ray nagin was the mayor of new orleans back then. he was cashing in as mayor during his two terms in office. nagin accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in kickback, some from those who wanted hurricane recovery work. he got cash, help for his family business, and even free trips. today he learned his punishment. his next trip will be to federal prison for ten years. drew griffin reports. >> reporter: what the state was doing, i don't fricking know. but i'm telling you, i am pissed. it wasn't adequate. >> reporter: as a politician, ray nagin always attracted attention as here in the wake of hurricane katrina. but now he is facing a very different kind of attention. a new orleans mayor elected as a reformer, vowing to sweep corruption from the city, left a federal courthouse today a convicted felon, sentenced to ten years in prison. prosecutors in this federal corruption probe say nagin accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, kickbacks, and even free granted for his family business. a mayor on the take almos

i don't think you will see ray nagin on the public stage. >> thank you for being here. >> turning to fight for chicago. where there's no let up in the gun violence plaguing the city. tuesday chicago law did 200th homicide of the year aring following a holiday weekend during which dozens were shot. it's played out night after night on the streets of the windy city, where we found a video journalist devoting years to the graveyard shift. we spent a day in the night with ken hessleck. >> we are headed to what is left of the low rises. there are multiple shots fired, a lady's car was hit and someone shot in the head. this could get a bit dicey, by the way, there's a crowd. not safe here. >> stay with me, if you can. i am ken, a video journalist. i shoot news overnight in chicago for all the local television stations. get in, get what you need and get the hell out. don't linger. one to 10, safety. 10 being the least safest, this is a 10. well, first thing i do is turn the radios on, see if i can hear something. i watched the 10 o'clock news to see if there's something i can follow up on.

this ray nagin stone faced and silent, sentenced to 10 years for his part in a corruption scheme, half of what most legal observers thought he would get under federal sentencing guidelines. he was ordered to pay back less than 20,000 of half a million he owes the government. less than what prosecutors insist he deserved. >> what ray nagin did was sell his office over and over again. >> we were duped. >> the damn that he did, what he ipp flicted on the community, to include you, ma'am. it's incall coolable. >> a stunned prosecution objected to the sentence, setting up the possibility of an appeal. since his arrest 19 months ago, through his trial, testimony and conviction, on 20 corruption charges dating as far back as a decade ago, nagin insisted he did no wrong. >> well, you know, all of this is pretty surreal to me. you know, i maintain my innocence. we'll appeal this thing. difficult. >> on the witness stand, and steams in glib testimony. he blamed others, insisting his accusers lied and confused facts. after seven days of testimony, the jury convicted him in a scheme that netted hi

on tuesday, ray nagin was sentenced to 10 years in gaol for brakery, money laundering and corruption. it was argued successfully that he looked for kickbacks. >> ray sold his office over and over. the damage from ray nagin inflicted upon the community to include you, ma'am, is incal cuable. >> some of the projects included rebuilding new orleans after hurricane katrina. the hurricane and the storm surge killed 1800 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. they tapped into to homelessness and using it to clean out the black resident of the city. >> we as black people, it's time for us to come together. it's time for us to rebuild a new orleans, the one that should be a chocolate new orleans. >> nonetheless new orleans's african-american population shrank by 118,000. nagin maintained he is not guilty of corruption and has the option to appeal the judgment >>> well, more to come on al jazeera, including as obama calls for more to be done to help illegal immigration. we look at the dangerous story. in sport - defending tour de france chris froom clashes out of this year's race.e cl

. >>> ray nagin. he of chocolate city and not sending the buses fame is going to prison. years in prison for the now disgraced former new orleans mayor. a judge today sentenced him for crimes including bribery and money laundering, crimes which spanned his two terms as mayor and included the very difficult years after hurricane katrina. federal sentencing guidelines recommended 20 years for his convictions, but the judge said the former mayor cannot be considered the leader of the scheme and handed down a lighter sentence. nagin has long denied he did anything wrong. his only comment in court was that he has, quote, trust that god's going to work this all out. god by his logic thinks prison is in order. a jury convicted ray nagin of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars from businessmen in exchange for work from the city, or for his support for their other projects. the bribes included cash, free vacations, even truckloads of granite for his family business. in september, ray nagin in prison for ten years. >>> iraqi officials say they found dozens of bodies blindfolded

a jury found ray nagin guilty of taking hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and other favors from businessmen seeking city contracts and favorable treatment. nagin led new orleans through its worst disaster in modern history, 2005's hurricane katrina. the deadly storm left a massive trail of destruction that told in the billions of dollars. ray nagin must report to prison september 8th. and exactly how hot did it get inside of that suv where that 22-month-old toddler died after being left there by his own father? take a look at this video. because this is video of police trying to figure out exactly how this could have happened. how hot it could have gotten. replicating the conditions of that very day in june, three weeks ago. this local atlanta tv affiliate, waga, was there, cameras rolling as investigators conducted these tests, wired this car up, thermometers, to back up the testimony that the temperature did, indeed, soar well above that 100-degree mark inside of this very car. all of this -- this is the back drop taking place in the home depot parking lot where the father in

. >>> ray nagin is sentenced to 110 years in prison, they argued that he was at the center of a kick back scheme, from travel be businessmen that wanted favorable treatment, before and after hurricane katrina, the indictment detailed more than $200,000 in bribes to the mayor. >>> the afternoon commute is well under way, time to take a look at how things are moving along. matt pellman is live now. >> it's a rough ride over the hump on this hump day afternoon. we have heavy traffic because of an earlier westbound traffic near gladwyne, it remains stop and go from university to this point west of spring garden, earlier i was saying we'll just take the river drives instead. but not the mlk anymore, a crash into the art museum on the inbound side taking out one lane and temporarily stopping traffic at the moment. on the big picture we are expecting a tacony palmyra bridge opening. have you slowing on northbound 95 heading out of center city towards northeast philadelphia and 95 in delco, the crash is off to the side here near 320, ain slow go northbound from 452 from this point approachin

. >>> former democratic mayor of new orleans, ray nagin, who took a lot of heat during hurricane katrina has been sentenced to ten years in prison after being convicted on several corruption charges including bribery, money laundering. he was accused of taking trips and cash from business executives in exchange for work for the city. he has denied any wrongdoing. >>> as he at first indicated to us during our exclusive interview recently in moscow, snowden has formerly applied to the russians to extend his stay. russian news agencies are quoting snowden's lawyer saying he made the application to russian authorities before his one-year permit expires at the end of this month. >>> still ahead for us, a big name celebrity strikes back at a big name in tabloids and wins. defending his new family. >>> later the attraction that's going toack them in for miles around. concerns over its safety for real? >>> one of the biggest stars of modern day hollywood, george clooney, said he's had enough, he's coming out swinging against a tabloid because of a story it published about his fiancee and future

on tuesday ray nagin was sentenced to bribery, money laundering and corruption, for 10 years. >> he sold his office over and over again. the damage that he inflicted upon the community, to include you, ma'am, to include you, is incall cue label. >> some of the contracts included rebuilding new orleans after hurricane katrina. the hurricane and the storm surge that followed killed some 1800 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless. nagin tapped into racism being behind the disaster, pledging to fight attempts to use the displacement to move out poor black residents. >> we as black people - it's time for us to come toot, it's time for us to rebuild a new orleans. >> reporter: nonetheless the african-american population shrank by 118,000 after katrina. nagin maintains he is not guilty and has the option to appeal the judgment. >>> amnesty international is accusing two former presidenting of the central african republic of involvement in hundreds of killing. they were accused of tensions between christians and mus limbs >>> three al jazeera journalists spent 194 days in an egyptian pri

today former mayor ray nagin was sentenced to ten years in prison on corruption charges, a staggering fall from grace for the man who rose to national fame, leading his city through hurricane katrina. >>> now to brazil, the world cup and the national hangover from that epic defeat by germany, a loss that tested the spirit and prompted punchlines around the globe. abc's bob woodruff is there with the heart break, the humor and the big game tonight heading into the world cup finals. >> reporter: argentina and the netherlands in a closely fought battle for a trip to the world cup finals. but much of the attention here focused on the host today, disastrous headlines, humiliation at home. the brazilian president is calling the 7-1 loss to germany, worse than her worst nightmare. >> it's almost as if brazil have stopped playing. >> reporter: the faces of these fans captured a nation's heart break -- tears, devastation, disbelief. more than a dozen buses burned in the game's after math. >> unbelievable for us. >> reporter: across the internet, 35 million tweets, the most ever for any sports

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ray nagin was slapped with a ten-year sentence for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. the decade-long punishment is actually shorter than what he could have faced. the ex-public official who rose to prominence during hurricane katrina maintains his innocence. >> well, in my opinion, i've been targeted, i've been smeared, tarnished. and for some reason, some of the stances that i took after katrina didn't sit well with some very powerful people. so, now i'm paying a price for that. >> always a conspiracy. >>> now to texas where a father is in custody, accused of shooting and killing six people, including four of his own children. officials say the 39-year-old gunned down his two sons and two daughters, ranging in age from 4 to 13 years old. two adults were also killed in the rampage. his teenaged daughter is now in critical condition. after a 30-minute chase and a tense three-hour standoff, officials say the man emerged from his car, raised his hands and surrendered to authorities. no word yet on motive, but the harris county sheriff's office believes it began with som

. >>> former new orleans mayor ray nagin could face more than 20 years in prison when sentenced todayed on federal corruption charges in february. prosecutors say he received hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes in exchange for helping city contractors during his two times in office. >>> happy birthday to fred savage, 38, courtney love 50, and tom hanks turns 58. i'm richard lui along with raphael miranda. thanks for watching "early today" from the entire time have a great wednesday. . >>> well, very good morning to you. it's 4:30. i'm scott mcgrew. look who's back. >> yes, i found the road here. i'm laura garcia-cannon. we want to check that forecast with christina loren. getting tongue tied after being on vacation. >> that clock is right, 4:30, my friends. we have this interesting pattern taking shape. you can feel the humidity out in the bay area. for us, we're mostly dry. look at this, in chico, all the way up to reading, getting these light showers. that will continue to be the

. >>> the former mayor of new orleans ray nagin learns his sentence today. he was convicted of 20 federal corruption charges including bribery, money laundering and fraud. the prison sentence which could be more than 20 years would be a virtual life sentence. >>> donald sterling had an unkind word for almost everyone at the trial. the owner of the clippers blasted two doctors who say he is mentally incapacitated and rid called his wife's attorney. she is suing for the right to sell the team after his racist remarks made him unwelcome in the nba. he testifies again today. >>> two university of miami students have been arrested on sexual assault charges. these two are accused of getting a 17-year-old girl drunk and repeatedly raping herat an on-campus dorm. a police report says both confessed to the attack. the university immediately dismissed them from the team and suspended them from school altogether. >>> now to the world cup. the empire state building here in new york was lit up in germany's colors. see that right there. >> nice and that's in recognition o

. >>> the former mayor of new orleans, ray nagin, learns his sentence today. he was convicted of 20 federal corruption charges including bribery, money laundering and fraud. the prison sentence, which could be more than 20 years, would be a virtual life sentence for the democrat once seen as a reformer. >>> donald sterling had an unkind word for almost everyone at the trial over ownership of his pro basketball team. the embattled owners of the los angeles clippers blasted two doctors who say he is mentally incapacitated and ridiculed wife shelly's attorney. she is suing for the right to sell the team after his racist remarks made him unwelcome in the nba. sterling testifies again today. >>> two university of miami students have been arrested on sexual assault charges. linebacker jawand blue and alexander figueroa are accused of getting a 17-year-old girl drunk and repeatedly raping her at an on-campus dorm. a police report says both 20-year-olds confessed to the attack. the university immediately dismissed them from the team and suspended them from school alto

ray nagin after the storm. >> what ray nagin did was sell his office. >> i still maintain my innocenceus -- >> it's official. o'donnell is in. >> mob wives is going to look like nothing compared to that show. >> will whoopi welcome her back? >> joy behar on the news. why she's taking elisabeth to task. >> the very woman who spit in the face of our military. >> i'd like elisabeth to explain herself. >> kimye's marital woes. already living separate lives as little sis kendall steals kim's shine. >> now the latest celebrity news delivered to you 24/7. it's "the insider" together with yahoo!. >> well, it's official. the worst-kept secret in the world is finally out. rosie is back, and apparently joy behar has her back. all that madness is on the way. plus, wedded bliss for jessica simpson, but allegedly things are not so good on kim and kanye after just 47 days. i thought they'd make it at least to 50 happy. and let's not forget about the emmys. hello, everyone. i'm kevin frazier. >> and i'm thea andrews. well, all right, all right, all right. matthew mcconaughey probably woke up on cloud

bribery charges this morning in a new orleans courtroom a judge sentenced former new orleans mayor ray nagin to ten years in prison negat became one of the faces of new orleans in the wake of two thousand and five hurricane katrina as he made the media rounds and countless pleas asking for public and government funds to help the beleaguered inhabitants of his city he was found guilty now on twenty eight counts of his indictment relating to filing false tax returns and bribery charges which include taking bribes in cash before and after hurricane katrina so how did he carry out this bribery well cash kickbacks cross-country trips and truckloads of free granite for his family run granite countertop business most of the bribery schemes took place post hurricane katrina when the destroyed city was besieged by contractors looking for rebuilding work on top of this sentencing megane must pay eighty two thousand dollars in restitution to the i.r.s. he said to begin his jail time on september eighth at the oakdale louisiana federal detention center near where his family lives but does it for everybo

this is according to -- former new orleans mayor ray nagin has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.s found guilty in february on 20 counts of federal corruption charges. nagin remains out on bond before he has to report to prison no later than september 8. the movie "transformers: age of distinction" has set a record at the chinese box office. "transformers" has broadened more than $225 million in that country. >> nothing extinct about it. let's turn our attention to washington. the navy's $23 billion literal combat ship is facing some chopped. the dod's weapons tester says the new ship is more likely to survive an attack and other warships. yang yang is in washington and has more. critics, what do they call the ship? i'm going to let you call -- tell people. >> they are called "the little crappy chip." these latest findings don't help the nickname whatsoever. one more blow to an already controversial and expensive ship, this time after anthony carpaccio got his hands on a letter from michael gilmore, the defense department's director of operational testing and evaluation, written t

a judge handed down a 10 year sentence for ray nagin for bribery and other corruption charges. including the chaotic aftermath of hurricane katrina. the democrat said he didn't do anything wrong and after learning his punishment, he said i trust god will work all of this out. >>> stocks were higher after comments from the fed eased concerns about the rate hike, the dow jumped 79 and the nasdaq 8 and the s&p rose 9 points. >>> a massive auto recall got bigger. honda is expanding its recall because of a problem with a supplier's airbags it could affect an additional 1 million vehicles. honda says this recall is only a precaution. >>> all right, wednesday afternoon and time for the "action news" traffic report. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center about how the commute home is looking tonight. >> as we head into work on this hump day morning, alicia and brian, and this afternoon coming home not quite as eventful but still busy, here on the schuylkill expressway westbound side, we are on a crawl from roosevelt boulevard to gladwyne, we had a crash that cleared but the

ray nagin was slapped for 10-year sentence for accepting hundreds of thousands in bribes.ade long punishment is shorter than what he he could have faced. the ex-public official rose to prominence during hurricane katrina maintains his innocence. >>> the "los angeles times." th donald sterling denounced his wife and even calling her a pig after the session ended. he also promised a lifetime of lawsuits against the nba saying, quote, make no mistake today, i will never, ever sell this team and until i die, i will be suing the nba for this terrible violation under antitrust. if the sale is not completed by september 15th, the league said it could seize the team and put it up for auction. good lord. >> i know. >>> this from the times dispatch. senator mark warner wants the government to investigate facebook following his voversial experiment to study users without their consent. in 2012, the newsneeds of nearly 700,000 users were manipulated by facebook to see if it led to more positive or negative posts. the virginia lawmaker isn't sure if the study was appropriate but the re

. >> ray nagin was convicted of ten years in prison. he was mire of new orleans for two terms. >>> straight ahead, sex crimes on campus, the disturbing trend and what's being done about it. plus a study in trouble. a scientists with a rare marijuana research grant lost her job with a major university. >> this is al jazeera america. i'm jonathan betz. coming up this half hour. failing grades. a staggering number of american colleges are breaking the law when it comes to investigating sexual assaults. child soldiers forced from their homes and given guns. we'll talk live to one warrier at the aiming of 13. >>> and a wild ride. the water slide higher than niagra falls. the battle over immigration intensifies, president obama addressed the issue today during a trip to dallas. the president met with texas liters including governor rick perry about how to tackle the issue of unaccompanied miles an hour crossing the border. >> what i emphasized to the governor is the problem here is not a major disagreement around the actions that could be hel

. >> former new orleans mayor ray nagin was sentenced for bribery and other charges. he was convicted for accepting hundreds of thousands o from contractors who wanted work. nagin was mayor when hurricane katrina ravaged new orleans in 2005. >> coming up, the researcher who said she was fired for her government-approved marijuana story. >>> and we'll hear from president obama. he's expected to speak any moment now about the wave of immigrants at the border. we'll go there live as soon as it happens. >> a prominent marijuana researcher at the university of arizona recently got federal approval to study the effect on ptsd sufferers. but it was not enough to avoid controversy. jacob ward, what did she learn about what she was trying to do. >> reporter: in the united states marijuana research is really hard to do. you need special permission from the drug enforcement administration, and to get that permission you had to be promise to be studying the negative effects of marijuana, it's abuse potential or dangers of stoned driving. in this case this researcher at the univer

. >>> former new orleans mayor ray nagin will spend the next ten years behind bars. nagin appearing in federal court yesterday, convict back in february on corruption charges, for taking kickbacks from contractors looking for city work, the kickbacks included money, trims, truckloads of free granite first his family business. nagin's crime spanned his two terms as new orleans mayor, including the years after hurricane katrina. >> pushing his call to congress for to approve nearly $4 million to fight the immigration crisis. heavy criticism for not going to the board end, president obama attended a meeting for local leaders and one every his mother hardened critics, rick perry, although they didn't sit next to one another, us is facing a surge of illegal immigrants from central america. the president does call it urgent humanitarian situation. >> continuing to mount in the middle east where israeli troops are now preparing for possible ground mission in gaza, thousands of troops on the board nerve response to continued missile launches by militants, in that region. air

tell you about because ten years behind bars is what's going to happen for new orleans former mayor ray nagin. a federal judge handing down the sentence on the conviction of money laundering and other charges. he denies any wrongdoing. prosecutors say he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars from businessmen seeking city contracts while he was in office. he's scheduled to report to federal prison this september. >>> breaking developments in what started out as a very bizarre case where a teenage girl reportedly wrote a chilling entry in our journal before she vanished. it said "if you're reading this i'm either missing or dead." dan springer is live in seattle with the update on this disturbing story. what do you know now? >> we got some pretty good news. we just spoke with police and they are now saying 17-year-old angie dean is definitely alive and moving from house to house still in the portland area. they are treating her as a runaway. she are probably a day or two behind her. i just got off the phone with angie's mother and she's afraid her daughter has been lured into prostitution.

. >> woodruff: the mayor of new orleans during the hurricane katrina period, ray nagin, is going to federalson for ten years for corrupt dealings. nagin was sentenced today for bribery, money laundering and wire fraud, among other crimes. he accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes, much of it involving rebuilding projects after the hurricane. >> ifill: in iraq, security forces found the bodies of 53 men blindfolded and handcuffed. the corpses were near a mainly shiite village about 60 miles southeast of baghdad. most of the victims had been shot. the motive for the attack remains unclear, but the discovery comes amid a sunni insurgency in northern and western iraq. >> woodruff: civilian deaths from the violence in afghanistan have spiked in the first half of this year, to well over 1,500. the united nations reported today the figure is up 17 percent over the same period last year. taliban attacks were blamed for three-quarters of the deaths. >> ifill: from germany today, more allegations of spying, leveled at the u.s. "the new york times" reports a worker in the defense ministry

mayor, crook and convict, ray nagin learning how long he'll serve his time in prison.gin with breaking news. president obama in texas, the state with the longest southern boarder addressing

. >> former new orleans mayor ray nagin will spend the next decade behind bars.eral judge sentenced homes 10 years in prison for his conviction on corruption charges. a jury found nagin guilty of taking kickbacks from contractors looking for city work or looking for a support on projecprojects prosecutors say s crimes spanned his two terms of mayor including the years after hurricane katrina overseas tensions continue to escalate in the middle east israeli troops are preparing for a possible ground mission in gaza. thousands of troops are on the border in response to continue missile launches by militants in the region. and we have new video of air strikes now happening israeli defense forces are targeting a weapon storage facility what you're watching unfold is the heaviest fighting between israel and hamas since november of 2012. >>> today a* california teenager cued of killing his stepfather over being disciplined forge forgetting bad grades. lease report shows patrick ryan admitted to shooting derek lee mitchell on june 25th. the teen told police that he got

mome wants ago, ray nagin was sentenced to ten years behind bars.convicted in february of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes from businessmen who wanted work from the city. nagin's support for hurricane projects before and after katrina. >> time now for the news nation gut check. espn is out with its annual body issue which usually generates a lot of buzz. it featured prominent athletes in the buff, showing off their fufec, but a one cover man is being talked about. prince fielder, with people talking to twitter, facebook, and all places to criticize and compliment the photo. fielder said, you don't have to look like an underarmour man anyomancon to look like an athlete. and just because you work out doesn't mean you're going to have a 12-pack. what does your gut or 12-pack tell you? do you agree with prince fielder's comments on body image? we talk so much about it with women. focusing on the fellows today. you might have noticed if you tweet me or have gone on twitter, i changed my picture on my twitter feed from my photo to prin

and former new orleans mayor ray nagin has been sentenced now to ten years in prison for corruption.agin was convicted in february for accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes for government contracts and support for recovery projects in the wake of hurricane katrina. nagin, a democrat who served two terms as mayor of new orleans from 2002 to 2010 also became the face of the city torn apart by katrina, repeatedly denying taking any payoffs. and now angie's list is revolutionizing local service again. you can easily buy and schedule services from top-rated providers. conveniently stay up to date on progress. and effortlessly turn your photos into finished projects with our snapfix app. visit angieslist.com today. ♪ >>> reports of sexual assaults on college campuses across the country have risen dramatically over reason years. today, the results are in for a survey of 440 colleges and universities across the country. on how sexual assaults are treated. the headline is there is a major lack of any procedure to report, investigate, or prosecutor campus sexual assaults. it's a

ray nagin convicted of accepting cash, vacations and gifts during two terms from business owners looking nagin insists he did nothing wrong. >> new england patriots willing to turn over personnel records on aaron hernandez. the team is balking on providing scouting reports and psych evaluation on former tight end. hernandez moved into a boston jail at his request so he can be closer to his attorneys as he fights murder charges. >> well the los angeles dodgers will have to pay millions of dollars to a fan beaten after a game. a jury found the baseball team partially liable for the injuries suffered by bryan stow. the two men who attacked him were also ordered to make payments. the $18 million award was based on stow's suffering lost earnings and medical bills. >> los angeles clippers' owner donald sterling calling his wife a pig and a liar. he made the comments after shelley sterling testified in court on why she seized control of the pro basketball team. she told the court she feared her 80-year-old husband was developing alzheimers disease. on the stand, sterling insisted he will not se

. >>> today is the day of reckoning for former new orleans mayor ray nagin.t learns his sentence later today for his conviction on 20 federal corruption charges, including bribery, money laundering and fraud. the prison sentence which could be more than 20 years would be a virtual life sentence for the man once seen as a reformer. >>> donald sterling had unkind words for almost everyone, at the trial of ownership of the los angeles clippers. the embattled owner of the pro basketball team blasted two doctors who say he is mentally incapacitated. and he ridiculed wife shelly's attorney. she is suing for the right to sell the team after his racist remarks made him unwelcome in the nba. sterling testifies again today. >>> two university of miami football players have been arrested and charged with sexual battery after admitting to getting a 17-year-old drunk and raping her on campus over the holiday weekend. the two men both 20 years old have since been dismissed from the school. juwan blue and alexander figora were both listed as sophomore linebackers. >>> we're

ray nagin, the former mayor who rose to national prominence, leading the city during hurricane katrina, was sentenced wednesday to ten years in federal prison for his participation in a $500,000 bribery and conspiracy scheme that operated during most of his time in office. if you want to read more on that, it's in several of the papers today. also, some more news from capitol hill from yesterday. the senate approved castro by a large margin. the senate approved san antonio mayor jowlan castro t jowl julie housing secretary. the texas senators senators were split with john cornyn voting yes and ted cruz opposing julian castro's nomination. there's a picture of him from the front page of the "houston chronicle". we've got time for just a couple more calls. randy is in iron river, michigan on our lines for democrats. randy, good morning. >> good morning, john. thank you for taking my call. john, i really think things are going a lot better right now. five years ago i was sitting in jail for growing marijuana plants. today i can grow marijuana plants legally. i was on five different medica

. >>> ray nagin could go to prison for 20 years. >>> and after 101 days in a mexican jail, the marinece since being arrested for accidentally crossing into mexico with three legal guns. that's the news. >> hopefully he gets out today. >>> meanwhile, she's back. tmz reporting rosie o'donnell is returning to "the view." >> do you believe i think our troops are terrorists, elisabeth? >> i don't think -- >> yes or no? do you believe that? >> excuse me. let me speak. >> you're going to double talk. >> i am not a double speaker. >> she's not a double speaker. so what does her former co-host think about that? elisabeth hasselbeck who is on vacation, picked autopsy phone and joins us live. good morning to you. >> good morning. hi, steve, brian and anna. this is how i watched the show for years. so i'm thrilled to be joining you from my staycation. just made some pancakes for the kids and what could ruin a vacation more than to hear news like this. i know rosy very well. we worked quite closely. talk about not securing the border. here in comes to "the view" the very woman who been in the face

ray neiagin is going to prison. a judge sentenced him to ten years for bribery, money laundering, and other charges. nagin was convicted in february of accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from businessmen who wanted to work from the city or nagin's support for various projects. >>> happening today, president obama is headed to texas as the senate takes up the immigration crisis. right now, the president is in denver, discussing the economy, but he says he will be flying to dallas late this afternoon, where he will meet with texas governor, rick perry, on the issue of immigration. meanwhile, his administration is defending how it's handled the wave of undocumented children entering the u.s. white house officials say they are moving aggressively on multiple fronts, including action to secure the border, and increasing space at detention centers. they will appear before the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee later today. >> now to a developing story, the israeli army stepped up its operation in the hamas-ruled gaza strip today, launching new air strikes. nbc's ayman mohyeldin