the show today complaining and saying negative things about ups had that taken place. the one we are glad you got what you got and hopefully it makes your holiday better as the week goes on. thank you all so much. and anyone celebrating christmas and permute up, they understand. come back again. >> we sure well. happy new year. charles: workers ac

>> reporter: the cash tasted so sweet catt craved more, soon blowing off that engineering job in houstoni hated the job. it was just a really bad job. i just -- i'll just rob banks. i'm probably better at that anyway. >> reporter: and in his new full-time job he knew more help could mean more money. >> this is where i started to, you know, talk the kids in. hayden wanted to come out here and i said, "well, look, you know, there's a little business proposition i have for you." i talked him into it. >> reporter: a couple doors down the hall hayden would soon fill cops in on his version of that dirty deal. >> that's when he started, you know, going over all the details about how it's done and what he's done in the past, also what to look for in a bank, you know. >> like what? >> the getaway is everything. i told him, you know, "i don't think that i can drive after my first one." >> and that's when we talked abby into driving for us. >> we just needed someone who was able to drive slow and steady and abide all the traffic laws and, you know, not look like a bank robber at all. >> right. >> t

it is inching closer and closer to houston. about two inches of rain expected there opinion we could see two to three inches through the southeast on saturday. a lot of heavy rain across the mid-atlantic, up into new england. lit warm up with the next system moving in. not snow, but rain. >> a lot of people are -- >> the new year looks quiet. it's good for travelers. >> thank you, dylan. now to sports, the green bay packers are prepping for sunday's game with number 12. rodgers will be back for the final regular season game for the bears. this could be a big game for the packers leading for a playoff spot. >> we're in it. we have a chance against our rivals. and -- what a better way to go down there and get some redemption and host a home playoff game. >>> michigan state linebacker max bullough will no go to the rose bowl. he's been suspended due to violating team rules. d the coach said it's extremely disappointing for all involved. >>> lebron james joins larry bird and michael jordan as the only three players to share a title

dallas, houston, all the way toward wichita, kansas. omaha as well seeing some clear sky. you can still see where that cold front is very active from a line from about, i would say, new orleans near louisiana. out of the way toward atlanta, georgia, toward raleigh and durham and north carolina heading toward washington, d.c. ahead of this front, that's where they've had the record high temperatures. that's where the warmest sector is, behind it though, a much colder air mass. green bay, chicago, toward the cincinnati area picking up a light dusting of snow overnight. the good news is that it looks like this system as we look at the forecast model by 6:00 a.m. will continue to spread rain up through new york, also boston and then they'll get on the back side of it. that's when temperatures will plummet and then may see a light a whole different story. mild weather in store for us. >> thank you. >>> as far as our local airports are concerned, we are in good shape. no delays are being reported here at san jose or oakland or san francisco international airport. this is the sec

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. >> i grew up in west houston. i was raised by my aunt. i went to the roller rink, i played little league baseball, i had lots of friends, sleepovers. pretty normal. normal childhood. pretty plain and boring, almost. it was typical american suburban kid. went to church private school growing up. played sports, had friends. life was good. i don't remember my friends looking at me any differently because of my life. i liked to think that my family kind of set a standard that we're not going to act differently because of what happened to my mother. >> with all the good things that a visit would usually bring, with him it was always bittersweet. i would love seeing him. i was just fascinated with his every move and question what he was doing and saying. but i could also see that he was becoming more distant. he was becoming less mine. he was becoming something of a stranger. >> it was just -- it was a sad situation. from just my observation. but you don't talk about that. that's one thing you don't do. after visitation day, you don't go back a

houston and dwight howard proved too much for golden state. go onto win 116 to 112. >>> to football now and the 49ers coming off the big e win of the year. looking to continue on the road and be a hot buccaneers team. the last time san francisco handed tampa bay one of the worst losses in team history winning by 45 points. 49ers say the three-hour time change won't be a problem. >> they will be ready to play. you have to play well. no different than home games. >> got to get into the mind set of performing. # it's not anything different. you don't do anything different. make sure you're well rested and well repaired. >> good advice always. still ahead. silicon valley workers on a different job ahead of the holidays. >>> these folks could use some help. >> building for the holidays. the employees who skipped a holiday party to deliver a big present. >>> clear skies and sunshine this morning. but smoke is in the air. still causing air pollution problems for the bay area [ laughter ] he loves me. he loves me not. he loves me. he loves me not. ♪ h

and we flew to houston in fort worth and we didn't need to do anything before we got fort worth. i was hungry as heck and i was tired. and i had not eaten since noon. marilyn smith was the head of the press corps and said, we're going over to the press club and we when other there and there was no food, they had eaten it all up. so i had a drink myself when i was over there. and they said there's a place down the street. i went back to bed, woke up at 6:00 o'clock, ordered breakfast and this includes eggs and bacon and potatoes and orange juice and toast and coffee mugs all i have that whole night for nourishment. there was no other thing, they were disguised as myself who were very hungry. be my guest, sir? [inaudible question] [inaudible question] >> the questions about the oliver stone film jfk. >> that movie has caused more problems than anything i can remember because it is so full of baloney. and there are so many things in it that are just not true. and he knows that. i happen to know one of the consultants that was working on the film and he happened to be a detective. th