for scott pelley, i'm norah o'donnell. thanks for joining us.ee you first thing tomorrow on cbs this morning. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org even though the economy is picking >>> this is kpix 5 news. >> the gap between college cost and what families have to pay is rising. >> this graduation season, college students face debt. i am allen martin. >> i am ann notarangelo. more students around the bay area get ready to get their diplomas. the amount they owe is as much as it has ever been. kpix 5's sue quan says help is out there but some need help. >> we have pay as you earn programs. as college graduates celebrate their diploma and responsibilities, there is something to consider, the looming school loan debt. this student owes 16 grand. >> i came for my undergraduate career. >> this student owes 25,000. >> i feel like more and more people are getting degrees. your can get educationline stuff like a bachelor's degree. >> two out of every three students frag wait with about 626 thund

>> o'donnell: holly williams, thank you. cbs news has learned that president obama plans to name a new director of the f.b.i. he is james comey, former deputy attorney general during the george w. bush administration and a former u.s. attorney in new york. comey is 52. he would succeed robert mueller, who has been f.b.i. director since 2001. a leading member of the tea party movement is retiring from congress. republican representative michele bachmann of minnesota announced today that her fourth term will be her last. after dropping out of the presidential race last year, she won a tough battle to hold on to her house seat. a major u.s. city found a way to get its schools working again. and a college is under water, when the "cbs evening news" continues. continues. something little. ts with tiny changes in the brain. it can happen to anyone. a request for information. a simple donation. things anyone can do. it steals your memories. your independence. your loved ones. it ensures care, support, a breakthrough. and one day. a

all the activity at o'donnell has been cleared.a nice start at the fort mchenry and the harbor tunnel. the beltway southwest at 32. a little more volume in the southbound direction. problem free at the bay bridge. >> it will be another nice day today. we'll wind up close to 70 this afternoon. 42 in taneytown. 46 in rising sun. maybe a light jacket. we have an easterly component to the wind. sometimes we get this marine layer. there is some cloud cover south and east of baltimore. we will get some sunshine this afternoon. weave snow from minneapolis down to omaha and into the southern plains. inches ofpick up 6-7 snow. this is may. 24 degrees in north dakota and snow in minneapolis. mostly sunny is our forecast for today. high temperatures between 67 and 72 degrees. not aeven day forecast -- lot is going to change. mostly sunny friday, saturday, sunday. the next chance for rain will hold off until tuesday or wednesday of next week. let's say good morning to ava marie. i have been trying to figure out how to describe what you're doin

norah o'donnell is in new york. >> reporter: hi, allen and liz.ing up tonight, more dangerous storms are firing up in the nation's midsection. is there any letup in sight? we'll have the latest tonight on the "cbs evening news" at 5:30 right after kpix 5 news. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, traveling from the bay areal the way to alaska. why it's headed there - just to >>> new at 6:00 tonight these army boats are traveling from the bay area all the way to alaska. why they are headed there just to help people move. >> and staring at your cell phone can have obvious consequences. how you might be blind to other problems. those stories and much more tonight at 6:00. >>> all right. thanks for watching us at 5:00. the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell in for scott pelley is next. >> see you at 6:00. captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> o'donnell: tonight, a major change in the american family. in a record number of households with children, the mother is now the primary breadwinner. anna werner on what's behind the shift. a second s

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kelly o'donnell is watching this along with us. and kelly, what do we expect today? >> well, you already get a sense, richard, there will be a lot of tension. there are members on this committee who feel personally very frustrated that their letters and inquiries to the irs were either not responded to or they have information that appears to be false. there will be fireworks here. the fact that lois lerner is taking the fifth, that's her constitutional right, the attorney notified the committee in advance. senator cummings says he will honor her right to do that. and there will be a lot of pressure to get more out of the other witnesses than we've seen in some of the earlier hearings. part of what has been frustrating to senators and members of the house has been an inability to find out exactly who set up this plan to have certain groups targeted by name for extra scrutiny when they were applying for tax exempt status and trying to get to more of this. we already heard the ohio congressman jim jordan saying this is not about two rogue agents. he's claiming that the

. >> o'donnell: tonight, the great recovery. home prices rebound. cash buyers set off bidding wars. stocks break records and confidence in the economy hits a five-year high. reports from anthony mason and john blackstone. david martin on a breach of security. a government report says chinese hackers have stolen the design for some of america's top weapons. kansas is the latest target of tornadoes. meteorologist david bernard tells us what's coming in the days ahead. and dean reynolds with men on a mission. >> the ridge drops right now. we're looking for almost perfect. >> o'donnell: to help scientists tell a story about our changing world. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley.

with us today, howard fineman with "the huffington post," news,o'donnell with nbc s.e. cupp with msnbc and joe klein with "time magazine." up, hillary clinton's in the news and that brings up her future presidential plans. to decide whether or not to make it official to run again. howard, this is the great question. do you expect her to run? >> i do, no doubt. chris: kelly? that way. chris: what a perfectly careful comment. absolutely. chris: that's what i like. >> yeah, if her health is fine. chris: and your concern about her health? >> i don't know. period. through a tough i think she needed a lot of rest but if she's rested, she's running. and howard, you were here on this show, we're looking back and looking forward at the time, along with andrea mitchell was here. it was just before the iowa caucus, five years ago in 2008, ended up losing the iowa caucuses to barack most didn't expect but here's how we looked at it ahead of that time on our show weekend before the 2008 iowa caucasian. >> howard, you're fresh in from iowa, spent lots of time out there. which way's t

brian. >> kelly o'donnell in washington tonight. kelly, thanks. >>> an early heads-up on the next story for those watching with young ones present. it is a grisly subject matter. a jury in philadelphia ended its first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the high profile trial of an abortion doctor accused of murder. there were six weeks of testimony, much of it difficult to hear. our report tonight from nbc's stephanie gosk in philadelphia. >> reporter: what dr. kermit gosnell allegedly did behind the walls of this clinic for years is too gruesome to describe in detail. the women's medical society was one of the only places in this low income neighborhood in philadelphia where pregnant women could afford to go for abortions. the grand jury report states he regularly and illegally delivered live viable babies in the third trimester of pregnancy and then murdered the newborns. the doctor allegedly hired unlicensed workers including a 15-year-old. investigators described this clinic as outdated, filthy, and horrendo

joining us is kelly o'donnell. let's talk ago attorney general holder. there would be some anticipation that there would be this grilling. we know that a lot of high-level rhetoric coming in regarding this. nevertheless, i think we're getting what we expected in that holder recused himself so a lot of questions he could not answer. >> and once you hear a few of those "i don't know" some of the air comes out of the room. and certainly when you have house members and each getting a very short amount of time -- >> kelly, i apologize. he's answering questions regarding the irs. let's listen in. i'm sorry. thank you. >> i think we're going to have to get into the investigation before i can answer that question more intelligently. but to the extent that there are enforcement gaps that we find, we will let this committee know and hopefully work with this committee to make sure that what happened and was outrageous as i've said, and if we have to bring criminal actions, so that that kind of act and that kind of activity does not happen again. >> i understand tha

>> kelly o'donnell, a busy news day in washington. kelly, thanks. >>> late this afternoon in chicago at a packed meeting, repeatedly, loudly interrupted by protesters, the school board voted to close 49 elementary schools and one high school. it's the biggest mass public school closing in american history. 30,000 children will be affected. nearly 90% of them african-american. the city says the schools are underused. many others under perform. there is outrage in chicago for the students this will have to uproot, including concerns for student safety in bad neighborhoods. >>> still ahead for us tonight, a "nightly news" exclusive. maria schriver reports for us on the powerful women trying to stop a powerful and dangerous subculture within the modern military. >>> later, we were covering a tornado in joplin, missouri, two years ago tonight. tonight what they have learned that could help the folks in oklahoma. >>> we are back now with an nbc news exclusive. a special report about the alarming rise in the number of sexual assaults in the

kpix 5 denis o'donnell is at oracle with a game that gave a lot of us heart attacks at the end there,is. >> reporter: a lot of defibrillators needed on the court tonight. you may recall in 2007 the warriors pulled off a major upset of the dallas mavericks on this court in game six. the warriors were trying to do the same tonight against denver in this game. and as he's been all series, steph curry stepped up when it mattered most. in the third quarter he came on strong. finished with 22 points. four 3 pointers. the warriors win 92-88. they advance to play the spurs on monday in san antonio. >> that's a special group. and i look away when i read comments by my guys. never disrespectful. never pointing the fingers at themselves never arrogant or cocky. always saying the right things. this is the greatest group of men as far as a team that i've ever been around or ever seen in my life. >> of course a huge assist to andrew bogut who had a huge night for the golden state warriors, reporting live, denis o'donnell. >>> aaron hern is a sixth grader who was wounded in the boston bombings. he r

o'donnell openly says. wait, wait. you made a statement so let me question you. >> go ahead. >> bill: o'donnell says is he a socialist. that's not a far left position? >> between, he is not breaking the law. >> bill: not about a law. it's about a mentality. >> there are people i may not share their views. do you share these crazy birther's views that glenn beck? of course you don't. they are loony. >> bill: beck and i go at it all the time here. you are dodging the question though. >> i'm not dodging the question. >> bill: i gave you concrete examples of far left people you are telling me they are not far left. >> i don't view rachel maddow as far left or scarborough as far left people. i just don't. >> bill: screw -- crew are pushing the envelope to the left. >> reverend al is a pretty guy. >> bill: pretty liberal? >> okay. is he a liberal guy. >> bill: good looking? all right. carville last question for you and we appreciate you coming on. do you believe that the far left, the people we saw in seattle, the real, real

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norah o'donnell is in moore, oklahoma. >> charlie, schools take a direct hit. two dozen kids are missing. rescuers have been working all night and we are with them. >>> plus a mother and her young son reunited after his school was destroyed. just one of several stories of survival. >> we begin this morning with a look at today's eye"eye opener" your world in 90 seconds. >> disaster in oklahoma. >> a monster tornado. at least a half mile wide roaring through the suburbs. >> in particular the city of moore. >> our car is where our house was. everything is gone. >> packing winds of up to 200 miles an hour cutting an enormous path of destruction. >> houses are completely leveled. >> more than 50 people are confirmed dead. the medical examiner says more bodies are being recovered. >> at least 20 of the fatalities are children. >> the classroom walls just fell straight over. >> plaza towers elementary school took a direct hit from the tornado. >> search and rescue efforts continue to find survivors in the rubble. >> there were people crawling out from everywhere and

norah o'donnell, cbs news, new york. >> jeff: for the first time saudi arabia says girls enrolled inrivate schools can play sports. provided they follow so-called decent dress codes. female saudi athletes are a very rare sight with track star sarah attar one of just two to compete at last year's london olympics. still ahead here, the billionaire backer. putting his money into education, early. so, his hand would have been right in the spot that i had the shingles. no tango. no rhumba. you can't be touched. for more of the inside story, visit shinglesinfo.com help the gulf recover, andnt to learn from what happenedg goals: so we could be a better, safer energy company. i've been with bp for 24 years. i was part of the team that helped deliver on our commitments to the gulf - and i can tell you, safety is at the heart of everything we do. we've added cutting-edge safety equipment and technology, like a new deepwater well cap and a state-of-the-art monitoring center, where experts watch over all our drilling activity, twenty-four-seven. and we're sharing what we've learned, so we can al

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. >>> there, now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." good night. >>> we begin with breaking news in the south carolina special election and the victory of mark sanford. the state's first district had the choice between an accomplished business woman, the sister of one of the best political sat irists and the former governor who ditched his job for a few days in 2009 to cheat on his then wife and has a court date on thursday because he's accused of trespassing on the property of his now ex-wife. somehow this became a close race. ultimately south carolina's first district chose the devil they knew best, with 100% of vote counted, the tally stands at sanford with over 54%, colbert busch slightly over 45%. before mark sanford could take the victory lap, had to retrieve a kitchen pan from supporters so he could stand on it. really, a kitchen pan. >> i need the pan back, i need the pan back for these guys. where is the pan back here. thank you. i need it back. >> he needed that kitchen pan. fully atop his culinary booster, in front of his cam

>>> i'm charlie rose with gayle king and norah o'donnell.three controversies. a new poll is asking americans which is the most important? the answer is the irs scandal. >> that's according to 44% of voters in a quinnipiac university poll. 24% chose the benghazi raid that resulted in the death of the u.s. ambassador to libya. 15% said the seizing of phone records from the associated press is most important. >> republicans are trying to use the irs scandal to their advantage. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell released an online ad yesterday comparing president obama to richard nixon. >> i didn't know at that time. >> i'm not aware of that. >> i don't know. >> i don't know. >> i have no memory of anyone doing that. >> i didn't know that. >> i'm not personally responsible. >> do you believe it is illegal? >> i don't believe it is. >> when the president does it that means it's not illegal. >> what does the president believe? does the president believe that would be illegal? >> the law is irrelevant. >> we're going to punish our enemies, an

contributor and managing editor of post politics.com and nbc's capitol hill correspondent, kelly o'donnell. who has been all over these stories. we'll go to jay carney. let's take it from the top. >> yesterday in your statement you said those matters are handled independently by the justice department. but it is the president's administration. so i wonder, doesn't responsibility for setting tone and setting direction ultimately rest with the president on these matters? >> well, the responsibility to set tone and to focus on the priorities of the american people is absolutely the responsibility of the president. and you see and hear him do that every day. as he fulfills his duties as president. you know i think you have to separate these issues and i think if you look at the answers the president gave yesterday, in response to questions on the one hand about the clear political circus that benghazi has become, and his response to questions about the reports of activity by the irs, i think you see something different. he made clear that if the reports about the activity of irs personnel prov

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. >>> nbc capitol hill correspondent kellie o'donnell joins me now.ut they insisted she show up to declare she would not testify. everyone is entitled to the fifth amendment protection, obviously, but it's the appearance of that, of course, which creates political problems. >> absolutely, andrea. i spoke with lois lerner's attorney who wanted to emphasize that she was well within her rights to make that opening statement, and at the same time refuse to answer questions. she insists she's done nothing wrong and in some ways cruel to put this whole matter at iur feet. he was very defensive of her, someone who has been a very good civil servant. the committee want to know more from her, and so far there's been no inquiry from the department of justice. no teams to speak out, so is there may be future steps. chairman issa suggested that he was frustrated, and so were so many of the members. once lerner left it's been a bipartisan pummeling of the irs officials who were there today. the former commissioner, as well as the now treasury official, and the per

norah o'donnell in moore, oklahoma. we'll check in with her in just a sec. the tornado struck. >> aftermath is worse than many of them could have imagined. >> this is turning into a very destructive tornado, bigger by the minute some of much debris around this thing, it's unbelievable. >> raining pieces of houses, insulation on the road. >> that's a big, big tornado. right over the city. >> oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh. i don't know if people lived in that one. i honestly don't know if people lived in that. >> oh! >> the sound was like a turning of the world. you could just hear the pounding, it's horrible. horrible. >> i was hearing, and i saw that, and then all the dirt that got in my eyes and on my clothes. >> all of the children in the main hallway, and the roof collapsed on top of them. >> oh! >> oh, my gosh. just devastation right now. it just came through, mowed everything down. >> the path was so big, you really don't have enough time to be afraid. all you do is pray and hopefully it works out. >> she called me, the house is gone. and i just started cryi

christine o'donnell only got 30,000 votes. so why didn't he just beat her in the general election clacks because delaware has a crease dewaal it's called the sore loser that if you run for your party's nomination and you lose your name can't be on the ballot in november. those 30,000 people kept all of the million people of delaware from choosing who they wanted in the u.s. set. so go over to utah where senator mike castle was running -- you should have put him in the senate, like steel and mike castle, i'm not going to give you those, robert benet was running for reelection of the senate in utah. they have a convention. there are 3 million people in utah, 3500 were at the convention. 2,000 voted for other candidates other than robert benet. because of those 2,000 people, his name couldn't be on the ballot in november for the 3 million people of utah because they had this sore loser law. how many states have this? 46. 46. here's another provision of the constitution. every senator and representative must be an actual inhabitan

we have a big neat in sports and dennis o'donnell is live in the south bay with that next.ur families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more.. low and no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know... exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks... with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories... sports report from hp pavil. the bay area is regarded as of the top tourist destinat in the >>> dennis o'donnell with tonight's sports report from hp pavilion. >> reporter: the sharks trail in this series two games to one to the l.a. kings. and they are packing hp pavilion tonight as the sharks try and even up the series. this poor guy over here, he has been looking for somebody to sell him a ticket for an hour! the poor guy has been out here that long. any luck gettin a ticket? just needs one ticket. can somebody spare a dime? anyway, the bay area is one of the great destinations in all the

. >> lawrence o'donnells and rachel maddows, they pound the message over and over again. but let me make this perfectly clear. we will never back away from our resolve to defend our rights and the rights of all law-abiding american gun owners. >> so, just so i understand it, it's our profession and our colleagues, rachel maddow and lawrence o'donnell versus law-abiding gun owners, even though none of those people have suggested taking away their rights and 98% of americans actually favor expanded background checks. >> well, for this conservative audience, going after the media is something that's pretty popular. he got a lot of cheers for that. you see that at a lot of other conservative conferences across the board and the attendees here really do blame the media for highlighting this issue, especially in the wake of newtown. they actually feel like they are under some you know, assault, really as this debate goes on and they say that they're seeing what they want from their leaders at the nra in pushing back. >> and yet, we know it's not just the media is it because tod

>>> now it is time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> so what if congress held a hearing about a political scandal -- that happened in washington today. once again. >> you're the head of the agency and not asking questions, shame on you. >> congress gearing up for another week of hearings on the irs scandal. >> hearings on the irs controversy. >> now in its fifth hour. >> so far we're not seeing this go high up the chain. >> the people i represent believe the federal government is out to get them. >> not a single application was denied. >> my question is who is going to jail over this scandal. >> i don't want to go to jail. >> there's not a lot here other than incompetence. >> plenty of drama. >> i am proud of the work in government. >> lois lerner, head of the tax exempt organization. >> members of the committee accused me of providing false information. >> chose to plead the fifth. >> you don't get to tell your side of the story, and not be subjected to cross examination. >> i have not broken any laws. >> that's

. >>> now time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> it was a weekend of lies and paranoia in houston at the nra convention, lies about the president, lies about the second amendment, and lies about boston. >> 70,000 turn out for the nra's annual meeting in texas this weekend. >> the freedom of all mankind, make no mistake, is at stake. >> glenn beck believes our very souls are at stake. >> usually write things about 20 minutes on the back of a napkin before i speak. >> the motto was stand and fight. >> the theme of the convention, stand and fight. >> words like battle, war. >> us against them. >> and stand and fight. >> we must remain vigilant. >> fear mongers. >> they don't get it because they don't get america. >> a cultural war the nra would like to wage. >> nothing new with the nra. >> absolutely nothing. >> doubling down on out of touch rhetoric. >> the nra needs to make president obama into a villain. >> president obama is awal. >> we need five more votes. we can do this. >> i think there will be an electo

norah o'donnell from oklahoma, thank you. >> see you at 7:00. thank you. >>> it is 6:52 now. driving on the golden gate bridge is a breeze now that the tolls are all-electronic. but it's actually not all that easy. drivers who don't have fastrak are getting a bill in the mail now in an unmarked envelope. the bills are actually getting thrown out by some so the unsuspecting commuters get a second bill more expensive than the first one for toll evasion. >> we are to continue to monitor those who say they are not getting their bills. we'll fix the envelopes. >> curry says out of the more than 200,000 invoices sent out, the bridge has got about 250 complaints from commuters saying they never got that first bill. >>> sometimes to teach kids a less zone you have to give them a taste of their own medicine to teach them a lesson. because a student made fun of fellow classmate's clothes, she took her daughter to a thrift store and replaced her clothes with a $50 pile of used clothes. >> she needs to know that this has such an effect on someone else's life that she has to feel how some

dennis o'donnell will have more on the sharks season ender a little later on in sports. >>> we have an update on a story we first told you about a couple weeks ago. a struggling little league team that was targeted by thieves. tonight, that story now has a silver lining. juliette goodrich shows us how a local business is pitching in. juliette. >> hi, liz. many people stepping up to the plate tonight, big time to save richmond's little league. you won't believe how much money was raised in just a few hours. the broadway grill rolled out the red carpet to raise money for richmond's little league, a league already scraping to get by. >> we don't have the tools for the kids and our culture. >> thieves have stolen the thunder out of a richmond. when burrelling game owner and founder of o'duel's kids foundation saw our story about vandals stealing the league's equipment, he stepped up to the plate and sent the team $1500. and then something else happened. >> so after we helped them, our congresswoman saw us on tv. >> we got into a conversation about it and here we are. >> the heavy hitters t

you mention the christine o'donnell thing.had a republican who probably would have won. >> bill: michael castle would have won the seat. >> they chose someone crazy and extreme like christine o'donnell, a lot like ted cruz. they cut off their nose to spite their face. >> bill: we need another outstanding texas republican. somebody who is so popular at home that they're going to take the country by storm! >> sound familiar? >> bill: ted cruz, maybe you ought to talk to rick perry about that. >> announcer: get social with bill press. likes at facebook.com/billpressshow. this is the "bill press show." date, staying in touch with everything that is going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or th

one, christine o'donnell, there are 1 million people inthane delaware. christine o'donnell only got 30,000 votes.o so why didn't he just a beater in the general election? because delaware has this crazy law called the sore loser law, that if you run for your party's nomination and you lose, yourlo name can be on the ballot in november. those 30,000 people kept all of the mi a million people of delaware from choosing who they wanted in the u.s. senate where all that power lies. so go over to you to, where senator mike castle was runnings senator -- you should've put this guy in the senate, mike steele, mike castle both belong -- nevermind. robert bennett was running for reelection in the senate ine utah. they have a convention. there are 3 million people in utah. 3500 were at the convention. 2000 voted for other candidates other than robert bennett. because of those 2000 people, his name could not be on the ballot in november for theth 3 million people of utah because they had this dumb sore loser law. how many states have this crazy sore loser law? 46. 4

. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell. coming up, why vogelsong is no longer topping the charts. >> i think he is very, very close to getting back to where he was last year. >> how local race car driver is getting his second chance. >> i don't even belong on this planet. >> don't you hate when this happens? >> through the perilous night -- >> don't forget about sports. coming up. ,,,,,,,,,,,, for over 60,000 california foster children, it's a challenge to replace clothes that are too small or worn out. i grew 3 inches last year. i don't need anything fancy. i never had much to begin with. when i look nice on the outside, i feel better on the inside. to help, sleep train is collecting new clothes for kids big and small. bring your gift to any sleep train, and help make a foster child's day a little brighter. not everyone can be a foster parent, but anyone can help a foster child. hem to keep an eye >>> the military isn't the only agency using drones. cal fire uses them to monitor hot spots. peta will keep an eye on hunters

>> kelly o'donnell.s that hearing continues at the moment, we are now going to go back to thomas roberts live in moore, oklahoma, following that continuing story you have better weather today, thomas. i remember yesterday during the show, it was rain and windy. >> yeah, a much better day here, richard. and actually turned around in the late afternoon where it got warm and we saw a lot of people got back out to their homes, today being optimal, longer hours where people can get out in the morning time and start to come back to their places. we've seen incredible stories here, richard. and we're going to thank you for getting us to capitol hill. and i'll go back to you if we need to go back up to yto you i need to speak to kelly. they're trying to figure out how best to serve this community. neighborhoods have been completely wiped out, obliterated, wiped off the map. and questions remain today about what can be done in the future to help shore up and make sure the kids neighborhoods and schools will be sa

time for "the last word with lawrence o'donnell." have a great night. >>> the tea party is at a cross roads in the house of representatives because today their not so fearless leader decided to surrender. >> tea party champion, conservative congresswoman, michele bachmann. >> tea party darling michele bachmann. >> won't run for re-election next year. >> what? >> michele bachmann is out. >> she will not seek a fifth term in office. >> catastrophic blow to the tea party. >> is the tea party sputtering? >> and to comedy living individuals everywhere. >> damn, what am i going to write about now. >> bachmann's career included plenty of national highlights. >> the tea party is a dynamic force for good. are they pro-america or anti-america? >> it literally kills women and children. >> president of the united states is threatened by my candidacy. >> bachmann is facing a tough challenge. >> facing an fbi and sec probe. >> rest assured, this decision was not impacted in any way by the recent inquiries. >> i am not quitting because of investiga

i'm dennis o'donnell. tip off is next. ,,,,,,,,,,,, goodnight. thanks, olivia. thank you.yment from your cell to almost anyone's phone or email. (speaking french) so you can express your gratitude... in the moment. chase quickpay. so you can. >>> well the warriors played during lunchtime today. they may have interrupted some other plans. but not heard as you were glued to the tv set. >> i was hoping for the warriors tickets for mother's day. the a's, they were beating them. against the yankees. >> that's a great spot to watch the game. i think that they will hit the playoff series. they will start talking about it as they reached that point. >> oh yeah. they had to beat them today or go back to texas now, three games to one. stephen curry on his sprained ankle saying okay, i could play. they were down too late for them and off the game time. going to overtime for the second time in this series. and they took over. the rookie, they lead the warriors with 26 points. the 6th home run of the season for all last year. and they struck out with that season low. taking three out o

joining me to talk about it, nbc news capitol hill correspondent kelly o'donnell, my colleague ruth marcus, and today is her birthday. and chris 5/8, national correspondent at requests the national journal." kelly, this is a week we had chris van hollen talking about how much this distracts from what the president wants to get done. he acknowledges obvious that they doesn't have that much time to get it done. what is the mood there? what are people saying about how long it goes, who it's good for? this is something that's assaulted capitol hill the last four or five days i want it's certainly put a grip on reporters and some of the members we've been talking to. i spend some time with max baucus. he had a meeting with steve miller. we talked about that meeting and with some frustration, baucus said he didn't really learn anything new and there were more questions than answers. he's requesting more documents more information to prepare for the hearing next tuesday. next week it would be a hearing palooza with tuesday and wednesday hearings relating to the irs. a baucus also gave cautionary

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. >>> i'm dennis o'donnell live in san jose, the raiders sign a former probowler.his name. and the sharks have a chance to tie the series with the l.a. kings and we'll show you what happened next. >> and, as of now, the countdown to labor day still on. we're watching the progress of the new bay bridge. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> down two games to one. the sharks like their odds of evening this series this evening because the los angeles kings have won just one road game since march. joe thornton, 16 years in the league and still no stanley cup and he was an animal on this play. he controls it, and finds bruce again, scores the game first goal. same score, second period. joe to dan boil who shot is deflected. 2-0 san jose. they hold on the win by that score and they even the series now, two games a piece. they go back to l.a. the giants were down to their strike, but then, hits one over harper's head. torres is forced to tie the game at two. they won the game in extra innings 4-2. a's facing rangers. 3rd inning, take them out to center field. 1-0a's and guess what? they w

i am anne o'donnell. >> here is what is coming up in the next half-hour. troops continue their offensive against a strategic rebel stronghold. >> china's premier pledges to work together with india for regional stability and economic growth. >> 30 years after the discovery of hiv, researchers are still searching for a vaccine to prevent aids. >> the war in syria continues to grind on and civilians are paying the price. the government of bashar al- assad has launched a new offensive into retaking the control -- retaking control of the town, qusair, near lebanon. >> they pounded them into submission. some reports say at least 100 people have been killed in the fighting on a including -- in the fighting, including members of the hezbollah group which supports the government. >> the syrian human rights server tori is calling it a massacre -- human rights observatory is calling it a massacre. >> this video provided by the opposition is said to show syrian rebels under fire from government forces in qusair. monday was the second day of a government assault in th