this came directly to you from camp pendleton.otes, these writings that were found. were there multiple notes by this man? >> i'm told there were writings. it is plural. i can't be specific on what they said, but they definitely referred to explosive devices being placed on san clemente high school campus. and as you said, sometimes the first day of school you do get prank calls. you do get hoax. however, this is not a student calling a prank. this is a member of the military who is awol, who may have access to explosive devices. it's a whole different ball game. >> jim, other than the close proximity between camp pendleton and the high school, is there any other connection between this daniel morgan and this high school. did he go to the high school? >> we do not believe he went to the high school. we're checking with military personnel, interviewing people to see maybe he knew somebody at the high school. we just do not know what his motive is at this time. >> and so for now, it's my understanding that the school has moved these

the crash happened in camp pendleton. the ah 1 cobra went down around 1:00 this afternoon. caused a brushfire and is still burning. the two marines were killed instantly. names have not been released. >>> set to end its ban of gay serving openly in the armed services. took effect in 1993. since then about 14,000 service members have been discharged for being gay. the pentagon has put soldiers, sailors, marines and airman in preparation for change. that change happens at midnight tonight. >>> financial leaders in greece are planning to hold another round of talks tomorrow with members of the european commission. the i shall issue is whether they will be able to meet targets that will pave the way for bailout money. >>> that uncertainly rattled wall street as stocks spent the day in the red. did close above its session low . >> all i'm saying is those who have done well including me should pay our fair share in taxes to contribute to the nation that made our success possible. >> obama outlined his plan for deficit reduction. 1.5 trillion dollars in taxes. affect upper income

. >> and two people dead dead following a crash this afternoon in camp pendleton. the crash started a brush fire, crews trying to contain flames z this heck went dmoun a training area. >> two men detained during a bomb scare has been released. the flight made an emergency landing around 8:00 in the morning. 186 passengers are fine. and they got off the plane and had to be recleaned. -- restrained. the fbi says the threat was not credible. this began after a clerk found a better and r.about a bomb threat. >> this is off the pipe. and that is to rescreen. >> the plane is now back in surf advisory. the fbi trying to figure out who wrote that note. >> mayors from 13 california cities signed an agreement to urge the state and federal government to develop a clear strategy against gang violence. the mayors of san francisco, oakland and santa rosa among those signing a call for action. they formed part of the gang prevention network. and the coalition has been created -- credited with reducing crime in a number of cities. the rate of former inmates is a major obstacle, ho

. >>> two marines were killed in a helicopter crash in camp pendleton. it sparked a brush fire on the base near the community of fall brook. the two marines died at the scene. their names have not been released and the cause of the crash is still under review. in the meantime the brush fire is 80% contained and has burned 20%. >>> it burned out on its own and it started yesterday morning at valley organ knicks. >>> crews are not attacking the fire. >> it will take hundreds of thousands of gallons of water to put it out. the health of the company burned out into ash. >> he says the compost pile could burn down between three and five days, in the meantime they have issued an air alert for today through thursday. >>> today a death row inmate in georgia could find out whether a last minute appeal will spare his life. troy davis was found guilty of murdering a police officer in 1991 and since then many witnesses have backed off on their testimony. davis is scheduled to die by lethal injection tomorrow. demonstrators urged the board not to move forward and oth

because if you go upstairs into the reading room here and you go through the papers of nathanial pendleton, who was the second to alexander hamilton, at the dueling ground as he handled -- handed hamilton the pistol, he said to hamilton, should i set the hair trigger and hamilton replied not this time. so i don't know why it was so surprising that the pistols contained a hair trigger. the first question that he asked was some of you have probably read the novel "burr." the duel occurs when aaron burr reads in the newspaper that hamilton has issued a despicable opinion about him at an albany dinner party. i wish i could stand up before you tonight and say that i solved the famous riddle of what the despicable opinion was. i could not. nobody has been able to do it. the author, and i think this is clever from a novelistic standpoint, said hamilton accused burr of an incestuous relationship with his daughter whom he doted on. when i was doing research in the new york public library, i read through all of the different pamphlets that circulated in the spring of 1804 immediately prior to the du

again, it was a diary entry from what we believe to be a marine at camp pendleton who is now awol whoaid he left an incendiary device at the high school. the school taking this very seriously right now. we'll keep you up to speed on this. any more information we'll bring it to you. megyn: do we know if this was something they identified prior to this. this threat that was written down? >> reporter: it's all very unclear. i mean all we're getting right now. these are reports from our network affiliate kabc. first it came across as a naval officer, then they were saying no, it was a marine at camp pendleton marine base, and they found in his journal entry something about leaving an incendiary device at san clemente high school. san clemente high school is probably 15 or 16 miles up the road from camp pendleton, maybe 20 miles at the farthest. san clemente of course the famous western white house for richard nixon, it's right on the ocean, it's a very quaint little beach community. and now you've got firetrucks, and bomb squad and all these people trying to clear this area. but clearly t

were killed this afternoon when an attack helicopter went down during a training exercise at camp pendletono word yet what caused the accident that setoff a brush fire that spread to 120 acres. sfichlt president obama today unveiled new plan to cut the federal deficit by 2 trillion i don't know dollars. it calls for raising tax on his nearly everyone making more than 25 250,000 dollars a year. and establishes a minimum tax on people making 1 million or more per year. >> it is wrong that in the united states of america teacher or a nurse or a construction worker who earns 50,000 dollars should pay higher tax rate than somebody pulling in 50 million dollars. >>reporter: president also called for can you get entitlement program lick medicare and medicaid and raising federal fee identified if the plan as savings. for example the security fee on air lane tickets could go from 5 dollars to continue. eventually 15 bucks. corp are the jet owner would say pay 100 dollars a flight. federal employee would contribute more to their pension and military retire pay a 1 time fee of 200 dollars to help defr

an ahs cobra went down about 1:00 this afternoon at camp pendleton. emergency responders pronounced the two crew members dead at the scene. that fire has grown to at least 50 acres. firefighters are fighting the flames which are moving toward the town of duluz. it's not clear why that helicopter went down. >>> more than $44 million, that's what the owner of the costco buy son has agreed to pay for the 2007 spill that dumped thousands of gallons of oil into san francisco bay. an is there with where that money is going. anne? >> federal, state, local authorities announced the largest-ever natural damage settlement since the exxon valdez oil spill in 1989. >> this bay is a jewel of the san francisco region and the costco luzon oil spill left a scar across our water. >> reporter: just about every agency you can think of wanted to weigh in today to tout the cooperative effort that resulted in a $44 million settlement with the owners and operators of the costco buzon. they are being held financially responsible for the clean up of the waters affected by the

. >>> firefighting team at camp pendleton are battling a two-acre wildfire sparked by the crash of a tragically, two marines were killed in the crash. >>> the department of justice is challenging the republican-led texas legislature new voting map. >>> the repeal of the 17 yaer 17-year-old "dateline nbc" policy is set to take place tomorrow. back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." a death penalty case in georgia is drawing national attention. the state's parole board has just concluded its meeting to consider the fate of troy davis who was scheduled to be executed wednesday evening. troy davis was convicted and sentenced to death for the shooting of an off-duty police officer, mark macphail, back in 1989. now, seven witnesses have recanted their testimony, and many jurors are saying davis should not be on death row, joining me right now is our colleague, reverend al sharpton, the host of msnbc's "politics nation." he's been out there leading to charge to try to save troy davis from execution. joining me is reverend al sharpton, host of msnbc's "politics nation." he's been

and i -- hoist daisy was there any ceremonies at camp pendleton. caller: i actually don't know. i can't go anywhere. i just had a baby. host: how long has your husband been in the marines? caller: for three years already. host: lucinda, you're on. caller: thanks for taking my call. i refused for 10 years to watch anything about this subject. i didn't lose anyone personally, but the pain that was inflicted on all of us that day. i remember where i was. i remember what i did. i remember sobbing constantly because it was the first time -- and i just -- i was there for kennedy. but it was the first time they could think that in front of my eyes i'm watching people die. i'm actually watched people die. and my heart went out to all those souls, all the families. and i think the biggest mistake that nose the past have made that think we go down on our knees at any given knee. when you hurt one, you hurt us all. and we have the resolve to take care of things. we take care of each other. and i think that's our strongest strength. host: lucinda, where's gloversville, new york? caller: we'

. >>> a navy medic in camp pendleton is under investigation for a bomb threat.it was at san clem men ti. officials were notified after a note was found. they conducted a search of the barracks. that's when daniel morgan failed to show up for work. he surrendered. >>> a fire comes dangerously close to gnome calaveras county. >> dozens of members of a hockey team killed in a horrible plane crash. there's a bay area connection to at least one of the victims. >>> northbound 280 getting slow traffic. we'll tell you more coming up. [ man ] it's big. responds in a moment's notice. supports in times of need. same with aladdin. aladdin became the biggest in bail by treating people right. no one has lower prices, is faster or more professional than aladdin. that's why more people turn to aladdin than anyone. aladdin bail bonds. bigger because we're better. >>> evidence of a super nova in space last night will be visible on earth tonight and tomorrow night. this galaxy is only 21 million plight years away. astronomers said that's like income our backyard. it's the closest

helicopter crash in camp pendleton, california, leaving two marines dead.aining mission when their ah-1w cobra went down. it sparked a major brushfire. we don't know what caused the crash. this is the third aviation incident involving marines from camp pendleton since the month of july. >> frightening pictures from a drive-by shooting caught on camera. the suspects were driving down the street in two separate cars when they slowed down and started shooting at each other. it happened on lee street in north st. louis. these images were captured by surveillance cameras and a 17-year-old boy was hit. he's in critical condition but should recover. police hope these images will help them catch the shooters. >> i'll take it from here. seven more deaths could be connected to contaminated cantaloupe. health departments in colorado, new mexico, missouri, oklahoma, say the deaths may be linked to listeria from cantaloupe born at colorado's jensen farms. 35 people in 10 states sick. officials are trying to figure out if the contamination came from the farm's soil, wash

>> in southern california, two marines were killing -- were killed in a helicopter crash in camp pendletone military officials say the two marines died at the scene. their names have not been released yet and the cause of the crash is under review. in the meantime, the brush fire is 780% contained. it's burned about 120 acres. firefighters are allowing a large -- the large compost fire to burn out on its own. the fire chief says it 0 would take too much water to put the -- it would take too much water to put the fire out. >>> 7:49. construction on the new b.a.r.t. connector to oakland airport is now causing a lane closure. a rain on the outside of b.a.r.t. drive between ron parkway and doolittle drive will stay closed until friday. so you drivers are being asked to drive slower through the construction zone and give yourself extra time. the b.a.r.t. connector -- connector should be finished by 2014. >>> a new "sauce today" says some fees are -- a new "usa today" says some fees are -- >>> pro baseball is coming to san rafael. last night the city council there unanimously approved a plan to

you know, i'm out for in orange county, it's about an hour and a half to the east and camp pendleton to the south. you weren't very nice to california, talking about how it was a big desert. it's a great place. that's where we can put everybody out there and train in more like series of what they are going to see in iraq or afghanistan. so you are living out there, you are -- you just got married, you bought a house, you are hanging out, your husband leaves, he leaves you a letter. he says if i die open this up, now i'm not going to tell people what that said. they should get the book and read it. did you ever open that letter? >> guest: not until iraq. but i definitely felt like opening it many times. but, you know, i kept it because i wanted something to look forward to when i needed to read it. so i kind it left it as a last resort type of thing. open when needed. it was sort of a bedrock of holding me while i was in iraq. so it was kind of a nice gesture on his part to leave me with something i felt knows i would be following him soon after into kuwait and iraq. >> host: great. s

of course it can't pendleton to the south of us. you were very nice to california, talking about it. it is a great place to confess arica but everybody out to train in more like circumstances of what they will see in iraq or afghanistan. so you are living out there. you just got married, bought a house. you're hanging out. your husband leaves you a letter. it says, if i die, openness that. i am not going to tell people what it had. i think they should get the book and read it. did you ever open that letter? >> guest: not until iraq. but i definitely felt like opening it in the times. i kept it because i wanted something to look forward to when i needed to read it. so i kind of left it as a last resort type of thing, open when needed. there was sort of a bedrock of holding me while i was in iraq. so it's kind of a nice gesture on his part to leave me with something i felt, knowing i would be following soon after into kuwait and iraq. >> host: grey. so you're still with her husband, everything good and work out. been in iraq. an order

daniel morgan turned himself in at the camp pendleton marine base.l administrators forced to evacuate thousands of students on the first day of classes. you might have seen this live on our air. fortunately police confirm no explosives were found but obviously there is lot more to the story. adam housley is live in los angeles with more. hi, adam. >> reporter: jenna, it is quite a mystery. we're expecting to hear more about 5:00 eastern this afternoon. we're told the orange county sheriff's department in southern california will give a press conference and provide more details about daniel morgan. you remember yesterday for couple hours it was quite the scene in southern california. 3,000 students were evacuated from the high school, taken out to the football field. at one point, a very warm day along the coast. unnaturally warm day. four or five students were treated for heat exhaustion. they brought in eight dog teams from orange county and literally went every inch by every inch in every classroom. checked roof and common areas. once they had the

he go the a text saying way to go, from terry pendleton his former hitting ghoch atlanta.s, the braves now lead the cards in the wildcard race by two games. >>> the pga tour chip in atlanta. hunter's tee shot on 17 goes in the drink. decides not to take the penalty. he's going to hit out of the water. take off the shoes and socks, roll up the pants. he did it, out of the water. well-played. he said he was lucky the water was low enough to get a clean shot. he's three shots back of bradley's lead. we'll see how that wraps up this weekend, the last big tournament of the pga year. >> whoo >> what a great kid. >> nice to see him do well. >> thanks, jeff. >>> we're at the top of the hour now and we begin with presidential politics and the republicans fighting for the nomination. nine of them squared off in a debate last night. one candidate still wears the biggest bull's-eye. >> there's a rick perry out there that's saying that, almost a quote, it says that the federal government shouldn't be in the pension business, that it's unconstitutional. unconstitution, and it should be

i flew in there on my way to play around with marines at camp pendleton. maybe one day i will get a chance to go out to san diego or maybe i will get to visit the seal training in coronado. we have let things we need to do in washington, d.c. and being with the folks in south florida. god bless you from coming over four separate it from san diego. >> i think we have gone for just about everybody's question, believe it or not. some of them were similar and if i did not call your name out i apologize for that. i think this has been a great town hall meeting. congressman, we appreciate you being here and answering questions. [applause] >> i want to thank all of you for coming out. there are better places you could have been. the weather out there is pretty nasty. thank you for participating in this process and allowing me to share my thoughts and ideas. god bless you all, if god bless america. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> live pictures from detroit this afternoon

chester arthur himself who owed his entire career to patronage signed the pendleton act which was theginning of the end of the spoils system. garfield's death also brought the country together in a way that had not been seen since the 70 -- since the civil war. lincoln's assassination have only deepened the divide, but car fields have been the first presidents of the civil war to be accepted as the leader of the whole country, north and south to mammograms and pioneers, freedman and former slave owner. his death was their loss, and there, agree brought them together. above all our fields death changed the presidency itself. you could argue that this is really the end of the idealistic or even now leave concept of the president alone meeting with office seekers personally making appointments and every level of government. it was obviously an unworkable system for a lot of reasons. it was open to corruption. it was completely inefficient, and it was personally dangerous. it would never have worked as the united sister into a major world power. it is good that this is gone. at the same t