todd courser caught on tape behind lansing nightclub. in truth, courser secretly removed from caucus several weeks ago due to a male on male paid for sex. he is a bisexual porn-addicted >> reporter: your ears aren't deceiving you. courser has concocted an e-mail to shovel dirt on himself for scandalous behavior. and check out the potty-mouth on this devout christian. >> and then you just get nasty about it. his [ bleep ] is hanging out all over lansing since the election. gun-toting, bible-thumping, [ bleep ] freak. he doesn't work in lansing. habit of alcohol, drugs and illicit sex. >> what he was telling me literally blew me away. i did not expect that that would happen, that he would say those things. >> reporter: and it just gets crazier because courser insists that none of these scandalous claims are true. in fact, they're absurd. but that's the whole point. >> i'm not a homosexual. drugs, right. >> that's what i mean. that's why it's not believable. people are so disturbed. they won't print it. but anything after that is going to b

he doesn't work in lansing. he's just there feeding his habit of alcohol, drugs and illicit sex. >> what he was telling me literally blew me away. i did not expect that that would happen, that he would say those things. >> reporter: and it just gets crazier because courser insists that none of these scandalous claims are true. in fact, they're absurd. but that's the whole point. >> i'm not a homosexual. i don't do alcohol, i don't do drugs, right. >> that's what i mean. that's why it's not believable. >> right, they don't know that. people are so disturbed. they won't print it. but anything after that is going to be suspect. it'll be looking, looking like a complete smear campaign. >> reporter: "anything after courser is clearly anticipating that the mystery texter will be exposing his love affair with cindy gamrat any day now. >> stuff's going to come out, benjamin, and they're going to implicate myself and cindy gamrat. >> reporter: courser's hope is that the phony smear will somehow thwart the extortion schem

lansing what is the bbg? what do you do? >> guest: the bbg has five entities that are federally funded with the international media. the voice of america broadcasting radio free europe radio free asia and the office of cuba broadcasting. >> host: and what is the budget? >> guest: is roughly $750 million. >> host: where does that money go? >> guest: the vast majority goes to voice of america. it's the largest, about 70% goes there. >> host: what kind of technology does the bbg or voice of america or any of these entities use? >> guest: all broadcast media platforms anything from radio to tv but increasingly nervous as will be on digital platforms social media as we expand around the world but anyway we can reach an audience and inform that audience is importantly use it. >> host: who can listen to voa? >> guest: radio marquee is on the island, available to audiences on the island. voice of america is the route central africa, eastern europe, afghanistan, asia, indonesia. it's really a global use. >> host: what kind of news is

. >> host: john lansing, the question that you get asked quite a bit, and it's been asked for several years now, with all the new technologies that areç available, has theç mission become obsolete for the broadcasting board of governors? >> guest: i see quite the opposite. it's never been more critical. i think with the growth of propaganda around the world whether it be out of russia, why that or, certain -- china, or certainly isis, the world is awash in information. and much of that information the is propaganda. and for many people there's a concern that the bbgç is perhas not stepping up and fighting directly with that propaganda. but our view is and my personal view is that the best representation of the united -- the value ares of the united states is to bring professional journalismç and truth telling into regions of the world that don't have that. >> host: well, joining our conversation today is ron nixon who is the washington correspondent for "the new york times." >> thank you. thanks for having me. let me just jump in and ask, there's been a lot of criticism about the

lansing, new york. >>> now first letter weather. meteorologist erica delgaudio, south florida's most accurate forecast. >> we finally made it. it's friday. things are dry so far, but that is going to change slowly but surely as the morning goes on. dry conditions along coastal friday. if you move out of the way here, you'll see this aroaching marathon. all this moisture continues to move from west to east. as you head out the door this morning, you pack that patience and you'll need your umbrellas. 65 in miami. 64 in ft. lauderdale. cooler further inland. 63 63. this friday, we're going to keep it cloudy. and as you can see, temperatures will remain in the lower 80s. temperatures will continue to warm up, but we'll see and feel the difference this coming weekend. over the gulf of mexico, dragging this cold front, as it approaches, winds will shut further south as the day goes on. into tomorrow, that will law temperatures to warm up. moisture will continue to accuracy ahead of this system. with the system in place, that will help tri

players say they're ready to end the drought in east lansing. players say they're ready to end the drought in east lansing. tons 399225 :00 -:12 the environment has not been good to us... but this is one of the reasons you sign up to play college basketball is you get to play in games like this hawkeyes head to the "izzone"... to tackle #4 michigan state. tipoff is at 6. meanwhile the iowa women back on track after two losses... the hawks bounce back with a road win last night... 57-54 over wisconsin. another loss for the panthers... this one at indiana state. sycamores win by 14... uni who's the rebel now? no way. yes way! savor an egg mcmuffin any time you like. a fresh cracked egg, melty cheese, canadian bacon and an english muffin with real butter. mcdonald's all day breakfast menu. yeah! get ready for some major melting today with highs close to 50 this afternoon under sunny skies. another arctic cold front arrives on friday bringing more clouds, a few flurries and colder temperatures. we will go through another blast of cold air for the we

. >> here on c-span the communicators is next with john lansing. ceo of the broadcasting board of governors. then, epa administrator gina mccarthy talks about the climate agreement that was reached last month in paris by nearly 200 countries. and 8:00, public and present a candidates discuss poverty and the economy at the cannes foundation performance afterlife. c-span, credit by america's cable companies 35 years ago and brought to you as a public service by or local cable or satellite provider. peter: this week on "the communicators" we want to introduce you to john lansing who is the new ceo of the broadcasting board of governors. the bbg,ng, what is what do you do? john: it is the five entities that are federally funded for international media. the voice of america, middle east broadcasting, radio for europe, radio free asia. what is the budget for the bbg? john: roughly $750 million. peter: where does that money go? john: the vast majority goes to voice of america. his largest of the entities, about 70% of that goes there. peter: what kind of

(sot / dennis griffin - lansing fire dept, asst. chief :17 - :22) 10 38 13 "we weren't all happy until the last one got off the elevator." first responders jumped into action in the early-morning hours finding and positioning a crane which allow rescuers to descend the elevator shaft and retrieve the trapped shawn wilczynski - mine manager :35 - :39) 09;08;30;07 "they huddled together, they did what they could do to keep each other warm and keep each rescuers passed down blankets and hand warmers before sending the trapped miners. the first ones to emerge waited until the last man had been rescued. (sot / dennis griffin - lansing fire dept, asst. chief :50 - 1:00) 10 39 29 that's when we all stand ,look at each other and we say this was a win, we are all there was no incidence a representativ e for cargill salt mine said it appeared a steel beam broke, bringing the elevator to a halt. workers from the previous shift had just taken the same elevator to the surface at the end of their shift. new york governor andrew cuomo has ordered

today, both teams met up again in east lansing. ... iowa hasn't won there since 1993... denzel valentine is in the starting lineup tonight for the spartans ... early highlights, mike geseel with the long pass to peter jok who's wide open for three... swish... hawkeyes up 5-3 ... little later, it's lansing native anthony clemmons wide open down low for the easy deuce... right now, iowa leads to ... we'll have much more tonight at 10 ... the uni men's basketball team lost to indiana state the panthers were up by as many as 12 points in the first half and led 37-30 at halftime. but they couldn't slow down brenton scott who finished with 30 points. "any time you go on the road, it doesn't matter who you're playing, it's going to be a dog fight. in the first half, we did a really good job of coming out and playing tough, getting loose balls, things like that. in the second half, things just started to go their way. things just started falling for them a little bit. and that's where we need to step up even harder and make some plays." trt: 18 oc: "make some plays" ... on sunda

denzel valentine wasn't much of a factor in east lansing... instead... it was peter jok shooting the lights out... dom uhl pitching in off the bench... and the seniors finishing off one of the biggest wins of their career... i think everybody in that locker room... that's in there... believe that we can win this game... and compete with these guys.. we knew what they're gonna do... and what they want to do... they're gonna come out and be the aggressor... and we came out and threw the first punch... they fought us as hard as they could... i think they gave us their best fight both times... they came out and wanted to punch us in the face... it just goes back to toughness... we knew we were the better team from the get go... and we wanted to go out and prove it... and we did... as for iowa state and u-n-i... both teams badly need victories... and both teams will have a chance to get them have dropped three of four in the big twelve... they play at kansas state tomorrow... u- n-i's also lost three of four... they host loyola at the mcloud center at three o

it's been a long timimsince the hawkeyes last won in east lansing... the last time?... way back in 1993... since then... iowa's dropped 18 straraht in east lananng ... but coach fran mccaffery and his team isn't thinking about that this week... i don't think you can put too much into... hey they've beaten you a ceain amount of times... because they're one of the premiere teams in the country.. the bottom line is.. you go on the road... you have to execute... both teams know each other... we're in the big ten so there's nonosecrets... michigig knows michigan state... we proved that we're a better team the first time and we're looking to prove we're the better team this time well... good news fofothe hawks -- fran mccaffefe said that anthony clemmons -- who has been dealing with an injured hip -- is good to go against michigan state - the senior guards is still receiving treatment --but said -- quote out" with the national championship game over -- there's only one more thing to do to wrap up the college football season -- release the nal polls -- that happened this after

reporting from lansing, i'm alex resila. nbc news. >> << >> weather ad-lib mother-nature will provide another the morning) and drizzle, so with temperatures near freezing again, you'll want to watch out for slick spots on area roads and sidewalks. some, especially south, will see a late day snow/mix that will spread north across the viewing area tonight that will produce some light accumulations by tomorrow morning. light snow will continue throughout the day friday and will leave most of siouxland with 1-3 inches of the white stuff by the time it moves out friday night. our attention then turns to the arctic air set to move into the region this weekend which will put lows below zero both saturday and sunday night with highs barely making it above zero on unday. windchills will also be a aor bebeow -20f durrng this time from which we'll get limited relief early next week. see graphics. >> wall street braced for another tough day after china's stock market crashed seven percent overnight. stocks did open sharply lower with wo

rehema ellis, nbc news, lansing, new york. >>> a hollywood passing to note tonight. pat harrington jr died. the actor comedian was best known to playing the part of super dwayne schneider on the sitcom "one day at a time," becoming a favorite of so many viewers and winning an emmy. harrington's manager says he passed away in los angeles from alzheimer's disease. he was 86 years old. that's how much money is up for grabs. the powerball jackpot now the largest in american history after no one matched all the night. if you win the next drawing this weekend and choose the lump sum payout, it's estimated you'll get $428 million and a pretty awesome saturday night. >>> when we come back, dozens of high trucks versus one low bridge. the bridge wins every time. >>> finally tonight, you know what people say. it's like a car crash where you can't take your eyes off it? we mean it literally. millions glued to videos of truck after truck slamming into the same small bridge in north carolina. now over 100 of them caught on camera, including one today while our team was there why

the hawkeyes won in east lansing last season ... it's a homecoming for freshman point guard tania davis who's a michigan native... she buries the three to beat the shot clock in the first quarter... mom is pretty excited ... iowa led 16-13 after one quarter... 2nd quarter, it's davis in the corner... nothing but twine... iowa goes up by 7 ... that lead keeps growing... davis stops, looks and gives it to a wide open kali peschel who buries a three of her own... hawkeyes lead 29-19... they led 36-23 at halftime ... michigan state did come back in the 2nd half... 3rd quarter, iowa up only one... iowa city west grad ally disterhoft hits a big three to lead ... but the spartans kept coming back... they'll get the steal and go on to win this won, 80-73... iowa drops to 3-3 in the big ten conference ... high school swimming, cedar rapids washington hosting the jim voss invitational... and there's the former wash coach ... 1st event of the day, the 200 yard medley relay... bettendorf would go on to win this one... the wash team of donels, s

monday will start even colder in fire in east lansing michigan... the hawkeyes taking on the spartans for the second time this season....this time on michigan state's court. iowa quick to find their rythm, holding the lead for most of the game and getting their first win in the michigan city team to defeat this season...twice even...and are are not a team that should be overlooked. sabrina: new this morning...a local school will the inaugural class of its hall of fame... sabrina: the newly established roosevelt high school athletic hall of fame will recognize its first five members during tonight's basketball game... the class includes two all-state and two state champion athletes and a highly reguarded coach. honored at the hoover- roosevelt game tonight, with the place right basketball game. elias: at ((time check)) short break...but talk movies... sabrina: we'll take a look at new releases hitting theaters...plus see which film is leading the oscar nominations. elias: go...as you get ready to start your day...be safe out on the roads.... des moin

and the hawkeyes try to snap a long losing streak against michigan state at east lansing. stay with your 24 hour news the first time since 1993 tonight.. the hawks came out bombs away.. peter jok with the triple for three of his game high 23..and what a homecoming it was for anthony clemons with the nice cut to for two of his 13. and then jarrod uthoff started to heat up from behind the and then look at how long this bomb is.. wow! iowa led 33-17.. and it was raining three's dom uhl from the top of the key..he had 10 off the bench.. and then it was clemons turn.. they hit 9 3's in the first half.. and they really played some great defense.. the steal and jok with the flush and iowa led by 22 at the break. and more of the same in he second half.. uthoff with another trey.. and they did a nice job of attacking the basket in the second half mike gesell finishes.. and what night for jok with two more at the rack in a 76-59 iowa win snapping an 18 game losing streak in east lansing. we had 9 days off to prepare for them we have been working real hard and we new it was going to

iowa have notnow won in east lansing in 18 years. jarrod: we have a new team this year, and that is i you have to approach every year. it does not matter what happened happens this year. have a different team. group. we have a lot of experience, we lows. we have guys that can come in ways. jarrod: we knew we were the out and prove it. andy: they certainly day, throwing up the gauntlet. rising in the ap top 25 rankings, they will skyrocket into the top 10, if they can pick off the wolverines on sunday. 3:00 in iowa city, the game is a complete sellout. fans going, encouraged to wear white. michigan a formidable foe. earlier, maybe maryland -- ranked number three of the time. no walkove she's always stood strong... ...to get the job done. hillary clinton. she stood up to china... ...and spoke out on women's rights... the drug and insurance companies spent millions against her... ...but hillary didn't quit until eight million children got health care. i've never been called a quitter and i won't quit on you. she's got what it takes to d

tim: plus...iowa got a win in east lansing for the first time since 1993. hear from the hawkeyes on their season sweep of of conference play, you could make an argument that nobody in the country has been as impressive as iowa. the hawkeyes are 4-0 in the big ten and after last night's road win over michigan state, three of those wins have come against top- 14 opponents. peter jok scored 19 of his 23 points in the first half last night, as the hawkeyes quickly built a 47-25 advantage at the half. while the spartans would make a run in the second half, they couldn't get any closer than 13 in the final minutes. for iowa fans, it was big to win in east lansing for the first time since 1993, but for the players, it was just a big win, period. jarrod uthoff--"those other years are different teams. we've got a new team this year and i think that's how you've got to approach every year. each year, it doesn't matter what happened the last 20 years, what matters is what happens this year and we came out with a win." peter jok--"after the why we beat them and all tha

the black and gold are coming home from east lansing with a blowout win... hear from the team coming up in sports. and a pair of a debates with the republican nomination on the line... find out which candidates helped themselves... and which candidates was hearing booo's... right after the break. the sixth republican debate is in the books... only this time more important... the caucuses are just 18-days away. ted cruz and donald trump are at the top of the polls in iowa... something eight other candidates tried to change tonight.. mary moloney has the story. the gloves are off. presidential candidate: "you're worried about keeping your homes and families safe and secure. you cannot give hillary clinton a third term under barack obama's policies." presidential candidate: "we need to united behind the winner so that we can defeat hillary clinton because she is a disaster." presidential candidate: "she wouldn't just be a disaster, hillary clinton is disqualified from being commander in chief of the united states."the top seven candidates in the republican race

they had already one day at its lansing -- they have already one bank at east lansing. >> there is so much noise. it is hard to communicate sometimes. you have to pull each other over and help and support one another on the floor. whether they of the first scene or the 14th seed, you have to stay confident. if the crowd gets into it, the building is shaking, you have to keep a level head. andy: thursday at 6:00, live on espn. the old phrase it's great to be a hawkeye, here is a picture. the first time the football and basketball teams have been ranked in the top three nationally at the same time. during get illinois state tonight on fox sports midwest. also, a busy night of high school basketball. indianola and johnston, plus steve:resident, i will defend this nation, but i will do it responsibly. i voted against the war in iraq, and that was the right vote. we must never forget the lessons of that experience. isis must be destroyed, but we should not do it alone. we need an international coalition with muslim boots on the ground fighting with our support. it's time to end the quagmir

trappers are concerned how a county fee got to lansing island -- coyote got to lansing island. residents reported at lease five sightings. trapper said how the kyoto get -- coyote got to the island is a mid-because the only in and >> it's way too small habitate, smaller than the parks are in. lots are cleared out so where they're running at right now is a small patch of woods. >> the trappers will keep checking the trap until the coyote is caught. >> a disastrous start to the year when it comes to stocks. >> we're talking powerball. they don't care about how stocks are performing. find out if the big jackpot winners have come forward, including the person who bought a winning ticket right here in central florida. >> the forecast in central florida, changeable, sunshine for tomorrow, and another batch unfortunately of potentially severe weather on sunday, much more and the outlook coming up. >> the new item on the menu that is creating quite a buzz at a place nope for its burger -- place known for its burgers. >> looks so good. >> but a bad day on the wall street, to say the lea

on lansing island, fox 35 news. >> now to a fox alert, two marine helicopters collide off the coast of hawai'i. >> now with search and rescue operation is underway. two marine choppers collided. search evers spotted a fire and raft. 12 people are now missing, six from each helicopter. no word on a cause but witnesses say they heard a loud boom before parting a large flare in the sky. >> a fatal collision between am track train and an suv in jacksonville last night. the driver of that suv did die. it was headed from sanford to virginia. police say the suv was illegally stopped on the tracks and am track says the lights and -- amtrak says the heights and crossing arm were working. >> police in san francisco are looking for main dahl the makeup robber. he makes a run for it. a store employee catches him. then the suspect pulls out a knife. fearing for his life, the employee let him go. >> chipotle will postpone opening its stores for a few hours on february 8th. it won't open until 3:00 p.m. that day. delayed so all employees can take part in a team meeting. they'll discuss changes the co

man power needed to backfill out in lansing on a rope rescue. using this crane to lower a basket below ground ... lifting to see how well they managed the sit. the group- was just starting their shift at the deepest salt mine in the country- near ithaca, when the elevator they were in - somehow stopped working. cage is stuck 850 feet down with people on it. the miners- huddling together for warmth - as local fire and police rushed in to help... man power needed to backfill out in lansing on a rope rescue. using this crane to lower a basket below ground ... lifting several workers at a time -to the surface. we practice mine evacs regularly every year, so that practice is coming into play today. despite being shaken - and freezing - the miners waited there at the scene ... until the last of their coworkers were rescued. their spirits are tremendous. i'm, i don't know, i am inspired by them. and we're told they're all in good health. state officials are now investigating. operations are suspended in that part of the salt mine until the cause is det

announcer: monday night, john lansing, ceo of the board of governors discusses how media organizations are operating in today's media environment and how he would like these agencies to retool in order to address propaganda. he is joined by ron nixon, new york times washington correspondent. reality is we started 70 years ago as a radio enterprise. we still do some radio, but our shift and put more resources behind it is really no different than every other media company that you and i know about that of had to do the same things. the new york times has done a fantastic job. that is our mission, to shift resources, energy, focus, and strategy to be more dp or-two-year conversation and 71- to-many conversations so we can shift away from the stodgy, old media to the new media. >> watch the communicators every monday night on c-span2. >> railamerica brings you archival films that help bring you today's issues. -- "reel america". first impression of damascus is the square and center of the city. our opinion soon changes as we step away. inhabitants, many are muslims. there are many places

gio benitez, abc news, lansing, new york. long ten hours there in lansing, new york. thanks, gio. the sun made a brief appearance in california before new rounds of rain this weekend. another powerful storm hit coastal areas yesterday flooding low lying streets and threatening oceanfront homes in malibu. look at that. it came one day after the week's strongest storm drenched the state and much of the southwest collapsing roofs, blooding homes as well as businesses. the storms stirred up waves up to 60 feet high. >> of course. look at those pple riding them. >> hang 20. >> that's amazing. > that is awesome. >>> a professional surfer was injured though at the world famous surfing spot mavericks which is just south of san francisco. look at those waves. this el nino storm system is threatening the middle of the country. justin pro vick at accuweather. justin. >> kayna and kendis, good morning to you, as well. it's a wet start throughout the northeast with the potential for some heavy rain later on in the day from d.c. all the way northbound into boston. there could be icing over the