. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. i have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in san francisco. >> what is it about being a street artist that you particularly like? >> i liked it to the first day that i did it. i like talking to mentum people. talking about art or anything that comes to our minds. there is more visibility than i would see in any store front. this would cost us relatively very little. >> i am so happy to meet you. i wish you all of the best. >> you are the wonderful artist that makes these color coding. >> nice to me to. >> i have been a street artist since 1976. >> how did you decide to be a street artist? >> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it rang

. >> i would like you to meet michael johnson. he has been in the program for over 8 years. >> nice to me you. what inspired your photography? >> i am inspired everything that i see. the greatest thing about being a photographer is being able to show other people what i see. i have mostly worked in cuba and work that i shot here in san francisco. >> what is it about being a street artist that you particularly like? >> i liked it to the first day that i did it. i like talking to mentum people. talking about art or anything that comes to our minds. there is more visibility than i would see in any store front. this would c

jimmie johnson in front of michael waltrip and matt kenseth. s the mac move. nice entry by jimmie johnson in the 48. and by matt kenseth in the 20. fearless in the middle of those two cars look at pit comparisons. >> in the big deal the crew of j jimmie johnson, 20 seconds quicker. >> that's your pepsi max max moves. >> waltrip out of line. >> who goes with him? nobody. is he going forward or back? >> no, to the back of the line. not a bad place to be. carl edwards there. here comes 15 of his teammate, bowyer. michael may want to work with bowyer. he may want to get back there, work together. >> but he's losing a lot of ground. better get caught up quick. not a lot of help behind him. >> when you pull out and don't get back in line -- >> after green flag pit stop, these six drivers are alone to set it'll, jimmie johnson, matt kenseth, those two class of the field today. kurt busch in third, carl edwards, pole sitter and teammates clint bowyer and michael waltrip. >> we know how bad every driver would love to win. that driver in third, kurt busch

host: michael johnson -- ohio, your up next. do not think of this is a republican thing or democrat thing. , thepolitical parties people was losing confidence in the government. like, the irs collects money for the fed banking society. whether youatter was patriot, a tea bag, or we the people. they was all for the constitution. the fed was having trouble with .hem hung the fed has control over the irs. i think that this whole thing would have been like it is now. host: i appreciate your comments. this is not a republican or democrat thing. we were not born republican, independent, unaffiliated, or democrats, this is an american issue, the very foundation. what we look at our country, and the bill of rights, which was really designed to make sure we were protected, we wanted a limited government that would protect rights of american citizens, which is what we have to do. , this in a bipartisan way. come at this in a bipartisan way. host: doug on twitter -- guest: i do not think that he is afraid to take public testimony. things w

bush nominated michael leavitt and steven johnson to run the epa, michael levitt had to wade through 22 written questions and levitt, 49. and lisa jackson set the all-time record, she had to answer 118 questions. that was the record. it's daunting, right, submitting written answers to 118 different written questions all from senators looking to find a word wrong somewhere, to try to scuttle your nomination. the last nominee, lisa jackson had too answer 118 questions. guess how many questions the republicans have submitted to the new nominee? 1,079 questions. then there's sub-questions within those questions. if you include the sub-questions, more than 600 of the questions to gina mccarthy have come from one senator from louisiana senator david vitter. this is the 123 page questionnaire exchange between senator vitter and the epa nominee. 123 pages of questions and answers. she has answered all of his more than 600 written questions. in response today, republican senators refused to even show up for the vote on her nomination because they say she has been unresponsive. they say she ha

craig johnson, michael and tim mulholland. thank you, gentlemen. hover rr okay. so the berkshire annual shareholder meeting attracted 35,000 people last year providing a significant boost to the state of nebraska. heading live to omaha for a look at the economic power of liz claman and warren buffett. david: all right. and meanwhile, a tale of two jobs reports. moving the market in op it directions. opposite directions. yesterday we had a down day because the adp report showing the weakest gain since september, but today the market boomed because initial jobless claims fell to their lowest level in five years. well, what's really happening? a top economist tells us what's really going on and gets you ready for tomorrow's big jobs report. >>> also, we want to hear from you. is the job situation getting better or worse? log on to facebook.com/afterthe jf bell. we'll read your answers later this hour. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids a

sudden it happens to a conservative organization and very white person, republican, -- host: michael johnson tweets in, jenny beth martin, didn't this happen to the naacp? guest: my understanding that some things happened to the naacp, i have not fully asked all those questions. someone asked me about that yesterday on "hardball." if it happened in the bush administration, it's wrong. douglas shulman, the i.r.s. commissioner in the early part of last year, was appointed by president bush. if he was aware of this, he needs to be held accountable. i don't care who did it whether it's a republican or democrat. it's not about republican or democrat to me. so i agree that it doesn't matter whether it's republican, democrat, white, black, this is about people who have power in our country, who have authority in our country, not abusing that power. it does not need to happen to anyone. the i.r.s. is not a political weapon and it should not and will not be used as one again in the future if i have anything to do with it. host: texas, pat, independent caller. caller: hello, i'm surprised she's questi

officers anthony espada, barbara johnson and michael tracy say they do not consider themselves heroes. here's their account of how the rescue went down. >> she called her car, 2 adam 23 for a code one. i responded, go ahead. >> i have a subject on the phone with a female, says her name is amanda berry. >> help me, i'm amanda berry. >> do you need police, fire or ambulance? >> i need police. >> what's going on there? >> i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years. i'm here. i'm free now. >> we pull up, we see a crowd like on the porch. we see this girl, she's like raising her hand, holding a child. i'm looking at my partner, you know, is it her. >> you're thinking it's got to be her. even before i can stop the vehicle, came up close to the vehicle, carrying a small child waving at us. before the vehicle could stop she's at the window and i looked up at her, and we look at each other and i go i think that's amanda berry. i think that's amanda berry. >> when i pulled up, i didn't see amanda. i just saw officer espada and officer tracy running across the street toward the hous

bush nominated michael leavitt and stephen johnson, they had to weigh through 283 questions.isa jackson had 118 questions. that was the record. it is daunting submitting written answers to 118 different questions from senators looking to find a word wrong somewhere to stymie your nomination. guess how many questions the republicans submitted 1,079 questions. and then there's some questions within those questions. if you include sub questions more than 600 questions to gina mccarthy have come from one senator, louisiana senator vitter. this is the 123-page questionnaire exchange between senator vitter and the epa nominee. 123 pages of questions and answers. she has answered all of the more than 600 written questions. in response republican senators refused to show up for the vote on her nomination because they say she is unresponsive and say she has not answered enough questions. the eight boycotted the vote on her nomination to protest how unresponsive gina mccarthy was to the more than 1,000 questions they have asked her. more than 1,000 questions they have asked her which s

officers anthony espada, barbara johnson and michael tracy say they do not consider themselves heroes. here's their account of how the rescue went down. >> she called her car, 2 adam 23 for a code one. i responded, go ahead. >> i have a subject on the phone with a female, says her name is amanda berry. >> help me, i'm amanda berry. >> do you need police, fire or ambulance? >> i need police. >> what's going on there? >> i've been kidnapped and i've been missing for ten years. i'm here. i'm free now. >> we pull up, we see a crowd like on the porch. we see this girl, she's like raising her hand, holding a child. i'm looking at my partner, you know, is it her. >> you're thinking it's got to be her. even before i can stop the vehicle, came up close to the vehicle, carrying a small child waving at us. before the vehicle could stop she's at the window and i looked up at her, and we look at each other and i go i think that's amanda berry. i think that's amanda berry. >> when i pulled up, i didn't see amanda. i just saw officer espada and officer tracy running across the street toward the hous

one on the list is rp ron johnson, took home $53 million, nearly 1800 times more than average salary of $29,688. michael jeff riz orning $48 million, 1600 times more than average employee. and david simon of simon property group paid $137.2 million. 1600 times mer than his employees wex have link to bloomberg's data base on abc 7 news.com. >> how. >> san francisco mayor urging companies to join city hall part of the summer employment initiative designed to put young people into paid internships. >> this city has been about hope z we have always not just said that, we actually deliver on that hope with jobs. that is the true linkage that we have. >> the mayor says he wants to set a new record. last year 3,000 positions were offered thchl year, hoping to create 5,000. >> that is terrific. >> coming up they're jumping with anticipation. >> coming up next annual frog >>> in the abc 7 newsroom at 6:00 racist graffiti on buildings and why some think they know what triggered it. did san francisco city attorney create a monster? why the maker of a well known energy drink is taking aim at him. and forget touch s

michael. can't disagree with that. you know, lyndon johnson even at the moment of john kennedy's assassination, you would think that would have been the most horible thing for him to turn nto politics b said no memorial oration could more eloquently honor john kennedy's memory than the earliest possible passage of his civil rights bill. people thought it was very appropriate even if you're chris christie or mary fallon, i'm being crass, talking about the politics, it doesn't necessarily hurt you. >> it doesn't hurt you at all. we're talking about republican governors. they are more than theap to see washington represented by the president of the united states come to their communities. >> ifill: alexis and michael, thank you both so much. >> thank you, gwen ifill: on the rundown you can see more video r. oba and other presidents reaching out to communities in times of trouble. >> brown: finally tonight we spend a lot of time chronicling the hits and misses on capitol hill. author and journalist robert kaiser writes about a little of both focus

johnson will show thousand this works. >> you know there is a trend with video games these days. >> michael fiey is the story. >> we tend to think video games as in the a big workout. and now there are games designed to help you get in shape. consumer reports take a looks to see if they can help you go from couch potato to looking your best. there are a lot of video games now add vir tiesed as a fun way to get fit. consumer reports checked out five. they cost have fr 20ses today $50. this tester is assessed a workout. some are more stren yues than others. some don't provide a great workout. >> just in four is well, grueling. it can make a difference with the gaming console you use. >> x box is going to be effective because the camera can track movements. >> if you're looking for a game, try nike plus connect trainer. for a good cardio workouts consumer reports recommends zumba core. it is available for x box connect which does the best job of making sure you get a good workout if have you a wiiu or sony play station it's available for those as well. what is cool. >> yes. >> thank you. >> well, apple computer moving out

michael get away from it. >> it is ice, creeping off of a lake in minnesota right into darla johnson's home. >> it's pushing forward. this is crazy. >> reporter: strong winds pushed the melting ice from the lake first onto the yard. >> it's pushing and pushing. >> reporter: then right there, right up to the houses, crawling over the ground like something outs of a sci-fi thriller. >> it's crawling up the walls of the house. >> reporter: in some spots that ice was three feet deep forcing itself into the house. >> it sounds like a train. >> reporter: damaging the walls and breaking the window. it's just the beginning of the big melt in the midwest. look at these numbers. from 55 today to close to 90 degrees in minneapolis by tuesday. chicago will get well into the 80s. it's been a weekend of extremes in houston, too. severe thunderstorms shaking the camera there. up to a half foot of rain surging through the sewer system. this manhole cover jumping because of the air pressure. in south texas, giant hail and in virginia spectacular spots of a shelf cloud caused by a gust front out ahead of a thunderstorm. >> r

michael bloomberg's money. there's support i can get. especially if i'm pat toomey or ron johnson or even kelly ayotte. >> on that point, here's senator kelly ayotte from new hampshire, who's had a rough couple of days facing constituents. earlier in the week, she was confronted by the daughter of the newtown principal killed in the massacre. let's watch this again. this is a new one. >> you really don't understand, it doesn't make sense to me. what is wrong with universal background checks? >> thank you, john. >> i will tell you in terms of a universal background check as it's been framed. i have a lot of concerns about that leading to a registry that will create a privacy situation for lawful firearms owners, however, i do believe that our current system should be fixed. >> it was an entirely different story for john mccain. he was applauded yesterday for his support of the background checks legislation. this is pam simons, a former staffer to congresswoman giffords. she, too, was shot that day in 2011 by jared loughner. she had something she wanted to tell mccain. >> i would li

johnson's cottage. all she could do was hit record. >> michael, get away from it. >> reporter: in less than ten minutes, ice that sounded like breaking glass broke glass, in these homes, smashing right through the walls. >> it just busted through a door over here. >> reporter: the ice was pushed ashore by strong winds. look at the terrifying wave from above. at times, it climbed to three feet deep. >> it's going right through their [ bleep ] house. >> reporter: it's called an ice heave. and it happened in manitoba, canada, this weekend too where an incredible tsunami-like wave of ice destroyed a dozen two-story homes. >> bang. the ice came right through the living room here. he said, grab your purse, grab whatever you can, get the keys. we gotta get out of here. >> reporter: you can see right back there, that's the lake. and all of that thin ice was pushed right up with those strong winds on to the shore. now, when the ice melts was about two to three weeks late. and that had a lot to do with why this happened. sam. >> absolutely and, then, ginger, the extreme from ice to what will be fire watches becau

johnson could not do it by itself. we were looking at the recruitment costs on some of these executives. it is unbelievable. michaele president, getting in 12 million cash bonus the co the 4 million. getting in a million signing bonus. before these guys even did a like a word they get all of this cash. what does this tell you about the business? >> it tells me that the business is inherently flawed. unfortunately you have to spend all this money to attract this so-called talent to fix the broken company. but what y got in the process. ms. gerri: it's a mess. do you think that this ploy apologizing is going to work? >> at think it's ridiculous. all last-ditch effort. if the lead with the apology year ago and then rolled into the whole palin to generous thing and then rolled into the doe, by the way, we won't have any more couponing think he might have had a prayer but i think it is ridiculous. it is laughable and sad. gerri: think it will be will talk customers and using those coupons and coming back. >> now that you have the old ceo a bch of reworking. pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. that's not -- l

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johnson with carl edwards. kenseth up the midcoming up. help from david ragan. ragan in the middle. his team there with gilliland. ragan. >> david ragan! gilliland wins here, michael waltrip and then they come on turn four. >> push! >> edwards's high. >> he's got it! >> ragan's first, gilliland's second >> how about that! >> wahoo! >> what an unbelievable run. >> a first-time talladega winner. look at those teammates. >> you just think about david ragan and david gilliland and their other team wait, josh wise, getting together early in the talladega >> what a win! >> the car owner! >> yeah! >> goodness, gracious, i can't believe we did it. >> he owns quite a group of chain restaurants, and they fund this racing operation. and david ragan with david gilliland, got together, and teammates fought their way to the front. >> what did we say when this race started? >> anybody can win this race. look at what he did from the final, to the top, back to the bottom. we said a couple year ago when he was driving that fiske car, this guy is a great restrictor plate racer. he almost won when trevor bayne won. >> second generation racer from georgia. his dad, ken ragan, a longti

johnson the ousted ex-apple guy wanted to bring it to upscale. today they announce new departments. sefora, i paid $25 for a bottommof shamppo. michaelhings for tea pots at target. but he is high-end. jonathan adler, a design guy with high-end. liz: that is actually good. >> they're getting too fancy. that was the whole problem with ron's johnson. going too fancy. need to go down to middle level. liz: many with, i would love your thought on this if you give somebody coupon for a jonathan adler vase and you weren't able to afford it earlier suddenly that might look a little more attractive? >> i think there are a couple things going on. cash of 820 million refers to last quarterly's cash. that loan is not funded. that will be new cash coming in. second thing in terms of items you're talking about, liz, when you look at discounting in order to move to higher end more aspirational brand that is something that could drive more traffic to the stores. that is something to examine. david: well the question, the question, william really is whether the customers are coming back in. dennis doesn't think this high-end promotion is going to work

michael: yeah. there is still time. they also say you can always tell a morehouseman but you just can't tell him much so i think the audience probably had similar views as you jason johnsonofessor of political science professor at hiram university, and the chief political correspondent for politic365.com, thank you so much. one more piece of headline news, the city of angels has a new major. eric garsetti beat out wendy greuel. voter turn out was just 19%. he replace the current mayor who is prohibited from running again because of term limits, but those are big shoes to fill. >> on july 1st, we will assume the responsibility of creating jobs, of balancing our city's budget, of keeping our city's streets safe, and improving the quality of life for all angel angelinos. >> michael: and i'm one of them. anthony weiner is back plus something we're going to keep our eyes glued to the student loan crisis and then thank god for atheists a couple of high-profile moments restored. it's "the war room" on a wednesday, and we will be right back. democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that t

johnson family has it. the department of justice confirms that they are reviewing this case. i spoke with u.s. attorney michaelays he has the file on his desk, about five inches thick with eight discs and he's personally doing what he calls a very deliberate review of this case. also, from the family, they say that they now have a copy of the paramedics report and two elements stand out to them. first, the paramedics cite there was bruising on kendrick's face. also, they wrote that it was being considered a crime scene. but there is no mention of the bruises, no mention of a crime scene in any other document, so they are now even more suspicious of the report of this being an accident from the sheriff's office and the medical examiner. >> wow. so you mentioned the sheriff's office, how are they reacting to this change? >> i spoke with lieutenant stride jones who you saw in the piece and i asked him about the review and said, and i want to be specific, i have the quote here, we have extreme confidence in our investigation. we believe our conclusion was supported by the findings of the gbi medical examiner. i th

ron johnson didn't do this job alone, he had three executives from the retail industry help him and look at what these people were paid. michaelesident paid $12 million in cash, $32 million in stock, and $4 million in walking away money. michael kramer, ceo of, $4 million cash, $20 million in stock. dan walker, $8 million in cash, $12 million in stock. these guys were from the most expensive retailing outlet in the country. target, apple, the most impressive background. ashley: how can they get it wrong? >> it is shocking. jcpenney leaving everyday low pricing. they are back to discounting. we have some of the coupons out there tonight for our show, but you may want to see the video of their salary commercial right here, take a look at this. you know it is bad we have to say sorry in a commercial. but they will go back and today reporting prices are up something like 65% in the wake of this. they are turning their strategy on its head, prices are through the roof, but customers will be more happy because they are getting the coupons. ashley: a psychological thing, isn't it? >> at the end of the day you have to do what your cus

. >> michael: fox news had a field day with that. peter johnson, jr.d not only was the administration engaged in a cover up, and it was elitist. >> is he kidding me? >> no! >> is he kidding america? relevancy means a direct bearing on the controversy at hand. if you figure you have been reelected, and it doesn't matter, it is not relevant. if you think you are a washington elite, then it's not relevant. they are trying to sell the same nonsense that susan rice sold eight months ago with regard to benghazi. >> michael: fox news is pushed the idea that the president is trying to assume complete control of everything that everyone holds dear. >> this is what you get when you have an adeology of control operating. and when you look at fascist societies, you get the same thing. the lies think hypocrisy, the surveillance, all of these things. >> michael: and you get the love i will monica crowley. and according to bill oh o'reilly, it is because of this. >> it is all about control. and i think that's a hallmark of barack obama's personality. i don't want to