run by james reynolds senior, the children's cancer fund of america run by reynolds sr.'-wife rose perkins or the cancer support services run by kyle eiffler, you are not going to like it. >> this is just about as bad as it can get. taking money away from cancer sixty victims. >> in a massive crackdown, the attorneys general from all 50 states have announced two of the charities will be dissolved. the complain includes potential fines totalling $136 million and an explicit detail have outlined how donations for cancer charities were spent, instead, on luxury lifestyles. the personal spending, says jessica rich, appears to have had no limits. >> cars for the individual defendants and others working at the companies. interest free loans and college tuition for the individual defendants. meals at hoofters, gym memberships, cell phone apps and games, movie tickets. carnival cruises in the caribbean. a trip to disney world. jet ski rentals and baby-sitters for the kids while people were on these boondoggles. >> james reynolds sr. is the only member of the family fighting pack.

run by james reynolds sr., the children's cancer fund of america, ran by reynolds sr.'ins, or the cancer support services run by kyle efler, you are not going to like it. >> this is about as bad as it can get. taking money away from cancer victims. >> reporter: in a massive crackdown on this family of charities, the federal trade commission and attorneys generals from all 50 state have announced two of the charities will be dissolved. the complaint also includes potential fines including $136 million and in explicit detail have outlined how donations for cancer charities were spent, instead, on luxury lifestyles the personal spending, says jessica rich with the ftc's bureau of consumer protection appears to have had no limits. >> cars for the individual defendants and others working at the companies, interest-free loans and college tuition for the individual defendants. meals at hooters, gim memberships, cell phone apps and games, movie tickets, carnival cruises in the caribbean, a trip to disney world, jet ski rentals, and babysitters for the kids while people were on

james reynolds on the phone with us from santa ana, philippines. let's go to derek van dam who is tracking the storm. >> james reynolds is located in the northeastern sections of loo luzon. this super typhoon, this is the eye wall, it is making landfall for all intents and purposes. 260 mile an hour winds sustained. and equivalent to a category five atlantic hurricane. we are expecting major impacts across the northeastern portions of luzon. widespread destruction to electricity and communication services. heavy damage to high-risk structures. also trees uprooted. rice and corn. by the way, the isabella province, south of santa ana is the country's top producer of corn with over 1 million metric tons of corn produced per year. as the storm moves across that region, you can imagine the economic impact that will have on the philippines, perhaps even making the cost of corn rise. signal number four for that region. that's the highest public storm warning signal. james mentioned that a moment ago. here's our forecast radar imagery. it's going to contin

and their son, james reynolds jr., raised $187 million between 2008 and 2012. the ftc says only 3% actually went to cancer patients. claire contreres a breast cancer survive herself gave a donation. >> we gave more than $2,000 to the organization and we thought it was going for -- to help women get mammograms. today when i heard about it, i was completely disgusted by it and completely floored and in disbelief. >> reporter: the "tampa bay times" first questioned the organization two years ago. reynolds responded giving a tour of his tennessee facility. >> i would like to hear that it goes to charity and realistically and working on it now i know that that's not real. >> reporter: reynolds former wife and son have settled, closing two of the charities. the websites are down with only this letter posted. it does not help those that we seek to serve and for us to engage in a highly publicized, expensive and distracted legal battle. the ftc says that this is a reminder. before giving know where your money is going. stephanie gosk nbc news, new york. >>> overseas no

we heard from james reynolds earlier, speaking to an core andrew stevens, but we weren't able to get in touch with him. >> i follow james on twitter. him and i have been communicating quite a bit, talking about his different experiences that he's having with the super typhoon. the reason we couldn't get him on the line is because he is quite literally within the strongest part of the typhoon as we speak. this is the location where james reynolds is located. you can see the eye wall moving over that area. this is the country of the philippines, you can see manila to the south getting the outer band rains. the strongest of winds and most destructive part of the storm affecting laoag. 260 kilometer per hour winds. hower wind gusts. this makes it equivalent to a strong category 5 hurricane. this particular region we've highlighted in dark red, that's where we're expecting the major impacts, heavy dangers to structures, wide spread disruption to electricity and communication services. the local emergency officials have upgraded this region to the highest public warn signal, that's signal n

the charity run by james reynolds and his son solicited donations that they would be used to transport cancer patients and pain medication and pay for hospice care. that was a loy. they were paying for hooters and victoria secret and cars and luxury cruises. the scam was as bad as it gets. >> less than three percent of the money going for the intended use. this is outright fraud. >> as a result the ftc shut down two of those charities and three of the four principles have been banned from operating a charity again. most of the money was spent. james reynolds the second said the organization and the officers and directors have not been found guilty of allegations of wrongdoing. and the government has not proven otherwise. giving back to the community is a mission that drives me. >> the fcc and others say it is a crock and that the principles were trying to enrich themselves. criminal charges have been filed and this is far from over. wow. john thank you. >> behind closed doors at the state department. a new report about hillary clinton and efforts by the staff to shield damaging documen

and james reynolds jr. breast cancer society, hired his assistance christina hickson to be his relations manager and then married her, her salary 135,000 dollars. and the charity hired her two sisters and her son by a previous marriage and her son and step-nephew and none with the qualifications for the job. >> they spent all of the money on themselves. >> a whopping $187 million. >> there were many victims peer. the people who donated to cancer patients and the patients that didn't get the money they needed and the trust that we have in our charitable institutes. >> it is unbelievable drew. did any of the $187 million do any good? >> at most $0.03 on the dollar went to something you might call charitable but there isn't proof it went to any of the people they said it would go to. >> it is outrageous. and the charity, they are fined more than $130 million. is there any money left? >> no. those are symbolic fines. the goal is to shut the charity down. if they are going to dissolve, to do so and give a comple

james reynolds was on shore for their arrival. mes: the ship carried its cargo of rescued migrants a low deck into the sicilian ports. these people are making their way to shore. they have been saved because britain and europe have been compelled to restart widespread search and rescue missions. which country did you come from? somalia? and how are you now, ok? this person is eight months pregnant. she left her 10-year-old daughter behind in nigeria. the boat trip was too risky for a child. what was it like when you saw the british people coming to save you? >> i was happy. i was relieved. james: how does it feel now that you are in europe, alive? >> i'm happy. james: britain may be prepared to rescue migrants at sea, but the government fears that allowing the people who are rescue to move to britain would only encourage more migrants to attempt the dangerous trip across the mediterranean. for now, the migrants will have to fight for space in italy. here, they jostle for new errors of shoes and socks. they will prepare for their ne

charities run from james reynolds sr. and james reynolds the ii.rated as personal fiefdoms, rampant nepotism and frank grant compensation. and donations were spent not on cancer patients mostly on cars, trips luxury cruises, college tuitions, gym memberships sporting events, concert tickets and dating site memberships. georgia's attorney general sam owens told me this operation was the worst of the worst. >> this is terrible. this is outright fraud. taking from innocent folks. only 2.7% of the monies actually went for cancer help. this is about as bad as it gets. >> reporter: owens told me a few minutes ago he expected in addition to the civil action criminal charges will also be filed in this case. bill: what happens now or after that point john? >> reporter: well, two of the four charities have been shut down. the ftc reached a settlement agreement with three of the four principles. most of that money has already been spent. likely ftc will only get back a fraction of donations charities collected. in a statement, james reynolds the ii would not

the feds say james reynolds, jr., and his family, remember that name, james reynolds, jr., and his family bought cars, luxury vacations and gym memberships along with a bunch of other stuff. they claimed to be raising for these four charities in two states, children's cancer fund of america, breast cancer society, cancer fund of america and it is affiliated cancer support services. authorities say if you donated to any one of these charities, do not expect to try to call to get your money back anytime soon if ever at all. i suspect it never went to any sick kids. david: wow. too bad we don't have public caning for people like that. >>> as clinton allegations pile up with no consequences the bar keeps getting lower for bad behavior in the public sector but would the hillary reputation work in the business world? we'll discuss that with our panel. liz: criminals stealing your data from atms at highest rate in two decades? who is liable if it happens to you? guess what? rules are changing. are some banks safer than others. we got answers to that. david: the "mad men" finale got the buzz but

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vectors say the organizations run by james reynolds his former wife rose perkins and their son raised $187 million between 2008 and 2012 but only a small amount of that money actual whether i helped patients. one breast cancer survivor who also donated to the charities describes how she felt when she heard that news. >> we gave more than $2,000 to the organization and we thought it was going for -- to help women get mammograms. today when i heard about it i was completely disgusted by it. >> the family allegedly spent the money on cars luxury cruises, college tuition, jet ski trips and concert tickets. >>> newark police are trying to identify the attacker and the victim in this cell phone video. it captured a knockout kick at a grado's pizza place last week. one of two dark men in shirts shoelding the victim's arms as the other delivers the kick. the victim falls to the floor as onlookers appear. they believe the kicker may be a bouncer at the restaurant. >>> home buyers and incompetent vestors are rejoicing for their bids. the first batch of homes sold from storm damage went onqp/! a

. >> the son james reynolds the ii who was part of this allegedly, issued a statement blaming government scrutiny for the demise of the charities, seems preposterous but assuming there is some criminal prosecution of these guys what would their defense be? could they simply say hey, you know what administrative costs are really high. >> well they could. they are allowed ordinary reasonable reasonable in amount administrative costs, they're allowed reasonable salaries and reasonable expenses but all of those expenses must go directly to the charitable purposes. it's hard to argue that many of these spent only a fraction of which you indicated in our opening, went directly to charitable expenses. interestingly, greg in doing the research the irs does not have a rule of thumb to state how much of a charity's income must go directly to charitable purposes otherwise it's not a charitiy but it is clear, it is clear beyond any dispute, you don't have to be a lawyer to know that you can't buy yourself expensive clothes and -- >> luxury cruises, dating services. >> gym memberships with money that

if you gave a dime to the breast cancer society run by james reynolds jr. cancer fund of the mayors and the children's cancer fund of america run by reynolds for the cancer support services run by tile and floor you are not going to like it. this is about as bad as it can get taking money away from cancer victims in a massive crackdown on the family of charity the federal trade commission and attorney general of off 50 states have announced two other charities will be dissolved the old plan includes potential fines for $136 million and an explicit detail outlined how donations for cash to charities were spent instead on luxury lifestyles of personal spending says it appears to have had no limit. car to the individual defendants and others working with the company said interest free loans and college tuition for the individual defendant gym membership cell phone applications gains will be ticket carnival cruises in the caribbean trip to disney world jet ski rentals and babysitters for the kids while people are on these vacations. >>reporter: specific promise

summer isles entirely skimmers and fund- raisers to give a dime to a breast cancer society by james reynoldsechen skies of america and by rows caesars ex-wife restrictions or cancer support services program like held up where you are not going to like. >> reporter: the federal trade commission attorney general from all 50 states and to the charities will be dissolved also includes potential fines or hundred $36 million and an explicit detail will outline how the nation's for cancer charities were spent instead on a luxury lifestyles personal spending just a card with sec consumer protection appears to have had no limits of the tickets carnival cruises and the caribbean trip to disney world just the rentals babysitters for the kids while people were on these boondoggles. >> reporter: specific promises made by the charities to help cancer patients were untrue demoralize the complaint says instead of helping cancer patients the reynolds family charities help themselves from 2008 to 2012, lopping $187 million rsa and various and baltimore hampton since deleted her treats quick break live look ou