. >> you can read these at the huffington post. how did they find them? >> the easiest way is to google either me, david wood, or the name of the series is "beyond the battlefield." if you go on huffington post and search for that, you can find it easily. >> can you download it as an e book? >> yes. in fact, we expanded it a bit. i wrote a whole chapter on coverage. -- on courage. mostly writing about the care givers, because it seemed like such a central concept that i wanted to just talk about courage. >> here is some video. the deal is associated with all of this. army staff sergeant todd m. nelson. >> here in san antonio, texas, surgeons, rehab specialists, and researchers are doing everything they can to deal with these deep injuries, helping soldiers heel, and finding new ways to help restore their function. >> my main thing was function. if i had any room left for more, i wanted my eyelids to close. i wanted to be able to eat a hamburger. >> todd nelson was serving in the army in afghanistan. i am sorry -- in iraq. he was riding in an unarmored vehi

the net merged with the huffington post, i went to the huffington post. that was a year and a half ago. >> you are in 1988. >> here is the los angeles times from thursday. the lead story by jack nelson, bureau chief. effort launched to oust cia chief. have you seen this? >> i sure have. there is a growing sense in the intelligence community that we may have thrown the baby out with the bathwater, as we went to the iran-contra affair, when covert operations were exposed that had gone very much awry and out of control. intelligence professionals insist, and i think with some justification, that a country like the united states house to be able to do things in the international arena without acknowledging them. >> there you are. >> there you are. >> i do not know why we do this. i have the same problem. i can see what i was like all those years ago. any reaction? >> i sounded pretty authoritative. it has always been fun. c-span has been a good place for me, a comfortable home. i am always happy to come on. >> is this your first pulitzer prize? >> yes. >> wha

tell us what you know at the huffington post. >> it's a really interesting divorce. as it goes more on it's going to get more interesting. she filed for divorce on friday. what is shocking to many people, he did not leave his movie set in iceland to rush back and try to save his marriage, if he was in fact blind-sided, which is what they are saying. many thought he would rush back to new york. it's not that hard for someone of tom's wealth to do that. she moved to a new apartment in chelsea. i passd there this morning. there are a ton of press outside. now there are reports, too, including the cover of the new york "post" that peoplfrom the scientology center are outside her building monitoring her. the scientology people say this is not true. that it isn't happening. several reporters said it seems

why is this happening to break it down i'm joined by ben hellman senior financial writer for the huffington post hey ben thanks for joining me i guess i think i'm going to show i guess the biggest question is how is this happening i mean you think that when contractors go in there they do they understand that the home is clearly occupied when it's full of things in their lawns or mode. well you would think that you know i found my report putting found dozens of cases where homeowners allege that contractors working for some of the biggest banks had broken into their houses ignoring what would seem to be obvious signs of occupancy lawns mowed. utilities turned on cars in the driveway that kind of thing very interesting in one case a woman come home came home to a clown drawn on her garage door with the words another job well done. you know when their job is to kind of prevent vandalism it does seem counterintuitive to kind of conduct these kind of vandal like acts on these people's houses. well i should say that for you know i found these lawsuits and most of the lawsuits allege that in addition

. $800 billion but he cited with the attitudes of many conservatives. he told a huffington posted you give them the billion make them issue stock in return for our investment. make them sell a stake in the company banks, insurance firms, only give them money to the small local banks. do not give them the money. make them sell us a piece of the action. it turns out he becomes a pitchman for capital plan which received 3.5 billion dollars of wall street bailouts. he justified the partnership to say i am doing a series of commercials for capital one and they were so great to setup the source for people will contribute and they will match for the americans for the arts. it is okay for him to work with capital one as long as they give the tax dollar money away to some say the some crap program. he demonstrated what said loving lefty he is by going to twitter to call senator jim inhoffe and oil horror and he should retire to a solar powered gay bar. i don't think that exist. [laughter] i could be wrong. maybe that is what we have to wheel forward to. tell liberals tell us to express our

well, the folks at the huffington post did some match-ups. t's look at some highlights, all personalities aside. barney frank, look for his look alike, think goofy but loyal companion, how about mr. smee from peter pan. all the congressman needs is that hat and it's a done deal. >>> then there's sarah palin. we have seen this snapshot before. her disney twin transitions from ladylike to the wild ways of her husband. jane porter from tarzan. they both went rogue. next it's charlie rankle, democrat from new york. the light of his life. give it up for cogsworth from "beauty and the beast." lastly, ron paul, his disney doppelganger is anything but fun-loving. he held in the church bell tower after being cast with raising him. it's claude frollo from the hunchback of notre dame. that one takes the cake. that's "hardball" for now. coming up next, "your business" with j.j. ramberg. [ female announcer ] the power of green coffee extract is now in our new starbucks refreshers™ -- a breakthrough in natural energy. made with real fruit, starbucks refresh

one blotter we made the huffington post and we are being abandoned. another disgruntled sucker wrote he regrets publishing an estimated $25,000 worth of content and a slap in the face to the real victims of slavery. arianna not only sold her soul and shipper of slaves but sold the seas of her demise with this act of greed and exploitation. when arianna huffington's told the huffington opposed she made her that the fan base so upset i didn't know whether to shove her or give her a high five. in reality she knows a lot about corporate greed. she wrote a book called pigs at the truck:how corporate greed and political or russian are undermining america. that is where this comes from. the litany of sins committed by the high priest of profits is a study in fact, treasury, pride and most of all agreed, greed legal greed. you have arianna huffington the priestess of pig as i call her in "hollywood hypocrites" denouncing corporate empires while she goes ahead and builds her own. it turns out arianna huffington have are point out in "hollywood hypocrites" a lit

. >> in went viral, picked up by the washington post and "the huffington post." she says hundreds of women have contacted her and shared stories that until now they have kept secret. >> there was a culture of shame that immediately you think that you were wearing the wrong thing or that you were in the wrong place. >> police have been tracking down surveillance footage and conducting interviews. she said that she hopes it will encourage more women to stand up and speak out. >> anybody that is harassing you or touching you, it's not right. >> mike conneen reporting from northwest. >> a status hearing will be held today for a man accused of killing his estranged wife and stepson in montgomery county. curtis lopez was arrested in north carolina in october, the day after jane mcquain was found dead in her apartment in germantown. he is accused of killing her and then killing her son in a wooded area of clarksburg. >> a congressional committee will hear arguments on whether to modify a law governing the height of buildings in the district. the 1910 act limits the heigh

these pages to the mccain campaign campaign, the top strategists for mccain, john smith told the huffington postwere not what kept romney from being vp in 2008. he said, quote, we never sat around having a discussion about mitt romney's taxes but wealth was an issue. he says, quote, we knew it would be a big liability that the presidential and vice presidential candidates together own more than a dozen homes. it was something like out of "saturday night live" or "saturday night live" skit. but meanwhile, talk of the vice presidential choices, reaching fever pitch, i wonder, ryan, is the -- mr. romney going to ask his vice presidential candidate to give him his tax returns? >> "the new york times" reported that he is, in fact, asking important tax returns from the people he's vetting for vice president. that's the exact same thing that he and the senate will do of anybody that he wants to name to any significant cabinet position. even significant -- insignificant cabinet positions that have to go through the senate. so, you know, there's certainly a lot -- bunch of different standards. >> i don't

the huffington post points out house leaders have scheduled only 41 more working days between now andhe end of the year to deal with all the issues still left undone, including the bush era expiring taxing cuts and spending cuts. >> and maine senator susan collins cast consecutive vote number 5,000. and even arranging her wedding to keep her streak alive. and that is your dish of "scrambled politics." now here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the opens at 12,573 after fall 3g 1 yesterday. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei added 4 points while the hang seng was up 67. >> a rorl coaster thursday left stocks down for a sixth day with two big blue chips prevented the dow from falling harder. procter & gamble rose on a report thats ackman -- >> tech sales continued after a warning of sluggish sales, plunging 11%. texas industries broke a ten-quarter streak of losses, posting a quarterly profit and surging 13%. upbeat data didn't dent general's gloom over sluggish earnings. initial state unemployment claims dropped to the lowest

peter stone, reporter who spent 20 years covering money and politics and has been writing for "the huffington post peter, put this investigation that stephen engelberg and others have done into the broader context of what you've learned about sheldon adelson. >> i think it comes as an embarrassing time, potentially embarrassing time for adelson, and for a number of republican groups who have received incredibly large donations from him in this cycle. as you know, he was a leading supporter of newt gingrich and is an effort, the outside group backing gingrich. he had longstanding ties to newt gingrich and hoping he would get the nomination. when gingrich withdrew, he threw his support initially, reluctantly, to romney. he felt romney was not -- one of the quite as good on certain issues of particular importance to adelson. no. 1 on his agenda is strong support for the israeli government, particularly, conservative wing of the israeli political parties. he has close ties to netanyahu and generally considered a hawk on middle east issues. he opposes a two-state solution to the israeli-palestinian con

the huffington post web site published this interview. lled senator reid's office and the majority leader said these things but that they can't confirm the story itself is true senator reid said his source of information is someone who called his office saying he had invested with bain capital but according to the reporting of "the huffington post" neither the senator nor his aides would identify that alleged investor. of the romney campaign has previously denied reports that the governor hasn't paid any taxes. democratic party is set to make history at this year's convention. keynote event opening night on september the 4th. he is the mayor of first hispanic keynote speaker at a democratic convention. the first hispanic to give a keynote address at a republic convention was a former u.s. treasury secretary catherine ortega that was back in 1984. immigration is expected to be a major issue, no matter who wins the white house in november. a brand new report is out that shows one reason why. one in six illegal immigrants who have been arrest

. >>> "the huffington post" reports the department of justice argued in a trial yesterday the voeder i.d. law in texas would disenfranchise 600,000 minority voters who don't have the approved form of identification. >>> on fox news, texas governor rick perry says his state rejects medicaid expansion in the health care reform. perry argued "to expand this program is not unlike adding 1,000 people to the titanic." on the mclaughlin group pat buchanan was asked when the u.s. will elect a us president. he replied, 2040 or 2050. that late? pat buchanan said, "let's hope so." that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> here's your "first look" at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,736. after dipping 36 points yesterday. the s&p lost 2. the nasdaq fell 5. looking at overseas trading the nikkei skidded 39 points. in hong kong, the hang seng was down 31. >>> for a third straight session, stocks slid monday. this thanks to worry over european debt, asian weakness and lower second-quarter earnings. alcoa kicked off earnings after the bell posting a loss. nevert

sam stein covers politics for the "huffington post." i want to start with you, susie.s guy is back like freddy krueger. he's only been elected congressman in wyoming. he's making fun of palin for only being a governor. he's never been elected to much before he was vice president. what's he talking about? >> well, of course he got to be vice president because he selected himself -- >> he was head of the selection committee. >> there you go. i don't know. maybe someone needs to play him that song how can we miss you if you don't go away. he doesn't really seem to understand his time is done. and i have to say president bush, i've got to hand it to the guy. i'm sure he's had disagreements with president obama, but he's kept quiet and let the man do his job. i think cheney can't stay out of the spotlight. clinton likes to stay in the spotlight. but he's useful. cheney left office with a 13% approval rating. >> the last thing we knew was scooter libbey who's since been charged with a felony and he was doing the alley-oop play on "meet the press" after miller had swallowed t

romney spokesperson told the huffington post romney left bain in 1999 and has no knowledge of the situation in freeport. his surrogates appear to be just as clueless as the former govern. when asked if mitt romney should intervene, allen kinzinger, a romney supporter, ignored the question. >> when you talk about bain capital, it's an attempt by this administration to not talk about their record. which is really what the american voters are going to vote on. >> i'm not talking about the administration. i'm talking ability real people who are losing their jobs. >> the reality is when you talk about bain capital and mitt romney, it's an attempt to take the focus off what's going on and where the economy is at for november. >> those folks are in your district, buddy. what is happening in freeport, illinois, that is the economy. joining me tonight is shelly griswold, the director of community development for the city of freeport, illinois, and dot turner, a worker at the plant for 43 years. i want to thank both of you for joining us tonight and telling the american people what it's like on the v

. >>> the "huffington post" reports that the republicans in the house mistakenly confused the words employmenthat led house democrat nancy pelosi to joke, looks like they should stop harping about red tape and start looking for the white-out. >>> "mother jones" reports conservative blogger wes riddle running for republican for texas said president obama secretly gave away several islands to russia and slavery was a net positive for blacks because now they've freedom in america. >>> another texas congressman blasted arizona senator, john mccain, for criticizing michele bachmann for attacking a state department aide for alleged connections to muslim brotherhood. congressman louis gomert called mccain, numb nuts and former ar oar governor mike huckabee is throwing a bone to the chick-fil-a chain, telling people to eat there in opposition to same-sex marriage. >>> and twitter mystery of mitt romney adding 140 foll,000 foll in two days. questions whether the romney camp purchased twitter bot fake followers. that's your morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> elsewhere last night on politics natio

howard fineman is the editorial director of the huffington post media group. michael steele was chairman of the republican party. both a msnbc political analysts. gentlemen, want to show you something that vice president biden, he spoke to one of the largest latino political organizations today. what he had to say. take a look. >> when his father was a candidate important president in 1968, his pear released 12 years of tax returns because he said, and i quote, one year could be a fluke. perhaps done for show, end of quote. that was his father. his son has released only one year of his tax returns. making alive the old adage, like father, like son. he wants you to show your paper, but he won't show us his. >> and of course yesterday, the president also hit romney. he told the local new hampshire station that romney should be more open about his finances. >> is it your belief that it's unpatriotic for someone to have a swiss bank account? >> you know, i think what's important if you are running for president is that the american people know who you are, what you

the "huffington post" reports former white house chief of staff, rahm emanual has no patience when it to mitt romney's complaints about the obama campaign targeting his time at bain capital. emanuel said at mitt romney said once his own republican colleagues -- stop whining. >>> in "parade" magazine, former president, george w. bush, said he doesn't like the rigidity of the anti-tax pledge, grover norquist has convinced republicans to sign. in a response, norquist, in a "huffington post" interview referenced bush's infamous quote -- read my lips, no new taxes. said people don't like when politicians lie to them. >>> the tampa bay "times" reports that debra wasserman schultz said she is thinking of running for governor in 2014. >>> jill stein will be running against mitt romney again, and president obama for the first time as the 2012 green party presidential candidate. in 2002, stein was one of the candidates running against romney when he was elected massachusetts governor. >>> politico reporting presidential candidate ron paul suffered a big setback at this weekend's nebraska republ

i can't blame the huffington post and a lot of these media outlets foregoing after it. it is -- for growing after it. it is a click-based economy and it draws people. i would like to see a more mature digital world, but if you spent 10 minutes on twitter it is a long way away. >> it is unfair to hold people accountable for their parents' views. i think it is fine if jane pitt has these views. she is an american and she can have these views. we shouldn't hold her and brad pitt to the same standard, that is silly. >> but should her son defend her? >> it shows you a little about the hollywood culture. brad pitt we can assume had some of those views perhaps when he was growing up. maybe he grew up in the same town and so on with his mother. oddly enough when he got to hollywood they all change. bhow that? >>> up next, what news stories had the most impact on you? >>> this week a study by sony electronics and nielsen ranked television moments. the recollection of the tv moment, where they were and when they watched, and if that event sparked conversation. taking the number o

. >>> and "the huffington post" reports that one of the few things that john boehner and nancy pelosiee on is they don't want to release their tax returns. >>> the tampa bay times says congresswoman michele bachmann criticized about her remarks on a state department aidcould be a headliner just before the republican convention. >>> and speaking out, it turns out that former president george w. bush and form h.w. bush will both miss the convention. they both decided to skip and one cites health reasons. >>> massachusetts is being considered as the keynote speaker at the democratic convention in september. >>> and "newsday" is reporting that the rental apartment that president obama lived in while studying in columbia, new york, in 1981 is up for grabs. the president paid $360 in rent. well, the price now is $2400. yep. >>> and in a speech event someday louisiana's president hugo chavez calls the capitalist elite like mitt romney. he says deep down he's a good guy. that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> and now here's your first look at how wall street will kickoff the day.

>>> coming up, more fallout from mitt romney's euro trip with howard fineman of the huffington post. mitt romney's naacp speech didn't go over so well, but you wouldn't know it from his latest ad. >> and jay roach is here to talk about his newest film, the campaign. >> and don't forget, the whole world will be watching mitt romney's dressage horse rafalca in this olympics. head to our facebook page and tell us if you want his fancy dancing horse to take home the gold. shouldn't we all be pulling for america's fancy dancing horse regardless of who the owner is? go for the gold, rafalca. we'll be right back. now get an incredible offer on the powerful, efficient c250 sport sedan with an agility control sport-tuned suspension. but hurry before this opportunity...disappears. ♪ the mercedes-benz summer event ends july 31st. ♪ >>> i hear there's a guy called mitt romney who wants to know whether we're ready. he wants to know whether we're ready. are we ready? are we ready? yes, we are. >> ah, what a blissful diss. we have seen how mitt romney's olympics comments were seen in london, but wi

joining me is luke johnson of "the huffington post." good morning. >> thanks for having me. >> this is the million plus voters in state of pennsylvaniah do you think they could be turned away from polling booths on election day? >> well, a million seems high since some people might have another form of i.d. to cast a vote. but even if it's a third or a quarter of that that's still a huge amount of people that would be turned away from the polls for a law that was intended to combat voter fraud which the state acknowledged in a court filing is not a problem and not happening in the 2012 elections. >> let's go through what it is that people need. it is confusing to most of us with a driver's license or a photo i.d. and apparently 379,000 eligible voter that is don't have an i.d. at all or one of the three documents necessary to get one. tell me what the requirements are. >> well, sure. well, voting in a sense is more elemental act than getting on a plane or going to a bar or things we need an i.d. for. and the requirements are that you nee

. >>> the huffington post says they're -- to repeal the health care reform bill.e same lawmakers voted to return to the enhanced congressional health care system where they get a sweeter deal than the average american. >>> so how much does the public hate congress? well, a gallop poll says 16% of americans approve of the job congress is doing. in 2005, approval of congress was about 40%. >>> politico reports harry reid's frank description of today's brave new world of campaign funding a group of "angry old white men bankrolling conservative groups that are trying to buy the fall elections." >>> and that's your morning dish of scrambled politics. >>> now, here's your first look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,727 after falling 49 points yesterday. the s&p was down 3. the nasdaq dipped 11. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei was up 30 points, in hong kong, the hang seng skyrocketed 333. >>> the s&p fell for the seventh day out of eight. that's thanks to monday's decline in retail sales. it was the third

from the huffington post. >> jon: that is a wrap.anks to our panel. >> judge jeanine: he was a police sergeant from illinois. tonight, drew petersen is nothing more than a murder suspect. eight years after her death, petersen is set to stand trial next month in the murder of thinks -- murder of his third wife. his fourth wife stacey peterson disappeared in october of 2007. hello, welcome to this special edition of justice. tonight we the case against due peterson, the murder of kathleen and the mystery of stacey's disappearance. >> did you kill your wife? >> no, i did not. neither of 'em. i'm showing what it is like to be drew peterson. >> judge jeanine: it began october 28th, 2007. when a 23-year-old mother of two from bolling brook illinois vanishes. stacey peterson, young, energy woman partied for four years to police sergeant drew peterson. she is his fourth wife. by many accounts their marriage has been on the