"nothing compares to you." >> reporters asked o'connor for her reaction. to miley calling on her to tone down her sexualized persona. quote, you have enough talent that you don't need to let the music business make a prostitut of you. the singer fired back on twitter comparing sinead to amanda bynes who is currently undergoing treatment for mental health issues. >> i think bringing amanda bynes into the conversation was not only completely irrelevant but also really irresponsible. >> in our newsroom today, this doctor says miley crossed the line when she posted sinead's twitter meltdown from last year after suicidal thought >> depressed and worried and i think i was -- >> it is so irresponsible for s. someone like miley cyrus, who is so in the public spotlight, to make fun of people with mental illness. this young woman needs to understand if she's going to swing naked recking ba

o'connor responded with mockery causes death. after seeing this letter cyrus had a little response of her own sending two tweets saying she is too busy to write but if you would like to meet up and talk let me know in your next letter. >> are these cliff notes? >> it is a little hard to keep up with but basically they are feuding. they are spatting. i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. good morning. happy friday. is mild out there. 60's around the suburbs. 65 in catonsville. it will be another warm one. 87 in baltimore city. most of the day is dry. we will be watching what is happening in the golf of mexico. -- gulf of mexico. we will talk about that when we come back in the full forecast. >> 63 degrees at the airport. seven and 10tween shots fired. police were running everywhere. >> a deadly shooting on capitol hill after a suspect rams a white house barricade. >> a lockdo

o'connor responded with mockery causes death. after seeing this letter cyrus had a little response of her own sending two tweets saying she is too busy to write but if you would like to meet up and talk let me know in your next letter. >> are these cliff notes? >> it is a little hard to keep up with but basically they are feuding. they are spatting. i'm mara schiavocampo. this is "early today." we hope this is just your first stop of the day on nbc. >>> cameras capturing the dramatic scene as a woman leads police on a deadly high-speed chase through the heart of washington. what we're learning about the woman behind the wheel and the the impact that investigation is having on traffic this morning. >>> plus, lawmakers on capitol hill turning their focus to the hundreds of thousands of people who are not being paid as the government shutdown drags into its fourth day. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome 0 to this friday, october 4, 2013. we are entering day four of the government shutdown, and

sinead o'connor penned an open letter to miley cyrus.one" that said sinead on, c'connor's "nothing compares to you" is her inspiration for "wrecking ball." the one where she is on the "wrecking ball," sometimes clothed and sometimes naked and then this scene where she is singing in to the camera and starts crying. that is reminiscent of sinead o'connor's "nothing compares to you" video, as well. sinead o'connor took the opportunity to pen an open letter to miley and essentially she is telling her to not let hollywood make her into a prostitute in not so many words. here's what she says, concern here's what she says -- i'm showing concern for those around you that have led or encouraged you to believe that this is cool to be naked and licking sledge hammers in your videos. it is not an empower. of yourself or any other women for you to send across a message that you are to be valued more for your sexual appeal than your obvious talent. she is calling her talented and appealing to her to tone it down a little bit. i think everyone can unde

well, eventually i interviewed doc o'connor and found there was a whole other story there. doc had, you know, quite an illustrious history. he had in run hips with the police -- run-ins with the police although he was never convicted of any crimes, he had run adult bookstores in denver. he was kind of a mysterious businessman who had a background that it was kind of hard for people to pin down exactly what it was. but when i, when i learned about doc o'connor and that doc to connor was a link between matthew shepard and between aaron mckinney, i was very curious. i was also very curious about these allegations that aaron mckinney was bisexual. so i began to investigate as a journalist. first for "the new york times" magazine, i approached them with story, and they commissioned me to write about it. i worked on the story for two years, on and off for two years. from 2002 until 2004, i was on that commission x. "the new york times" eventually killed the story. the editor who commissioned it from me had left the magazine, he's gay. he now runs new york magazine, his name is ad

when i learned about doc o'connor and the doc o'connor was a link between matthew shepard and aaron mckinney and was very curious. i was also very curious about these allegations that aaron mckinney was bisexual. so i began to investigate as a journalist first for the new york times magazine. i approach them with the story and a commission me to write about it. i worked on the story for two years on and off for two years until -- from 2000 to 22,004 i was on that commission. "the new york times" eventually killed the story. the editor commissioned it from me had left the magazine. he is gay and he now runs new york magazine. his name is adam moss and the editors who inherited the story from him were less enthusiastic so the story was killed. at the same time on 2020 a story that would come out at the same time and i thought they would kill the story based on what had happened at the "time" magazine. the executive producer of abc news 2020 was still there is also gay and he actually said no let's do it. at that time as i said i interviewed the prosecutor extensively and i have now interviewed

. >>> the wrecking ball may have wrecked a friendship with singer sinead o'connor. yesterday miley cyrus tweeted a photo from o'connor from several years ago when she was undergoing health issues and compared her to amanda bynes. o'connor responded to an open letter on facebook, mockery causes death, an unacceptable form of bullying no matter who is doing the bullying. after seeing the letter, cyrus had a response of her own sending two tweets saying she's too busy to write, hosting and performing on snl. but quote, if you'd like to meet up and talk, let me know in your next letter. it would be interesting to see how that works out. you've been watching "early today," i'm betty nguyen. >>> leading the news on the "huffington post," the ghost burger topped with communion wafer stirs controversy for chicago restaurant. the religious dish comes with a red wine reduction. critics say it is in poor taste. >>> something really cool in the ancient world review, mystery of the thracian horse skeleton. archaeologists in bulgaria uncovered 2500-year-old remains of a carriage

i have to say i have not been a big fan ofsinead o'connor in fact no fan. everything she said except the mf stuff was segacious and motherly. i was surprised. i was amazed she has that much perspective. miley, if she will follow in sinead's foot steps she could go on "snl -- remember when sinead tore up the photo of the pope on" snl" really edgy? i am thinking miley could go on "sn l" or maybe the home shopping net wok and tear up a photo of joel osteen. there is not much to say about it. >> but you managed to say a lot. deborah, what are your thoughts on the whole milely cyrus thing? you haven't been on the show where we talked about it every night for the last three months and would you dress up as miley for halloween? >> i hope those who dress up like miley go to the gym before they put on their costumes or it won't be a pretty scene. i think sinead o'connor went on an angry rant. milely was appropriate in comparing to amanda bynes. i wish i was her criminal defense attorney. >> really? i thought sinead everything she said was meant to help miley and you

o'connor. there was all of the story. doc had quite an illustrious history. many run is with the police, although never convicted of a crime. he had honed adult bookstores in denver. he was kind of a mysterious business man who had a background that was kind of hard for people to pin down exactly what it was. but when i learned about dr. o'connor and that he was a link between matthew shepard and aaron mckinney, i was curious. i was also curious about these allegations that aaron mckinney was bisexual. i began to investigate as a journalist, first for the new york times magazine i approached them with the story. the commission to me to write, and i worked on the story on and off for two years from 2002- 2002-2004. and the new york times eventually kill the story. the editor who commissioned it from me had left the magazine. he is gay and now runs new york magazine. and the editors who inherited the story from them were less enthusiastic. so the story was killed. at the same time i have been talking with abc news about doing a story that would come out at the

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o'connor wrote a motherly yet expected letter to the 200 former distance star turn singer o'connor wroteage teach you sending it dangerously the 46 year-old says sure what the letter because cyrus, compared her looking in wrecking ball to o'connor's book in a 1999 video. >> the entire letter is posted on o'connor's official web site. >> for over 60,000 california foster children, extra curricular activities help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. joining the soccer team. getting help with math. going to prom. i want to learn to swim. it's hard to feel normal, when you can't do the normal things. to help, sleep train is collecting donations for the extra activities that, for most kids, are a normal part of growing up. not everyone can be a foster parent... but anyone can help a foster child. next x 6:00, the bay area is just days away from another bart strike. >> there is a bit of optimism in the air during talks between bart unions and management today. >> details on the progress being made. >> tonight and 6 bart negotiations hit a turning point. >> tonight a glimmer of h

miley is referring to o'connor's timeline from two years ago when o'connor said she was unwell and seekingying, you mock myself and amanda bynes for having suffered with mental health issues and having sought help. remove your tweets immediately or you will hear from my lawyers. it's not acceptable to mock any person for having suffered. well, last we checked, the tweet is still there, but miley later tweeted sinead, i don't have time to write you an open letter because i'm hosting and performing on "snl" this week. so if you would like to meet up and talk, let me know in your next letter. >>> coming up, speaker john boehner says the shutdown fight isn't a game, and rips an obama administration official who talks about winning, well -- >> i think if we keep saying we wanted to defund it, we fought for that, but now we're willing to compromise on this, i think we're -- i think -- i know we don't want to be here, but we're going to win this, i think. >> we'll break this down for you. i dbefore i dosearch any projects on my home. i love my contractor, and i am so thankful to angie's list for

justice o'connor is gone. justice kennedy will not be there in 10 years in all likelihood. so whoever wins the presidential election i think has a real possibility to tilt the court significantly to the left if justice kennedy and scalia are replaced. the left has made no bones about they will a worse will -- overrule a swath, or if justice ginsburg replaced by a republican president, the eliminating agent that is just a skinny would be gone and the law would move material more to the right. >> going into the same-sex marriage argument, particularly when david and had filed the case the chose the california proposition eight, the ban on same-sex marriage, lots of people have been staunchly opposed to their filing the case. they felt that boys made no bones about the fact they wanted to wind about the a supreme court and get a fundamental right to same-sex marriage declared. a lot of people worried that was too much too soon, that the case could get to the court, it could go badly for the supporters of same-sex marriage and they could get a decision that would set the cause

that is what justice sandra day o'connor called. she opposes cameras in the court. i greatly respect the contrary view but i profoundly disagree. in connection with her effort to respond what she called the collapse of civic education in the united states. i'm very thankful that every university has been called on by the justice to be one of the places where we are very engaged with the community and local school systems. but the point i'm making, here are thoughtful justice who are concerned that an apocalyptic term is heard. think of how wonderful it would be for those school children who may be get into the argument. there are no more than 400 seats for the public. on those trips to washington d.c., that's one of the things -- you have tonight the -- to go to the supreme court. the principle response as i understand it, other than this is the way we've already done it and this is our tradition. which at the end of the day in the 21st century is not a persuasive argument. what is behind now the reason for carrying on the tradition. there are numbers, five or six.

reporter: the latest page in the book of miley antics a twitter war with seasoned shocker sinead o'connorng ball. ♪ we kissed >> reporter: was inspired by her song. ♪ nothing compares to you >> reporter: sinead gave miley advice, writing an open letter telling her to show her talent not sexuality. saying, the music business will prostitute you for all you are worth and make you think it's what you wanted. miley turned mean girl, mocking her mental breakdown and comparing her to amanda bynes in rehab. sinead struck back, calling miley a bully for taunting those with mental illness. and miley brushed it off. sinead. i didn't have time to write you an open letter because i am hosting and performing on snl this week. >> the sinead o'connor situation is unfortunate, miley mocked mental illness. miley right now seems to be really into the business of getting attention and not worrying what the repercussions are. >> reporter: but miley has been pushing the envelope for years. at 16 she was already pole dancing on an ice cream cart at the teen choice award. ♪ for those that don't know me >> repor

when olito replaced o'connor all nine were federal appeals court judges. that's a very narrow perspective. four law professors up there -- >> narrow in what sense? you think you want knowledge of the law as predicate of being on the court. the law.usly, you want to know books.han having read the sandra day o'connor was a former state senator. if she could say to her colleagues you think raising money in a political campaign is about abstraction, like money equals speech. this is what a campaign contributor thinks when he or she gives money. >> that would be a valuable >> that would be extremely valuable. >> go to the pole at the other end of this. why not have nonlawyers on the court. >> a long history -- >> why not go to a court that & is all regular folks. [inaudible, multiple people speaking] >> i don't know if we need to go all the way to nonlawyers. robert jackson, who was one of the greatest justices ever, served in the 1940s and '50s is the last justice that didn't go to law school. he clerked for a lawyer. that is how most people would become lawye

she has been offered some fresh advice from sinead o'connor.she wrote an open letter to pily cyrus. she says se wrote the letter because she was dodging phone calls, that her wrecking ball video was designed to be similar to sinead's nothing compares video. sinead o'connor writes i am extremely concerned for you that those around you have led to you believe, or encouraged you in your own belief, that it is in anyway cool to be naked and licking sledgehammers in your video. you have enough talent that you don't need to let the music business make a prostitute of you. you shouldn't let them make a fool of you either, don't think for a moment. an open unsolicited letter. >> isn't sinead the won that got in trouble for tearing up the picture of the pope. >> she's very spiritual. she has problems openly with the catholic church. again, here we go again, i guest get it. i heard, i wonder if she's upset because she was doing a tribute to sinead o'connor and have it be so. >> misinterpreted. >> when did people start feeling the need to share their lett

kind of jabbing at her even though she did a video kind of giving -- paying respect to sinead o'connorng about her before but now she is getting in a few but i think sinead is just saying a lot of what everybody is feeling. they want her to tone down. they want miley to calm down a little bit. everybody is tired of it. >> you wonder why she has taken an interest in this to write open letters about it. >> it's that thing. if you really do want to have an impact on someone personally just call them yourself. >> if it's a letter, send it to them. >> exactly. >> but put her into the limelight and i think miley is aware of that so she is jabbing at her a little bit. >> and she's going to be on snl so now she can mess with her on snl. >> miley is on snl saturday and here monday and interview with a concert with us. >> thank you a.j. >> great to see you. we need to break so we can check out the photos she is talking about. >> what's the number one rule in buying a home? is it location, some make believe. (toy) my name is cinderella. some charm the prince. (toy) ♪ beauty and the beast with the

was that -- that justus o'connor was justiceourt -- that o'connor was on the court. we have a different makeup of the court. case -- ie prior think that is a good example of that. >> and there are other cases that this term, we may see the difference tween roberts and alito. -- the difference between a roberts and alito. court is aert goody good point in >> -- point. >> that is my main point. there are many cases that really can be seense -- or as squarely raising the validity of previous precedents. i think they will be talking about whether the roberts willing to jettison a previous precedents. i get to those cases we can talk about them in particular. people are going to be seeing if roberts is going to continue his if he willism or have the opportunity to get rid of some moderately criticized precedents. that is the most fascinating piece of it. position ofent late, which seems to be a robust one, trying to hold the government seat on first amendment issues. i think we saw that last term in i look for to that continuum. >> is a real delight to be back with all of

sandra day o'connor and their replacement by samuel alito. sandra day o'connor who tom described as a moderate conservative replaced by someone you can scratch the word moderate. that change the vote lineup for potential vote lineup in a lot of these cases. amy noted the importance of the retirement of john paul stevens and ruth bader ginsburg as the leader of the left side of the court. i want to expand on the incrementalism thing because we have seen several examples where the court does -- prefers to take baby steps. we saw in it in the voting rights act when a couple of terms of go the supreme court came up to the edge of striking down the voting voting rights then amy referred to the boat that came out of texas. we think the data that forces states like georgia to have preclearance automatically. you have another chance so the court took the next step. we also saw the gun control case with the supreme court ruled that the second amendment means. that is one of the fascinating things about covering the u.s. supreme court. every term bring

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>> she and sinnmade o'connor.at herself. >> hey, i'm miley cyrus, i'll be the host on "snl." >> miley, that vma performance how could you? >> i know. >> and the children. >> and what was i wearing? >> and the children, don't forget about the children. >> what about the children. one of the world's biggest pop stars starts off this week's top four. >> a lost entertainment headlines this week. cnn's michelle turner has the lowdown. michelle. >> hey victor, hey poppy. you know we're wide ranging in pop 4 land this weekend. let's get it starred with number 4, we're talking jay z's sitdown in "vanity fair" in the interview, he talks about his past created the mega mogul that we see today. quote, i was a drug dealer, you need to know what to spend. he said during the interview he was being sell fefl dealing drugs and didn't think about how it affected the community. he has a different outlook now. >>> kim and kanye in paris. but baby north makes headlines. kim has been posting these to instagram showing off the designer

miley cyrus is lashing out at sinead o'connor after o'connor penned an open letter expressing concernized antics like in this video for her song "wrecking ba ball." cnn correspondent nischelle turner is here with the story. this has gotten ugly. >> i just want to say, ladies, to your respective corners, please, for a second. you know, fred, this has been so fascinating this public back and forth between sinead o'connor and miley cyrus. sinead has posted yet a third letter to miley that you can find on her facebook page. it was the first letter to miley that started the whole feud. sinead wrote what she called a spirit of motherliness and with love this note to express her concern to miley that the music industry is start iing to sexualize and exploit her. and i kind of feel like if she really wanted to express her concern, maybe a private letter or a phone call could have been more effective but, anyway, miley has been firing back at sinead on twitter calling the star the original amanda bines and she twisted a bunch of tweets as she was suffering from mental health issues and posted

. >> miley cyrus is lashing out at sinead o'connor. >> this has gotten ugly. >> outrage as miley mockso make fun of people with mental illness. >>> after a depressed mom tried to ram the white house gate, stars reveal their own post-partum struggles. >>> you might want to keep your ring on. >> inside "glee's" tribute to cory. and the cast member who just got engaged. >> i couldn't have asked for anybody better. >>> kerry, nicole. i'm with hollywood's power women. >> keltie's tour of paris hilton's mansion. >> the studio. the nightclub. >> my bedroom is like the vip room. >>> and we're with donatella's house of versace double. >> has she seen the movie? >> i don't think so. >> uh-oh. >>> now where yahoo! and broadcast meet for 24/7 access to celebrity news. "omg! insider." >>> did post-partum depression play a role in the capitol hill shooting? star moms talking about the battles with the very real illness. >> mental illness and social media have sparked a feud between miley cyrus and sinead o'connor. dragging britney spears and amanda bynes into the middle. and now billy ray cyrus is t

i wanted to get your experience, chief justice o'connor in ohio. and maybe, ken, if you had some thoughts on recusal and either the buddy system or announcing reasons or not announcing reason for recusal. >> i have interested in what you said about the buddy system. t the first time i hear if mentioned as a potential way to deal with it or idea. in ohio on the supreme court if asked to recuse, each justice for themselves. whether or not they will recuse and just put a written at the same time son the docket i recuse or after consideration i have decided not to recuse from this case. and that's all there is to it. there is no explanation or reason given one way or the other. now there's a movement of -- a to have a model role for recusal of the judiciary, and there is a work in progress -- the con friday of chief justices of which i am a member is involved in a process of examining what a model role would look like. i'm on the subcommittee. actually i'm sharing the subcommittee to take a look at that and that is a work in progress realize that we ha

it was sinead o'connor who had harsh words for miley cyrus.ead o'connor, she had e song, ripped up the pope on "saturday night live." she was never heard from again. she's still a young woman, 46 years old. she looks like she's been through some things compared to when she fst came out. she was one of the first bald girls we fel in love with in terms of her look. she was a pretty girl. miley cyrus said her wrecking ball video was inspired by sinead 'connor's "nothing compares to you" video. i don't recall what the video looked like. i don't recall sinead on a wrecking ball. sinead is 46, wrote a letter to miley warning her exploiting her sexuality took away from her talent. here is what sinead said. she said, the music business doesn't give a [ bleep ] about you or any of us. they will prostitute you for al you think it's what you wanted. when you end up in rehab as a result of being prostituted they will be sunning themselves on their yachts in antigua bought by selling your body and you will find yourself very alone." i totally agree. you're

allen mentioned the recusal issue, and i wanted to get your experience, chief justice o'connor, in ohio and maybe, trained to, if you had some thoughts on -- ken, get some thoughts on recusal using the buddy system for announcing reasons or not announcing reasons for recusal. >> i was interested in what you said about the buddy system. that's the first time i've heard that being mentioned as a potential way to deal with it, or an idea. in ohio we on the supreme court if asked to recuse can decide, each justice for themselves, whether or not they will recuse and just put a written statement on the docket i recuse or after consideration i decided not to recuse from this case, and that's all there is to it. there is no explanation or reason given one way or the other. there's a movement afoot with the aba to the model rule for recusal of the judiciary, and it's a work in progress. the conferences of chief justices of which i am a member is involved in the process of examining what a model rule would look like. i'm on the subcommittee. actually, i'm chairing the subcommittee, to take a look

of adjusted -- the absence justice o'connor. the direction of the court? incrementalism? there are a lot of jumping points in these cases. >> according to the petitioners, the take great issue with presence of crisis the town square, which i think would save the courts of vocation. they might be able to slip through under the historical respondents view of it. >> i think there's also a distinction in the local town meeting. they are not really encouraging other people to participate. it is really just one person at a time offering something. so it's not really encouraging others. >> one thing that i found interesting in the briefing was this pivot that i saw towards our ship in and the completion -- and the complaint was that prayer was course of two children. the allegation of the complaint, the special solicitude for children in a school setting, for example. at the supreme court state, they have a brief that reads quite heavily on adult coercion and a lot of things that have been spun out that i don't see in the record, but they are really trying to spin this coercion

may i please have officer brendan o'connor. sergeant matthew o'leary. officer mike palata. and officer adrian pane. may i have now officer jason robertson. sergeant sean ryan. sergeant kelvin sanders. sergeant jason sawyer. [applause] can i have officer pete sable. officer thomas smith. officer michael wolf. officer ronald laberto. >> mike wolf decided to be with his wife, having a baby and missed our ceremony. see if he ever gets anything again. >> and the silver medal awarded for the first officer on that night sergeant roberto. and although captain told the story as well could be told. i was there that night. and the story pales by comparison if you saw what these officers encountered. and the fact of the smoke and the rounds going through floors and ceiling and fire and all the buildings attached. i can assure that the shot taken that night by officer hines saved lives as well as all of these officers. [applause] and one person that is not mentioned in the report is captain jason turnis, i don't know if he's here. but he's the captain on scene that had the courage and e

regarding from evident -- affirmative action, justice o'connor used to split the difference, religion, she saw herself coming up with solutions. she had a very pragmatic cowgirl kind of approach. justice alito comes out of a different judicial tradition. he grew up as a lawyer during the reagan administration and has a fairly clear, definite, conservative philosophical approaches to questions, so on many of these matters that were decided 5 -- four with justice o'connor in the majority -- a 5- 4 with justice o'connor in the majority, they may change if it is believed they aired in their past up to -- past approach. host: what is the chance that we will see another retirement at the end of this term? guest: for the longest time everyone thought it was justice ginsburg, who is 80, but she has given no few interviews in which she has said she enjoys her position as a senior member of the liberal wing of the court and all the indications are that she may hang on into the next term. she told bob barnes and a nice profile over the weekend that she believes the next will be a democrat, meani

so darragh o'connor is jormungandr.te plane is scheduled to touch down here in new york later this afternoon and take off for venezuela shortly thereafter. i'll wager he'll be taking on a passenger. gregson: 4:22 on the nose. holmes: the driver. kleinfelter's the driver. we want the driver! move in. (siren wails) gregson: ezra kleinfelter. you're under arrest. you're facing federal charges, and you're a person of suspicion in the murder of vanessa hiskie. you people are persistent, i'll give you that. but i'm still getting on this plane, and i'm flying to caracas. (chuckles) i can tell you two things wrong with that sentence. arrest me, and 14 innocent men and women will lose their lives. one of you, reach into my bag there. there's an envelope. it's a dossier concerning a man named farouq hassad. yeah? what about him? he's an intelligence asset of ours in morocco. call that phone number on the post-it. see how fast the section chief asks how you knew that. that's just one to prove that i'm not bluffing. there are 13 mo

chief justice o'connor. >> thank you. thank you very much for the invitation to be here and be on this esteemed panel. i'm very honored to do so. i've had ten years of experience with cameras in the courtroom at the highest level of the supreme court of ohio, and i have to concur that grandstanding is nonexistent as a response to having cameras in the courtroom. the cameras are so unobtrusive that i think both the litigants and the public that enters into our courtroom don't even realize that they are being filmed. and i have to say we have more than 200 seats in our courtroom for the public to come in and be able to observe. they don't need a ticket. they just, you know, come in. at times we've had standing room only, and at times we've had overflow rooms that because of technology we have been able to accommodate those that show up and want to listen to one of our oral arguments or more and do so

it features the current female justice and sandra day o'connor. and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> joining me now for our "first look" at politics is news day columnist and political commentator alex. i want to focus on this nsa spying issue. the president is saying he did not know that spying of our allied leaders was taking place. which is worse. the nsa is operating without his approval or he did know and lying. >> i'll go with number one. it's a plausible deniability. our spies want to gather this information, we want them to do it but you got to isolate the president a little bit from some of the specific methods that is used to gather. so he can then later say hey i didn't know about that. >> now we're now hearing the president may stop any kind of spying against leaders of our allies. we know spying takes place. what kind of effect could this have? >> first of all be suspicious of any blanket saying we'll never do it again. because you know they want to do it again. you got to be very careful the tense is here is right.

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. >> and that's what sandra day o'connor said. >> and don't you think that is going in that directione this case -- >> what about the notion, guys, we need affirmative action in america anymore? >> well, what do you think? >> well, first i want to know what you think. >> i think we do. >> your head is turned. you're going to get yours, adam. >> i know adam agrees with me that we do. but the need for that -- >> but it should be -- it should be economically based, and you should not be a woman who went to harvard, grew up rich, and get extra points on your s.a.t. over some poor white guy. that's insane. that's un-american. >> adam? >> i'm pretty sure this is the prevailing way people feel about it in san francisco as well. >> well, look, dagen had the right word when she said the word "necessary." is it necessary in some instances? if the answer is yes, go for it. if it's not, then no. should we take it out of our tool kit mpletely? and i would say not. you don't want to take it out of the tool kit. let's be reasonable about it. >> it's like being half pregnant. how do you have a little

. >> now could she be heading to court for blasting sinead o'connor? i'm nancy o'dell. >> i'm rob marciano. the offensive new photo. leaving rehearsals for "snl." now in tonight's top story, did miley go too far by mocking sinead while she was suffering a mental breakdown? >>> plus, is miley out of control or just manipulating the media? how she keeps making headlines as some called the criticism she's getting sexist. >> she faces a certain level of vitriol that male performers don't always face. >>> charlize theron gets lightheaded at a beverly hills luncheon. how she's doing after the power women event today. >>> tom hanks as captain phillips. does the movie get it right? find out what the real captain is saying. we have his new interview. >> i was hoping for a rescue, but i thought the chances are slim to none that would be successful. >>> and carrie is back. >> i've been asked to prom. >> covered in blood and seeking revenge. the horror classic with a terrifying new twist. the prom, the car, "e.t." behind the scary scenes. >>> plus, john travolta a

former just tip is an take day o'connor owe fesh yofficiated te same sex wedding.t is this morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> joining me now is aaron b k blik. i want to start with the obama care hearings on capitol hill. when it comes to all of the problems we've seen, who is to blame and what consequences should there be if any? >> there is quite the blame game going on right now. it's interesting to see in advance of the hearing today with kathleen sebelius testifying, there came out a report yesterday from one of the leading contractors on the website, c fwchlgi, which basic said they had warned the administration of significant severe problems about a month before the website launched and said that those problems cooperate be te couldn't be tested in time. so naturally it will be a matter of the government blaming contractors and contractors blaming the government. and i expect secretary sebelius will be asked about all the goings on in the month before this website went live at the hearing today. >> let's turn now to nsa spying on foreign leaders. we h

o'connor and miley cyrus going at it. details coming up. meeting took forever.s will be here any minute. ♪ canned soup? no way. ♪ mmm! this is delicious katie. it's not bad for canned soup, right? pfft! [ laughs ] you nearly had us there. canned soup. [ laughter ] [ male announcer ] so good, they'll think it's homemade. try campbell's homestyle soup. m'm! m'm! good. >>> at the top of the show, we talked about the debt ceiling an republican speaker of the house, john boehner breaking the rule in his vow to provent the government from defaulting. if you want to sound smart, since 1991, there have been 36 vote that is violated the rule. it's when the majority party refrains from bringing bills forward that don't have support from more than half of the party. let's have fun stuff. what do you have? >> thanks. happy friday. the government shutdown is stretching into the fourth day with no end in sight. yesterday, congressman george holding summed up how many of us feel about the whole thing. >> it's about trying to do what's right for the whole country. and if your h