he's 41-year-old todd spikes.toeatyourpeach, he chatted regularly online for almost a month with a decoy who told him she's 13. >> you're only 13? damn, you're a little hottie. >> hi, and thanks. >> spikes' chat is extremely graphic, difficult to quote on television. he sends along pictures of himself masturbating. when the decoy tells spikes she lives with her mother, spikes says he could become the mother's boyfriend, come to live at their house and have sex with both of them. >> i'm sure we would have time alone. >> eww, but then you would have my mom's germs on you. >> i'd wash off before. >> spikes also tells the girl he wants to watch her perform oral sex on another man. the decoy is curious -- >> where are you going to find him? >> probably the mall. or maybe on here. but the mall is a sure place. >> just walk up to someone? >> sure. >> wow. what if they get mad or something? >> they won't. they'd jump at the chance to [ bleep ] you. you will see. >> spikes also tells the girl what he's done for a living. >

come on, spike. >> spike wrote on twitter last night i deeply apologise to the mclean family for retweetingddress it was a mistake. please leave the mclean's in peace. justice in court. >> jon: all right, that's a night hers felt apology, although call me crazy, something tells me a tweet isn't the ideal medium for apologizing to 71-year-olds. >> i never tweetedment i don't even text. >> jon: of course you don't. you're too busy baking cookies for the neighborhood kids and sowing your granddaughter a quilt. you're adoreable. seriously, spike a poll gizing to people in a way they can comprehend. tape a note to their grandkids. hold up a sign at a knicks game or call them. that is what they really want. that is all any florida retiree really wants. pick up the phone and call them. and then, help them move. we'll be right >> jon: welcome back. my guest tonight, the host of msnbc the rachel maddow book, her new book called drift, the unmooring of american military power. welcome back to the program, rachel maddow. (applause) oh my god. you-- wait, you have a copy of your own book. you have not

what do you think the intention of spike lee was. >> spike lee is not a violent person. think his intention was for people to voice their opinion in front of the house -- >> sean: to go to george zimmerman's house he just was saying, go to this address and voice your opinion? that was what -- >> kifinish?! >> sean: go ahead. >> okay. thank you. i think it was a stupid decision. i said so. i think that wearing hoodies on the floor of congress is stupid. i think the blacks are making this more of a racial issue than it should be. we need to, in america, discuss white, black, hispanic, whatever you want to call george zimmerman, we need to discuss racial tension and violence -- and violence -- >> sean: but three no evidence -- [overlapping dialogue] >> sean: maybe it will show up later. when you talk about -- when you give the address of somebody, when there is -- first of all, where is erec holder! there is a bounto somebody's head. how about arresting the people who put a bount oat guy's head. >> what spike lee did was absolutely wrong. but look at the fact that we have p

let me point out this is being shot in the desert of utah. >> hey, guys, meet spike. today i'm hitting the deserts of utah to prove how the mimes are going to destroy the world in 2012. this is important for you guys to watch, i love you. >> he loves us. that's why he's making this video, to protect us. pay attention to spike's attire. >> this is how a mime would have to navigate the deserts across all of the hurdles and jumps. >> so he's in the blue speedo, shooting the whole thing through a fish eye lens. i think spike is a little confused about the mayans. >> they disappeared off the face of the planet in 1842. and they swore at that time in the year 2012 they're going to come back, and they're going to battle jesus for the souls of everyone on the planet. and they're going to use meteors, lightning bolts, and turtles and snakes. >> i didn't know it was a jesus versus mayans kind of thing. >> the great thing about spike, because the mayans are coming to battle jesus with snakes and turtles, he's going to show us how we can protect ourselves. >> i want everyone to d

>> yes, they spiked. chris: we have been talking about this, the president, his war, you wrote a book about it. will he pull back on that war because of the anger most of us feel about the overreaction of the afghans to our burning of the koran? >> no, he already is pulling back. i think the headline is that within the military in certain political figures in washington, there is a strong movement, don't pull back too fast, let's not give up on this war. obama says he is not giving up and he certainly is not going to give up before the election. chris: when we come back, "scoops and predictions," right chris: when we come back, "scoops and predictions," right from the notebooks of these top [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] >> te

gas prices could spike higher and iran could spike it even higher still and europe's debt crisis could blow up and blow things up here. bob, a big question to you. george will has a column coming out this weekend, your colleague at the post and the op-ed page. he is talking about the republicans choking this year. a great year to win and they are going to lose by barry goldwater dimensions, a wipeout. is this rush limbaugh the kind of thing giving them a since of forbidding in a year they should be winning? >> we just don't know if you go back to other presidential contests, events could occur, and this is the thinking in the white house, not just iran on the international front. iraq is not settled, afghanistan is not settled. there are still worries about north korea and worries about al qaeda. they're worried about the seismic event that will be there and be the hinge of history and you just can't predict. chris: this republican forbidding, this sense out there, the smart people like will and haley barber and jeb bush, they're holding back from this thing it seems. >> they don't lik

>> yes, they spiked. chris: we have been talking about this, the president, his war, you wrote a book about it. will he pull back on that war because of the anger most of us feel about the overreaction of the afghans to our burning of the koran? >> no, he already is pulling back. i think the headline is that within the military in certain political figures in washington, there is a strong movement, don't pull back too fast, let's not give up on this war. obama says he is not giving up and he certainly is not going to give up before the election. chris: when we come back, "scoops and predictions," right chris: when we come back, "scoops and predictions," right from the notebooks of these top can i have the definition? swapportunity: the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a yoplait light. can you use it in a sentence? mmm. swapping a 300 calorie donut for this 110 calorie strawberry shortcake is a good swapportunity. that's not a real word. oh haha it's real. [ female announcer ] delicious, crea

>> yes, they spiked. chris: we have been talking about this, the president, his war, you wrote a book about it. will he pull back on that war because of the anger most of us feel about the overreaction of the afghans to our burning of the koran? >> no, he already is pulling back. i think the headline is that within the military in certain political figures in washington, there is a strong movement, don't pull back too fast, let's not give up on this war. obama says he is not giving up and he certainly is not going to give up before the election. chris: when we come back, "scoops and predictions," right chris: when we come back, "scoops and predictions," right from the notebooks of these top through tough economic times? freight rail. it attracted large companies, like vestas. we built four factories to make turbine blades, towers, and generators. creating over seventeen hundred jobs. then suppliers, stores, more companies followed, creating more jobs. economists call that the ripple effect. i call it the

the one we spiked with subutramine and selenium. dr.ous supplements are safe to sell. >> doctor, there's something i need to tell you. >> okay. >> it's time to tell dr. patel i'm not the businessman he thinks i am. >> and then as i'm chris hansen with "dateline nbc" and we're doing a story on how bad supplements can possibly end up in stores. >> yeah. >> reporter: as we pull out our regular cameras, i ask whether he is even doing the lab tests. >> so the question is did you do the tests at all, or did you just come up with numbers that were close to the ones we wanted? you know what a dry lab is? >> of course well, do. >> is this a dry lab? >> no, not at all. we reject products as well. >> reporter: in this e-mail he blamed us for misleading him. when given misleading information regarding a sample's makeup, we would not be aware that the data being observed is being compromised due to matrix perimeters we are not cognizant towards. so were we. we met up with dr. patel one more time. >> we came in here to test you. >> correct. >> it app

the spike that he's using is a patent-pending device, basically for spike boarding.ou can do it with two hands or with one. >> do you need the orange spandex suit? >> i was wondering the same thing. is a requirement of spike boarding like a bodysuit? >> i think you have to be insanely aerodynamic. >> okay. now you're just a few minutes away from the end of the show and spending a lot of time on our favorite website, say it with me now, rightthisminute.com. rightthisminute.com. okay. now back to the show. >>> it looks fake, but this one is real. >> it's hard to wrap your brain around the fact that an elephant can do this and he's so happy doing it. >> right. >> see the to order the them -- >> let's have scrambled eggs flavor. >> that's just gross. >> lamb shows who's boss. ♪ ♪ >>> peter the elephant who we're seeing in this video, has a human-like name and also has the human-like tendency that he can't keep his hands off his mobile device, more so his trunk off the mobile device. because this is peter playing with a samsung galaxy. it is almost like he plays a song. t

the spike that he's using is a patent-pending device, basically for spike boarding.ou can do it with two hands or with one. >> do you need the orange spandex suit? >> i was wondering the same thing. is a requirement of spike boarding like a bodysuit? >> i think you have to be insanely aerodynamic. >> okay. now you're just a few minutes away from the end of the show and spending a lot of time on our favorite website, say it with me now, rightthisminute.com. rightthisminute.com. okay. now back to the show. >>> it looks fake, but this one is real. >> it's hard to wrap your brain around the fact that an elephant can do this and he's so happy doing it. >> right. >> see the tablet great idea. so we'll switch to u-verse tv and internet... that's just what we need... i got accepted into juilliard. [ dad ] that's great! can we talk about wireless plans? now we can video-chat. and faster internet... [ female announcer ] with at&t u-verse, you can build a personalized bundle to fit your needs. even when they change. call now to bundle two, three, even four services. bundles inc

the spike that he's using is a patent-pending device, basically for spike boarding. can do it with two hands or with one. >> do you need the orange spandex suit? >> i was wondering the same thing. is a requirement of spike boarding like a bodysuit? >> i think you have to be insanely aerodynamic. >> okay. now you're just a few minutes away from the end of the show and spending a lot of time on our favorite website, say it with me now, rightthisminute.com. rightthisminute.com. okay. now back to the show. >>> it looks fake, but this one is real. >> it's hard to wrap your brain around the fact that an elephant can do this and he's so happy doing it. >> right. >> see the tablet >>> this is going to be the must-have gift in easter baskets this year. >> oh. bacon! >> not just bacon. >> introducing bacon lolly bacon, it's hard bacon on bacon that bakings like bacon. >> bacon lollipops, hard candy with bacon bits. >> it's bacon, bacon, bacon, in candy. >> and they come in three flavors. >> barbecue, honey and maple. >> maple bacon sucker. >> look at the face? >> it's disgusti

let's see what else is in store for spike lee. let's bring in attorney grege yang to car row to talk about this. how much trouble is spike lee in? >> legally, he's in quite a bit of trouble. and, frankly, i think, losing his twitter account is going to be the least of his problems. alisyn: and so what sorts of charges can he face for e roan usually tweeting this address? >> i don't think he really faces criminal charges, but under the circumstances civil liability is absolute here. i think this is the kind of case that lawyers dream about. imagine if mcleans were your parents. imagine how emotionally damaging it's going -- i mean, you're talking about a situation where this is a group, and this is not to weigh in against george zimmerman or for george zimmerman. this is a situation where, i mean, on friday you've got demonstrators on behalf of trayvon martin who the north miami-dade, the north miami beach students actually charged into a walgreens. this is the kind of situation, and extremists that the mcleans have to be worried a

it is a risk to the recovery, but i think it's a small risk until it spikes a lot more.ut you mentioned inequality. i mean it's really rough on a lot of people. this is a recovery which has been very unequal and gas prices really hit some people. they're struggling to try to make it. >> what's your sense of how bad -- when you say if it spikes, what are we worried about? if oil hit a. record in the 140s a few years ago, what will worry you and is it a matter of a number or the velocity? >> it's a matter of why. so if europe picks up and the u.s. picks up and china picks up and oil goes to 140 i wouldn't break a sweat at all. if, on the other hand, we have a big problem in the middle east and oil goes even higher than that, say to 180 or 200, that will be a problem. of course it's connected with a lot of other problems. but i think it would take a much bigger hike to really, really derail the recovery in a way you'd really feel. >> zanny, let's talk about solutions and this is a problem because the rest of the world gets kind of annoyed with americans complaining about ga

did you know who spike lee was? >> yeah, yeah. i've seen some of his movies. >> reporter: now their doors are locked, their blinds closed. they worry every minute of the day that just this one tweet has put them in danger as it sure has put them in the middle of a story gripping the nation. now they want it to stop. >> you know, we are loving caring people and to have this put out on the internet -- or i mean twitter is just -- i think it's beyond -- it's gotten too bad. i mean it's just gotten terrible that somebody can get out to 250,000 people something that is totally incorrect and they never checked on that. >> reporter: irresponsible? >> definitely irresponsible and scary. i think it's life threatening. >> reporter: now how did this hall? well, alana is 70 -- happen? well, alana is 70, her husband is 72 and they have seven kids. one of them is named george zimmerman. he hasn't lived with them in years, but somehow someone used that address and tweeted it ruining what they say was a quiet life and now they just could sue and

spike lee made that happen. sat down with spike lee in soho. a simple discussion. spike says, "come up with an anthem." i went overseas, came back with an anthem. but spike lee made it happen by shooting two videos, a big one in bed-stuy, having the movie, and then putting it in the movie eight to ten times. i was like, "whoa." he made that happen. yes, i put the words together, but it's a team that makes things happen. and if it wasn't for spike lee making that happen... i think that was a very important, key part to public enemy's career. and i look back, and i say, "well, you know, that's something that i wrote." but it was taken, and the ball was run into the end zone by other powers that wanted to help out. and early on, when you heard that people were saying none of your music should be on the radio, what was your reaction to that? well, first of all, they never really considered rap music "music." and then they said, "well, it's a kid's music." i remember when george harrison once called rap music "computerized rot." and then i said publicly, i said, "well,

good on your next in-store purchase. >>> a jolting headline about a spike in autism. a 78% increase compared to just ten years ago. the numbers do not mean more children are getting autism, they do, however, point to earlier and more advanced testing. >>> a new study may add to the debate whether the government should require health insurance. and research shows that access to birth control over the past 50 years has translated into higher pay and better careers. women who had access to the birth control pills were in the late teens were better educated. >>> news sometime 5:25. playing the lottery does not mean that you will be an success it is luck. but why do we enjoy it? an expert said that as long as you can afford the ticket, it is healthy fun because of the unpredictability. >> everyone has fun talking about what would you do with it. stay at the job in bail out. where you would go. what you would buy. what do you do with everyone knocking on the door. >> that's what we have been talking about all morning here. a lot of us play it because we're hearing about som

we saw a movement, but it wasn't a rush in the past like when gas is spiked. always going to go up whenever gas prices can go up. the civic and the focus and the cruz. small car sales go up, but others were equally strong and that's why they had the blowout numbers. >> they had a big month and let's talk about that for a second. is that a result of the economy or the stock market or upper end of the economy. i wanted to move into a bmw 3 series or a c class. i couldn'ttify it and now i can. i feel better. it's a confluence of factors, but this is not the upper end. this is the mass market. we haven't seen this since the late 90s. >> the fundamentals are getting better and the stocks we are not seeing much of a break out there. there is resistance with the stock prices. >> they are frustrated. yes, they had a come back, but look at ford and gm. as much as they have come bac from being beaten down, they have had resistance at certain levels. that's what we are seeing. the stocks coming back anywhere between 15% and 18%. that will have to change because when you

controversial director spike lee visited snipes.id the two men work on. >> bill: cards up please. answer is roll the tape. >> why are we out here tonight? >> i cheated. >> you dropped a bomb. >> bill: okay. that was jungle fever. you were both wrong. after that, spike lee tweeted the address of the jail. that is wesley snipes. >> one of my favorite singers, he was the members of doors, jim morrison and one of the best front men in rock history. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bill: i do a great imitation of morrison but not with the allergies. some day i will do that the factor when i resign my position. [ laughter ] he had a substance abuse problem. where was morrison when he died. >>> he died in bathtub in paris. >> that is what you said. >> bill: i don't know what that means. >> is there a reason you went there? >> because i was big fan of the doors. you were a big fan you were two years old. >> he was gone already. that is why i went to the cemetery. >> bill: doocy and i were there. i actually saw morrison. had these leather pants on. >> that is what

controversial director spike lee visited snipes.ich movie did the two men work on. >> bill: cards up please. answer is roll the tape. >> why are we out here tonight? >> i cheated. >> you dropped a bomb. >> bill: okay. that was jungle fever. you were both wrong. after that, spike lee tweeted the address of the jail. that is wesley snipes. >> one of my favorite singers, he was the members of doors, jim morrison and one of the best front men in rock history. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bill: i do a great imitation of morrison but not with the allergies. some day i will do that the factor when i resign my position. [ laughter ] he had a substance abuse problem. where was morrison when he died. >>> he died in bathtub in paris. >> that is what you said. >> bill: i don't know what that means. >> is there a reason you went there? >> because i was big fan of the doors. you were a big fan you were two years old. >> he was gone already. that is why i went to the cemetery. >> bill: doocy and i were there. i actually saw morrison. had these leather pants on. >> th

we've been making phone calls to spike lee, so far no response from him. mean, you mentioned, you know, look from someone as high profile and influential as spike lee, he should absolutely apologize. would that be good enough? >> well, that's the request e. you have to act very quickly in a crisis like this. make it right, get it behind you. don't let it foester. fwu if you're opposed to what george zimmerman did, why are you posting somebody's address online? isn't that further vigilanteism or at least encouraging further vigilanteism? the whole premise behind what he did is flawed. i think he can post his opinions about what's going on. but why is he posting someone's home address to begin with? what is he trying to accomplish? >> right. what is he trying to incite? >> we're talking dennis rodman, former basketball star. he faces possible jail time for failing to pay child and spousal support. his attorney says rodman is broke and also says he's an alcoholic and can't afford to pay the more than $50,000 a month. first i saw that number and saw $50,000 a

spike lee is apologizing to a florida couple in their 70s.re forceded to move out of their home out of fear after lee retweeted their address as being that of george zimmerman. spike wrote on twitter i deeply apologize to the mcclain family. it was a mistake. justice in court. elaine and david mcclain are with me this morning along with their attorney, matt morgan. mrs. mcclain, how did you figure out that your address had been given out on twitter. i'll go with assumption that you're not tweeting regularly. >> i've never tweeted. i don't even text. but the only reason it started to stir our mind about it is we had some reporter and cameraman at our door on sunday asking for george. my husband said we don't have a george that lives here and don't know anyone and then the next day we got hate mail. and then the next day we had many, many cameras coming. >> so you knew something had happened. tell me a little bit about the hate mail, mr. mcclain. what details about hate mail can you tell me? >> it was an envelope addressed with a black magic ma

we had a sudden spike -- it did impact it. we had a sudden spike in colorado. there was a new color outbreak. -- we had a sudden spike in cholera. there was a new cholera outbreak. president prior to the accident was a lame duck president. you had project initiatives and millions of dollars online. it is difficult for donors to put money forward on programs that may not be continued once a new administration comes in. i think haiti a understood and the world community understood that, despite everything, it was necessary to get on with that and also for a sense of normalcy and the empowerment of the haitian people and forward motion for the government appeared in the short one, it was difficult. there was social unrest. there were pockets of minimal violence. mostly, what you found was an incredible amount of civil protest. we had about 250 thousand people in the streets of port- au-prince supporting martinellm. he was included in the runoff. initially, he was third and the streets grows up. where the the region's historical trigger some violence, there were so

you set up and you spike it down the other side's throats. hey, maybe you can cuss them if you get it right. like the new orleans saints. you couldn't tell from the averages with the dow sinking, nasdaq dropping .39%, but the bulls actually played a terrific round of volleyball during this listless session. first, what did we see? well, yes, come on, you know we're going to see this a little bit of 2011, we saw the china trade again. china off meaning this market continues to penalize any company that sells into the people's republic of china. because we have to presume that business can't be as good as it was last quarter. all the good numbers that come out at night. we witnessed the shelling of the minerals, miners, and the usual suspects. it was the same playbook as always. received big data from china indicating slowdown. we have to sell caterpillar because the new chinese company. of course, that's totally untrue. in fact, i wouldn't be surprised if the burgeoning u.s. market ends up being able to offset china. everybody's dumping caterp

that spike has even supporters of private gun ownership concerned. there is too great of a responsibility once you walk out the doors. >> i want to make sure that weapons kept in the house are safe and secure and never in a spot where children or unintended people can get it, but somewhere where you are not just going to grab it in the heat of a moment. >> this is a former san jose veteran cop. she a member of a national league committee in charge of lobbying congress to adopt crime prevention measures. >> being able to shoot a gun as a short doesn't mean you can defend yourself. i can't emphasize the need for training. >> advocates can argue that that can be the catalyst for more accidents and more guns in the wrong hands. these women say nothing will get in the way between them and the best way they know how to protect their families. >> just having the confidence is going to be that much more empowering. >> stephanie trong, nbc bay area news. >> we will give you an insight. we hope you will wait until tomorrow. >> that's all i can think about. my

. >> the price of crude oil has been falling again ever so slightly after spiking to a ten month hightrading on thursday's session. that was largely because of a report of an oil pipeline blast in saudi arabia, one of the world's biggest oil-producing nations, sent the price of crude oil surging above $110 a barrel. all of this came from iran's statement, english language channel press tv. it has not been substantiated by other media. saudi arabia has been denying this report. it has kepd nymex up towards $110 a barrel. now it's trading down. about 68 to 70 cents on the barrel at a price of 108 point. >> petros: $1 $108.16. as ali velshi reports, it doesn't mean more pain at the pump for consumers, it may pose a larger economic threat to the recovery in the united states. >> reporter: signs that the u.s. is well into a recovery are clear. grows domestic product, the broadest measure of the country's economy, grew 3% between the third and fourth quarters of 2011. consumer spending was up more than 2% over the same three-month time frame. the u.s. unemployment rate dropped to 8.3% in ja

we spiked to 72 degrees, the warmest day of the week tomorrow. most of the rest of the week, quite frankly, a good bargain, brian, we're not in the 80s and we're still above normal or average, which is 60 degrees. the next chance of showers and storms this weekend. >> thank you. unsettled again. >> yes, all right. >> time to slip that in. >>> and the dwight d. eisenhower memorial plan will go ahead despite strong criticism from the granddaughters. he said that frank gary's design looked like old homages to marks and lennon. she said the columns look like missile silos and the holocaust survivors say the planned tapestries look like defenses of hitler's death camps. they have their unqualified support. the scca international wants to find homes for five mind- detection -- mean-detection dogs from iraq. they in sterling. they were born and trained in texas and have been in the war zone for six to eight years now. they worked for a private contractor and they worked with iraqis. iraqis don't consider them pets so they didn't want to keep them. >> th

there were people slamming spike. this again one of those situations where people didn't pay attention and check their sources and it creates a lot of problems. >> david, how long were you away from your home? >> we left tuesday. >> have you been back? >> just during the day to get clothes and things like that. not for very long at a time. like five minutes. >> so when do you guys and maybe elaine you could answer this. when do you expect to go back? >> i really don't know. we definitely have been keeping it in prayer because nobody wants to be forced out of their home. it's almost like we're the fugitive in this situation when we haven't done anything. i don't know when we can go back. maybe by this weekend. i don't know. >> and, david, are you seeking any sort of legal action against spike lee? >> we have an attorney who is just kind of guiding us through this. we don't have any plans of pursuing any financial gain out of it. we just want to get everything calmed down and back to a rationale state. >> chip, i know y

turning to a couple of foreign buyouts: shares in zoll medical spiked almost 18%. almost 24%. on word it's being acquired by japan's ashai for $2.2 billion. zoll will run as a separate unit, expanding asahi's u.s. healthcare operations as it seeks to diversify its businesses. china's largest online video company youku said today it's buying china's number two online video firm tudou holdings for over $1 billion in stock. both companies had been locked in a bitter dispute over copyrights, which recently settled the merger will mean cost-cutting and allow the parties to concentrate on their video platforms. together youku and tudou make up over a third of china's online video market. tudou shares exploded to the upside, more than doubling. youku shares also got a nice boost as well. rising almost 24%. and finally tonight, yahoo is suing facebook over ten patents, including advertising methods and systems on the web. the lawsuit filed in san jose, california today is the first major legal battle between technology giants in social media. shares of yahoo closed at $14.49, down 1%.