just signing the deal with the major p.r. firm, and the campaign is supposed to "educate the public," on staying healthy. but we pay for enough of that already, says doctor seigel. >>guest: what is wrong with some good information how to eat the right things and stay healthy? the ethical questions aside about hiring a p.r. firm to spread their message as though there is no one that disagrees, right? anyone that disagrees is misinforming people. so there is nothing wrong with a p.r. firm but the mess is ludicrous. when we are faced with obesity epidemic and we will see 45 percent of americans obese by 2030 under the current situation, we citizen entitlements and watch television and the p.r. firm will tack about prevention. that is easy. >>stuart: you say your sell we have obesity crisis. why in the we just prevent it by giving good information to the public and get a good marketing group to get the word out. >>guest: first of all, first of all, i don't think that is what though are talk about they will talk about we are giving you

sarah is looking for a job teaching and sam just accepted a position at a p.r. firm in town. at american university i'm kristin fisher, 9 news now. >> the old alma mater has a great graduation day, doesn't it? sarah and sam still have not set a date but plan to stick around town and sam has a problem at a p.r. firm. sarah wants to get a gig at a teacher before she starts to plan the big wedding. so congratulations to the two. >> very nice. memorable, too tell the kids, grand kids. >> in fact, nobody who is in the audience will forget. they won't remember a word about the graduation speech, but they will remember that. >> who spoke at the graduation? i don't know. >> keep an umbrella handy, looking at periods of rain and showers and even thunderstorms through wednesday, but the payoff will be nice, derek. let's start with live look outside from our live weather cam brought to you by michael and son. we're looking at temps in the 60s, still light rain, dew point 64, pressure falling a tad in the last hour 30.03 inches of mercury and winds east, northeast at 6. the winds should

don't send it to a p.r. firm to try to spin this law. we need to repeal this law, we need to repeal this health care law, replace it with a better plan. instead of wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on this p.r. campaign, we need to go back to the drawing board. americans deserve to be able to get the care they need from the doctor that they want at a tries pryce they can afford. that's what i'll continue to talk about on the senate floor as i offer a doctor's second opinion about the significant failure of the law that passed the senate, was crammed through the house and signed by president obama two years ago. thank you, madam president. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from kansas. mr. moran: thank you, madam president. yesterday, a group of four of us senators introduced legislation that i want to highlight today in this brief opportunity on the senate floor. we introduced senate bill 3217. this legislation called start-up 2.0 was introduced by senator warner, senator coons, senator

reporter show a fancy expensive full color glossy presentation done by a hot shot advertising a p.r. firm titled the defeat of baraki hussein obama the ricketts plan to end his spending for good what is a plan to swith both the president using clips of old jeremiah wright speeches in comments the plan itself says according to new york times the world is about to see jeremiah wright and understand his influence on barack obama for the first time in a big attention arresting way and that the front man for the new swift boat organization should be quote an extremely literate conservative african-american who can the times says argue that mr obama misled the nation by presenting himself as what the proposal calls a metro sexual black aide lincoln and of quote when in fact the rickets plan suggests obama may actually be an advocate an advocate of black liberation theology the fact that ninety nine percent of white people have no idea what black liberation theology is actually works to the benefit of the rickets plan because all three words like liberation theology when applied to a presidentia

the department of health and human services giving $20 million of your money to a p.r. firm alaska governor sarah palin says the plan itself isn't the only thing that's questionable. >> it's crony capitalism on steroids, greta. the $20 million is going to a firm that employs and has as head haunchos as as a surrogate. >> those are your headlines this morning. >> privilege to bring with us, the former secretary of state, general colin powell, national security advisor, everything else. great to have you. >> good morning. >> how are you? >> you even looked younger since being in government. >> being in government is not good for your health. >> no kidding. >> we'll talk a little bit about your book and it's terrific in a minute or two. first, we'll talk about some stuff in the news. i want to play for you a soundbite of the president of the united states talking about afghanistan. and we're getting out over there, right? here's the president. listen to this. >> i don't think there's ever going to be an optimal point where we say this is all done. this is perfect. this is just

. >> greg: coming up, everybody knows hollywood is president obama personal p.r. firm? did he give top secret information to movie producers? if you leigh now you will miss eric bolling modeling a white linen top. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back, everybody. we have a huge breaking story for you, one that shines a bright light on the mind set of the obama administration. according to dock mens changed through judicial watch, freedom of information lawsuit in days following the bin laden raid, obama leaked classified information to the raid about hollywood filmmakers and something more troubling, it appears that the white house arrangeed for filmmakers to meet directly with highest level counterterror advisor, the c.i.a. and commander from the navy seal team six. get this, the film was to be released, victory lap released in october days before the 2012 election. folks we can't make this stuff up. kimberly, i'm concerned that it took nine months to get the document. it turns out john brennan, the chief counter terrorism advisor, it goes on, the national security advisors, c

now they have a new $17.5 million contract with the powerhouse p.r. firmad good news to skeptical public about the president's healthcare law. >> it's something they are advertising it's a waste of money. the big purpose appears to be promote president achievement with the healthcare law. hope it might assist in the re-election. >> claire mccaskill wrote 12 agencies to ask for them to account for all advertising. >> they want to advertise benefit of the popular healthcare law. use campaign funds. >> they will encourage people to utilize them for better health. as written, the healthcare law requires a national science based media campaign on the health promotion. and disease prevention. it does not say how much should be spent on it. >> it spent $100 million on campaign to inform seniors of the medicare drug program. >> bret: thank you. the first school to require every student take arabic. plus, for romney and president obama both went there. but one harvard alum directory update is ruffling feathers. grapevine is next. are you still sleeping? just wanted

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sam just accepted a position at a p.r. firm. they have not said yet when they're getting married. >> that was very sweet. >> i bet she was so surprised. i wonder if he was by the stage, waiting for her. >> glad she said yes. >>> still ahead on eyewitness news at 4:00. would you take a pill to stay sober? how to avoid drunkenness by popping a pill. >>> he survived 28 days at sea. did a passenger help. >>> learninglearning from science. the new grant helping local students. >>> and the sun is out after a humid afternoon. is the rain gone for good? get your updated first warning weather forecast. >>> it's 76 degrees with a mixture of sun and clouds in central maryland right now. the complete first warning weather forecast coming up. three years after an on-stage accident, rocker bret michaels settle -- settles his lawsuit against the tony awards. he was performing at the 2009 event when he was hit in the head with a piece of the set. michaels claims the accident contributed to a brain hemorrhage that nearly killed him. details of t

a p.r., a leftist p.r. firmdea of this, what we now call up on. >> sean: if i were the republicans, i would make an ad, obama putting the seal of approval. nancy pelosi saying god bless them and put all the violence. i would put the guy taking a car, cop car, i would put all the broken windows, all the violence, i would put it on there and say, god bless this? is this the america we want? that would work? >> i think that would probably maybe work for maybe a little bit for a segment. but as far as the up on movement is concerned, they are looking to cause more havoc. watch what will happen in chicago very soon. >> sean: good point. we have to take a break. we will come back. more with our great, great american panel. don't touch it -- don't touch that dial. [ male announcer ] imagine facing the day with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine living your life with less chronic low back pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non

he's already scored a job at a p.r. firm.r time in the building behind me and is now searching for work as a middle school social studies teacher, good practice for down the road when they start a family. at american university beth parker, fox 5 news. >> congratulations. >>> coming up details about jc's newest project, a music festival in philadelphia. >> also tonight x-factor officially announced two new judges. >> next on the news edge at 11:00 a heads up for parents, the batteries that are sending more kids to the emergency room.  >> thisfox 5 program brought to you by siemens. [ female announcer ] with xfinity, you can always expect more. like more on demand shows and movies than ever. and more ways to discover them too. plus more speed from america's fastest internet provider. so you can run more devices at the same time. ♪ feel a firework [ female announcer ] and best of all, it keeps getting better. no wonder more people choose xfinity over any other provider. ♪ love can be so mystical ♪ ♪ lo

sam has a job with a p.r. firm in town and sarah is hoping to become a teacher. they want to make d.c. their home. it's where they met and want to grow old together. >> i liked what he said about seeing her at all stages in her life. a lot of young people don't think about that. >> she's 22 and he's 19. >> crazy. good stuff. >>> president obama is trying to court women voters. today the president delivered the commencement speech to 600 graduates at the all women's barnard college in new york city today. >> indeed we know we are better off when women are treated fairly and equally in every aspect of american life whether it's the salary you earn or the health decisions you make. >> the president personally asked the school for the speaking opportunity back in february as the national debate over birth control and health issues started heating up. >>> news week's newest magazine cover is causing a bit of a controversy. the magazine shows president obama with a rainbow halo over his head, the cover declaring mr. obama the country's first gay president. a conservati

and $20 million, take it one step further and find out how did this p.r. firm even be awarded the $20 million contract? it's crony capitalism on steroids! the $20 million is going to a firm that employs and has as head honch oh obama surrogates on surrogates on the heels of another $6 million hhs contract that went to another obama crony who happens to be the crony who reverend jeremiah wright alleges was bribed with $150,000 to hush up until the election was over. connect the dots. the $twernt million contract is part of the crony capitalism that corrupts washington, d.c. >> greta: i would prefer if they wait until the supreme court made the decision because if the decision is to keep the statute, that's one thing fthey toss it out in whole or in part, we may have spent the $20 million for not. i have your letter written to kathleen sebelius, cabinet leader of hhs. it was sent by rob portman, a republican senator from ohio on the subcommittee on contracting oversight. in his letter, he says, on february 28, as part of the subcommittee on contracting oversight'

public affairs to double the staff, quadruple the budget, let's have another $20 million to hire a p.r. firm to convince the american people that the affordable health care act is going to be good for th them, let's sway seniors by using $3 million for an ad campaign featuring andy griffith, who is one of my favorite actors of all time, who took on the role that would convince people that the health care law was good for seniors. the nonpartisan factcheck.org concluded that that ad used -- they said -- quote -- "-- "weasel words" -- unquote -- to mislead seniors. i certainly would no not imagine that andy griffith would say "weasel words." they used taxpayer paid-for words to talk about why this plan would be good for them. then the administration recently decided to spend $8.35 billion -- now, mr. president, we're talking about real money. we're not talking about $20 million or $3 million, we're talking about $8.35 billion to postpone the vast majority of the medicare advantage cuts until after the end of this year. coincidentally, after election day as well. this is supposedly out of money