molly: i think i would like a flight on both. will: combine them. molly: thank you very much.e for our press review. ♪ florence joins me for a look at what is grabbing headlines. we are going to start in russia, where a lot of papers are focusing on president putin's phone in. flo: that took place in getting a lot of attention. in moscow times talking about how he faced the nation in that annual phone in. entered questions from journalists and members of the public alike. a total of 55 questions during three hours and 58 minutes. that is a 15 fewer questions than last year and 30 fewer than the record he set in 2013. he answered 85 questions during four hours and 47 minutes. was not that long this time but what he did focus on was the economy. china daily, they are focusing on how he was defiant towards the west. he is talking about how sanctions are a blessing. these are the west's sanctions over the ukraine crisis. he said they were a blessing in disguise. he said the worst of the economic crisis is over for russia. the independent, the british paper, is critical of what it

molly: and you mentioned individual criminal acts.e said the fact that blackwater itself, which has now changed its name, the fact that blackwater itself did not face any -- what is the word? celine: charges. molly: yes, thank you, that will still lead to the fact that they will be placing it on individuals rather than the whole system. celine: exactly. first, as a lawyer -- any individual is responsible for the criminal act he commits, ok that is the case of these people and other people in blackwater. now the second level, if there is the issue of responsibly and accountability, and i think this is something we definitely need to look into, including at the international level because this is the result was that blackwater ok, good, we have that now, they changed the name. they switched into something else, and they will continue so besides all what is happening now, which i think is good, and for this i think we can praise the u.s. because at least they do that. they have this judicial system when they go into that thing, but now w

molly: that was taha siddiqui reporting from islamabad.sidents are getting shorter and supply in yemen. unicef says a quarter million children are at risk. this friday, one red cross plane was able to land in the capital of sanaa. reporter: no let up in the fight against the houthis. firing on rebel positions that aden's airport in a thousand a country. amid the rocket fire, the yuan has underlie the urgent need to reach those caught in the crossfire. >> ordinary yemenis families are struggling for the basics -- water, food, cures and medicine. reporter: the situation is so dire that the u.n.'s children's fund says more than a quarter million yemenis children are at risk >> all stop we expect in the coming weeks and upsurge in malnutrition across the country the in areas of conflict or not. it was already a country where the population was under the poverty line. that is not going to get any better. reporter: on friday, the first red cross plane carrying 16 tons of medical aid was given permission to land in sana a. coalition forces say th

so molly, let's deal molly line back in. do you understand the difference between count 16 and 17, molly. >> reporter: there's an initial charge that you're convicted of and another charge following that that's essentially the possession charge, the weapon used in the previous crime. so 17 is possession and use of a fire arm during a crime of violence and aiding and abetting, and this goes back to count 6. 16 17 and 18 you've mentioned some of the testimony that the jury has seen in this particular case, they saw the actual video from the mit prison campus, two figures as prosecutors dzhokhar tsarnaev going up to that police cruiser and then moving away in the dark of night. some of the most interesting testimony came from the student that -- when someone came up and stood up quickly out of that cruiser, sort of surprised by the bike rider as he went by. he made eye contact with that individual and he pointed out dzhokhar tsarnaev as being that individual. the brothers were trying but were not successful in getting officer c

she's got a sleepover at molly's. whoa...whoa. molly's? yeah, molly's.hat peggy the--the scoutmaster- nazi-cookie-hitler? yeah. that's how she's liststed in the phone book. come on. ion't want to see that peggy again. ray, come on, honey. that was over a year ago. the frontier girl cookie wars are over. i'm sure she won't beat you up this time. i did not get beat up. i slipped. come on, mommy, i'm ready to go! honey, mommy's too sick, so daddy's gonna take you. okay. come on, daddy! well, listen... how good of a friend is molly? because i gotta tell ya, i n't see it. ray! all right!

molly line live outside of the u.s. distribute court in boston with more. molly? >> jon, the penalty phase could begin as soon as next week. it is worth noting that next week also marks the second anniversary of the boston marathon bombing. when dzhokhar tsarnaev and his brother tamerlan placed two bombs at the finish line, killed three people, maimed hundreds, remember that was april 13th, 2013. remember when the verdict was read the judge said exact penalty date would be announced. the second pays could be as long as the first part of the trial. the same jury will decide if dzhokhar tsarnaev gets life or death in this case. in the coming weeks we'll hear from each side. defense attorneys for tsarnaev presenting mitigating factors in an effort to jurors to spare his life. prosecution will present aggravating factors what they call for the penalty of the now convicted bomber. admitting his involvement his defense team consistently worked to shift blame to his older brother tamerlan, arguing that the bombing would not happen without tamerlan's influence and actions

this is little molly. she's 2-years-old. loves cheese so much she stole the entire block and taking big bites and somehow manages to blame grandpa. mom tries to take it away and look what she does. she holds on to it for dear life. that doesn't work because mom takes it back. >> nothing to see here folks. >> that's going to do it for right this >>> when luca falls out of the kayak, the owner has. >> quiet a time to catch up with the dog. >> see them struggle to get back to safety. a case of road rage. how a terrified driver gets the evidence on cell phone. plus the buzz word for your shot to wenin an ipad mini how christie is getting her easy rider on and a gym nisnast decides. >> i'm going to do a

molly! >> jimmy: there is for molly. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: there we go. that was good.ge someone else, another pair or something like that, to do this. >> hm. >> jimmy: you have somebody you want to challenge? i will challenge j.j. abrams and chewbacca, or any of the "star wars" characters. preferably chewbacca would be a good pick. >> definitely jim parsons. >> jimmy: okay. >> who should his partner be? >> jimmy: jim parsons' partner? maybe also chewbacca. >> or molly. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: that's fine. rihanna's new single is called "bitch better have my money." and her animated movie "home" is in theaters right now. be right back with music from death cab for cutie! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by at&t. mobilizing your world. >> dicky: the "jimmy kimmel live" concert series is presented by at&t. mobilizing your world. >> jimmy: i'd like to thank dwayne johnson, rihanna and apologize to matt damon. we ran out of time. "nightline" is next but first, their album "kintsugi" came out yesterday, here wi

this is little molly. she's 2-years-old. loves cheese so much she stole the entire block and taking big bites and somehow manages to blame grandpa. mom tries to take it away and look what she does. she holds on to it for dear life. that doesn't work because mom takes it back. >> nothing to see here folks. >> that's going to do it for right this for over 60,000 california foster children a pair of new shoes is a small but important gift. to help, sleep train is collecting new shoes of all sizes. bring your gift to any sleep train and they'll be given to a local foster child in need. this is not ice cream. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone in the hand of a tall man. this is not ice cream in an ice cream cone in the hand of a tall man in san fran. this is not san fran. this is not a tall man it's pam and dan. this is not an ice cream cone it's a frozen custard cone. and this is not ice cream, it's extra thick and creamy frozen custard... ...a different kind of delicious. new

jon: molly line in boston. thanks, molly.enna: iran sending more weapons to rebels fighting in yemen this is one of the u.s. warships preparing to stop that plan. how are we going to do that? what does it mean that we're sending these ships to the region? we'll talk to retired navy campaign bob wells on what could become a showdown on the high seas to intercept those weapons. >>> also the senate clearing the way for compromise after weeks of delays, moving forward on a bipartisan bill and a vote on the president's nominee for attorney general. [ male announcer ] meet jill. she thought she'd feel better after seeing her doctor. and she might have if not for kari, the identity thief who stole jill's social security number to open credit cards ruining jill's credit and her dream of retirement. every year, millions of people just like you experience how a little personal information in the wrong hands could wreak havoc on your life. this is identity theft and once every 2 seconds someone becomes a victim. lifelock offers comprehe

arthel. >> molly hennenburg thanks molly. eric. >>> former president bill clinton speaking this past week as part of his ongoing clinton lectures at his alma mater, georgetown, university. >> for obvious reasons, i don't plan to talk about on electoral topics but it's important to remember as the secretary and the congressman can tell you, there is plenty of politics when the election is over. >> now the former president talked about public policy but he was keeping mom on his vice presidential run. the controversial surrounding their foundation. they denied any wrong doing despite the troubling revelations and allegations of possible conflicts of interest. so where will this go? joining us is the author of clinton inc. and journalist with the weekly standard, daniel, good to see you. >> you too, eric. >> where there's smoke there's fire we heard josh ernest say there's no evidence of any improper action. >> the clinton house has smoke in it now. we don't have e-mails saying that either hillary clinton or bill clinton would d

molly hemingway, thanks to you as well. now georgia. where lawmakers have one day left before going on vacation and a religious freedom restoration bill installed in the legislation committee. sparked a bitter debate in georgia. advocates say it revealed precisely the type of discrimination they say these laws encourage. more on that from gary tuchman. >> reporter: head out to world jeff davis county georgia. you don't have to look hard to find proponents of the religious freedom act. >> if you had gay customers in here to buy flowers and said we want you to come to the commitment ceremony would you do it? >> no. i couldn't. >> reporter: jennifer williams is an associate of the flower shop an observant baptist and believes the bible has guide book for her life. you talk about the bible. the bible talks about love and loving. >> it is and i don't love them less. i pray for them. >> reporter: if you don't serve them -- >> i don't hate them. but -- >> reporter: but you're not loving them if you don't want to serve them? >> you can still lo

drugs like molly are rampant at spring break.ers protect themselves. here is the medical a team mark siegel and anita radcliffe is with us. we keep hearing this with bill cosby. that people, date rape drug, literally, you give somebody a drug and they have zero memory? >> right. they call it the forget me not drug. it makes you forget your memory. it was originally created in a laboratory, but it mimics the same effect as xanax and valium. even a drug called propofol. >> that's what michael jackson, the milk and honey thing he called it. >> exactly. used to put people under general anesthesia for surgery. >> what exactly is it that you lose your memory? in other words are the people awake? >> well, when it comes to roughies basically it makes you forget memory from that point on. it takes about 20 to 30 minutes after about two hours maximum effect and can last for 8 to 12 hours. >> scary. >> i want to distinguish. i want to disagree with what gavin said in the last block. there are 100,000 students women a year sexually assaulted

mollie, i had dick cheney on the show. i said, if it came down to rand paul versus hillary clinton, who would you vote for? >> he's not alone. john mccain and lindsey graham have been very tepid if supportive at all. i don't know if that that's a mrob. a lot of republican voters and a lot ever voters in the country didn't like the way the country waged its last dumbcouple of wars. we didn't win. we had resources spread out and didn't have a good strategy for winning them. have people who are critical of this position who were part of the that bad war fighting effort are not -- that's not necessarily a proob. >> there's one or elle fant in the room, ron paul his father who is i don't know how to say it without ending up with 9 million tweets but has very objectionable views to many americans, to many hadrepublicans and has affiliated himself with some real crackpots on the right. i think that will guarantee those tweets. >> incoming. >> how do you deal with that somebody like ron paul? >> rand paul sort of i think spent the

this is a breakfast berry cobbler. >> it looks very good. >> molly congratulations oath book. >> sheet happens, sheet pan suppers. >> yes. >> good to meet you. >> thank you very much. >> what song is your bedtime on the bedtime play list. if you need to listen to a song that makes you fall asleep. >> sam smith he does have a nice voice. >> but is that a good thing. >> this is top five. >> it is suiting. >> there is a survey and we will play the number one sleep song in america right now. >>> i told you my girl story, haven't i. >> but first let's preview this story. we are talking about songs that help you fall asleep. brazil samba music puts me to sleep. thinks the girl and it is a beautiful song. >> interesting enough, i do also like that song. i met, the girl from but lit me finish this. >> you meet the the girl. >> i met the woman the song was written about, by eva. >> antonio carlos. >> i have been there in brazil. >> yes. >> did you go to rio and saw her there. >> yes. >> the the beach, they come together right there. >> that is so true. >> let me finish this. >> so spotify. >> e

>> molly thank you. the death penalty phase -- actually, i should ask you, it begins next week the death penalty phase? >> we don't have have an exact date yet. that's to be determined. we do expect it will get started very, very shortly. >> molly, thank you. straight ahead. donald trump taking a swing at senator rand paul. you will see what else trump told reporters on board his 757 at, where else? the des moines iowa airport. what's he doing there? that's next. u.s. marine held in violent iranian prison. now a marine who served with him is speaking out. this marine joins us coming up. and finally the glass ceiling just got shattered. the nfl has a new full-time game official. a woman. sarah thomas goes "on the record," an view you do not want to first full day as the presidential candidate senator rand paul heading straight to new hampshire. meanwhile potential candidate donald trump in iowa. and during a press conference on board his 757 plane. donald trump taking a swipe at senator paul. >> i think h

severiano romo, alexis rainery and marley cur molly kerwick -- her entry focused on natural resourceanagement. ♪ >> my parents are owners of this business. this issue could be reversed if we were able to paddle in the arkansas river. unfortunately, we are unable to do this and to a large extent this has to do with the army program. >> if you live into also, you are going to drive along the riverside drive. you're going to see this river. unfortunately, it it is empty. this little river is where we paddled for a grand total of 100 feet. we need 18 inches of depth to paddle safely because of-hits the bottom, we go in. today, there is maybe half a foot which means most of the riverbed is dry. bags as something like this affects my parents business, it is important to me. it also affects our community economically. >> the one thing people forget about when they are putting together a program to encourage industry to move from other places to tulsa is the beauty. the livability. they want to move where they can and joint life. it is something that is often overlooked when you look at how

and i link that to all this molly and heroin. you know, ainsley the thing, the broader story that we were telling is the people that come in from outside the community to prey on the kids. also you have the drugs, the violence, and the sex, and it was all happening and it was very little the sheriff was telling us that he could do about it. he's doing the best, he doesn't have the manpower. >> when you're out there on the beach it is literally, you saw the video, people are getting -- something could happen to you and you might not notice it, the others are minding their own business or too drunk -- >> and you smell pot everywhere. >> and it's shoulder to shoulder. it is scary. if there's a fight you're in trouble. and so it's just that one area of the beach behind those two megabars. >> the sheriff had been warning, we're one beer bottle thrown from a riot. >> and you know today the mayor came out, she came out with something -- >> she went on cnn. let me play this. the mayor gutless or statement that she came out a quote from l

david: in federal court we have molly line with the very latest in boston.y. >> seven women, five men will decide the fate of dzhokhar tsarnaev. they have been deliberating a little more than seven hours. this is the first phase of his trial. if he is convicted on any of the charges it will go to second penalty phase. it is likely we may see guilty verdicts here, largely because we think that, because the defense attorney, literally in her opening and closing statement acknowledged that he was involved in the bombing and the rampage that followed. frankly it was him. despite that, we can't count on the jury to finish their job quickly. the indictment is very long and complicated. there are 30 federal charges, 17 of which carry possibility of the death penalty. there are three conspiracy charges in the mix which the government alleges tsarnaev and his brother committed these acts. the overall arching events of that week, to bomb, terrorize and destroy. defense attorney judy clark push ad different narrative that dzhokhar was a teenager, manipulated by his old

david: molly line. great description what happened. we appreciate it.ess but for now "the willis report" is next. gerri: hello, everybody, i'm gerri willis and this is "the willis report," the show where consumers are our business. get a bigger insurance discount by giving up your privacy. is it good for consumers? the company behind the new deal is here. >>> google takes on angie's list. what are you really getting when you search online for a handyman? we'll investigate. also user's guide to taxes. don't pay uncle sam a penny more than you have to. >> deductions and credits help lower income that the irs taxes. gerri: we'll go through commonly overlooked deductions. >>> a 12-year-old scoring a near perfect bracket. but espn won't let him collect the $20,000 prize. >>

>> molly. >> molly. >> there you go.. i know you'll love this puppy. >> and i know you might love this puppy, george. >> the lobbying continues. >> you can find out how the adopt all of these puppies from our friends on our website, goodmorningamerica.com on yahoo!. let's find all of these guys great homes. amy is not focused. >> we want to thank the hoboken. i was trying to hold the dog. the hoboken fire department for getting us all fired up. we can't wait for more "gma" unleashed. this is just the beginning. >> it's not all about pups. it's about movie stars. "age of adaline" and "game of thrones" star michiel huisman. he's very cute, i know. >> he's saying george take me home. >> it might happen. i'm warming up. >> we'll talk about blake lively. "game of thrones." let get in to robin. >> i'm telling you. puppies. children. firefighters. >> cuteness everywhere. >> cuteness. how about teen superstar zendaya? taking everyone by storm. she's hosting this year's radio disney music awards. we can't wait to see what you hav

molly line is covering the story in the beginning. and it may be a little while for the media and all of the people interested in it. and lined up outside of that court waiting to get. and we'll see if that actually occurs. we'll know almost immediately. and that is securing the death penalty. count one for instance. this is the verdict form. it is 32 pages long. and this is what the jurors have gone through in hours of deliberation. conspiracy offousing a weapon of mass destruction. they have to determine whether or not tasarnaev these actions resulted in the death of the victim in this case. campbell and collier and martin richard. they have many more questions to answer than just 30 charges laid out. they are divided up in all of the subsections. and it may take a while to get a answer to those coming down. the mysterious charges get to you right off of the top. and we'll be hearing as to who the jury is holding jahar tasarnaev accountable. many of the charges have weapon's count back to the action taken. and they will work through

molly line has the story. >> reporter: he's convicted from a multitude of charges.g from the rampage that began with the boston marathon bombing on april 15th 2013, and then moved off into the suburbs. jurors affirming tsarnaev's intentional participation in the planning and execution of the crimes with his older brother tamerlan, who was killed, run over bizarrey tsarnaev in a stolen suv. martin richard just 8-year-old. 23-year-old lingzi lu and krystle campbell. their bodies were filled with shrapnel shrapnel burned and broken as the brothers fled. then the brothers ambushed shawn collier shooting him three times in the head in a failed attempt to take his service weapon. tsarnaev borrowed that gun used in a murder from a long-time friend. it was the same gun used to car jack and terrorize a chinese national. they drove the mercedes suv to nearby watertown. there they engaged in a firefight throwing four more bombs. an officer nearly dying after getting hit by the bullet in the chaos. in boston a jury is holding tsarnaev, the lone suspect, responsible for all of i

of her husband's are from countries that have been red flagged by the us including eastern turkey, mollynd pakistan including husband number eight who was sent back to pakistan. bill: this story took a crazy turn. >> immigration. filing false statements filing false documents. she is a walking textbook. >> what he is calling a green card marriage. any attorney any attorney in their right mind would never get involved in the case because they are hard to prove. he will be optimistic that she might get a plea deal out of this. less present time. bill: i want to ask you, the fact that she was never divorced or widowed presents a problem which is also criminal the tied to a potential terrorist is huge. what kind of time as she facing? >> they did an investigation of their own. nailing nailing her on her last marriage in march of 2010. the charge was actually called filing false instruments filing a mayor's license when your not divorced already. how did she get through? out of the usoc this. >> something is very wrong here. this is beneficial to the government. bill: he missed out on potenti

. >> we had molly in here but molly started to cry. >> she is starting again.rement. >> i miss the honkers it's so quiet. >> on city avenue. >> retirement is great you do whatever you want as long as you want at any time. >> everybody asks about you wherever i go. >> where is what's his name. >> and mr. 6. >> mr. 6 is long gone, i want to say hello to everybody back at the station, i love all you guys. >> nothing but love for that man right there built that play ground and helped to build the police station. >> paul stand in the background the rest of the family is there. saving with 6 abc is next. >>> both mothers and father's day, what do you get for a mom and dad that has everything, before you buy one here is consumer reporter nydia han with ways to save. you can buy discounted gift cards on a number of different sites one that is called the google of gift cards and another that lets you buy gift cards from your fon. can you get money off on the spot while shopping, on granny.com look for the gift card you want to buy and they provide you a list of discount

molly line live from boston on the racecourse. molly what is the atmosphere like today? day in boston. this is patriot's day. the red sox are playing down the street. tens of thousands of people out running. a million people estimated possibly to be cheering them on. a great day in boston. as you mentioned it is two years since the boston marathon bombing. there are amazing stories of resiliency to be told including one from rebecca gregory a young mother seriously injured in the bombing two years ago. this past november, she ultimately made the decision to am paw tate one of her legs. she got a prosthetic limb in january. later this afternoon she will run several miles of this course. listen to rebecca. >> crossing the finish line on monday will show myself and rest of the world that what he tried to do and what they tried to do didn't destroy me. it made me stronger. it made me want to speak out and want to make a difference and in any way that i possibly can. >> she has been traveling the country to do just that speaking out. also, worth noting, this is an internation

david: molly line. great description what happened. we appreciate it. liz: more on fox business but for now "the willis report" is next. gerri: hello everybody i'm gerri willis and this is "the willis report," the show where consumers are our business. get a bigger insurance discount by giving up your privacy. is it good for consumers? the company behind the new deal is here. >>> google takes on angie's list. what are you really getting when you search online for a handyman? we'll investigate. also user's guide to taxes. don't pay uncle sam a penny more than you have to. >> deductions and credits help lower income that the irs taxes. gerri: we'll go through commonly overlooked deductions. >>> a 12-year-old scoring a near perfect bracket. but espn won't let him collect the $20,000 prize. >> i think it is tacky. i mean it is embarrassing. if i'm at espn right now i'm ashamed of myself. this is ridiculous. gerri: all that and more coming up on "the willis report," where consumers are our business. >>> a jury convicted dzhokhar tsarnaev of all 30 counts ste

they can't $56,000 worth of molly, the street to. a hundred and $12,000 for the cash.the men through the bag of the window. did not quite make it. authorities found it. >> a college concert meant to unite the student body is doing the opposite. headlining a big music event for a whopping $65,000. the undergraduate student government hand-picked the artist. $15,000 of budget. some students are outraged. >> they never did a search of this man's background. >> duncan, was a duncan was a, and rebecca are sending a petition around campus asking the student government to rescind the invitation. homophobic, misogynistic and promote rape and sexual assault on campus. >> as a tuition payer i don't think it's appropriate for the schoolwide campus concert three furthering those messages command i don't want my money used to further that of individual. >> perhaps the backlash is more shocking. the focus of numerous anti-gay attacks quex, not to have the majority of them have come through an anonymous app on campus. two people come up to me. some people have the 1st me in person an

joining us now to discuss the case is molly hennessy-fiske, houston bureau chief for the "los angeles" she was in court in new orleans this morning. are -- tell us first what are the arguments you heard? >> well, we heard both from the federal government, you had the justice department lawyer who was speaking on behalf of the government arguing that daca and dapa as they are referred the are discretionary programs that are decided case-by-case that it's not a broad sweeping policy that's being imposed on the states and the states don't bear any costs absorbed to that. on the other side, you had texas's solicitor general arguing that in texas in particular they have to pay the cost of drivers licenses and health care costs of the folks who would benefit from these deferred action plans. the judge asked a lot of questions. it was active and animated. sreenavasan: is this a discussion about states rights or immigration policy? >> depends who you would ask. they did in fact afterwards emerge from court and we had a chance to talk to the solicitor general a little bit. he said this is a co

molly hennenberg joins us from washington. >> reporter: israel's prime minister strongly opposes this framework for a deal but president obama says this nuclear agreement with iran or the outline for it so far will make the world safer for the u.s. and our allies. >> this framework is the result of tough principled diplomacy. it's a good deal, a deal that meets our core objectives including strict limitations on iran's program and cutting off every pathway that iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. >> reporter: but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu does not believe the deal would deter iran from building a nuclear bomb. after a top iranian military official was quoted as saying erasing israel off the map is quote, non-negotiable netanyahu called for a section regarding israel's right to exist. >> the cabinet is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal. this deal would pose a grave danger to the region and to world and would threaten the very survival of the state of israel. >> reporter: netanyahu saying this is a deal about iran's nuclear program only and would not

molly hemmingway is a senior editor at federalist. she focuses on media criticism sometimes. she said this week there was a whole lot to criticize. >> thank you for joining me. there it's great to be here. >> you said there was an inkwa suggestion going on. the media is hunting for people who don't agree with it. who are the people? >> first off, what a disappointing week it has been for media coverage for an important issue. religious is one of the topics that the media struggled to cover without bias. but this week was unlike anything we've seen before. >> let me ask you about that. why is that you think the media struggles to cover religion? >> there are many reasons, i'm sure. news rooms tend to be less religious than the general population. religious people tend to be on a opposite side. news room cuts make it hard to have devoted religious reporters and whatnot. >> that's an interesting point. we don't have full-time religious correspondents. to the extend we used to. >> right. and that does it crops out there's a problem at times like this when you have witch hunts goi

molly ivins wrote many pieces for "the nation." this is called "is texas america?" "well, sheesh. know whether to warn you that because george dubya bush is president the whole damn country is about to be turned into texas, a singularly horrible fate, as the country song has it "lubbock on everythang" or if i should try to stand up for us and convince the rest of the country we're not all that insane. truth is, i've spent much of my life trying, unsuccessfully, to explode the myths about texas. one attempts to explain, with all good will, historical evidence, nasty statistics and just a bow of recognition to our racism, that texas is not the alamo starring john wayne. we're not giant,. we ain't a john ford western. the first real texan i ever saw on tv was king of the hill's boomhauer, the guy who's always drinking beer and you can't understand a word he says. so, how come trying to explode myths about texas always winds up reinforcing them? after all these years, i do not think it is my fault. the fact is, it's a damned peculiar place. given all the horse bleep there's bound to b

this is little molly.s two years old, loves cheese so much she stole the entire block and she is taking big old bites out of it. look at that face. >> this happened in sweden. according to some translations she manages to blame grandpa. >> mom ties to take it away. watch what she does? she holds on for dear life. >> nothing to see hear, folks. >> the temperatures are rising. the storms are rolling and i think it is pretty fair to say we are leaving winter behind. one last tip of the hat. the fun that can be had out theren o the mountain. this has been in the winter. not only does he get bragging rights. he also gets 1,000 u.s. dollars and the go pro hero. >> he uses the natural environment as his court and playground. >> it is a rock man. match out. >> he has one more here to go up and start carving down. he is going to go through this with the time. it is so close. it is incredible. this is not a contest for other people out there. he starts calling out to them. warning people that he is coming through. h

competitive eater molly schuyler won the big texan state ranch dinner challenge on sunday.contestant ate three 72-ounce dinners in 20 minutes. each included a baked potato, shrimp cocktail, salad and dinner roll. check out these reactions. >> i don't know how that's humanly possible. >> swallow. eat a piece, swallow it, eat a piece, swallow it. >>> the deputy that shot and killed a suspect will be arranged today. he apologized and saying that he meant the use his taser. >>> happy birthday to whose the boss star and singer pop is 6 and queen elizabeth turns 9 today. thanks for watching "early today."

"los angeles times" reporter molly hennessey fisk received a letter with a return draesaddress for roberturst. it was signed simply "bob." >> i had written to him, i wrote a very open-ended letter saying if there's anything you would like to say, feel free to write back. >> reporter: it is written in sloping cursive. sharing an array of personal details. while living in l.a. the author writes "i loved watching the traffic come up and mush into santa monica. my interests are opera and pro football." a "new example of hollywood gone berserk." the author says he suffers from full blown hydrocephalus, a condition that leads to fluid buildup in the brain. and then concludes "i have said nothing about charges, crimes or trials. if any of this gets published, please copy me. bob." durst's attorney did not confirm the authenticity of the letter but says he doesn't mind who his client writes to just so long as he doesn't discuss the case. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>> there's a lot more ahead tonight. an intruder in the home of one of the world's biggest movie stars. tonight we're hearin

molly line at the courthouse in boston. what happens today molly? let's start inside.porter: food aregood morning bill. the same jury that convicted dzhokhar tsarnaev will be the one to decide whether or not he lives or dies. things have yet to get started this morning. we have yet to hear opening statements or the judge's instructions but throughout the proceedings it will look a lot like a trial in the second phase. the defense will present mitigating factors the reasons jury should send tsarnaev to life behind bars. defense attorneys argue that tamerlan was domineering older sibling. the prosecutors will argue aggravating factors, conspiracy, murderer after police officer while on duty. killing of an eight-year-old little boy were not only intentional were cruel and heinous. bill? >> you spoke with rebekah yesterday. what did yesterday mean to her? >> reporter: what an incredible young lady. this is a young woman from texas, this tremendous loss and she suffered @o greatly. she actually just chose to have that portion of her leg finally removed in november. got her

millions of people are struggling with things like color blindness and as molly explains, there's been a breakthrough. they think they're closing in on a cure. reporter: the produce aisle is rich with color. unless you can't distinguish your reds from greens. for the estimated 10 million americans who are color blind because they're missing a gene a sea of vibrant colors is reduced to a few muted shades. and many people don't talk about it. >> oh you're color blind? what color is my shirt? you know oh, you're color blind. can you see this? so a lot of people are color blind have actually learned not to tell anybody about it. reporter: but the conversation got going when university of washington researchers jay and maureen knight cured color blindness in squirrel monkeys. the monkey is supposed to tap the screen where he sees a blotch of color. it's failure after failure. but after a single treatment of gene therapy, the monkey successfully taps the color every time. most of us take our color vision for granted but without it it would be tough to work in a lab where much of the equipmen

it could become the next molly on the mediterranean.t is something that -- the next somalia on the mediterranean. that is something that we have not seen yet. we got to be focusing on it right now. things could be getting worse. katty: what could the west and the united states be doing, and do you agree with the charge that there has been too much western neglect since the overthrow of qaddafi? chris: i'm afraid i do. i think the initial intervention worked well. qaddafi was gone. nato worked effectively. the difficulty was that in the months following the intervention, because it was so successful, people thought everything was fine and it was not quite the will that was necessary to invest in libya post-conflict. now the options are much different. it would be much more difficult to deploy stabilization forces in the absence of a peace agreement. if you did get a peace agreement, stabilization force would be my top choice. another option would be full-scale intervention. quite costly. the other is containment. that will be problematic

increasing numbers from gambia, senegal and molly have also fled to the eu the main reason unemployment. another factor is the fighting and government forces and rebels. their escape route takes them through italy -- through libya and italy. traffickers can charge thousands of euros to smuggle people into europe. whole families and communities are desperate to escape hunger and private nation in their own countries. anchor: reports are coming in saudi arabia is ending its campaign of airstrikes on yemen. anchor: the airstrikes have targeted houthi rebels. more than 900 people have been killed in the fighting. reporter: the violence in yemen has pushed the country to the brink of collapse. these fighters in the second largest city are loyal to the country's president. they say they are determined to expel the mainly shiite houthi rebels who forced the id lee lastth. >> we are the resistance and we will defeat the houthis. reporter: the conflict between the rebels and pro-government fighters has been taking a heavy toll. civilian casualties have been growing. these people were injured in