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instead, as mark thompson said, he was highly paternalistic. he used a word like "obama care," which is a derisive term for the affordable care act. if he was truly interested in speaking to the naacp, then he would have done that. but i'll tell you this, he said we didn't know his heart and maybe we would vote for him if we did. well, we learned his heart tonight, because he left that speech and went to a fund-raiser and said out loud, and i quote, "if all they're looking for is more free government stuff, they should vote for the other guy." that tells me all i need to know now about mitt romney, who at first i believed was just disconnected. now i know his problem is much bigger than that. >> toure, i want us to listen to a small clip of romney talking about the first african-american president. >> someone had told us in the 1950s or 1960s that a black citizen would serve as the 44th of the united states, we would have been proud and many would have been surprised. >> toure, he would have been really surprised, because at that time, as you'v

. >> in this week's "time" cover story, mark thompson explores this terrible toll.on joins me now. mark, living with this story in itself is very, very tough. the stories you tell are heartbreaking. do you see any pattern? is there any way the pentagon can do a better job of prevention? >> the trouble is, andrea, every case of suicide is unique. the template that works for one person won't work for the other. the military, the army is doing their best to try to solve the problem, but it keeps getting worse. i interviewed general carelli who until he retired in january was the army's top suicide fighter for four years and he's a soldier. he thought he could conquer this. he could not. the frustration is evident in his voice. >> 154 military suicides in the first 155 days of this year. one a day. you're talking about active duty members. is there any way that this can be dealt with more effectively by the pentagon? do you fault them at all in the way they approach this? >> the pentagon is spending about 4% of its medical budget, $2 million on mental health a year. the

and this is just one of several stories that my next guest has heard, covering the story, mark thompsonng writer, a washington deputy bureau chief at "time" magazine, so mark, it's a pleasure to have you on here. i read this ten-page piece and you really do, you weave this story of the lives of these two men, these two army captains, their families who they took their lives in the veryame day, very different circumstances. if you can, i just want to begin, tell me a little bit more about both of them. >> well, i think it's important, brooke, to realize that for years now, the army has issued a monthly toll of suicides, for the past month. and that's all we get. when a soldier dies in war, we quickly learn his or her hometown, his rank, where they're from, how hold they were, but we know nothing about soldiers who kill themselves. and we elected to take after this story by trying to look at suicide from the other side. and with help from the tragedy assistance program for survivors, t.a.p.s., and their suicide postvention counselor, who is also a widow by a military suicide, she put us i

the driver, officer mark thompson and his passenger, sergeant mark edwards, both lost their jobs and a third officer in the car dennis hall was suspended for one day without pay. >> rightly so. they were driving at high speeds taking dangerous turns putting this officer's life in jeopardy not to mention the people on the highway. >> that is exactly correct. and those are all the things she cited for this situation. apparently both officers were returning from a casino in tampa. >> good way to throw your career away, because you're not going to get hired from another police department after this. >>> southern russia has been plagued with serious flooding and so far nearly 200 people have died. look what they're trying to do with this utility vehicle. >> are they pulling out the other car with the red car? >> that's what they're trying to do. even though this is a utility vehicle, when i'm watching this i'm thinking should you be attempting this. look at the water rushing down the street. >> yeah. you would be worried that the red car is going to get swept up in the water. >> is there

back to the car laughing hysterically t turned out to be off duty clair monday police officer mark thompson explaining it was just a prank. >> they came up with the squeal, let's get her to come after us. >> reporter: police chief steve graham decided to fire officer thompson and sacagaweaent mark edwards also in the car. chief graham says in 33 years as a cop, he has never seen officers pull a opportunity like this. >> i protect my officers but i also have a job to protect the public from officers when they go off the reservation. so that is why the action i took is, i felt, appropriate. >> reporter: graham says officer fowler pulled out the gun during the stop because she had no idea who she was following. >> because is a sergeant, he could have stopped it. he should have said wear violating the law. stop it. this is not going to be good. that is why he is held to that standard. >> reporter: officer dennis hall was the third man in the vehicle. he was suspended without pay for one day. in clairemont, keith landry, fox 35 news. >> i don't see how that was a good idea or even a joke. i don'

mark thompson? >> well, i hadn't thought about it that way. it could help. but i think -- >> she's actually not on our big board of possibilities, but after today, you know, this could do it. >> well, i think what bat girl does is, she helps appeal to this lowest common denominator. they're doing the dog whistling, they're trying to do anything that could be considered xenophobic, to appeal to a reactionary base. and frankly, that's what mitt romney, up to a certain point, we thought he was being held hostage to. it seems he's bought completely into that, and michele bachmann continues to maintain that type of argument, that type of discussion, unfortunately. >> and ari melber, this raises a problem for the republican convention. who can you allow on that stage? there's already problems with -- and normally, people who ran in the primaries and lost, they get positions to speak, and there was only one woman in that field. you'd kind of want to give her a position. but she's out of her mind, so you can't let her get up on the stage. let's listen to newt gingri

joining me now nancy gibbs, mark thompson. i many pleased to have them come here. what is going on. >> well this is what the pentagon is trying to find out. this has been a problem that became very apparent an 80% increase between 2004 and 2008. so this is not a new problem but everything they've tried they just don't know what works. and so this year when you would think with the deployments winding down and the wars winding down that maybe we would start to see a leveling off of the suicide rates and instead this year they're up 18%. this could end up being the worst year for military suicides since the wars in iraq and afghanistan began. >> rose: the army's trying to understand why they are committing suicide or are they trying to understand what had he can know. >> the army knows every suicide is different and what works for soldier a may not work for soldier b. that's part of the problem sea they've adopted a blunder bust approach. they really don't know. but plainly the repeated deployments of a small size force is weighing heavily on the troops. i want to re

and there is mark thompson who accused him for using a term that was used throughout the world. >> he singled out one african-american who came with the 20 in his entourage as an african-american that was in his kitchen cabinet in massachusetts. and he promised he would remain in his kitchen cabinet if he was in the white house. to talk about being in the kitchen and not talk about an african-american actually being in your cabinet is not a good metaphor to use with african-americans. >> that was the opposite of enlightening. harris, i go to you first because you are the best looking person on the panel. have they lost their minds? that is like saying the -- that is like saying, you know, in space there are black holes. that's racist. this is nuts. >> we need to go back to the term kitchen cabinet. it is about 200 plus years old. they use it to describe the influential, albeit -- they were informal. they were not politically voted upon advisors around former president andrew jackson who was not black, by the way, just for the record. you have to have a race issue for this to be racist

mark thompson is the writer on the story and also "time" magazine's washington deputy bureau chief. to us. it's so interesting to me when you see the military presence in a place like afghanistan actually winding down, you see suicides ramping up. why? >> well, soledad, i think it's important to realize that some of the stressors that can lead to suicide are like seeds that are planted. and they don't sproud immediately. whether it's ptsd, traumatic brain injury, these are sort of things that don't manifest themselves or months or years after troops come home. >> when you look at the actual people who are committing suicide, many of them never saw combat. didn't go into combat. what's the explanation for that? >> well, the stressors apply across all 1.4 million men and women in active duty forces. we have been at war for a decade. and even if you haven't been deployed, you're in that environment. where you will feel some of those stressors. >> hey, mark, this is will cain. this conversation reminds me a little bit about the conversation we have over autism. and i have to ask then, a

. >> the article in "time" magazine and excellent article by mark thompson and nancy gibbs points out of these military personnel, they get depressed, but they're reluctant to seek professional help because that could hurt them in terms of their military advancement, promotions and things like that. how big of an issue is this? >> it is a big issue, wolf. if you look, however, at the story itself which follows two men, two officers who happen to commit suicide on the same day, they each sought help. and they each in a form got help. but for many, many other servicemen and women, they feel that it can jeopardize their career. it can make -- it can -- it's the sort of thing they don't want higher officers to know. so that is part of the problem. although in this case both of these people did seek and get help. >> is the military doing enough, the department of veterans affairs, the department of defense, to help these troops? >> you know, wolf, i don't know the answer. and, again, these are men and women who are risking their lives in many cases for all of us. the military -- personally

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mark heard almost $24 million. and former yahoo ceo scott thompson received nearly $5 million. he was fired for apparently lying on his resume. >>> the backlash continues over the fact that the uniforms for team usa were actually made in china. even though the berets, blazers, and pants were designed by american company ralph lauren, the clothing was all sewn in china. these interest outfits the athletes will wear for the opening ceremony for the olympics. a spokesman for the u.s. olympic committee says the outrage is nonsense. both democratic and republican lawmakers, however, remain unimpressed, to say the least. >> i can't wait to stay up all night to see as much as possible of them. we take such pride in them. they worked so hard. they represent the very best in there. so excellent. it's all so beautiful. and they should be wearing uniforms that are made in there. >> we did a little research and looked on team usa's website to see where most merchandise is manufactured. nearly three-quarters of all items including clothing, jewelry and accessories is imported. and less than

thompson. he has been under investigation by the feds for months. his home and office were raided the same day as harris' office. he has not been charged, but fox 5 political analyst mark plotkin says this charge may be bad news for him. >> everybody is waiting to see with jeffrey thompson who has already retained counsel and who is the largest contractor in the city, one contract the medicaid contract, is over $300 million. so this goes beyond just campaign-related things. it might actually go to the practices of government. >> mayor vincent gray has not made any public statements about the charge against harris. >>> no more pay to play, that's what a large group of d.c. residents of saying about the ability candidates have to collect campaign contributions from corporations. today 30,000 signatures were delivered to the board of elections in support of initiative 70 putting the fate of corporate contributions in the hands of voters. fox 5's acquisition hacks more. fox 5 -- matt ackland has more. >> reporter: a big box of petitions was delivered to elections headquarters just after noon monday, a four-month effort carried out by hundreds of volunteers in every ward of

mayoral governor mark o'malley donated thousands of dollars to a veteran's fund to offset contributions he received from jeffrey thompson. thompson is accused of funding the shadow campaign for gray during the 2010 election. there's no evidence that governor o'malley or his campaign did anything wrong. >>> today congress will debate whether they can debate how tall the buildings in the city should be. the city's cfo is expected to testify that taller buildings will help boost d.c.'s tax base. other representatives from the gray administration will also likely speak in favor of the more lenient height restrictions, but opponents say tall buildings could damage's washington historical character. >>> d.c. public schools won't have to add here to all standards of no child left behind law. the obama administration granted a waiver from key provisions from the controversial law. all d.c. students no long very to be proficient in math and reading by 2014. maryland and virginia have also received waivers. >>> new this morning, a frightening rescue of the tracks at a metro station. this picture was taken by a viewer at metro cit

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for 49er fans be sure to mark your cal -- your calendar, 49ers tell us the stadium will be ready by 2014 p in just a couple of years. sue thompson, abc7 news. >>> the newest rollercoaster at vallejo's discovery kingdom is shutdown indefinitely after a dozen people got stuck on the ride yesterday. one of the cars stopped at the top of the ride, 15 stories from the ground. crews and engineers used a large crane to get to the righters and pass out water and sunscreen. it -- riders and pass out water and sunscreen. >>> with the plan of releasing the train our first plan of action, the safest. second would be to rescue them individually, if we had to. we were able to fortunately, go ahead and release the train. >> everyone on the ride was checked by paramedics and given season passes to the park. officials say the problem doesn't appear to be mechanical, the cause is under investigation and the superman coaster remains closed. >>> two titans set to go to court in san jose in a pat dispute. apple is suing samsung for allegedly copying its iphone and ipad design. a jury is expected to be selected today. apple is demanding 2.5 billion d

. ♪ >>mark: the combination of lower temperatures and higher humidity are at is happening -- is helping firefighters to contain their fire. >> risen mayor and is replacing scott thompsono. >>darya: we are keeping an eye on the clouds this morning. >>james: ed there is a 3 1/2 hour delay for sfo. there is almost a 10th of an inch of rain recorded this morning. and it wallaby between the '50s and lower 70's today. tomorrow be slightly cooler morning fog. but then by friday and will be warming up rear here the temperatures on the bed. the cloud cover is also something to be will be dealing with. here is a look at 9:00 a.m.. there will be widespread overcast conditions. will we give to 12:00 noon and you will not see many changes but when we head toward 3:00 in the afternoon we will see is some areas of sunshine. we are will be looking for another cool day. there is similar forecast for the east bay. are typically warm spots will only get into the low seventies. it will be a cool and mild day around area. sampras is the will be 62 degrees. oakland will be 65 degrees. san francisco will be 62 degrees. >> this cooler air is going to hang at that california northern border.

thompson. >> most of the repeat offenders that come in and they're like celebrities. they know everybody and they ask is -- is so-and-so still working here, whoever. >> you got any scars or marksos. >> start from the top and work your way down. >> rose with a bleeding heart. >> on your left shoulder? >> on my right. my kids' names on my right ankle. i have initials on my hands. >> we do our strip searching in this actual area here. and when we do do the strip search, we make them squat and cough several times, and we're visually watching that just to make sure that they do not have any contraband. >> after a strip search and shower, it's off to be photographed and fingerprinted. >> do you usually do your whole time? >> like i have a six-to-eight-month sentence. >> you're going to do at least six months. >> the whole eight? >> if you get in trouble. this is prison, do your time. >> not nobody else's. >> that's right. >> i ain't here for no drama either. i'm ready to get this over with and go home. >> unlike laura and alissa, sharon thompson has been here before. she violated parole and has been sentenced to two years. >> her fingerprints are kind of difficult because there's a

mark. we'll talk more about that and what's happening in the states as well. mary thompsonning. >> good morning, carl. as european sessions close, hitting a session low. jobs data today was really the worst case scenario because it wasn't strong enough to get excited about and wasn't weak enough for the fed to take any action. the result the broad-based decline we're seeing today. it is dollar positive but negative for the euro as you pointed out, carl. also negative for commodities under pressure today. there you see the euro dropping below that 123 level. take a loot dow movers, broader mark, big story is the selloff we're seeing in tech along with the tech we're seeing in industrials and materials. turning to the sector movers putting pressure on the s&p 500, as i mentioned, tech stops, warnings impacting that group. industrials, caterpillar had ratings cut by wells fargo on concerns about demand going forward. materials under pressure again because of the weakness overall in some of the commodities. also concerns about growth or slowing growth around the rest of the wor