. >> harris: joining me now for more on what's going on in washington action michael wild, former federalutor. your resume includes a lot. you have prosecuted a lot of cases. i'm curious, let's start with the answers that the attorney general gave on the hill. if, in fact, in that looking at whether the government or how it snooped on journalists, if in fact he was not completely honest, michael, how much trouble is he in? >> he is a lawyer's lawyer. he is the attorney general of the united states serving at the pleasure of the president of the united states, now esconced in scandal after scandal, one that would feel bad week after week to see him being double backing on his words, but no doubt he has to be an exemplary of a nation of laws and the attorney of all attorneys. the truth is that this attorney general has a lot to explain if a reporter was to be investigated and he said that he had nothing to do with it. no doubt all the legal documents and the pleadings that came out came out of his office and he can no longer say i wasn't in charge. did he have knowledge and was he forth com

in what they called the cave in chicago, three professional poker players, child prodigy -- >> michael: wild >> to help re-engineer american politic politics. >> michael: and you had access to all of these folks? >> yeah, on both sides. midnight emails from romney's chief strategist to provide a 360 degree look. i wanted this to be more than a campaign book. this is about this election as a pivotal hinge of history, where if it had gone the other way -- just imagine if romney won. and the economy is headed up. people would have said well cause and effect they slash taxes for the wealthy again, slash regulations, slashed programs for the poor. got rid of that jimmy carter barack obama fluke, and look the economy is up. this was a critically important election. i have covered nine of them mostly for news week magazine. this one was the most important election because if the ion ayam rand loving paul ryan would have been elected it was on the line. >> michael: and not the least of which was once again another contest was decided by a bartender. jonathan alter, the book is called "the center hol

joining me now, senior policy council for the aclu and former federal prosecutor, michael wilde who hasestified on capitol hill in connection with the anti-terrorism legislation. i will start with you once that. how extensively is the government looking at our phooe calls? >> first, i should say, i am a big fan of the aclu and it breaks my head -- breaks my heart to reach my support. gerri: you guys have to be on opposite sides of this one. >> sometimes it happens. look, you know, we have a lower expectation of privacy when we go to airports. this is not government listening to the contents of our phone calls. they're actually looking at effectively the return address is and where things are going. they're looking for patterns. in 2011 testimony came from the intelligence community that in about 40 cases this actually was useful intelligence for them. adult think this is slippery slope that is going to cause more problems, and it is important, no doubt, that we have heard and have as great electronic equipment, if not better than the bad guys. gerri: well, to you. i want to read this to

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work the room, go to the correspondents' dinner, have the meal, have the lunches but michael was old school. he was a wild out there and he wrote what he wrote and he researched and he got it right whatever it took. he said it. and nothing was going to stop him from saying it. that's what we need. >> cenk: to me, sign that you're doing things right as a journalist is if you make people in power uncomfortable. and he made them very uncomfortable. if you're not really challenging them and you're just working as a p.r. flak for them, they're very comfortable with you. they, you know, love to yuck it up with you at the washington correspondents' dinner. they didn't love yucking it up with michael because he was doing his job. and we're going to sorely miss him here. >> it makes me want to know what he would say next about the next thing that happens. as we develop more things that happen and things that come out the guy who was telling -- who told darryl axelrod who was going on, i would love to know what he would say about that. >> cenk: one of the many truly tragic things about this is we're not going to ha

. >> at the time of that interview, michael hastings had just come out with his book, "the operators: the wildand terrifying inside story of america's war in afghanistan." trees begin spreading across the internet tuesday evening after the news of his death. his former magazine rolling stone said -- in a statement provided to democracy now!, the film director oliver stone said -- in his first interview with democracy now! in 2010, michael hastings discussed the foundation he established to honor the memory of his once fiancÉ, andrea parhamovich, who was killed by an ied in iraq in 2007. >> the foundation is a fund that helps domestic scholarships we give out and along with the national democratic institute have an annual fellowship where we bring a young woman from a developing nation over to washington, d.c. to learn about human rights and democracy so they can go back to their own home countries and try to institute these rule of law programs. we brought over a woman last year from iraq. she was even able to spend christmas with family and the issue of another candidate who came over from i

back to michael douglas told a british newspaper that throat cancer was caused by his sexual activity. of course the media ran wildith that. now he is getting heated on a number of fronts. i spoke to him and he seems like a responsible guy. i really like his father kirk who has an amazing spirit. keep it ithy it is unwise for you or anybody on this planet to talk about personal things. there is reason it is called a private life. unfortunately, there are few trustworthy people in this world. so please be discreet when speaking about yourself even to close friends and family. they may not always be close. factor tip of the day. that is it for us tonight. e check out the fox news factor which is different from billoreilly.com. we would like you to spout off about the factor. we got a letter from tasmania. very nice island is. any time if you wish to opine, no flommer cr when writing to us. again, thanks for watching. i am bill o' -- flummery. we are definitely looking out for you. >>> good morning to you. . thanks for watching fox and friends first. overnight, we have shocking news to tell you about. it's really roc

back to michael douglas told a british newspaper that h throat cancer was caused by his sexual activity. of course the media ran wildoke to him and he seems like a responsible guy. i really like his father kirk who has an amazing spirit. keep it ithy it is unwise for you or anybody on this planet to talk about personal things. there is reason it is called a private life. unfortunately, there are few trustworthy people in this world. so please be discreet when speaking about yourself even to close friends and family. they may not always be close. factor tip of the day. that is it for us tonight. ple check out the fox news factor which is different from billoreilly.com. we would like you to spout off about the factor. we got a letter from tasmania. very nice island is. any time if you wish to opine, no flommer cr when writing to

wild fires, which last year burned 9 million acres across the country. so what's being done? >> this is urgent work, and it must begin now. >> reporter: just this week, new york city's mayor michaelsed a $20 billion plan to build flood walls, levees and upgrade the city's building codes. new york city suffered $19 billion in damage post sandy and bloomberg says the forecast by mid century is that a similar storm could cost nearly five times that -- 90 billion. >> we can do nothing and expose ourselves to an increased frequency of sandy-like storms. we could abandon the water front or make the investments necessary to build a stronger, more resilient new york. >> reporter: here in seaside heights, new jersey which was devastated after superstorm sandy, a lot has happened in six and a half months. the entire boardwalk has been rebuilt. 85% to 90% of the businesses are back open. we're told that some of the kiddie rides will be back on by july 4th. the rebuilding costs $6 million to $7 million which is half of the annual budget of seaside heights but it's also their life line. 75% of the annual revenue comes from this boardwalk, so rebuilding it was priority number one. alina cho, c

michael jackson's oldest child showed jurors photos and videos of life with their famous father. 16-year-old prince the first family member to testify in their multimillion dollar lawsuit against jackson's concert promoters. >>> wildefending men's champion, roger federer, ousted along with maria sharapova ousted. seven other players forced to withdraw with injuries. those are some of the top stories on this thursday, june 27th. >> announcer: this is abc's "world news now," with john muller and diana perez. >> good morning. we begin this half-hour with celebrations around the country. following two major supreme court decisions. >>> same-sex marriages in california are expected to start again next month. and thousand gathered throughout the day in new york's greenwich village to mark the occasion. >> reporter: thumbs up from gay rights supporters. >> never thought i would live to see the day. >> reporter: who have been waiting decades for a ruling that for them changes everything. >> we'll be getting married on our 40th anniversary which is in october. >> reporter: historic supreme court decision drew hundreds of people to the village and a rally outside the stone wall inn. >> because we are all equal people! >> re

wild. >> lou do we begin? >> la la la la. >> bobbie thomas, we've been telling you about her wedding for so long and it finally happened on friday night. >> she's now mrs. michael step-dad who are walking her down the aisle. >> and that's a long aisle. >> and the seating was down by the point. it was one of those spectacular perfect moments. >> at that point, frank is, those are the moms. the two moms. right when michael stood there, frank goes, you can still run! >> their first song is called, "i can, i will, i do." and in the corner, that's joy bauer's son, who played and sang. >> and he was ar doshl. it was really sweet. and the funny part w, she chang her hair, she changed into a different dress. she changed into a peplum and i came over and said, oh, i love it. >> bambino got a front-row seat. >> there's cody and cass hadn't gotten in yet. frank said to bobbie, are you pregnant. i said frank! and he said -- >> there's our producer, don nash and his wife, galen. >> hoda, you look hot. >> we -- >> i love that picture with bobbie, i love that. >> bobbie in her own sweet way was just saying, why would you change? look, does she look pregnant? no. do i? yes! sa