shapiro about the drought in california. i wanted to give him my suggestion that we at washington state that transferred after he graduated from college in california and my fellow mother was snow skiing. they have lots of water appeared. with thousands following on people. i am also a child -- i'm an army corps of engineers family kid. i grew up in australia all over the world for the army corps of engineers. they are third world countries helping people get their country is going anyway. i know how construction works and i was. >> host: where are you going with this? >> guest: >> caller: i want to know we are not doing something with dams and reservoirs coming all the way down. >> host: i am going to stop you there. let's talk about politics and more. >> guest: when it comes to the drought, it is clear environmental is done and they will build new reservoirs and a giant body of water right off our coast. they've somehow figured out since he's been $100 billion it doesn't exist. they provide fodder to people. as far as rese

>> i think shapiro would be formidable. he's got crossover appeal... >> that's what i'm saying. >> ...among moderate republicans. toomey's got $7.3 million in the bank today, so... >> yes. >> that's right. >> ...that's where you start. >> and we're gonna keep raising money for him. >> and i think shapiro wants to be governor, from what i can tell, more than anything. now, would he do this for the party? yeah, he's got eight years of that, potentially speaking. >> and pawlowski, allentown mayor, might also run against toomey. would be a matchup of lehigh valley against lehigh valley. let's go to commercial. we'll be right back with "inside story." >> "inside story" is presented by temple university. temple fuels students with academics and opportunities to take charge. plugged in to the city, powered by the world. trading-in or selling your car, truck or suv? webuyanycar.com takes the hassle out of selling in just 3 easy steps. one, get your free online valuation. two, drive to your local car buying center. and three, walk o

here more with this story is adam shapiro. the 45 billion-dollar merger hangs in the balance when those representatives meet with officials with the justice department on wednesday. the combined company would control 30% of the country's paid tv market and 20% of the broadband internet market. staffers in the justice department told them that the merger is anticompetitive. comcast will attempt to convince the regulators that the merger is necessary to compete against apple tv. the merger will bring substantial benefit to consumers without any harm. comcast agreed to concessions from regulators in 200 2011 when it acquired nbc universal. >> jack is joining us. he is going to discuss the fate of comcast and timewarner cable merger. jack, welcome to you. do you think it will happen, at the end of the day? jack: i don't think so, to be honest with you. i think it's a real stretch for timewarner and comcast to say this won't harm competition long term. i think it will. lori: do you think that will be the issue as they meet with off

adam shapiro what happened to the president's promises to the middle class?ncome taxes the majority of taxes are raised by people in the middle class, there has been no true tax reform across the board, the total spectrum. income taxes 50% from the wealthiest americans but when you look at the total tax, the middle-class get hit from property taxes, state income taxes in places like new york taxes you pay at the store the middle class is where the revenues generated. stuart: the latest installment of the fast and furious movie series furious vii opens today. could be the -- said trillion, almost the first billion dollar franchise of the year. check it out. >> i want you two out of here. stuart: fox news.com automotive editor, i thought that was all about cars but the clip we just showed is action, violence chases. charles: the first was about 3 racers who are also criminals hamas this is about street racers who are criminals and working for the government going on adventures, mission impossible spy missions. bernard: when you are a car guy. would you see this

adam shapiro, what do you think? >> personally i like to stay in the united states but you can't ignore mobius. he said buy russia a year ago. he made the right call on that despite all the problems russia faces. you should listen to him about china. if you're eccentric to the u.s., you can stay safe but you won't make a lot of money. liz: iron ore prices are indication how much china is building up. they're building skyscrapers. apparently with, something short of a collapse, this is dire for australia which exports iron ore to china. does this, doesn't that tell you that china is not growing? >> look, china's economy is slowing down rapidly. here is the biggest problem with it is, you don't know exactly how much it is slowing down. the problem you can't trust data out of china. liz: hence, look at iron ore numbers. >> right. you know something is happening. they say they have 7% gdp growth it could be lower. that is the problem with investing in china. you have no visibility what is really happening there. you can'

ben shapiro final comment.ent involvement is significantly more dangerous for religious or could it issues to be about than not. the strings are always attached as far as the federal government, i would recommend people look at where the money is going because a lot of the time it goes towards adoption projects and house building for the homeless. i object to that on the grounds i don't think the government should be involved. that is nothing to do with the money being spent on an attempt as an issue. i'm not worried about that in the united states. >> host: ben shapiro, best-selling author, editor at large at breitbart "the people vs. barack obama: the criminal case against administration." his most recent book is coming out in paperback. thank you would be on booktv from "the l.a. times" book festival. >> guest: thank you for having me. booktv will continue in a moment. everything will re-air on booktv@the span to. today from l.a. thank you for being with us. we will thank the folks at the l.a. book f >> book

beautiful and practical a big hit until kids like 10 teddy shapiro and his family started asking questionsteddy has cancer after decade playing soccer. >> it's a rare form of bone cancer called osteo sarcoma. i couldn't really really move after the surgery and pain was intense. >> he played goalie on artificial turf since eight if in between the blades of grass are little pieces of recycled tires called crumb rubber it makes fields softer to reduce impact injuries. safer, right? some say maybe not when you take a closer look. >> these peaks are consistent with bio -- >> it showed it contained roughly hazardous substances including lead. the question is, can the chemicals in this artificial turf cause cancer? one college soccer coach says yes and she's gathered information on 132 players getting cancer. that has many parents concerned. >> i am angry that i'm being forced to make a choice between a allowing my child to play a sport and/or endangering his health. >> maya nine-year-old son place lacrosse on crumb rubber she's worried because the tiny pieces get all over everything. >> it's rig

adam shapiro, what are the numbers? >> it's a beat. street was expecting $2.08 on revenue of 19.6 billion. they're saying that they had a services backlog as of march 31st, $121 billion. that is flat year to year, david. stock is up -- david: it is trading up after-hours. would you buy in? mark sebastian, up over 2%. is it time to get in on ibm? >> ibm still has a bunch of restructuring going on. you know, that is one where i just think there are better opportunities in other tech names. as great as netflix has done, that still has huge upside. apple, i know you love apple. david: yeah, i do. >> i'm starting to fall into the apple crowd. i like microsoft. i think there are much safer names. ibm is no longer the ibm of early 2000s. it could go either way. could be kodak. could go back the way it was. david: you were talking, as you were talking the stock began to come down after-hours. somebody is listening to you. >> the power of mark sebastian. david: exactly. thank you very much, guys. now, new developments in the shipwreck tragedy c

smith, fox business contributor and our own adam shapiro.o gary, i know this is the kind of thing you want to plug your nose say i don't want to do it because you don't go with crazy names, one much these names, all three had great performances today is there one you should feel should go into a portfolio? >> you stole my lead when i say don't go with the crazy names, thankfully. do my part, okay? i would go with party city. that is the most, warren buffett, most gary smith. it is established. they have barriers to entries they already have locations. they're making money. that is the one i would play. liz: barriers to entry. you mentioned buffett. buffett owns the big competitor, oriental trading, larry. does that make it a target? >> it may. i'm with gary, party city is one of the three i would go with. it is a household name. it has been around for almost 30 years. liz: yeah. >> i acknowledge there has been a lot of financial maneuvering. sales have been growing although they are in debt. that's changed. but all the tossing back and forth

josh shapiro's from here. he has a strong record on fiscal issues, not just social issues. i think he's probably thinking about it pretty hard. >> almost ready to bet that i'll shave my head off if toomey loses. >> you heard it here. if toomey loses... >> write that down. [ all speaking indistinctly ] >> i said almost. i said almost. but i will tell you this. i will do it because i don't think he's gonna lose. he is now the new senator specter. he has come -- has such support from both sides. >> why did he sign that letter to iran, though? he signed with the wackos in the republican party. >> well, we're gonna remind you about this almost bet. finally, let's jump across the river a little bit and talk about new jersey. governor christie, continuing, it seems, to play out, does he want to run for president? but also having some trouble in stadia. been trying to negotiate with various unions to deal with pensions. the new jersey education association got up from the table and said "never mind" right as the courts are about to take up. does he have to fully fund the pensions,

back to you. >> adam shapiro. thank you so much. don't miss adam on fox business network.im you can go to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. >>> 15 minutes to the top of the hour. a connecticut teen forced by the state to undergo chemotherapy facing the new hurdle. the ruling takes her away frommer had whole family. >> we have the cities with the worst traffic. >>> let me tell you what's coming in in ten minutes. deadline extended for new talks with iran. bibi netanyahu meets with john boehner with a warning. congressman mike kelly will react. bill o'reilly will join us talking about "killing jesus." home improvement? bob massi is here. we're live from the autoshow talking about cars we cannot afford yet. that's coming up this morning on "fox and friends" because your mornings are better with friends. >> we believe you. we'll be watching. >>> another bizarre twist in that possible california kidnapping case. denise huskins her alleged kidnapping sending another e-mail to the san francisco chronicle saying that he will turn himself in to police as long as his accomplices get im

but that's good news for pat toomey and maybe for josh shapiro. >> all right. sharmain. >> it's the time of year to start thinking about teens, and one of the first things we want to think about is making sure they have a summer job. but there's another new program that's active in several other states but not in pennsylvania and that's called the p-tech program, which is a six-year high school. you get your high-school diploma, you get a college degree, get a paid summer internship, and you also get an opportunity to work for ibm. ibm started this program. we want to get it in pennsylvania. we hope the wolf administration will adopt it. >> terrific. christine. >> monica, mumia abu-jamal a.k.a. wesley cook, a.k.a convicted murderer of officer danny faulkner, was taken to the hospital last week because of complications from diabetes. many philadelphians wish he didn't have to have been taken to the hospital, that he was -- you know, he wasn't alive any longer. however, a lot of third-graders in orange, new jersey, were asked by their teacher to write get-well no

go in our coverage and we are pleased to be joined with you by the best-selling talkshow host ben shapiro, the people versus barack obama coming out in paperback this month and we will talk about that but what's on your mind clicks >> the presidential race is on my mind. if i have to watch hillary clinton faked being a human for much longer i'm not sure that i can take it. in the animation business it is to say if you ever watch polar express, it is realistic enough that it looks like human beings but not realistic enough while you are watching. hillary clinton actually has an address and bought while jim her try to imitate human is slightly odd and you wait for the glitch to go off in her head and she turns in from star trek. on the republican side of the aisle it's watching them -- each other and not thinking about the race for a few minutes. >> how unique are you in los angeles, young jewish, conservative, pretty outspoken. >> the orthodox jews felt right so they tend to vote and the secular culture all the time as i am but it's alright. all right. i mean, i would go with -- certainly

close political ties with the governor, helped on his campaign and that deals with community safety shapiro is the chairman of the montgomery county commissioners. >>> time for a look at the "action news" traffic report on a wednesday afternoon. matt pellman is in the traffic center. >> well, we have some sun glare but just a couple of complications for the ride home, nora told us about the barge that ran aground near the burlington bristol bridge. it's on the move again and heading to the tacony palmyra, hopefully no mishaps but we'll have an opening. head for the betsy ross if you are heading out rights now. we have issues this afternoon including a crash that blocked the southbound off ramp to cotman avenue maybe they just reopened. but the southbound traffic is still quite busy, it's busy in both directions on 95 through the work zones as it is most afternoons a crash along bristol oxford valley road and one in cheltenham at mott way, a crash to avoid in skippack montgomery county at skippack pike and delaware, a crash at lime road at route 4 main street. lets grab the ipad and do the c

. >> shapiro said that holder will be remembered more for his poor relations with congress. >> stonewalling congress is a theme that comes up again and again. whether it comes up in fast and furious where he was held in contempt by the federal prosecutors. he has not provided disclosure when requested. >> fastfast and furious was a deputy of justice gun smuggling operation that holder admitted failed miserably. >> unfortunately we'll feel the effects for years to come as guns lost during this operation continue to show up in crime scenes both here and in mexico. >> but when he refused to turn over documents demanded by congressional committee holder became the first cabinet officer to be held in contempt. two years later this sharp exchange with with a member of congress revealed how much holder was stung by the citation. >> i realize that contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general, but it is important that we have proper oversight. >> wait a minute, buddy. you don't want to go there okay? >> i don't want to go there? >> no. >> about the contempt? >> you should not assume tha

adam shapiro, you have your stuff cut out for you tomorrow. obama offering -- after reporting an american was killed by cia drone strike. the latest details. next, a mystery in the skies. why were passengers losing consciousness aboard a flight from chicago to connecticut. the latest on the emergency landing in buffalo. ♪ ♪ lori: and welcome back to the willis report. i'm lori rothman in for gerri this evening. the latest on the sky west plane's emergency landing in buffalo with unconscious passengers on board. time now for a look at other stories in the news. president obama says he takes full responsibility for a cia drone strike inadvertently killing an american and italian hostage held by al-qaeda. the president says the men were killed during a mission targeting an al-qaeda compound. the white house spokesman says the us government will be offering payments to the family of lo porto and weinstein. after more than five months, loretta lynch has won confirmation to become the next attorney general. the 56-43 vote makes lynch the first black

(shapiro) camille saint-saens said "i write music the way apple trees grow apples."that was true for me. it's not quite so easy. the process is always different. sometimes i work with a synthesizer and a computer and i make a sequence, and i actually make the music in sound like the way you make a pot. it's wonderful. it's like molding; it's like shaping, you know. another time, maybe i'm writing the notes on paper. i might try something at the piano, sit at my desk write a little while try something else go back, write a little while. in either case, i don't think it matters too much. it's a kind of slowed-down improvisation. one time i had a piece to do for a british vocal ensemble called electric phoenix and i didn't know what i would do for them. i took a walk down along the waterfront here in providence where i live. [soprano voice singing] it was once beautiful. i mean, it's ruined now. it's like old dirty oil tanks and bits of trash, etcetera. but underneath all of that overlay, you could see the gorgeous shape of the land going down to the water and the water

meanwhile, governor wolf tapped montgomery county commissioner josh shapiro to head the state crime commission, he has tied with wolf and advised hi campaign and served on his transition team. the transition team works with the justice system and safety. >>> former eagles linebacker ron motean is the new chief he was number 57 of the birds moton served as deputy chief in the deputy and the first african-american to obtain that rank. >>> still to come on "action news" at 6:00, a bright spot amid talks of casinos closings. another boardwalk destination is about to get a makeover, we have details unveiled today. a south jersey athlete that competes for others has an inspiring story of his own. jeff skversky has more in sports. >>> speaking of south jersey live on sky 6 hd a kickoff to april i am tracking a big warm-up as well as rain. i'll have details in the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast. >> those stories and more when "action news" at 6:00 comes rooirt back. i may be a pizza maker but i know a few things about dessert. like chocolate and more chocolate. introducing our new double cho

and our own adam shapiro. steven you get the nod right off the bat. what do you think are the moves and negatives exporting this stuff? three export terminals are under the process being built. we know when you redirect a dream or open a dam, things sometimes have unintended consequences. >> they do, list but this is my quick take. over the next five years or so we're fine. i think we'll probably ex-more more than we expect. but after that, based on university of texas study, forget about the d.o.e., you can expect, i think flows in the marcellus to really start falling. the one caveat that i have, if you look at oil flows right now in the marcellus, they are decelerating and decelerating very sharply. be a little bit cautious. right now i think we have three to five good years. liz: jason, listen, australia tried this. they started exporting because they had so much of it. they had unintended consequences. it became expensive on their own turf. >> ultimately there is lots of different talking points here. from a price standpoint what i specialize in

. >> host: ben shapiro, best-selling author, editor at large at breitbart "the people vs. barack obama: the criminal case against administration." his most recent book is coming out in paperback. thank you would be on booktv from "the l.a. times" book festival. >> guest: thank you for having me. booktv will continue in a moment. everything will re-air on booktv@the span to. today from l.a. thank you for being with us. we will thank the folks at the l.a. book festival and the folks at usc for the hospitality. it now continues. >> here is a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals. >> host: linda gordon, who is dorothea lange? >> guest: dorothea lange was important for target for the period of depression in the 1940s and 1950s. i can guarantee you that everyone in this country does her photographs. which is often called my grandmother has it is used in every textbook when i asked my students what is the visual image of the great depression of the 1930s they describe this photograph. >> host: where's the photograph taken? >> guest: it was actually taken in california. it is

democratic leaders are trying to recruit the chairman of the montgomery county commissioners josh shapiro to run in this election. >>> a private school in princeton is singing a sour note these days despite the fact that's students make beautiful music. the american boy choir school is desperately trying to survive. the problem is money. not enough of it. new jersey correspondent nora muchanic has the story. >> ♪♪ >> reporter: the voices of students at the american boy choir school in princeton may sound sweet but the school's finances are hitting a sour note. the school has declared bankruptcy and unless administrators can raise $350,000 to keep things going the private boarding school for fourth to eighth grade boys will be forced to end the school year about a month early. >> we don't have a large bank account, a large endowment waiting to help us. we depend on our supporters and the people who love music. >> reporter: school officials have appealed to parents and benefactors to contribute and some students have suggested asking award winning singer taylor swift for help. >> yes, i wou

aurelie shapiro heads the project to assess biomass along the congo with the lidar laser surveying systemrcraft isn't enough. the measuring really needs to be done from space. >> so we're using satellite imagery to complement the airborne lidar data to effectively view the entire country in one image from space, to be able to see all of the forests at once. >> and that view is cause for concern. satellite expert eddy bongwele says large parts of the congo basin are still forested. but the rain forest is shrinking. >> to get this map, we processed 8,000 satellite images from nasa, and we have deforestation around big cities, where we can see in kisangani, and we have also deforestation in the eastern part of congo, where we've had a conflict in the past. >> war and corruption are the biggest threats to the forest. and there has been plenty of both in the congo basin. menard mbende and his wwf team continue to gather data about the plant and animal world. it is hard work, and it is hot out here. >> here we're in the tree savanna. down on the river, there's riparian forest. we're now going t

. >> reporter: marcia shapiro and louise walton have been down a similar path. more than two decade after their own religious ceremony they were finally and legally married in the state of new jersey at 12:01 on the day it became legal. >> senator raymond lesniak and selena carol threw a wedding for us at their house. it was incredible. >> reporter: new jersey is one of 37 states where same sex marriage is legal. so the the the question in front of these nine justices is should those marriages be recognized in states where same sex marriage is banned. >> so if one of us for some reason took an occasion to sore and we fell ill and we were in the hospital, we within in the same situation we were back three years ago in new jersey where people would look at us and said you are not related we might not be able to make decisions for each other. >> reporter: representing michigan where same sex marriage is banned is solicitor general john burch. >> position of the state that the people get to tea side. >> reporter: in the hearing burch said this case isn't about how t

word is democratic party leaders have been trying to convince montgomery county commissioner josh shapiro to put his hat into the ring. >> naacp legal defense educational fund marks 75 years of fighting for justice tonight. with a special program at the kimle center. pennsylvania governor tom wolf was mopping the keynote speakers. governor told attendees one of his goals is to create a level playing field for all people starting with creating equal opportunities in education. >>> still to come on "action news" tonight, we'll see the gyrocopter pilot after charged for stunt at the u.s. capitol and wild outburst in court as neonazi suspect owns up to murder and rants about why he did it and up in smoke major government report finds troubling twist as teenage cigarette -- as use of teenage cigarettes drops dramatically, cecily. >> showers are moving in and looks like a rainy friday morning commute. i'll let you know when the showers move out and what it means for the weekend in the accuweather forecast. >> accomplice if you have not seen the scar wars trailer -- plus if you have not seen the

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adam shapiro is here following is all the way through.ne more edition. >> they are considering essentially at gay-rights ordinance for gay and lesbian people that will be there be done by the legislature in arkansas or ballot initiative. on the ballot in the next election. the discussion is not over on this topic. stuart: this is very important. he will put on the ballot in arkansas all the people of arkansas will vote on extended protected class. >> he didn't take gay and lesbians. he said the legislature would bring this up or it would be on the next ballot. i don't know if they have a referendum process in arkansas or not but he said this was coming up but regards to the lining of the religious freedom restoration act with federal law, how the indiana law and arkansas law apparently differ from federal law is that they give the religious protection to corp. and allow individuals to use the law as the balance he said. when the government is not even involved. federal law doesn't do that. we have the supreme court boat -- you don't have

. >> adam shapiro from fox business is here, adam? is a case of if it is too good to be true, it probably is. they issued a warning thursday about a letter that looks legitimate but it really a came. it says you won a cash prize and the fcc can help you win the money. it is even signed by the direct who are is the current director of consumer protection. it asks recipients to pay $5,000 for a legal registration bond to collect the money and it is all a scam. the fcc reminds people they do not oversee sweep stakes. they will never contact you to claim a process, and if you win a sweepstakes you don't have to pay anything to collect the prize. >>> log on to fox business dot com slash channel finder. >> coming up an incredible story of a man missing at sea for 66 days and how he recovered. >> and the "golf" cover. is this too hot for the green? >> speaking of being too hot -- what is coming up. >> yes, continue to fan yourselves, ladies. we're going to have dakota meyer here. he will be joining us with a great entrepreneurial idea. also

democratic leaders are trying to recruit the chairman of the montgomery county commissioners josh shapiro to run. >>> new hampshire and the race for the white house potential nominees are addressing the gop conference. marko rubio told the crowd that learning english is essential for any american. chris christie will push back the age for social security or medicare for future retirees. >>> hillary clinton will complain in new hampshire monday and tuesday she'll hold round table discussions with small business employees students and educators. she'll meet with elected officials. mrs. clinton won the new hampshire primary in her first presidential bid in 2008. >>> the power struggle at the revel has taken another turn. last week the utility plant cut off service when strawbl -- straub brought in backup generators. he is prohibited from attaching that to the equipment. atlantic city is fining him five thousand dollars every day he remains in the dark because of fire violations. >>> unemployment rose 5.3% that's up a .1% since february. the number of jobs was down always the number of job se

adam shapiro from our sister network, fox business here to explain.orter: this is a lawsuit that's a problem. an appeals court could force walmart to stop selling guns and ammunition. that could change the way every publicly traded company does business. trinity church owes walmart stock. it sued the company when they refused to place a proposal on the ballot. that proposal could be interpreted to force walmart's directors to suspend the sales of guns and ammunition. trinity won the lawsuit and walmart appealed. u.s. circuit court of appeals decision is due as early as today. people who support the gun rights says the first gun ruling allows them to push whatever agenda they want at the corporate level. trinity wall street church says it does not intend to end the sale of products at walmart. the store says trinity's proposal would interfere with walmart's ordinary business operations by regulating walmart's daily decisions on what it sells, everything from toys to guns. >> thank you very much adam. we appreciate it. >>> let's keep talking about the w

. >>> state democratic leaders are trying to recruit josh shapiro to run. >>> all eyes are shifting to new hampshire in the race for the white house. potential republican nominees are there addressing a gop conference. marco rubio told the crowd that learning english is essential for anyone who wants to prosper. new jersey governor chris christie pressed his plan to push back the age of eligibility for social security and medicare for future retirees. ten more potential candidates are expected to speak at the conference. >>> hillary clinton will campaign in new hampshire on monday and tuesday. she is courting support for her economic plan. she will hold discussions with students educators and small business. mrs. clinton won the new hampshire primary in err first presidential bid in 2008. >>> the struggle at the revel in atlantic city has taken another turn. last week the utility plant cut off service yesterday a temporary retraining order prohibits glen straub from attaching the generators to the equipment. atlantic city has been fining him $5,000 everyday he remains in the dark. >>>

adam shapiro on fox business here now to explain. >> good morning.base of more than 170,000 e-mails and thousands upon thousands of scripts and other documents stolen from sony pictures. wiki leaks posted all of it on their web site. controversial founder julian assange defended this. wikileaks had a statement showing archives shows influential corporation with the ability to impact laws and policies and with connections to the u.s. military industrial complex. that was a quote from wikileaks. you can search the data base and find this one a generic fundraising request from chuck schumer to amy pascal. it asks for money to support the campaign of democrat allison lund grim grymes who was running against mitch mcconnell in kentucky. it says a victory by allison lundgren crimesgrimes would help control over the senate. we know how it turned out. she lost. it disagrees with wikileaks assertion that it belongs in the public domain. put in a key word and you will find the e-mail you want. >> that's incredible. thank you, adam. a potentially deadly radioac

but that didn't make it -- ben shapiro, editor in chief and radio host good to see you.patriot then things took a turn for the worse and we weren't going to find out about it. what does it say about him and some on the left who are so politically driven and quick to judge others? >> well it's kind of amazing that he attempted to stifle it. of all of the things in ben affleck's background. the slave owner, if that's what rue mill yates him, he's got a lot to cover up. ben affleck has a wonderful story. including the slave owner. his mom marched for civil rights. look how far mechanic has come. he could say v said, look. >> that's the problem. how does this arguably reflect on him as a man to have an ancestor who is a slave owner. why not just own it? in the e-mails you can hear them say, this is not a good decision by him. who he points out anderson cooper is descended from at least one slave owner. it doesn't reflect on anderson. no, anderson came out and said he felt bad he had an ancestor that's a slave owner, but the country has changed. he believes america bears coll

adam shapiro is here to explain. what do you mean? >> good morning, ansley.of obamacare is hitting americans with smaller tax refunds. the heritage foundation ran a micro simulation analysis and it found the big price hike in 2014, 50%, was just the beginning. rates for people who would buy insurance individually on the exchanges are up 5% this year which is more than double the rate of inflation. the simulation found young adults in california they saw rates increase 10% above 2014. affordable care act subsidizes premiums for people who have to buy their insurance but those subsidies, you have to pay those back. millions of americans face a larger tax bill this year. h&r block reports 54% of americans who bought insurance owe money back. a figure confirmed by the kaiser foundation. kaiser estimates $7.5 million people have to account to the irs for their subsidy. tax day is nine days away. sorry to ruin your monday. >> we just talked to our guy last night. check that box off. thanks so much, adam. don't miss adam on the fox business network. >> nine days. >>

sabrina schaefer, "forbes" contributor and our own adam shapiro.att, there is old expression, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. they were fooled once thinking to rebuild in the thinking it was safe. it wasn't. while they be fooled again. >> i don't know they would be fooled again. david: combination of pressure and various luring techniques. >> first of all, luring techniques should not be made to individual corporations and businesses. if you want to boost business in your city, create an overall climate of public safety, of where community feels like it could be protected by its police force and lower taxes and regulations. don't do individual specific deals. that is cost inefficient anyways. this is black swan event. this doesn't happen to every cvs in the country. we're not seeing property damaging riots all over. david: the fact is, sabrina, in the poor communities we may get used to seeing cvs on every corner in new york, washington, l.a., in these poor communities you have to go mile, two miles with drugstore. if you're

and those are the economic costs associated that he, mark shapiro covers in this particular book here. another question, when you pit the u.s. military against whales and dolphinnings in the ocean who's going to -- dolphins in the ocean, who's going to win that war? and in the case of josh horowitz's book who's going to speak out on behalf of those animals when you're pitted up against the u.s. military? each as fascinating because -- even as fascinating because i come from a state montana where we have built our sort of economic base in the turn of the century on underground mining, what happens when 33 miners get stuck underground for 69 days? what happens to them minute by minute by minute? and as fascinating to me is what happens when they come out. and finally, what is the meaning of an untimely death of a very, talented young man and really what does it say about race and class and identity in america? and that's robert b peace. so i've asked each writer to describe very briefly their book i how they came to write it or they came to the topic, and then we're going to dig in with

adam shapiro is here, what's the state of play here?udge has said she's going to let the jury go home for the weekend, and we'll start again on monday. judges want jurors to have a verdict, she'll push for a verdict. they might even go longer than 1:00, but she said the other day 1:00 today, they'll stop, go into the weekend recess. stuart: promising football player, that young man right there, accused of murder i take it? >> murder and two ore lesser chargings. -- other lesser charges. if the jury finds him guilty, he faces life in prison, no chance of parole. second-degree murder, eligible for parole in 15 years. so the key issue here of the three charges is the murder charge. stuart: that's what we should watch for. >> yes. stuart: adam, thank you very much, indeed. christianity, obviously, under attack in the middle east, and new reports that isis militants are holding as many as 300 christians in syria, and they're demanding $30 million to let them go. fox news contributor father jonathan morris joins us now from connecticut. all r

adam shapiro is here with the latest.m: we have a former sec commissioner say on friday that this thing if it went to a hearing would be dead and that is happening. plan b may already be in the works that contest if the proposed merger finally dies. according to wall street journal they are citing people familiar with the company. late wednesday federal communications commission staff barack obama recommending the agencies and the proposed merger between comcast and time warner to lead ministry of law judge for hearing pleas that former commissioner i mentioned said the kind of hearing is designed to kill a merger since those hearings can be long and drawn-out processes. at&t dropped its $39 billion deal with t mobile in 2011 when the fcc recommended a hearing and the justice department was drowning antitrust lawsuits misrepresented to us from time warner cable and comcast met with the justice department and fcc wednesday. comcast declined to comment beneath a written statement saying the company does not believe it is ap

from the left, mary shapiro, president of the fcc, francis wolff, first lady of pennsylvania. from the right, ken mehlman who helped president bush get reelected. ken do burstein -- ken duberstein, who was with ronald reagan. and the center, patty hearst was first deputy mayor and other present a bloomberg philanthropy is, which is the president of hbo. it matters that schools like franklin & marshall college open doors of opportunity because they are springboards to leadership and to lives of influence for students. it matters that we go to the top institutions around the country were students from low-income groups with larger underrepresented and those institutions to expand the base financial aid and to reach out the talent across the full american mosaic. there is a special role for those leading institutions to be sure that our doors are wide open and opportunities are present to all. four years ago, franklin & marshall college made the decision to double down i need based financial aid. we doubled our budget. we conducted outreach all around the country, looking for tal

. >> i'm playing his lawyer shapiro. >> that's certainly a teaser.so much for joining us. >>> coming up we're kicking off our real-life superheroes steerz with a real-life spiderwoman all part of our countdown to the "avengers" cast. stay with us. litigate good morning 8:27, monday april 20, sky6 live hd taking a live look a penns landing, you can see how gray and rainy it is right now. it will be that way for a while. let's go over david murphy with the latest. >> reporter: all right tam steady rain falling on the terrace. we're seeing drying out to the west of philadelphia. it won't be too much longer before the steadiest rain gets here. i don't think most of us will be done with the rain until the end of rush hour. maybe half-hour or hour. 58 degrees we're on the cool side, and breezy. this afternoon we'll see a lull in the rain with sun returning high of 76. this evening, look out strong gusty thunderstorms are possible. anytime after dinner hour take cover on the lower floors because they could produce damaging wind gusts. >>> let's head over to

. >> i'm playing his lawyer shapiro. >> that's certainly a teaser. so much for joining us. >>> coming up we're kicking off our real-life superheroes steerz with a real-life spiderwoman all part of our countdown to the "avengers" cast. stay with us. jumm let'sy head: over to jacqui jeras in the weather center. jacqui: heavy and steady rain is over and done with for now thunderstorms returning later on. it feels pretty warm and muggy we are getting some breaks in the couch -- cloud cover in the form of sunshine. we will see that for the midday hours for the day. i'm expecting to see some changes on the way as we go to our telestrator and you can see the temperatures warming up this afternoon with high temperatures around 79 degrees where we do expect to see things clearing out through the overnight hours. jamie: this morning we have seen a lot of wet spots starting to try out and clear out these delays. some spots are definitely not clearing out. 270, you've got an idea of how slow the traffic is, top side of the beltway working its way from prince geo

adam shapiro, comcast ceo brian roberts, known to be a big-time obama donor.rony capitalism didn't win. >> maybe it did. maybe those opposed to the deal gave even more to the administration. they of done that in the at&t, t mobile deal two years ago. end also the situation with the fact they were going to control 57% of the broadband market going forward but contest isn't the only organization that donates. is true that mr. robert gulf for the president in 2013 and had 12 meetings at the white house starting all the way back in 2010. he was on the president's jobs council and spokespeople said there were never discussions about the merger with the administration but again comcast isn't the only big companies it donates money happen to get out the. stuart: charles: one big-name against it was read hastings and silicon valley has been charting their elbows saying we want to see at the table. is washington wall street thing no we want to coming because all the action is in silicon valley the great news is in silicon valley all the green news is in silicon valley

. >> i'm playing his lawyer, shapiro. >> just a small role. >> yeah, we did some tests the other daycertainly a teaser. we can't wait to see you and the forger, it hits theaters and on demand this friday. john travolta, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, we're kicking off our real-life superheroes series with a real-life spiderwoman, all part of our countdown to the "avengers" cast. on "good morning america." stay with us. stay with us. >>> good morning. i'm kristen sze. a missing 8-year-old boy has been found safe. that is great news. a live picture over meadowlark drive in fairfield. you can see police and reporters down there. brock guzman was in his parents' car when somebody jumped in and took off. brock has been found less than two miles from home on dalia street. someone spotted the car with the boy still sleeping inside. he was not harmed. we are getting a full briefing and will have the latest on abc news at midday. >>> we have a five-minute delay for train number 5. no other mass transit problems. 87 is a grind. things slowing to 20 15

we want to thank our guests robert shapiro, alan of harvard and kendall coffe yes, former prosecutor, coverage of this verdict in the dzhokhar tsarnaev case. i'm going to move off stage and turn it over to brian. >> thank you. thank you very much. let's get his face off there. he is guilty on all 30 counts. only his fate is left to be determined. we're going to take a quick break. we are cnbc the worldwide leader in business news, and we'll get you caught up on the federal reserve minutes and what the markets are doing. we'll be back with the markets, with the fed. steve liesman. all right after this. 50 [ male announcer ] your love for trading never stops tdd# 1-800-345-2550 even on the go. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 open a schwab account, and you could earn tdd# 1-800-345-2550 300 commission-free online trades. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so if you get a trade idea schwab can help you take it on. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 we're getting a lot of questions tdd# 1-800-345-2550 about organic food stocks. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 [ male announcer ] sharpen your instincts tdd# 1-800-345-2550 with in-depth analysis

adam shapiro joins us with more on this story to. >> when you talk about what's in the balance billionsars. it hangs in the balance when representatives from comcast and time warner cable, well, they're planning to meet with officials from justice department and fcc this wednesday. the combined company would control 30%, think about that 30% of the country's pay tv market and 57% of the broadband internet market. staffers told "the wall street journal" the merger is anticompetitive. comcast and tomb warner cable -- time warner will attempt to convince the merger's necessary to compete against emerging tech-based t providers -- tv providers. comcast says it will bring benefit to consumers yep, without any competitive harm. comcast agreed to concessions from the regulators to obtain consent for its acquisition of nbc universal in 2011. ashley: adam bottom line, what could it do to my cable bill? >> potentially, it could go up whether you're a cord cutter, because you're going to want internet access, and if you download how it all works it's up to, you know, the contracts are dependent up

from the left, mary shapiro, president of the fcc, francis wolff, first lady of pennsylvania. from the right, ken mehlman who helped president bush get reelected. ken duberstein with ronald reagan. in the center, patty hearst was first deputy mayor and other present a bloomberg philanthropy -- bloomberg philanthropist. it matters that schools like franklin & marshall college open doors of opportunity because they are springboards to leadership and to lives of influence for students. it matters that we go to the top institutions around the country were students from low-income groups with larger underrepresented and those -- and challenge those institutions to expand the base financial aid and to reach out the talent across the full american mosaic. there is a special role for those leading institutions to be sure that our doors are wide-open and opportunities present to all. four years ago, franklin & marshall college made the decision to double down i need based financial aid. we doubled our budget. we conducted outreach all around the country, looking for talent. as a result

irving shapiro of dupont, tom watson of ibm.e looking at race relations, issues of social justice, environmental issues and that's why they split from the business community but we had a period of dormancy for quite some time and now they're finding their voice again. jack welch told me in the early '80s he went to a business round table meeting and took out an order pad to do business and everybody looked at him like he was darth vader for wanting to do business and he said those do-gooders, that's what is wrong with the company. we went through a period of retreating from that. i think there's a happy medium back. these are strong companies. >> we want to get larry's thoughts on this. >> and carol, too. >> let me be very clear, i don't want any sexual discrimination. yont any gay discrimination. i spoke to the log cabin republicans dinner last year and i've been a crusader for nondiscrimination of employment. by the way, none of the civil rights acts have a gay exception. gays could be prosecuted. >> what about the role that c