. >> reporter: before she got a lung infection, mary lou says she used to take long showers. after awhile, she wondered if there was a connection between the showers and problems she was having with coughing and fatigue. >> i truly believe that i got it from a shower head. >> reporter: for weeks she didn't know what it was. after coughing to the point of exhaustion, she went to a specialist. >> he said you may have this really weird thing. >> reporter: the weird thing, a nontuberculous myco bacteria, or ntm, also called shower disease. i thought, oh, that's ridiculous. >> well, this is an infection with a certain type of bacteria that's a distant cousin of the bacteria that causes tuberculosis. >> reporter: doctors are seeing a spike especially in women around age 50 who are slim, caucasian and otherwise in good health. the disease strikes hard nest people with a weakened immune system or chronic lung problems. dr. yang says ntm is usually harmless to healthy individuals. guess what? all of us are bathed in bacteria every day but not all of it gets into our bodies. but to the

they are bucksome. >> they know how to pour a cup of coffee. >> i go to mary lou's regularly. mary lou's because it appears to run afoul of some discrimination. could it be on a racial basis? could it be on a gender basis? could it be ages? >> these are commercials we are looking at. >> we are not sure. these are their commercials. we didn't make these up. they are on youtube. i fight mile file complaint on commercials. this is just trying to get attention. if it runs afoul discrimination nally. >> mary lou suspects a woman-owned business hence hiring all these chics that has not had a single complaint in the 25 years we have been open. the implication in this report is absolutely false. we hire only the most qualified applicants as you can see he there in that commercial in total compliance with the state and federal laws. >> they are looking through job applications and all of this to see maybe who applied and didn't get the job. is it as a result of discrimination. we did get a bunch of emails ray in plymouth, massachusetts writes as the dad of a former mary lou's girl. >>

. >> mary lou in illinois.ake because i was tumbled from sleep by the echo of my state representative's outburst. >> that wa amazing, wasn't it? take it away. take us to "morning joe." >> total power in one person's hands, not the american way. these damn bills that come out of here, all the damn time! come out here at the last second!

a real-life mary lou retton. >> nice. two good choices. >> who would you be?> i have no idea. >> he's just happy being dan. >> that's right. >>> coming up here on "good morning america" -- we'll hear from that 80-year-old woman whose first attempt at skydiving nearly turned into a disaster. >>> and the ultimate proposal, singers, dancers, remote guests via computer and even the marching band, the video is tearing through the internet this weekend. >>> and the big one, the battling ballerinas who got slappy on camera. they're live in our studio. taking a break. big question, will they make up? >> look at those spins. >> or will this be a rematch? >> that's an arabesque. every member of your family deserves the best care, even the four footed ones. petarmor flea and tick protection. it's the same safe, effective, active ingredient as frontline top spot, but costs about half as much. petarmor. available at these retailers. >> good morning. the annual rolling thunder today. le ride is event honoring fallen personnel. some are already gathering at the pentagon this

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. >> mary lou in illinois. awake because i was tumbled from sleep by the echo of my state representative's outburst. >> that was amazing, wasn't it? take it away. take us to "morning joe." >> total power in one person's hands, not the american way. these damn bills that come out of here, all the damn time! come out here at the last second! >>> mitt romney won the texas republican primary last night crossing the crucial 1,144 delegate threshold. yes, what a story! he came from never being behind to clinch the republican nomination. they said it could be done, and against no odds, he achieved the possible. >>> good morning. it's thursday, may 31. welcome to "morning joe." with us onset, we have msnbc contributor mike barnicle, and the chairman of deutsch incorporated, donny deutsch. willie, how are you doing? >> i'm doing well. i like your dress today, mika. >> wow. that's really nice. >> that is nice. >> true story. >> oh, thank you. >> who designed that, by the way? >> it's secret. it's a secret designer. we're

mary bono. thanks for being with us. most successful colleges of all time. buddy lou. where have you been. how have you been?back. >> sean: we got this teacher in north carolina suspended with pay in this argument with this kid as she tried to indoctrinate this kid on obama. >> sean: want to get that kid a scholarship, can you help? >> and it's just amazing. >> sean: the thing is on substance, mary, the kid was right? >> absolutely. good for him. standing his ground that way. >> sean: isn't that exciting. i want to meet this kid. joe? >> it's crazy if that happened. again, any of the bullying stuff that these guys did back in high school is crazy anyway, but the kid was right to ask the question. >> that is big double standard right now. >> i do want to say. most important thing to teach our children respect for authority. it should be reinforce in the school. you should not disrespect for the president. i agree with them. >> sean: the teacher was taking 1965 allegation that romney bullied this kid which you are saying is absurd and there was an incident admitted that and he did in his book. >> the teacher d

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jon: well, mary catherine, we've seen john kerry for instance, one of the democratic icons in the senate loo meanting richard lour's defeat. vice president biden send out a tweet. the senate lost a brilliant strategic mind. a man with absolute integrity. he will be missed. if democrats are lamenting this man's defeat is that a good thing or bad thing? >> he was well-respected. he was smart about foreign policy he had a lot of skills. those skills weren't easy to sell back home. that's why he lost by a pretty large margin. folks are looking at, i think it is true of both democrats and republicans, tea party is very specific example, folks saying look, this is the old way of doing business. you guys are all buddy, buddy, and make deals that cost us a lot of money. we'll send somebody new to try to do things a different way. i think that is the way things are going. jon: in collegiality has been the order of the day in the senate, marjorie, they're going to be sending somebody to washington to replace him. something will have to get done. maybe it will get done in a different way? >> well i don't know, i think movi