this is maxine albroro. it's been destroyed and one of my favorites done by helen bruten. it's to remind us, while i was looking at these projects, they employed 42 percent women. it's very unusual in the art world. and then of course, in san francisco, benny lafono. we had the first and the last of the new deal. coit tower is the first. it is i think, one of the best in the country. it shows san francisco's history and that of human civilization shown through the eyes of labor. these are things that happened in san francisco's history. lynchings. again, coit tower, shows you the stock market dropping. something people weren't used to seeing. and a business many being held up. and in george washington high school, the farther of our country pointing the pioneers west as they walk over a dead indian. most of the art is not controversial. most of the artists celebrates local produce. this is one of the most extraordinary murals i have seen. at a tuberculosis cemetery. they also painted a mural in san francisco. finally, it's on the outside of the berkeley community theater.

. >> maxine waters and -- >> maxine waters and barney frank and all said you have to make the loops availabler everybody. so everybody can have a home. >> tracy? >> please let me finish. >> i just want to say i think he's crazy. christian, albert einstein said the definition of "insanity" is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. that's what we're doing. >> wayne, i thought it was my turn! i thought they said it was my turn. go. >> cheryl: last word, wayne. >> if you don't intervene -- franklin raines, president, he was a crook. the chief financial officer was a crook. the federal government was interfering in something otherwise good that turned upside down. >> wayne rogers, ladies and gentlemen. thank you to christian for joining us. great to have you on the show, sir. coming up, this will make you protest the folks regulating the banks. they want to recoup money they're losing because of the regulation. find out where to put your cash to avoid the rest. yellowbook has always been crucial to your business, but now, to get it really cooking, you need a li

maxine was the first one we read her in school we knew of her. she was not out there like anny tan was when she wrote the joy luck club. so much of it is timing. it meant all the history and the voices before then had been silent. my generation of writers came in and we heard stories of women and men and the family of a different generation. a lot of us had been writing about that because they were silenced for so long. i am involved with the book prize. it's a pacific rim book prize in which books come from asia and all over the pacific rim. in the last 11 years it's been a prize we read so many books that have come from voices of new writers. i'm always amazed and they are writing different storers i wrote when i started. all the people have come through now. if you look at the list of indian and japanese authors and chinese authors it's now we are very much diverse. i think for a long time we weren't. i thank you for that question. if i keep going i will never get another question. [laughter]. >> thank you for samurai's garden. i read it had i

we've showed our viewers today, on the ethics charges facing charlie rangel and maxine waters. charlie rangel with a fairly passionate speech in the well of the house and maxine waters with a power point display a logical step by step approach to the charges she's faced with. >> yeah, it's very interesting how different the tactics are, but also there's one similarity between those two, and that's that they're both decided to fight publicly right before an election cycle. that's pretty unusual. >> why did charlie rangel decide to go all the way to a trial? >> his argument is that whatever mistakes he made, they were honest mistakes and he wasn't trying to mislead anyone or create or have some ulterior motive on his part. that has been a sticking point in the negotiations with the house ethics committee. both sides don't like to talk publicly about those negotiations but they haven't succeeded. >> what about waters? will she face a house trial as well? >> she is scheduled to face similar proceedings as soon as the rangel wraps up. it's not clear how long the trial or hearings wi

the actions we've taken on so many democrats, including bernice johnson discussing charlie rangel, maxine waters and a whole host of others. >> so we asked melanie sloan a question, and that's more than we can get from christine o'donnell, something gary tuchman found out yet again today. >> reporter: we don't want to talk about personal issues, just the serious financial allegations. is there anything specific you can tell us? we've given you a couple chances we talked to your attorney. >> we truly would like to hear ms. o'donnell's response to the claims and questions they've raised. we've invited her to come on the program every day since last wednesday. the invitation still stands. now the other candidate not answering questions is a sitting member of congress, a democrat. seven-term congressman jesse jackson jr., a chicago businessman has told federal investigators that representative jackson asked him to pay for airplane tickets for an alleged mistress to make several trips between washington and chicago. this picture from the "chicago sun-times" shows the woman, a hostess in a d.c.

are democrats stalling before the elections because we had maxine waters and certainly charlie rangelair numerous time s saying they wan the opportunity to clear their name. >> that's what the members said in this statement, which was quite a surprising move for us here on capitol hill. this committee really operates in almost secretive way and especially supposed to be nonpartisan and remove from the bath that is american politics. it is supposed to be atonmous on that and the republicans on this xwhity called off the democratic chair woman and said, look, you have been stalling and we wanted to have these numbers before the november mid-term elections and if we can't establish before the congress is on a recess, we'll do it in october. republicans are playing politics, which is supposed to be a nonpartisan committee. a lot of republicans are saying, look, at the end oof the day charlie rangel, maxine waters have both said, we want a speedy trial and republicans now are simply saying there is no reason we can't have one. a two-year investigation on rangel and months and months in the

. >> maxine waters and charlie rangel, barring some america kul, they will both be re-elected easily >> yes, both are heavy favorites to win their election, and they will have to deal with the issues next year. that's when we will see a trial or deliberations made through the ethics committee. we don't know how they will be resolved. there are a lot of charges against charlie rangel that will be litigated that works in their favor, but we won't know until the process is done. >> there is a deep examination of maxine waters and those bank transactions. >>> what do we know about the alleged terror plots against european capitals? >>> the police files reveal the struggle endured by pope john paul ii. that's next on "andrea reports" here on msnbc. [ animals calling ] ♪ [ pop ] [ man ] ♪ well, we get along ♪ yeah, we really do - ♪ and there's nothing wrong - [ bird squawks ] ♪ with what i feel for you ♪ i could hang around till the leaves are brown and the summer's gone ♪ [ announcer ] when you're not worried about potential dangers, the world can be a far less threatening place. take the

schedule public trials for charles rangel and maxine waters. both have had some violations of ethics rules put against them. and what's happened here, well, republicans think this should have taken place prior to the november election. both rangel and waters are not considered to be in trouble in their districts. but this could be very politically embarrassing for democrats and for congress as a whole. so the real stunner came when republican members of this committee on their own issued this statement accusing the chairwoman zoe loftgren of california of stalling. her aides were very upset. they said they were blindsided, caught off guard. and they accuse republicans of holding on to this statement until they knew congresswoman laftgren was in the air taking a flight to california. it's a real arm twisting between the two sides. there's frustration, finger-pointing and we don't know when these two trials will be set. both waters and rangel say they want it to happen quickly. republicans agreeing with that. but we don't have a time set and this

a line in the sand pushing to schedule trials for democratic representatives charlie rangell and maxine waters before the mid-term elects in november. the republicans are accuse theing the committee chairwoman of stalling because proceedings in october could generate negative headlines for democrats. wrangle is accuse misuse of his office and waters is charged of improperly owning a bank where her husband opens stock. >>> president obama is lend his voice to help the maryland governor win re-election. >> i know this governor made the tough decisions to put education, safety, and job creation first. stand with me, brama, moving -- brama, moving -- barack obama, moving o'malley forward. >> it will hit d.c. air waves and he hopes to beat ehrlich. to listen to the entire spot g to www.myfoxdc.com and click on the politics tab. >>> and president obama is working his way across the country. the four-state stump has the president talking jobs, the economy, taxes and education and is putting down the republican's pledge to america unveiled last week and foxacy craig bosswell takes a closer look

it was started by maxine harris and helen bergman. community connections provides a range of services. we have our community support teams, and there at least five specialties within those teams-addictions and co-occurring disorders, criminal justice involvement and recovery from the criminal justice system, wellness and recovery, and recovery from violent victimization. we also provide a host of other services. we have a psychiatric clinic, we work with children and adolescents, we have a huge housing program. so there's really a range of services that we offer here at the agency. i didn't know what direction i was in. i didn't know what's going to happen to me. i, i was on the verge of giving up life and everything, until community connections decided to take me in. there's people in here that know my name and know me, and i don't even know them, but i always hear them call my name out.

it was started by maxine harris and helen bergman.ty connections provides a range of services. we have our community support teams, and there at least five specialties within those teams-addictions and co-occurring disorders, criminal justice involvement and recovery from the criminal justice system, wellness and recovery, and recovery from violent victimization. we also provide a host of other services. we have a psychiatric clinic, we work with children and adolescents, we have a huge housing program. so there's really a range of services that we offer here at the agency. i didn't know what direction i was in.

maxine waters is accuse of using her influence to help a bank in which her husband is an investor. rangle faces charges on taxes an campaign funds. since congress plans to recess at the end of the month, there's no time to complete a trial for either of them. >>> he put his life on the line for his country. he ended up paying a steep price. this military veteran is getting help for a moderate program in the bay area. it's a program that gives back for those who gives so much for our country. >> gets out, you will -- get the wheelchair up there. >>> volunteers turned out for 28-year-old injured veteran. he won the bronze star for navy special ops work he can't discuss. somalia, two tours in iraq, five tours afghanistan. >> didn't know if you were going to live or die. i dealt with it. >> he's now dealing with traumatic brain injury after a vehicle crash in afghanistan. >> my goal, my goal is to walk again. >> today, steadying hand of the center of freedom foundation. >> what i've learned, to look at the potential, not the injury. >> he organizes volunteers. chapelle's home is four y

maxine waters is accuse of using her influence to help a bank in which her husband is an investor. rangle faces charges on taxes an campaign funds. since congress plans to recess at the end of the month, there's no time to complete a trial for either of them. >>> he put his life on the line for his country. he ended up paying a steep price. this military veteran is getting help for a moderate program in the bay area. it's a program that gives back for those who gives so much for our country. >> gets out, you will -- get the wheelchair up there. >>> volunteers turned out for 28-year-old injured veteran. he won the bronze star for navy special ops work he can't discuss. somalia, two tours in iraq, five tours afghanistan. >> didn't know if you were going to live or die. i dealt with it. >> he's now dealing with traumatic brain injury after a vehicle crash in afghanistan. >> my goal, my goal is to walk again. >> today, steadying hand of the center of freedom foundation. >> what i've learned, to look at the potential, not the injury. >> he organizes volunteers. chapelle's home is four y

in august 2010 the house ethics committee released comes to that democratic congresswoman maxine watersed rules by allowing her grandson to grant special favors to a struggling mass masses based bank in which her husband happened to own stock. >> neither my staff or i engaged in my thing. >> congressman was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after he entered an off-limits baggage area at dulles international airport in 2007. he later paid a $100 fine but did not plead guilty, instead conceding only, quote, i behaved miscourteously and shouldn't have. >> congresswoman eddie bernice johnson was accused of improperly using funds from the congressional black caucus to dole out thousands of dollars in scholarships to a top aide. she was forced to dip into personal funds to repay the nearly $31,000. next door in louisiana, the now former congressman william jefferson was up to no good. in august of 2005 investigators raided his home to find $90,000 hidden in the freezer. >> absolutely not. $90,000 was the f.b.i.'s money. >> in 2007 he was indicted on 16 corruption charg

. >> up next, will democrats be forced to deal with the charlie rangel and maxine waters ethics trials before november? the ethics then? boys, please. >> the rays clinched and there were only 6,000 people watching in that cement bowl? >> after they were called out by the players, the players said, guys, we're going to the play-offs every year and no one comes to the game. >> 6,000 people. >> it was more than 6,000. >> that's like when i was watching the braves in the '70s. bob horner, 4,000 of us would sprint down the first baseline -- you could run from home plate to the right field pole chasing porker bob horner's foul ball. we had an excuse. the braves lost 110 games every year. so only -- >> the and the rays want a new stadium from the taxpayers. >> with their fan base, they should play at a little league field. i'm sorry. go ahead. >>> also ahead, a fiery first debate in the california gubernatorial contest. mike? >> kids are going to die here. >> after months of campaigning, meg whitman and jerry brown finally went head to head. mike, i'm going to put you in the corner, and i'm s

the congressman is charlie rangel and maxine waters. members of the committee have expressed a willingness to do whatever it takes, have a chile even when congress is in recess. but they say she's dragging her heels on it. she's on a plane returning from her home state of california. we won't hear from her for at least an hour. but a democratic aide i spoke to familiar with the deliberations insisted this is a partisan move by republicans, insists that lofgren is delayed because she's been trying to work with republicans behind the scenes to try to find out the best date for a trial. rangel and waters neither said the congresswoman would have any comment. they said publicly, they want to get on with it. they want to trials to happen soon before the election. as you know, wolf, for democrats in general, the leadership, everybody on the ballot this year, the last thing they want is to have a public trial with two high profile democratic figures on ethics charges and violations before the voters go to the polls. >> bigger national issue th

not a surprise there, but what's the latest on the looming ethics trials for charles rangel and maxine waters. >> today they sent out a statement and basically publicly calling out the democratic counterparts for the failure to actually set trial dates and to try to get these things resolved before the november 2nd elections, well, democratic aides close to the process say they have been trying to meet with republicans to get those dates set and they called the statement, quote, a load of garbage, bret. >> bret: okay, shannon bream live on the hill. thank you. a reason for some happy meal fans to be even happier tonight. we'll tell you what it is next in the grapevine and he may end up running for mayor of chicago, but rahm emanuel chicago, but rahm emanuel can't seem to get back i got an egg [pop] i got gum a kazoo a candy necklace i got one of these [pop] a stamp helium fabric softener ear plugs [pop] lipstick two pills a day is what it takes to stay alive if you're hiv positive. those pills cost about forty cents a day. >> and now some fresh figures on the political grapevine. burto

the amount of money, what was roughly the amount of money that this money for one united bank, the maxine waters charges where her husband's a stockholder, how much were they looking for from that t.a.r.p. fund. >> i believe the inial ask was for $50 million. i believe that was the number suggested and bandied about at first. i believe what they took away from t.a.r.p. in the end was $12 million. >> $12 million in the overall t.a.r.p. spending was how much? >> it was t.a.r.p., if i remember correctly was in the hundreds of billions. this was a relatively very small portion of that. and you know, waters' argument is just look at that and why is it that you know, the smaller institutions had so little benefit from t.a.r.p. >> let's hear one more thought. this is john in lakewood, florida, on our democrats line. >> hi. i asked a question earlier and i got my answer and i want to know if you can ge me lis -- listen to my idea about creating 4 llion jobs. >> thanks for weighing in. thanks for all the callers. devl >> coming up next, president obama talks about the economy in a visit to ohio fo

maxine had to run out of the house with only her purse. >> heat was so intense. i mean, then, the noise. it was just you know, just helpless. >> help is coming now. piles and piles of donations. so much that they're turning it away. baby bottles and cash are still needed. these south san francisco contractors brought a check for a thousand dollars and safeway is giving $25,000. >> we feel strongly this is our community. these are our friends and neighbors. our customers. we want to give back. >> but money cannot buy what faye needs to find her 80-year-old grandmother, whose house was next to the explosion. the house is gone. she's looked everywhere for her grandma. >> bay hills, rec center, i called red cross. checked red cross online. the hospitals. >> have you talked to the fire department? >> i talked to five different police officers. >> her two aunts and uncle were in that house. they're severely burned when trying to leave. the answer now is induce comas. the uncle, conscious but doesn't know what happened to what areton's grandma. >> he can't remember anyt

in august 2010 the house ethics committee released comes to that democratic congresswoman maxine watersby allowing her grandson to grant special favors to a struggling mass masses based bank in which her husband happened to own stock. >> neither my staff or i engaged in my thing. >> congressman was arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and battery after he entered an off-limits baggage area at dulles international airport in 2007. he later paid a $100 fine but did not plead guilty, instead conceding only, quote, i behaved miscourteously and shouldn't have. >> congresswoman eddie bernice johnson was accused of improperly using funds from the congressional black caucus to dole out thousands of dollars in scholarships to a top aide. she was forced to dip into personal funds to repay the nearly $31,000. next door in louisiana, the now former congressman william jefferson was up to no good. in august of 2005 investigators raided his home to find $90,000 hidden in the freezer. >> absolutely not. $90,000 was the f.b.i.'s money. >> in 2007 he was indicted on 16 corruption charges. last

charlie rangel and maxine waters. instead she invites stephen colbert to waste taxpayer dollars and make a mockery -- >> sean: as funny as he was, i thought he was hilarious. you wouldn't expect anything less. it is like inviting don imus to host and he's himself and people are critical. >> a serious thing happened today that no coverage which is the civil rights commission. >> sean: for . why would they invite him? >> because it is a circus up there! >> sean: how are the american people going to respond, they are part of the 18% unemployed those that gave up looking for work. out of work. under employed. how are they going to respond when they send this clown up there company >> he's a creative -- he doesn't belong in character in front of a committee under oath. >> sean: they invited him, what does it say about them? >> i said don't blame him -- >> sean: i'm not blaming him. >> you see what you did, today the guy that was head of the voting rights group in the -- >> sean: you are missing my point. . >> you are missi

. >> sean: maxine waters, charlie rangel, will jam jefferson, culture of corruption.n the swamp? >> why are you so shocked? it is inherent some of the do-gooders are going to take extra for themselves. >> new yorkers have always been looking for a crook they can trust. and they found that crook in charlie rangel, but they can't trust him. it makes me laugh. it is laughable they would paint the tea partiers as nuts when you look at the things they said from nancy pelosi saying birth control is stimulative to unemployment checks create jobs. [ talking over each other ] >> you get an unemployment check that is stimulus. >> sean: you know what would have been stimulus? job creation. let's go to ted strickland and john kasich. part of the ongoing debate, a lot of personal attacks. >> he also called the leader of lehman a good friend and awesome leader. he said he's the kind of guy you want to go into battle with. now he says i was in a two-person office in columbus, ohio that office earned him a $400,000 bonus when lehman brothers was going into bankruptcy. doesn't sound l

the house ethics committee released a document con guess woman maxine waters violated house rules bying her grandson chief of staff to grant quote special favors to a struggling massachusetts based bank in with her husband happened to own stock. >> neither my staff nor i engaged in any improper behavior. >> her trial date has not yelt been set. he entered an off limits baggage area at washington dulles international airport in 2007. he did not plead guilty instead exceeding only quote i behaved discourteously and i shouldn't have. bernice johnson was accused of improperly using funds in the congressional black caucus to dole out thousands of dollars to four relatives and top aid two children since 2005. johnson was forced to dip into personal funds to pay $31,000. now former congressman william jefferson was also up to no good suspecting jefferson of bribery in august, 2005 investigators raided his home to find 90 thousand hidden in the preserp. >> the 90,000 was the fbi's money. >> in 2007 jefferson was indicted on 16 corruption charges. he was found guilty of 11 of the 16 counts an

charlie rangel and maxine waters. instead she invites stephen colbert to waste taxpayer dollars and make a mockery -- >> sean: as funny as he was, i thought he was hilarious. you wouldn't expect anything less. it is like inviting don imus to host and he's himself and people are critical. >> a serious thing happened today that no coverage which is the civil rights commission. >> sean: for . why would they invite him? >> because it is a circus up there! >> sean: how are the american people going to respond, they are part of the 18% unemployed those that gave up looking for work. out of work. under employed. how are they going to respond when they send this clown up there company >> he's a creative -- he doesn't belong in character in front of a committee under oath. >> sean: they invited him, what does it say about them? >> i said don't blame him -- >> sean: i'm not blaming him. >> you see what you did, today the guy that was head of the voting rights group in the -- >> sean: you are missing my point. . >> you are missi

actions we've taken against so many democrats including bernice johnson discussing charlie rangel, maxine waters and others. >> plenty of republicans will see this and say, look, or anyone watching this, you're saying christine o'donnell is guilty of this. you can't raise that up a few weeks ago prior to the campaign, it's only now that it's in the final weeks of the campaign, you could have even waited until after the election, you know, and once the american people decided and then bring up these allegations. i mean, because these allegations knts be proven or disproven in this short amount of time, you know, by officials. >> well, you asked earlier if it was fair to bring thuis up, and of course, it's fair. character is important when americans are considering candidates at the polls. honesty and integrity, we have a right to raise those questions and a candidate should answer them. instead christine o'donnell is refusing to answer any questions about these issues when it's reporters for your show who confront her or any other media. instead she says she's ethical and you can't questio

. >> maxine had to run out of her house with only her purse. >> the heat was so intense.ise. you know, you just -- helpless. >> help is coming now. piles and piles of nodations, so much they're turning it away. but baby bottles and cash are still needed. these south san francisco contractors brought a check for $1,000. and safe way is giving $25,000. >> we feel very strongly that this is our community. these are our friends, our neighbors, our customers and we wanna give back. >> but money cannot by what she needs to find her 80-year-old grandmother whose house was right next to the explosion. the house is gone. she's looked everywhere for her grandma. the rec center, called red cross, checked red cross online. the hospitals, called them all. >> did you talk to the fire department at all? >> i talked to five different police officers. >> horton's two aunts and uncle were also in that house severely burned when they tried to leave. the aunt is now in an induced coma. the uncle is conscious but doesn't know what happened to horton's grandma. >> he can't really remember anyt

charlie rangel and maxine waters have both been charged with violating rules. question, whether the ethics committee hold the trials before the election or not? >> that is up to them. >> chris: they haven't scheduled. >> because of their own scheduling problems. let me say that, charlie. >> chris: i'm chris. charlie rangele. >> the ethics process is work. the fact of the matter is unlike other republicans we haven't fired the chairman of the ethics committee because they went after somebody in the democratic party and we haven't removed any members from the ethics committee. the ethics process is working. >> you are not committing that they will have the trials that they sought before voters have to vote on waters and range until november. >> i think that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. obviously the members of the ethics committee have to make that determination and they have their own issues to deal with in their own election. >> chris: on friday, comedian stephen colbert testified before a congressional committee in his fake comedic character. a

amist a host of shortcomings they cite trial for two prominent democrats, charles rangel and maxine watersy wrist -- majority whip clyburn has golf tournament and others awarded congressional black caucus scholarships to relatives. >>> the u.s. hit iran with another set of economic sanctions. but these are not over the nuclear program. national correspondent steve centanni fills in the blanks from the pentagon. >> reporter: two top candidate members, secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary tim geithner appear together at the state department to announce new sanctions against individuals in iran for human rights violations. including the head of the revolutionary guard and other cabinet ministers. the u.s. action stems from a police crackdown following the iranian election in june of last year. hundreds of protesters alleging massive election fraud were arrested and at least 30 were killed. since then, secretary clinton notes a steady deterioration of human rights in iran. >> these officials watch, or under their command, the iranian citizens have been arbitrarily arrested

they say democrats are purposely dragging their feet and delaying hearings for charlie rangel and maxine for both of them until after the election. is that fair to the voters? we're going to report and you, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, will decide. >> and also decide who has a better shirt, me or steve? you have 2 1/2 hours to make your conclusion. meanwhile, it's pretty hard to forget when congressman alan grayson said this

two top democrats, charles rangel and maxine waters have both been charged with breaking house rulesill the ethics committee hold the trial before the election or not? >> that is up to the republican and joe -- >> chris: so far they haven't scheduled that. >> let me say this, charlie. >> chris: i'm chris. >> chris can. >> chris: charles rangel. >> the fact of the matter is the ethics process is working. the fact of the matter under the republicans we haven't fired the chairman of the ethics committee because they went after somebody in the democratic party. and we haven't removed any members from the ethics committee. the ethics process is working. >> chris: but you're not committing that they will have the trials that they have sought before voters have to vote on to waters and rangel in november. >> i think that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible. obviously, the members of the ethics committee are going to have to make that determination. they have their own issues to deal with in their own elections. >> chris: finally, 30 seconds left. on friday, comedian stephen colbert

and possible house ethics trials for representatives charles rangel and maxine waters also will waitntil november. in the meantime, many embattled democrats will face voters frustrated about the bad economy and angry over government deficits. and they'll have to work to defend votes for president obama's economic stimulus and the new health care law both unpopular with some voters. but democratic leaders, including house majority leader steny hoyer, insist those measures were signal accomplishments. he said today it's the most productive congress he's known. >> republican strategy has been to create gridlock and failure. that has been their objective in house and senate. what was the result? they failed. but gave impression to the american people we couldn't work together. that was their political strategy. >> reporter: this afternoon, house minority leader john boehner laid out a republican view. he spoke at the american enterprise institute in washington. >> the house finds itself in a state of emergency. the institution does not function, does not deliberate, and seems incapable o

>>reporter: maxine had to run out of her oh, us with only her purse. >> heat was so intense. i mean then the noise. it was just you know it was just helpless. the. >>reporter: help is coming now. piles and piles of donations. so much they are turning it away. but baby bottles and cash are still needed. these south san francisco contractors brought a check for 1,000 dollars. and safeway is giving 25,000. >> we feel very strongly that this is our community. these are our friends. our naichbilitys our customers. we want to give back. >>reporter: but money can not buy what the she needs to find her 80-year-old grandmother whose house was right next to the explosion. house is gone. she's looked everywhere for her grandma. >> bay hill. recreation center, checked red cross on line. the hospital. called them all. >>reporter: talked to the fire department at all. >> i talked to 5 different police officers. >>reporter: 2 aunt and uncle were also in the house severely burned when they tried to leave. answer now in induced coma in jeopardy of losinging their extreme. >> uncle is conscien

democrats including he eddie bernice johnson who has been on your show discussing charlie rangel, maxine waters and a whole host of others. c.r.e.w. is nonpartisan. >> plenty of republicans will see this and say, look, or anyone watching this, you're saying christine o'donnell is guilty of this. wasn't she just as guilty a few weeks ago and you didn't raise this up prior in the campaign. it's only now that it's in the final weeks of the campaign, you could have even waited until after the election, you know, and once the american people decided and then bring up these allegations. i mean, because these allegations can't be proven or disproven in this short amount of time, you know, by officials. >> well, you asked earlier if it was fair to bring this up, and, of course, it's fair. character is a critical issue to american voters when considering candidates at the polls. when there are issues that reflect upon a candidate's honesty and integrity, we have the right to raise those questions and a candidate should answer them. instead christine o'donnell is refusing to answer any questions a