i need some help, and i'm going to nick burns, professor at harvard's kennedy scold of government. nick, welcome back. he wants 75% rates. the public statements say he does not want to cut public spending, he doesn't get along with angela merkel, france is in a resays, how is it going to be a good story? >> it will be a very consequential election. it looks like no one will win outright. there will likely be a runoff on sunday may 6th. if hollande wins a victory, if the socialist government comes back, there will be consequences for the united states, serious ones, up and down consequences for europe. hollande is saying he'll take the french troops out of afghanistan by the end of 2012. we want them to stay until to 14. on iran, hollande will not be as nearly as tough as sarkozy. sarkozy i think has been tougher than george w. bush or barack obama on iran, and he could be trouble for nato as well. so there are consequences for us. as you rightly say, there could be a real problem between germany and france. >> you know what, nick, on the economy, the trouble is france is in recessio

we're joined by former undersecretary of state, nicholas burns. nick, no shortage of topics for secretary clinton to take up with chinese leaders when she travels there. how likely is this to elevate human rights on the agenda? >> jim, i think human rights will be on the top of the agenda given the story of guangcheng. there were lot of issues, but this is a dramatic story. if in fact this young man is in american custody, it will dominate the meeting and the chinese and american governments will have to try to work out a resolution of this very important matter. >> axelrod: i guess the question then becomes how does secretary clinton raise the issue? is it done forcefully and publicly, or is it done behind the scenes? >> well, you see today, jim, that the two governments are not even acknowledging that he is in custody, and they're not saying much. that means that they're probably talking. it in private. that's the best way to work out a disagreement, but i think this disagreement can only work out in one way. this young man needs to have freedom, eit

the puppy, nick named phoenix was burned so badly she had to be euthanized. >> her tongue, her eyes, her pads are scorched off. unbelievable. >> the violence sparked widespread outrage across the country, then again when it ended with a deadlocked jury. during the next trial they faced challenges, a witness refused to testify. the judge found her in contempt of court, then gave her prison time. the defense tried to rattle the case even more, arguing the police officer who first responded to the scene did not secure it, take pictures or interview witnesses. animal welfare advocates have been in court for the entire trial, hoping for a conviction. >> we hope that there is a good verdict in the case but either way this case has brought enormous attention to animal abuse here in our city. >> each johnson brother faces four charges, the most serious one is aggravated animal cruelty. that is a felony and if convicted they could spend up to three years behind bars. reporting live in downtown baltimore, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> the jury is expected to start deliberating this aft

nick, this looks dangerous. >> well, it is hot. it could burn you.ter: and this started out as a passion for you, now it's a career. >> it is. this is 29 years i've been doing this, 22 years full time. reporter: so we're going to check in with you throughout the morning. just so you know, i want to show you really quickly, some of the amazing stuff nick does. he says he does everything from household goods to wedding rings. stay with us this morning, we're going to be live out here all morning long looking at some of the beautiful things we have. before we 2, we're going to let you know that you can find all the information on your screen right now. there's a website, ticket information. again, this is happening, it's a three-day event all weekend long. check back in with us later. charley, back to you. >> megan, thanks a lot. we'll be checking in throughout the course of the morning. >>> today is is freebie friday. a free block party held and open to the public this weekend with live music as well as arts and crafts, also free concerts going on in l

they rushed to the scene of a fiery car crash, pulling two people from the burning car, just in the nickme. abc's matt gutman has their story and the dramatic 911 calls. >> some guy just got in this huge accident. >> reporter: the car careened past luke and cory. >> we hear the tires screeching. and this huge crash. >> reporter: it was tuesday night. and the two 17-year-olds in palm coast, florida, on spring break, raced towards the car. now, wrapped around a tree. cody ran ahead. and luke dialed 911. >> who's in there? how many people? >> there's two people. >> do you know if anybody's breathing. >> reporter: two people, carlos adams and tracy lopez, were trapped inside. >> we started walking around, looking at the car. and we hear moaning coming from the passenger side. >> they're both alive. >> is there anybody trapped in the vehicle? >> yeah. >> do you know what kind of injuries they have? >> she's got a bloody nose. >> there's fire. a lot of fire. >> reporter: suddenly, luke and cody were in serious danger, also. >> are you able to get the victims out of the vehicle? >> they're tryi

. >> the neighbor, she's in stable condition with burns on her neck and back. reporter nick holmes has more about the mayor's heroics. >> reporter: embrace with mayor booker with his hand wrapped in gauze and the woman identified herself as the fire victim's sister who is hospitalized with burns on her back. firefighters say mayor booker's actions probably saved her life. >> just some second-degree burns. you know, just we thank god. thank god that everybody is okay. >> reporter: detective alex rodriguez was outside the mayor's home waiting for the mayor to return. he says he spotted the flames on the second floor about one minute before the mayor pulled up. >> the mayor happened to pull up at that time. he ran in and without thinking for his own safety ran upstairs and assisted in rescuing the young lady in the front room here. >> reporter: your job is to protect the mayor and you see him running into a burning building. what's going through your mind? >> protecting the mayor. >> reporter: look at how narrow it is in here for the mayor and his security crew to come down the

burns 4-3. 3.lead 4- anderson, single. not in time. game tied 4-4. stay that way to the top of the 10th. nick swisher crushed. the muc maligned pitched well. that mistake cost the game. the yankees a sweep at oral park, 6-4 your final in camden yards. >> another day for brian roberts as well. still, no answer on when he will return from a concussion-like symptoms. out of the game since may, 2011, roberts says he feels a thousand times better. he is trying to string together a bunch of days without headaches and dizziness. nobody at camden yards is pushing. when you returns he wanted to be for the duration. buck showalter understand. >> i am not going to walk by your every day, what about today? what you want to do tomorrow? he does not need that. we need him. but i do not think that is beneficial to be beaten on him on what is the next step. >> that is a good manager. next up for the orioles, the first day off. then at three games set. the rogers center. since 2008, baltimore is 7-29 at toronto. the blue jays feeling pretty good about themselves. wrapping up the series with the red sox. kobe going the other w

burns, thank you, andrew, thank you, andrew edgecliff-johnson. >> my pleasure. >> rose: we will be back, stay with us. >> eric liu and nick hanauer are here, their new book is called the gardens of democracy a new american story of citizenship, the economy, the role of government. who is a former speech writer and domestic policy advisor for president clinton and adventure capitalist and entrepreneur the first nonfamily member to invest in amazon i am pleased to have him here at my table for the first time to talk about exactly what they have done in their message, the first book was called the true patriot, and was that the foundation for this? >> yes. i suppose, in the true patriot, we argued that progressives needed to reclaim patriotism, and that we had left patriotism be sort of a highjacked by the right, although the left, we on the left did a great job of essentially letting it go, the core argument in the true patriot was if you take patriotism seriously that is to say putting country first as john mccain puts it you end up with a set of very progressive central, and, values, and i suppose at the core of the argument is, that .. a millio

he's interviewed by nick of the "wall street journal" and margaret chad burn of reuters. >> i think one of greatest experiences of this week was when i got the doesn't to meet both my senators, bob casey and pat toomey just being able to meet and talk to them. >> some of the leaders like leon panetta talked about how important it is to be financially sound because if we are not financially sound, devoting money to national defense isn't going to be worth it because we are not going to have any money to devote to it. >> high school students from all 50 states who participated in a week long program in the nation's capital share their experiences they interact with members of congress the supreme court and the president. >> all my congress mend and senator's said there's a lot of partisanship going on in congress. i'm the one reaping across the aisle and everyone we have met hertd who said