we can even go to bill clinton. >> now richard roberts. >> >> now richard roberts.always been a womanizer. that's what most people say. something about a nice man in his mid-50s with a nice smile, healthy body and a full head of hair. women have a tendency to attract themselves to it. they are look moths to light. they just flutter right on in. >> though roberts considers himself a ladies man, some of the women in his life disagree. he is currently charged with assault and battery against a former girlfriend. he's pled not guilty and is awaiting trial. 16 months earlier, however, he pled guilty to three counts of violating a protective order taken out by another woman and served 60 days in the tulsa county jail. >> i was kind of hooked on women for a long time. after my wife left me and everything, my attitude changed about women. that was probably where the switch started going in reverse toward cocaine. >> though he has been caught in the jail's revolving door, robert says it was during a stay two years earlier that he had an ee tiffany. it had to do with discarde

>> my loser happens to be the dupont heir, richard roberts, and his judge, in this case, judge jan jurdenn rather than jailing him for the rape of his 3-year-old daughter. we didn't know about the case until a recent divorce case. but that kind of judicial activism, there's no room for it. my winner of the week is my granddaughter, taylor marie. happy birthday. >> i can't believe you have a granddaughter. >> too young, goldie! >> i concur. >> morris, how about you? best and worst. >> my best goes to the city of paris who elected the first woman. my loser is money and politics. you remember the rich guys that ran with a lot of money, ideas went in politics, not money. >> very good. joe, how about yours, best and worst? >> my winner for the week would be the story that says that the 192,000 jobs were created last month. that's a good-news story for a lot of americans. long-term unemployment is still too high. but we got 192,000 jobs created last month. my bad news story, worst of the week would be the fact that the unemployment rate for african-americans went up. we have to work on that. ge

roberts. falkenraths, richard to speak on ukraine. to get the morning brief.japanese economy can maintain its recovery even with last week's increase in the sales tax. thanproduction rose more forecasted. that indicates some economic recovery. datais another recovery point from the u.k.. wage growth accelerated for the seven years. companies reported stronger overseas demand. we have some economic data here in the u.s. coming at 7:30 a.m. on the small business optimism survey. >> it has been ugly and has gotten better recently. 10:00rvey this morning at a.m. alcoa kicks off. a keyoup will miss possibility target. this according to the wall street journal. it measures for return or tangible common at what he is one way for investors to measure banks against each other and comparing profitability. the scones after the federal 's plan.rejected citi they settled a lawsuit over mortgage funds. they will pay $1 billion to settle claims related to mortgages sold in 2008. defeat for eli lilly and takedas pharmaceuticals. they hid the cancer risk of their diabetes medi

the pressure is coming from senator richard blumenthal and robert hilliard.ake a listen. >> issue a stronger warning to drivers of recalled vehicles. tell them the truth about the risk. these cars shouldn't be on the road. >> there's a hearing in corpus christi later on today. >> they are safe if the driver doesn't have anything hanging from the key. >> u.s. workers only use half of the paid vacation time. even if they take the time off 6 out of 10 work while on vacation anyway. leaving time on the table means leaving money on the table as well. an average of $1,300 per worker per year. men may not shop as much as women but they certainly buy more. retailers are paying attention. brad dau is triplie -- prada is tripling their men's stores. the some people disagree. i think men don't like to shop so when they do they spend more money to deget what they need. >> get it over with. >> a major controversy is brewing on the baseball field. you got to hear about this one. there's a major league star under serious fire for missing the first two games of the season ju

there's new outrage about affluenza over the case of robert richard iv an unemployed heir to the du pontortune, pleating guilty -- pleading guilty to sexually assaulting his daughter saying, "he want fare well in prison", there was outrage in the case of ethan couch, killing four people, injuring two others whilst driving drunk. his lawyers argued he had been so spoilt by his parents and wealth that he didn't realise his actions had contributions. we are joined by jamie flied. this case of richards came up because his ex-wife is suing him in a civil case about the abuse of his son and daughter. this sparks outrage. this is a man, 6 foot 4, 260 pounds and a judge said he wouldn't fare well in prison. >> the case goes back several years, it was a plea deal. he pleaded guilty, and prosecutors dropped the felony rape such that he wouldn't have to spend any time in prison. that's what the outrage is about, the lack of gaol time. the question is whether or not this plea deal look like others, whether or not a different defendant would have gotten the same deal. chances are know. what did you s

out in 2008, robert richard, heir to the du pont family fortune pleaded guilty to raping his 3-year-old daughter. he served no times, after a judge suspended an 8-year sentence, giving him probation. the judge said richards would not fare well in a prison. the ruling has come to light. and the mother has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the children. we are joined by rooeba, attorney. give me your rehabilitation to this one. >> i almost fell out of my chair. these laws are enacted to protect children, and the rape of a child is a heinous act you can imagine. it's not any child, it was his child that was raped. he admitted to the rape and the judge was more concerned about his wellbeing. i don't understand it. >> what is that about? >> we saw it in of the texas case of a rich young man who was driving under the influence and killed four people, but did no gaol time. i can't help but imagine and think this is sending a message that there's a 2-tear system, one for individuals who are wealthy or ones that are poor or they say than the wealthy ones getting off. >> what about the line that the d

. >> a horrible story out of delaware, this man, robert richards fourth an heir to the dupont family rape. admitting he performed sex act on his 3-year-old daughter for two years. the judge has sentenced him to probation and community service saying he would not fairwell in prison. she now has to deal with that her entire life. the sentence, is it as bad as it looks wiehl? >> it's really really bad. he was first charged with two sentences or two charges of second degree. right? he would have gotten a mandatory 10 on each of those. that would have given him a mandatory 20. they pled this down. >> to fourth degree rape. >> fourth degree carries a mandatory nothing up to 15 years. so here. >> so just. >> probation. >> the prosecutor, the judge, all complicity in allowing this man to get away with it. >> the prosecutor pled it down. >> judge stepsed it. >> was there a reason why the judge and the prosecutor did this? >> there was something in the record that you mentioned in your open which is saying that this individual would not fair well in prison. >> so what? who cares. >> inappropri

in 2009, robert h. richardsa wealthy heir to the dupont paint fortune was convicted of the heinous crime of raping his own 3-year-old daughter. his sentence, probation and some community service. but no jail time. delaware superior court judge was apparently swayed by the argument that richards would, quote, not fare very well in prison. that being said, the verdict in this case seems to be falling on the part of the entire legal system. it should be noted that this case only re-entered public consciousness after attorneys for his ex-wife filed a lawsuit seeking damages for the abuse of their two children. bob, the legal system clearly failing here. is it appropriate to say that he should have his testicles cut off and fried in oil? i'm serious. >> and then fed to some rottweillers. look, the fact is that once she gave him the sentence, the charge against his 8-year-old son, abusing his 8-year-old son, was taken off the table. i mean, what are they thinking? what is this judge thinking? he wasn't going to do wel

back with us on set we have thomas roberts, mark halperin, richard haass, and mike barnicle who's live be a bittersweet day. mike's going to join us a little bit later. in just a few hours the boston marathon will be held for the first time since the deadly bombings last year. 36,000 people will be taking part in this 118th run. the second largest field in the race's history. hundreds of thousands will be cheering them on though. security extremely tight with more than 3,000 officers both in uniform and undercover. and more than a hundred high-tech surveillance cameras. we'll get to mike in a second. >> going to get to mike in a few minutes. also talking about boston, so much going on over there. but speaking of boston -- >> yes. >> -- one of their senators in the united states who represents boston, she wrote a book. >> yes, she did. >> and i -- you read it last night. >> i'm halfway through. >> and you're very excited because you probably think that since she's written this book, her re-election to the senate is sealed. this is about her being re-elected to the senate, right? >> i th

back to perth with geoffry thomas, and robert the editor of flying magazine. richard quest is back with me here in new york. geoffry, to you first, you see some parallels between what is happening with mh-370 and the successful search for air france 447. explain that to us. >> yes, indeed, don. with the search for 447, when they finally triangulated where they believed the wreckage was, they put down a bluefin-21 to have a look. it took them actually eight days, even though they knew virtually precisely where the plane was, it still took them eight days to find it. the wreckage on the bottom was confined to a small area, as well. we're in day four, four and a half in to this search on the bottom. we have a long ways to go yet before we sort of really completed a thorough search of the area where the pings have come from. don't forget, we have had four very strong pings. we had two fade out pings. according to one of the greatest wreck hunters of the world, david burns, he says we've found it. he's very, very confident that they are looking in the right spot. there's a

after all ♪ >> reporter: marking today's 50th anniversary of it's a small world richard sherman, he and his late brother robertat's what it's all about. it's a small world after all. >> reporter: since 1964, a billion people have seen the attraction at disney's five resorts around the world. at disneyland in anaheim the song plays 1200 times a day. >> it's a small world ♪ after all ♪ >> it's a small world after all ♪ >> every time you talk to somebody about it's a small world, you see it in their eyes. they become a 6-year-old and remember holding mummy's hand going on that ride. >> reporter: it was disney that put this unicef round the world sing-along project together to mark the 50th anniversary. >> you could be in the bush in the out back of australia in the jungle of the middle of africa and meet the tribesmen, they know the words. >> reporter: many say it was ahead of its time when it opened here at disneyland in may of 1966 and that it still holds up today. >> it's popular. look at it after all these years it's still popular. good to see. >> it's great to see all the different lands in the world through

beyonce, robert redford and others are making the covers. other athletes, serena williams, richardia coe and christiano renaldo. >> hey, buddy. it's all yours. >> jordan tutu shows that hockey players don't always have to be tough guys. >>> big honor for seth meyers and family guy skewers chris christie. and the other woman is hoping to top the weekend box office. you're watching "early today." [ male announcer ] at the corner of "where you need us most" and "where you least expect us," walgreens is more than just a drugstore. some pharmacy staff deliver medications right to your hospital bedside. and whenever, wherever you have questions, walgreens experts are there for you 24/7 with online pharmacy chat. we even bring immunizations to seniors right where they need us. because life doesn't stand still, and neither do we. at the corner of happy and healthy. still running in the morning? yeah. getting your vegetables every day? when i can. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. two full servings of vegetables for only 50 delicious calories. [ female announcer ] we eased your

beyonce, robert redford and mary bara also making cover issues. others serena williams, richard herman, lydia coe and cristiano ronaldo. >>> hockey players don't always have to be the tough guys. that was a really nice move there. >> i loved the reaction from the little boy. >> yeah. >> all right. that's a way to start a friday, right? >> yeah, good one. thank you. >> well, bill karins is here with the weekend. >> not a lot of yeahs on my end. new englanded on saturday it's going to be ugly and midwest severe weather over the weekend. umbrella weather in the ohio valley. we have a soaking rain. there's two storms. the other one is on the west coast. the one on the west coast will bring severe weather over the weekend: strong storms yesterday to areas of missouri and arkansas. it's raining good in indianapolis. columbus a rainy morning commute for you and eventually up toward pittsburgh. a few strong storms in eastern north carolina. even washington d.c. could see a late day storm. let me take you through your weekend. saturday, 45 and rainy in boston. that's an ugly forecast. ne

criminal justice system robert richards the fourth multimillionaire heir to the dupont chemical fortune has escaped jail time after admitting to raping his three year old daughter richards accepted a plea deal allowing his charges to be reduced from second degree rape which carries a minimum ten year sentence to fourth degree rape which has no minimum sentence the judge could have given him up to fifteen years but instead of suspended the sentence and ordered him to seek treatment writing in her decision that she thought he would not fare well in prison speaking to the detroit free press the delaware public defender brenda no neal expressed disbelief he said prison is to punish to segregate the offender from society and the notion that prison serves people well hasn't proven to be true and most circumstances on the other end of the spectrum is the case of virginia trayvon blount who was fifteen when he was part of an armed robbery at a house party and which no one was hurt his case made headlines when he was originally sentenced to more than six life sentences six making it one of the h

richard quest. miles o'brien and the editor-in-chief of flying magazine, robert goyer. you heard the reporting.epping up security in the cockpit. this could be because they are concerned about people from the plane coming into the cockpit. it also could be they are concerned about the pilots and how many pilots are in there, whether one pilot can lock another out. we're unsure exactly what those changes are. but what does it say to you about what they know about what may have happened? >> well, it implies that they think it's possible that somebody came from the passenger cabin and attacked the pits or tried to take control of the flight successfully, took control of the flight. because there would be no reason to take, you know, a big step like this, especially a public step if they thought the pilots were at fault because had it would make the pilots more invulnerable to being stopped in the act. it implies perhaps they think it was a passenger involved. once again, they're leaving us in the dark as to the details of it. >> right, miles, they are. it could be some sort of security where there

robert bork. it happened to ed niese. it happened to richard nixon.happens to people that step up to the states. the other side always wants to knock your head off. people say why is everybody tough. i could be an accountant in pensacola, florida, if you want me to. but if you step in the ring, they're going to knock off your head. don't be shocked when they try to land a punch in your face. >> regardless of race. >> regardless of race. >> i'll go back to what mark said a second ago. you can't dismiss the notion that president obama who had a particular variety of this which is to say a large number of republican who is said he was an illegitimate president because he was born in kenya, there's anger and taking heads off and politics across all administrations in both directions, but the fact the president thinks there's a racial component to this when a large part of the republican party made the specific claim that he was not born in america and he was an african, the fact the president feels that way is not totally unreasonable. >> and i can tell y

in 1974, a big year, richard nixon many people believe he was toppled by two reporters on the washington post, bob woodward, robert redford, all the president's men, separate them, bob woodward was very cooperative when making this book and i went to talk to him, and doesn't look like robert redford at all. bob was helpful, cooperative in making this book. where was i? since 1974, and covers of generation, and journalism is a progressive place, have wonderful things happen. when i went into journalism, the person i begin to look at, is at the 11. he was a different journalists, then woodward and bernstein. and the rock star of american journalism and investigative reporting, and adjourn -- a journalist who worked for the new york times told me he came to a journalism conference, and in the 1970s, the keynote speaker, was seymour hersh. everyone did to be like seymour hersh so he had this legendary status, i began to took in interest on seymour hersh. in december of 1974, some people think the story of a decade. and it resonates today. hersh found out the american central intelligence agency, was actually opening t

richard nixon and they left the pea table. >> ifill: so much drama involving vietnam, so much drama involving the civil rights act, robert kimball, you were 28 years old, an aide to john lindsay. at the people don't remember that what happened in the house republican caucus determined the outcome of this act in many ways. >> the republicans played a crucial role and it's hard to believe today. but there were positive, they worked very closely with the administration and we participated in the negotiations that lead to the compromise three weeks before kennedy's death. >> ifill: what's interesting to me is that in some ways the people who drove this act, a southern president, and republicans in the house and ultimately the senate, wrote this and it is counterinfewive to the politics we understand now. >> yes, it's very -- >> how did it happen. >> first of all there were many more moderate and liberal republicans back then. the democratic party still was split. you had the southern group who was going to vote against the bill. and people who would support it. we needed a coalition between both parties. we all knew that and we knew

al smith, jeremiah mahoney, robert wagner and others never lost sight of those who through no fault of their own did not ask could not rise to the top. tammany boss richard croaker noted that critics complained that tammany used gutter tactics. croaker did not disagree. >> it is because there are men in the gutter, and you have to go down where they are if you're going to do anything with them. >> by the late 1930s, it was becoming clear that tammany's mission had succeeded. the social welfare system it implemented in new york was now incorporated in the new deal. the children and the grandchildren of the lower east side were winning that battle for inclusion and cultural respect. through the efforts of people like smith and wagner and with the assistance of courageous allies like frances perkins, the nation put aside the economic dogma of the victorian era. government could and would intercede to soften the blows of a callous marketplace. that was and remains one of tammany's greatest legacies. tammany's receded from power as the city changed after world war ii, it's commonly known. finally in the early 1960s it died a painful death at the hands of some

halls of montezuma with richard widmark and world war two world war two and also the leading lady and that was i we were later married mary and mary marshall we had a child katie robert j. wagner you must remember this this book is guaranteed to be a beige a hit because it's about one of the great errors in american history will talk about i'm eighty he's eighty four yet when it will go i don't know larry but you know it's been great it has been great and i've been so fortunate and when scott and i started to investigate look into this and had this idea all those places that i was in volved in the restaurants and the houses and many many of the people they're all gone when you drive around beverly hills and what do you remember the people that i live on the street that i'm told fred astaire lived on i can't believe that you know he built that house up there and i i was up there when he with him when he started to build it he he he loved that house he really i have a picture in the in the book that he gave me of him behind the bar it's one of his favorite pictures and his horse triplicate is in a backyard kind of guy was he the best one to matter to jockey robinson th

richard engel, thanks. you get a sense of what journalists go through. >> it has become so violent for journalists. >> it's impossible to cover the story. thomas is back at the table as well. >> hello, thomas robertsinternational rescue committee, david milband. thank you for being with us. >> david, fragile gains as your committee -- your organization have been made in afghanistan. how are those fragile gains protected moving forward especially with the u.s. and allied troops getting out? >> we are an organization 4,000 afghan villages and delivering food and health. >> how dangerous is that? >> very dangerous. we lost five of our staff in the western part of the country and every day we have extraordinarily determined afghans. this is afghan staff and not western staff. 99% afghan staff delivering that's much-needed services. they have real fear. the fear is that the pullout of western troops is going to be coupled with the end of any kind of western humanitarian aid and making life and death difference for the people that we serve, the basically civilians who have had not just war but 30 years of war since the soviet union he invaded in 1979. >> what is the situation for women? we are getting m