fitzgerald introduced him to maxwell perkin s. great start to his career to be with scribners. >> we are just outside hemmingway's home. we are right by route 1 and i want to tell those of you who have not been here, all the millions of us who live in east coast america are als also very familiar with u.s. route 1 running from maine to florida. its terminus point is about a block away. this is as far as you can go and still be in the united states of america. this is a city with about 33,000 permanent residents and lots of tourists. we are at the height of the tourist season. this place is open for business today, so you will see lots of the people who are here visiting ernest hemmingway's house as we are talking about it. what's important about this program is your participation. in a few minutes we will begin taking your telephone calls. we are going to be talking about his writing, but the writing is in the larg larger context of wt was happening in the country of the 1920's and 1930's. if you would like to join us, please do.

. >> reporter: as passengers tried to escape, a hero to the rescue, 28-year-old sergeant jacob perkinsd the accident pulled over and rushed into the burning bus pulling people out. >> i just went on the bus to make sure that everybody had gotten off and helped a couple people off and pushed back as far as i could until it just got too hot, and i had to get out. >> reporter: after helping first responders get control of the chaos, sergeant perkins selflessly drove two victims to a nearby hospital to meet a family member. there was miraculously only one fatality, the driver from the tractor trailer, and 2 seriously injured out of the 52 passengers on board. >> i'm very surprised that there weren't more fatalities on that bus and there weren't more seriously hurt than the two. >> reporter: modestly avoiding the media spotlight, sergeant perkins continued driving with a singular focus, to make it home to missouri in time for his daughter's birthday. >> it's just go home and see my family. >> reporter: for "good morning america," dan kloeffler, abc news. >> a hero and a wonderful father at

good morning, i'm tony perkins in for steve chenevey. >> i'm wisdom martin. yesterday was interesting. >> we will get tucker barnes to elaborate on what will happen today. >> i don't know who the sports guy was with you, wisdom but was great. >> give him a promotion. >> double duty. >> you got it right. we are a little cool yesterday. upper 80s. it felt summery but the early morning rain held us back. i don't think that will be the case today. we will be bright and sunny to strart the day and it will warm us up quickly. there is the hd radar. the blue is the cold front up to the north and west. as that pushes toward the area, we will see showers and thunderstorms, at least the possibility of them bubbling up along the front. be ready for afternoon and evening rain as we get into our thursday. all right. let's see temperatures. 74 at reagan national. humidity 41%. winds out of the south and west at 5 miles per hour. highs later today low to mid- 90s. 93 in washington. 93 fredricksburg and 90 in front royal. >> thank you, sir. >> all right. it's time to check i

>> i know about a duel that he had in the office of max perkins related to a challenge to

. >>> still ahead in this hour, tony perkins and other leaders of the christian conservative movementerry to be their presidential candidate in 2012, but not all republicans from the lone star state feel that way, one joins me next. and earlier today, casey anthony was found not guilty of murdering her 2 year old daughter, caylee. what criminal justice hides from view. that's coming up. perry >>> leaders of the christian conservative movement have apparently decided their best hope in the 2012 presidential contest will come from a candidate that's not yet declared he's even running. time magazine is reporting texas governor rick perry is the new darling for right wing religious icons, tony perkins of the research council, david barton has been documented on this program, and john hagee, the pastor so controversial, john mccain turned down his endorsement in 2008. time reports those three men think perry has a better chance of the nomination than rick san tor up and seem to be ignoring michele bachmann's momentum. perhaps perry's religious megarally set for next month have something to

i >>> still ahead in this hour, tony perkins and other leaders of the christian conservative movement want rick perry to be their presidential candidate in 2012, but not all republicans from the lone star state feel that way, one joins me next. and earlier today, casey anthony was found not guilty of murdering her 2 year old daughter, caylee. what criminal justice hides from view. [ female announcer ] now, give dry, damaged hair a whole new life! with aveeno nourish plus moisturize. active naturals wheat formulas target and help repair damage in just 3 washes. for softer, stronger... ... hair with life. [ female announcer ] nourish plus. only from aveeno. yeah. well we're the two active ingredients in zegerid otc. i'm omeprazole. and i'm sodium bicarbonate. just one pill a day ... gives you 24-hour relief. & one mission. two ingredients heartburn solved. >>> leaders of the christian conservative movement have apparently decided their best hope in the 2012 presidential contest will come from a candidate that's not yet declared he's even running. time magazine is reporting texas governo

joining me now is tony perkins. >> all of the answers?i have some of the answers, the first one about the tornado in a dust stormment not really. you know -- storm. not really. you know, i can figure out why you would ask that because there are similar conditions that exist with the strong winds and tall kinds of stuff and here's the footage from the dust storm. that had not be good. but no tornadoes in a dust storm. however, they do -- they can spawn what's called a dust devil. which kind of looks like a tornado. not exactly the same. it is is a vertical uplift of air. but it's a dust devil, it's made of the dust and all the debris that's flying around in the dust storm. those do not ty to tornado strength. but i mother, they look similar -- you know, they look similar and you will see that in a dust storm. >> terrible name. >> it's appropriate really. what was the other question? >> i don't remember any longer. >> the footage of the dust storm in arizona -- how does the dust storm start? >> here's what happened, there was a big storm --

who published him, scribners published him and max perkin was the ed tire. thin it was one of the only two forydid you recollect shunsad and his name was jerome bar.e did 15 years now. bee >> rudd, thank you for adding ys all those personal connections to the larger context. did anyway, -- >> very few. it's i have never counted them. and the light pole, one of my favorite portraits of ernest hemingway, including one that wa was in time magazine. "me" his red and white striped shirt. another called best in the gulf stream. one of the first people thatwa hemingway invited here.h >> we were talking, and this is understanding american culture f about the creation of this largn contemporary society, we are so familiar with these big personalities that people create. but he was one of the early examples in this country where he used the media, he was on covers of magazines, that sort of thing. >> in the end, you said it helped to do him in. can we talk a little bit more about that? >> well first of all, i want to say hemmingway is probably not the first american w

alisyn: sergeant perkins, low-key nature.cross the highway with a bus that was exploding. very brave. all right, this coming up, the cost of flying, just got more expensive, if you can believe it, because prices went up, over the weekend. what is behind these price sns we'll explain. alisyn: here is something you don't want to see when you're taking a dip in the ocean. a 13-foot shark cost off the shore of south florida weighing in at more than 1500 pounds. they caught the shark in 350 feet of water. this spark is unique because the upper fin is about half the event of its entire body. at least you could see him coming. bill: at least it's at 50 feet. nothing like a months on the loose to drive up the excitement in the neighborhood. that was the case in idaho falls. this furry gal wandered down from the hills. animal control says it happens every once in a while. they arrived on scene and sedated the months. what does a sedated moose look like? ask the kids. >> it was kind of droop me. >> did it walk like a drunken sailor. >>

in utah i spent nearly every summer morning news in zion mission or so i couldn't walk you through perkins was. this critical because. he did everything certain that. the other people showed the other god but he still of the if a was a had cancer or not but there was some reasonable doubt. or some reasonable hope which of him her parents were clean for them to really sort of the bigger that you could make a difference but this was worth something i think i just like the idea of no more bombs no more screaming no one cares no more deaths from like bombs in the nuclear warfare nuclear not from nuclear warfare my dad always gets around that nukes to me here. she seems could also use russian better the more chaotic start training. during her walk we kept getting e-mails from people that said you know i wish i could be there for i really care is there any is there anything i can do and sounds my sister in law got the idea that we have balloons there representing everybody that wanted to be there and. from all over the world from the europe from the middle east from australia from china we've go

perkins. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in opposion, the prime minister was clear that his book should be banned. now, last week he said i fell back on exactly the same explanations that he refused to accept when they were given to him by the previous prime minister. what's changed? >> well, wt we have done is we've banned -- we have banned the book and we have taken action. as my right honorable friend the lord chancellor will hastily testify, it is endlessly frustrating that we are subje to so many legal requirements. but i'm afraid we have to be a government under the law. >> mr. speaker? >> the house, order! the house will want to hear robert. >> thank you, mr. speaker. given the olympicsnd the diamond jubilee next yea is the prime minister is aware the immigration special branch officers are concerned that the common area illegal immigrants and islamists into the country without their passports being checked. will he take urgent steps take control over this immediately. >> what i would say, passport-free travel between

or so i couldn't walk you through perkins was on. this trip with the. key to everything certainly changed a lot of people short of the weather god but he still and though it was a good parents were not because there was some reasonable doubt. or some reasonable hope that you two have parents who are. really sort of that. you could make a difference and this was worth so i think i just like the idea of no more bombs no more screaming no war. no more deaths from like bombs in nuclear warfare nuclear north korea nuclear warfare my dad always gets around that nukes to me here . she seems good cook well she was much better than more god for our team. during the walk we kept getting e-mails from people that said you know i wish i could be there for i really care is there any is there anything i can do and sound and my sister in law got the idea that we have balloons there representing everybody that wanted to be there. from all over the world from europe from the middle east from australia from china but we've got hundreds and hundreds of names and so much su

including here the seventeen short putt for par meaning kirk would see off george mcneil and tom perkins to your song for shocking american becoming the fifth newcomer to win a title this season only the second time this happened since the. i'll tell you shank is simply in a class of her own after another gold medal tour historical at the synchronized swimming world championships taking place in shanghai. china joining her compete for aid for the triumph and they do it section of the competition two members of the talk racing lympics board in beijing reuniting to secure russia its second gold of the tournament local favorites. chen forced to sell for silver chen also finished runner up to a share in the solo program well the bronze medalist in the section under if went is named another third place finish partnered with on a car bomb knell for spain it's a shame though who becomes the only twelve time world champion in synchronized swimming on the planet. to her let's hit the courts where one chorus for row has won the mercedes cup his first title of the season the former world number one

impossible to control the media as of rupert murdoch he is one beautiful man murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't buy all the the newspapers. is outside his control have been gunning for him think it is and this time they may have sixty dates just as he gets set to consolidate control over a lot sex and if the case media markets the drug being pulled out from under him and it's only for the hidden scandal now revealed that the police have known about it for you know rabbits aleksey. well she's been hearing a hell of a culture of control by the murdoch media got out of hand brian a drawling who runs a t.v. network or social activists says there are parallels with some nations why the imperial ambitions we can make an analogy i think an international scale between what happens in take over so the united states and britain took over iraq and who do they bring the power who they employ they employ low moved close loans and i think that same thing has happened in the tabloids where we have them immense power in the against murdoch and a few of the other parents and who they hire wh

he is really beautiful and murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't buy all the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him think it is and this time they may have succeeded just as he looks set to consolidate control over a lot section of the case media markets the drugs being pulled out from under him and it's all over the hidden scandal now reveals that the police have known about it for years you were at its hot seat. and i still have for you this hour here are three worries about that default examine why us is on the brink of a financial nightmare what it might do to try and avoid it. and the desire to palestinian settlement that's due to be turned into a luxury community for israel. when you round of nato airstrikes has rattled the suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli as kind of gadhafi never to leave his country in the face of assaults by the alliance and the rebels this comes after the opposition became a legitimate authority in the country in the eyes of more nations the u.s. and more than thirty other states recognize them at a diplomatic meeti

beautiful murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't buy all the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him for years and this time they may have succeeded just seen it set to consolidate control over a launch section of the case media markets with rocks being pulled out from under him and it's all over the hidden scandal now revealed. police didn't. know and that's how it si. still ahead this hour the dangers of a debt default. we examine why the u.s. is on the brink of a financial nightmare and what it might do to try to avoid it. and square a four wheeled frenzy has high speed formula one super cars screeched through the center of moscow. a senior advisor to the afghan president hamid karzai and a member of parliament have been killed during a suicide attack in the capital kabul the incident comes less than a week after karzai is half brother was assassinated the taliban that claim responsibility for the killing describing it as one of its biggest achievements in a decade meanwhile the u.s. led coalition has started handing over control of some of afghan

he is really beautiful murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't buy all the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him for years and this time they may have succeeded just as he looked set to consolidate control over a lot section of the u.k.'s media markets the drugs being pulled out from under him and it's all over the hidden scandal now revealed that the police have known about it for years nor and it's hot seat to. the dangers of a debt default with them while the u.s. is on the brink of a financial nightmare and what it might do to try to avoid it. and red square a four wheeled frenzy is high speed formula one super cars screech through the center of moscow. a new round of nato airstrikes has rattled the suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli as colonel gadhafi valid never to leave his country in the face of assaults by the alliance and the rebels this comes after the opposition became the legitimate authority in the country in the eyes of more nations the u.s. and more than thirty other states recognize them would have diplomatic meeting on friday say

is possible to control the media because of rupert murdoch the beautiful murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't buy all the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him think it is and this time they may have succeeded just as he looks set to consolidate control over a launch section of the ukase media markets the drugs being pulled out from under him and it's all over the hidden scandal now revealed that the police have known about it for years nor at its artsy. anymore a hair's including a story of injustice and survival are to report from an ancient arab community that's being lined up as with zero use israeli resort almost half a century after palestinians were forced out. libya's rebels became belligerent power holders in the country in the eyes of more nations after the us. more than thirty other countries recognize them on friday at a diplomatic meeting at stamboul the alliance of western arab nations working on a crisis an ounce it will deal with the opposition until interim authorities in place recognition by the contact group also gives the rebels

beautiful murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't borrow all. the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him for years and this time they may have succeeded just as he gets set to consolidate control over a large section of the u.k.'s media markets the drugs being pulled out from under him and its own over the hidden scandal now revealed that the police have known about it for years nor ever done to. investigative journalist paul ussher maher says the scandal has compromised britain's prime minister well it poses quite a big threat to david cameron because it's the first time we've seen his judgment quite clearly brought seriously into question the decision to use andy corson who had been the editor of the news of the world when some of these events were taking place as his press advisor it was clearly a very very bad judgment and strong to him and he now is trying his best to make clear blue water between him and news international what you've got to see about this is that this is a very bad week for bad journalism but it's

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murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't buy all the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him for years and this time they may have succeeded just as he looks set to consolidate control over a launch section of the case media markets the drugs being pulled out from under him and it's all over the hidden scandal now reveals that the police have known about it for years nor at its artsy young. art has been hearing how the culture of controlled by the murder media got out of hand brian dr who runs a t.v. network for social activists says there are parallels with some nation's wider imperial ambitions. you can make an analogy i think under an international scale between what happens in take over so the united states and britain took over iraq and who do they bring to power who they employ they employed with the most guns and i think that same thing has happened in the tabloids where we have a mensa power and again some murdoch and a few of the other barons and who they hire and what they hire not painting every journalist with russian thuggery but certain

beautiful murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't all the news. papers those outside his control have been gunning for him to get is and this time they may have succeeded just as he gets set to consolidate control over a lot section of the u.k. some media markets the drugs being pulled out from under him and it's only over the hidden scandal now revealed that the police have known about it for you know we're at it. and still ahead this hour of the dangers of a debt default. we've salmon why the u.s. is on the brink of a financial mind where and what it might do to try to avoid it. and red square a four wheeled frenzy has a high speed formula one super cars screeched through the center of moscow. new nato airstrikes have hit the suburbs of the libyan capital tripoli as colonel gadhafi val's he'll never leave his country this comes after his opponents have been recognized as the legitimate governing authority by over thirty nations led by the u.s. they said they would deal with the rebel transitional national council on the hill an interim governmen

i just heard from cynthia perkins, the assistant to anthony batts.he said she may be able to talk to me better -- later on this morning. >>> the letter was in response to this letter right here, a source gave me this letter. it's from the police union's lawyer to the city -- to the department of employee relations. it basically says that -- it's accusing the chief of hiring chief jeff godown. now, last week, chief batts announced he was hiring jeff godown as deputy chief. he used to be the interim chief in the bay area. he came toot bay area when george gascon game the -- to the bay area when george gascon became chief. they say godown had been hired without any prior notice to the opoa. that's because they say it violates a memorandum of understanding between the police and the union. and it also says there's no institutional recollection of a deputy from being hired from the outside ever before. now, in response to what the union has said. i got a letter via cynthia perkins from the personnel office saying that chief batts was well within his manag

. >> and i'm tony perkins. there's a lot of strange news this morning. we're going to get into all of them this morning. >> we can talk a lot. let's turn it over to tucker barnes. >> we're half way through the year now. hard to believe. nice-looking start to the day. clear skies expected. lots of bright sunshine. you will love today's forecast. lots of quiet conditions out there. a couple clouds moving through. that's about it. some warmer temperatures towards chicago. here in washington, humidity won't start to creep up until later tonight. a good-looking forecast as we get into our holiday weekend. lots of 50s overnight. the city staying on the mild side at 69. frederick at 55 degrees. winchester at 57. there's your forecast. bright sunshine. warm this afternoon. it will be warm by 2:00 with highs in the upper 80s. more details on the forecast and a look at the weekend coming up. let's do some traffic with julie wright. >>> we're starting at 395. we have delays if you continue northbound. no incidents to report now as you work northbound. you'll find a

sergeant jacob perkins from the tenth mountain division was just 90 minutes into leave when his tourd with a tractor trailer on the new york state thruway, killing the truck driver and injuring 30 others. he is being described as a hero for helping so many on that bus. >>> tonight here in the good life, we've been telling you how boomers are rewriting their lives. and there's one thing many are now focusing on in this next chapter, more than any other. they want to get healthy. and they're discovering that their inner athlete, turns out, their aging bodies are actually giving them the edge. here's abc's claire shipman tonight. >> reporter: 60 reps a day to create these biceps. 60 reps a day for these thighs. these numbers may not surprise you. but how about this one? the owner of this body? 75 years old. how old do you feel? >> i feel about 45. >> reporter: ernestine shepherd made a mindboggling transition 20 years ago. you were a couch potato? >> that's what i was. i did absolutely nothing. >> second place, first place. >> reporter: she's in the guinness book of world records and wo

murdoch found as did mr perkins that you just can't all the newspapers those outside his control have been gunning for him for years and this time they may have succeeded just as he gets set to consolidate control over a lot section of the ukase media markets the drugs being pulled out from under him and it's all over the. scandal now reveals that the police have known about it for you know we're at. war asking what you think about this on our website and whether you believe the tabloids tactics in getting a story can be justifiable here's how the voting is going at the moment at the dot com so far most people are saying that these reporting methods are outrageous and ethical and must be punished twenty one percent i think it's ok as long as it doesn't cross the line seventy percent believe the approach is simply meeting the demands of the public while the rest say the trend mirah society's move towards less privacy dot com to have your say because to hear from me. draw a diver's finish searching for bodies inside the wreck of the pleasure cruiser bulgaria which sank within minutes la

and he's a partner at planner perkins. and this off the $96,000 with twin 201 horse power engines so it can go as fast as 125 miles per hour. for those jittery, the karma can travel about 300 lanes. ray lane explained there is an internal come bulgs engine. >> you get your electricity from two sources, one from a battery charged by the grid and second, when you need it, it burns gas to generate more electricity. it's a single power train. >> you look at wood in the cars. it comes from rescued wood from california forest fires and reclaimed wood from the bottom of lake michigan wex use the beauty of the environment and the beauty of the wood that is already there. >> and that is the sound of the engine. and it sounds like a jet engine. and they're planning to include lower-priced models but details have not been announced yet. there is other news, there is a new home unit that can operate off your collectors promising to reduce your energy costs by 77% fchl you're still having ampk writy about running out of battery power,

tony perkins and i put our large heads together to answer your most pressing questions weather related or otherwise. i am handling the business today. i will do my best with a weather question. this is a good one. what i like to do is get involved in family disputes. this comes from miss see robinson who wants us to settle an ongoing dispute between her and her husband. >> be careful. >> i'm a little nervous. miss see writes i say the sound of thunder is from the lightning hitting the ground. he said it's from the cold air hitting hot air. so, which one of us is right? >> i tend to go with mr. robinson. i wouldn't think it was miss see's explanation. >> you know what, i'm going to stay away from the question altogether. >> that's fine. >> i will try. miss see, here is the deal. you are bought right in some ways but you are both wrong in other ways. >> all right. >> the true answer is not either of your ideas here. what happens is -- let me first say the parts you got right. you say it's from thunder -- lightning hitting the ground. not from lightning hitting the ground but the lightnin

that is the fun segment where tony perkins and i put our famously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question comes from michele burgess. she writes: my son always sneezes in bright sunlight. why does the sun trigger sneezing? >> i did not know that. >> let me kick off by -- we have a crack group of researchers here that do this for us. you know, we've got various unterns. let me thank jolene anderson for answering this one. here is what happens. when you step out into sunlight, your eyes -- there is a pathway that your eyes send it your brain that you need to restrict your pupils. because you need to take in less light. are you with me? >> yes. >> you also have your nose, triggers pathways that will let you know if your nose is being irritated. that sends a signal to your brain to let you know you need to sneeze. okay. so what happens in certain groups of people, the signals get crossed. so when the eyes constrict rapidly in the bright sunlight, it sends a message to the nose that it is being irritated and they start to

into power and turned to christopher to have a lawsuit that was making progress and tender chris perkins own to stopping illegal leasing of oil and gas plants and i know yesterday artie spoke to him but democrats are about the broader issue that his case and here he is in the big picture last night talking about how corporatism is almost always the big winner i'll play a bit of that and we can talk about. the legal system just the system is a tool of those in power and so we shouldn't necessarily expect that tool to be used against those that are controlling our government i think holding corporations accountable is more our job than it is illegal just assistant jobs and we should be looking for other ways to do that besides just you know hoping for some u.s. attorneys somewhere to to indict some bankers or or all executives and that's really interesting to have and i mean we live in the united states of america and here tim is this environment like this saying it's our job why is this not the legal system job because we have a corrupted government and come to christopher served our stee

tony perkin happened to the bra on this thing. what a way to get the morning started. welcome back from vacation. >> one-day vacation. everyone else gets megatime off. i get a day. >> that is because you're so important. you're the franchise. we can't do without you. >> okay. that's enough. we have a lot of clouds out there. another muggy start to the day. we know the routine, folk. temperatures in the 70s. humidity in the 70s and 80s. just not pleasant. there is a look at your satellite-radar. plenty of clouds moving in. we'll see a good amount of cloud cover i think during the early portion of the day today. we'll get some sunshine going in here a little bit later on so don't worry about that. let's take a look at those temperatures and show you what we've got. 79degrees right now in the district. yikes! that's warm. 69 at dulles. 74 at bwi marshall. your day planner for today, plenty of clouds this morning. with that see partial sunshine during the day, hot, humid, you know the routine. look for a high today once again into the 90s and as is typical, chance of some

that is the incredibly interesting segment where tony perkins and i put our famously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. we've got another video question submission today from the children at a beloved start day care. here is the question from shakira and amber. >> hi, fox 5. we and the children were wondering what to he do with all the courtroom drawings? >> they are asking what happens with courtroom drawings? i'm not sure why -- why they're watching that much. >> perhaps this watching a little court tv. >> we have brought in none other than mr. bill hennessey, an expert. he has brought us images from some of the high profile cases in recent history. >> thank you for having me. i appreciate the question. >> we want to get to the bottom of it. what happens to the courtroom trawgz. >> i own the courtroom drawings. i have them going back about 30 years. i have abeen doing this for just about 30 years. and the television buys the right to air them. the ownership of the drawing remains with me. i have them. it is about 5,000 drawings i'v

that is the incredibly interesting segment where tony perkins and i put our fabulously large heads together to answer your most pressing questions, weather-related or otherwise. today's question, it comes from bret kirk. bret wants to know where did the term goose bumps originate? >> usually there, a wager involved. >> okay. tony is off today, by the way. the term goose bumps was first entered into the webster dictionary back in 1933. so it has been and if quite a while. the term used to be called gooseflesh. >> i hear goose pimples a lot. >> i never heard gooseflesh. >> that looks kind of gross too. here is the deal. the term is lynned to a goose because our bumpy skin resembles that of a goose that has recently had its feathers plucked. >> we would have a new name for it today if it was a new thing. >> exactly. i guess they would take the feathers off the geese and it would resemble goose bumps. with know what it looks like. there are a two theories why they occur. let me just mention this. they start from a stimulus that causes an involuntary nervous discharge from the sympathetic nervou

done, the american family association, is put up some new co-sponsors, james dobson dobson, tony perkins, richard lamb, god's lobbyists in washington. these are substantial figures on the religious right on the political side. these are the kind of figures that won't get perry in so much trouble but the people who will attend will say i like those people too. >> doesn't he have to finesse that a bit and take a guy like john hagee, doesn't he have to sort of take their concern seriously that they might feel like they were being thrown under the bus by rick perry? he's tried to court an association with these people and they do, after all, have influence among social conservatives even if they are seen exotic from the point of view of mainstream religion. >> the mainstream religion and media and the rest of us who noticed this at our level see this large. but at the same time, rick perry, like george bush and other politicians can microcast. they can go to these smaller groups on e-mails, on websites, in personal appearances, with representatives and can speak directly to social conservati

good morning everybody, i'm tony perkins. >> and i'm sarah simmons you seemed sure about that. >> that's what it said in the pressers. >> welcome to fox 5 morning news. all right, the weather? >> but first, there it is. the space shuttle atlantis is all fueled up and ready to go. however the weather may not cooperate for the morning's historic launch. only a 30% chance the skies will be clear for liftoff. despite the forecast, nasa managers gave the okay for fueling the shuttle a few hours ago. the 12 day mission is the last of the space shuttle program. a million people are lining the space coast this morning hoping the watch the final launch -- to watch the final launch of the space shuttle. >> it is really sad. >> it is bittersweet. it's been a workhorse. >> what would the gas bill on that be? >> ooh boy. we don't want to know. >> might want it to go. >> so much of it is used up so quickly. >>> good luck, i think the weather down there is going to be tough. but around here the potential for some pretty good rains later today and in fact, we have a flash flood watch. that's coming up i

much fallen into line with exactly what he wants to do, but we've heard recently people like tom perkinsraised question about his judgment. i think the reputation crisis is so bad at the company right now that people realize they have to take some kind of action, because it's either their own personal reputation on the line or that of rupert murdoch and news corp., so you have people like joel kline now over there working for news corp. trying to contain this scandal. if they don't do that, it's their credibility that's going to be shot too. >> sarah, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> thank you. >> the "the rachel maddow show" is up next.

sergeant jacob perkins was on leave and returning home when he spotted the two vehicles on fire. >> anyjust to go straight on to the bus and make sure everybody was off. i'm just glad that the military had me trained and prepared for this situation. >> the driver of the tractor-trailer was killed. more than 30 people on that bus were injured. >>> democratic congressman david wu is facing allegations that he made sexual advances toward an 18-year-old that is not the first sign of trouble for wu. cnn's brian todd has the details. >> reporter: an embattled congressman sees his own party's support quickly slipping away over alleged sexual misconduct. david with you of oregon faces a possible house investigation headed by nancy pelosi. he's fighting off call toes resign. this after a report in the oregonian newspaper saying a young woman had called wu's office in the spring accusing him of aggressive and unwanted sexual behavior. jessica brady has been reporting on wu's troubles all year for the newspaper "roll call." >> we know she is about 18 years old, she called mr. wu's congressional of

i'm tony perkins. >> i'm wisdom martin. steve chenevey is off today. welcome to fox 5 morning news. >> we do know of one storm- related death, a 56-year-old man would was killed as a tree fell on him as he was riding his bike on the c & o towpath. this happened near poolesville. >>> let's talk about what is going on right now with the weather. tucker? >> yes, i'm ready to talk. it is getting quieter and quieter. that is the good news. can't rule out the possibility later today. we might get an isolated thunderstorm. just be ready for. it i don't think they'll be as widespread as they were yesterday when we had a lot of problems. later today, one or two thunderstorms in this rather summery air mass. let's get right to the radar. see the shower activity kind of fading out during the overnight hours. the daytime heating is there that it needs to feed the thunderstorm activity. out to the west, a few more showers. we have a cold front wavering across the region and that will serve as a focal point for a few more showers and thunderstorms to bubble up later

but we have heard recently that people like tom perkins have raised questions about his judgment. i think that the reputation crisis is so bad at the company right now that people realize they have to take some kind of action because it's either their own personal reputation on the line or that of rupert murdoch and newscorp. so you have people like joe klein who are now over there working for news corp trying to contain this scandal. if they don't do

tom perkins stepped down on principle after hp's phone scandal but he fully supports news corp.n their scandal. the difference he says murdock couldn't possibly have known about the hacks. but hp executives did. does one hack deserve sneert hackers knocked down dozens of news corp. owned websites in response to the controversy. here is the sun. it's back up this morning after news corporation was able to take control. >> what an eye for an eye. >> we'll continue to update you. as soon as murdock is testifying we'll bring it to you. >> 5:27. you got to see this. a chihuahua chases off some robbers. more of this video, then i'll get you started coming up. >> reporter: pink slips from one major silicon valley firm. while requests for resumes from many others. meded jobs report here. i'm bob redell. we'll have that coming up. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i c

now you have a director, tom perkins telling "the wall street journal" that rupert's a genius that and that the board thinks it needs him. how crucial is rupert to the future success of the company? >> well, rupert murdoch built news corp. from a single newspaper in australia in the early '50s. when he is the entrepreneur who made this company a global behemoth. he is the man who has his finger on his pulse of every bit of this operation. his intention has been all along to pass it on to his family a. at this point, james, but there are other family members including his wife, wendi. i don't think rupert's going anywhere at this point. i think the succession plan he has in plan still holds in. the stock market sells off in company it may be a different story. >> the stocks rebounded yesterday when we were seeing them testifying there many the parliamentary session. analysts worry about whether news corp. could see more consequences if as you said we see new details come out. what is this sustained trickle of scandal doing to the overall brand of this company? it has certainly tainted t

tom perkins one of the richest in the world stepped down. but he fully supports news corp. he says murdock couldn't possibly have known about the hacks and hp executives did. does one hack deserve another? dozens of websites knocked off line. here's the sun, one of the newspapers there. we'll continue to monitor this question and answer session. we don't expect them to say much because while there is no such thing as a fifth amendment in england there is something similar. we expect them to remain silent. they are talking about crimes. >> going to be interesting to watch it play out. thank you, scott. 62-year-old wind surfer is found after she went missing. also, more good news about job growth in silicon valley. ♪ [ woman ] sam begged and pleaded... so i sent him to camp. we'd earned lots of points with our new citi thankyou card... and i put them to good use. he told me about his bunkmates, and how he signs up for every activity. ♪ he even hangs out with the camp director. just like that. [ male announcer ] the new citi thankyou premier card gives you more ways to earn po