. >> marvin was a commoner around town. he was well known. people knew him. many people considered him a friend. >> i met marvin heemeyer back in the 1990s. he ran a muffler shop in the town of grandby. and knew him just as a businessman. >> the motive is becoming clear, heemeyer's been harbored deep-seeded grudges against some prominent town members. this is his revenge. >> marvin was upset because a showman by the name of cody wanted to open a concrete batch plant adjacent to his muffler shop. mr. heemeyer felt this was not good for his property values and objected very strongly to the special use permit and the abonese in which the town went about proving this batch point. >> the plant is the main source of his anger, but heemeyer's also unhappy with the town council members for approving the plant's construction. his next target? is the grandby town hall. >> he began systematically from work failing a clockwise fashion going around that building and basically taking it down. >> and the building houses more than civil se

marvin gaye's sexual healing. ♪ sexual healing, baby, oh >> what a way to scare your enemy?be they are trying to warm them up. marvin gaye has warmed a lot of people up. >> they roll around on the ground to get the excess water off. >> jump in the cold water, in a thong and get to do this at the end. >>> a reckless driver weaves in and out of traffic. you just know nothing good can come of this. >>> a nasty spill. the remarkable story behind their survival. >>> when you look at this video, you think this guy is mimicking or following this motorcycle to see how fast it's going, and then you realize, no. this is in moscow. there is a motorcycle in front. but the passenger shooting the video shows us twice how fast this car is going and it reaches speeds over 110 miles an hour. and you can see it weaving in and out of traffic and then into a tunnel and you are thinking, you know what? nothing good can come from this, nothing does. two lines of cars and is he going to make it between those? >> oh! >> he hit like ten cars. >> watch that again. >> you know what that made me think

>> leave that to stevie, marvin gaye.ike music that is upbeat and wants to make you dance and choose lyrics that are really inspiring. as a young black artist, i really -- my goal in every song is to try and be a positive influence for a younger, up-and- coming artist, to show them that you can make great popular music while having something good to say. i have seen the effect that a lot of the negative hip-hop music and r&b has had on our young kids. tavis: you work with young kids to. >> yes. i have the robert randolph music and arts resource center coming in newark, new jersey. it has been a big battle trying to shift through all of the stuff with the board of education. tavis: it is politics. >> it has been a headache, man. this is a problem with our school systems. it is not the teachers. now we have the robert randolph music and arts resource center coming soon. we will be working with kids, working with parents in the inner cities, underprivileged kids. tavis: i assume there will be a music program somewhere in the

marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture you're looking for someone to blame for the rise of our security state look no farther than ronald reagan more on that in just a moment and new reports show that despite the list of the bashing of publicly bashing obama care many prominent republican politicians are secretly pretty enthusiastic about least when it comes to money for their districts. you need to know this i want my boring predictable.

marvin, award winning reporter, former moderator from "meet the press" and now a fox news contributors this afternoon to shed some in personal insight into this. i have to ask you, thanks for joining us as always, is edward snowden becoming -- too much of a problem for russia? >> i think he is. i think that he's in a very real way. at the very beginning, putin, president putin, made a statement which was kind of a thumb in the nose at the united states. he was getting a kind of kick, i should say, out of somehow humiliating the united states because he had snowden at the airport and we didn't. >> turn that around and that would -- four, five days later, and there's still no way out either for the russians or the americans. ecuadorians, country to which snowden apparently wanted to go, they are now pulling back a bit. the president of ecuador said yesterday that she -- well, maybe another couple of months before we begin to look at this. so all of the nations right now are stuck with the problem of what do you do with snowden? how do you get him? how do you control what it is that he h

marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture you're looking for someone to blame for the rise of our security state look no farther than ronald reagan more on that is tomorrow and new reports show that despite the bliss of the bashing of publicly bashing obama care many prominent republican politicians are secretly pretty enthusiastic about at least when it comes to money for their districts. you need to know this i want my boring predictable responsible career bureaucrats back in charge of national security people who put in their forty years as career government workers at a modest salary and retire with health care and decent pension people who are committed to a job and a career rather than a for profit corporation a quick walk and i thought i was in hawaii people who are independent of in administrations in fact they watch them come and go who are independent of politics and are independent of private interests on sunday we learned the identity of the n.s.a. leaker who

." >> is that a direct link to marvin gay? >> not a direct link.rd, it kind of outlines, you know, what i -- what i have endured as a man and, you know, how people view me as an artist. >> you've had your share of troubles, legal troubles and otherwise. how important has it been for you to deal with the hell and odyssey with your fans? >> that's just who i am as a man. that's who i am as a man. you hear that in my music and in speaking to me. integrity, moral standards and principles. so anything i got to deal with, that's the only way i know to deal with it. >> what's within your way of dealing with it? has it been family? has it been faith? what has been your -- >> all of the above. family, faith, artistic expression. >> how central is family to your life on a day to day? >> i mean, it always has been, you know? it always has been. ever since i've been a celebrity or a professional musician, if you will. my kids and just my immediate family has always been ever present. >> shut it down. family meeting. >> right now? >> right now. >> hey, everybod

go on tell marvin coming to you live from new york city and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. president obama promised the most transparent administration ever wanted to go over the white house but the scandals of the past month seem to say otherwise and now there's news that the n.s.a. the national security administration is secretly collecting americans phone records and perhaps much much more so what happened to transparency in washington also yesterday president obama chose susan rice to be his new national security adviser in a move this sure to ruffle republican feathers but does the president still care about working with republicans or has he does.

marvin ersher saw schrade bleeding on the floor. you check him, you saw another doctor there?t. >> reporter: who was that doctor, do you know? >> i don't know. >> reporter: it's just that chaotic. >> right. >> reporter: this is what we found in the cbs news archives. how many others were hit, doctor? >> i know of two others. paul schrade had a deep laceration of the forehead. >> i never knew. >> reporter: to see this and how he knew your name . >> well, this is a real surprise for me. how can i express my gratitude for that except to say to you that you had a great father. >> reporter: at the time, two publications mentioned my father's contributions-- a cover story in jett magazine and a photo caption in "life" but we couldn't find him in the picture. so we tracked down the man who took it. bill eppridge. so who is identified as dr. ross millner that picture? >> i don't know. >> reporter: eppridge is responsible for many of the iconic images from that night and he allowed us to go through some of his unpublished photos. that's when something jumped out at me. bill, i think we

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. >> defense attorney, marvin petnam. >> we shouldn't minimize how tragic the loss is for them.t go to why their father passed. >> reporter: miriam hernandez, abc news. >> feel bad for the kids. >> in the news. paris attempted suicide a couple weeks ago. prince somewhat addressed that. he is 16. paris is 15. she was hit the hardest because she was daddy's little princess. >> of course. >> understandable. only little girl in the family. >> seems like real good kids, don't they? >> his dad instilled hard work, following your dreams. he wants to bea film maker. he said when he was young. he says he still wants to do that. he says his gpa in high school was a 3.68. incredible for children so privileged. >> no doubt. good for them. >>> coming up, the big question for duchess kate. will she or won't she? >> the noisy debate whether kate middleson will choose to breast-feed even in public. >>> in our next half hour, game changer in clothing design. fancy fashions appealing to plus-sized women with style. you are watching "world news ♪ baby baby oh baby baby no >>> kate middleton, duche

>> that is marvin gay. it's something that happens that's visceral. >> it's about heros. lately watching it because of the reaction for him is so strong. i think to myself michael has always been my artistic inspiration. what's lovely and interesting about this is that he is a legendary figure for us and this is -- everybody knows this scene. the second the boy comes out -- >> everybody knows it. >> that's the myth of a hero. >> i said everybody loved this guy. there was trouble and at the heart even though they wouldn't come out and say it, we loved him and that's what he gave us. >> you are going to perform for us in just a moment. nerd land is going to broadway next in one moment. before that we need a quick preview. >> i'm going to make it quick. here we go. terrorists overseas new information today on an unusual plot targeting the u.s. and europe. you'll see how children's toys may have played a role in that. >>> new twists in the search for the suspect in the ricin terror letters. why haven't officials been able to track down a culprit yet. >>> saving school. i'll t

marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture you're looking for someone to blame for the rise of our security state look no farther than ronald reagan more on that in just a moment and new reports show that despite a list of the bashing of publicly bashing obama care many prominent republican politicians are secretly pretty enthusiastic about least when it comes to money for their districts. you need to know this i want my boring predictable.

i'm marvin brasso, i'm a member of the pedestrian safety advisory committee and i'm here today to speak about safety enforcement which seems to be a concern of yours. i was just looking at an article in this morning 5 centsv chronicle collision showing need for cycling enforcement. i have been advocating for a program that exists in new york. i will share this with you, called the bicycle ambassador program. it is sponsored by something called the transportation [speaker not understood]. they encourage walking and cycling and use of public transportation. but they put bicycle ambassadors out on the street. it's a seasonal program. it runs from may through september. only costs the city -- transportation alternatives around $47,000. there are details and information that i gave to your clerk here. what they would do is they would be out on the street. they would speak politely to the bicyclists who don't follow the rules of the road, asking them to take a pledge to stop at stop signs, stop at red lights, and to yield to pedestrians. they would also speak to pedestrians about not crossing

well i'm john marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture with no deal in sight federal student loan rates are set to double starting monday that of endless wrangling congress would be better to just provide free public education for all like we used to before reagan we'll talk about that and more in tonight's big picture rumble and well the supreme court handed seven same sex marriage supporters to huge victories this week equality for all americans regardless of sexual orientation is still in the works so what's next for the gay rights movement i asked congressman mark ok and in tonight's conversations with great minds. you need.

. >> my husband's name was billy marvin hill.t camp lejeune for 30-some years. >> when i was 47, i was diagnosed with male breast cancer. >> my son was diagnosed with nonhodgkins lymphoma. my daughter tiffany was diagnosed with cancer on her kidney. >> i was diagnosed with cancer in my left kidney. >> three weeks later he was diagnosed with leukemia. >> my children, they both were so very sick when they came into this world. incubators, couldn't bring them home. they knew this about the water, why they didn't tell us -- >> i don't believe they should be hiding any information from this audience. none. >> there is so much pain that has happened in this area, that people don't understand. i blamed myself for years until this came out. i hated myself. i hated my body. because i thought i had failed my children. i had a son, russell alexander thorpe, born november 30th, 1977, with an open spine. there was no hope for him. this is my treasure box that i have of him. this is the suit he was wearing the day he died in my arms at ten min

since you asked, marvin is doing well. thank you for your concerns about them. [laughter] laura are doing well. they have opened up the presidential library. place. great they continue to do their work. i'm proud of my brother. i love the fact that his favorite rating is 50%. higher than the current occupant of the white house. [applause] politics things go up and down, but over time people begin to make their assessments quietly in their own ways. i think history will continue to be kind about my brother.

jon: marvin kalb, interesting. thank you. jenna: the state of new jersey is flying flags at half staff today to honor actor games gandolfini. funeral plans have just been announced. we'll bring you the details on that. plus you'll remember this cover, the taliban did this. so why should we be holding peace negotiations with them? that is a big question for us, it's also a big question for those in afghanistan. up next we'll speak to a young woman who has lived under taliban rule. she'll tell us her story, why she is speaking out and what every american must know. that's next. jenna: right now the obama administration is pushing to revive peace talks with the taliban. the u.s. is sending a special envoy to meet today with the gavin president to get the peace process back on track to find a political settlement for afghanistan. but this is the same taliban we fought to get rid of after the 9/11 takes, the same taliban that approved cutting off a woman's nose and ears to punish her for running away. her face a symbol of brutalit

marvin's body? >> yes. >> did you move the body? >> no. >> when you observed mr. martin's body his hands were underneath his body? >> yes. >> did you tamper or mess with that at all? did you move his hands or turn him upside down? >> i never left the sidewalk, so no. >> this photograph that you would have taken of mr. trayvon martin's body, the light that's shining on there is that from your flashlight again? >> yes. >> state's exhibit 78, you took this photograph too sir crui? >> yes. >> what were you trying to show? >> there was an object next to him. i didn't see any other objects on the ground other than the little flashlight on the beginning part of the t. it stood out. >> am i pointing to it in this part of photograph, state's exhibit 78? >> yes. >> is that it? >> yes. >> the light showing on there is that from your flashlight? >> yes. >> your honor, i'm through with -- thank you very much. may i approach the witness? >> yes, you may. >> mr. manalo, back in february 2012, specifically february 26th, 2012, showing you state's exhibit 139 with would you reside

what about marvin gaye? something like that. what are we doing? i'm so bored. >> jimmy: no! stop! >> oh, my god. >> jimmy: let's talk about -- >> bring out alyssa milano. let's see how she held up. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: no, she -- >> how'd she look? >> jimmy: she's beautiful. >> what? >> jimmy: she's stunning. >> is she stunning? >> jimmy: she's stunning. >> her new show, my wife watches. she's loves it. "mistresses." >> jimmy: "mistresses." >> where -- i was hunting to see what she looked like. >> jimmy: she's hiding. she's hiding. >> i used to be hot for her when i was younger, you know. >> jimmy: well, everyone had a crush on alyssa. >> you crush on her? >> jimmy: everyone did. she's gorgeous. >> you never really got out there and dated. you got married. >> jimmy: yeah. >> your "saturday night live" success and all that -- you never really were on the scene. >> jimmy: no. >> i used to think you were so gay. [ laughter ] because -- i still think -- >> jimmy: you still think a little bit? >> i think you're gay. >> jimmy: oh, m

he's been out of the limelight since you asked, marvin's doing really, really well.ch for asking. >> some people on our side complain that when they go to vote in november, they just have to pick the lesser of two evils. >> some people will say that i'm preaching to the choir. now this is my challenge to you. go out and sing solo. >> blue states are liberal ♪ ♪ keep your state red >> let's get right to our panel. dressed in red is the host of disrupt with karen finney, the wonderful karen finney. and co-host of the cycle is toure and in washington is the political analyst the great michael steele. not dressed in a tie today. i'm going to start with you. please, can you answer this. what does the gop hope to accomplish by repeatedly appealing to the far right of the party while at the same time possibly alienating more mainstream republicans? >> well, i think they need to take a page -- sorry. next question. >> thank you, michael, for that considered response. karen, i sound like a broken record. but i mean, what have these guys learned? tonight, guess who the keynote

well i'm tell marvin in washington d.c. and here's what's coming up tonight on the big picture. news from china sent global markets tumbling today what's causing that sudden fall in prices and should we be worried about a new financial crisis more on that just a moment also marked maryland governor martin o'malley isn't just leading the way when it comes to passing progressive legislation he's also galvanizing support for a new way to think about how we measure development is it time for us to say good bye to the g.d.p. and believe it or not the big banks toure's are actually right about something for once so you know what that something is in tonight's daily take. you need to know this worldwide markets fell sharply today with the news that the chinese economy might be starting to contract the three major american stock indexes the dow jones industrial average the s. and p. five hundred the nasdaq all fell significantly from their wednesday closing numbers are concerned europe and asia tumbled as well as latest cloud on the economic horizon comes just one day after a federal re

tonight tuesday june twenty fifth twenty third chain for more information check out our website so tell marvin dot com free speech dot org or to dot com and hulu dot com slash the big picture and don't forget the mocker seat is not a spectator sport it requires you get out there and get active tag you're it occupies a sort of. time as a new alert animation scripts scare me a little. bit there is breaking news tonight and they are continuing to follow the breaking news let. the alexander family cry tears of the wife and embracing each other that justice has to be adequate rendered in a court of law found alive there's a story made sort of movies playing out in real life. yes. let me again will you let me ask you a question. on this board as we're having the baby we have our night show. me the proof this time it was a space thing there is again here in this race will be united we talk about surveillance. coming up on our t.v. n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden is located now the world waits to see where hill had next and if he'll reveal more details about the u.s. surveillance program updates o

tonight's thursday june sixth two thousand and thirteen more information check out our website the tell marvin dot com free speech org r t dot com and hulu dot com slash the big picture thanks to michael harrison of the talkers conference played a big part of life in new york and all the great folks here at archie in new york and no forget democracy begins with you today your it see them. technology innovation all the latest developments from around russia. that's huge you're covered. good afternoon and welcome the prime interest i'm terry and boring i'm in washington d.c. let's get to our headlines. now druggy it disappoint the markets that it was a bit of a long shot of the european central bank she put further ease rates after rising at the last meeting that will last brisk market sold off on the new some are close and during the bear market territory our poll twenty percent decline off last month high we talked today with head hedge fund manager kyle herring to end all of this and more. and you've probably heard of or high frequency trading but there's another meanest sounding corner of th

marvin is doing really well, since you asked. thank you for asking. [laughter] in reality, george and his wife are doing very well. they have opened up their library. i'm very proud of my brother for all sorts of reasons. and very proud he has maintain a posture of not chirping on the sidelines even when it must've been pretty easy to do. [applause] the final part of the family update is that my life's hope has come true. i'm a grandfather. [applause] i have a 22 month old munchkin. i secretly call her 41. last week they were in texas and brought prescott walker bush into the world. you will be happy to know i will not spend much time rehashing the results of last november. let me say that we got beat because our brand is perceived to be tarnished and reactionary rather than hopeful and positive. increasing numbers of americans are defaulting to a false choice of economic security from government because we have not been offered a compelling alternative based on economic opportunity. you might be surprised not be spending much time pointing out the fa

tuesday june twenty fifth two thousand and thirteen for more information check out our website so tell marvin dot com free speech dot org dot com and hulu dot com slash a picture and don't forget the mocker seat is not a spectator sport it requires you get out there and get active tag you're it occupies the seat of. it's impossible to navigate the economy with all the details of his text message information and media hype you up to date by decoding the mainstream headlines they take if in your right. emissions free accreditation free in-store charges free. arrangements free. free. free. download free blog counseling videos for your media project a free media and on the r t v dot com you. larry king now manson is the man behind the make up of villain or just vilified their quality is ours is measured equally by people that just like you and people that love the dog python sets the record straight i saw this taking place on t.v. i go i normally i'm playing for this now i think that i've been playing for about thirty school shootings plus one name would you give me if i were taking another salva

marvin from los angeles. you are on. >> my question has to do with what mrs.eveland did after she left office. the next democratic first lady, mrs. wilson, got involved in international affairs and attended democratic conventions. so did eleanor roosevelt. jacqueline kennedy worked to save places like grand central station. did frances get involved in any way? did she attends democratic conventions? did she use her influence politically? >> we will get to that story and a few minutes. thanks for asking that. that is an important question. patricia, your question. >> hello susan. i never miss your friday night program. >> thank you. >> i wrote a book about my grandfather and there is a chapter -- my grandfather was appointed as he on a dirt secretary of state. -- as the secretary of state. his wife is frances's closest friend in aurora. they often visited the white house. frances was the godmother to my father. i still have the long dress. my question is this -- the temperance movement? >> i lost track of catherine willard. she and frances were indeed good frie

and marvin kalb present his book the road to war. live coverage of the 2013 printers role that fast includes a conversation between edward and john glassy. that is our live from the printer's row that fast in chicago. our first panel of the day with walter jacobson and keith koenenman. >> i had no idea, never thought about doing it and never tried to do on it. when i retired five years ago for the first time -- >> the michael jordan of local television. >> in my business retirement is often compulsory. the latest as the air gets grayer, the less management wants you to be part of the team. the first time i retired i was ready to retire, 45 years in the business and i just went off thinking about myself, i had been under so many years of such severe deadlines that i never had a chance to think about what i was doing to myself and what i did for others to no. the more i thought about it, the more i took notice of things and my memory came back and i went over things i had done in my career since i was very young, started in 1963 and as

marvin assigns them grad students to a summer project to see if they could translate languages. a smart mathematician might be older, but the formula. now that doesn't work. it famously doesn't work. what does work is what we call big data or giant corporeal or whatever terminology preferred. what happens as we gather up large numbers of examples of real translations done by real people and we pattern match those against your example defined a little place of coincidence and then we mash-up its translation into sequence to form a new translation. lo and behold that's not so bad. that is how it works. that is how the game works. the thing is, it's not a magic artificial rain. it's a matchup of real people who we pretend don't exist. so what we are saying is as the technology progresses and gets better and better fewer multilingual, that job of translating is not like being a truck driver or a cabdriver even though it's not miserable. this time you get paid for it because we have anonymized you and we have pretend you don't exist to create the illusion of a giant electronic brain.

mark, marvin oig sticking to his guns. >> and i don't see why there was any particular reason why he changed his mind. >> the data got better. >> let's take everything into account. what king said everyone got excited because he sounded more slightly upbeat. here is one of thoefs situations where you have to be careful -- >> he was more upbeat. >> he was less pessimistic. more upbeat almost sounds like we're getting the liftoff out of this recession, which is what mr. carney has been talking about, getting the necessary you power in the economy to get something which has traction as opposed to mr. king saying it doesn't look so bleak. but he's still not talking about growth being particularly good. so he would stick to his guns on that front. i think what people underestimate at the moment is actually the fact that the fls scheme is seen by the majority as being a rather better way of conducting injections into the economy in principal because it works very similarly to the ecb's long term refinancing operations. this is within the qe debate versus the ecb -- >> last report we had wa

since you asked, marvin is doing well. thank you for your concerns about him. [laughter] george and laura are doing spectacular. they have opened up the presidential library. if you ever get to dallas, you need to go and see it. it is on s.m.u.'s campus. it is a great place. they continue to do their work. i'm proud of my brother. i love the fact that his favorite rating is 50%. a little bit higher than the current occupant of the white house. [applause] it proves in politics things go up and down, but over time people begin to make their assessments quietly in their own ways. i think history will continue to be kind about my brother. the last thing about the bush family, and i have to do this because for about 10 years, i was desperately wanting to have grandkids. it was an obsession of mine. everyone would come and show off their pictures on their iphones. it was driving me nuts. if you want to see the pictures of my two grandchildren, you get a sense of where that came from. she is 23 months. my little munchkin, the joy of my life. she lives a mile from me.

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additions to the squad included rob buchanan, chaplain marvin sepak, martin driscoll, john cosheka, william carlick, william pavelka. dan pocludna, steve souka, obert stanislav, russell willisly and robert zornak. in addition to rendering honors at funerals they participate at many events throughout central texas, including leading and marching in the west parade, providing displays of service flags and displaying the p.o.w.-m.i.a. flag. since its inception in 1990, the west veterans honor guard has provided the long-standing military tra degrees of funeral honors, ceremonial elements of flag folding and presenting a, playing taps, providing rifle details and providing color guards at over 430 funerals. mr. speaker, tonight, i honor the west veterans honor guard for all they have done for our great community. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman has six minutes left. mr. flores: mr. speaker, on june 8, america lost army lieutenant colonel todd clark in the war on terror. lieutenant colonel todd clark was a native of new york whose father, jack, was an army colonel. todd was in the junior

that is great book by a guy by the name of marvin laskye. it is called "the tragedy of american compassion." and he talks about how you help people. and you don't help people by giving them a blank check. you help people in short term you help them as long as they have a need. but you help them in the way that they bet to help themselves and -- that they git to help themselves and get their dignity back. what senator harkin and i agreed to, this pilot program will have to be reevaluated after two years. there is a he no problem with putting limitations as to u.p.c. codes and all the checkout stuff. it is not an issue. we've done all the homework on it. but it would be interesting to see what you do in a nutritional evaluation and a limitation on the one hand snap products, what would happen to the people that we're helping. and so bof that's the amendmentt we're offering. it is time fo for that to happen and it/i will be good. the key is, can we help people get back to being self-reliant? i don't want us to be a big brother, but i also want

marvin is doing really well, since you asked. thank you for asking., george and his wife are doing very well. they have opened up their library. i'm very proud of my brother for all sorts of reasons. and very proud he has maintain a posture of not chirping on the sidelines even when it must've been pretty easy to do. [applause] the final part of the family update is that my life's hope has come true. i'm a grandfather. [applause] i have a 22 month old munchkin. i secretly call her 41. last week they were in texas and brought prescott walker bush into the world. you will be happy to know i not spend much time rehashing the results of last november. let me say that we got beat because our brand is perceived to be tarnished and reactionary rather than hopeful and positive. increasing numbers of americans are defaulting to a false choice of economic security from government because we have not been offered a compelling alternative based on economic opportunity. you might be surprised not be spending much time pointing out the failures of the obama adminis