. >> with me john cook, he uncovered the amazing nixon era files. great job in finding this, john. must have been excited when you found this. oh, my god, they had the plan all along. tell me what the original plan was? it was to do what with the media? >> what they wanted to do, they saw the network, the national networks as the enemy and they wanted to get the gop viewpoint around them. so they realized that a huge -- you know i think 57% of americans at the time got their news from local news. local stations across the country. they said, why don't we create news content, interviews with republican lawmakers, and governors, set et cetera, then send that directly to local stations. we will never get our point of view, according to them, across over the networks. but we can just take it directly to the local stations. >> the idea was to circumvent the network and give them propaganda. >> exactly. >> they did a station with nothing but republican propaganda. you talk about the dirty tricks in there. this is interesting. tell me how they wanted to use democrats to get across their i

nixon here's the roger ailes secret nixon era blueprint for fox news last month cook john cook found this in the nixon library the papers that laid this out ailes handwritten notes on the memo titled a plan for putting the g.o.p. on t.v. news and now fox news controls the g.o.p. britons are waking up to how the fox empire has been controlling their politics when are americans going to wake up. and. it's time for our daily poll your chance to tell us what you think here's today's question is the game up at fox so called news your choices are yes former fox news executive dan cooper is saying roger ailes had an underground bunker and may have illegally had phone calls or no who cares if i actually use illegally hacked phone calls doggone it down our dot com let us know what you think will be open until tomorrow. coming up a government voucher giveaway in texas goes horribly wrong they've been several people injured could this be just a glimpse of the chaos to congress republican seen succeed in cutting federal assistance to millions of americans. with twenty four seven live streaming n

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we had john mcelmore cooking up pig all day, maybe he cut the transmission. >> dave: good try, rick.ol students getting drug tested in school, is it prop? hear what parents are saying. >> a mother of tripplets goes missing and her ex-cop husba husband-- and judge jeanine is next. >> and senator jerry moran, why he says speaker boehner's bill is the only choice for getting our spending under control. ♪ ♪ coming together right now h, forgot jack cereal. [ jack ] what's for breakfast? um... try the number one! [ jack ] yeah, ts is pretty good. [ male announcer ]alf a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. >> welcome back. capitol hill, a deadlock on the debt limits. the republicans passing a bill in the house only t.o. an immediately tabled in the senate. and democrats pointing the finger, squarely the a the g.o.p. >> republicans are blocking their ability to compromise. they're doing, they're refusing to negotiate with us and all they do is talk and it's time for us to be adults. that's what the american people want. >> dave: so how will republicans respond in joining us is republican senato

very controversial. >> if you don't, use a little fresh basil. >> john, tell us a little bit about what you'll be doing at wildfire cooking but talking to the people who come and answering all of their questions? >> it will be a great time. it is crab 101 next tuesday at wildfire. and we're going to have a whole dinner. chef eddie, he just -- it will be so much fun. >> he enjoys food so much. he loves learning new things. what's left to be put into the salad? >> this is the -- just a little bit so you know where you are. now we know where we are. >> exactly. we have a little coarse salt here. as john is stirring up, again, this is on our web site at wusa9.com. he will be at wildfire next week tuesday so come and say hi to him. we're going to sample later on. but john, thank you very much for being here. it is good and it is healthy. and it is using the foods we love. the next news is at 5:00 p.m. i'll see you again tomorrow morning starting bright and early at 4:25. until then, have a great day. bye-bye.

at least once per week, brother john, his wife and two young daughters pass out home-cooked meals to east oakland homeless. >> they came out hire to feed us last night. >> that meal of fish served in the shadow of the bart tracks and out of the back of brother john's van on 47th avenue may be his last. and this could be the last man brother john ever helped. >> if that brother john's van, stopped back up and then, three shots. then, i ducked. then two more shots. >> this shooter fired into the van with brother john and his family inside. a 29-year-old brother john shot in the head, now clinging to life. his wife grazed by a bullet, one daughter shot in the arm and the other, not injured. police do not have a motive for a shooting they can only describe as senseless. >> they were just trying to do a good deed and feed people that are less fortunate than they were. >> reporter: everyone on the streets knows brother john's name, few seem to know more about him than that, except bill, who called these streets home 20 years, once brother john looked for help from one person he was there to

high pressure system are forming a so-called heat dome, and cooking inside, more than a third of the american population. including abc's john >> reporter: unprecedented, unhealthy and downright unbearable. the heat today, for more than 140 million americans, in a giant sweaty swath of america. outside boston, which hit 103 today, they brought in snow to tamp down the heat. in new york, after days of 90-plus, it cracked 104. and in newark, new jersey today, 108 degrees. it has never been hotter in recorded history. that's hot. hot and hard to handle for the power grid. power usage shattered records in 14 states, including new york, where con-ed broke the previous record by 1:00 p.m. urban ovens grab the heat and won't let go. >> because you've got all of this trapped heat built into the steel and asphalt and concrete of the city and just holding that heat. that heats up the buildings, heats up the people, heats up the sidewalks and the streets. and all the air conditioning has to overcome thth additional heat. >> reporter: officials pleaded with customers to conserve whatever energy they could, as scattered thousands lost po

this thing is being cooked up in john boehner's speakers office.ody knows what they are about to vote on, this is crazy jo obviously nobody wants the president to write out a 240-page proposal, that is not his job, that is the job of the legislators, what about the leadership question? what about the president of th being the comforter, coming out and saying, we'll get through this. nobody needs to panic, obviously this is not a crisis that will fall our nation. i mean what about some soothing words? would that have helped, dog. >> i think he in his speech to the nation he actually patted john boehner on the back for his work on this issue. i thought that was a nice issue. boehner turned around and threw the president under the bus. we are talking about who is leading who is not. >> you must be kidding. alisyn: mark last word. >> john boehner is about to pass a plan that is the only path to avoiding default. >> it's american default bill, it is not going to pass the senate. >> it is going to pass the senate and the president will sign it. it's the

john was the nicest man he ever met. >> how many people get out of their bed at night to cook food for people and go around and take it to them while it's still hot? not very many. >> it's hard to imagine any good that will come out of this. but william holloway reunited with his daughter after not seeing her for twenty years. the daughter apparently recognized his name after seeing him on the news. holloway says brother john took care of him, even in death. in oakland, i'm don, kron4 news. >>> it was a pretty nice day out there today. we saw relief from the heat in our valley. temperatures in the 80s. 83 in concorde. 87 in livermore. 80 down in san jose and cooler close to the coastline. as we head into tomorrow, the fog will be an issue at the coastline. dense fog for our base shores and for the coastline tomorrow morning. fog hugging the coast through the afternoon and then by the 4:00 hour, some high clouds streaming in to the south bay. we're seeing subtropical moisture wrapping around an area of high pressure. you can see, we have some showers. this could shift up to the north. i'll tell you about it coming up i

>> i think the debt ceiling battle could -- that cook a six- month thing or one year thing every year. republicans have a whip here, john, to force cuts in social spending year after year after year. if they play the game right. >> but across the senate, it's going to be in a legal instrument, congressional -- that's the budgets. >> sure -- no, the house will pass the debt ceiling. >> within the budget? >> no, with these cuts on it and just send it over to. >> separate piece of legislation? >> yes, sure! >> this is like the ryan plan on steroids. just do away with the social programs. >> not all of them, eleanor. >> take the republican party with it if they try that strategy. this is a typical washington dance, with stakes that are considerably higher this time. and if you look at how it's going to play out, i think the speaker, because he's got a majority that was elected on refusal to raise the debt ceiling, cutting the deficit, he wants to have a vote that fails in the house and then go back to the white house and have the president give him something so he can -- they can pass the debt ceiling. the president believe

at least once a week, brother john and his wife and their two young daughters pass out home cooked meals to east oakland's homeless. >> he used to stop right in the middle of the road and give you food. >> he came out here and feed us. fries and fried fish. >> the meal of fish served in the shadow of the bart tracks and out of the back of brother john's van may be his last and that could be the last man brother john ever helped. >> he passed by john's van and he stopped and backed up. then all of a sudden three shots and then i ducked and then two more shots. >> the shooter fired into the van with brother john and his family sitting inside. 29-year-old brother john was shot in the head and now clippings to life. his wife was grazed by a bullet. one daughter shot in the arm and the other not injured. police do not have a motive for a shooting they can only describe as senseless. >> they were just trying to do a goo good deed and feed people less fortunate than they were. >> reporter: few seem to know more about him except bill who has called the streets home for more than 20 years. once b

john" was with his wife and two young daughters. it was after midnight and they were handing out home cooked meals to homeless people when somebody fired into their van. >> he stopped and he backed up. got out and then three shots. i duck and then two more shots. >> they were just trying to do a good deed and feed people less fortunate than they were. >> 29-year-old brother john was hit in the head and clinging to life. his wife was grazed by a bullet and one of his daughters was shot in the arm. they will be okay. a witness says the shooter was alone in an older model turquoise astro van. there is a $25,000 reward for an arrest in this case. >>> air quality officials are still conducting tests, but it looks like there is no long-term environmental damage from the fire at a plastics plant in fairfield. the fire yesterday sent a huge plume of smoke into the air. people in nearby neighborhoods were told to stay inside and keep the windows closed. preliminary results show there is nothing to worry about. the fire was started by workers using an open flame in the storage yard. it destroyed 15,000 plastic bins used for primarily shipping fr

cooking with it. >> >> reporter: barbara and john layer bee's -- -- drinking water well was the first to turn up poisoned. >> at any given time you can have break through. >> reporter: the jury awarded them $24 million. >> what would you trade away the money for? >> assurance that my children aren't going to get sick. >> reporter: the station is just on the other side of that fence. observers in the courtroom say the most emotional testimony in the entire kdka.com from a woman who is just steps from that station. this is vicky ho's nail salon. she came to this country 20 years ago with $200 in her pocket. she built a strong business and then came the electro. half her customers left. she is stunned when i tell her the jury awarded her 15 million dollars. nothing though, she says, compensates for the worry. >> you go in the future. another 20, 30 years what happens to you? >> reporter: the families have been prepared by their lawyers that this is just the first step. >>> exxon says it plans to appeal the jury's decision. >>> two brazen robberies by thieves posing as police officers leaves neighbors on edg

cook yams, rice, oh kra and beans. our children had not forgotten. and i rejoice, led by the sound of a black smith's hammer, i travel to charleston, south carolina, john shannon, black smith. a large european with red hair, comfortable. they were apprentices to all africans new and old, familiar yet fresh. i have sold another of your beautiful gape with the rice design, how did you learn to craft so well? a young man stepped into the light. i learned by reaching back with one hand and stretching forward with the other he said. people said you are a genius. my father dinka was the genius replied the apprentice. he taught me what 7 generations have learned, i am the 8th. i had bound [inaudible] who answers to moses shannon. both mean safe water. he seems more confident now, wiser. playful mostafa. i had so much to tell him, he could not see me. he could not see me or hear me in this strange land. he touched the spotting smiles. [inaudible] with birds, flowers and animals inspired. i turned to someone tell moses, shannon is going to free you one day. they can find joy, [inaudible] in my mind, i have always been free. free as the wind, thank you so much.

john will pull through. holloway said after last night's shooting, he quietly ate the family's home cooked meal, knowing it may be the last one like it. >> the man died just to bring me that meal. let's hope he doesn't die. if he did, he died to bring me that meal. and i've got to respect that. >> reporter: now, police say the couple were members of an organization called the rise above foundation. that's an organization dedicated to helping the homeless and victim of domestic violence. we were unable to get in touch with any members, any other members of that group tonight. now investigators, of course, are doing their best to track down the person responsible. william holloway told us that the vehicle involved was a turquoise late model ford van. reporting live in oakland, i'm jodi hernandez, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> while nearly every street in the bay area has at least one. an abandoned home taken over by the bank. tired of the banc industry's so-called foreclose and forget mentality, the group walked into a san jose bank today demanding it clean up its act and clean up the houses and neighbor

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the victim known by locals as brother john was on 47th avenue with his wife and two young daughters. it was after midnight. they were handing out home cooked meals to homeless people. someone for some reason fired into their van. >> he stopped and backed up. then, all of a sudden three shots. and i ducked, then, two more shots. >> they were trying to do a good deed, feeding people that were less fortunate. >> 29-year-old brother john was hit in the head and now is in critical condition. his wife was grazed by a bullet and one of his daughters, shot in the arm. police have not determined a motive for this shooting. >> and a rally tonight in hayward for missing nursing student michelle leechl her family hangs on to hope she'll come home. lee disappeared two months ago, last seen at kaiser hospital in hayward. wayne freedman is live tonight where the rally is just getting underway. wayne? >> friends and family were not going let this two-month anniversary pass without notice that. is why they're here tonight. as you said it was here in hayward the last time anyone saw michelle lee alive. she finished a class at nearby kaiser hospital and went

here at home, house speaker john boehner broke off talks with president obama aimed at raising the debt celling and lowering the deficit. now back to "lock-up." >>> cookings my hobby. i'll make something at work and go to the job site. try this, you know? that's what i like to do. >> by purchasing food from the canteen and occasionally hustling vegetables or meat from kitchen workers, ray gets to practice his hobby right in his cell. the only time he shed a tear from something other than onions, when he and his brother roy were allowed to see each other the first time in years. >> i hugged him. i couldn't hold back. i dropped a tear. come on now, get a grip. i said i bet you didn't expect that. that's the last time i actually -- it caught me off guard. i hadn't hugged him in jesus christ, years. >> he started getting choked up. he got all teary-eyed and choked up. come on, bro, pull yourself together. >> roy was paroled in 2008 after spending 20 years in prison, he is living with his parents. >> i would have been back in prison. the system ain't going to help you out. >> roy is fortunate to have found work. his parole imposes a 4:00 p.m. curfew and inhib

john vander promised not to be that kind of a speaker. but when a speaker loses a vote and the perception of power is power in washington, it is a weakened speakership. >> charlie cook said many house and senate members in the 2012, 2014, 2016 are going to lose their seats because congress has become a laughingstock over this. >> to pick up on what marks -- what mark said, john boehner -- the blandishments that worked in the past do not work anymore. you cannot do earmarks. what they worry about, some of these younger members, is a primary on their way. they are happy to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory because for them, it i ia personal victory. >> who is in trouble? orrin hatch maybe? >> absolutely. >> that is the hornets' nest of john boehner's existence. freshman of south carolina who went into the house chappell and came out and said they had collectively agreed after seeking higher power and instructions, to oppose john boehner. >> south carolina has been here before. [inaudible] they are prepared to do it again. >> that was 1861. >> do you have a statute of limitations on south carolina? >> but it is not just republicans. sanders, the independent senato

. >> reporter: what's cooking uncle sam looks at how the government influenced what we put on our tables with a special spot for our presidents, john f. kennedy's chowder to this recipe. >> st it's river -- it's river chili, and it was so popular they had special cards printed up to send out. >> reporter: this vegetable soup has the precision of a 5- star general. >> he worked very hard to polish his craft, and he often cooked as a form of relaxation. >> reporter: other presidents inspired americans to try new things. the simple southern dishes of the south introduced grits to many. richard nixson inspired interest into china's foot. >> president roosevelt complained bitterly about the cooking, and i understand that people who attended the state dinners did as well. >> reporter: proving not only presidential cuisine gets the popular vote but still gets a place setting in history. karen capa for 9 news now. >> feeling rungry at this point. the presidential food exhibit is on display on january 3rd. >>> a check of the news before you go is next. >> but first the answer to the july 4th question of the morning. every year on the 4th am

cooked up by the labor party. phone hacking, made up by liberals. no such thing. where did mayor boris get his information? mayor boris got his information from john yates, the number two police officer in london. john yates, who it just so happens had to resign as the number two police officer in london just this week as did the number one police officer in london, the chief of scotland yard. that is just one of the ways the whole rupert murdoch scandal is getting awkward for politics and its most high-profile politicians, same goes for david cameron, also the leader of the conservative party, and the man he picked to be his communications director was arrested earlier this month. today the conservative party admitted ties to another person arrested in the scandal, advised on political matters in the run-up to the general election by a man named neil wallis. wallis was also arrested last week. in terms of the scale of the criminal behavior at hand and how much the company brass knew about it, the lithe of people we know to have been paid off to keep the story from getting any bigger now includes 700,000 pounds paid to a soccer union boss. one of

cook report and stu, editor of the rot then berg political report. >> he's already making fat jokes. >> by the way, it's louisiana week. i had johnget charlie today. we can look at where we are, busting out the ipad. i know that you guys love this. it's a 53/47 majority. they have to net four or three if republicans get the presidency. so let's look at the best opportunity for stu for the republican. we put up, you seem to collectively agree, six states that are already leaning republican or pure toss ups. >> north dakota was in the bank already. it's a good, open seat. and then after that you go to three or four races and i think even money for the republicans and you have to like how they started. that would be nebraska, montana, or missouri in difficult states fundamentally leaning states. >> look, charlie cook, you take those four, pure toss ups all the way to election day, take those other four. of those four, which ones should democrats feel as if they have the best chance of stopping the republicans? >> well, i think florida is the toughest. >> we'll go to the next list. i want to go to this first list, missouri, nebraska,

john rich is here! [ cheers and applause ] he's my man. a legend of the wwe. we've got "stone cold" steve austin with us tonight. [ cheers and applause ] and we're cooking some foodthe beautiful host of food network's "mexican made easy," chef marcela valladolid. [ cheers and applause ] valladolid. it's going to be great, you guys. now, today's friday, and that's usually when i catch in with some personal stuff. i check my inbox, i return some e-mails, and of course, send out thank you notes. well, i'm running a bit behind, so i thought if you guys wouldn't mind, i would just like to write out my weekly thank you notes right now. is that okay? [ cheers and applause ] thank you so much. roots, can i get some thank-you note writing music? ♪ beautiful. [ laughter ] weirdo. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, men and women of the armed forces for getting osama bin laden, which made people all over the world feel safer and more secure. and as an added bonus, totally scared the crap out of fish. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, food court, for sentencing me to one hour in the bathroom. [ laughter ] ♪ thank you, mildred baena or as arnold calls you, milf-dred. [ laughter ] [ cheers and

but a lot of cooks are in the kitchen if you've noticed whipping up all kinds of backup deals. connecticut congressman john come from a meeting of the house democratic caucus where he is the chairman. so what is the mood of your membership right now? >> well the mood of our membership, jon, frankly is one of frustration. we think that the debt ceiling could be lifted tomorrow. that, what was done for ronald reagan 18 times and george bush eight times without holding any political hostages like the full faith and credit of the united states government, defaulting on our national responsibility, our global responsibility, but most importantly defaulting on america's household economies and how they're brought up to the precipice as bell. so we're frustrated. you know, unfortunately republicans have walked away from the plan with biden. they have walked away from the mcconnell plan. they have walked away from the bipartisan plan. put together, by the "gang of six". they have walked away from the president. now they even walked away from john boehner's plan. so our frustration grows. we'd like to see a clean d

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host: what do you think, bruce cook, about the positions that republicans are taking as far as the debt limit and taking down spending? we heard the news that house speaker johnehner has abandoned his push for the $4 trillion cut. it's now in the $2.5 trillion range. what is your reaction? guest: it's got to be a balanced budget. that's the only time we stop adding debt. if we do not get to that poll, very soon, we'll become -- that point, very soon, will become a country with a debt so great that we cannot get out of theit, in terms of the balance. if you do not balance the budget at some point, then we will have to come back and recognize that we have a shortfall and we do this again. this again. in the current debate, the ministration is basically projecting growth next year of over 04%. our growth right now is averaging about.5%. if the growth does not get up to what the administration is talking about, we willave almost a $4 trillion addition to our debt over the next 10 years. that would make whatever reductions they are talking about pale in comparison. also, our interest rates are exceptionally low. historically, they are about 5.7%. we're getting the

host: what do you think, bruce cook, about the positions that republicans are taking as far as the debt limit and taking down spending? we heard the news that house speaker johnoehner has abandoned his push for the $4 trillion cut. it's now in the $2.5 trillion range. what is your reaction? guest: it's got to be a balanced budget. that's the only time we stop adding debt. if we do not get to that poll, very soon, we'll become -- that point, very soon, will become a country with a debt so great that we cannot get out of theit, in terms of the balance. if you do not balance the budget at some point, then we will have to come back and recognize that we have a shortfall and we do this again. this again. in the current debate, the administration is basically projecting growth next year of over 04%. our growth right now is averaging about 2.5%. if the growth does not get up to what the administration is talking about, we will have almost a $4 trillion addition to our debt over the next 10 years. that would make whatever reductions they are talking about pale in comparison. also, our interest rates are exceptionally low. historically, they are about 5.7%. we're gett