of the book the operators the wild and terrifying inside story of america's war in afghanistan michael thanks for joining us tonight and i don't know what you think the cia wants more authority to kill people from afar with a question of a button even if they don't really know exactly who it is that they're shooting at . well what we've seen first thanks for having me what we've seen over the past few years especially with the embrace of the drone program is the cia has essentially become a paramilitary organization they've gone out of the business they still do this sort of collecting intelligence and into the business of what is essentially mass mass targeted killings or mass assassinations and what we saw in pakistan is that as you as you said they do this signature drone policy which they look for signs of mongoose of people to indicate that they're militants they don't assume that the identities of everyone involved and then to launch a strike versus just targeting a high value targets or particular individuals who they are specifically trying to kill now moving it into yemen raises as y

michael, thank you for your work in this effort as well. plant construction, keep moving. thank you. [applause] >> now kent anderson. >> we are thrilled to be here. thank you for the kind words. the core of our strategy is positioning our company in downtown san francisco. it is the most attractive place in the bay area to work. we are able to attract the talent we need to grow the business. this is part of our strategy. we are excited it came together. we're looking for to the partnership with tmg, working out through the building and making it the headquarters of macys.com. we look forward to a long relationship with the city of san francisco. [applause] >> i am the most thrilled to be here three weeks later, having had the opportunity to announce the river bed police with the mayor. there are a lot of people here from my company that have a lot to do with this. -- riverbed lease with the mayor. we were able to buy this building a couple of years ago as a result of the down market. that allowed us to be competitive in this cycle, to be doing some leading transactions. i a

. >> thank you. then michael finney here with a dirtee secret about something living on your kpulter mouse. >> and how expanding gambling can help settle some of california's debt. the news continues in one minute. >> there is late word this bus stop may be where a gun has been found. the gun may have been used by the shooter in the oikos university rampage. and seven people were killed in that rampage. three people wounded. this is sky 7 somewhere in oakland. police believe they've found the weapon used this that shooting. we're going stay on top of this. we'll have more for you and update in this newscast from abc 7 news at 6:00. >> and there is a suspected child molester arrested in the south bay. deputy as rested just the 26-year-old apt yos resident accused of sexual assaulting three boys between 14 and 5 years of age. police say lopez met the minors on social networking sites arranging meeting was victims and investigating the possibility there may be more victims. >> there is california missing out on mill

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michael hastings, buzzfeed correspondent and "rolling stone" contributing editor thank you for joiningat reporting. michael what do we have next? >> an unlikely pair the ryan budget and iran. we'll talk about that holy budget battle. >> i suppose there are some catholics who for a long time thought they had a monopoly of sorts not exactly on heaven but on the social teaching of our church. the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >>liberal and proud of it. we're the idea nobody wants to hear. until the truth reveals itself. and there's only one place you'll find us. ♪ >> all right. we are back with a very powerful power panel in the heart of washington, d.c. we have laura bassett, and adam green, the mean green machine, cofounder of the progressive change committee. i love having you guys here. first topic everybody is unfortunately yet another buckle by the white house, caving in on -- it was proposed regulation that children should not be a

. >> false statements -- >> all right, michael, thank you so much. i will get you to hold on.--. >> ron, ron, ron, ron. >> yes. >> i apologise but you have to understand, it is absolutely t is chaotic out here. >> jon: i mean we could have just waited for someone to walk over with the list but, no. that would have taken a second. we should have gone with my original suggestion, verdict bears. (laughter) so what kind of spectacle will we be dealing with here? >> florida has what is known as the sunshine law. cameras are virtually always in the courtroom so this trial will be a trial on television. >> jon: so dancing eots it is. we're joined by john oliver for more. (cheers and applause) so basically here we go again. >> that's right, jon. two months from now, three months from now when this trial really gets going it will be a circus. the media will descend like locust, a light on all that passes over. >> jon: they arraigned zimman today, there is all kinds of dferb --. >> wait, whoa, whoa, is that true. >> jon: yeah, they arraigned him -- >> because there are things happening

michael, thank you very much for being here. appreciate where are time tonight. >> good to be with you, rachel. >> michael, what happens next in this case? just in terms of the expected procedures, we know that george zimmermann is already in custody. what is the next step for him? >> there'll be an initial court appearance tomorrow, where he will be advised of his rights, and advised of the charges against him. his lawyer will almost certainly seek bond or a bond hearing, but what's interesting about what would happen today, the charges, the second-degree murder charge, that's not a bondable offense in seminole county. so he would not normally have an opportunity to post bond tomorrow. his lawyer will have to seek a bond hearing and my understanding is then he'll have 21 days, the prosecutors will have 21 days to have that bond hearing, and that would be the first time that we might get any further information about the nature of the evidence. it may not be much, because the issues there are risk of flight, danger to the communi

michael, thank you so much for joining us. how significant is this rocket launch? >> basically, the north korean rocket launch will have a multiplier effect. internally, north korea is in the process of transition. their new leader needs to show that he is able. so it has political implications. it carries significant military indications for the north koreans. >> a lot of people are saying that north korea needs food aid, particularly from the west. >> basically, that is a good question. north korea has been cooperating with other countries before on its ballistic missile program. the question is who basically financed the new space launch vehicle as well as the new space launch center. there may be speculation that north koreans cooperated with the iranians before. so it is a big question where they got the money for it. >> [inaudible] >> the ballistic program is the internal central of gravity. their own strategic objective is to merge the program with the long-range ballistic missile. they have nothing to negotiate if they give it up. >> what happens now with t

michael hastings, buzzfeed correspondent and "rolling stone" contributing editor thank you for joiningeporting. michael what do we have next? >> an unlikely pair the ryan budget and iran. we'll talk about that holy budget battle. >> i suppose there are some catholics who for a long time thought they had a monopoly of sorts not very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway politics from inside the loop. >>we tackle the big issues here in our nation's capital, around the country and around the globe. >>dc columnist and four time emmy winner bill press opens current's morning news block. >>we'll do our best to carry the flag from 6 to 9 every morning. >>liberal and proud of it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the jeep grand cherokee has won more than just respect. well-qualified lessees can get a 2012 jeep grand cherokee laredo 4x4 for $319 a month. attack on women that perhaps the majority of the population woke up? >> idaho is not known as approaching act i.v. you had hundreds of women show up, thousands signed petitions. they made their voices heard. what happens is that n

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. >> michael, thank you very much. north korea may be posing difficult questions for the international community. so, too, is syria. anti-government activist said that several people had been shot dead during emmons -- demonstrations held after friday prayers. the violence will test the cease-fire. we have this report from the rich. >> after friday -- from the rich. >> after friday prayers, demonstrators tried to defy a security cordon. troops opened fire, causing pandemonium. activist said at least one protester was killed by gunfire and more than 20 others wounded. security forces intervened to break up demonstrations in many places, like this one just south of damascus, where tear gas was used. despite the risks, thousands of people turned out in many parts of the country to voice their opposition to the regime. in some places, security forces did not move and. -- move in. away from the demonstration, the military are still around with their tanks and heavy weapons. activist said there have been a resumption of bomb

thanks, michael. thanks even more for your leadership. ma, your unbelievable leadership of this organization. it's a privilege to be a part of it. and thanks to all the alliance partners. this work doesn't happen without your work. thanks to all the summit conveners, the sponsors, all the participants. this is a really important two days, i think. my sense is that we're beginning to get some momentum, that we're beginning to make some progress. but the question now is, are we doing enough to continue that momentum? you know, our experience, my own experience is that as michael and alma both said, as randall just said, the only way that we're going to accelerate and scale our work is to do it together. you know, you've heard a lot about this idea, this framework of collective impact. i think as alliance partners, i would challenge us to focus on five things. first, that we have a common agenda. we all have institutional agendas, but when it comes to academic achievement and helping young people succeed we need one agenda. we need common met

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. >> michael, thanks so much for joining us. we really appreciate it. >>> up next, the wars are winding down, so the decision was made, we were making a move. we had too. we knew that if we came in too high it would cost us big time. we had to stay low. and boy did we. we locked it in and rode that low rate from navy federal credit union all the way to our first house. it's a split level ranch. it's so cute. three and a half million members. three and a half million stories. navy federal credit union. >>> just a few weeks ago we were abig board u.s.s. enterprise for the 22nd and final deployment and everyone was talking about how long the ship was going to be at sea. the navy has long sought to cap deployments to six months, as fleets shrink, deployments are getting long. one is seven months and one amphibious assault ship stayed out for 10 1/2 months. once enterprise retires later this year, the problem expects to get worse. the navy will have 10 large carrierings until gerald ford enters service. sam, welcome aboard. >> thanks

day and has been happening for ten years i'm a dime and with our friends and family all right michael thank you very much for appreciate you coming on the show that was michael prysner iraq war veteran but the death toll continues to rise in syria as fighting rages on between a rebel and government force says activists described today as one of the most violent since the uprising began about a year ago and as syrian this happened this is going on as syrian forces say they are complying with international mediator kofi annan peace plan by pulling out of cities and towns now the u.n. is set to send a team to syria and hopes of breaking a peace deal and a cease fire within forty eight hours so is an end to the bloodshed possible in the near future to dig deeper into this middle east analysts and that he joins us now welcome ahmed so how promising is this peace plan. education plan if it if it is followed respected and implemented it can we can have a great through with you friends unfortunately the reality on the ground sees that the syrians are mastering the art of just giving words and false

some unwanted delays players can still rest assured that there won't be feeling when it came time michael thank of art in moscow. and finally russia has won the men's threat meter synchronized events on the final day of competition and the out serious adding a fourth level to russia's tally here in moscow. has ordered it hits the three metre springboard synchronised men's was the biggest intrigue of the final day with the usually dominant team china are not competing in the discipline you'd lead to an open competition but the russian pair of you get off and there was a herd of lead from the first round to secure the gold with a solid performance while the u.s. team or second and ukraine third. i think the chinese divers decided to take a pause and have some rest we also didn't compete appeasing stage however we try to ensure best despite their absence. it's a pity the china team didn't take part in this event expected to compete with them as you repaired fairly for this competition after this when the russian viewer will travel to the final stage of the world serious in mexico next week and the

i don't think that it'll this one datapoint will become the spearhead for any larger push and michael thanks for joining us thank you. so now they're just have you said it i read it and then we'll speak with politico's josh gerstein about a court decision that should have a working americans breathing a sigh of relief all that coming. today violence is what's.

would be disastrous for the price that the pump it sounds like hopefully it doesn't go in there michael thanks for coming on the show that was michael snyder founder of the economic collapse a lot of fact time. well still ahead on our it's he might not be the g.o.p. front runner but he is changing the political conversation and this country coming up i'll tell you why you should pay attention. to. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions. who can you trust no one who hears your view with the oval machinery see where we had a state controlled capitalism. session when nobody dares to ask you our t.v. question more. argy is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to u.s. . efforts for a. it's right right i mean it's like a derivative. it's a food product essentially. what stronger than anything it's by. thousands of times stronger than any kind of. well there is no doubt that the state of the economy will be on everyone's mind this election season primaries are bein

think that it will that this one datapoint will become the spearhead for any larger polls and michael thanks for joining us now thank you. so now they're just now he said i read it and then we'll speak with politico josh gerstein but of course i should have a working americans thing aside from.

this would be disastrous for the prices at the pompous sounds like hopefully it doesn't go there michael thanks for coming on the show that was michael snyder founder of the economic collapse blog dot com well primaries being held today in wisconsin maryland and right here in the you see there romney has officially had the halfway mark in the delegates count on the republican establishment is now zeroing in on the g.o.p. front runner arts and has reports from college park maryland find out what's on voters' minds this is maryland the wealthiest state in the union the average median household income here is seventy one thousand dollars and it's mitt romney who reigned supreme amongst republican voters who voted for mitt romney just because of this chance to beat obama because he is he's an essential. experiences an executive nobody else can. i just like it's politics like you think he's going to be really well really good for the country why don't you voting for any of the other candidates ron paul for instance he's too far out. and. that's not the person i would vote for no not really i mean i

for president for five years, i think we should have -- >> you know what -- >> richard wolf, michael steele, thankour time, and michael have a cool weekend, i wouldn't put an ad out on you. >> the obama campaign releases a new ad on one of his achievements, plus, john boehner faces a choice between taxes big oil, and taking money away from women's health. guess which one he goes with? >> no, no, we're going to have a fight over women's health. give me a break. and. >> and gearing up for the biggest bash of the year, a chance for the president and n pundants to try their hand atç stand up. >> the team did not impress the judge, so you didn't blame little john or meatloaf, you fired gary busey, and these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. >> we'll look at this weekend's white house correspondence dinner. recently, students from 31 countries took part in a science test. the top academic performers surprised some people. so did the country that came in 17th place. let's raise the bar and elevate our academic standards. let's do what's best for our students-by investing in our t

think that at all that this one data point will become the spearhead for any larger cause and michael thanks for joining us now thank you. so now they're just now you said it i read it and i will speak with politico's josh gerstein about a court decision i should have working americans meaning aside from. the.

of america's failure in iraq intervention to withdraw all one thousand nine hundred twenty ten michael thanks for joining us tonight thanks for having us so what do you say right it's ten years of war here we've been spending a lot of money on building up the afghan security forces right the national army and the police and this is supposed to be kind of our exit strategy is that we can finally handed over to afghan control and everything will be ok in the country and now when we're supposed to be handing off the majority the responsibility to them and twenty fourteen they're going to be shrinking the force so was what with all. this. sixty four thousand dollar question. and frankly it was it was a pipe dream. and you know i you if you look back at our involvement in afghanistan after nine eleven i personally think it made sense for us to go over there that's where our qaida was holed out as the welcome guest of the taliban and you know it was ten eleven years ago with things were going well things were going very well we had special operators in that country really really kicking some will s

megyn: michael interesting. thank you, michael reagan, everybody. >> thank you. megyn: a new study finds common types of dental x-rays could raise your risk of brain tumors. think a once a year x-ray at the annual checkup is safe? dr. siegel is here to break down the latest research right after this break. >>> plus the attorneys for shooting suspect george zimmerman making a surprise announcement in a press conference that they are not representing mr. zimmerman any longer. they say they lost touch with their high-profile client and don't know where he is. they said that just after 48 hours not being in touch with him. why would they do this? were they out of line? what does this mean for the trayvon martin shooting case? >> we've already sent him a message. he is certainly welcome to call us. we would be happy to continue to represent his cause but we can not ethically do that under the circumstances where we find ourselves where we know he is communicating with a prosecutor, contrary to our advice, communicating with media, contrary to our advice and not answer

. >> thank you, michael, and a thank-you for your stewardship., ed harrington, you have done a great job. when i was city administrator, asked mayor newsom if i could do the ev's. i liked working with our department of environment, with melanie, with bob and others. they sat down and spend some good time talking about innovation for the city as to how we can get off of oil. i am glad the day that -- today that the chairman is here. a year ago, we announced that we wanted 100 of these charging stations placed throughout all of the public garages. that was the strongest signal that we could give that we were going to pave the way and be supportive of the national movement and be the bay area leaders of the ev revolution. we have 49 of these stations placed. does a wonderful goal. before the end of this year, we'll have them -- an additional 33. we see that the private sector has also joined in. we have hotels, parking garages that are privately owned and other public areas where private interests are saying that they would like to install these ev

. >> joining me now michael smirkno f f and kendall coffee. thank you for joining me. i want to clarify with the attorney general this is a parallel investigation into whether or not trayvon martin's civil rights were violated, not this criminal investigation that's happening, but, kendall, let me start with you. we're waiting here and this word can come any second from angela corey. we have a news conference expected from the family, another one, second one for the day, at 5 p.m. eastern time. you also have this issue of george zimmerman. let me play quickly, kendall, what his attorney said this morning on the today show recording george zimmerman's whereabouts in all of this. >> i don't believe he is a flight risk. he is not in the area. i can't disclose where he is. he is where he won't be found. he is in contact with fdle. if it becomes necessary to turn himself in, i believe he will do it. i don't believe he will flee the country. >> we don't know if he will be required to turn himself in, if he is going to be charged. what do you make of the situation and i hate

. >>> with more on today's oral arguments we're joined on the phone by michael doyle thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> what did you takeaway from today's oral arguments? what questions if any surprised you? >> i took away a definite sense that the court is sensitive to part of the arizona law and likely to uphold at least some of it. one of the questions or an observation that helped me come to that conclusion was raised by an obama administration appointee. she pointed out to the solicitor general that his argument was not selling very well. she said she was terribly confused by something that he had said. while not nearly as skeptical as chief justice robert. the fact that she was willing to publicly state some of her own concerns made me come away thinking that this court will uphold part of the law. >> you write that she was the most persistent supporter of arizona's efforts and maybe shadowing questions posed. >> there is no surprise that he was emphatic. he was resoundingly clear in his skepticism of the administration's argument and his belief that people are in the

david, michael, thank you. i say the whole recover is on stall speed. to juice it up with some tax cuts and free market economics. that's it for tonight's show. thank you for watching. i'm larry kudlow. we'll be back to monday. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] you're the boss of your life. in charge of long weekends and longer retirements. ♪ ask your financial professional how lincoln financial can help you take charge of your future. ♪ [ crunches ] mmm. ♪ [ male announcer ] pringles... bursting with more flavor. [ crunch! ]

>> michael, thank you. charlie, thank you as well. we'll talk more about the strategy from romney and the president coming up. gentlemen, thank you. >>> it was a rare event even for tornado alley standards. more than a dozen tornados, some with winds of up to 150 miles per hour touching down in north texas this hour yesterday. we saw it unfold live on news station yesterday, a massive twister tearing into north texas, tossing tractor trailers around as if they were nothing. three teams from the national weather service on the ground right now. they're surveying all of that damage we witnessed. these are picture from arlington, texas, where crews say it looks like a tornado with 135 miles per hour winds hit homes amazingly, no one was killed in all of this. >> all that really matters is we're alive. we weren't here and god blessed us. >> joining me from foreney is eric fish e it is amazing to see what we watched yesterday and no loss ofife confirmed in this. it is incredible. >> two trends we're watching right now. one i don't like, th