google and the world brain america, live from new york city, i'm michael lees with a look at today's top stories. investigators searching a home of the fort hood gunman who killed three people and wounded more nan a dozen others. we are moments away from a live news conference. and we will look into what we know about the shooter and the effects mental illness may have played. plus, another speed bump in the mideast peace process. it is now canceling the release of palestinian prisoners. and reports to create social unrest, funded by the united states. investigators are serging a home of a gunman, and questioning his wife. as we learn he was in the process of being diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder. the soldier saw psychiatrists last month, but didn't show signs of being a threat to anyone. now the gunman killed three people before taking his own life. 16 oh people were also wounded. injuriesthose injuries are in critical condition, but they are expected to survive. heidi joe castro joins us now, heidi, what do we expect to hear from authorities at today's news conference

i'm michael lees with a look at the top stories.tary of state john kerry says it's reality check time for the peace process between israelis and palestinians. john kerry suggested from more okay scro it's time to re-evaluate america's role in the process. >> regrettably in the last few days both sides have taken steps that are not helpful. that is evident to everybody. so we are going to evaluate carefully exactly where this is, and where it might possibly

ray suarez hosts inside story next only on al jazeera america >> welcome back to al jazeera, i'm michael lees. facing tough questions about defecteddive cars that led to 13 deaths. a congressional the government in the dark over a faulty ignition switch. general motors ceo defended the company says an individual investigation gator is looking into the issue. >> regardless of the outcome. >> the fact will be the facts. once they are in, my leadership team andly do what is needed to help assure this does not happen again. >> we will hold ourselves fully accountable. >> the committee says it wants to reveal how much it knew and when. >> jonathan best is here with more. >> who knew what is the big question, what we do know it's been a long road for general motors. when the company's first approved ignition switches even know at the time it still did not meet company standards. g.m. engineering start do wonder why the cars can turn off suddenly. a fix would be too expensive and take too long, not long after that, the first step emmer ba marie rose. she died at the age of 16. and is the national hi

. >> correctional officer michael lee has been at rikers 15 years. >> they can ask whatever they want'm not here to deter them or beat them down or tell them this is the end of your life. we have classes to help them learn mechanics, culinary classes and fresh start. we want to help them once they leave here on to whatever they're going to do once they leave. >> in 2004, the r.i.d.e. program was started to reduce the number of repeat offenders. >> we started a program called r.i.d.e. that stands for rikers island discharge enhancement. under the umbrella of r.i.d.e., we have a lot of components to help them with sobriety, housing and employment. we want to link them up while they're here doing their sentence, so when they get out, they go to meaningful jobs and substance abuse programs and have a place to stay. >> my sentence is a year. i've been here eight months. it has helped me because when i get out, i have something to fall back on. i want to stop using drugs, i have a drug program to go to, treatment plan. i'm going to continue school and stuff. it helped me a lot. >> in the pa

michael brant lee singles to right. josh the misplay. here comes jason. indians take the lead. they win it 6-4. car yours shooting a snap of 38 season losses in san antonio. with no david lee, the odds not in their favor. trail by 15 at the break. later st. marys. dialing long distance as well. spurs rule 111-90 the full-time. mexico and u.s.a. michael bradley heads up. what a finish. usa takes a 2-nil lead. they will have to settle for a 2-2 tie. that's all for sports. more news coming up after the break. >>> what do you think of this? skinny people may be getting up earlier than everyone else. people exposed to morning light have a significantly lower body mass index. that's compared to people exposed later in the day. slackers. exposure to morning light can influence hormones that regulate your appetite. we're going to wake up bright and early. >> i'm out on this one because i don't get up until 10:00 on t s schedule. >> join us for our morning show. we're on at 4:30 a.m. good night. >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the toni

and this on the heels of south dakota, the execution of a guy named michael lee wilson on january 9th feel my whole body burning. again, with this secrecy, ohio, dennis mcguire was executed on january 16th, and he was gasping for air for ten minutes. everybody knew that was going wrong, so this has been happening again and again and again and again, and it doesn't matter whether you're for or against the death penalty, it's cruel and unusual punishment. >> you're one of the foremost civil rights attorneys and civil liberties attorneys in the country. an independent review has been ordered, but it's being led by a public safety commissioner that she appointed. as one who's seen it all and has been a leading figure in these kinds of situations, how independent can that review be, barry? >> well, on the face it really can't be. you can't investigate yourself, and you have to bring in independent professionals. now i don't want to prejudge it too much, because maybe they'll bring in some other independent individuals to look at this, but it's a very bad process that's already occurred her

you stated publicly on the record to senator michael lee of utah at a senate judiciary committee hearing held on about two, 2014, months ago, that the justice department had indeed divided such a legal analysis. now that same hearing, you speculated publicly about what contained inas that legal analysis. since you have previously speculated publicly on these issues and since you have had time since that meeting back on january 29, 2014, the senate hearing, to refresh her memory, regarding the specific nature of that legal analysis, could you now please describe the specific analysis onat legal the affordable care act? -- chairmantment goodlatte sent me a letter that i had a chance to review that had contained within it my e.lloquy with senator leahy it seemed to me that conversation was more general than the one you have discussed. in any case. the government, the department generally does not disclose content of confidential legal advice to the president or other governmental decision-makers. hasdepartment's treasury about theongress decision regarding the delay of the enforcement of th

anna lee padilla and jaron brown. michael barrett. and karen fish kin. >> good afternoon, mr. boyd. >>> good afternoon. my name is darnell boyd and i'm here to talk about the 18 year olds. as i said before, a lot of 18 year olds, their birthday, they're born early january through june. during those months they're still in high school and a lot of them going through hard times. we come here to ask you to do free muni for youth, and for youth, support free muni for youth, for seniors and people with disabilities. thank you. >> thank you. >> anna lee padilla. >> good afternoon. [speaking through interpreter] >>> good afternoon, my name is anna lee padilla. i'm a member of power. we're here again, even though we shouldn't have to be here again. we've done everything possible to organize our communities, our youth, mothers and children. we've worked hard to raise funds, collect signatures. we've gone to the mta and we know that there's been a big donation made for this campaign and we're asking that it include 18 year olds. there is nothing that we haven't done toward this campaign

reactions from magic johnson, michael jordan and spike lee joins us to talk about it and look what the nba can do to sterling if these latest accusations prove true. >>> he abandoned ship so fast he left his pants behind. that's the captain of the south korean ferry in the blue boxers. u video emerging of the captain leaving and the announcement telling everybody else to stay in their cabins. >>> we begin with breaking news. a new line of violent weather putting 50 million people at risk tonight. already at least one tornado touching down in tupelo, mississippi with reports of very serious damage. one outside the city of louisville. a deadly night across central and southern states. a quiet season shattered sunday as powerful storms from texas to iowa spawned more than 30 tornadoes in several states. >> my ears are popping. we're in it now. >> arkansas fared the worst. 13 people killed there. officials expect the toll to rise as rescue workers continue to dig through debris. a powerful twister about a half mile wide cut an i'll mile long path that struck parts of suburban little rock a

lee. michael drewniak, his attorney insists drewniak is just a witness and not the target of any investigation. >> abc breaking the news tonight that a federal grand jury has now begun hearing testimony from witnesses in the new jersey bridge scandal. this is the first time that has ever been reported. we knew that at least a preliminary inquiry had been started by federal prosecutors, but before this late breaking news tonight, we had no idea the inquiry had gone so far that they were subpoenaing members of the christie administration to appear and testify under oath before that grand jury. abc appears to have landed this scoop today by spotting a member of the christie administration at the federal courthouse in newark. they spotted michael drewnia k, the governor's press secretary, along with his lawyer. >> are you aware of when the grand jury actually began hearing testimony in this matter? >> i have no information about that. as i said, we're here because we we subpoenaed to be here today and required to cooperate and that's what we're doing. >> does mike have any information about govern

reactions from magic johnson, michael jordan and spike lee joins us to talk about it and look what theg if these latest accusations prove true. >>> he abandoned ship so fast he left his pants behind.

lee a. and not michael jordan. [laughter] but steve "forbes" is write the real lesson is that the european countries have been in a free-fall and the asian countries have led the world economy why would we want to chase the losers? i am off this afternoon to go see heraldry and in oklahoma he is a billionaire he did not have electricity in his home only in america. neil: what worries me and i know you try to simplify the decade -- the texts -- the tax code for decades but part of that it is looking out the various things that are out there now they look at ways to tax the perks that he is sitting on the expensive home. we could tax that. this is the spending their requires these taxes? >> there was a restaurant near the office too much was is never enough. look at southern iraq. why is greece just showing signs of life with 27 percent unemployment? austerity hits the private sector not the public sector so it escapes and it gets crushed and then with neighboring belgium nobody thought of that as a tax haven. [laugh

that was an aggressive buy based on facebook's at the time heidi lee -- highly valued stock price. >> brad stone and michaelim. we will continue this conversation after a quick break. ♪ >> welcome back to "bloomberg west." we are talking about the architect of google plus now leaving the company. with this is michael kim who worked with vic in earlier days at microsoft and brad stone. you just wrote a piece about google versus facebook and acquisition strategies, making big, crazy, unpredictable that's. how does this play out." >> a week and half ago, google acquired titan aerospace, a drone firm. we asked the question, what is going on? i think are equal parts inspiration and anxiety. inspireion these bets employees and allow larry page at google, mark zuckerberg at facebook, to forge a future. we talked about elon musk earlier in the program. i think everyone is inspired by what he is doing, but that anxiety is turmoil in the transition to mobile phones. these guys are looking to see what is next, what is the next platform after phones. outside, tofrom the these kind of accusations make sense to you or ar

that would reduce mandatory minimum sentences, that has been proposed by mike lee and by senator richard durbin. i think michael he is is that -- about as conservative as they get in the house and senator durbin is about as liberal as they get. they both manage to find common ground in this area. at the state level, i have seen that kind of thing and it does not surprise me. we commissioned a poll on peoples attitudes toward criminal justice reform. what was fascinating is we saw came fromest support self identified liberals and self identified to party republicans. this has been an interesting alliance. it is the tea party and the left that has come together and they're pushing real legislative change. another thing to keep in mind is that you can get real legislative change whenever both sides feel like they're doing this for reasons that are important to them and important to their principles and philosophy. of why it is part a conservative issue. people care about reducing crime and having a better correction system, but both sides think and process in different ways and our goal is to talk with conservativ

. >> yankees pitcher michael pan neda slapped with a 10 game suspension for having pine tar on his neck. it is used by pitchers to get a better grip on the ball but it is ill leeight the suspension he will still get paid for the time off. >> i don't think he knew it was there. >> michael phelps competing for the first time since retearing 20 months ago since the olympics. how did he do? he lost to ryan lockhte in the butterfly. he was .2 seconds behind him. >> down at the turn i peaked over and i saw him an i almost started smiling. >> because you were winning? because you were ahead? >> phelps said he was glad to be in the pool but can see room for improvement. >> coming up they had been injured on the battlefield but that is not stopping our nation's heros from being the distance. i got to go along for an amazing ride with wounded warriors. >> elementary school kids caught downing the dew to pass tests. wait until you hear who was giving them the soda? >> we are taking a live look at president obama just starting a press conference with south korea's president. >> president obama on a week long tour of asia. he's expected to talk about north korea's nuclear

i'd like to thank michael mccaul, richard hudson and congresswoman sheila jackson lee who's sitting in for ranking member cedric richmond for organizing this hearing entitled "lessons from the lax shooting: preparing for and responding to emergencies at airports." i want to begin by joining with my colleagues to honor the life of he around doe hernandez who was killed in the line of duty during the active shooter incident on november 1st, and i offer my deepest condolences to his family and friends, also honor all of the tsos and other first responders who risked their lives to stabilize the situation and protect the public on that tragic day. this hearing follows the release of two reports on the november 1st incident, one by the los angeles world airports and the other by the transportation security administration. and i am concerned about some of what was revealed many those reports -- in those reports. but i'm not worried because those things that were revealed whether it's the red telephone or the panic buttons or even the inoperability are things that can be fixed. and i think th

that would reduce mandatory minimum sentences, that has been proposed by mike lee and by senator richard durbin. i think michaels is that -- about as conservative as they get in the house and senator durbin is about as liberal as they get. they both manage to find common ground in this area. at the state level, i have seen that kind of thing and it does not surprise me. we commissioned a poll on peoples attitudes toward criminal justice reform. what was fascinating is we saw came fromest support self identified liberals and self identified to party republicans. this has been an interesting alliance. it is the tea party and the left that has come together and they're pushing real legislative change. another thing to keep in mind is that you can get real legislative change whenever both sides feel like they're doing this for reasons that are important to them and important to their principles and philosophy. of why it is part a conservative issue. people care about reducing crime and having a better correction system, but both sides think and process in different ways and our goal is to talk with conservatives be

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lee. >> it will be great to win, but i'm not banking on it by any means. >>> and today's top trender, grim outlook. >> a grim day for michael u.s. congressman has surrendered as he thinking that criminal charges. >> once a former fbi agent, he may soon last himself in cuffs. >> he gets charged with fraud. >> a 20-count indictment. >> he's saying it's part of a politically driven vendetta against him. >> charging him with obstructing and impeding i.r.s. functions, conspiracy to defraud the united states. >> these are federal charges, they're felonies, he would pay potential significant teem if he's found guilty. >> joining me tonight is bob shrum, profess ov at nyu. great to have you with us tonight. no response, by the way, on this 20-count indictment from republican leaders. why are they silent? why do they have a hard time with this. this is one of their folks. >> i think as we get down the road, we probably will hear from them. initially they want to draw this technical line, say these charges relate to things that happened before he ran for congress, so i get it's all right to have a guy charged with massive tax fraud,

. >>> coming up here on kron, michael yaki is here to discuss what is next for the embattled state senator leeosed a difficult question and we'll try to answer it. and we have more from san and we have more from san francisco on a good morning nelly! woah. hey! have you ever tried honey nut cheerios? love 'em. neat! now you on the other hand... you need some help. why? look atchya. what is that? you mean my honey wand? [ shouting ] [ splat ] come on. matter of fact. [ rustling ] shirt. shoes. shades. ah! wow! now that voice... my voice? [ auto-tuned ] what's wrong with my voice? yeah man, bee got swag! be happy! be healthy! that's gotta go too. ♪ hey! must be the honey! [ sparkle ] sweet. u we want to see what the weather has in store for us this morning. and weir with erica in the weather center. >>> good morning i think you will like the forecast. we'll warm things up and i think we'll see 80s inland. now it is hazy out as we take a look from mount tam. as for the temperatures, we're warming things up. san francisco at 57. 53 out the door in an jose. it's not as chilly as what we were experi

lee. the former deputy of the cia defending his action on days after the benghazi attack. now, michael morell is denying he cooked the books on the attack and covered it up. those have been the allegations and he said they are not true and rejects claims that prolitical pressure to protect the president and secretary of state hilary clinton forced him to edit the talking points. there was editing done by one analyst that may have led to confusion. they are focused on the deleted references to al qaeda. >> were they demonstratoring heavy heavy machine guns? >> they don't remember >> but your analyst had attack and al qaeda originally. >> yes. they did. one of the reasons they say they made that change is because it didn't make a lot of sense to say attacked evolved into assaults. >> you are lying on this lady's analysis? is that correct? >> yes. they also changed the phrase they participated in the attacks to the extremist participated in violent demonstrations. i am having to hard time why you would want to say with four americans dead, the place set on fire, that this is a demonstrati

lee. the former deputy of the cia defending his action on days after the benghazi attack. now, michaeld the books on the attack and covered it up. those have been the allegations and he said they are not true and rejects claims that prolitical pressure to protect the president and secretary of state hilary cli

lee: madam president, this week, the salt lake chamber of commerce will honor my friend, former utah governor michael leavitt with our giant in the city award. i'd like to take this opportunity to honor my fell utahan whose example as a public servant is instructive for all those who wish to make a difference. mike leavitt, who is a native of cedar city, was the 14th governor of the great state of utah. he was handily elected to three terms as governor, a feat that only one other utahan has ever accomplished. in 2003, during his third term, he was nominated by president george w. bush and confirmed by the senate as administrator of the environmental protection agency. after just over a year after e.p.a., governor leavitt was nominated and confirmed as the secretary of health and human services where he served through the end of the bush administration. he is the co-author and author of several books, and he's most recently served on mitt romney's campaign as the head of governor romney's transition team. these accomplishments are a-- alone are enough to warrant praise and admiration for governor leav

michael duniak's text message he'd like to pour gasoline into david wildstein's eye sockets. these do sound like the kind of talk you'd connect with "time were some traffic problems in ft. leeouldn't you agree? in fact, the smell of this administration may be worse than what you can clearly see. what we may never be able to see. and that said the faster we get the full truth behind that smell, the better. then we will see who can or cannot deal with the truth. and that's "hardball" for now. thanks for being with us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm steve kornacki in for chris hayes tonight. we begin with news about the man who was identified as a key independent eyewitness into the investigation of chris christie that we saw last week. that was the investigation conduct by lawyers hired by chris christie and purportedly clears chris christie while simultaneously discrediting those who accused his administration of wrongdoing. this man, this witness, from a report, appeared on msnbc over the weekend at the suggestion of the christie administration.