the pledge defends marriage by vowing "vigorous opposition to intimate unions which are bigamous, polygamousdrous, same sex, etc." [laughter] that et cetera is an essential catch-all, because there's a lot of freaky stuff goin' on in iowa. [laughter] okay? man on corn, corn on man, corn on cob, butter on corn on cob on man. but i know what you're thinking, "stephen, that sounds delicious, [laughter] but i thought you said this pledge had something controversial in it." well, it does. in the preamble to the pledge. here on the first page. >> it says that slavery had a disastrous impact on african-american families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was african-american baby born after the election of the first of usa's first african-american president. >> stephen: tough medicine, but it's true. under slavery not only did black kids have a father and a mother, but a lot of time they had a biological father who also owned them. that's being invested in your kids lives. [laughter] so far only two candi

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helping people with diabetes find balance. >>> warren jeffs, the polygamous sect leader on trial foraping a child says he can defend himself better than anyone else. so he's fired his lawyers. let's bring in our legal guys, avery friedman in cleveland, ohio, and hello to you. and richard herman, a new york criminal defense attorney and law professor joining us from tampa day. good to see you as well. this has gotten very interesting. he fires his attorneys and apparently jeffs has interrupted witnesses. he's gone on kind of a rant in the courtroom and even going to the point where the judge says he's threatening the witnesses. so did he fire his attorney so that he would have the freedom to do just this, use this as a platform? >> well, i think he fired his attorneys so he could stare down any of the prosecution witnesses that are put on the stand from his cult and intimidate them. but basically the other day in court outside the presence of the jury, he basically told the judge, if anybody rules against him or he has any problems as a result of this, everyone is going to suffer and

the pledge defends marriage by vowing "vigorous opposition to intimate unions which are bigamous, polygamoussex, etc." [laughter] that et cetera is an essential catch-all, because there's a lot of freaky stuff goin' on in iowa. [laughter] okay? man on corn, corn on man, corn on cob, butter on corn on cob on man. but i know what you're thinking, "stephen, that sounds delicious, [laughter] but i thought you said this pledge had something controversial in it." well, it does. in the preamble to the pledge. here on the first page. >> it says that slavery had a disastrous impact on african-american families, yet sadly a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely to be raised by his mother and father in a two-parent household than was african-american baby born after the election of the first of usa's first african-american president. >> stephen: tough medicine, but it's true. under slavery not only did black kids have a father and a mother, but a lot of time they had a biological father who also owned them. that's being invested in your kids lives. [laughter] so far only two candidates have h

. >>> now that a jury has been selected, opening statements are set for today in the trial of polygamouseffs. he's charged with sexually assaulting two children. a judge dealt defense attorneys a blow yesterday ruling that evidence police seized in the 2008 raid on jeffs' compound can be used in the trial. jeffs is facing up to life in prison. >>> in other news now, los angeles is putting the brakes on its red light camera program. the city has been losing money on the program since it started back in 2004. mainly because drivers who ignore those tickets go unpunished. more now from kabc's miriam hernandez. >> reporter: it is a red light now for 32 intersections across los angeles enforced with cameras. by unanimous vote the city council calls a halt to the program, effective july 31st. >> t tay it is time for to us shut it down and shut it down now. >> reporter: but what happens now to people holding an estimated 65,000 tickets? one reason leaders are abandoning the program as useless, the court does not report outstanding citations to the dmv. and failure to pay does not hit your credi

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. >>> polygamous sect leader warren jeffs will be representing himself in his criminal trial after firingnse team. in opening statements a prosecutor says they'll present audio recordings and dna evidence to prove jeffs raped a 12-year-old and impregnated a 15-year-old. >>> a delaware man convicted of killing a woman with an ax was executed this morning. robert jackson was put to death by lethal injection. the state's first execution since 2005. >>> and the skeletal remains of a man missing for 27 years was discovered in the chimney of a bank in louisiana during renovation. joseph sheffsnyder got stuck there, and it remains a mystery. >>> the dow opens 12,240 after losing 62 points thursday. the s&p fell four points. the nasdaq was up one. taking a look at overseas trading this morning. in tokyo the nikkei tumbled 68 points, while in hong kong the hang seng dropped 130. >>> a sell-off late in the game yesterday had the dow tallying its fifth straight day of losses. stocks reversed course on late development over the ongoing debt stalemate. earlier on the markets had been getting a boost o

things we were pleased and let these people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their past and in fact in britain i don't know if you know also but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got the legal system has already taken a foothold with ours and of course this is a road to ruin. political military expert believes that terror groups will use any pretext to attack targets in advance their aims. terrorism is not an ideology it's a method and it's a method of the minority here you know the group that has never been heard of before tries to make good p.r. using violence and they can use any pretext for that involvement in afghanistan involvement in iraq or you know that many conscious that have no involvement in nato operations like below will russia also suffer from this kind of terrorism so i would not put a direct link between afghanistan and for instance and norway paying the price for it terrorist attacks are intended to produce. and to affect public opinion and it'

things we were pleased and let these people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their past and in fact in britain i don't know about it also but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got the legal system has already taken a foothold without us and of course this is a road to ruin. or to recap our top story now here in r.t. in the region the police say at least eighty people have been killed in a shooting spree. at a youth camp run by the governing labor party the gun attack is believed to be the worst of its kind in the history came shortly after a bomb ripped through the heart of the administrator the capital oslo killing at least seven police on the island have arrested a thirty. to the legion right in connection with the attacks he reportedly expressed right wing an anti muslim views in the internet at a report suggested the terror group the help of global jihad and mission claimed responsibility response to noise and all that in afghanistan but they took the truck t

things we were pleased and let these people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their past and in fact in britain i don't know also i believe in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got their legal system has already taken a foothold with ours and of course this is a road to ruin. a recap of our top story now here naughty well we've been police at least eighteen people have been killed in a shooting spree on the audible meet up at a youth camp run by the governing labor party because attack is believed to be the worst of its kind more than history came shortly after a bomb ripped through the heart of the government district of the capital killing at least seven in the summer all of the rest of the thirty two year old girl who just there are no connection of the attacks he reportedly expressed right wing and anti muslim views in the internet earlier reports suggested the territory help was of global jihad initially claimed responsibility in response to norway's involvement

of murder for beheading his wife because she wanted to divorce ordinary howard there's crazy to polygamous mormons in arizona and new mexico and colorado to the fact of the matter is that when people break the law in the name of any religion you bust them that has nothing to do is saying you can't build a church we don't ban mormons from building building temples. well if you remember house utah was admitted to the union they did have to give up their polygamy as a religion in order to earn statehood we should have been seeing standard in murfreesboro think about with barry for example here's a young girl in ohio it already has and you know the united states that if you want to if that that your religion a religion cannot be about violence there's. this this is a totally phony argument i. who have you know because barry in ohio was threatened to eat killed by her father in the name of shariah law muslims advocate shariah law and guess who every day and there has been a half a dozen abortion doctors in the united states killed in the name of jesus corden does that mean that we should say th

things we were pleased and let the people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their common for our forecast and in fact in britain i don't know about you know also i but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got to be a legal system is already taken a foothold with ours and of course this is the road to ruin. mark armor and the history that from oxford university highlights norway's involvement in terms mitra campaigns as a possible catalyst for tensions in the area. the most likely explanation is that norway's involvement as a nato member in various armed actions by nato from libya to afghanistan will have a good basis for some backlash now whether that backlash comes from a libyan group or or generally from an islamic group which is host to the region major involvement. is to be seen and i have to say we should remember that back in oklahoma city in ninety ninety five when was in the form of the federal us that would be better if we left most of the work in islamic

there's not a single polygamous family out there that the women are truly happy inside. >> reporter: critics say there is plenty of evidence that polygamy fosters abuse. remember those allegations of children forced to marry older men in that mormon splinter group? the browns' attorney says there is no abuse in this family and he challenges everyone to join the argument. who is really being hurt here? dan harris, abc news, new york. >>> opening statements are expected today in the perjury trial of baseball great roger clemens. he's accused of lying to congress when clemens said he never used performance-enhancing drugs. most of the jurors are women who say they have little or no interest in pro baseball. the trial could last about a month. >>> former first lady betty ford's body is being flown today to grand rapids for another memorial service. >> at her funeral in california, ford was remembered for boldly opening bun her personal struggles. abc's diana alvear brings us the fond memories. >> reporter: peggy and daniel, good morning. it's easy to see why so many people loved betty fo

things we were pleased and let these people carry on with things like you know arranged marriages polygamous marriages all of these kind of things and introduce their past and in fact in britain i don't know about it also but in britain we actually have recognition of sharia law for some tribunals so it's got the legal system has already taken a foothold or hours and of course this is a road to ruin focus in on what's happening now tonight well these are tagged damage the a fairly wide perception of northern europe as being a safe place to be. well i think so and whoever carried that out that's precisely their intention because the whole point of terrorism is to terrorize you know the reason why we have all this security now in airports and it's inconvenient to go anywhere because of all the security checks that everybody has to go for is precisely the terrorist purpose it wants you to make you buy you want to make us aware that they can strike where we least expect it and in places that you know we we do expect it and i want to inconvenience all our lives they want to frighten us and they w

the leader of the polygamous sect is now on trial for sexual assault charges. >>> and the walter reednerations of injured vets. patients will be moved to two military hospitals nearby. >>> and pull out the stamp because it's time for our favorite story of the day. ready? >> oh. >> oh, come on. >> oh, we got to get it together. >> they've been drinking upstairs. >> yesterday our stamp-worthy story was a woman who confronted a naked intruder. and it was a good one. >> today, those roles are reversed. this time it's a naked seattle man who confronted his clothed intruder. here's is komo's dan lewis. >> so, this morning around 5:00 a.m. i heard some rustling about. and i thought it was the cat. and i realized after a few moments it was not the cat at all. >> reporter: no. what he heard was a familiar sound so him. his heavy landscaping tools being dragged across the bed of his truck. >> so, i opened the door as quietly as possible. from this viewpoint, i noticed that the back panels of my truck were on the ground. so, i jumped out off the porch and hollered at the gentleman. and he decide

. >>> a texas judge has granted polygamous leader warren jeffs' request to defend himself in supremert. wh -- court. he objected to the trial proceedings and sat silently. charged with two counts of sexual assault on a child and one count of bigamy. >>> a former yankee pitcher has been found dead in a suburban los angeles home. the 42-year-old japanese star by all indicatings committed suicide. expectations were high for him when he left japan and burst on the scene in 1997. his career flamed out a few years later. >>> amy winehouse's family believes the singer died from sudden alcohol withdraw. according to a story in "people" magazine the 27-year-old star ignored doctors orders to stop drinking gradually and went cold turkey in the last month of her life. the family believes that was too much of a shock to her system. read the entire article in "people" magazine on newsstands on tuesday. >>> any network that wants to land the first interview with casey anthony will have to fork over $1.5 million to get it. cnn confirming that's her asking price. larry flynt telling nancy grace he's

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warren jeffs, the polygamous sect leader on trial for sexual assault of a child says he can defend himself better than anyone else so he fired his lawyers. i talked with the legal guys about this move earlier today. >> i think he fired his attorneys so he could stare down any of the prosecution witnesses that are put on the stand from his cult and intimidate them. but the other day in court, he basically told a judge, if anybody rules against him, are ahe has any problems as a result of this, everyone will suffer and they're going to die. that's the message he gave to the judge. the judge warranted him, if does he that in the presence of the jury, they'll throw him out of the courtroom. his message, fred, is this. he haze religion been around for 100 years, he believes they can rape children, they can molest children, they can have -- they can father babies with children. and it is okay because it is all cloaked under the veil of his religion. that's not how it works. and it will be a sad day if we get a repeat of a casey anthony in this particular case. >> so, avery, you see it differentl

call this toll-free number now. >>> the child sex assault trial of polygamous leader warren jeffs is courtroom circus, and we sent national correspondent gary tuchman to cover this. he's been inside this courthouse in san angelo, texas, with all day. and gary, what a story here. you have jeffs, he's acting all on his own, as his own lawyer. yesterday, didn't say a word, right, when it was his turn to give his opening statement. today he pulls a 180, and i think i heard you say, this is the most bizarre scenario in a courtroom you've ever seen. >> reporter: it really is, brooke. i look at the 12 members of this jury, they don't know what hit them. it's weird. if you've ever served on a jury or watch withed a court show, you know the two sides are supposed to battle each other, and yesterday warren jeffs just sat there, staring straight ahead. he not only didn't talk, he didn't look at anybody. today he's objecting and making speeches. he made an objection to evidence he thought was sacred. and usually when you make an objection, you talk for a few seconds and the judge makes a decisio

a strange new twist today in the sexual assault trial of the polygamous cult leader warren jeffs. he has a new legal strategy. we will detail that next. plus, a riot on the streets of hollywood, california. why 2,000 movie goers fought with police. and continuing coverage of the disaster that's brewing in washington and what the debt debate means for each and every one of us. as house republicans suddenly delay tonight's debt limit vote. breaking news as it happens on fox report tonight. mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943. vietnam, 1967. i got mine in iraq, 2003. u.s.a.a. autonsurance is often handed down from generation to generation, because it offers a superior level of protection and because u.s.a.a.'s commitment to serve the military, veterans, and their families is without equal. ben your lega. get an auto insurance quote. u.s.a.a. we know what it means to serve. >> shepard: following the action on capitol hill or for the time being, the lack thereof. a house vote on the debt limit is ahead. sometime tonight it's our understanding the moment something happens we

the polygamous sect leader is being tried on two counts of sexual assault of a child. you can hear what our legal guys have to say about this case next hour. >>> and there's a lot of disappointment in texas after what was supposed to be tropical storm don made landfall. it came ashore as a tropical depression, but it wasn't the rainmaker folks were hoping for. cnn's rob marciano is in corpus christi for us. >> reporter: well, here we are. the morning after the landfall of tropical storm don and it's been a huge bust and disappointment all the way around. i've never been involved with a tropical cyclone where so many people onshore were cheering for it to gain strength, get together, and bring a lot of rain with it. and don did anything but that. right now we have -- well, the sun's coming up, it's a beautiful day. the surf is still high, onshore winds and coastal flood advisory is the only thing that's still active as far as advisories go. you know, in the tv business, when a tropical system makes landfall overnight and we're not live with it, we like to give what's ca

. >> and national news, the polygamous leader defending himself against sexual assault charges brokeilence today this is a warren just arriving for a court in texas. he has been sitting quietly mostly the suddenly jumped up today to deliver a sermon that lasted nearly one hour he later said that god would visit a sickness and death on those involved in this trial is not immediately stopped. the 55 year-old could face life in prison if convicted of sexually assaulting to underage girls. six people have been arrested in an attack at a concert near boston. police say that these of the suspect that the teenager in a hospital in a medically induced coma. officers say that the attack may have started over a girl and a comment about a tattoo, the victim was 90 year-old michael who is expected to live but will have a long road to the recovery doctors had to remove his spleen and use machines to help him breathe. he pleaded not guilty to felony aggravated assault. a new study says that women that are about to give birth or just had a baby are in a much higher risk of having a stroke. in fact,

. >>> in texas, opening statements could begin this hour in the sexual assault trial of polygamous sect leader warren jeffs. jeffs has pleaded not guilty. the jury of ten women and two men will hear the assault case. jeffs will be tried later on the bigamy charge. >>> streets look line rivers in illinois. heavy rain sent flash floods through cities in the northwestern part of the state. up to ten inches fell in some areas and in one county, half a dozen people were rescued after they were trapped in their cars. >>> in south korea, the heaviest rain in a century has killed at least 49 people and the rain keeps falling. some areas around seoul are getting two inches an hour. >>> many cars and buses have been submerged across the city of seoul. here we're on the banks of the river that cuts seoul in two and you can see that it has burst it banks. usually you would have 100 meters of park land there. just in front there should be a basketball court. but all you can see is the net. >>> game show host alex trebek arrived on crutches. he told the audience what happened to him with the dry wit

polygamous sect leader warren jeffs fired all his attorneys.udge he wants to represent himself in his trial. he said if he's not allowed to serve as his own attorney true justice cannot be served. he asked for more time to prepare his defense. he faces charges of sexual assault and big my. >>> some relief may be on the way for some of the most drought-plagued areas of the u.s. the current path of tropical storm don has it headed towards some of those regions. the storm is currently working through the gulf of mexico and heading to corpus christi, texas. rainfall in some parts of the lone star state, more than 15 inches below average. >>> the woman who says the former head of the international monfry fund sexually assaulted her made a public appearance today at the church in brooklyn. she thanked organizations and community leaders for their support. she met with prosecutors for several hours yesterday. strauss-kahn has pleaded not guilty, and prosecutors have questioned the hotel maid's credibility. >>> here's a question for you. what do dolphi

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