mr. williams. that was 30 million more than abc. 50 million more than cbs. bviously nbc didn't want williams off the air but they had to take him off. if they didn't it would insult you the news viewer. reporting comes with a big responsibility founding fathers made that point very clearly. in return, you, the press must be honest. president john adams got so fed up with the press he tried to shut it down. but the balance of power stopped mr. adams from doing that here on the factor, we are in our 19th season and we have made some mistakes in the past, but very few. we put together an honest broadcast every day. take great pains to present you with information that can be verified. all americans who love their country should think about what has happened to brian williams, should think about other news agencies that are distorting the facts. we should all open that per verbal network window and yell out we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. that's the memo. next on the rundown reaction. then later dennis miller has some thoughts on brian w

mr. williams was not part of our flight. he was in a different flight. >> in 2007 at fairfield university, connecticut, brian williams said a different version of the story. i want to play that sound bite for you and get your reaction. >> a few years before that you go back to iraq and i look down the tube of an rpg that had been fired at us and it hit the chopper in front of ours. >> is it possible he was able to look down the tube of a rocket-propelled grenade launcher? >> i guess if he's that close, then he's got bigger problems. the only thing you see coming off of an rpg was the smoke trail and explosion. like i said if you're that close, you have bad luck. >> i'm trying to keep an open mind about brian williams. i have been inspired by brian williams for years. i've admired him for years. i wonder if you admire him? i wonder how you feel about him given you tried to contact nbc about this so long ago? >> i try to keep an unbiased opinion on him. granted we have embellishers in the military we have them in the civilian w

the next person i would like to bring up is al williams. is mr. al williams here? thank you. al williams is the executive director of the african american historical society. and the next voice you will here, of course, will be our president. >> thank you supervisor cohen, madam president, members of the board. as supervisor cohen indicated i'm the president of the african american cultural society. i appreciate the opportunity to be here with you today. i wanted to share a couple things about the theme for black history month. as supervisor cohen suggested, the national theme for black history month in 2015 is a century of black hive history and culture. that theme is established by the african american life and history that was created by a dr. prodigy wilson and his colleagues back in 1915. black history month itself started out as black week in 1926 and evolved into the 70s as black here month. when he and his colleagues got together they had a purpose. the purpose was to demonstrate to the world that had been everywhere assaulted. the people of african descent contribute

mr. williams for bringing this to us. >> next item. >> commissioner mar. >> i wanted to ask where it is project at mr. sweeney today director sweeney. >> yeah. i drove by it's almost done their finishing off the exterior and doing a lot of landscaping i didn't go in. >> i honestly wanted to change something and that's the process. >> you know i just if it's done that i this book and it needs to be done by the book. >> one of the permits is air conditioning in san francisco i thought. >> okay. maybe not. >> thank you deputy sweeney for that going through all those permits. >> thank you >> item 12 discussion on the selma permit and tracking system. >> okay deborah you're on. >> hi, i'm henry the parks manager for the permit tracking system for the department of building inspection giving you an update on the status of project the slide i've prepared is focused on the u a t that is the process that we're trying to get through to a system that works for the department instead to review the things on the left and right side of the screen ross are configuration through the at&t i wanted to show the p

mr. williams' revelation this week. mr. lliams to sign a five-year deal -- just signed a five-year deal. joseph from waterbury, connecticut, independent line. caller: i find it curious that no one in our government will tell us whether or not isis enjoys public support in the areas they control. that means, to me, that they probably do. if they do enjoy public support we cannot call them terrorists anymore. it is a revolution. we should not interfere. this government has a habit of putting labels on people. when i was in vietnam, they would send us to destroy villages by telling us they are vc. the orders were kill or capture anybody between 15 and 45, male and female. host: joseph, thank you for the call. the dynasty question is a story from national review. thoughts on jeb bush. outlining his agenda on poverty and middle-class families. on the issue of congressional approval for military action to fight against isis the article says john mccain is peddling cluster bombs and the blaming the usa. she writes, this is a bomb t

mr. williams. yesterday on cnn the pilot in the chinook in which williams was riding offered his version of the events. >> mr. williams was onboard my aircraft. we took small arms fire. all i know is one rpg was fired. it struck the lead aircraft which was about what we call six rotor disks in front of me. >> when he claimed last week that his helicopter had been hit by an rpg. that's obviously not true true. do you take issue with other parts of the story that he's been telling for years that the helicopter took small arms fire and that he was scares? >> well, no. we were all scared. that's the truth. you know there's minor details here and there. once we landed we set up a perimeter of the three chinooks. he talked about the bradley third id guys coming in. they were a great help but they didn't show up until almost a day and a half later. you know they were just passing by and happened luckily to see us through the dust storm. you know there's just minor details but that's 12 years ago. but gener

mr. williams after the new orleans deal will not return as main anchor on nbc. i'd liked laura engram's take. >> i know brian williams a little bit. i used to work at msnbc. he was very nice and professional to me and very kind to me personally. it doesn't matter whether i watch, whether i want him to be fired excuse me. it matters what the folks in kentucky think. >> that is right on. it's all about what you guys think. if you can't trust a news anchor you're not going watch that person. nbc news made $200 million on the nightly news with mr. williams. that is $50 comblinl more than cbs. they had to take him off because if they didn't it could insult you, the viewer. reporting comes with a big responsibility. founding fathers made the point clearly, saying we'll give you freedom. we'll protect you from government intrusion. but in return, you, the press must be honest. president john adams got so fed up with the press he tried to shut it down but the balance of power stopped mr. adams from doing that. here in the factor we're in our 19th season and made mistakes

mr. williams reporting. he said as managing editor of nbc nightly news, i have decided to take myself office of the daily broadcast for the next several days. he said upon my return, i will continue my career-long effort to be worthy of the trust of those who place their trust in us. the nbc news review is still on going, but the breaking news tonight is the network announced they are suspending him without pay for six months. in a statement tonight, debra turness says the suspension is effective immediately. brian misrepresented events that happened in the iraq war in 2003. it became clear that he had done the same while telling the story in other venues. we have concerns about comments that occurred outside of nbc news. as managing editor and anchor of nightly news, he has a responsibility to be truthful and uphold the high standards of the news division at all times. we felt it would have been wrong to disregard the good work that brian has done and the special relationship he has forged with our viewers.

mr. williams is suffering.uspect, pete you see him as a liberal man who has advanced his ideology on his newscast. that's a legitimate beef. but not large enough to celebrate his demise. there comes a time when every person has to decide how to treat those with whom they disagree. not respecting mr. williams fine. wishing him ill? vindictive. that's the tip of the day. >>> that's it for us tonight. check out the factor website which is different from bill o'reilly.com. we would like you to spout off about the factor anywhere in the world. if you wish to opine, word of the day, do not be a snollygoster when writing to the factor. have a good time out here in l.a. 82 today? going to the laker game tonight? the lakers have won like nine games this year. but, you know, again, thanks for watching us. miss megyn is next. remember the spin stops here california, we're definitely looking out for you. >> it is wednesday february 11th. speaking overnight brian william paying the price for his lies about iraq. nbc suspend

mr. williams apologized. now some of his past reporting is getting a closer look from a louisiana newspaper. like his time in new orleans during hurricane katrina where williams reported that he saw a body floating in the french quarter even though the french quarter didn't flood like the rest of the city. here's our media panel to talk about. judy miller pulitzer-prize-winning investigative author and fox news contributor. lynn sweet contributor from the fox "chicago sun-times." if it turns out besides the helicopter story that williams embellished other stories, what then. >> at that point nbc may have to reconsider hits declaration it will not have suspension for mr. williams. there has been a report in the "new york post" that tom brokaw who is the much-beloved anchor who he replaced and succeeded i should say, has his doubts now about whether or not brian williams is viable as an anchor. and as the symbol of what nbc has peddled as credibility. that is the marketing vehicle they have used. both have been

mr. williams.t i can say is being on the aircraft one of three pilots who were on that aircraft we did not take any fire. >> you would have known if your airplane was hit -- whether your chopper was hit with an rpg though, there would have been no ambiguity, correct? >> there are cer indications that make that certain when that happens. >> all right. doctor, let me go to the katrina story. two things he claimed in the french quarter i think he was staying at the ritz carlton that he saw a body outside floating in the water facedown. would that have been possible in that area of the french quarter? >> well technically the ritz carlton isn't even in the french quarter. it is on the border. it's on the block sometimes considered part of the french quarter. but that area of new orleans as french quarter got very little in the way of flooding. i understand there may have been some water in the street there at least part of the time. that was one of the little fringe areas where it's a little low. but no

mr. williams saying the story wasn't true.last night the anchorman apologized. >> this was a bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran and by extension, our brave military men and women veterans everywhere, those who are served while i did not. i hope they know they have my greatest respect and also now my apology. >> joining us now from washington to analyze, lauren ash burn and howard kurtz host of media buzz seen at sundays 11:30 a.m. we saw hillary clinton say she was under fire in the balkans, wasn't true. saw richard blumenthal say he served in vietnam that was false but people elected him to the senate anyway. is this case any different? >> people expect politicians to fudge the truth. a journalist doesn't have that luxury because he depends on the audience's trust. this is a huge credibility crisis for brian williams at nbc because when the top rated network anchor tells a story and he we peteedly tells a story that is blatantly false people wonder why would a journalist of his stat tour do such a thing? >> we

mr. williams aircraft followed out an hour later.s this going to dent his career you think. >> i don't see how it doesn't. you used to have voice of god. walter cronkite was the voice of god. it has been a very long time since we had -- >> you think brian williams voice is voice of god. >> shepard smith is the. >> that is as close to voice of god. this is somebody whose entire career as it is is for all anchors, credibility connecting with the audience. this is not something you misremember. >> this is dangerous for, this is dangerous for nbc because their credibility is on the line too. they allowed this to happen over a period of years. on the 10th anniversary -- >> 2003, right? >> on the 10th anniversary of this in 2013 he was invited on brian weapons, to be on david letterman's show. one the things they talked about, not just for a little bit on interview but a huge chunk how wonderful you were able to survive that. take us back to that moment. he told it with such special 'tis okay, it was completely different than he told it ri

mr. williams and his crew in the back was the least of our worries at the time, if you can imagine. and when we heard the aircraft taking fire, the apache, and a little bit later the big windy aircraft, we were pretty worried about what we were flying into. but we ended up landing safely. and mr. williams spent a couple days with him, sleeping in the aircraft, and watching him give interviews to the mechanized platoon that was there protecting us, as well as the big windy aircraft crew. and he seemed like a pretty cordial gentleman. as far as the way he embellished some of the stories and the response to it i'm pretty happy with it. i think everybody should be held accountable for their actions. i feel that way about myself. but i also appreciate the wisdom that the president of nbc showed in displays some compassion and some proportion to the punishment that was handed down to him. i'd hate to see somebody lose their career over making a mistake. you take away the $1000 suits and the prestige of the position that he holds, and he's still a human being like all the rest of us, and i

mr. williams is suffering.liberal man who has advanced his ideology on his newscast. that's a legitimate beef. but not large enough to celebrate his demise. there comes a time when every person has to decide how to treat those with whom they disagree. not respecting mr. williams fine. wishing him ill? vindictive. that's the tip of the day. >>> that's it for us tonight. check out the factor website which is different from bill o'reilly.com. we would like you to spout off about the factor anywhere in the world. if you wish to opine, word of the day, do not be a snollygoster when writing to the factor. have a good time out here in l.a. 82 today? going to the laker game tonight? the lakers have won like nine games this year. but, you know, again, thanks for watching us. miss megyn is next. remember the spin stops here california, we're definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight, brian williams has been suspended without pay effective immediately. welcome to "the kelly file," everyone, i'm mee gangyn kelly

mr. williams begin?ning they felt that this story was misreported and misrepresented. and really they've been frustrated and angry about it since then. >> he claims that he was part of a group of helicopters that was going on a mission and that one of the choppers took rpg fire, ak-47 fire and so on. you have a map tonight that shows in fact brian williams' helicopter wasn't part of that mission and actually was going a different way. tell us what we're seeing here with big windy and hercules. >> sure yeah. i spoke with five veterans who were on these aircraft at length. there were two companies here. there was a chinook company of three helicopters traveling north. this company came under fire. there was a second company of three chinook helicopters traveling in the opposite direction, south carrying brian williams and the nbc crew. this second company traveling south never came under fire. they completed their mission and they ended up landing due to a sandstorm. >> so let's talk about the specific sta

mr. williams. >> my further public comment?eeing none, item 4 update on the department of building inspection case study >> become commissioners i'm peg stevenson the director the city performances in the controller's office and i'd like to introduce in my staff randell our budget manager and claire has done some of the work any unit does technical services for the other departments in the controller's office does work to make sure our accounting and budgeting and treatment of technical issues like our fee setting are cooperated and we've been holding a contract for the fee study just to remind you the baushld background we took a look at the 2011 balance increases generated in the department a couple of represents including the investment and reserves and the fleet purchased and other line items from 9 line balance and remedies for the fee study to adjust the department fee schedule that a good project and it is see frequently a lot of voluntary illicit we asked for a fee study they've spent 5 months gopher going over detail a

mr. williams's battle scars and integrity don't help." susan is calling on our republican line. caller: thank you. i think the man should resign, but then again, i feel all of them on the major networks should including list of them on fox -- most of them on fox. they are people of low integrity. there is no middle ground with any of these news anchors from even on your show. i've noticed the body language and some of the ways you treat the republican callers, which you have a few of now because you let a bunch of people call in and just vent over this black situation in ferguson. you lost a lot of your republicans and you lost me too. this is the first time i've watched the program in a long time. when you can't have any moderate journalists, and we don't have any moderates anymore it is always taking the democrats' side or this. they are just too left-wing and whatnot. it is just -- and yet we are sitting -- it's like nixon's impeachment. if the house of republicans -- if the house had been republican we wouldn't have to worry about impeaching nixon. but it wasn't. so he had t

mrs. williams mother in a space downstairs and defer to the commission which way they prefer we go. >> commissioner walker. >> thank you. i think that at this junk you are which way you want to go. >> that's not our position your telling us which way to approach it. >> the leg shin process is interesting there's been a number of applications it's not been really a planning issue with those cases but planning recognizes if it's been in existence since 2013 what happens the building code getting the unit consist with the building code in many cases can be challenging for mr. phillips prospective the moratorium would be better it keeps the united in place like 20 years and again it's outline one existing unit just a kitchen was instead of in the basement level we'll stick with the moratorium and revisit that when the moratorium ends so that will be your preference. >> commissioner mar do you have a question. >> no, i was going to echo the previous commissioners that it is really up to the property owner to decide this way to go your main concern we'll be on to extending the time whichever way you go p

mr. williams and representative john lewis, 500 of those brave soldiers, determined to have their voices heard and their right to vote he recognized as they lined up. these initial marchers were then rudely assaulted and then beaten by alabama state troopers as they attempted to cross the bridge seeking to have their constitutional right to vote. that became known as bloody sunday. if you years later, foot soldiers led by dr. martin luther king jr. peacefully assembled and again attempted to cross the bridge. the group marched to where the attacks occurred a few days before on bloody sunday, and at dr. king's request, they stopped and knelt in prayer. following the prayer, the marchers turned around and returned to selma. then on march 21, under the protection of federal troops and the alabama national guard, that group has: to 8000 foot soldiers who were escorted safely for 54 miles from selma to montgomery, and by the time it reached the state capitol steps, that group had grown to approximately 25,000 people strong there on the steps in montgomery. mr. speaker, instead of bringing the

mr. williams was not in or near our aircraft at the time.te one of the rules you tell war stories about the invisible others that you observed in many of his war stories were about him to he became part of the story. >>mark: use on a great amount of stress cover a war and memory can get fuzzy. >>darya: the night of collaboration that the grammys. >>reporter: where from hollywood today if you're not going to walk out the grammar is rosa you want to do it?. he's the biggest loser ever but tonight he was a big winner. we have more sit- down interview with the biggest grammar winners of the year check them out and he watched awards season mania on right side tv got, now back to you. >>mark: will have more on madonna and her cheeky all fit will have the internet coming up in about 10 minutes. bulldog: you don't need superpowers to help someone. sometimes, all it takes is a warm heart and a cold nose. that's why mattress discounters good deed dogs is raising money to train service dogs for people with disabilities. i would never imagine a life wit

mr. williams or jason blair attention is a drug. williams clung to the late night couch as any needy person would. money can buy second homes. when the cool hold the keys to the kingdom you must betray your ideals to enter the magical world. he wanted to be cool and knew stories would get him there. he wanted to be seen as witty, charming dashing less anchorman. few of us are welcome in those other places because we reject the deal. we chose this uncool world pushing an inconvenient fairness knowing it would prevent us from being invited to tell tall tales on a letterman couch. where does that get you? apparently for brian a few days off to catch up on your fishing. i want to play this audio from that initial interview with stars and stripes. brian williams admitting that his story wasn't true. >> it was my first engagement of the war and remember i was -- we were all, i think scared. i don't know what screw up in my mind caused me to conflate one aircraft from the other. the fact is i remember three aircraft going down. i was on one

mr. williams. i wanted to say i attended benjamin franklin in boston for a couple of semesters and i just wanted to know what struck me about that school was the racial diversity and not once did i hear anybody talk about the race thing. i had a couple of quick questions in the first one is don't you think the hbcu organization is perpetuating the racial differences and my second question is why aren't you talking about this racist president. [inaudible] post our apologies president williams. >> guest: that's okay, i missed the second part anyway but i will say we have hbcus have never rejected anybody of any color. our notion as i spent to make ourselves available and accessible to all and i would also say while we continue to exist is not to continue to perpetuate any differences or separation but rather it's an opportunity for us to continue to serve our population the same way that i worked at notre dame for many years and i worked at georgetown for many years and they have heritages. they have

mr. williams publicly apologized for saying he had been on board a

mr. william braniff executive director, national consortium for study of terrorism and responses to terrorism with the university of maryland. and dr. mark lynch with the george washington university. all of these gent men have done very serious and helpful work for the committee and the country on the topic of terrorism and we're very grateful to have you with us today. the as i scede the full written statement will be made part of the record. if you like to summarize it we'll get to questions. general flynn. >> thank you chairman thorn perry, ranking members smith. members of the committee. it is an honor to be in front of the committee. today i have the unhappy task of informing you that according to every metric of significance islamic extremism has grown over the last year, whether scale and isis and associated movements number of violent islamic groups territory which these groups control, the number of terrorist attacks these groups perpetrate, the massive numbers and suffering of refugees and displaced persons due to these islamist groups, that is approximately 15 million. the amount

mr. williams post hurricane katrina reporting, including his claim that he saw a body floating by his hotel in the french quarter. some questions have arisen. the french quarter area was spared the worst of the flooding that new orleans suffered. on wednesday williams had to recant his story. a story he told often over the years claiming he was aboard a helicopter that was shot at and had to land in iraq in 2003. that apparently is not true and nbc has announced they're investigating the story. up next the islamic state on the rise. vladimir putin on an imperial march. you may be shocked to hear what president obama considers an equal threat. and a blockbuster new report -- most decorated sniper, chris kyle. that story is next. lou: a few thoughts on an administration that has just released its national security strategy, required by law annually but it won't surprise many viewers of this show that mr. obama doesn't always obey exactly the law nor did his predecessors. george w. bush delivered only two in eight years. president obama seems to be on the same track. so the new obama strategy

mr. williams, sorry to bother you during this surreal and unjust moment in your mercurial life.nk you for your professionalism and top shelf brilliance as a perfectly fact-based journalist. you are clearly the victim of a transparent and vile witch hunt. they relied for almost three decades. now and forever you are a true patriot and hero of mine until the day i leave this imperfect rock we call earth. high five's and refuge if you need it. i remain humblely and dangerous on stand by at your service. what in god's name is wrong with charlie sheen? what has happened to him? williams is under scrutiny now for many reasons. do you agree with charlie sheen? are we piling on him? >> we should all b52h lucky to have a coke head with a prostitution addition come to ra. and i think i will because i am friends with joe makey. we can't take anything brian williams says seriously now. i met brian williams years ago at a roast and he said nice to meet you. i have to excuse myself to the men's room. how do i know he wasn't lying then? >> that it wasn't nice to meet you. >> or maybe he didn't

mr. williams predictment as a journalist? >> on a a human level. i feel sorry for brian williams.s had a distinguished career and it's kind of heartbreaking to see this unraveling. but i don't see how, absent of complete exoneration of this non-internal investigation, i don't see how nbc can continue to market credibility with mr. williams there if the stories we've heard about the exaggerations he's told turn out to be true. stuart: it appears from what i've seen of his previous reporting that he wanted to embellish his position as warrior journalist, if you like embellish his position as the man at the center at the action to make him look better as a journalist involved in the thick of things. >> right. but he's an anchor. brian williams is not richard -- he's the nbc correspondent. fearless has been captured. been held hostage. he's still out there, even as we speak wearing his bulletproof vest. and he's a genuine reporter, but brian williams was supposed to read the news that he reported, that is richard angel with credibility. that's what's at stake now. (?) stuart: will nbc

mr. williams. there is psychological evidence that sometimes people adopt or change their memories based on what they hear. >> lies. >> it is called lies. you don't think back to college and you said you did something and you realize you hadn't done it? >> that is called alcoholism. i like this game. >> we havey limb it thatted booze. >> i will play devil's advocate. i have never been in combat. >> neither have i. >> maybe being shot at is something you forget. brut what you don't forget is being hit. he is lucky he remembers anything and is still alive. the notion that he got a little confused and it was the helicopter -- what are you kidding me? >> i don't know what to believe anymore. >> what happened? >> i don't know. >> i was in the army a long longtime ago. >> in north korea? >> well, that's the thing. >> south korea we hope. for the past 20 plus years i managed to not accidentally say i served in desert storm. i served during desert storm. somehow i managed not to make that mistake. >> young

mr. williams has doesn't it become the truth? >> first of all i want you to take back the preface of the question. thank you. they can appreciate wanting to exaggerate a story. at a cocktail party you make yourself seem braver or the situation is scarier. we accept that. we are human beings. we give people that kind of freedom except when this is your job. your credibility is the full force of your importance. we trust him. he lass -- he has been a likable, trustworthy person for a long i'm too. i am a fan of his and i think he does a good job. if it turns out that he is lying or exaggerating about his own account. >> you will kill him. >> i think it is sad. there is a distinction between what dan rather did and they were reporting other stories. >> he was talking about himself. >> he was talking about himself. that's an important distinction. >> it is, it is. >> well, you wanted to ask something. >> the problem is when you see in those videos, now you see him and he is like eddie haskil with the smile and the smug little walk an

mr. williams begin?hey told me was that from the very beginning they felt this story was misreported and misrepresented and they've been frustrated and angry about it since then. >> he claims he was part of a group of helicopters going on a mission and one of the choppers took rpg fire ak-47 fire and so on and you have a map that shows are williams' helicopter was not part of that. >> and i spoke with five veterans at length about this. there were two companies here. a chinook company, that came under fire and there was a second group traveling in the opposite direction south carrying bryan williams and the nbc crew. the second company traveling south never came under fire. they finished their mission and ended up landing due to a sand storm. >> now it's coming out that the reports, as far back as 20003232003, when he first got back were not accurate. here is the first one, he offered the following audio from one of the choppers that was apparently in the big windy group, it was not in the group he was i

mr. william morean garrison. -- lloyd garrison. shortly thereafter, i heard mr. garrison speak.is words, mighty. i did not know it then but a new life was beginning for me. i became a lecturer and aged 40 massachusetts anti-slavery's -- agent for the massachusetts anti-slavery society. i spoke so well and elegantly that many thought i was never a slave at all so to prove that i spoke the truth i wrote a book about my life. names, dates, and places to prove that i was still the frederick barry october county -- oh colbert county. i changed my name to the character of sir walter scott's "lady in the lake." i became frederick douglass. to become independent, i added an additional s on the end. [laughter] when i wrote the book, i had to flee to england, where i stated 22 months -- stayed 22 months. i spoke so well and elegantly there that they treated me as a diplomat. the anti-slavery society in england about my freedom. -- bought my freedom. i returned to the united states officially a free man. are you with me? let me try again. are you with me? >> yetah. >> i settled in rocheste

mr. williams post hurricane katrina reporting, including his claim that he saw a body floating by his hotelrench quarter. some questions have arisen. the french quarter area was spared the worst of the flooding that new orleans suffered. on wednesday williams had to recant his story. a story he told often over the years claiming he was aboard a helicopter that was shot at and had to land in iraq in 2003. that apparently is not true and nbc has announced they're investigating the story. up next the islamic state on the rise. vladimir putin on an imperial march. you may be shocked to hear what president obama considers an equal threat. and a blockbuster new report -- most decorated sniper, chris kyle. that story is next. if a denture were to be put under a microscope we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher brighter denture everyday. you drop 40 grand on a new set of wheels, then... wham! a minivan t-bones you. guess what: your insurance company will only give y

mr. williams was not part of his flight he was in a different flight. >>> joining me right now is robert thompson director for the center for media studies and cnn global affairs analyst kimberly dozier. good to see both of you again. >> brian removed himself, not a mandate from the network. they continue to investigate but do you see him as the conversation seems to grow the op-eds written, do you see him surviving this storm and actually survive the investigation? and ever return to the chair? >> well survive is one thing. return to the chair is something else. i would be very surprised if brian williams goes back to being the anchor of the can be nbc evening news." part of that is even before the investigation shows anything he has not denied that he embellished this story. he talked about it on the air on wednesday. that mart doesn't even need an investigation, and i think probably in the end, this several days is going to spread out to be forever. what's interesting is if we find out that people had been telling nbc that this story was wrong and nbc wasn't reporting it or wasn't cor

mr. williams had to say. >> on this broadcast last week in an effort to honor and thank a veteran who protecteds after a ground fire incident in the desert during the iraq war invasion, i made a mistake in recalling the events of 12 years ago. it did not take long to hear from i'm sorry brave men and women and the air crews who were also in that desert. i want to apologize. i said i was traveling in an aircraft that was hit by rpg fire. i was instead in a following aircraft. >> cue the mocking on twitter. here we go. it's now trending there. "that time he had to jump out of the hindenberg." like that time he reported from the moon. it goes on and on. >>> a series of powerful storms are about to bring northern california its first rainfall of the year. so we're hearing about a rain in parts of northern california. >> rainfall is always good news. too much becomes bad news. unfortunately in california the rainfall we've seen in recent months going back to december has all been subtropical in nature. the moisture source originating from near hawaii so the rainfall isment mentplentiful, but the tem

mr. williams was on board my aircraft. we took small arms fire. >> he has now retracted that and doesn't even appear to have been the pilot. >> i think cnn should have been more careful in this sense. when stars and stripes reported this story, they had a wall of people who were there talking about it. so all of a sudden on wednesday or thursday, one guy comes out and is going to contradict everything. you really have to vet that. if this is a discipline of verification, they did almost none of that. and as you reported, the next day he recanted totally, saying he didn't want to talk about it anymore and disappeared. and cnn called it revision. they were they were revising. it was a retraction. >> it wasn't jake tapper, it was another cnn reporter. and another problem for brian williams this new york "post" cover headlines calling him lying brian, the pinocchio nose growing. it's become a cultural story and story every makes fun of and that is not a comfortable place for an anchor to be. we're not done with this. send me a

mr. williams was on my aircraft and we took small arms fire. >> krell has retracted that and was not the pilot on that chopper. >> cnn should have been more careful. when "stars and stripes," reported the story they had a wall of people who were there talking about it. all of a sudden, on wednesday or thursday, one guy comes out and is going to contradict everything. you really have to vet it it is a discipline and verification they did did not do that and the next day he recaned and said he didn't want to talk about it and disaperred. cnn had to go on and they called it a "revision." it was retraction. >> a problem for brian williams right now, headlines called him "liin' brian," and the pinocchio nose-growing, sorted of a cultural story and a story that everyone is making fun of which is not a comfortable place for an anchor. >> send me a tweet and we will read near messages later. when we come back more on the saga. brian williams saga with new questions being raised about his hurricane katrina reporting. is this just piling on? and later a look at the coverage of the vaccination upro