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oklahoma sheriff finds a way to post some surprising photos on facebook fox twenty three news dog pictures of thirty two year old justin walker posing in his person so. they do parallel either. too many people like that with that guy was just one of the examples as well posting pictures of kind of partying maybe it's not going to join in. you know for football it was about one pair part about this story though is that the press releases that went on even the local news reports focused on the fact that it is a federal offense to have a cell phone in the jail so they didn't mention the bong or the knife or any of the things in the photos they just said you know it is it legal to have a cellphone how little i mean i would still feel that i'm greatly i can't we've been doing stories about prison strikes where all they can get after doing a hunger strike is some cold weather caps and wall calendars and they're getting in there and they're putting the pictures on facebook i mean i was on a body and got under protest to get out of prison i was at that point you think or if you can get bogged in there you probably can also is

i also want to show you this is a picture that justin walker sent me on twitter, janice dean fox if youtures as well. 123 is what it feels like. obviously, the surface of the car is hotter than the air temperature, but this is his, on his car's dashboard. 123 yesterday in dallas. again, janice dean fox if you want to send me some twit pix as well. i think that's what you say, right? twit pix? yes. and it is crazy hot across southern portions of the u.s. as well as jenna mentioned, we are dealing with the most exceptional drought in close to 75% of the state, almost worse than they've seen in 60 years. so this is just incredible drought that will continue, unfortunately, for the foreseeable future. they're not going to see any rain. they really need to see a couple of tropical storms hitting that state and, unfortunately, we don't see that coming anytime soon either. dallas, texas, 34 consecutive days of triple digit high temperatures. the record is 42 and, guys, look, saturday, sunday, monday and tuesday if we hit over 100 degrees, that will be 39 consecutive days, and it looks like we

justin martin looks at his life as a journalist and abolitionist. and a launch party for a foxalyst's "muzzled." pirating in the 21st century. inside the world of the pirates of somalia. >> "washington journal" continues. host: reid wilson talked a little bit about the iowa straw poll. guest: it is not entirely good predictor of who is going to be the president -- the republican nominee. saying this may be the time for the iowa straw poll to end. i would like to take some exception with him, but the straw poll is an early test. it is a monday night usually in early january, freezing cold. the last time i left i what last time, it was seven degrees outside. everybody has other things to do. you have to have an organized campaign to get supporters out there to support you. at the end of the day, this is the first test of that bank these people have been on the trail. somebody like michele bachmann does not necessarily have those relationships, but he is she is building a great campaign in iowa. the real key today is not who wins. the winner is not necessarily the winner is not ne

justin margin looks at his life as a journalist and abolitionist. from washington booktv stopped by the launch party for fox news analyst's juan william 's unlawful. the skull and crossbones is long gone. parting in the 20 first century is that with night-vision goggles. you go inside the world of the pirates of somalia. sign up for booktv alert. weekend schedules in your in box. >> on c-span tonight another chance to see republican presidential candidate mitt romney. the former massachusetts governor at the iowa state fair a few days against the iowa straw poll. you can see his speech at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. the 12 members of the deficit reduction committee have been chosen. republican members from the house are ted has killing of texas, ways and means committee chairman dave camp of michigan and fred upton, energy and commerce committee chairman of michigan. republican senate members include pat toomey of pennsylvania. rob portman of ohio and senate majority whip john kyl of arizona. democratic leaders chose congressman rivera of california and james clyburn. senate democrats have chosen finance c

justin martin looks at his life as a journalist and abolitionist. also from washington, book tv stops by at a launch party for fox news analyst juan williams latest, muscled, and on after words, this bill and crossbones are long gone. pirating in the 21st century is done with night vision goggles and gps units. inside the world of the pirates of somalia. sign up for a book tv alerts. >> jeff guinn is the author of several books about the old west, including "the last gunfight" about the shootout at the o.k. corral. in may he spoke at the arizona mystery museum in tucson for 40 minutes. >> welcome to the arizona historical society. i'm bruce dinges, director of publication and editor of the current journal of arizona history, and we are here to welcome jeff guinn, the author of the last -- "the last gunfight," the real story of a shootout at the o.k. corral and have it seized the american west. jeff is a former book review editor of the fort worth star-telegram and also the author of the recent best seller, go down together, that's true untold story of bonnie and clyde. welcome. at like tess start up the conversat

justin martin looks at his life as a journalist and abolitionist. booktv stops by a launch party for fox news analyst juan williams's muzzled legal the assault on honest debate. the skull and crossbones argon but pirating in the twenty-first century is the home of night vision goggles and gps units. inside the world of the pirates of somalia. sign up for booktv alerts with weekend schedules in your in box. seen as a testing ground republican candidate gathering in iowa for grass-roots politics and festivity. starting fears they live from des moines we interview the candidate and take calls about politics and saturday we go to ames for the iowa straw poll where three of the past five winners have won the iowa caucus and two won the presidency. road to the white house and i was this week on c-span. the u.s. ambassador to the democratic republic of congo talk about preparations for the november elections at the woodrow wilson international center for scholars. other speakers include officials from the carter center of democracy program and international foundation for electoral systems. >>

and new york city's central park, but justin martin looks at his life as journalist and abolitionist. also from washington booktv stopped by a launch party for fox news analyst juan williams' latest, "muzzled: the assault on honest debate." and on "after words" the home of night vision goggles. jay takes you inside the world of "the pirates of somalia." sign up for booktv alert. >>> up next, the creators of twitter. liz stone and evan williams sat down to talk with walter izaakson about the future of the internet. they announced the relaunch of the obvious corporation that led to the creation of twitter. this discussion about technology and what's ahead for internet users is from the annual aspen ideas festival. it's just over an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> all right, everybody. i want to introduce jerry murdoch so that jerry murdoch can introduce me. >> yes, that's right. i'm jerry murdoch, i'm a trustee here at the aspen institute. and this session is entitled what's next for the internet, and, um, steve jobs once said if you want to predict the future, the best way to predict the future is to invent it. and these three gentlemen have a