and party to the defense, john robinson. >> excuse me. >> what kind of man are you? you got children of your own. >> atticus finch. >> this ring that belonged to your mother. you want to tell us what really happened? >> i got nothing to say. do nothing about it. you coward! >> gentlemen, i shall be brief but i would like to use the remaining time i have with you to remind you that this case is not a difficult one. it requires no minute sifting of complicated facts, but it does require you to be sure beyond a reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the defendant. to begin with, this case should never have come to trial. this case is as simple as black and white. the state has produced not one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime tom robinson is charged with ever took place. it has relied instead on the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence is not only been called into serious question on cross-examination but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant. the defendant is not guilty. but somebody in this courtroom is. i have nothing but pity in my hea

robinson. our top stories in a moment but first john is here to look outside. >> i'm getting calls about people that need rain. but it is the 4th of july weekend. so, if you count yesterday and by the traffic that i saw a lot of people were out yesterday. out of the four days, if you get one with a decent rain chance that is not bad. what is tomorrow? >> that is the rain chance but it is scattered. right now we're fine. there no rain nearby. so, the best odds if you are going to have a picnic like in the back yard or something would be today or on monday. >> that is good. >> i know because you planned one on sunday. all we can do is talk about the weather, we can't force it to do anything. there is rain out to the west showing up on the radar. that stuff will get closer later today but what will be a threat around this area -- it won't be a threat in this area until tomorrow. ahead.s >> our big story family and friends return to the crime scene it are your a mother and -- to remember a mother and daughter. alicia avery was found shot to death with her daughter darry'el. we have more on how they

john boehner. let me go back to my guest, richard wolff and eugene robinson.hard, i'm living and taking notes. when there was blow back from the house chamber, it seemed extemporaneously, the speaker said i put revenues on the table. there are no revenues in that which is about to get passed by the house. i wonder if he's going to regret having offered that to his colleagues? >> we have multiple personalities than john boehner. talks about jobs, knows he's not actually talking about jobs. that was his opening. secondly, he knows he'll have to take a very different bill to the same house in a matter of days, which will be what comes out of the senate. eamer that or he'll be in real trouble with whatever he thinks it the american people want to hear is completely overtaken by talks of a shutdown, social security checks not paid. and thirdly, where was the john boehner offering revenues and how come now we're talking about a balanced budget amendment? there are multiple characters and maultiple politics played ot right there in that speech. >> gene, his future wa

john yates announced he was stepping down. then a former "news of the world" reporter that alleged widespread hacking was found dead. the circumstances are not believed to be suspicious. nick robinson reports. >> he resigned just a day after his boss, commissioner paul stephenson. both are paying the price for failing to get to grips with the hacking scandal, so says the mayor of london. >> i have just come off of the phone with yates and tendered his resignation. >> insisted both men jumped and were not pushed. he made it clear he did everything to encourage them. >> there are issues and questions. it will make it difficult for them to continue to do their job in the way they wanted. >> john yates began the day determined not to resign. he told colleagues he would not submit to trial by media. he explained why he was going. >> we are truly accountable. those of us to take on the most difficult jobs have to stand up and be counted when things go wrong. sadly, there continues to be a huge amount of inaccurate and downright malicious gossip published about me personally. this has the potential to be a significant distraction in my current role. >> this is the man whose arrest caused

john, republican. you are on the air. caller: i believe which senator it was. i believe senator robinson -- robertson. may 23 he and 20 other senators sent a letter to the white house that the stated the the obama administration had not attended a budget yet in 754 days. so, you expect me to believe this administration is going to be negotiating in good faith when unfortunately, from what it looks like from all of the administrative back door of the constitution of the united states, i have to agree with congressman will send that we have a pathological liar as commander in chief. as a republican in, i would say do not increase the debt limit and just go ahead and insist on cutting and everything comes to a screeching halt, then we can look back at mr. obama's policies for the past two years and the increase in the deficit that he created and say, now you want to be a fiscal conservative, when it is becoming election time. i don't believe any single word coming out of the white house, especially with the work -- more i see -- atf, sdi. host: for john, it is definitely, no, he will not support a grand

robinson was taken fot hospital and pronounced dead. witnesses say a lone gunman was responsible for the shooting. no arrests have been made. >>> the investigation continues into the shooting that killed john caldwell, the best friend of the late oscar grant. this happened saturday night in hayward. someone shot caldwell while he was sitting sitting in a cadillac. he will be bushried next to oscar grant. the two friends were at the fruitvale district when grant died in the shooting. >>> the family of michelle le has led another search for the miss -- for the missing student but with no results. more than 100 volunteers combed the hills. some searchers came as far away as florida. she was last seen on may 27th at kaiser hospital in hayward. police are investigating the case as a homicide but her homicide is refusing to give un- - to give up hope. >>> last week prosecutors dropped charges against martian in the baggy pants incident. the ncaa notes u.s. airways -- recently allowedded a cross- dresser to fly without any objections. >>> about 250 running students found out there's not enough dorm space to accommodate them because of the number of fresh men coming in and the new rule requiring t

that was john fund speaking to a conservative activism conference in minneapolis last month. joining us from washington, pulitzer prize winning columnist, eugene robinsonating gop style. i'll read a part of it. you say this, "begin by making outrageous demands. bully your opponents into giving you almost all of what you want rather than accept the deal. add a host of radical new demands. observe that you wouldn't want anything bad to happen to the hostage you've taken, the nation's well-being. to the extent possible, look and sound like jack nicholson in "the shining." really? >> really, really, because can't you just hear them? here's johnny. that's the republican negotiating strategy. it's been very successful. this time, the president has met it with a movie reference of his own. he sounds kind of like robert deniro in "taxi driver." you talking to me? i applaud that. i think he needs to stand up to the republicans. >> how do we refute what eugene is saying, pat? where is he wrong? >> take it at face value. he's talking about a hostage situation, so is krugman. what did richard cohen say? they are a cult. they don't sound like they can win the battl