but molly had designs on something bigger. celebrities behind and moved to new york and the promise of even higher stakes. she set up a table in the posh plaza hotel and took aim at the big apple's ready supply of poker-drunk russian billionaires and hedge fund managers. she says her take spiked up to $150,000 in a single game. >> i was hosting a game in new york, and there was $5 to $7 million on the table. >> reporter: even molly admits greed got the best of her and she was persuaded to take a cut of every pot, called a rake, which is illegal, and for the first time, crossed a line. you know gambling is a staple of organized crime. >> yes. >> did it feel wrong? >> yeah, it did. absolutely. >> but you didn't quit? >> i did not. >> i'm gonna make him an offer he can't refuse. >> reporter: and just like in the movie "the godfather," molly says when two mobsters made her an offer she couldn't refuse, that she pay them for operating on their turf, she refused. >> they sent somebody to my apartment and he put a gun in my mouth. he

plus she's been called the artist of our time, we speak with illustrator molly crab apple about how her art intersection with some of the most dangerous people in the world. and later, from underground performances to viral sensations, spoken word artists breakdown how poetry is making a major comeback. ♪ ♪ >>> my cohost and digital producer is here and bringing in all of your feedback throughout the show. i love this idea because it is what or is supposed to be about, right, bringing it to evening, bringing to the masses and letting people experience something that they may not otherwise have. >> i am totally biased for today's show, because lisa as you know in my previous life i was a brighter and had a broken down laptop and a big yellow ethernet cable sitting at my parents' home if it wasn't from social media i wouldn't be a writer i wouldn't have promote odor produce is my play are be sitting here. we have mark gonzales who tweets in: >> i agree with that. >> so do i. >> the starving artist stereo type may need to shift to the savvy artists though, as painters, forego traditional r

molly joins us live with the latest. california chrome coming in much later than anticipated and not only not in first or second or third. >> reporter: the unofficial results. a horse named tonalist won in the belmont stakes and big disappointment for the folks who wanted california chrome to be the winner. now, he holds the long 36 drought continues and no triple crown winner. so many people had high hopes and bringing that third jewel here. they thought it would reinvigorate the sport of horse racing and bring in now fans. it brought in a massive crowd. and said it was the biggest years. hyped up and that's what horse racing is. it is a comp tegz and all of the people envested in the sport want to insure they had a victrow. it would not be handed to anyone. they are all out fighting for it. and it is difficult to win. that's why it is the test of the champions. i had a chance over the course to speak with the jockeys that have won in previous triple crown. ron on secretarial in 1973. and steve, who won on affirmed and

might be molly. i don't know. >> took four cops to get him down. he was wiped out. took four of them to take them down. >> avici,tweeted just hearing the awful news about tonight. terrible thing. i hope everybody is okay. my thoughts go to those affected and their families. >> the electronic dance music concerts prompt scrutiny. electronic zoo concert was cut short after two fans died on the club drug known as molly. a spokesperson for life nation say the majority of those taken to the hospital were outside of the venue too impaired to be allowed inside the concert. >> also new overnight a security scare outside of a miami airport. tsa agents found a suspicious liquid in a checked bag it was found in a container labeled bomb sick toc-- tick tock. they are not saying what it was but trying to find out why he had it in the first place. the flight to london was delayed but eventually did take off. >> a soldier is dead after an enemy attack in afghanistan targeting checkpoints and government buildings in a key southern providence. government clashes have been going on i

>> yeah. >> reporter: amy robach, abc news. >> molly's new book "molly's game: from hollywood to elite billionaires boys club, my high-stakes adventure in the underground world of poker" hits the bookstores tomorrow. boy, $4 million in tips. >> i will become a poker madam. do you play poker? >> no. i can't even play gold fish. >> not a card player? >> no. we could try. >> there is money in that. >> my goodness. >> maybe not? >> why do my boobs look so big there? >> i like that orange sweater. >> what? >> is that orange the new black? >> i don't know. am i like going -- >> is your head superimposed there? >> am i a gitmo detainee? >> looks like you got a lot of chips there. >> i do. zoolt winnings. i a gitmo detainee? and when to fold them. resolve works on over 20 who would have that many stains? wahhh (screaming) resolve stain remover is specially formulated to get out more than 20 stains. trust resolve. forget stains she loves to shop online with her debit card. and so does bill, an identity thief who stole mary's identity, took over her bank accounts, and stole her hard-earned money

molly. american cities for $200. heather. what is pittsburgh? oh, no. molly. what is philadelphia?hat's the city. cities for $400. molly. what is buffalo? right. cities for $600. this city of 2 million people. we have no problem. heather. what is houston? correct. uh, you can quote me for $200.

molly frank amato not seen since may 2013. nucor hearings for severances go man who led fbi nationwide manhunt. >> : court documents released showing the drug agents showing of russian hulk apartment because the suspect had been trained by lethal toxins on long trips to his home. those allegedly include average in a similar to rise and pierre nicotine all which doubly. the complaint for chamberlain being held on as i indicate a chance to turn up any poisons than any search instead allegedly turned up the makings of remote- control homemade bomb not entered a plea being ordered to undergo thorough such it saatchi etch investigation. details of criminal record. 2003 arrested for assault with a deadly weapon force aren't likely to cause great bodily injury in child cruelty. thousand nine arrested for battery entry to a child. bulls this is a service of lack of evidence. back in court june 16th. >> : surrounding chamberlain including details with the fbi manhunt and federal court proceedings. also latest details when you download

molly line live with more. what happened there, molly? >> reporter: many people rushed away from ambulance or treated on the scene were minors. despite a lost sickness there were no fatalities to report. three dozen people were actually taken away to area hospitals. 50 people were treated there on the scene t was quite a sight. concertgoers combing out of the concert venue, td garden, a swedish d.j. avici was in concert that d.j. specializes in electronic dance music. the sickened were all young. they were showing signs of dehydration, intoxication and drugs and alcohol are suspected playing roles here. witnesses described chaos. >> on our way out we were talking to emts, i asked what is going on. he said a lot of intoxication. somebody told him some ods. >> there was, said there was a lot of drug use going on. >> reporter: incidents of illness around sadly of death have been reported at similar dance events around the country, between march and september of last year. seven young people attending these events died after exhibiting system

we contacted the other celebrities named by molly bloom. you can see much, much more of my interview with molly tonight on "20/20" at 10:00 eastern right here on abc. she has a lot to say. >> i bet she does. >>> coming up why celebrities are going crazy over the health and beauty benefits of coconut oil and what it can do for you. >>> team usa star jozy altidore joins us exclusively from brazil to preview sunday's huge showdown. ♪ ♪ across the world every woman boy and girl ♪ but the energy bp produces up here creates something else as well: jobs all over america. engineering and innovation jobs. advanced safety systems & technology. shipping and manufacturing. across the united states, bp supports more than a quarter million jobs. when we set up operation in one part of the country, people in other parts go to work. that's not a coincidence. it's one more part of our commitment to america. it's built to be as fast as it is strongor advil. and fights pain at the site of inflammation. advil has the strength and speed to help you move past pa

for molly, that homosexual ban is a slap in the face.aised with telling me that i can't support my son. >> reporter: when the archdiocese says this doesn't mean that any relationships should be severed within one's family -- >> i don't believe that. you know, i don't think you can separate the two. >> reporter: there have been protest rallies and billboards asking would pope francis sign the new catholic teacher contract? 43-year veteran language teacher roger rosen did sign but held his nose. >> i signed it because i'm cowardly and i like to be able to have a check at the end of the week. isn't that terrible? >> reporter: there's also worry that students will suffer. >> the students cannot feel comfortable coming out, if you will, to teachers, even trusted teachers, and that's a shame. >> reporter: what's behind the so-called morality clause on steroids? mainly an increasing number of teacher lawsuits. last year in cincinnati, a federal jury ordered the archdiocese to pay this unmarried teacher $170,000 after she was fired for using in

>> molly henneberg, thank you very much. kelly. >> new details about the decision to swap five gitmo detainees for bergdahl are emerging as well. we get a stunning new report that senior military officials advised president obama not to make the trade. one senior defense official comparing it to handing over five four-star generals of the taliban. and earlier this week, sources told fox news, the obama administration had largely bypassed the intelligence community to green light the swap. >>> and new developments at the growing veterans' affairs scandal, as well. secretary sloan gibson saying 18 veterans died while waiting for appointments at the health facility in phoenix. >> in far too many instances, in far too many locations, we've let our veterans down. they're waiting too long for care. and in many instances, we have a number of staff members that are engaging in inappropriate practices, breaches of integrity. >> while elizabeth prann is following details of this story live in washington, she joins us now with the very

of molly bloom. this is where it all began? >> yes. >> reporter: she was the hollywood madam of poker running a weekly underground high-stakes game of no limit texas hold them for a table of celebrities. >> this was a $100,000 chip, actors like matt damon. >> i'll call it two grand. >> he was lovely. modest. down to earth, a nice, smart guy. and he started with a pretty significant pack. >> reporter: and toby mcguire. >> he won a lot. >> yeah. >> how much money would be in that pot? >> six figures over the years. >> millions. >> reporter: but if spiderman was a poker shark molly says the look of wall street was left predator more bait. >> theo would walk in with his headphones on and seem a bit detached. >> why? >> toby would put leo in the game in order to attract bigger players. >> reporter: none of the celebrities she mentioned will confirm attending her games, but she says their gambling met big bucks for her. her income, topping $4 million in 2009. and because she made her money of tips alone, it was all perfectly legal. u

joining us from texas molly hennessey. molly, nice to he see you? >> nice to see you too, greta. >> so he hasn't spoken to his parents? >> >> no they weren't here to agreement him what is what a military official told us. some of the doctors who had treated him, conversations with him as well as a general who was there when he got off the plane who greeted him. he said that bergdahl saluted him. they exchanged greetings in he can english despite the fact that bergdahl hadn't been speaking english with his captors for about five years. then he went into treatment. it's a process that the military refers to as reintegration. >> what are his living conditions? i mean, who he is he working with? reintegration team soldiers, not soldiers from original knoll unit but fellow soldiers are going to be working with him. he doesn't have a television in his hospital room. and he is not being exposed to media reports about the controversy surrounding his disappearance from his unit or the exchange that resulted in his release. but the doctors did say this that i

molly.! for $200. toot, toot! i'm here to help a fellow water traveler on this small, powerful ship. vince. what is a tugboat? that's it. i'm on a boat!, $400. intrude rudely and name this spacious flat-bottomed vessel. vince. what is a barge? yeah -- barge in. i'm on a boat!, $600. it's not trash, it's this boat with sails spread by battens seen here. molly.

sot- " they're looking for a molly franquemont, did you ever see him with a woman? i never knew he had a girlfriend. i never seen a lady there. so, yeah, i always just see him. when you heard that he was the oerson who died, what were your thoughts? members of the community in half moon bay. are questioning the killing of this teen girl on tuesday evening. 18-year-old yanira serrano- garcia. was shot and killed by a deputy. her family says, she was mentally ill and was refusing to take her medication. they called 9-1-1 hoping a paramedic would come out and convince her to take her prescription. as has happened in the past. but deputies arrived instead, and authorities say, yanira was carrying a knife when they arrived. that's when they say, a deputy shot and killed her. now a lot of people are angry saying there is a lot more to the story. ".people that need help." a vigil for yanira will be held on friday night at the our lady of pillar church in half moon bay. a man with at least one stab wound. was found dead in san jose early this morning. police say, he was a l

. >> hi i'm molly gomez a member of local 2 and a food serve for sfo in various bars and restaurantse to let you know how important job security is i started working in 1980 when hope international owned all the restaurants they were a big company and provided benefits and job opportunities then this 2003 we found out they lost their concession and the airport was moving in a new direction the host international represented security and that was gone it was a very scary time the transition was very confusing and we had to fight very hard to keep our jobs and unions and benefits a lot was lost and years of seniority was lost and benefits during the during holiday pay we need you to preserve our jobs and so vote yes for job security. >> thank you very much. next speaker. . >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm jessie johnson and like molly i'm an sfo erica bartender at the airport. i'm here because the matter before the board is the most important issue facing working people. 10 years ago san francisco international airport dissolved the master lease and fortunately the union and airport

molly line is there and she spoke with a man who knows a thing or two about winning. molly?. if california chrome wins tomorrow, not only will we see history made, we will see the end of a very long dry spell. the last time we saw a triple crown winner, 36 years ago. i spoke to one man that knows a lot about ending dry spells, ron turcot, the man who wrote secretariat to immortality in 1973. he finished 31 lengths ahead of the field, setting a track record. at that time, it had been 25 years since the sport had seen a triple crown winner. he believes if any horse can win the crown right now, it's california chrome. >> i loved the way he trained. i loved his attitude, his manner and everything. i just love the way he's going. i watch him gallop. and i guess i fell in love with him, too. >> since affirmed won the triple down in 1978, only 12 horses have claimed victory at the kentucky derby and the preakness. one hockey lost at the belmont stakes in 2002 and is now back riding california chrome aiming to end that drought. turcotte offered a few words of advice. >> i just saw h

>> thank you, molly.ocused on what is next including the politics of his reintegration process and what the white house is hoping for. spokesman and retired navy commander joins us from washington, d.c. >> i think if there's one person the white house woucould take disappear it would be bowe bergdahl. it has already been a great embarrassment. they have his parents abeer at the rose garden that is very embra embarrassing you had him speaking pasche taw and he grew up in idaho now he has a problem speaking english. i think there will be a lot of pressure from the white house down to the pentagon on the military to make sure he doesn't appear public. the doctors will say he is men fally unfit so he doesn't get in the public eye. it would be devastating if you had a video surface of him talking like john walker lindh the american taliban captured in afghanistan after 9-11. >> i served navy as in an intelligence role. do you think we will get any value coming out of the debriefings that are occurring? >> prob

back to you. >> thanks, molly. we'll be tracking that tropical weather on "good morning america" with ginger zee. >>> but now to washington. >> later today, the president is expected to ask congress for billions of dollars to help with the steady flow of children p r pouring into the country illegally. >> good morning. that overwhelming situation at the southern border is only expected to get worse. president obama calls it an urgent humanitarian situation. the new flood of unaccompanied children from central america, arriving by the hundreds every day at the southern border. fleeing poverty and violence. thousands sleeping in makeshift conditions on the overcrowded floors of detention centers. later today, the president is expected to ask congress for $2 billion and new powers to address the crisis. up until now, dealing with a legal obligation, a law passed in the george w. bush presidency. >> there's a system in which we're supposed to process them, take care of them, until we can send them back. >> reporter: no

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. >> , so molly, how did you two meet? >> it's a long story. >> we got time. waiter.ore wine. >> well, kind of a corny romantic comedy kind of story. >> that is true. >> how so? >> well, joel was a typical romantic comedy leading man. he's handsome but in a non-threatening way. vaguely but not overtly jewish. >> you're right. just jewish enough. >> and molly is the kind of cute klutzy girl that will drive you crazy but you can't help but fall in love with her. >> okay. we have our main characters. >> not quite. there was another character just as important as the two of us, new york city. >> ah. [cheering and applause] >> stephen: so it's a movie about what movies are like. >> that's right. well, we're kind of poking fun at the tropes of a well-established convention. something i think your audience is familiar. with. >> it's like serving a meal that is something like food, like a hot dog. >> we're presenting something that's almost like a movie. but it does tend to kind of... >> stephen: it sounds like that's almost an attack on romantic camdies. >> it's not an attac

molly is live in washington with the latest are reaction from there. molly, as we know, president obama is sending 300 military advisers to iraq. but one iraqi cleric is already warning against that move. tell us why, molly. >> ar them la, high-level shiite cleric according to sky news warned on friday if u.s. military advisers come into iraq, the cleric said, quote, we will be ready for you. one fox news military analyst says this is a dangerous mission for those advisers. >> if we said them over there, they're going to make them targets. who do we know 0 in the iraqi army that isn't going to flip on them? and you have the green on blue. so that's why i'm -- then even if that doesn't happen, i don't think what they're going to do is going to make any difference because we had a failed strategy. that's what worries me. >> president obama said on thursday that he would be sending those 300 military advisers not combat troops into iraq to help with intelligence and training of iraqi security forces. they are not on the ground yet. >> molly, is president

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give us the goods, molly. >> absolutely. it's been a great crowd here today. we had a chance, speaking of rock stars of races, we had a chance to speak with a national rock star, richie sambora, the guitarist for bon jovi. he says he loves the ponies and he, too, would like to see a triple crown winner tonight. take a listen. >> i hope so, yeah, i'm feeling good about it. i have a good feeling about it. i'm a chromey. >> there's a growing crowd here. they're coming in from all hoefr the country. so many hoping to see california chrome become just the 12th horse in history to win the triple crown, including ann and charles clark of tennessee. >> this is really going to save horse racing in new york. >> everywhere. >> everywhere. this will save horse racing. it is necessary. it has to be. we're so excited we're going to be here and we're going to see the triple crown winner today. >> california chrome is number 2 out of the gate today. facing ten other horses. only two of those other horses also ran in the derby and the preakness. and fresh competition he'll be

molly line live at the belmont race track with all of the excitement. can see the people hustling and bustling behind you to get ready for the big race. what else is happening there? >> we are watching the people stream in. it is up to 100,000 people that may enter into the park to see history possibly being made. the big question is will california chrome take the triple crown. last horse that did it was affirmed, it was 1978, so it is a long time since we've seen a winner at the park. we had a chance to speak to the jockey who rode on affirm and he is still the last jockey to win the triple crown that he might have to give up tonight. many fans are wearing california chrome colors or just sheer fans of the sport and want to witness firsthand a new triple crown winner. we spoke with one couple that traveled up from tennessee. >> i think -- i've been to 41 preaknesss and belmont stakes. we've been here to see silver charm, [ inaudible ], but california chrome is going to do it today. >> that is true. there are a lot of horses that have tried and failed

molly, is that going to work? >> yes and no. i think the other crucial thing she says in this excerpt that was leaked is that there are not unanswered questions. there are answers nobody is listening to. we learned this week, also, she's agreed to a lengthy interview on fox news. i think she wants to show that she can take anything they can throw at her. she's making the case this is all a political thing and not an attack that has substance. will that work? i don't know. >> take it back to the whole campaign going on here for want of a better word, this has been very carefully calibrated, everything dropped in drift. we don't know where your colleague, maggie haberman got this chapter from, it's strategically placed on a friday when there's also competing big news. >> that's right. plus, she'll eventually have to go on all the networks, asked about benghazi. get her side of the story out there first before she's asked on the news, asked by reporters what happened. this is a clear pr effort by her to try to stay -- punch back an

then we even called molly corp. now today they're up 22 cents. molly corp never goes up that much.ky if molycorp gets 2 cents. >> but in terms of the calls to lulu he mon. did you ask david why you were calling? it had been rumored that david was short lulu lemon. what were you asked to do here? >> he didn't ask me to talk about it either. lulu lemon is one of the stocks i had. we called three different stores, one in texas. one up near boston -- three of them and not one of them answered. >> did they know it was you on the line? >> no. but they should be answering their phone just in case somebody wants to buy something. >> they called back today though? >> yeah. they called back today. well, too late. regis is tired of them. >> but you're still in the stock. >> i'm still in the stock but disappointed that they didn't take the calls when we made them for crying out loud. >> part of the condition for you going as an intern was david wanted new ideas. is lulu lemon an idea you're suggesting to dav ing ting to d. >> he brought it up. >> he showed interest on his own. >> yes, i think

molly henneberg live with the very latest details on this. hi, molly. >> reporter: hi. president obama said he could not go to congress before swapping five top taliban leaders for army sergeant bowe bergdahl because, as he told nbc news, he had to act fast, quote, in a delicate situation that required no publicity. >> it was a unanimous decision among my principles in my government and a view that was shared by the members of the joint chiefs of staff and this is something that i would do again and i will continue to do wherever i have an opportunity if i have a member of our military who is in captivity. >> reporter: others say the president should have gone to congress as the law requires before releasing gitmo detainees. they're questioning whether the obama administration acted in the nation's best national security interest by giving up five taliban fighters. >> these guys weren't in gitmo for stealing bicycles. they were in gitmo as the baddest of the bad and they are essentially going to run around in qatar and then -- nobody is really monitoring them. nobody is

we have been talking with history professor molly. here is her most recent book the apostles of reason the crisis of authority in the american evangelicalism. >> booktv continues with joseph. the professor was interviewed about his book soldiering in the army of northern virginia that provides a statistical analysis of the general fighting forces during the civil war. the interview was recorded at the wilson library at the campus of the diversity of south carolina. it's about 20 minutes. >> joining us now on booktv is the professor joseph and the university of north carolina. what do you teach here at the university? >> i teach american military history, u.s. history and seminars in the civil war. >> you've written several books as well. how did you get interested in that topic? >> when i was a little kid my brother got the american heritage volume at christmas and i just loved it. so that is probably how i learned to read, trying to read this book. and i love the pictures, the maps and so on and that really hooked me on the civil war