i am delighted to be here just as you are pleased to be here to show our support to mike and janet huckabee office. i didn't tell him, but i thought, you don't know what you are getting into. [laughter] and i thought mike huckabee go from a candidate to a leader to governor to a great national spokesperson on the national stage. i have been governor of arkansas for a little over 100 days, and during that time, i have had the privilege of governing with the majority republicans in the legislature and republicans holding offices. [applause] [cheering] and that has been wonderful for me, but let me tell you, even with a republican majority and republican governor, being governor is still a tough job. and i think back to when my -- mike huckabee was governor of the state for 10 years as a republican leader with the democratic legislature when arkansas was as blue as any state in the nation. those were tough times. and mike huckabee came into office, happy to govern in a bipartisan way and lead our state in troubling times. he led our state with conviction, he led our state with conservative val

i am delighted to be here just as you are pleased to be here to show our support to mike and janet huckabeemike huckabee drove up from texarkana to my office, when i was chairman of the party, and he said, asa, i want to get involved in politics. i want to run for office. i didn't tell him, but i thought, you don't know what you are getting into. [laughter] and i thought mike huckabee go from a candidate to a leader to governor to a great national spokesperson on the national stage. i have been governor of arkansas for a little over 100 days, and during that time, i have had the privilege of governing with the majority republicans in the legislature and republicans holding offices. [applause] [cheering] and that has been wonderful for me, but let me tell you, even with a republican majority and republican governor, being governor is still a tough job. and i think back to when my -- mike huckabee was governor of the state for 10 years as a republican leader with the democratic legislature when arkansas was as blue as any state in the nation. those were tough times. and mike huckabee came int

janet huckabee. [cheers & applause] janet: you do know i am not the main event, don't you? janet: thank you so much. imagine yourself at a dinner and your dinner guests were george washington, john adams, benjamin franklin, and thomas jefferson. and you had 30 minutes to defend america. what would you say? would you be able to defend america? would you say that america is great? would you say the economy is soaring? would you say our value system is solid? or would you say that the constitution is being trampled? there is fighting in the streets, congress is doing nothing. the unborn is not protected. and there is no leadership in this nation. [cheers & applause] where is the passion that those forefathers had? when they left the country to come and start america. do we have passions the today still that they had? is there anything that we would die for that our men and women fight today for everyday when they go fight? do we still have that passion? >> yes! janet: america is a great story, but i think it can be greater. mike and i started our story right here in hope, arka

mike huckabee. janet and i want to affirm our support for the duggar family. josh's actions as he described them as inexcusable. >> his parents, jim bob and michelle duggar issued a separate statement calling that period the most difficult of our lives. he went to say we made bad mistakes. we have lisa bloom, our legal analyst. she joins us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. >> there are a lot of questions this morning and reading through the police report about who knew what when. is there a legal requirement if you know of a case like this to report it to the authorities? >> well that depends on who you are. most people are not mandatory reporters. parents, for example, are not mandatory reporters. they have no legal obligation to report child sexual abuse. those who are mandatory reporters, teachers nurses doctors and clergy in some situations. i have a question about whether the church elders fell within the clergy requirement under arkansas law. >> that is something that could potentially looked into? >> yes, absolutely. if you are a mandatory r

mike huckabee posted his support. janet and i want to affirm our support for the duggar family. josh's actions when he was an underage teen are as he described them himself. inexcusable but that doesn't mean unforgivable. whether the one-time fans of this family agree remains to be seen. erica hill, nbc news, new york. >>> well this weekend you can now take uber to the beach. the baltimore sun reports uber will offer rides to beachgoers in ocean city and st. michaels this memorial day weekend. they will also provide service in 20 other beach towns along the coast. uber said it will constantly evaluate demand to determine whether its services this summer would be just seasonal or year round. >>> well today the outdoor pools, they are opening up pretty much everywhere. especially in montgomery county. the kouncounty's seven outdoor pools will open up today. for adult this cost is $8 on the weekends and $6 during the week. you can get your summer pool passes now, but you've got to buy them. you can enjoy swimming at other outdoor pools in the district. spray park it officially open

former arkansas governor mike huckabee posted his support. janetto affirm our support for the duggar family. josh's actions when he was an underage team are as he described himself inexcusable but that doesn't mean unforgivable. whether the one-time fans of this family agree remains to be seen. erica hill, nbc news, new york. >>> 9:41. now let's take a live look over the bay bridge. lanes are clear. a lot of people heading out for the beach this weekend and chuck bell has the changes you'll feel today through monday. >> plus a historic look back 40 years after the fall of saigon. our chris gordon traveled to vietnam to see what changed in >>> well this memorial day weekend we're remembering those who have died for our country. more than 58,000 american service members were killed just in vietnam alone. >> 40 years later, those who served and survived are returning to the country. news4's chris gordon recently traveled to the city formerly known as saigon. >> reporter: vietnam was my generation's war. tens of thousands of americans were killed or wo

former arkansas governor mike huckabee, a family friend, today posted his support. janetnd i want to affirm our support for the duggar family. josh's actions when he was an underaged teen are as he described them himself. inexcusable. but that doesn't mean unforgivable. whether the one-time fans of this family agree remains to be seen. erica hill, nbc news, new york. >>> we're back in a moment with high anxiety at indy, prompting changes on the track before the big race. >>> this is a weekend racing fans look forward to all year. the 99th running of the indy 500. it is a sport built on extreme speed, but with four scary wrecks on the track in less than a week's time, race officials are pumping the brakes this year. our kevin tibbles has the story. >> reporter: this is the high octane anticipation in the run-up to the indianapolis 500. just ask racing legend mario andretti. you still live for speed? >> live for speed, man. that will never leave me. >> carpenter in trouble. >> reporter: but sunday's race will run with new attention to safety following several spectacular cr

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mike huckabee came out today and said janet and i want to affirm our support for the duggar family.givable. he and his family dealt with it and were honest and open with it with the victims and the authorities. good people make mistakes and do regrettable and even disgusting things. i actually think the sort of emotion under that the sort of sense of mag nannanomity. >> he left out the word "illegal." turns out the cop that they took him to to have a stern talking to himself was convicted on child pornography charges. so i have doubts about how this was dealt with as far as the authorities, whether or not this underwent a full vetting under the law. we practice our religion at home and that's where the area of forgiveness comes in. personally we can forgive people and we should forgive people i agree. for goodness it is a good thing. but there also is a court of law. that is where he -- he committed a crime. statute of limitations happened to have run out but it was a crime. as far as extending forgiveness to josh duggar and not to others, for instance two men who want to get marrie

together he and janet raised their two sons and a daughter while he made a living as a local pastor. it wasn't until age 36 that huckabee first decided to try his luck at national politics running and losing a 1992 race for u.s. senate. in 1993, his luck would change. he won the lieutenant governor's seat a position he held till 1996. that's when scandal hit then-governor jim "guy" tucker who was convicted of fraud and forced to resign. as huckabee prepared to take the oath of office tucker stunned voters with a sudden about-face refusing to step aside. huckabee wasn't having it. >> you are now going back to what you told the people. and it feels, it seems to me that your actions are being done in your interest not in the interest of the people of arkansas. >> reporter: after a few wild hours, huckabee took over. two years later, he was elected again, and yet another term followed after that. eventually he would aspire to an even higher office. the year was 2007. >> are you running for president of the united states? >> tim, tomorrow i'll be filing papers to launch an exploratory committee, and yes, i'll be out there. >

janet taylor. dr. taylor let me start with you. you had strong reaction to the mike huckabee statement. you know there's part of me that agrees with the mike huckabee statement. in fact, all of me agrees that inexcusable is not the same as unforgiveable. i guess my point is that i would like for that ek what anymorety in large part of this to be extended past the circle of ultra christian conservatives who has to be family friends of the huckabees. >> yeah. well my issue is sexual abuse is a criminal act and is not a mistake. and a 14-year-old who presumably knows right from wrong should not be in a position to be excused. he should be in a position to be charged and held accountable. >> but isn't -- david, do you agree with that? >> not in the slightest. i mean look make no mistake about it i don't want to be an apology for -- an apology gist for their views, but at the same time there is politics of personal destruction that concerns me. from everything i've seen they haven't come forward. there's no indication that anything happened again. he was contrite, he apologized he was forthr