missouri state fair, images are spreading across media. perry took the pictures, he says, the rodeo clown wore the mask while others taunted him. officials deny that and say they are taking actions missouri state fair officials called the performance inappropriate and disrespectful. the house minority leaders will ask for an investigation to see if taxpayers should continue contributing to the event. more on this story as it becomes available. this summer, new york state is back and open for business. with endless beaches, hundreds of miles for hiking...or biking. endless rivers and streams ready to take your breath away. and more than enough wineries to please every pallet. we're ready to make your new york state vacation perfect. there's never been a better time to vacation in new york state. plan your vacation at iloveny.com the new state of new york. welcome. emotional teen choice awards. leah michelle honored and dedicated her win to her late boyfriend, corey monte. >> i promise that with your love we will get through this together. he

state fair is partly funded by taxpayer money. more than $550,000 comes from a state tax on wine and grapes. joining me now, perry beam, who was at the missourite fair on saturday night and posted the picture of the obama rodeo clown that went viral. perry, what was your feelings when you were watching that? >> i was disgusted, mr. o'donnell. that kind of display doesn't belong at a state-funded event. it was divisive. and it's something that's billed as family entertainment and inclusive. i come from a mixed family. my wife is an american citizen from taiwan. and we were there with a student from taiwan. and the acts that were happening in the ring, they drew attention to the president's lips. they shoved a broomstick up his bottom, for goodness sake. you can't do that and expect everybody to be happy with it. it was in bad taste, to say the least. >> you said that it actually felt more like a kkk rally than a rodeo. >> not that i've been to one. but the way they're portrayed on television. >> yeah. >> the announcer got the -- he got the crowd whooped up. and he was trying to wind them up. and i know what that's all about. i'm a piano player

. >> that's the scene from the rodeo at the missouri state fair last weekend. amed clown wearing an obama mask and the voice of toughy guessling, another rodeo clown who has been banned from performing again at the fair because of the outrage over the spectacle. the missouri chapter of the naacp reacting with this -- the activities at the missouri state fair targeting and inciting violence against our president are serious and warrant a full review by both the secret service and the justice department. this has gotten an awful lot of attention, noah, even maybe more than the egyptian situation on the front page of friday's "washington post." >> yeah, the rush to denounce has been incredible, faster than the next guy. but this just in, the official clown reaction. judy quest, the president of the clowns of america and contributor to clowns journal, a real clown wouldn't mock obama. >> jim ? >> i grew up in college towns in the '60s, '70s, there wasn't an anti-nixon ral wily that didn't have a nixon mask. surprisingly the aclu hasn't gotten involved. >> there is a

>> it is a state fair, right, right, right. >> is missouri a state? let's get our staff -- >> have i to disagree with you. the one thing that bugs me, there was one journalist who said -- i agree with you, maybe it is in bad taste, but i would think it was in bad taste if they did it to bush. somebody said it is border line illegal. it is not illegal. it is the united states. you were thinking it. you are trying to shut our country down. >> we should ban all state fairs fairs and church carnivals while we are at it. >> people think when ever you do -- it is this kind of thing and the people you are mocking ain't there then it is like, hey. that's what made it racist to people is that the camera caught it. that's what i expect to be going on in a bull riding contest. >> it would be like if it was happening at one of your rap concerts it would have been different. >> it is like going to a klan rally and complain because everyone is racist. but it is all white. how many black people was in there going, that's funny, obama. >> fair point. >> if i was ther

earlier this week, we showed you some shocking video from the missouri state fair.ressed in an obama mask got jeered by the crowd as the rodeo announcer gleefully taunted, we're going to stomp obama now. >> let me tell these people who we got helping, obama is going to have to just stay there. obama, watch out for those bulls. >> i know i'm a clown. he just running around acting like one, doesn't note he is one. >> obama, are they're coming for you this time. whoo. >> as soon as this fool comes out, don't you move. he's going to get you, get you, get you. >> one person in the crowd compared it to an effigy at a klan rally. there was bipartisan condemnation and the clown who talked about getting obama wasser. thely banned by fair officials. while both those things are to be expected given the offensive display, what you might be surprised by is the strong reaction from the right. sawn hannity, rush limbaugh and glenn beck rallied to his defense. a support group on facebook popped up and some members of congress chimed in. steve stockman release aid statement saying "

it started over the weekend when a rodeo clown at the missouri state fair donned a president obama mask made fun of president obama. a couple people in the audience were offended and complained and then the office at the missouri state fair banned this clown for life. he will not be back there any time soon. now some naacp members want a secret service investigation into the whole thing and possible criminal charges being considered. the white house was asked moments ago for reaction to this. they said no comment. we'll show you what happened when a previous president was the subject of similar treatment. stay tuned for that one. that's coming up. >>> right now a shocking report on one of the world's most popular e-mail services. internet giant google tells a court that gmail users should have no expectation of privacy in their gmail accounts and is looking at their online correspondence. we get the latest from our west coast newsroom. more good news, trace. >> google is facing a class action lawsuit accusing it of violating the wiretap law by taking and scanning e-mails and plucking ou

the missouri state fair has banned performer tuffy gessling for life.hat's the man whose voice you hear in the clip. the man in the obama mask hasn't been publicly identified. cnn tried unsuccessfully to speak with gessling. his supporters are reaching out on his facebook page -- even starting a petition on the white house website asking the president to a white house spokesman had incident: "i haven't heard about the president's reaction or if he had one. i can tell you as a native missourian it's certainly not one of the finer moments for our state." steve stockman is coming to perform in his district. bashing presidents -- through parody or otherwise -- is nothing new. the dixie chicks drew fire from the right in 2003 for saying of then-president george w bush: "we're ashamed the president of the united states is from texas." some radio stations refused to play their songs. the missouri chapter of the naacp wants the secret service and the justice department to investigate of fox news' sean hannity. :really, this is how they- you want your government

gessling says, he has been banned from the missouri state fair. since that rodeo show. says he has also received five death threats. he's speaking out now, saying he never meant any harm. gessling hasn't worked since the missouri state fair, but plenty of support has been building too. he has an upcoming show in jefferson city, missouri. morning news. we'll have a preview of the markets. plus, 3-d printers gaining popularity. we nev plaon aull use. jus..haens. li my nch p. o cu of ur cam, litt thi a ltle at, and pack of ddenalle orinalanch rah di >>gabe: a shocking murder that took place over the weekend has rekindled the debate about video games at whether they cause violence or not. and year-old boy shot and killed his grandmother in the back of her head while she was watching tv. police said it was not an accident. he intended to kill her. this wasn't a year-old boy so the video game he was playing right before this happened was grand theft auto for. the popular and very violent game. >>: to some of this is a gun control issue. what is in the world have access to a l

the state fair and missouri rodeo cowboy association rushed to apologize. senator mccaskill and the state's governor came forward to condemn the incident. official announced that the rodeo clown has been banned from ever participated or performing at the missouri state fair again, but the reality is he's not the only one standing in the ring. far from it. last tuesday, protesters chanted bye-bye black sheep. another shouted he's 47% negro, and another held a sign that said impeach the half-white muslim. protester had one that read kenyan go home. this poses much larger questions about the last summer, writing in "the atlantic" it was described as the fear of a black president, something that isn't just present in the rodeo ring, but lives in the has of congress. his first term has coincided with the strategy of massive resistance on the part of the republican opposition, and a record number of filibuster -- it would be nice if this was merely a reaction to his politics, if this resistance was clear will -- but the greater abiding challenge to the national po

we'll begin with a controversy at the missouri state fair where an announcer and rodeo clown are underfor mocking the president. >> reporter: caught on camera, a rodeo clown wearing a president obama mask getting jeered by announcers at the missouri state fair on saturday. >> don't you move. he's going to get you, get you, get you. >> fair goers say the crowd cheered as the other clowns prodded him and played with his lips while one of the announcers asked if they wanted to see the president run down by a bull. >> he's going to get you obama, he's going to get you. >> perry dean was in the audience and filmed it on his cell phone. >> like an effigy at a klan rally. there would have been no reason to mess with his lips if he was a white president. >> he calls it partisan for an event that receis taxpayer money. >> i know i'm a clown. he just run around acting like one and doesn't know he is one. >> missouri politicians from both parties expressed outrage over the incident. the democratic senator issued a statement on sunday calling the rodeo act shameful and unacceptable urging her home

this got him ban from the missouri state fair for life.e's talking to cnn affiliate kc tv. >> i've had somebody threaten to run me over, one of them wanted to burn my house down. this clown bit has been around for a generation. i didn't think anything more of it than what we've done 15 years ago, ten years ago, five years ago when we've done it with bush and clinton and ronald regan. >> reporter: some conservative talk show hosts who came to his aid agreed. >> this is infantile, worse than political correctness. >> reporter: the president hasn't commented but his spokesman did. >> as a native missouri an, this isn't one of the finer moments of our state. >> reporter: now that the dust has settled, he would like to clear a few things up. i never did anything because of somebody's race. i don't care if they're blue, white, green, striped, polka dotted. >> reporter: he'll be at another rodeo coming up in missouri. >> in president obama turns out, i would be honored to shake his hand. >> reporter: a then na jones, cnn, washington. >>> up next,

gessling says, he has been banned from the missouri state fair. since that rodeo show. he says he has also received five death threats. bu he is finally speaking out. saying he never meant any harm. he hasn't worked since the missouri state fair, but plenty of support has been building too. he has an upcoming show in jefferson city, missouri. >> students return for the first full year of classes following the deadly shooting at sandy hook elementary school last year; their old school building is being torn down and replaced with a new facility. in december 2012, 20 year- old adam m lanza shot 26 people inside sandy hook, including 20 students. the school has been closed since the mass killing. in may a new town taskforce approved a plan to tear down the school and build a new one. students will return to school in the location and in a different building. >> civil rights activists says millions of at-risk students could fall through the cracks as a result of the obama administration's decision to allow states to ignore parts of the no child left behind education law. the

. >>> leading the news in "the kansas city star," clown's obama stunt at missouri state fair draws rebuke. the state fair commission is apologizing for the actions of a rodeo clown who donned a barack obama mask calling it inappropriate and disrespectful. >>> and from our affiliate in memphis, "judge changes baby's potential controversial name." the judge decided the name messiah was too controversial so she changed it to martin. messiah's mother is appealing that decision. >>> topping the news, all but one of the u.s. embassies overseas are now repoepd the consulate in yemen remains closed. >>> possible confrontation this morning in egypt. tens of thousands of supporters of egypt's ousted president are holding sit-ins in cairo and will not leave until mohamed morsi is reinstated. >>> a major announcement expected from attorney general eric holder. he's directing federal prosecutors to change the way they file charges for some drug crimes. >>> better news at the pump this week. oversupply is causing prices to fall. the average price of a regular gallon of gasoline dropped about 8 cents in

president obama mask has been condemned by nearly every state official and banned from the missouri state fairoutrageous and indefensive in missouri and the rest of the country is not apparently in the state of texas. yesterday steve stockman invited the black-faced rodeo clown to perform. "liberals want to bronco bust dissent, but texans value speech, even if it is speech they don't agree with." no one is calling for the the rodeo clown to go to jail but nobody is inviting someone who is decidedly -- i mean this is a decidedly like racially loaded move to wear a mask of the president and invite yourself to be run over by a bull. right? >> first of all, i am a texan and it is true that we appreciate free speech in texas. however, we also appreciate our rodeos and i have been to a fair number of rodeos and never in my life have i seen a racialized clown act. >> a minstrel show. >> an actual minstrel show that involves bulls and barrels and broncos. i mean it is unbelievable. it is, in fact, just one of many ways that this president has suffered sort of almost unprecedented levels of disrespect

. >> a rodeo clown who performed during the missouri state fair while wearing a mask of president obama has been banned from performing at the missouri state fare ever again. >> the missouri rodeo cowboy association president, he also resigned in the midst of this clown fallout. >> there is some new fallout over this whole rodeo clown issue. the rodeo announcer at the event now stepping down as president of missouri's rodeo cowboy association has all of this gone way too far? >> stephen: oh, it's gone way too far. the clown's been fired. the announcer resigned. the cowboy association's president has resigned. and countless bulls have been jabbed in the gonads with electric cattle products. excuse me, i'm being told that last thing is just part of the entertainment, carry on. and folks, this story goes beyond the giant power vacuum atop missouri's rodeo cowboy association. it's much ado about nothing. and nobody adoes nothing like fox news dana perino. jim. >> rodeos, every president is always made fun of. they are the subject of ridicule. this is the height of achievement, to be made fu

. >>> officials at the missouri state fair are apologizing after a rodeo clown appeared over the weekend wearing a mask of president obama. the photo of that clown has gone viral on social media. the person who hosted it says he was offended when the rodeo announcer called out saying if anyone wanted to see obama run down by a bull. >> i understand people's concerns. i don't think anyone is more disappointed in what happened last night than we are. we take that seriously. the rodeo cowboy's association says the act was not scripted. they didn't know about it. the missouri state fair imposed a life time ban on that rodeo clown. >> the healthcare law faces another set back this morning and you could end up paying the price. kyla campbell reports. >> reporter: the man it is supposed to protect consumers by limiting how much they have to spend. patients pay for deductibles and co-payments. the new york times reports the obama administration is delaying for a year until january of 2015. that means some insurers can set higher limits or no limits at all. this come after the obama administratio

the missouri state fair called it inappropriate and disrespectful. >>> anthony weiner is releasing aand-new tv ad. >> they have made it clear they don't want me to win. this isn't what they want. they have gotten their way far too long. you give me the chance i will fight for you and your family every single day. >> president obama on vacation this week in martha's vineyard and already hit the links. he might need more practice. his pifirst putt was a miss. perhaps he'll take comfort in the place where he is staying with his family includes a swimming pool and basketball court as well. >>> michelle obama posted this of her and their dog. they were upload odd facebook and instagram to help nat read the record for largest online photo album. being active. and being with this guy. [ male announcer ] getting to know you is how we help you choose the humana medicare plan that works best for you. mi familia. ♪ [ male announcer ] we want to help you achieve your best health, so you can keep doing the things that are important to you. taking care of our customers. taking care of her. and the

so did the missouri state fair. this isn't the far right's first rodeo, and it's not just a few tea partiers. and that's why the republican party is at the big crossroads. last week speaker john boehner played golf with the birther king himself, donald trump, who is still unsure whether the president was born here. >> i have no idea. >> even at this point? >> well, i don't know. was there a birth certificate? you tell me. some people say that was not his birth certificate. i'm saying i don't know. >> and republicans aren't just playing golf with trump, they're imitating his strokes. this weekend, gop congressman blake said this. >> if we were to impeach the president tomorrow, you could probably -- [ inaudible ] but it would go to the senate, and he wouldn't be convicted. what message do we send to america if we impeach obama and he gets away with what he is impeached for and is found innocent? what do we say? >> impeach the president for not being born here? this is the big problem in the gop right now. do they go

the group issued a statement which reads in part, "the activities at the missouri state fair targeting and inciting violence against our president are serious and warrant a full review by both the secret service and the justice department." really? this is how you want your government to spend your hard-earned taxpayer dollars? the paranoia doesn't stop there. the missouri rodeo cowboy association president, he also resigned in the midst of this clown fallout. here with reaction on the most controversial rodeo clown in the history of our country, eric rush and jimou green. why are you laughing? >> because it's ridiculous. the naacp is out of their dang minds to think that this should be investigated by the department of justice. surprise, surprise that i think this is way overkill. it's wrong that the president is receiving more than 400% an increase in threats than any other president. that's bad. >> where did you get that statistic from? >> from the secret service. but do people even know what rodeo clowns do? i love the rodeo. i love rodeo austin. first two weeks in austin, march of

treatment media, more attention paid in the main stream media to that stupid clown story at the missouri state fairhan there has been to this wanton murder in oklahoma. >> rush limbaugh commenting on the horrible murder of christopher lane, he was a 21-year-old student athlete from australia attending college in oklahoma hoping to make it into the big leagues. lain was o lane was out running when he was shot in the back, a victim of a thrill kill, one of the teens, well, there were three of them involved here, police say, two black, one white. they were arrested for the crime. the two black teams, james francis edwards jr. and allan luna were charged with the murder. the white teen, 17-year-old michael jones, charged with discharge of a vehicle and accessory to murder after the facts. one of these kids apparently admitted that they were bored and wanted to kill just for the fun of it. christopher lane was unarmed, should these three teens be treated like the murderer of trayvon martin? >> if you wonder main stream media cover these stories, have so much energy and attention is because they cover st

there is more outrage and more attention paid to the stupid clown story in the missouri state fair than a wannon murder in oklahoma. >> what dow think. monica crowley fox news contributor. and bennard whitman a democratic strategist. welcome to you both. >> as passionate and rush so manied he knot a lot of heat from what he said. media outlets that leap to the left that said conservatives dragged the case ineracy territory and it didn't belong there. >> we are waiting for a lot of details to emerge. we don't know whether or not these tlooi three teen ailers acted out because of racial animist. the facts need to be sorted out before we make judgment on that. media coverage, that is a different issue, media in this case have been limited in terms of the coverage and the coverage that they have given is circumspect in terms of identifying the suspects and three thugs and theireracy. they have gone to grate, great lengths to conceal the racial ideptities. two are black and one of the suspects is white. you have to dig in the stories whether on fox. and when they do cover it, you have to dig

all of that and also the clown at the missouri state fair. >> right. >> even though it seams outrageousd ludicrous they know it's their rank and file. a huge ground swell of sentiment that agrees with that. no, they are not in your face doing these silly and stupid things but, at the same time, a huge undercurrent that we support that, we see nothing wrong with that. the gop has to understand and they are always looking owe their shoulder, their base. >> nthank you. great to have you all three on. >>> later today a third lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of north carolina's voting law. it comes one day right fieafter governor signed that law into effect. the governor justified that law into a youtube statement. take a look. >> you need a photo i.d. to board a airplane or cash a check. many of those from the extreme left who have been criticizing photo i.d. are using scare tactics. they are more interested in divisive politics than ensuring that no one's vote is disenfranchised by fraudulent ballot. >> joining me right now is the reverend dr. william barber, the president of nort

mainstream media, more attention paid in the mainstream media, to that stupid clown story at the missouri state fairthere has been to this wonton murder in oklahoma. >> commenting on the murder of christopher lane, 22-year-old college student athlete from australia, attending cole negligent oklahoma. hoping to make it into the big leagues. lane was out running when he was shot in the back. the victim, police say, of a thrill kill. one of the teens -- there were three of them involved here. police say. would black, one white. they were arrested for the crime. the two black teens, james francis edwards jr. and 16-year-old allen lewin a were charged with first-degree murder. the white teen, 17-year-old michael jones, charged with the use of a vehicle in the discharge of a weapon and accessory to murder after the fact. one of the kids apparently, jim, admitted they were bored and wanted to kill just for the fun of it. christopher lane was unarmed. the shooter was black. should the media be reacting in this case like they did in the trayvon martin case? >> it is a spectacular and horrible case. that's fo

. >> a rodeo clown who performed during the missouri state fair while wearing a mask of president obamaeen banned from performing at the missouri state fare ever again. >> the missouri rodeo cowboy association president, he also resigned in the midst of this clown fallout. >> there is some new fallout over this whole rodeo clown issue. the rodeo announcer at the event now stepping down as president of missouri's rodeo cowboy association has all of this gone way too far? >> stephen: oh, it's gone way too far. the clown's been fired. the announcer resigned. the cowboy association's president has resigned. and countless bulls have been jabbed in the gonads with electric cattle products. excuse me, i'm being told

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missouri, not oklahoma, which is ridiculous. ban the missouri fair for doing this. it is crazy. >> i want to throw to mark wolf from missouri stateair director, this is what he said and he was ticked. >> we hold them accountable and we certainly hold this person accountable for their actions, you know. we're going to -- he will not be out here again, i promise you that. >> he was saying that because he felt that it was -- or he was worried about his job. >> here is what they're worried about, a couple of democrat lawmakers are calling for funding to stop. there's state funding that goes to the fair and saying it should be pulled back and they're worried about that continuing or having to give back money already received. it is ridiculous, a joke. when bill maher says something ridiculous, rude, condescending, borderline libel, he hides behind comedy. >> he doesn't say kill them. >> bob, the rodeo clown is entertainment, not political commentary. >> bob is valiantly trying to pretend he is indignant. >> do you believe rodeo clowns should go to sensitivity training? >> i don't think you could take those guys and make them sensitive

riding competition at the missouri state fair on saturday night.ideo -- he says it shows a rodeo clown in barack obama mask. the announcer worked up the crowd, asking if people wanted to see obama run down by a bull. at one point, the announcer said, "we're going to stomp obama now." the missouri rodeo cowboy association's board of directors issued an apology, saying rodeo is not meant to be a political platform. missouri's republican lieutenant governor condemned the stunt, posting on twitter, "we are better than this." people on the kron4 facebook page are sounding off. and debbie says " what's wrong with people. jeez. they were having their say in a democracy. let it go. " when land is on the other side of the issues she says " only ignorant no class people would find this amusing. " join the conversation by first liking the facebook page and comments on the dissection of the story. we'll be right back. >>darya:from the east coast to the pacific, money magazine is releasing this year's list of the "best places to live" for america's top 50 small

he's been banned for life from the missouri state fair.dents have been fodder for jokes before and nothing happened to those people. >> peter: he's apologized in a facebook post. he said never meant, quote, to offend or hurt anyone's feelings, but the naacp, the missouri chapter has called for the secret service and the department of justice to investigate what they call an incendiary event at the missouri state fair. they're saying that he should be the subject of a criminal investigation, one misunderstood rodeo clown. >> gretchen: they say the activities incite violence against the president. i against it's the line where he said might be run down by anne angry bull. you could interpret that as being a personal kind of a threat. but dana lash, she is on the other side of the fence, she tweeted this. this is the same naacp who called a black man beaten by an sieu an uncle tom on tape. what do you think about it? i think we asked people for e-mails. >> brian: a lot of people saying during what president bush's time, look what bill maher a

he's banned from the missouri state fair which i think he has done for many years.s lined up. as for the presidential act, he says he don't know if he's going to do it again. this might be the moment for an e-mail from the white house. the guy's out of a job. bill: i watched the whole interview, he's very sincere. they have been doing it for 20 years making fun of everyone in the white house. i felt sorry for the guy. he sounded sincere. martha: we have been waiting to see who the man behind the mask was and whether he had some malicious thing against the president and it appears he's quite sincere. bill: i think america needs another beer. 26 past. growing talk after military strike against syria. will american cruise missiles be enough to achieve the objective and what should that objective be? martha: folks in one town a bit on edge. the unwanted guest that has been staying indoors. >> i ran out of the house. it was real scary. i said imnever going back there again. help the gulf recover and learn from what happened so we could be a better, safer energy company.

he does not wish for the missouri state fair to -- damming the clown and tda may i be blunt in this wholest kind of stupid now. here to tell me i'm wrong or i'm not, jason johnson, he's a political science professor and jason richardson, he's a republican blogger. thanks to both of you for being with us and being willing to talk about the rodeo clown. it bills down to this for me, the missouri state fair hired this guy to perform at the rodeo, they didn't like what he did, and as an employer, it is their right to fire him. and this has nothing at all to do with free speech. >> there were obvious elements of this stunt that were inappropriate and i think even supporters of the clown's free speech would concede as much. but people go to the rodeo with the expectation of ridiculous, crude and often outrageous behave yorks these are performers that are working in mud and cow dung after all. you go there with the expectation to watch something outrageous and frankly president obama has not been uniquely or unfairly targeted as a biracial joke. in 2004, a clown -- there's obvious differences he

mainstream media, more attention paid in the mainstream media to that stupid clown story at the missouri state fairo this wanton murder in oklahoma. >> the nation was stunned by two murders raising questions of how the media covers black on white crime. first a 22-year-old australian college student gunned down in oklahoma by three teens, two of them black in what could be called a thrill killing. and then 88-year-old world war ii veteran delbert "shorty" delton was beaten to death, reportedly by two teens. in the latest trayvon martin verdict, race seems to be taking center stage. but are all crimes covered equally? with us, richard fowler and ann coulter. i will start with you, anne. is there a difference between how the media covered trait vaughn martin story and these two murders that occurred just this week? >> yes, absolutely. this is what we last spoked about, racial -- it was much worse in the 70s and 80s. >> what was worse in the 70s and 80s ? >> well, obama brought it back and it is this racialett -- sh n -- etiquette in the media. it is the rare man bites dog story and a white on black c