jane: hi everybody i'm jane skinner. trace: i'm trace gallagher in for jon scott. "happening now". -- >> jane: you heard it from the republicans during the presidential campaign, drill baby drill, in a moment president obama will make a major announcement on offshore drilling. is a reversal coming? trace: take a look at rhode island, the governor saying they're facing unprecedented flooding during the second round of record rainfall. now the white house is declaring state of emergencies in both rhode island and delaware, as the rain just keeps on coming. we are live in the very heart of the flood zone. jane: on the bottom a new cia report confirming not only that iran is moving closer to producing a nuclear weapon, but now we're learning about the country's ability to create biological weapons. we're live here in the newsroom at this hour, watching everything develop, and watching harris right now. for more information on our stories, she's going to bring you in in a couple of minutes. >>> we begin with live pictures from andrews naval air facility in washington wh

jane: and i'm jane skinner.us concerns this latest episode may be linked to the three previous booby traps believed to be set for police officers. tim gain is at the national guessing, he's -- desk, he's got more. >> reporter: i want to show you a picture, that's the lead story on fox's ktla affiliate. it was discovered burning late last night. police chief out there says the incident is considered a threat against the department. officials now putting up a $200,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible. the attacks have involved booby traps at the headquarters and the targeting of officers. there's been a couple of incidents. december, a gas utility line was redirected to fill the office with gas. in february a modified handgun was rigged to fire. two weeks ago a dangerous device was found near an unmarked car near a task force member. just last friday someone called 911 and said a police car would be blown up as revenge for a law enforcement sweep earlier this week of

of "issues" with jane velez-mitchell from hln.re you addicted to, jane? why was it a secret? >> well, i was a lush, larry. and god willing in april i'll have 15 years of sobriety. i was a blackout drinker. in fact, i would call my friends the next morning and call damage assessment meetings. i say, what the heck happened after 9:45? i can remember this, but i can't remember -- some people can keep drinking and drinking because they don't black out and they manage to function. for me it was a very serious, serious disease. i had to stop and thank god i got into recovery. >> larry: do you remember why you started? can you remember why you started? >> well, i think it says -- the shrinks say multidetermined, meaning there's a lot of reasons. i had a genetic predisposition. my dad was a high functioning alcoholic advertises executive. environmentally i saw it in the home. i didn't realize people didn't have three or four martinis a night before going to bed. i thought that was normal. when i got into high school, book shy, bookworm, o

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>> larry: jane, don't interrupt. speak. >> larry: go ahead, thad. >> jane, you are a newscaster. you have no knowledge of what you are talking about with dolphins, whales or anything. you have not trained any animals. rick has trained very few animals back in the 1960s. since that time mainly because he couldn't get a job doing anything else, once he left -- actually, once he was fired from his jobs and those are the facts, then he turned against the ocean aquariums. i cannot help that he trained dolphins using dominance theory. that is not the case anymore. nobody trains dolphins that way in the entire industry. it is all done with positive reinforcement and done in a very positive way, and dawn brancheau was one of those people that carried it on very beautifully. >> larry: rick, you may respond. >> well, i've never been fired from any job ever. i walked away from that industry. i could have stayed with that industry. today when i walk out of this room, i could go to the caribbean somewhere and set up my own dolphi

good morning, jane. >> reporter: good morning. as to be expected local lawmakers were split along party lines for the most part, concerning this headlights care bill. 32 million americans will now be covered and most of that expansion will take place four years from now in 2014. despite protests by republicans, democrats say it will close gaps in healthcare. >> it's exciting. i think people realize the moment in history and the opportunity. >> reporter: the district pays $50 million a year for a program supplementing healthcare for people who don't qualify for medicaid but can't afford healthcare insurance. under the new bill that cost will go away. there are 134,000 uninsured families in d.c. the bill will help them by providing tax credits to pay for affordable insurance. d.c. delegate eleanor homes norton said the time for this bill has come. >> we've been able to walk and chew gum at the same time. the president pass ad jobs bill. this week we're getting a healthcare reform bill. we can take care of all the nation's priorities

jane, i'll begin with you. why if you were running any political party in this country, no matter how progressive, liberal, conservative or ideological it may be, why would you not at the very outset openly renounce racism and that type of behavior if only to protect the integrity of your message which may have validity if it doesn't get clouded in that stupidity. >> it was the ugly side of populism. as someone who was an anti-war activist when the iraq war broke out, i was upset when they would take one or two pictures of people saying out of line things and paint the entire movement with it. this actually really scares me. i wonder if we have not underestimated the rage that is going to spill over in really ugly ways because we're mandating people to pay 8% of their income into a product that they don't want to a company they don't trust or face 2.5% of their income being seized by the irs in fines. i think we'll have serious problems with it on down the line. >> that's one of those problems that's fairly eas

jane watrel reporting liver. we'll have much more throughout the morning. you can also read more about tremendous form on our website at nbcwashington.com. >>> from healthcare to immigration. this weekend thousands of people rallied across the country demanding that president obama keep his pledge to deliver comprehensive immigration reform. here in washington, tens of thousand of people gathered on the national mall to bring their immigration reform message to lawmakers and the president. they are fighting for full rights for illegal immigrants and their children. chicago congressman made a passionate plea to president obama. the president taped a message in return for the activists. >> i want the sun to shine on president obama and our leader. i want justice. i want to be led into brighter future. >> we work to fix our broken immigration system. i reaffirm that today. >> opponents say stronger border controls should come before any immigration reform. there are an estimated 11 million illegal immigrants living in the united states. >>> a marand woman conv

watch jane velez-mitchell tonight. she has the latest breaking developments. "issues with jane velez-mitchell" at 7:00 p.m. here on hln. >>> a nanny in kentucky says she did not hesitate when a flaming stairwell separated her from the 5-year-old boy she cares for. allison ran bare foot up the burning stairs and along a blistering hot hallway. the temperature had reached 400 degrees. myatt is facing a long recovery from severe burns on her face and hands. she spoke to the "today" show from her hospital bed with aiden at her side. >> i just saw flames all down the hallway and then the bathroom door was on fire. so there was no way to avoid the flames, but before i had even looked at the fire or anything, i was yelling for aiden. and he said he was in his room underneath the covers. i didn't even think about me getting hurt or getting burned. i really didn't even think that i was bare foot. i was just yelling for aiden. i ran and got him and all of that happened in like four minutes. it happened really quick. i didn't fee

and in new york jane velez-mitchell, host of "issues with jane velez-mitchell" seen on hln. what specifically was he charged with today, alex? >> he was charged with murder with a special circumstance of rape that would intensify. he was also charged with intent to assault another girl which happened on december 27th. that was somebody who was able to get away. we heard from her that she actually elbowed him in the nose and she was able to get away from him, but it was very close to the area where this incident happened with chelsea. >> larry: is this possible death penalty if convicted? >> well, the district attorney wouldn't confirm that. they said that they will make that determination later on whether they're going to pursue that, but it is possible with the special circumstances that they will pursue the death penalty in this case. >> larry: and he pled not guilty. >> he pled not guilty. we didn't hear much from him in the courtroom today, but we did see chelsea's parents in the courtroom today. very emotional. they tried to stay strong. most of chelsea's family, about

in love jane.s signed, "jimmy." >> jimmy: i -- now i signed it? >> steve: there's got to be one recycling thing on this floor. >> jimmy: what grade are we in? >> huh? what grade are you in? i graduated. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: what? >> i graduated from awesome school, top of my class. >> jimmy: awesome school, that just sounds so -- come on. >> so perfect? it was, i'm a teacher now. sign up, i teach classes on weekends. [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> oh, my god. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> oh, my god. where's higgins? >> jimmy: higgins! >> higgins, where are you, higgins? >> jimmy: higgins! >> higgins! >> higgins! >> higgins! >> jimmy: higgins! >> higgins! >> jimmy: wait, wait, this isn't working. we got to split up. you guys take the cubicles, me and jane will look at the hall. ♪ >> hi, are you guys looking for higgins? >> jimmy: who are you? >> miles. from the elevator. the one that crashed. >> jimmy: no, i think we can handle this. >> okay, well, if you need me, i'll be in the old con

jane, let's talk about this notion of subsidies. i'm curious, subsidies are something that comes up quite a bit in the book and talk about how to structure them is one of the things that bob and john are saying. i'm saying if there are places, you are running a private enterprise, that is expanding as i understandit, in both readership and labor force, if successful. in that respect. can you imagine a scenario in which there are things that are high fixed cost for you that you can imagine some kind of subsidy structure that would until you or is it something you think you would want to be a part of? >> i worry about subsidies is that not the subsidies in general, but they tend to be fashioned to reinforce weak existing structures. one of the real problems that we're having right now is that, you know, there is a funding crisis. as the model changes from print journalism or television journalism to online journalism. and the revenue stream for one doesn't translate exactly to the other, and we haven't quite figured it out. we've got

i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> now what else does jane have on her mind? watch "issues" with jane velez-mitchell every weeknight at 7:00 east right here on hln. >>> that reportedly ended a defamation lawsuit against the talk show host. now we're only told that the dispute has ended peacefully to everyone's satisfaction but what else we do know. the woman was head of woprah winfr winfrey's school. the woman sued when oprah winfrey went public with the allegations. here's what she said back then. >> it is one of my goals in life to put chide abusers whether they be in my home, whether they be in my workplace or in this case in the academy to put them where they belong. and that is behind bars. >> now the head mistress claimed the abuse allegations were never brought to her attention. she was later suspended and then fired from her job. the settlement heads off to trial that was supposed to begin in philadelphia next week. >>> you know spring break usually means just some fun. too much of that, though, can lead to some serious problems. the best way to protec

jane fonda leading it? are you surprised of that one? am thrilled about it, i think everybody feels the same watch the gentleman who is driving me here tonight said everyone feels this way it is not just a few handful of people. >> what was special about her, dick? >> first of all, she was very smart. people don't realize how smart she was and she had a great sense of humor and she loved sports, she loved the sun. she was a sun worshipper. she used to come over to our house and bake in the sun. remember how she used to love the sun? >> loved it. >> she was fun to be with. a great sense of humor and she was smart. she could see through everybody. >> and the interesting thing is that you just said that she was so much fun. i mean, besides being a wonderful, loving, kind human being, and she was nice to everybody, but she actually was so much fun to be with. >> yeah. >> larry: ryan and tatum are very upset too, i understand? >> i'm looking at this clip you have on now, which happens to be my old ten his court. that's where we shot her. >> d

i'm jane velez-mitchell and that's my issue. >> find out what else jane has on her mind. watch "issues with jane velez-mitchell" every night at 7:00 here on hln. >>> well, say hello to my little friends. >> you do coke and you kill people. that's wonderful, tony. >> i got a budding joke for a wife. >> these kids are putting their own spin on the flick "scarface." their version replaces cocaine with popcorn and the word fudge for the "f" bomb. their famous re-enactment of the cockroach scene and what this is all about. >>> a mother and her 8-year-old son survived a horrifying wreck thanks to some strangers. their car plunged into a retention pond yesterday in jacksonville, florida. the boy had been under water for several minutes when a man jumped in to rescue him. >> nothing i've ever seen like that before. all the things that go through your head. you don't know if -- just the horrors that could have happened. definitely the adrenaline that gets to you. you don't think about things you do. you just go in and do it. >> and the boy did start breathing again after cpr. he a

hello, jane. we're hearing about a 62% turnout in this election. is that higher than expected despite the violence? >> it is higher than expected. one of the really interesting things that happened yesterday is that here in baghdad, for instance, amid dozens of explosions, the polls understandably emptyed out and then people come back. in ramadi where i was and where i flew in with the u.n., it seemed to be the same thing. people who had been faced with violence even the day before said they weren't going to let that deter them. now i know that sounds sort of like a fairy tale but it really did seem to be true. it did seem to have spurred people on in some sense. >> ifill: is there anyway to know who benefits the most from people showing up like this? is it the alawi slate, the al maliki slate. >> that's a great question. maliki being the incumbent still has quite a lot of support but alawi needed to get that vote out. also we have to remember there are a lot of smaller candidates. there were 6,000 candidates on the ballots. although most of them w

one of the new york papers called you "jihad jane." >> that's the jane that went to iraq and put heroft: do you know how much money you have? >> no. >> kroft: does $17 billion sound about right? he is the richest man in russia, and on the verge of buying the worst team in the nba. but as you'll see, he won't be like any other owner of a big- time american sports franchise. he's an adrenaline junky. he has a few unusual toys. and he owes some of his fame and fortune to a bevy of party girls. >> frankly speaking, i like women. >> cooper: mike rutzen is one of just a few people in the world who would do this with a great white shark. that's just for starters. blood in the water and great whites swirling around, he gets in with them-- no cage, no protection. how does he survive it and what could possibly be his motivation? how do you feel? >> i feel good. >> cooper: we went in the water with him to find out. >> i'm steve kroft. >> i'm lesley stahl. >> i'm bob simon. >> i'm morley safer. >> i'm anderson cooper. >> i'm scott pelley. those stories and andy rooney tonight on "60 minutes." th

news4's jane watrel joins us with details. jane? >> this all happened, jim, at a special meeting of the d.c. city council. 12 council members voted one by one to, as you said, censure marion barry and to strip him of his committee chairmanship of the housing and workforce development committee. barry, on the other hand, did not sit by silently, even though he recused himself from the vote. his peers voted one by one, 12 in all, to impose the sanctions on him. this all stems from an investigation that concludes that barry benefits financially from a $15,000 contract that he secured for a girlfriend. barry apologized again today during the special meeting for what he called poor judgment, but he said the investigation in his opinion was against barry's wo and he said that the punishment was heavy-handed. >> it's not justice. that's not due process. that's utalitarianism. you expect that in russia, iran or someplace. not in america. and so i'm being singled out unfairly for something i did not do. i maintain very clearly that i violate

fox news anchor jane skinner. is that amusing it. >> it is amusing. jordan peal is back. >> bill: he is the guy who plays obama. >> he is. he says he is getting a fair amount of attention from the bits he is doing. if you close you're eyes, you could think you are listening to the president. >> bill: he has the cadence down. >> now he has been cast in fox pilot that may end up on the big fox network at the end of the year. >> bill: aren't we the big fox network. >> we are tied. >> bill: i think we are. >> he doesn't want his career tied to one man like you think of -- >> bill: i don't know if he is going to be doing clinton though. he might ride this obama thing out. we liked it. we think it's funny. the web site is getting better. it used to be ridiculous. i like it now. the university of wisconsin in milwaukee, student in the classroom gets in a argument with his professor. roll the tape. >> i'm not going to leave nowhere. i paid to [bleep] be here. what are you talking about? >> you're disrupting and you are threatening >> i paid for class like eve

and jane wells is leer to tell us about it. hi, jane. >> hi, tyler. i must have had a little too many calories. i teased we would talk about earnings, which we will tomorrow. what this new law mandates is already the law in california. if you have a chain with 20 locations you have to put your calorie information on the menu for customers. at the cheesecake factory they have it on a menu they put on the table. what if you're not quite that precise. >> that's fete cheeny alfraido right there. she'd like to grow past 20 she's president of the l.a. chapter of the california restaurant association which supports the calorie information part of the new law, but, she's a little worried as "we're not robots where every block on the plate is a half ounce." >> my concern is those especially in california, those litigious people that will come in and by a fete chino alfredo and then we'll be hit with a lawsuit because we didn't have truth in the menu. that's my biggest concern. i don't know if they thought that through where there has to be provision that it's

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jane, when you came up early the stock was coming up higher, but closed lower on the day. jane? >> and baidu did the exact opposite. we have been watching the reactions of google and baidu as google made it official, it is redirecting traffic from the chinese site to hong kong. they noticed that if they typed in google.cn, they would end up at google.com.hk in hong kong and google saying it could not allow sensoring of results. and google's chief operation often ser david drummond saying it is sensible and entirely legal and will increase access to people to information in china, and we hope that the chinese government respects our decision, but we are well aware that it could at any time block access to our services. now, looking again at how the stock reacted an hour ago as it came out, and as you said, maria, it spiked and fell by the way and baidu did the opposite, plummet and came back up. google plans to keep a r&d team in china, but it will depend upon the access that chinese users have, and they have set up a special ad to see what happens if they are blocked on the hong

reporting live from capitol hill i'm jane watrel. back to you. >> thanks very much. we will, of course, have much more on this historic healthcare vote throughout morning. read more about the reform on our website at nbcwashington.com. >>> 5:06 is the time. 45 degrees still ahead. metro gears up for a series of public hearings where riders can go to sound off on possible fare hikes and service cuts. >> i was living the life of a lie. i really was. >>> tiger talks in his first one on one scandal. what he says about his plans to get back in the game. >>> maryland talks about back to the right? no, back here. how about over here? n-- let's go back to the left. waffling is back at dunkin' donuts. for a short time only, enjoy the return of the delicious oven-toasted waffle breakfast sandwich. america runs on dunkin'. >>> welcome back to "news4 today." we have 60 degrees outside with cloudy skies. >> time to check in with tom kierein for a look at the wet rest of the weather this week. tom? >> you silly rabbit. >> good morning. starting off monday morning yes with scattere

she calls herself jihad jane.american accused of helping promote violence and the other american extremists who support her here on the streets of new york. drew griffin's stunning look of people preaching jihad against america right here in america. you'll meet the 7-year-old boy who saved the day. he called 911. broke up a home invasion. meet the little hero named carlos. that all starts at the top of the hour. >> larry: that's anderson cooper "ac 360," 10:00 eastern. we're back with alana stewart, dick van patten and candy spelling. do you think you said during the break, you think they should apologize? >> oh, absolutely. i think they owe everyone, not just her family and her friends, but all the millions of fans that loved her, i really do think they owe everyone an apology. >> larry: no way they can make it up, right? >> no. you know, you mentioned the racetrack before. you know, i have taken a lot of different celebrities to the racetrack and nobody says anything the next day. once about two years ago, i to

jane, we'll be watching "issues" coming up top of the hour. >>> coming up on this program, the latest on sandra bullock.

guest: i want to complement jane on her terrific work. host: what is your sense of the fairness of the election? how is it operating? guest: in the places we were in, they ponit -- the u.s. team was there, and they are there to lend support. it seemed to go well. in the north, they are most worried, trying to encourage. host: jane arraf, what else are you looking for in iraq today? guest: this is a defining moment in history. it will determine what shape the country takes. it is about power-sharing, and this -- can we make it work, all the way down to, can we get the electricity turned on, can we handle budgets and to do all the things that a country does? we will see in the next few years. host: thank you, jane arraf, for your time and a flavor of the day from iraq. host: tom ricks. guest: election day will go as expected. as jane says, the real question is the government formation period. the president tells the parties, you need to come up with our ruling coalition. it was this process back in 2006 that was a major spark. the newest pe

jane is with us? >> well, we are at an italian kitchen and they say that health care is going to cost it millions, and we called several large companies, but none of them want to talk about this, so maybe they are as confused as madeleine alfana. she runs maria's italian kitchen a chain of nine restaurants in l.a. which employees 400 people and 80 full-time and 50 getting health insurance, and she has put the expansion plans on hold until she can weigh through the variety of the numbers in the health care bill, and figure out what she is actually going to be responsible for in the next four years. for example, if a waiter works part-time at two restaurants, which business covers him? and since she is already paying workers' comp and sick days and general liability, something has to give to currently expand health care coverage to everyone. >> it would cost $120,000 a month or $1.4 million a year. we don't make that much money. we wouldn't survive. >> i think it stinks. >> reporter: chris brozwell owns

reporting live in northwest, i'm jane watrel. back to you, jim. >> thanks, jane. >>> a change at the top of metro. the transit agency is expected to appoint richard saurels as general manager. he's the former chief of new jersey transit. the appointment is expected to be announced at thursday's board meeting and would be for the next six to 12 months. he would lead the agency as it faces crucial safety and money issues. >>> some parts of this area could see snow overnight. veronica has more on this. >> that's right, jim. another weather system for us, but with a low impact on our area for the overnight and tomorrow morning. right now we're seeing on radar some light rain showers across the bulk of the area but there are a few neighborhoods and some counties like montgomery county and howard county. gaithersburg, ellicott city, damascus, too, light snow being reported. so the air in the neighborhoods there, cold enough for a little bit of snow to start mixing in. this is a storm system that's developing south of the area. around e

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host: do you think jihad jane needs to go to gitmo? guest: no, i do not believe she needs to go to gitmo. i think that the evidence that they've collected so far, retreevering all the email messages, her itinerary, her passport, her computer provides a substantial enough evidence to convict her in a civilian court. host: how sophisticated was her operation? guest: very unsophisticated, let's just say. there are people following her long before i was following or even got information about what she was doing, number one. and number two, ship didn't hide at all her wishes and her desires to carry out jihad, to recruit money for jihad, to recruit men and females for jihad. carrying out an act of terrorism overeast. i mean, it was blatant. she only hoped the avalanche of so many people on the internet would have hidden her identity and make it more difficult to retrieve her as a known terrorist, but she certainly was not sophisticated at all. host: next call for steve emerson, flip in tarrytown, will you please will you, independent. calle

joining me to talk about this, jane velez-mitchell, host of "issues" with jane coming up top the hour. jane, let's talk about what the sheriff is saying here, that our kids have lost the art of communication. you agree with that? >> absolutely. what they are getting inupdated with is actions of violence. i was a very young teenager. i walked out. today that would be quaint. these kids are inupdated, movies tv, video games, with horrific violence, glamourized violence and they're not taught peaceful conflict resolution so when they have a problem, a good percentage will imitate the violence that they see everywhere around them and this is a cultural problem. this is a national crisis that we really have to address because even thoug it's coincidence, perhaps, perhaps, that both of these two horror stories, michael brewer the poor boy who was set on fire and this girl, it's all at the same school. it is just the tip of the iceberg. these stories are happening all across the country. and so we have to look at this as a culture and say, what are we doing wrong? what messages are we sendin

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. >> lehrer: then, the terrorist charges against the american woman who calls herself jihad jane. >> ifill: the administration escalates its criticism of the health insurance industry. >> over the last year, we've seen tens of millions of dollars by the insurance industry spent on ads and lobbyists to help kill health reform. >> lehrer: we'll have a debate between the insurance industry and one of its leading critics. >> ifill: ray suarez looks at the challenges facing haiti's government, as its president visits washington. >> lehrer: jeffrey brown reports on climate science under fire. >> ifill: and kwame holman reports on the hundreds of world war two pots-- all of them women-- honored at the capitol today. >> we were never in there for the glory. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: y >> every business day, bank of america lends nearly $3 billion to individuals, institutions, schools, organizations and businesses in every corner of the economy. america-- growing stronger everyday. monsanto. producing more. co

host: do you think jihad jane needs to go to gitmo? guest: no, i do not believe she needs to go to gitmo. i think that the evidence that they've collected so far, retreevering all the email messages, her itinerary, her passport, her computer provides a substantial enough evidence to convict her in a civilian court. host: how sophisticated was her operation? guest: very unsophisticated, let's just say. there are people following her long before i was following or even got information about what she was doing, number one. and number two, ship didn't hide at all her wishes and her desires to carry out jihad, to recruit money for jihad, to recruit men and females for jihad. carrying out an act of terrorism overeast. i mean, it was blatant. she only hoped the avalanche of so many people on the internet would have hidden her identity and make it more difficult to retrieve her as a known terrorist, but she certainly was not sophisticated at all. host: next call for steve emerson, flip in tarrytown, will you please will you, independent. calle

. >> ifill: an american woman who called herself "jihad jane" was charged yesterday with using the internet to launch a home grown terror plot. colleen larose, who lived in suburban pennsylvania, was accused of trying to murder a swedish artist, lars vilks. vilks angered muslims by depicting the prophet muhammad with the body of a dog. authorities say the case demonstrates the changing face of terrorism. for more on all of this we turn to "washington post" staff writer carrie johnson, who has been following the story. >> thank you, gwen. >> ifill: it seems institutional to have a woman involved in a case like this. how unusual it is? >> reporter: it is quite unusual for an american woman to be charged with terrorist-related offenses in the united states. it's happened only a handful of times. analysts and intelligence agents say it underscores the bureau needs to refocus its efforts to follow every lead, no matter how farfetched it might be. >> ifill: how seerls a threat do we think she was? she could have easily just been someone need ling around on the internet but it sounds like it was m

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. >> jane, how are you on the trombone thing? >> lots of spit going everywhere. >> jane wells, thank you very much. >>> so, are manufacturing jobs really important to the u.s. economy? right now, let's ask people chief economist to the u.s. trade commission and aka jimmy p. who is a cnbc contributor and money politics for money breaking views. i think manufacturing jobs are important to the economy and my thought here is the very simple one, which i've learned from fred smith, the distinguished ceo of fedex. if we want to help the u.s. manufacturing sector, why don't we change the tax laws and, in particular, let us expense all business investment writeoffs immediately to lower their cost of capital and get us competitive globally. doesn't fred smith have it right? >> that is an excellent point and an excellent suggestion. as you know, we're going the other way. we're increasing corporate taxes and increasing the cost of capital gains increasing dividend rates by 200. we're going the other direction. but, listen, the state of the

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time jane fonda gets in trouble we talk about it your reply? >> i am appalled by the argument that the opposition to obama's policies is racism. i find that completely outrageous, alan. you have no proof of it? >> there is plenty of proof. >> majority of american people, this just doesn't include republicans, it includes independents and growing number of democrats who are absolutely appalled by the growth of government under this president. they see an intrusion into the free market. they see their taxes going up. they see an outrageous development of government to the point where their own individual freedoms are now being stomped on. that's why they are angry. >> bill: are you angry as monica crowley? >> i am. >> bill: you are? >> i am. >> are you angry, colmes? >> i'm angry what i'm seeing on the right. >> bill: you are not angry at the left. >> i'm not angry at the left because i think right -- i don't think there is quality here. i don't think there is a equivalency between the anger on the right and left. >> bill: you don't? even though

. >> reporter: she's a blond american who converted to islam and called herself jihad jane. colleen larose pleaded not guilty to conspiring with muslim extremists to kill a swedish cartoonist. hours later in chicago, another american, david headley, pleaded guilty to helping plan the deadly terror attacks in mumbai, india. headley admitted attending terrorist training camps in pakistan and making five trips to india to videotape locations for the 2008 attacks. 170 people were killed. although cia director leon panetta told the "washington post" this week that al qaeda is on the run overseas, the recent arrests of americans in the war on terror shows islamic extremists still have tentacles in the united states. >> unfortunately what you've seen is a number of americans falling in to the orbit of al qaeda or other extremist groups. >> reporter: five students from the washington, d.c. area were charged in pakistan with terrorism. in yemen, a new jersey man is in custody with suspected ties to al qaeda. and dr. hasan killed 13 colleagues in ft. hood. he had connections with anwa

she called herself jihad jane online and is accused of recruiting fighters in moving to europe to kill a swedish artist. intelligence officials say the number of names on the no-fly list has doubled to about 6000 people, the increase coming after the christmas day bombing incident. the names included the al qaeda in yemen. more on the resignation of new york congressman eric massa. steny hoyer spoke earlier and said, some people are trying to politicize the situation surrounding the representative who resigned after accusations of sexual harassment. meanwhile, eric cantor declined to directly address the statement, saying he was taken aback by all of this, adding he believes the american people are sickened by it all. >> this weekend, "book tv"is heading west at the tucson book festival. sunday, panels on writing about history, the war in afghanistan, world war ii, and the military and leadership. the tucson festival of books. this weekend. for more information, go to booktv.org. host: at the table now is melanie sloan, executive director for citizens for responsibility and ethics. i w

a pennsylvania woman was arraigned today in philadelphia in the "jihad jane" case. colleen larose allegedly used that name in on-line postings. she pleaded not guilty today-- in federal court-- to plotting the murder of a swedish cartoonist who drew the prophet muhammad. she is also accused of conspiring to aid militants overseas. in economic news, new claims for jobless benefits fell slightly last week and a new jobs bill became law. president obama signed the $38 billion measure in the white house rose garden. it includes tax breaks for employers and money for highway programs. and on wall street today, the dow jones industrial average gained 45 points to close at 10,779. the nasdaq rose two points to close at 2,391. the u.s. and russia are getting closer to a new agreement to limit nuclear arms-- known as "start." that word came today from secretary of state hillary clinton, as she began a two-day trip to moscow. she met with her russian counterpart, sergey lavrov. >> we are making substantial progress on the new start treaty; that's the word from our negotiators

. >> this is the henry jane house that was built in 1899. >> that's a big beautiful house. >> unbelievable. see something like this. >> reporter: moving day for a 150-ton house. it had been scheduled for demolition but brian costis got it for a thousand dollars with the condition it couldn't stay here. after another 30,000 he now has a nice renovation projectt. will be featured on heavy haulers to be aired in may. >>> a new website promises to instantly save you hundreds of dollars on your cell phone bill. the website is called fix my cell phone.com. you will be redirected to the website of the parent company. with in 60 seconds the site will analyze your cell phone bill and let you know if your plan isn't working in your favor. they say they have already saved customers including the state of california tens of millions of dollars. the cost for individuals starts at five dollars. >>> it's springtime in the rockies but doesn't look like it. folks along colorado's front range including denver are digging out from up to 20 inches of snow. the wet, heavy snow also caused problems with downed

my uncle got a invitation to be a storyteller for that and he was here with jane seymore who happened to be here a couple of weeks ago. >> i used to hand out the eggs to the kids. a lot of fun. >> a little happier system i get to give from the weather position when we don't have to say clouds, rain and cooler temperatures. look at that forecast, sunny skies and 66. have to deal with a little breeze. if there is any down fall to that it is gusty. west to northwest winds 20 miles an hour. the winds will die down this afternoon and this evening. it will be a great porch night. i'm thinking a barbecue, a grill anything like that outside on the deck. it will be perfect. clouds developing through thursday and rain as soon as overnight on thursday and in to friday as we see it. friday will be a cloudy, chilly day that we tend to get here in springtime. the momslikeme.com bus stop forecast, keeping warm through the morning hours. chilly. we will dip down to upper 30s to 40 in some cases. 40 to 46 in other places. temperatures rising in the 60s by afternoon. get in to one of those cool starts

. >>> it's reported that the american-born terror suspect known as jihad jane has confessed. the philadelphia inquirer says colleen larose is scheduled to be arraigned this morning. she was arrested in october. the inquirerorts larose admitted her role in an alleerc. tomorrow she'll meet with the so-called quartet group of middle east peace negotiators. the latest round of peace negotiations has been stalled by a dispute over israel's plans to build homes on the west bank. clinton will also hold talks on a new arms treaty with russian officials. >> the 33 haitian children who were in the hands of american missionaries are back with their families. the children were reunited with their parents wednesday. they had been living in an orphanage since the missionaries were arrested trying to take them across the border in january. their parents had given them to the missionaries hoping they would be cared for. >>> just ahead on the "morning news," some say vice president biden sticks his foot in his mouth again. >>> plus, a tangled seal gets some help from the nypd. >>> but first,

someone left this voice mail for ohio republican congresswoman jane schmidt. >> yeah, i'm glad the president passed -- [ bleep ] >> reporter: a threatening letter containing white powder arrived at democrat anthony weiner and somee shot at the office of congressman eric cantor. >> i have deep concerns that some, chairman chris van hollen and dnc chairman tim kaine in particular, are dangerously fanning the flames. >> reporter: van hollen responded by saying cantor chose to use his press conference to level false accusatns and said it was straight out of republican's political playbook of distracting attention away from a serious issue. >> i'm not sure other than perhaps the vietnam era protest that there's ever been athing like this. >> reporter: george mason university professor michael fontroy says these may be unprecedented times. members of congress threatened, called racial or homo phobic slurs. >> they have to continue to shout down this kind of stuff. i do not think people who engage in this activity should be able to do so in comft. >> reporter: he says political parties shouldn't ta