people despite no suspicion of wrongdoing and thanks to the freedom of information act requests john cook has been able to glean information on a three year long investigation called seizing thunder was a nationwide investigation called operation backfire so let's see just how busy the feds are keeping themselves to supposedly protect us from those with strong political beliefs joining me from our studio in new york is john cook senior writer for gawker dot com john thanks so much for joining us on a first i guess just tell us how it is that you ended up you know trying to look into this filing a freedom of information act request. well i've written a lot about the animal rights movement and rights extremism and the federal government's response to it over this especially during the bush administration and i had filed some requests just looking at the end the liberation front and in some of those documents i go back in the f.b.i. in a bleak reference to an investigation called seizing thunder which sounded kind of cool so i just filed off request but three years ago for that one and it's

check the interview out the next day i would respond if you were watching my interview with gawkers john cook on the f.b.i. spying on domestic activists over the past several years not to tease comment on you tube this is a great opportunity for government cutbacks at the operative's too many of them obviously with too little to do too much time on their hands and it does seem like the f.b.i. has an awful lot of time on their hands i don't know they have a massive spying operation to monitor muslims in america but in their spare time they find a b. they find to be concerned about an alliance between the homeless and they and artists and they monitor radicals that shop at those evil farmers' markets have a sense that few billion could probably be shaved off that domestic surveillance budget and the us would be just as safe like that the i would ever admit of course they need to keep their fear level up so they can justify all that money but finally what would you said i read it be without something from rick santorum responding to our tool time about rick santorum that war on porn three one on

. >> john, tim cook, new ceo, says yes to dividends and buybacks.teve jobs, of course, always said no. what do you make of this? >> reporter: well, you know, larry, tim cook has very much been taking the corporate responsibility sort of tack in apple. steve jobs sort of had a hands-off approach. tim cook said he's focused on the product, but look how he's handled the china labor issues, releasing more information. look how five months after taking the reins, he's graun straight ahead with this dividend and buyback. apple could have done that a while ago. they've been diluting the stock with employee compensation for a while. it certainly does say he's paying more attention to the shareholders. >> thanks very much, john fort. we appreciate it. >>> let's turn to our stock market gurus. jim yurio. jim lecant, ubs. gentlemen, real quick. fast as a speeding bullet, jim. buyers sell apple right now? >> sell apple right now. is that all you want? i've got more of that answer. real quick, sell apple right now. >> give me another 12 seconds. >> there's two t

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elizabeth cook shows us what happened. >> oh wow. >> john smith is used to having people take picturess home. >> we get close to 8 to 10,000 people a day in the summer and between 3 and 5,000 cars a day. >> he's not famous, but his address is. he lives at 1,000lombard. in the middle of the crookedest street in the world. >> people look at this street as an amusement park ride. >> this morning, he watched as the iconic stretch of road turned into a river. he ran outside moments after he heard the crash and tried to help the tourist couple, he says, get the fire hydrant. >> according to him, the car in front of him slowed down to take a picture and instead of hitting the breaks, his first instinct was to swerve. >> lisa and her husband weren't so lucky. >> when i got here, there's this water everywhere. it flooded. there was mud all through the house. we had a big rug here that was just drenched with water and firemen all over. and it was just a mess. >> it would take crews a couple hours to cap the fire hydrant and reopen the street. but as far as the real cleanup of replanting the fire

elizabeth cook shows us what happened. >> oh wow. >> john smith is used to having people take pictures of his home. >> we get close to 8 to 10,000 people a day in the summer and between 3 and 5,000 cars a day. >> he's not famous, but his address is. he lives at 1,000 in the middle of the crookedest street in the world. >> people look at the street as a ride and not a residential road. >> he ran outside moments after he heard the crash and tried to help the tourist couple he says hit the fire hydrant. >> according to him, the car in front of him slowed down to take a picture and instead of hitting the brakes, his first instinct was to swerve into the gardens to avoid the car. >> his home wasn't damaged, but lisa and her husband weren't so lucky. >> when i got here, there's water everywhere. it flooded. there was mud all through the house. we had a big rug here that was just drenched with water and firemen all over. and it was just a mess. >> it would take crews at least a couple hours to cap the fire hydrant and reopen the street. but as far as the real cleanup of replanting the flowers

cooking. this is this is monell three bedrooms of johns of style in all three look quite alike this is because during the night stalin might go to another room to make sure that the wishing you way he wasn't any particular moment. of his life. towards the end of his life stolen suspected his daughters of spying. a few dozen medics were arrested under his personal orders they were brought to the security ministry where they were forced to say that they had deliberately meted out incorrect diagnosis to put soviet leaders to death. or the case. against the doctors treated a vehement propaganda campaign. in the press and on the radio and television. things went so far that many patients turned down surgery for conditions that required treatment for. ukraine of the supreme soviet of the us a saw dr levy a commercial has been awarded the order of lenin for her assistance from the government in unmasking killer dr. in one hundred forty eight heart specialist lydia to michoud sent a letter to the kremlin saying she disagreed with the way doctors to treat issue donald a high ranking service official bu

john: throw him out. >>shepard: it says you are cooking live at a tense day long stand off in plans and french right police are demanding the surrender of a suspected al qaeda terrorists. and there is movement there right now. this is the guy suspected killing the throw kids and the ran boy at a spool and paratroopers in france. they thing they have him surrounded. we will go there. and a stunning blow to the top team in all of the national football league. the league has just handed down punishment to the coaches accused of paying players to intentionally injure open -- opponents. and tim tebow on the move! [ male announcer ] any technology not moving forward is moving backward. [ engine turns over, tires squeal ] introducing the lexus enform app suite -- available now on the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. see your lexus dealer. >>shepard: there is some movement at the scene of a tense stand off in france with hundreds of police officers in the middle of a stand off with a suspected terrorist in the country. he is suspected al qaeda follower who is behind a string of execution-style murders

. >> john, two quick questions. is tim cook going to make the presentation? far as we know, tim cook will make the presentation. but even in the last years that steve jobs was making presentations, other apple executives began to take part. we expect to see some of the other executives take part as well. >> there is also this. when you think about the iphone or the ipad, you think about applications, which is a huge business. where does that stand and what will this new ipad mean for the application business? >> well, i'm sure you heard just yesterday the 25th -- 25 billion apps have now been sold for ipads and iphones. an incredible number. the thing about those small programs, that a lot of people say it's the apps that really make this a useful tool. these small programs that do one thing and do it very well rather than the big bloated programs that do so many things, have such a learning curve on them that we use on the laptops and our desktop computers that this has small apps that do one thing and do it very well. that's part of the secret to the succes

john. we call it supper. >> i don't know if i've ever cooked with anyone in a cowboy hot. >> what else have you never done withn. >> we'll get to that later. >> sandwiches are great for lunch but if you add some good protein, kick them up a little bit -- i like a hot supper, they are great for dinner, too. instead of bread i'm going to use puff pastry which you can fine in the frozen section of your grocery store. it is really easy to work with. i'll make a classic monty cristo. but it's baked and it's warm and gooey. i'm rolling it out with a little bit of flour so it is about a foot square. i'm just going to take a pizza cutter and cut it into four like that. now are you going to help me out, john. >> sure. >> john is the chef in this group. >> good. i'm excited. >> i don't know about that. >> you're going to take some ham. follow me, john. first actually you're also going to brush -- just take this brush -- >> what is this? >> this is an egg wash. egg and water. brush the sides along the border. >> it is like glue. so it closes it. >> that's exactly right. it acts as glue and anything with an egg is good wi

cooking up another plan. the secret, now revealed. >> reporter: this wedding was fit for a queen. frances and johnanning had been married for five minutes when they had an unexpected visitor. and when your wedding crashers are royal, you curtsy and bow. >> she obviously knew our names and we were just sort of like -- it was a bit, you know, scary. but it was lovely. >> reporter: the cannings wrote a letter inviting her to their vows, which were held in the same location as a royal event. she said no but secretly planned on going all along. >> we're just two working class people and at the end of the day -- felt very special. >> reporter: nobody beats the queen -- maybe. >> i think she was taken back by you -- your dress and everything. you were gorgeous. absolutely stunning. >> reporter: actually there is someone who can make us feel more special then a queen can. nick schifrin, abc news, london. >> always choose your new bride over the queen. >>> when we come back, could you memorize an entire deck of cards? the u.s. memory champ chose our bill weir that he could do it too. we'll be back. cialis

he explaining to john king that this whole war on women thing is the political theater cooked up by thehas nothing to do with republicans in congress voting to defund planned parenthood or voting to roll back access to contraceptives or republican led stagt legislatures enacting a record number of anti-abortion measures or bob mcdonnell to sign a new 24 hour waiting period for these dumb women seeking abortions who don't understand what an abortion is. no one made him sign the forced ultrasound bill. virginia democrats are still trying to make him pay for it. a couple of weeks ago they sent governor mcdonnell asking him to set aside funding for the ultrasound that he was forcing him to get. they dismissed that request with a lot of anger. we're going to make them have it done for them and we're going to make them pay for it to. they responded with the request with a nasty statement calling it petty and accusing them after playing political games. the virginia budget does have to get through the senate. virginia democrats are not giving up on this point. the senate is set to vote on mond

school and had purchased all the cook books the carolina housewife and all these books and read them and read them and buried myself in them but i kept seeing hoppen john. at the time i wasn't smart enough to realize there was so much beauty in a bowl of food that consisted of rice and peas. think about that. a bowl that is just full of rice and peas. it seemed quite boring to me so i go to a restaurant and i order the hoppenjohn, 19 years old. this is maybe 1998 and i ate the food and guess what, it tasted awful. it wasn't interesting. it wasn't delicious and i walked away confused so i gave another restaurant a shot. same thing and the reason that that bowl of the coveted hoppen john wasn't life-changing to me is because the resources weren't available for the chefs. the farmers weren't growing the correct peas. they weren't growing carolina gold rice that built the city. they were cooking food from cardboard boxes maybe shutting there one year, two year and they weren't inspired by the ingredients but they didn't have the raw materials and once i realized that and tasted the sea island red peas and carolina gold rice it was the biggest slap of the n

cook and a 2015 second round draft pick from the clippers. randy whitman and the wizards on the road in new orleans. john wall on the break, behind they back, smooth, up and in. see it again. wizard up by 16, their largest lead of the night. fourth quarter. wizards up 2. roger mason, jr. stepping up, buries the three. he scored 14 of his 19 pounts in the fourth quarter. later sharing is caring. mason to wall went for a game high 26 points, 12 assists. the wizards get their tenth win of the season. spring training. nats, yankees. harper in gq magazine. >> what? >> john lannan facing justin maxwell. base knock to left. the only native 2 for 2 with an rbi and the yankees beat the nats 8-5. that's it. ♪ okay, so who ordered the cereal that can help lower cholesterol and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. that's yours. lower cholesterol. lower cholesterol. i'm yummy. lower cholesterol. i got that wrong didn't i? [ male announcer ] want great taste? honey nut cheerios. want whole grain oats that can help lower cholesterol? honey nut cheerios. it's a win win. good? [ crunching, sipping ] be happy. be healthy.

john matarese explains why. >> reporter: some of the recent good economic news the result have warm weather? that's what one report is claiming saying the warm weather may be cooking the data. consumers don't really stay inside when the cold winds blow in january and februaryy. cold weather means empty restaurants and car lots. this winter, the fourth warmest in history has changed that and people are getting out. it meant retailers saw near record sales in february of this year. auto dealers report big jumps in new car sales. even home sales are ticking up with warmer days for home biers. the report said this winter's heating bills are a factor with consumers seeing more money in their pockets. the real test how can consumers do in april and may. for more, go to abc2news.com and look for the money tab up top. i'm john matarese. >>> with another ipad on the way from apple, many are wondering is it worth it. it all depends on what you plan to do with it. if you already have one of these, it will have a high definition display and all other kinds of wonderful warm things. it also has a faster processer that will help with gaming. as far as how it looks -- >> all aro

john, great stuff. i love your site. i had a question about when tim cook was showing how fast it loads with the 4g or lte version of the ipad or the new ipad, that looked amazing as far as how much faster. in real life comparisons that you have done, no doubt, what are you seeing as far as is it twice as fast, three times as fast as the two? what's your take? >> it's incredibly fast. faster than a lot of modems i have used. both verizon and at&t 4g lte. it's a powerful upgrade. probably at least five times faster. >> in terms of competition the gap was herement with the ipad three does the gap go like this or widen more? is there anything that rivals or comes close? >> i think the gap is wider. there really isn't a competitor to the ipad 2. at this point apple is so far beyond the competition that it's not even funny. >> they have to catch up to the 2 before this one. >> and they have a lower price point. the ipad 2 is $399. it can take some of the kindle fire momentum. they have started to flesh it out. just as apple does. lower the price points. have mor

what color is it what days of i don't know i'm john corazon i can afford just going take a tinkle to the bathroom i don't know the difference i'm a frickin cook i get it doesn't matter i don't go to jail why because i pay i pay obama money i pay the people going and i take care of our money therefore i'm innocent i'm innocent because i pay the money that is not at all to bated that certain whether the money is worth says that's on certain but the fact that he's money in bribes and pays people involved ministration plods these graphs he's a crook that is certain. exactly so he's just standing his ground max you know he had directly ordered a different brian to transfer two hundred million to j.p. morgan in london where tony blair is the international advisor of course for j.p. morgan london well of course on the former senator and governor of new jersey prior to that the former c.e.o. of goldman sachs he ordered this transfer now just basically what happened is he just o'brian transferred the money from a segregated client account to the m.f. global account and then to j.p. morgan so thus the liver into her boss' plausible deniability plausibl

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.

brightest in these positions is crucial the cook county states attorney's office has rejected a search warrant for a property where some claim that more victims of john wayne gacy may be buried. gacy was executed in 1994 for killing 33 boys and young men they were found at his home but gacy also worked as a maintenance man at a building at elston and miami on chicago's northwest side neighbors say that he was often seen digging deeper holes there are hours underground radar picked up evidence of as many as 70 new targets in 1998 but police dug two holes and found nothing sheriff tom dart wants permission to do it once again but the property owner and the state's attorney say no attorneys for christopher vaughn are asking a judge to bar any mention of his religious beliefs in his upcoming murder trial he is accused of killing his wife and three children after pulling off interstate 55 in 2007 his attorneys believe any mention of is it true religion could severely impact as constitutional rights to a fair trial the feel that jurors will speculate on whether it's a religion are it's a cult prosecutors said that it won't discuss his religious beliefs but

john blackstone now on how the ipad and other tablets are changing our world. >> reporter: at the unveiling of the new ipad, apple c.e.o. tim cook said sales of the tablet are so strong they are ending the era of the personal computer. >> we sold more ipads in the fourth quarter of last year than any p.c. manufacturer sold of their entire p.c. line worldwide. >> reporter: apple's launch of the ipad two years ago created a worldwide phenomenon. it's predicted that by 2016 more than 112 million american adults will own a tablet computer. a big attraction is how easy tablets are to use. at jones, a restaurant in san francisco, jordan langer says their ipad-based system requires virtually no training. >> it's literally like pressing a button. if someone orders mac and cheese, for example, there's a picture of macaroni and cheese you press that, it goes into the system, you press send and it goes to the kitchen. >> reporter: with so many apps, the small, easy-to-use programs that run on tablets, the devices can do almost everything. at the zoom room, a los angeles dog training center, ipads are used for check in, billing, even photog

john fort. this is all in response to an investigation into apple's labor practices in china. how damaging is that report and what happens now? >> well, lester, apple ceo tim cook in china this week, and one of the places he stopped was in one of those factories in china. i wouldn't call this report damaging exactly, but there are some concerns though. primarily about working safety and how they prepare for that and also about overtime. in violation of the national standards for overtime. the workers are working way too much. but the workers themselves, 80% say the hours are fair or they want more overtime. there's a challenge in how apple approaches it. they say they're going to decrease the number of overtime hours but increase wages over the next year, plus, so the workers themselves don't take a hit. >> how does this affect consumers of apple products? >> well, i think there were a lot of consumers who were concerned by buying apple products, were they supporting labor practices that were hurting the world overall, that were substandard even for china? what this report says not necessarily. this appears to be in line with what a lot of companies are doing o

cook's navigation of the globe three times, which he did personally as well. >> not three times. >> not three times. and, of course, his newest midnight rising, which is about john brown and the events that changed the course of american history forever. tony's also a pulitzer prizewinning journalist. he worked for the "wall street journal" and "new york times." he's a very, very dear friend. one of the things about tony is he really and truly has a notion that we at the journey like to say that we put people in the boots of those who went before us in order for them to know as david mccull low told us years ago, those people who lived long ago didn't know they were living long ago. tony one ups it. not only do our programs try to put students and visitors and teachers into the boots of those long ago, tony, as he writes here, wants to get not into their boots but into their minds. he's done that with every book he's written, and it transports us to times and places that really challenge us. so we're here today and we'll have a conversation, and then we're going to open the floor to your questions to this amazing man. because you're our friend we still get to sa

cook and a second round pick in 2015. just hours later, the wizards take the court in new orleans facing the hornets. they never looked back. john wall having some fun tonight. behind the back layup. he had 26 points. 12 assists on the night. they won tonight by 10. all right. this not necessarily a sight caps fans want to see. that is alex ovechkin face down. ov and mike kanuble collided. ovechkin is okay and will probably suit up tomorrow night against winnipeg. >> nana not one of the nba's wives. >> a big 6-foot 11-foot player. >> right. just checking. welcome. good night.