this is a big one. >> sam, sam, sam, sam, sam, sam, sam, sam. >> thank you, robin. are similarly close to our hearts, left of the ventricle. reveal nominees for outstanding morning program. could we have a drum roll, please. [ drum roll ] >> our friends at cbs sunday morning, "good morning america." and the idea today" show. good luck to all of the competitors and let's not forget our buddies in the talk show world, george. >> you're really going to make me do this. >> no. no, george, come on. >> all: sam, sam, sam, sam, sam. sam, sam. >> oh! >> but thank you, george. we have two categories, first outstanding talk show in entertainment and the nominees are "the ellen degeneres show, "live with kelly and michael," "the talk" and "the view." outstanding talk show the nominees are -- ? wait. >> that was for that one. >> oh. yay! >> oh, wait and for outstanding talk show, the nominees are "the doctors," "the dr. oz show" and "katie." >> all right. >> now you go. >> finally bring it on home. bring it on home. i know you don't want to but -- >> last one. >> very tiring. t

sax hi there sam so how i understand it sam the first amendment you know it prohibits government to abridge this freedom of the press and does this action by away from the first amendment you know in terms of government gathering a piece phone records well in general that's what the first amendment is there for but at the same time it's also illegal to leak information to goes against national security that's what that's what the d.o.j. and even a straight is saying what happened here and ever since the story broke the white house has been talking about how they need to strike this balance between a free a free press that's protected under the first amendment and also cracking down on on leaks that my that might harm our national security interests and president obama was very forceful yesterday in saying that this sort of leak could kill americans abroad now the question is what we have to do to is who gets to determine whether or not this leak is is against our national security interests or whether it's a news story that the news should be free to cover ok so the media argues tha

john cornyn is in the sam houston line. but thomas rusk was a beautiful writer, and there's not as much written about him as there is about sam houston. but he was a wonderful writer. and when he reported on the battle of san ya sin toe and the revolution, here's what he wrote. now, this was in 1836 right after the battle. the men of texas deserved much credit, but more was due the women. armed men facing a foe could not but be brave. but the women with their little children around them without means of defense or power to resist faced danger and death with unflinching courage. and i think that acknowledgment of the role of women even back in the 1830s was so appropriate. and i wanted to make sure that the role of women in texas just like the role of women in america from my first two books was part of our history. so i do talk about the revolution and the women who were there in the revolution. anna -- [inaudible] is in the book. she was the love of sam houston. he dedicated the battle of san jacinto to her. but she loved

subpoena in this in this case ok sam we've got to leave it there more from sam just a moment was the fallout continues or a videotape investigation into the a.p. president obama has called this an opportunity to reintroduce media shield legislation designed to protect members of the media are with wall exclaims. i mean the justice department scandal there is renewed interest in protecting the media's first amendment right now we see media organizations pushing for what's called a shield laws to protect reporters and it looks like the obama administration is on board here's president obama talking about the law yesterday in the rose garden so . the whole goal of. this media shield wall that was worked on and largely endorsed by folks like the washington post editorial page and by prosecutors was finding a way to strike that balance appropriately and to the extent that this case. which we still don't know all the details of. to the extent this case has prompted renewed interest about how do we strike that balance properly. and i think. now is the time for us to go ahead and revisit tha

sam putting it on. come on, sam. >> all right, sam. >> sam, come on. you can walk. sam. really? sam. sam, your legs work. come on. [ laughter ] >>> leslie, you're worse than the cat. >> sam, you can do it. >>> we all know dorm rooms can have all kinds of crazy things in them. i bet you not often do you find a bat. >> a baseball bat? >> oh, no, i am talking a bat bat. >> whoa. >> somehow it managed to get itself into this dorm room. >> at vanderbilt university in nashville, tennessee, and this is chris fitzgerald trying to get the bat out. >> come on. >> able to get it out of the light fixture and this is hanging on the sprinkler. >> it is kind of funny to see these big strong men because even members of the football team come to try to help and end up run ago way. >> not big burly men. >> go in with a couple of oven mitts and carry it out. >> that could be dangerous. >> should have called beth troutman apparently, the bat whisperer. >> finally, one guy decides to take a broom and he is going to take a swing at it. >> get it. >> let me do it. >> get it. >> it does look bad but th

right to sam tracking all the latest. sam? >> yeah, it was a tough night. this is what it looked like. these storms were terribly violent, 80-mile-an-hour wind, four inch hail, three tornados popped out of those storms that and the watches and warnings started 6:00 p.m. imagine how frightening it was at 8:00 p.m. when it moved through two neighborhoods and our steve osunsami is right in the middle of texas, just about an hour west of dallas. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, sam. you can see which way the tornado came. it moved what's left much this home across a field and into this thicket of trees. 72 people had to be hospitalized. [ sirens ] so many families, so many lives changed in a flash, this video shows the gigantic tornado falling from the sky smashing through homes in granbury, texas, overnight. there were at least three punishing north texas starting after dinner wednesday night. >> got a portion of the roof missing and several trees down in the area. >> reporter: the sky filled quickly with dark clouds and rained down baseball-siz

i agree with what sam said. we don't yet know that the behavior of the justice department was legal. the only thing we really know at this point is that the subpoena was clearly overbroad as compared to anything we've seen before. that doesn't make it illegal. it makes it odd. it remains to be seen. we have to wait and see. the i.r.s., you know, you may have seen i wrote a piece about this today. calling for people to be jailed. we still don't know if there was a crime. we have absolutely no indications. so, you know, they're just pushing this for all that it's worth. benghazi is turning against them. it is turning against them. it is going the wrong way. you watch, in the next seven days, darrell issa and his band of merry people will start moving off of that story toward whichever of the other is getting the most traction. >> john: let's talk benghazi for a second. i agree with you the scandals are great theatre except unlike theatre in new york, this theatre actually creates jobs. this benghazi scandal may be

at that point sam revamped the market.stalled a kitchen in the center of the market and really made it a place where chefs look forward to come. he created community through food. so, we designed our community as having three parts we like to draw as a triangle where it's comprised of our producers that make the food, our staff, those who sell it, and our guests who come and buy and eat the food. and we really feel that we wouldn't exist if it weren't for all three of those components who really support each other. and that's kind of what we work towards every day. >> valley creamery was opened in 2006. the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. >>> in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we d

sam, just outside shawnee, oklahoma.n it's daylight, you really see the destruction there, sam. >> yeah, robin. this is one of the things we don't get to show you often. this twisted, black metal frame here is a frame that goes around a mobile home. the floor would sit on these things that are bent and sitting out of that. there's nothing attached to it. we tell people, if you live in a mobile home in a storm zone, every time there's a severe storm, you have to evacuate that and get to some place safe, a real structure because look at what's left of that. let's get to the boards. this is where the storms are rolling today. there's an east coast storm aspect to this a little bit and some of the humidity. but also, we have a refiring of the powerful thunderstorms in the hot red zone. we will see the kind of storms that can pop out big hail. and scattered tornadoes in there, as well. heavy rain will accompany the storms today. and it's soaking rain, from minneapolis all the way to and we are live just outside shawnee. this

sam in breezy point. >> thank you, sam.tonight. mike, we hope we warm up and the giants warm up. >> absolutely. hope any don't match temperatures because it will be the same as last night. 65 in san francisco for a high and upper 60's and near 70 around the bay and low-to-mid 70's in the east bay valley. the temperature is 61 and dropping to about 57 by the time the game ends. temperatures will hold steady through thursday. warmer this weekend. >> a slow drive out of los gatos to cupertino with a wreck northbound 85 beyond 17. bumper to bumper traffic and slow going into announcer: it's "live! with kelly & michael." today, star of the comedy nirlnirl, zoey deschanel. and from the new film "star trek: into the darkness," zachary quinto. plus, a new look for a nerble nurse as -- special nurse as we continue our "new you in new york makeover." all next on the emmy-winning live." now, here are kelly ripa and michael strahan! [cheers and applause] ♪

sam? >> yeah. important to stress that training so people don't think they can drive around and take pictures of them. let's show you where the storms are rolling today because there's more of them. and it's just about the same area. you don't get much time in cleanup in places like this today because in that hot red zone that runs through oklahoma city, tulsa, you're a part of that, as well. all the way up to almost st. louis. there's a moderate risk, which is a strong chance you're going to get powerful thunderstorms, just like the ones that tore through the weekend. this storm will weaken as it moves east. and we'll talk more about that in the regular weather segment. let's get back to george in new york. good morning, again, george. >>> let's turn to josh. a commuter mess in the northeast. >> good morning to all of you. we're going to begin there. more than 100,000 morning commuters now facing this, the busiest rail line in the country, shut down indefinitely, after a violent collision in conne

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glad i have another clerical incidents and that i would have another point i want to bring out that sam had he has argued before about the government nurtures our middle class by distributing taxes to fund programs that help the middle class through medicare food stamps unemployment and sheridan's but why does the government need to provide these programs sam why can't the private sector do this because it doesn't do it i mean that's what it comes down to in crowded out because the government has taken over such a big share of these industries look i mean go democratic governments didn't arise out of nowhere they arose out of the fact that we've been living for you know whether it's medieval times or whatever in which wealth was accumulated at the very very top and everybody kind of just got trickled down a little bit of money here and there and if you privileges they didn't have any rights we came gov we have democratic government we have democratic control of our economy to make sure that wealth gets distributed more even evenly. so that the wealth imbalance between the very rich in t

our sam champion joins us also from moore with the latest on all this, good morning, sam. >> hey, goodorning, robin. there should be safe rooms in every one of those schools and safe rooms in the communities that these people live in. this, by the way, days after the tornado, folks have to live in the debris and we're able to look at the debris and get the telltale signatures of the strength of this storm, yes, it was an ef-5 but there's something about this storm that will shock and surprise you because it did us. the intensification of this storm we have never seen before. went from an ef-0 to an ef-4 in ten minutes, ten minutes, never seen it before and we know that by looking at the damage. this morning, brand-new images of the new castle, moore, tornado forming in the distance just as it was beginning its deadly path. within an hour it would be a massive ef-5 tornado, the most powerful tornado on the planet with winds up to 210 miles an hour. these pictures of destruction at briarwood elementary show the fierce impact when hit with the ultimate force of the highest category of tor

>> thank you, sam. now that it's daylight there, as we see, able to see better the destruction and be able to help. thank you. >>> we go back to the stories of the heroic teachers. the president just referred to them, how they shielded their students at the elementary schools, including briarwood elementary. this is the scene just after the tornado hit. so many students and teachers, walking around in shock. earlier this morning, i spoke with two of the first grade teachers whose training and quick thinking helped save lives. and i asked them what they saw. >> it was just unlike anything i've ever experienced to have those children there and to be in my care and to try to do what was best for them. >> and what did you do? i know you put books on their heads. the teachers were laying your bodies right on top of theirs. >> my class goes to p.e., music and art at the end of the day. we had prepared the backpacks. they had the binders and their folders in the backpacks. i had them take their backpacks and p

george sam's was the trumpeter and anthony brown and other pioneers. united front was unique because it was the record label and were you supporting other locals to have their own label as well and pioneering as well. this marked the professional debut for many professions. as i mentioned frances wong and of course anthony brown and you led at another time support of younger african american musicians like 12-year-old who performed many many years ago with you as well. i was attracted to asian -- improvisational music because with different japanese instruments as well and filipino musicians using percussion as well and really a great time in the 80s. mark was the curator of that time. mark's vision that sustained the festival. it was his vision that sustained the festival and i think the movement, he deserves a lot of credit for sustaining that creativity and movement. he also booked the artist raised the money and produced all the shows with san francisco's asian art museum and also with brenda, they pioneered first voice in bringing together story t

correspondent sam saxon honest. well ten years ago to the day president george w. bush boarded the u.s.s. abraham lincoln and declared operation iraqi freedom mission accomplished now ten years later however history has shown the statement to be problematic at best so what did the u.s. accomplish in iraq exactly well arty's meghan lopez brings us more. mcnally captain card officers and sailors of the u.s.s. abraham lincoln. my fellow americans. major combat operations in iraq have ended in the battle of iraq the united states and our allies have prevailed it was a victory speech before the battle was won on may first two thousand and three zachary ten years ago today a triumphant president bush landed on the u.s.s. lincoln and declared victory over saddam hussein and his allies the speech happened just two months after american troops stormed into the country a massive mission accomplished banner actually hung in the back but on the anniversary of this infamous speech let's take a look back at what the u.s. has actually accomplished in iraq and where the country st

>> sam champion, sam champion recognized for his excellent work on "sea rescue."een given a telly award honoring outstanding programming and productions and i understand that sam did not wear a black tie in his acceptance speech but a wet suit for the tv awards. >> oh, no. this is -- appreciate it. this is such a surprise. i mean i don't know what to say except where's the camera? join us for all new "sea rescues" saturday mornings. on most of your abc stations. >> did you rescue this one? >> that one didn't go so well. >> you guys -- >> oh, there it is. bromance alive and well. >>> and hey, everybody, rubber ducky, you're the one. you make bath time so much fun. "sesame street" will be jealous of this one. a supersized rubber ducky floated into hong kong's harbor. 54 feet long. it's inflatable and it's a sculpture from the mind of a dutch artist. everything great comes from the dutch. remember that big knit man pillow. that was -- >> that was fantastic. >> for that one. >> the artist says he was inspired to do this because a rubber ducky brings up images and feel

sam tracking it all. >>> runway run in. a jumbo jet smacks into a commuter plane at one of the country's busiest airports chipping each other on the tarmac and setting off major alarms. >> got some serious tail damage. his tail is totaled. >> that's not the only one. what's going on on our nation's runways? >>> breaking details on that sabotage at starbucks. why did this highly educated chemist allegedly lace drinks, so much poison police say it was enough to kill someone. the employee who spotted her speaks out. >>> reese witherspoon live and exclusive in times square. she's here talking one on one about the surprising moment that landed her in the headlines and her brand new movie role only on "gma." >>> and good morning, everyone. robin off today. great to have elizabeth vargas here. a lot of news to get to including new, breaking details on the boston bombing investigation. three friends of the younger suspect are now in custody. >> they are classmates of dzhokhar tsarnaev. all accused of lying to investigators and cons

come from today's speech well to help me break it all down i'm joined now by political commentator sam sax and david remes he's a human rights lawyer david thank you for joining us let's start with you did we learn anything coming out of today's speech well i can't speak as an expert to everything he spoke on but i don't think that we got very much new from him on guantanamo it was disappointing that he endorsed indefinite detention it was disappointing that he said he'd go back and re were you the yemenis to send home and most of all it's disappointing that he can to new. to blame congress for his inability to transfer detainees back to their home countries or third countries he simply isn't willing to show the kind of political leadership that's required president obama addressed several issues through this hour long speech that he gave today let's play a part of what he said about guantanamo bay since we're talking about it and given my administration's relentless pursuit of al qaeda leadership there is no justification beyond politics for congress to prevent us from closing a facil

so sam he laid out several plans of action when it comes to guantanamo bay what did we learn what are his plans moving forward i think you're right i don't think we learn much new heat he basically brought everything back to square one he made up the ground that he had lost over the last few years as far as lifting the transfer ban to yemen he put that transfer ban on you know in two thousand and ten. as far as bringing you know setting up military tribunals in the united states this is stuff he's already proposed he's backtracked from his promise in two thousand and seven rallies in two thousand he was running for president and now he seems to be trying to make up some of the lost ground he's made in the last few years but nothing really significantly new to move it forward to close the facility and the president is not being truthful when he says that congress is preventing him from doing it congress gave him an out with the national security waiver to do that to start releasing some of these guantanamo. prisoners and he's chosen not to do that whether it's because of the he's afrai

thank you, sam. thanks, sam. >>> everyone's favorite rebellious royal is headed back to the u.s. prince harry lands in washington today beginning a week-long trip through the u.s. the focus is charity work. but all eyes will be on his, well, behavior after his controversial las vegas trip last summer. you remember that? abc's lama hasan remembers that and has the latest from washington. >> reporter: good morning, robin. just a few hours they'll roll out the red carpet for prince harry right here on capitol hill as he begins his jam-packed tour representing queen and country and this time it will be all work and no play for the prince. it's the royal recovery from a hefty hangover. this morning, prince harry makes his way to the united states, returning for the first time since that scandalous vegas vacation last august and kicking off a seven day six city trip focused on charity work. >> it's covering all of the events that he feels very strongly about, but also i suppose in terms of his relationship to america is something of a rehabilitation trip for him. >> reporter: the apach

>> sam. thank her. our exclusive interview with the leading woman. >> now from abc7 news. >> good morning, we continue with breaking news in san francisco where a bicyclists is dead after an accident in the mission this morning. the bicyclist and a truck collided at 16th before 7:00 a.m. this was the scene from sky 7. the truck driver remain on scene and has been cooperating with investigators. traffic was rerouted around the intersection. now, how is the morning commute? leyla gulen? >> that also affects the 33 and the 22 line out there. speaking of mass transit, we have a planned new delay both the m and j lines are delayed so shuttle busing is in affect. in san jose, this is the drive along 87 beyond the julian off-ramp it will take ten minutes to go from 85 to >> temperatures are off the morning lows and we are in the 50's from now from the 40's. we. bebelow average from 3 to ten degrees. a lot of sunshine out there and the u.v. index is high. we will have high amounts of tree pollen. here is a look

sam, you you and i, sam -- she is good. >> yes! you and i need to watch the world cup from nantucket. >> thank you so much. you can read annie's latest piece in the upcoming issue of "the new york times" magazine. look forward to that. >>> still ahead on "morning joe," "hardball's" chris matthews. we be back with much more "morning joe." enough about the book, i want to hear about your date. well, he showed up in a van. [ women ] oh-awww. [ voices in background ] [ female announcer ] swapportunity. the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a delicious 90 calorie yoplait light. ♪ sorry... about your date, the details of your date. [ female announcer ] just one swap a day helps keep the calories away. yoplait. it is so good. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. and everyone but her... no. no! no. ...likes 50% more cash. but i don't give up easy... do you want 50% more cash? yes! yes?! ♪ [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card gives you 1% cash back on every purchase, plus a 50% annua

. >> sam will show us how. >> i will make your head disappear. >> sam walks away from the camera, does the head down move and this is somehow a viral youtube video. >> how did he do it? is this guy magic? is he okay? anybody he cchecked on sam. >> he is still walking as if he is the living dead. >> maybe he is. we should send this video to the government so they can send it to the top scientists so they can study him and how he works and how he can walk without a head. >> right. >> this is 246,000 views. >> 246,000 views. who is watching this? >> it was just posted. >> a couple days ago. >> youtube is about as surprising as the fact that this guy can upload a video without a head. >> i think his friend did. it is his friend behind the camera. >> i bet you two gentlemen will wish your commutes were this artsy. >> hello. >> commuters in this train got quite the artsy surprise. >> and as you can see there is a beautiful woman that is today's art piece. >> on the train. >> they don't even seem bothered by this. >> this is the creation of a swiss artist. the exhibit is called the script sys

sequester ation cuts would hurt the economy well earlier i got some input from political commentator sam sachs and from the executive director at the iran institute you're on drugs here's what they had to say. it's really what we're seeing is is is with the sequester cuts and we're just in general the austerity regime that's been implemented in europe and here in the united states is you can see money being taken out of the hands of working people and out of the middle class and i think if you look at the with the economies function they don't function when wealthy people have tons of money they are stocking shelves with goods they function. people have money to spend in their pockets and go out and spend that more your idea how do you think the question isn't hurting the jobs market well it's not what the jobs market is the economic policies of the last fifteen years we should disaster increased regulation increased government spending increased government borrowing increased taxation that's what's just that's what's hurting the job market what's destroying the u.s. economy would slowin

sam stein, what did you learn?e is the most uncomfortable you'll shoot. >> yes. something like that. exactly. >> brian? >> the high life -- >> you want it. >> going golfing in london for a week? >> yes. >> sounds like the life i tried to push on mika. >> now, now. really. exactly. >> the south of france. >> usually i'm driving kids around. >> get the book. don't forget the book. she looks great. >> "way too early" and "morning joe" and now chuck todd is straight ahead. >> thank you. >>> we are watching developing news on capitol hill where outgoing acting irs commissioner steven miller will testify this hour to the house ways and means committee. this will be his first public comments since the story exploded about the agency singling out conservative groups for special scrutiny. miller resigned his post on wednesday after treur