long-time governor john kitzhaber announced he's resigning over allegations of influence peddling byncee. in an audio statement, the veteran democrat said he broke no laws. >> woodruff: hard-hit new england is bracing for blizzard conditions and brutal cold, again. a powerful, weekend storm could drop two feet of snow in coastal maine, and blast the region with 70 mile-an-hour winds. in boston today, crews kept working around the clock to remove six feet of snow from three earlier storms. plows are also being brought in from other states. president obama today condemned the killings of three young muslims in north carolina as "brutal and outrageous." they were shot dead by a neighbor, in chapel hill. police cited a parking dispute, but the victims' families called it a hate crime. in his statement, the president said: he said the f.b.i. is checking whether federal laws were broken. islamic state fighters in iraq attacked a major base today where 400 u.s. marines and other troops are training iraqis. u.s. officials said the americans were not involved. instead, iraqi troops killed mos

. >> after a week of will he or won't he, four time governor john kitzhaber announced his resignation. >> contracts sylvia hayes good garnered in miss last term. >> allegations that his fiancee used their relationship to win state contracts for their clean energy consulting business and failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in income. that investigation has led to revelations of other scandals involving hayes who has sometimes called herself oregon's first lady. hayes has admitted to buying a house in 19 never to grow marijuana. marrying an undocumented immigrant so he could stay in the u.s. she offered a tearful apologize in orbiting. >> i apologize deeply for my action he and omissions, first and foremost to john, the person i love and respect above all others. >> reporter: but ultimately it's the investigation led by oregon's attorney general about his ability to govern. led to his resignation earlier this week. >> any time that the governor is not able to move about freely to engage in important conversations, because the discussion is always about the investigations is a

the saga of oregon's battle comes to an end as john kitzhaber's resignation comes to an end.will become the nation's first openly bisexual governor. >>> the next story is disturbing. new surveillance video just released shows what happened when a lone gunman opened fire on a kansas city bus last year injuring a 15-year-old girl. garrett haight reports. >> reporter: a surveillance camera on the outside of the bus show as man in the hoodity waiting at the bus stop. his hands in the bus stop. as the bus drives away he starts shooting firing six shots before the butt gets away. inside a teenage couple sits back the back door. they scramble for cover. she is hit. police respond from the shots fired system. they found a 15-year-old girl shot and bleeding and rushed her to children's mercy. at the time police believe the victim may have known the shooter. if she wasn't his target and reason, she may have known who was. >> we're still putting together the pieces of the puzzle. from what we understand, this was not a random act and our victim may know who the suspect is. >> reporter:

john kitzhaber has been facing increasing pressure all week to resign.rutiny for using this relationship with be the governor secure business]txzñtç deals. she also admitted she once married an immigrant just so he could stay in the unitedp7c@a states. oregon's secretaries of state calls the situation keirly bizarre and unprecedented. dan springer is live in our pacific northwest news hub. the governor just put out a statement, dan? >> reporter: it has been a remarkable political drama unfolding in oregon, and the governor just minutes ago put out a statement in his resignation. earlier today he talked to his staff, saying he was resigning and just put out this statement and he says i must say that it is deeply troubling to me to realize we have come to a place in the history of this great state of ours where a person can be charged trade convicted and sevens sentencessed by the media witÊ; no due process or independent verification of the allegations involved, but even more troubling, and on a very personal level, as one who has given 35 years of public

lawmakers including fellow democrats want john kitzhaber to quit. he and his fiancee are under criminal investigation allegedly asking to find his fiance paid jobs with groups hoping to influence oregon policy. hayes is accused of a bogus marriage involving marrying a nigerian immigrant in 1996 for $5,000. kitzhaber is oregon's longest-serving governor. >>> you'll hear this at courthouses today across alabama. same-sex couples lining up to marriage licenses to get those after a hearing yesterday a federal judge made it clear probate judges cannot refuse gay couples. it's been legal there since monday. but 11th hour pressure from alabama's chief justice had some places refusing to give them out all week. alabama is the 37th state to allow same-sex marriage. >>> new help for the country's war vets. a suicide prevention bill. president obama signed it yesterday. it supports programs that help warning war vets transition back into society. the bill was named after clay hunt. clay was an iraq vet who ended his life in 2011 while struggling with ptsd. his

oregon's secretary of state kate brown will take over for current governor john kitzhaber. kitzhaber announced his resignation today amid a corruption scandal. his fiancee is accused of using their relationship to enrich herself. >>> a in an avalanche. his friends' quick action meant the difference between life and death. >>> why you could run into big problems with the u.s. postal service this weekend. >> somebody who the state of maryland felt dangerous had my information and knew where i lived. >>> an unsolicited love letters from inmates. >>> prisoners reaching out to women they don't even know from behind bars. an investigation by the news 4 i-team reveals there have been complaints to jail officials that inmates are sending them unwanted unexpected letters by mail. as the i-team's scott mcfarland reports now, some are concerned about so-called prisoner pen pal services. >> reporter: a handwritten letter, so uncommon these days. especially from a stranger. how are you doing? when this maryland woman, who we'll call angela opened hers -- >> hopefully your day has been f

. >> reporter: in defiant remarks governor john kitzhaber blamed a media frenzy insisting he will be cleared in two investigations involving his fiancee sylvia hayes, who he calls his first lady. >> i apologize deeply for my actions and omissions. >> reporter: the oregonian reports she tried to make money from firms trying to do business with the state. yet another controversial headline after the revelation she broke federal law two decades ago by accepting money for a green card marriage. >> there are serious consequences. i made a very serious mistake. >> reporter: the tipping point? a criminal investigation opened just this week that had even kitzhaber's fellow democrats reconsidering their support. >> i think the situation over the last couple of days has really indicated his inability to focus on his job and has undermined his ability to govern. >> reporter: now the governor's 35-year career in public service reduced to a single sentence as he steps down. secretary of state kate brown ready to step in. late today, secretary brown talked with reporters calling this a sad day for

governor john kitzhaber is in his fourth term as governor.owever his fiancee cylvia hayes is accused of using her consulting work. the state attorney general is investigating and the governor has called for a probe. it was on tuesday the governor recalled his secretary of state in washington, d.c. supposedly to tell her he was resigning and she would replace him under the state's succession plan but when she returned on wednesday he informed he was staying in office. >> a lot of talk today. do you have any intentions of resigning? >> no, i do not. as i indicated last week i recognize i've been getting as lot of pressure from many quarters to do so. don't intend to do so. she is the secretary of state and it's not the kind of conversation i wanted to have on the phone. this is a serious issue. it's a serious call to have a sitting governor resign. and she would then become the governor if i chose to do that. i got elected. by a lot of people spent a lot of time and energy and money toto get me in this position. >> a blunt statement reads, quot

governor john kitzhaber and his fiancee under criminal investigation accused of influence peddling. new reports emerged saying the governor's office asked state officials to destroy all of his e-mails and other personal records from state servers. >>> military officials say 22 marines have been exposed to a noxious gas at their base in southern california. the marines were on a training exercise inside an assault vehicle that carries troops from ship to shore. that's when an equipment malfunction caused the release of a fire retardant gas. three of them are still hospitalized this morning. >>> the man on trial for killing american snierper author chris kyle and a friend said he had taken a couple souls and had more to take. that testimony from a police officer. also in court video of officers trying to coax the accused eddie routh out after i pickup after the shootings. he talks about voodoo en the apocalypse and whether he is going insane. >>> new details this morning about whitney houston's daughter just days before she was found unresponsive in her bathtub. bobbi kristina brown w

kate brown sworn in following the resignation of fellow democrat john kitzhaber. he left office last week in the midst of an influence peddling scandal. brown praised the former governor but said her office must restore oregon's trust. >>> an explosion in an exxonmobil refinery rattled a southern california community. a lot of people thought it was an earthquake. it sent flames into the air and an ash-like substance into neighborhoods and authorities say the power of the blast in torrance equaled a 1.7 magnitude earthquake. four people were injured. the destruction to production has already caused a spike in gas prices in california. >>> meanwhile, a water main break caused a huge mess in a hollywood neighborhood sending 100,000 gallons of water gushing into the streets. several cars were submerged. basement floods. an 18-inch cast iron pipe that burst was installed back in 1926. but officials say it had no history of leaks. >>> still ahead, what's behind a girl scout cookie backlog. >>> also happening now, an all out search and pet owners desperate for answers. a

. >> pelley: four-term oregon governor john kitzhaber said today he is stepping down amid a growing scandalfiance, cylvia hayes is being investigated for allegedly using their relationship to land contracts for her energy business. he said he broke no laws but he understands now he's a liability. remember this a few weeks ago? >> the state of the union is strong. ( applause ) >> pelley: so, apparently, was the wine. justice ruth bader-ginsburg says that is why she nodded off during the speech. >> and we sit there stone-faced, sober judges but we're not-- at least i wasn't-- 100% sober because before we went to the state of the union-- ( laughter ). >> pelley: she said she and her colleagues had wine at dinner doing their best to uphold the 21st amendment that repealed prohibition. this has been a week of seismic changes in the media and now one of the leading observers of the media scene has died. critic david carr of the "new york times." carr collapsed last night in the "time's" newsroom shortly after moderating a panel that included a video link with n.s.a. leaker edward snowden. earlier

lawmakers including his fellow democrats want john kitzhaber to quit but the four-time governor is refusing. he and his fiancee silvias hayes are under investigation like asking adviser to find hayes paid jobs. the problem, they were jobs with groups hoping to influence oregon's energy policy. hayes was working for kitzhaber as an energy adviser. hayes is accused of a bogus marriage that involved marrying a nigerian immigrant in 1996 for $5,000. kitzhaber is oregon's longest serving governor. >>> you'll hear this today at courthouses across alabama. take a listen. [ applause ] >>> same-sex couples lining up to get marriage licenses has been officially legal there since monday but 11th hour pressure from alabama's chief justice had some places refusing to give them out all week long. after a hearing yesterday, a federal judge made it clear probate judges cannot refuse gay couples. alabama is the 37th state to allow same-sex marriage. >>> also this morning, new help for america's war vets. a suicide prevention bill, president obama signed it yesterday. it supports programs that help returning

possibility the bus driver was trying to beat the train to the crossing. >>> oregon's governor john kitzhabeong political career over the fiancee was trying to make money from firms hoping to do business with the state. his kate brown will become the first openly bisexual governor. >>> anger is rising over the deadly police shooting in washington state. the family of the orchard worker filed a $25 million lawsuit against pasco, washington. the worker was throwing rocks at them. witnesses say he was running away when he was shot. >>> a massive effort to rescue dozens of whales beached in new zealand. now only about 60 are still alive. conservation workers are trying to get them back in the water. one of the largest efforts to save beached whales. >>> here is a question for you. what would you do with an extra $100 million or so? that's the question 26-year-old marie holmes of north carolina may get to answer. holmes says she is one of three winners of the $564 million powerball jackpot this week. the mother of four plans to give money to her church and set up college funds for her children. i

. >> john kitzhaber resigns. >> they're accused of planting a valentine's day mass murder. >> there's nothing to classify it as a terrorist attack. >>> a police encounter that left an indian grandfather temporarily the paralyzed. >> president obama says the cyber attacks is the new wild west. >> it's too easy to figure out passwords like pass board. >> gary owens has died at the age of 80. known for row whenan's "laugh-in." >> and "fifty shades of grey" got more tickets than any other movie ever. >> all that matters -- on "cbs this morning: saturday." >> one senior for "fifty shades of grey." it's all about the sex that goes on before, during and after sex, so the actors have to be going at a moment's notice. they spend half the day in a robe and half the day naked, and i thought, hey, that's me in retirement. captioning funded by cbs >>> and welcome to the weekend. we geercht great show for you this valentine's day. we look a little like a valentine's day calendar this morning with our red. >> i will pretend like we didn't plan this like i told you to wear a red tie. >> and she did.

secretary of state kate brown, a democrat like john kitzhaber, is expected to resume the office and become the first openly bisexual governor in the country. governor kitzhaber said his resignation will take effect next wednesday at 10:00 a.m., pacific time. this president prostate on the c-span networks, c-span starting at 10:00 a.m. eastern that is why today i proudly announce my candidacy for president of the united states of america. >> a special presentation on presidential campaign announcements from ronald reagan in 1979 to barack obama in 2007. and we will re-air these announcements later in the evening at 9:00 p.m. on book tv, c-span two finalists for the nationalist book award starting at noon eastern. david brian davis on his third and final volume on the history of slavery, focusing on emancipation. at 1:30, elizabeth colbert argues we are currently undergoing a six massive extinction and that this one is the result of human action and will be the most devastating. then after :00, french economists with senator elizabeth warren talk about wealth and economic inequality. on amer

she takes over from john kitzhaber. she says restoring public trust she will also enact reforms. she also identifies herself as bisexual making her the only bisexual in u.s. history. (f) nicole mitchell joins us with the weather. >> almost eastern third eastern half of the country that's under this arctic blast. after last front came through we already had cold air in place. this is funneling more of the cold air. more wind chills overnight. 20 to 40° below average. we could have record setting low temperatures tall way south as key west. alabama, georgia, with the wind in place the wind chills, so many advisoryies up. more of the cold air shifts to the mid atlantic and the northeast. so friday morning is the brutal day for that region. not a lot of snow with the current system yet. that's the other thing we're watching. but as it hits into the northeast, places like maine could get six to ten inches. it is the next system i'm concerned about. more freezing prescription in an area that already had it and is still dealing with icy roads because a lot of that hasn't melted off. as

john kitzhaber maintains he and sylvia hayes worked hard to avoid conflict. here's a portion of the audio statement that was released. >> i'm announcing today i will resign as governor of the state of oregon. it is not in my nature to walk away from a job i've undertaken. it's to stand and fight for the cause. so i apologize to all those people who gave of their faith time, energy and resources to elect me to a fourth term last year and who have supported me the past three decades. i promise you i will continue to pursue our shared goals and common cause in another venue. i must also say it is deeply troubling to me to realize we've come to a place in this history of our great state of ours a person can be charged, tried and sentenced by the media with no due process or independent verification of the allegations involved. but even more troubling and on a very personal level, as someone who has given 35 years of public service to oregon is so many of my former allies and common cause have been able to accept this judgment at its face value. it is something th

governor john kitzhaber, a democrat, is facing calls to resign amid allegations that hi fiancee usedd contracts for her consulting business. people close to the governor saying he actually decided to resign, but later reversed course, now is vowing to stay on the job. the attorney general has launched a criminal investigation. we'll be right back. >>> seconds left in the game, down by one, he gets it! >> mr. president? >> can i live? >> you do you. >> yolo, man. all right. >>> a two happened set from the president. that is part of a video released by buzzfeed. president obama just like all of us does things he doesn't talk about like pretend to make a basketball shot at the buzzer. there is a real message. sign up for health care. here is the president practicing that pitch. >> the deadline for signing up for health insurance is february -- >> not like any other wednesday. >> wed-nes-day. >> february -- man. >> february 15th. february 15th. in many cases you can get health insurance for less than $100 a mont. go to healthcare.gov and sign up. >> i'll say this is original stuff. in ju

governor john kitzhaber's office sought to destroy thousands of his e-mails. one week ago today, the governor's executive assistant sent an e-mail that has now been obtained asking the tech folks at oregon's tech department to say they needed to delete everything in the governor's e-mail. the governor is under an ethic the investigation, he is reportedly under an fbi investigation. the day after his office sent this request to the state government to destroy all of the e-mails and take them off of the servers is when the oregon attorney general announced an investigation into the allegations against the governor. here is the good news, oregon, the governor's office sent that request one week ago today. please destroy my e-mails while in the midst of all of these criminal investigations about my behavior. the good news here? the guys in the tech department of state government that received that request to destroy the governor's e-mails -- they said no. congratulations, oregon, you have conscientious public servants including the field tech who got the request.

. >>> records have been subpoenaed for john kitzhaber. this after allegations that his live-in girlfriend cylvia used his pull. >>> a las vegas mother of four is on life support after being shot after an apparent road rage incident. tammy meyers had just finished giving her daughter driving lessons when she got into a fender bender. the driver of the car followed her home and shot her as she pulled in front of the house. her son witnessed the incident and returned fire. >>> proof that sometimes you may want to stick to your day job, courtesy of the nba all-star game. kevin hart tried to battle nick cannon in a dance-off. hart left the stage with his head bowed in defeat didn't get better. he got involved in a celebrity basketball game. tried to guard little lee phenom mo'ne davis. >> the little league fee mom? >> yes. no foul was -- >> she said her dream was to play nba basketball. >> against kevin hart? >> no. in general. here's the exceptional athlete. she said her dream was basketball. >> she's good. >> she's definitely good. i don't k

. >> announcing his resignation last week democratic governor john kitzhaber of oregon cited his worken energy as one of his areas of accomplishment. >> we have also found ways to support our rural communities and to create jobs in our natural resource industries while enhancing the environment. >> yet it was kitzhaber's engagement to sylvia hayes that undid him. while serving as an unpaid adviser to the governor on energy issues, hayes reportedly earned over $200,000 from outside green groups including the clean economy development center whose tax-exempt status the irs eventually revoked and the energy foundation, a non-profit funded in part by liberal billionaire tom stier. >> clean energy companies depend on government subsidies. >> federal figures show green energy accounted for 3.5 million jobs in 2011 about 2.5% of all jobs. in 2012 alone, the obama administration reportedly steered $12 billion through taxpayer-funded loans, grants and tax breaks. among them a loan guarantee to the now bankrupt solyndra. and yet solar electric power generation has generated only 500 private sec

john kitzhaber is 67 years old. he spent what feels like a lifetime in politics in oregon. he was on his way to becoming the second largest serving governor in the history of the united states if he had finished out his current term. that would have been 16 years in office. he's a democratic. he was elected for the fourth time in oregon. eufr ever he is best known for his work on health reform. for the past several months kitzhaber has been beset by troubles, with his girlfriend in pay to play allegations about her, about her relationship with him, and her relationship with the state of oregon at an official level. specifically, whether she was played by interest groups to advocate in kitzhaber's administration while she was serving in unofficial capacity as the state's first lady. that situation led to an ethics investigation and the state criminal investigation, a demand from the state's largest newspaper that kitzhaber resign his job immediately. until this afternoon, he had been fiercely resisting that demand. this is what he had to say on wednesday night. >> have you b

governor john kitzhaber announced that he will resign from office. he made no public appearances at all today. his office putting out a written statement and an audio file of the governor reading that statement aloud. >>> he goes on to say he is confident that he has not broken any laws or done anything dishonest. the escalateing media frenzy has reached the point of no return. he says he will step down next wednesday morning 10:00 a.m. local time. he is 67 years old. he spent what feels like a lifetime in politics in oregon. he was on his way to becoming the second largest serving governor in the history of the united states if he had finished out his current term. that would have been 16 years in office. she a he's a democratic. he was elected for the fourth time in oregon recently. he is nope for his work on health reform. the rollout in oregon of obama care was a disaster. for the past several months kitzhaber has been in trouble in relation to his girlfriend. specifically pay to play plans. if she was paid while in his administration and serving

. >>> democrat kate brown has been sworn in as oregon governor following the resignation of john kitzhaberweek. >>> welcome back to "hardball." marie harf is being criticized over comments she made here on "hardball." she said, we have to do more than kill terrorists, we have to get to the root cause of what leads them to violent extremists. >> are we killing enough of them? >> we are killing a lot of them and will kill more of them but we cannot kill our way out of this war. we need in the medium and longer term to go after the root causes that leads people to join these groups, whether it's lack of opportunity for jobs, work with countries around the world to help improve their governance and build their economy to have job opportunities for these people. >> those comments didn't sit well with conservative commentators and they jumped on her. here they are. >> this is an insult to all of the people in the world who are actually poor and not blowing people up. >> exactly. >> and not targeting christians. >> now they send their spokesman from the state department to say, well, we cannot ki

. >> oregon's governor john kitzhaber is stepping down after a long scandal involving his fiancee, hernfluence on his administration and consulting and policy work. the governor claims nor he or his fiancee broke any laws. they subpoenaed his electronic e-mails. john fund is columnist for "national review" magazine. you say you are surprised this story hasn't gotten more coverage. tell me more. >> four months ago the "land weekly" broke this story. they had all the elements. the fact his fiance had taken in over $200,000 for green companies. the evidence was all there. the fact is we've seen far less originally in governor mcdonnell of virginia and governor christie of new jersey turn into big national stories. i'm from the west coast and i don't think we should be ignored by the national news whether good news or bad news. >> they are in the news now. department of administration services will go before a federal grand jury march 10th. what do you think this investigation will be all about and will unfold possibly? >> i think the larger concern for people in the rest of the country is

visit ncicap.org] >> oregon democratic governor john kitzhaber announced his resignation. he says his resignation will be effective on wednesday. in a statement he says he broke no laws but apologized to the people who helped him get reelected in november and supported him for the past three decades. john kitzhaber maintaind that he and his fiancee worked hard to avoid conflicts between their roles. here is a portion of the audio statement that was released. >> i'm announcing today that i will resign as governor of the state of oregon. it is not in my nature to hawk away from a job that i are undertaken. it is to stand and fight for the cause so i apologize to all of those people who gave of their faith, time energy and resources to elect me to a fourth term last year and who have supported me the last three deck. i will continue to pursue our shared goals and common cause in another venue. it is deeply troubling to realize we have come to a place in the history of this great tate of ours where a person can be charged, tried, convicted and sense tensed by the media with no

governor john kitzhaber announced that he will resign from office.arances at all today. his office putting out a written statement and an audio file of the governor reading that statement aloud.

democrat john kitzhaber says his resignation will be effective wednesday.this all comes among suspicion that his fiance used her relationship to land contracts for her business. kitzhaber insists he has broken no laws. >>> back here in our area atlantic city's trump taj mahal casino is shutting down its poker room temporarily for a makeover. it's scheduled to close tomorrow and be re-opened by summer. the ceo says the 48-table room has become unprofitable so it's being redone. right now the casino is struggling to emerge from bankruptcy. investor carl icahn put up $20 million to keep the taj open and operating through the bankruptcy proceedings. >>> meanwhile, the borgata will introduce a basketball betting competition next month. state gaming officials gave the casino permission to host a free throws for money contest. contestants will try to sink as many foul shots as they can in 90 seconds. the top four finishers will split $10,000. >>> the time right now 9:26. still ahead on nbc 10 news today, a police officer shoots a suspect in bucks county. nbc 10's

kate brown was sworn in following the resignation of john kitzhaber. he left office in the midst of a influence pedaling scandal. he said her office must restore other's trust. >>> could we be leading up to the swearing in of another bush in the white house? >> former florida governor jeb bush increasingly sounding like a presidential candidate but careful to draw some lines in the sand. here's abc's john karl. >> reporter: there's no hiding from it. that's his brother. that's his father and if jeb bush is elected president it would be three straight republican presidents from the same family. as he gave his first big foreign policy speech, he wanted to make one thing clear. >> for the record, one more time. i love my brother. i love my dad. i love my mother, as well. i hope that's okay. and i admire their service to the nation and the difficult decisions they had to make. but i'm my own man. >> reporter: as if to underline that, jeb acknowledged his brother got some things wrong. >> this were mistakes made in iraq for sure. >> reporter: he's had to wo

. >>> in oregon federal prosecutors have subpoenaed records from long-time governor john kitzhaber. he announced he'll step down on friday. this after allegations that his live-in fiance used their relationship to benefit her energy consulting business. kate brown next in line as the state secretary of state, will be sworn in gomper. she becomes the first openly bisexual governor in u.s. history. >>> a las vegas mother of four is on life support after being shot after an apparent road rage incident. tammy meyers had just finished giving her daughter driving lessons when she got into a fender bender. with another car. police say the drive of that car followed eded meyers home and her as she pulled in front of her house. her son witnessed the incident and returned fire. so far, there have been no arrests. >>> proof that sometimes you may want to stick to your day job, courtesy of the nba all-star weekend kickoff. after actor/comedian kevin hart tried to battle nick cannon in a dance-off. didn't go too well. hart left the stage with his head bowed in defeat. didn't get better. he got i

john kitzhaber has been under pressure to leave office under allegations his fiance, sylvia hayes usedlting business. kitzhaber has always denied wrongdoing. he released a statement yesterday saying he has no intention of leaving office. >>> testimony resumes in a texas courtroom in the so-called american sniper trial. chris kyle's widow was the first to testify recounting the last time she saw her husband before he was shot to death. the jury also heard about chris kyle's last text message describing his accused killer. here now abc's ryan owens. >> reporter: taya kyle, the first witness telling her story to the people that matter most. millions know what this widow has endured thanks to sienna miller's performance in the blockbuster "american sniper." from the stand here grief is all too real. one of the prosecutor's first questions, who were you married to? she breaks down trying to answer. chris kyle, she whispers. the judge will not allow audio of witnesses to be broadcast but you don't need to hear her to see her pain. clutching dog tags in her hand, she walks the jury through fa

for john kitzhaber this is not over. >> for the first time tonight we can tell you without a doubt heiancee sylvia hayes are facing federal scrutiny. we have kgw live team coverage where it's been anything but business as usual. >> following the story so closely. to say the last few days have been wild would be an under statement. it's an emotional roller coaster, so much so that the halls of the state capitol for a ghost town by afternoon. a lot of lawmakers feeded to escape the chaos. not before weighing in on the big news of the day. >> hell of a way to celebrate a state's birthday. >> reporter: volunteers got ready for oregon es 156th birthday party. the decorations coming hours after governor kitzhaber announced his resignation. >> i understand i have become a liability to thor very institutions and policies to which i have dedicated my career and my adult life. >> reporter: the governor delivered new in an audio clip and written statement. the decision to reion wasn't one the governor took lightly. >> it is not in my nature to walk away from a job. it is to stand and fight for t

and oregon governor john kitzhaber will serve his final day in office wednesday after announcing he wouldstep down amid a public corruption probe. since oregon does not have a lieutenant governor, secretary of state kate brown will take his place becoming the first , openly bisexual governor in the u.s. history. and those are some of the headlines, this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. egypt has opened a new front in the war against isis. on monday, egyptian warplanes bombed northeastern libya after cairo vowed to avenge the killing of 21 coptic christians. egypt says it hit isis sites "precisely." but at least seven civilians including three children, were killed in the coastal city of derna. the bombings come after the islamic state released a video showing the beheading of the 21 kidnapped egyptians. the victims are led on to a beach dressed in orange jumpsuits like guantÁnamo bay prisoners. they are then beheaded one by one. the lead

passinging in the glow of winning an historic fourth term last november, oregon's democratic governor john kitzhaberis battle agreeing scandal and calls for his resignation. the skate's largest newspaper, "the oregonian" joined the with a scathing editorial readingÑóym -- the turmoil surrounds kitzhaber's fiance, silvia hayes energy october tearfully admitted getting paid for a 1997 illegal marriage to an ethiopian man with seeking u.s. residency. >> it's a serious issue. there are serious consequences. i made a very serious mistake. >> reporter: but that crime is minor compared to recent revelations that hayes made $213,000 as a clean energy consultant while at the same time serving as an unpaid policy adviser in the kitzhaber administration and living with the governor as his first lady. two of the jobs hayes got were set up by kitzhaber campaign advisers later handed high-paying jobs as aides in his administration. last week, kitzhaber addressed the apparent conflict of interest involving hayes. >> these issues have become such a distraction that i want to make it very very clear that she will ha

oregon's john kitzhaber announcing today he is resigning after the scandal surrounding his fiancee'sannouncement follows a wild week in which the four-term governor went from defiant to apologetic officially announcing his resignation this afternoon after pressure from fellow democrats. his fiancee was said to be working as an unpaid adviser in his office while acting as a private consultant in the clean energy sector. the governor insists neither he nor his fiancee broke any laws. >>> also developing tonight for the first time we may now know the motive for the murder of "american sniper." new testimony on day three of the trial today revealing that the accused killer -- there's no question that he is the killer, only question is whether he is criminally responsible. eddie ray routh, he said he killed krisz kyle and kyle's friend because they wouldn't talk to him on the car ride to the shooting range. arthur aidalla, legal toernl and fox news analyst. he said they wouldn't talk to me. i was sitting in the backseat and they wouldn't talk to me. we know from the trial yesterday that t

governor john kitzhaber, a democrat, is facing calls to resign amid allegations that hi fiancee usedo land contracts for her consulting business. people close to the governor saying he actually decided to resign, but later reversed course, now is vowing to stay on the job. the attorney general has launched a criminal investigation. we'll be right back. major: here's our new trainer ensure active heart health. heart: i maximize good stuff like my potassium and phytosterols which may help lower cholesterol. new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body so you stay active and strong. ensure, take life in. ommmmmmm my new website on squarespace is designed to help you tuck yourself in at night. it features guided meditations soothing melodies, and stories to help you get cozy. ommmmmmm i sincerely hope you dig it. whatever your idea is, build it beautiful on squarespace. they're coming. what do i do? you need to catch the 4:10 huh? the equipment tracking system will get you to the loading dock. ♪ there should be a truck leaving now. i got it. now jump off the bridge. what?

e-mails and phone records show the justice department is now investigate issing whether governor john kitzhaberhe law. his political career brought down by allegations against his fiancee after he steps down. >> he's done good by this state for 36 to 40 years. so let's not that one moment here today define him. that is totally not fair. >> analysts call it a shocking fall from grace for one of the state's most reliable politicians, elected to an unprecedented four terms. in the last four months new questions surfaced about whether his first lady sylvia hayes, tried to leverage their relationship to make money from firms hoping to do business with the statement revelations she broke laws two decades ago by accepting money to marry an 18-year-old ethiopian man who wanted a green card. kitzhaber has insisted he did nothing wrong, calling it deeply troubling. >> a person can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media with no due process. >> this is truly a sad day for the state of oregon. >> his successor, secretary of state kate brown, will be sworn in next week becoming the country's

nbc news confirmed oregon governor john kitzhaber plans to resign amid a growing ethics scandal.t faces allegations his fiancee used her relationship with him to enrich herself. kitzhaber is the longest serving chief executive. kate brown is expected to assume the office when the governor steps down. >>> we'll be right back with a frigid weekend forecast. you'll need the right it infrastructure. from a partner who knows how to make your enterprise more agile, borderless and secure. hp helps business move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready for everything that is still to come. how much money do you have in your pocket right now? i have $40 $21. could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement? i don't think so. well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. ♪ ♪ what's that thing? i moved our old security system out here to see if it could monitor the front yard. why don't you switch to xfinity home? i get

meanwhile, pressure is mounting on gon kbon governor john kitzhaber to resign. he and his fiancee, sylvia hayes are investigated following reports hayes used her connections to the governor to win contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. and routinely used the governor's mansion to host meetings with clients. despite pressure from senior democrats and reports that he told aides he was stepping down, the governor says otherwise. >> a lot of talk today. do you have any intentions of resigning? >> no, i do not. as i indicated last week i recognize i've been getting a lot of pressure from many to do so. don't intend to do so. i got elected. a lot of people spent a lot of time and money and energy to get me in this position and i owe it to them to do the job as best i can. >> nbc's zach roth has more. let's get the background on this case and does it look like the governor can survive it? >> well there have already been some reports and my sources saying the same thing that the governor may indeed resign early afternoon oregon time. everybody stressing that