michelle, mr. michelle is simply doing his job? >> mr. michelle is reporting back what he is hearing and some cases he is calling people and others and receiving telephone calls unprompted and a channel of communication exists that is just additional to really the important channels which were the voluminous submissions we were making to the secretary of state and to his people and to whom ever else asked for them. >> mr. salmons was inside as well. that's consistent with a previous email. turn to page 26, our page 01667. 15th of november, 2010. jeremy, that's jeremy hunt tried to call you. it looks as though mr. hunt was trying to call you directly, is that your understanding? >> that seems to be what it says, mr. hunt tried to call me. >> he received strong legal advice not to meet us today as the current process is treated as a judicial one, not a policy one and any meeting could be referred to and jeopardize the entire process. jeremy is frustrated but the secretary is now also being involved. what do you understand by that? >> i unde

michel. former sky -- [inaudible] were contacted mr. cable, rather than getting in political games, in times of austerity and very difficult economic environment for those areas. he also emphasized the opportunity to mr. cable to show -- partners working for long-term and will draw from the coalition government. then we can see the second political point. very keen to also put these issues across to cable. recall with you tomorrow, wednesday, the scottish press on the economic importance of news corp. for scotland. i think you did have a conversation with them, did you, mr. murdoch? >> i think i did, but mr. jay, i think you characterized, page 18, the note that starts mission accomplished on how the answer to to talk to with respect to mr. cable. and i don't think the two are related. for clarity, i think 16 is vincent main adviser suggesting that would lord oakeshott be contacted or other, or, and then this is a separate point on 18, which is mr. michel, who basically started speaking to so

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and mitt romney has a long way to go after the bruising image against women, and michelle bernard is the director of public policy for women, and michelle goldman is a contributor to the "daily beast." thank you, ladies, for being here, and the comments were so incendiary that today mitt romney introduced his wife where but at the nra convention and then both romneys talked about, not surprisingly the subject of motherhood. listen to what was saidm. >> i happen to believe that all moms are working moms, and if you have five sons, why, your work is never over. >> let me give a shout out to all moms that are working, and by the way, to all dads that are working. we love all of you. you know, i often think that you're only as a parent as happy as your saddest child, and you never ever stop being a parent. >> michelle bernard, what is the legitimate issue in all of this. clearly hilary rosen should nef have said that ann romney never worked a day in her life, and what the legitimate issue? >> well, the legitimate policy issues are should mitt romney be elected president of the united sta

michelle? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. >>> the supreme court takes up arizona's controversial immigration law today. the law allows arizona police to check individual's immigration status and lets illegal immigrants who have jobs or speaking work to be prosecuted. other states have enacted similar laws. the obama administration says the law is illegal because it's the federal government's role to enforce immigration and foreign pole 37 >>> the john edwards trial begins its third day. his lawyers will likely have the opportunity to cross-examine the government's key witness. yesterday andrew young detail what had he said was edwards' plans to use illegal campaign money to hide his pregnant mistress. when he asked him to claim paternity of rielle hunter's child he agreed. >>> overseas. u.n. special envoy kofi annan said the situation in syria is bleak. amateur video purports to show u.n. observers in homs and hama yesterday. it's reported government troops entered hama after observ

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michelle and mr. hunt's office? >> no, and i don't want to say anything against mr. michelle. but i think there could have been a little bit of exaggeration there. >> maybe you weren't surprised, because you would or you might assume that mr. hunt's office would be on side in support of

i'm michelle miller. >>> television host dick clark is being remembered this morning as a music revolutionary who ushered america into the age of rock 'n' roll. clark, a broadcasting icon, was also a savvy businessman. he died yesterday in california at the age of 82. his publicist says there will be no funeral. the family's still deciding whether to hold a public memorial. anthony mason has our report. >> ladies and gentlemen, here's chubby checkers. >> reporter: as "american bandstand" ran for more than three decades, at its peak playing to 20 million viewers, dick clark's ever youthful appearance earned him the nickname, america's oldest teenager. he agreed. >> the minute you grow up and the minute you mentally atrophy and freeze in time, you are old. >> reporter: clark was a 26-year-old philadelphia deejay when he took over "bandstand," a local tv show in 1956. within a year it went national. behind clark's clean-cut image, the show seemed to sanitize rock 'n' roll and make it safe for parents to allo

>> michelle, it's interesting. back in 2008 in the depth of the financial recession, he was forced to sell 94% of his stake in chesapeake, his personal stake to meet a personal margin call, october of that year, worst possible time. >> a ball dollars gone in two days? >> it was a fire sale and obviously it was terrible for the company's stock and it raised questions about his own financial management skills. i talked to him about that situation and how it impacts his thinking today and here's what he had to say. >> we don't gamble and we don't bet. we're physically long gas, we sell it every day. we can lock our price in by entering into a financial transaction with a bank or an investment bank and lock in that price going forward. so, all we're doing is mitigating risks. we're not taking on risks. show up and go to work every day, try to create value and make my employee, my share holders happy. >> okay, there he's addressing two points, michelle, the company's risk taking. one of their biggest sources of revenues

michelle? >> thank you. >>> in afghanistan, a suicide bomber killed at least nine people and wounded 21. it happened this morning in the province in the western part of the country. officials say the bomber attacked a crowd of people waiting outside a building. civilians and police are among the casualties. several airlines say they're going to stop flying over north korea. the north says it is ready to launch a satellite later this week so, the airlines have decided to temporarily reroute about 20 flights. the u.s. objects to the launch, saying it's a test to show north korea has a rocket capable of carrying a nuclear warhead as far as the hawaiian islands and alaska. >>> back here in the u.s. we just wrapped up what turned out to be the warmest year on record. according to noaa, the average temp in march was 8.6 degrees above norm and and 6 degrees higher than average for the first three months of the year. overall more than 15,000 temperature records were set in march, and at least one recor

michelle? >> duarte geraldino in washington, thank you. >>> a bomb threat forced a korean passenger jet to make an emergency landing last night. the korean airlines flight was headed to seoul from vancouver, canada, when a call center received the threat 25 minutes after takeoff. two u.s. fighter jets escorted the boeing 777 to a canadian military air base. 149 people were on board. the airline is conducting a safety inspection. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is warning north korea not to launch a long-range rocket later this week. north korea released video of the rocket wrapped in a green tarp. officials from the north say it's being fueled. clinton says the launch would violate a moratorium on nuclear and missile testing. >> i would just underscore that if north korea wants a peaceful, better future for their people, it should not conduct another launch that would be a direct threat to regional security. >> reporter: clinton also warned north korea may follow the launch with addition

michele? did he know the content of those exchanges? >> that information was set out in a statement made by adam smith when he resigned. >> order. let's calm down and hear the answer. >> i knew about his contact. that was authorized. he was authorized to be the point of contact between my department and news corp.. what i did not know was the communications themselves -- the first time i saw that was yesterday, nor did i know the volume of communications or the town of those communications. >> can the secretary of state explain how referring the bskyb -- [unintelligible] >> if you look at the evidence of the decisions i actually made, it is clear that at every stage, i made the decision news corp. did not want, including the final decision, which was to act whether i should take account of the revelations that precipitated the collapse of the entire bid. >> the secretary of state did not need to speak because his right hand man was feeding him all the information he needed. >> those conversations were inappropriate, but they did not aff

nbc's michelle kosinski is in paris with more. michelle, good morning. >> hi, natalie. all this controversy and buzz surrounding an acquaintance of pippa's, who was pointing what clearly appeared to be a gun on the streets of paris, has brought a barrage of reporters, some of them conflicting. just this morning a french photographer was quoted as saying he felt sure that gun was plastic, this was all just a big joke. but others quote anonymous police sources saying they are reviewing the photos and expect more information to come in. threatening anyone with a gun, real or fake, is a crime, but at this point, police say there is no investigation. because no one has filed any formal complaint. natalie? >> all right, michelle kosinski in paris for us this morning. thank you, michelle. >>> a stolen penguin is back where he belongs at an australian theme park with his mate. 7-year-old dirk was swiped on saturday by a group of young men who abandoned him in shark infested waters. the culprits were busted. dirk was rescued and he's now a top story on today.com. he is a cutie.

. >>> first lady michelle obama and the gop presidential front-runners swing through california to collect campaign cash. meanwhile, former california democratic campaign treasure pleads guilty to fraud. the jobs bill, intended to stimulate employment by making financing easier for start-ups is headed to the president's desk, after rare bipartisan approval in congress. is the affordable care act in critical condition? the u.s. supreme court took a separate vote today. plus, a unique health clinic in san francisco that's already reforming care for low-income patients. >> there's a documented shortage of primary care doctors in this country right now. nurse practitioners, however, are growing in numbers, and it is a group of people who are very attractive at this type of work. >>> coming up, next. >>> good evening. i'm belva davis and welcome to "this week in northern california." joining me tonight on our news panel from los angeles, david lazor ringe, business columnist for the "los angeles times" and ktla television. near studio with me, michelle quinn, silicon valley reporter for politic

what does michelle ree recommend? she recommends using the fiscal crisis and the rounds of layoffs that are hurting teachers and paraprofessionals and school communities from new york to california and says use this opportunity to bust the unions. and what a shame it is. we have five commissioners who join the rambings of michelle ree and those who want to destroy the public school system in this country. so let's name what has happened tonight and two weeks ago. well, we don't know what's going to happen tonight. what did the board two weeks ago? they showed disunity and disaffection and created an echo of things we named before. before my time when i was working up at a group home, my brothers and sisters wept on a long bitter strike. that was the same part of the massacre of thousands of teachers as they got laid off, destroying people's careers. there is an echo of the massacres. two weeks ago, you guys joined them. when i started out as a new teacher, we had a new superintendent. he instituted what was then renam

and then i walk down and i grab michelle's hand and i walk her out, and then one of my team says, mr.ll the other people speaking. so we had to turn around and walk back. >> jimmy: walk all the way back. >> and waive again. >> jimmy: just making sure i knew how to get out. you never can be too safe. >> michelle and the secret service folks are all laughing. >> jimmy: i love it. i was wondering if you ever get the giggles with michelle. >> we get the giggles all the time. >> jimmy: more with the president of the united states when we get back. we're going to talk about college and when barack obama went to college, see what that's like. [ cheers and applause ] [ telephone ringing ] i'm going to lunch. [ all gasp ] those days are gone now. think... about what you are doing. ♪ i'm going with her. ♪ i don't want to be chicken... i want to eat it. [ male announcer ] put an end to the working lunch and work on eating lunch. mcdonald's all-white meat premium chicken sandwich and the juicy 100% angus third pounder. it's your lunch. take it. the simple joy of lunch. ♪ it was in my sister's nei

. >> the loyal audience has allowed michelle to take more chances with the monthly lineup.stablished authors bring in an older audience. younker authors bring in their friends from the community who might be bringing in an older author. >> raider has provided a stage for more than 400 writers. it ranges from fiction to academics stories to academic stories this service the underground of queer fell, history, or culture. >> and there are so many different literary circles in san francisco. i have been programming this reading series for nine years. and i still have a huge list on my computer of people i need to carry into this. >> the supportive audience has allowed michele to try new experiment this year, the radar book club. a deep explorationer of a single work. after the talk, she bounces on stage to jump-start the q&a. less charlie rose and more carson daly. >> san francisco is consistently ranked as one of the most literate cities in the united states. multiple reading events are happening every night of the year, competing against a big names like city arts and lectur

foundation michelle also writes for al-jazeera michelle bachmann the kaiser report so it's really nice to be here starts with my favorite show so this is going. only for me oh fantastic. the guy right well michel you are paying salaries and bitcoin at the p.d.p. foundation we've been talking about bitcoin tell us more well you know there's a few things that we like about the score in the first thing is you know we call the socialists over in currency so it's a currency which is not created by the banks. and he's not created by the by the state is he really exists because there is a human community you know the hacker community to be calling community wish once this to work and trust the protocol that is designed to create some money so this is a kind of historical moment so you know for a post was fairly in currency you know that we used to have local currencies then the nation state came in and basically destroyed them and so the factor we now have a working global currency that is created by communities in our mind is usually significant as a kind of symbolic moment in the history of

i'm michelle miller. after 45 days and countless protests, george zimmerman is behind bars this morning. the neighborhood watch captain turned himself in last night after being charged with second degree murder in the killing of trayvon martin. he's expected to make his first court appearance today. manuel gallegus is in sanford, florida, with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. this morning in sanford george zimmerman is being held in the jail complex behind us. the special prosecutor in the case is not elaborating on why she decided to charge him with second-degree murder. george zimmerman ducked into the seminole county jail with a jacket over his head for his first night behind bars. his lawyer says he'll likely enter a not guilty plea today during his arraignment. >> filed an information charging george zimmerman with murder in the second degree. >> reporter: zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder more than six weeks after trayvon martin was killed. >> wanted an arrest and w

michelle? >> tara mergener in washington, thank you. >>> here in new york, police are trying to determine what caused a van to flip off a highway overpass, killing all seven people on board. the van crossed three lanes of traffic before flying over a four-foot guardrail and falling more than 50 feet yesterday afternoon. it landed in a wooded area of the bronx zoo that's not open to the public. the van landed upside down and was crushed. >> the injuries were quite horrific. in 30 years i've seen something like this once or twice. everybody was taken aback by it. >> police say the victims were wearing their seat belts. all were members of the same family, including three children. no one on the ground was hurt. police say speed may have been a factor. >>> the bodies of three crew members killed in a yacht racing crash have been found off the pacific coast. a fourth sailor remains missing. the 37-foot aegean was taking part in a 125-mile race from newport beach, california, to ensenada, mexico. de

michelle? >> more details coming. thanks. >>> we're learning more about the abduction of a texas newborn and the murder of his mother. the suspect was apparently looking for a baby after she suffered a miscarriage. verna maclaine is charged with capital murder and being held without bond. police say she shot and killed kala golden outside a doctor's office and grabbed her 3-day-old son. >>> there's a new judge in the trayvon martin case. jessica recksiedler removed herself from the case because her husband works with an attorney who was asked to represent suspect george zimmerman. zimmerman says he shot martin in self-defense. a bail hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. >>> coming up next, how some americans are feeling about the economy. >>> plus, an illinois couple that has plenty to be happy about. we'll meet the mega millions winners. mega millions winners. ah, welcome to hotels.com. if you're looking for a place to get together, you came to the right place. because here at hotels.com, we're only about hotels. findi

michelle? >> susan mcginnis in washington, thank you. >>> president obama says he'll veto a cyber security bill passed by the house late yesterday. the measure is aimed at stopping electronic attacks on private companies and the government. it would encourage companies and the federal government to share threat information. critics contend the measure would compromise civil liberties. >>> the government has issued a bulletin warning of a potential terrorist attack tied to the anniversary of osama bin laden's death. bin laden was killed by u.s. special forces on may 2nd. there's no specific threat but lots of talk on terrorist websites. bob orr reports. >> reporter: since the killing of osama bin laden by u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s, al qaeda has vowed revenge. with the approaching anniversary of bin laden's death, u.s. officials are monitoring persistent rumbles on jihadist websites advocating new attacks. a joint intelligence bulletin issued by fbi and homeland security, urges state and local police t

good morning. >> reporter: good morning, michelle. first hearing on this scandal took place here on wenesday and the military's role was a big focus as was possible misconduct by the president's white house advance team. after pentagon investigators briefed lawmakers about the military's involvement in the columbian prostitution scandal, senator john mccain says he wants more. >> it was a waste of time because they had no information. >> reporter: mccain says wednesday's briefing didn't address the risk of a possible national security breach. >> these individuals may have had the schedules of the president of the united states' activities during his visit there the night before. there thhat obviously is inform that we would certainly not want to fall into the wrong hands. >> reporter: 12 members of the military have had their security clearances suspended. senator carl levin says six of them violated curfew before the president arrived in cartagena earlier this month. the military's investigation is expected to conclude next week. inv

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i'm michelle miller. the investigation into allegations of misconduct by the secret service prior to the president's visit to colombia is expanding. 11 members of the secret service have had their security service revoked and more members of the military may have been involved than originally thought. the nation's top soldier says he's embarrassed. susan mcginnis is in washington with the very latest. good morning, susan. >> good morning, michelle. this is being called the biggest scandal in the history of the secret service. now nearly a dozen of the military may be involved as well. military leaders are embarrassed about the alleged misconduct in colombia ba, according to the chief of staff martin dempsey. >> we let the boss down. >> the chairman says they're still trying to figure out exactly what unfolded before president obama arrived for last week's summit of the americas. >> what we do know is we distracted -- several members distracted the issue from what was a very important regional engagement f

i'm michelle miller. well, the presumed republican presidential nominee mitt romney is hoping for a big day. republican primary voters in five northeastern states go to the polls today. some 200 delegates are up for grabs. meanwhile romney is on board for the student loan proposal championed by president obama. susan mcginnis is in washington with more. good morning, susan. >> good morning. a turnout could be low. he's been out there campaigning with florida senator marco rubio and that's raising speculation about a running mate. mitt romney campaigned throughout pennsylvania, focusing on his matchup with president obama in november. >> i'd like you to go out and vote in your primary and give me your support and show that we're ready and willing to take on president obama. >> reporter: pennsylvania is one of five primaries today. romney is expected to win them all and bring him closer to the 1,144 delegates he needs to clinch the nomination. >> the next president of the united states. >> monday romney cam

michelle are still there we lost you. for a minute there but you know we're running out of time and so i just want to before we have to hit our next break get to talking to you about the trayvon martin case and i just want to know what you think about it how you think that it fits into what it is that you write about because that's clearly been dominating the news cycle lately. yes well you know i think in many ways the mentality of george zimmerman reflects the mentality of many in law enforcement today you know it's easy to demonize george zimmerman for what he did by merely stopping a young black men because of the way he looked and being in the wrong neighborhood well. you know that mentality of viewing young black men as a problem who need to be dealt with harshly who need to be interrogated and stopped and questioned that is the mentality that dominates you know most law enforcement agencies today if george zimmerman had had you know a badge with his gun we wouldn't even know trayvon martin's name today the new york

>> michelle, let's stick be with equities. positioning the dow for modest gains, nasdaq under pressure as you saw in the final minutes. should investors compare volatility? earnings coming out from tech giants like apple and fomc meeting. market analyst gordon, an old friend here. it's been choppier recently. you've got to admit, the intraday price swing is higher. the volatility has been higher for the last two weeks. is this all related to apple or to something else? >> traders like volatility. we know that. >> yeah. look, it could be related to apple. it could be related to all of the earnings that we've seen but people are focused on the macro. the french election, something you wouldn't think traders would be talking about. that's a pop particular of conversation. people are looking at that and saying if sarkozy loses, that could be a pretty heavy impact on european policy. >> you've got to note, things have been choppier here. are we heading in for periods where the summer is going to be -- even if the volume is lighter,

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i just want to comment on one thing that michelle said.rats have made it part of their agenda that they want bosses to tell women what medicines they are eligible to take. 99% of america's women take birth control in their lifetime. this is a debate that has long before settled. but this congress starting with hl 11 as made an effort --. >> that's a false betrayal, what we want is women to be able to make their own choices and there's constantly -- >> that's not what the bill says. >> we want women to make choices. we want the ability to make their own choices in health care. that's the lie that happens under obama care. the president of the united states effectively becomes a health care dictator. women don't need anyone to tell them what to do on health care, we want women to have their own choices, their own money, that way they can make their own choices for their other than future on their own body. >> congressman bachmann, first to you, are you fully behind mitt romney for president at this point? >> well, i'm very seriously looking

but i just want to comment on one thing michele said.ng to women is the republican party and the house of representatives made it part of their agenda that they want bosses to tell women what medicines they're eligible to take. nothing could be more insulting. 99% of the american women take birth control in their lifetime. this is a debate that's long been settled. this congress, starting with hr-1, has made an effort -- >> that's a false portrayal of where the house of representatives -- that's a false portrayal. what we want is women to be able to make their own choices. and there's constantly been -- >> that's not what the bill says. >> we want women to make choices. that's why on health care. >> not when your boss tells you you can't. >> we want a health savings accounts and the ability to be able to make their own choices in health care. you see, that's the lie that happens under obama care. the president of the united states effectively becomes a health care dictator. women don't need anyone to tell them what to do on health care.

please welcome first lady michelle obama! ( cheers and applause ) madam, first lady, thank you so much for coming on ( cheers and applause ) thank you for coming. i apologize. they normally don't cheer for me that long. ( laughter ). thank you so much for coming back on the show. >> it's good to be back. thank you for having me. >> stephen: you were here almost exactly four years ago. >> yeah, but we weren't here. >> stephen: no, no, no. we were in philadelphia. it was during the campaign. the first time you were on my show, you were not the first lady. now you are. >> yes. >> stephen: that's called the colbert bump ( cheers and applause ) you're welcome. you're welcome. now, let's bump joining forces. tell me what it is and how they can get involved. >> jill biden and i started this initiative to make sure that this country, which is a grateful nation, that we make sure that we do whatever we can to honor the service of our troops, our veterans, and their families ( cheers and applause ) and this is the one-year anniversary,