laden to highlight the lack of security along the border between the united states and mexico now o'keefe was treading across a small stretch of the rio grande along the tech so texas border. and i'm in the united states. in the us the county i don't see a single federal officer anywhere in the walls no guns no people totally peaceful quiet and serene i'm in the united states ok it goes on to state that we should not believe obama and other officials of the border is secure because you can cross a three thousand mile border so easily without being apprehended by border patrol agents at the end of the piece o'keefe asks audience if they feel safe before donning the bin laden costume and crossing the river once again however it also begs the question of whether americans feel safe knowing that a u.s. citizen can cross the border dressed as a dead islamist militants without incident and that does it for now for more on the stories we covered go to youtube dot com slash r.t. america and check out our web site r t dot com slash usa follow me on twitter at n.p.r. david. dramas that can't be ign

." >>> the morning after primary day, to break it down, ed o'keefe from washington, d.c. ed, good morning to you. >> good morning, frances. >> let's start with this primary wrap here, especially with florida, rick scott and charlie crist advance in the general election showdown here, and it's going to be expected to be one of the nastiest, most expensive campaigns in recent history. so, break down why this is really must-watch politics when it comes to the rest of the year. >> well, i mean, the sunshine state obviously, you know, a very important one, one of the biggest facing a governors race this year. rick scott, the incumbent republican, could spend up to $100 million to try to get re-election. charlie crist, his former republican opponent, because remember, charlie crist is a former republican, could spend at least $50 million, and then all these outside groups also expected to pour some money in. nasty, obviously, because these guys are former members of the same party. they faced off before. there will be questions about, you know, charlie crist's motivations and w

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she is the legendary activist james o'keefe. and just leak a potato he is twice baked. actor and comedian sherrod small. he now hosts "race wars" we will talk about it with his comedian friends. >> # red eye, baby. i'm bag. >> a block. the lede. that's the first story. >> for all of our chatter, it doesn't matter. americans have almost no impact on our company's public policies. they are shaped by wealthy individuals and business groups. researchers looked at policy issues and found the government almost always favors the preferences of corporate elites. they are describing our impact as, quote, nonsignificant and near zero. clearly this something that could happen -- -- >> as always we have brought in a lively studio audience to help us tonight. thank you for joining us this evening. by a show of hands how many would prefer i host the show shirtless and covered in oil? it took some time for them to think about it, but they chose wisely. sherrod, i will go to you first. in the green room you said this is why we have to impeach obama. >> i would never say that. obama is

. >>> i'm joined by ed o'keefe. let's talk about hillary clinton. she may be running for something.alled president obama yesterday to make sure he knows that nothing she said was an attempt to attack him but how can you view her calling approach to syria a failure without getting the feeling that the clinton obama rivalry may be back? >> if it's not a rivalry, it's at least politics being played by her you got to appear from distancing yourself from an increasingly unpopular president while at the same time not entirely throwing him under the bus because of course he still has strong support really among the loyal democratic voters she's going to need in 2016 especially in the event of a primary challenge from somebody else. she's trying to have it both ways here. clearly, this interview over the weekend, an incredible interview if people haven't read through it, there is a lot in there, this of course being probably the highlight of it, it's a great demonstration that she's clearly thinking -- and she's trying to find subtle ways to distance herself. i think what we saw yesterday w

good thing o'keefe picked a shallow part and didn't try to swim in his osama bin laden get up. >> dou feel safe? >> i feel hot. >> i don't think i'm going to say anything else. thank you for joining me today. i'm carol costello. "@this hour" with berman and michaela starts now. >> hello, i'm john berman. >> and i'm michaela pereira. thanks so much for you don't know -- joining us. we begin this morning with the news of the death of robin williams. that comedic genius loved by so many, known for his variety of characters from mrs. doubtfire, aladd aladdin, was found dead in his home in california yesterday, just 63 years old. >> the autopsy scheduled for today, but authorities do suspect that he took his own life. his publicist says he's been suffering from severe depression. over the decades he also battled addiction. >> robin williams was a classically trained actor. he won an oscar for his role in good will hunting but he was also nominated for several other roles in several other films. most of all though, he made us laugh. >> i don't know if it's a dream or not. all i know it was

. >> woodruff: for more on today's events, the washington post's ed o'keefe joins us from capitol hill. ed, what a scene. the house republican leadership said they wanted a bill to deal with the border, but they couldn't get it. what happened? >> well, they pulled that bill very quickly, unexpectedly earlier this afternoon, surprising everyone, including several members, as you heard, who had already headed for the airports. but after a revolt of a handful of republicans in, let's say, more purple districts, places like california, new york, pennsylvania, areas with growing latino populations, also, they confronted kevin mccarthy and the speaker on the floor of the house and said, no, we can't leave washington without having voted or at least trying to vote on something so they were dragged into the basement of the capitol for an emergency meeting and emerged an hour later saying they will stay overnight in washington, have another meeting tomorrow and probably vote on something at some point friday. in essence, there was a deadline, a due date, the house didn't meet it so the teacher

the system the way it is, and it's going to fall to those of us who have camera phones, the james o'keefes of the world, the hannah jiels, the dearly departed andrew breitbarts of the world who think outside the box to solve problems. i have a lot of material on menendez that's yet to come, i intend to continue because i believe journalists should first and foremost be after truth and after justice, so i'll continue to help law enforcement as necessary. and i have been, have been in contact with the sec, and my friend rick over there in the back, he and i were in front of the national media today doing a press conference showing how the nrsc and how a number of establishment conservative organizations were violating sec rules with what they were doing in mississippi. and all of this started coming out. i commend that you come to gotnews.com. i will actually pay you, unlike other places. i actually believe in freedom and money and actually, like, you know, if you do the work, you should probably be paid a just became. i know this is a novel concept for a lot of interns. i promise you, it ge

what's not helpful, role video of james o'keefe dawning an abl mask and crossing the rio grand.ike that doesn't work. we have serious problems at the border. give it a rest, my man. >> wow. >> that was a little unusual. >> there's a group of guys that the only band able to use the tool of satan. it's at the county fair. >> what did you think about the ride? ♪ >> that was pretty. >> i like that. >> so bob, you're up next. >> that was great. in 1959 albert early who was a senior in illinois was going to an naacp convention in their hometown. he was not allowed to graduate because he happened to go to the pick chi picnic what was in the white side of the park. 55 years later, he was finally given his diploma. he was not able to go to college because he didn't have his diploma. i can only say congratulations to you. >> anything else you might want to say? >> i'd like to say something further, but i have been kept quiet this week. >> you seem like you were in a good mood. >> i want to talk about something else, but i'm glad i had the chance to do this. >> i have a little girl power s

fitting then that almost 30 years since her death country side where she worked is still known as o'keefecountry. she painted the mountains around her home so many and shaping new mexico'sdstone into manves of art. >> do you think you are obsessed with caving? >> would you call a child beingou wouldn't use that word obsessed, you know when you are doing something you love and are drawn to it, you want to do it all the time. >> so thissort of the cave staircase? >> he call the shrines. >> massive in poetic inf his work your >> i see this as an environmental projeqct. i am to open up people's >> this -al-th>> i h this cav inside. >> how h long did this take? >>.lose you want to have sort of beingÑo envelop s playing with space bothmç aposition of opposites the sense of being underground with light streaming the intimacy of being in ay2 cave, columns are very large5q sometimes 30, 40 feet high. >> he has no degree in sculpting and not a structural engineer and he is not an architect.x8 he is simply a man h >> most ofat i the actual making, makihey >> you move >> -- i move on, i want fresh w

and patrick o'keefe.he loss is felt by their families and colleagues and also by jose giagos who developed a lasting friendship with the men who saved his life. >> i don't have any words to express how i feel about these guys. they live in my heart. i carry them in a very special part of my heart. >> although he now lives in his native colombia, he has come back to the building where he once feared his life would end. >> it was very hot. there was a lot of smoke coming out of all the windows. >> and we have a surprise waiting for him. on the corner of 7th avenue and 48th street. >> oh, man. >> hi. >> it's kevin shay now retired and living in montana. shay and giagos haven't seen each other for many years. >> what a crazy surprise. i'm so happy to see you. >> yes. it's a great surprise. >> for these two men, the experience on the 12th floor of this building has created a bond that will never fade away. >> doesn't it feel much better once you know you're not alone? >> oh, yes. >> almost everything feels bet

then there is this -- i think you probably picked up on this -- james o'keefe, a character, crossing the rio grande in osama bin laden's get-up. as you know, the insecure border is enabling people who are the real deal to come across, not just children or people seeking employment, but people seeking to take advantage of the opportunity to bring the jihads here. i want to close a little bit with these guys because this is another form of threat that we almost always miss as we focus on the shiny, dangling object of these violent jihadists. they are the scary guys. they are the guys that are actually killing people. there is no question they want our destruction as well. we do have on sale here a copy of this book called "sharia -- the threat to america." in the appendix to this book which was also published as a separate book which you can get for free at securefreedom.org is an explanatory memorandum, the strategic plan of the muslim brotherhood in north america dated 1991 and then delivered into our hands and used to great effect in the largest terrorism financing trial in american

joining me now is washington bureau chief for the sun times lynn sweet and congressional reporter ed o'keefeank you for being with us on a saturday. >> thank you, francis. >> lynn, how do you feel about the events playing out in ferguson? the president never made a visit. >> well, i think what the president said was on target. but what the president did in terms of the optics and especially in terms of the horrible beheading of james foley, the white house didn't understand that in this case going to the golf game afterwards wasn't a good choice of how to schedule the presidents day. i've never been a critic. usually he's always working. but in this case the white house was wrong in how they scheduled the president. because this was such a horrendous act by a terrorist group. in ferguson, i think the white house did a very -- did the right thing by sending attorney general eric holder there to try and send the message in a very strong way that the administration is going to seriously look into the allegations of police abuse of power. >> back it was a terribly difficult dilemma because this

then there is this -- i think you probably picked up on this -- james o'keefe, a character, crossing the rio grande in osama get-up.n's as you know, the insecure border is enabling people who are the real deal to come across, not just children or people seeking employment, but people seeking to take advantage of the opportunity to bring the jihads here. i want to close a little bit with these guys because this is another form of threat that we almost always miss as we focus shiny, dangling object of these violent jihadists. they are the scary guys. they are the guys that are actually killing people. there is no question they want harder structure in as well. -- they want our destruction as well. copy have on sale here a of this book called "sharial america."reat to booke appendix to this which was also published as a separate book which you can get for free at securefreedom.org is memorandum, the strategic plan of the muslim brotherhood in north america dated 1991 and then delivered into our hands and used to great effect in the largest terrorism financing trial in american history,

christian o'keefe remembers the life of 1970 medical innovator and reconstructive plastic surgeon thomasrvel. look for these in bookstores this weekend watch for the authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> that is flood dome of the capital, taken from the washington convention center which is in downtown washington. it is this year's site at the national book festival. the national book festival, begun in 2001 by first lady laura bush and continues many years. between the washington monument and the capital, this year we are inside at the convention center, having issues with the national park service and the library of congress and reseeding grass etc. etc.. is that a full day of coverage on booktv from the national book festival coming up in a minute. well-known author talking about his book, the life and death -- "the good spy: the life and death of robert ames" and then the granddaughter of nikita khrushchev will be talking about her book. and a couple caller is coming. michio kaku will be talking to us followed by sally who will talk about what those two authors,

kristin o'keefe remembers the life of nineteenth century innovator and reconstructive plastic surgeon thomas motor in dr. motor's marvels. look for these titles in bookstores and watch for authors in the near future on booktv and on booktv.org. >> i have enormous respect for bowls and simpson. they are great guys and the thinking at the time is here are the numerical benchmarks you have to pass any budget plan to stabilize your fiscal situation. i didn't like some parts of what they did and thought it was missing a lot so we put our own together and exceeded those benchmarks. we assumed the president would do the same, if he didn't like simpson-bowles he would put his own plan out meeting these benchmarks to stabilize their fiscal situation and he chose not to do that either. was set up by his executive order and so we really did expect him once we decided not to support it, the house republicans, and go do our thing, we thought he would triangulate like bill clinton did for the sake of 2012 and supporting it. so he jettisoned it, demagogued what we were doing and did not offer a cred