vera or his family. i am joined by carlos -- juan carlos vera and his attorney eugene iredale. you. >> carlos, what's was it like having your reputation trashed by a network? >> hi. my reputation, i feel, is in the garbage when this action. >> are you glad this is over with? >> yeah, i feel okay. >> you feel okay about the settlement? >> yes. >> is this a victory for you? >> yes, i think so. only i feel sad because acorn not exist anymore and acorn, they have a very good programs. that's why. >> eugene, explain the wrongdoing alleged in the lawsuit. >> well, in california, as in many states in the country, it's illegal to tape record someone without their permission. we have a section of our penal code that makes it a crime to tape record someone without their permission. mr. o'keefe, we feel, knew very well that the law in california prohibited recording without consent. he had been involved earlier in the sting of planned parenthood with a woman named lila rose, and this very section of the penal code came up. the law also gives a private person who is aggrieved a right to fi

juan carlos vera and mr. iredale. >>> the "rachel maddow show" starts right now. >> thanks to you at home for being with us. happy friday to you. lots to get to tonight. today's news started with happy economic noises. on vmment falling to its lowest rate in four years. an unexpectedly high number of jobs being created, which is great. and we'll have to see how that holds up in the face of the sequester which will try its best to screw that up. and, yes, the sequester still exists. today the new director of the cio, john brennan, was sworn into office using an original draft of the u.s. constitution. that was what he got sworn in on. today the new secretary of defense, chuck hagel, took a surprise trip to afghanistan to visit the troops there, to talk about how that war ends. today the president's nominees to run the energy department and the epa got a new framing for their reason to exist when a new study in the journal science came out showing that the global warming news is really, really bad news. like gl

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