. ♪ "god bless the usa". >> ladies and gentlemen, governor mike huckabee. thank you very much. pplause] >> glad to have this great audience here and welcome to huckabee from the fox news studios in new york city. i bet there is something you don't know about lance armstrong and me. we were together on a panel to talk about preventative health care x. maybe more iortantly, we ran the new york mara thon together in 2006. he finished in under three hours, and i finished in under three days. well, my performance was not that bad and i did finish the 26.2 mile adventure, but the only time i saw lance was in the start. we were lined up near each other and i saw his rear end fade in the distance in front of me. i kind of feel better about the whole thing. it took me five hours, it is evident i was not using performance enhancing drugs and he did. but this week, he's having to apologize and beg for forgiveness for the athletic accomplishments that turned out to be cheating. 7 tour de france titles go gone and millions of income gone . reputation of being an inspiring story of beating ca

get this one wrong and it's over -- not just for the usa, but for planet earth. that's the message delivered by hurricane sandy, and by almost all the extreme weather of the past two years. and here in the first month of the new year, it's the message from the most informed scientists in the world. they're scared, for real. and they say that unless we slow the release of global emissions from fossil fuels, slow it

why this company decided to stay in the usa. ing up. : >> it is 43 after the hour. first israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu scheduled for reelection. netanyahu promised voters he would keep israel safe and go jewish settlements despite this. >> left him clinging to life on a raft for 2 days. the cruise ship not ready for rescues used a dingy on shore. the 63-year-old sailor expected to be just fine. >> there's a study out that shows 80 percent of us are willing to pay more to buy products made in the usa. i went to hudson ohio to visit one company who has been making toys for the last 30 years. turns out the toys made here don't cost more. >> chances are you have a toddler your kitchen looks a little like this. this bright little car is called a cozy coup and in the last 33 years little tykes has sold more than 14 million worldwide. 80 percent of the products including the turtle sandbox and swing are made in america. nearly 1,000 people work at the hudson ohio plant. tom richmond general manager shows us how these tiny pla

despite all of our faults, ground zero for achievement here in the usa, but i certainly wouldn't mind living down under. and from newton, massachusetts in light of the liberal hawaii report, where would you rather live, bill, in hawaii or southern california? i like both places. they're beautiful. and i don't need philosophical agreement to be happy. cheryl chase in california, loosen up, bill, waters look hot in his green shorts and operating shirt. hot is in the eye of the beholder. linda bradley, delaware, shorts and shirt on water was too much however, your attire is always excellent. that's the hinky freedman suits and shirts-- and i'd like to thank darlene winn and the 8th graders in illinois for making a donation to the wounded warriors and ralph stout of greensboro, north carolina and the willinghams for doing the same thing. so we're so heavy into charity here, that's why we do bill o'reilly.com stuff and that's it for us tonight, please check out the fox news factor website which is different from bill o'reilly.com. the interview we did with mr. hammar, the father of the mar

but imagine if they're selling and partnering with things that are made in the usa. going to be just enormous for our economy. >> it's the largest company in world's history, walmart. they sell more food than -- food -- than any company in the world. >> i had no idea. >> that's how massive it is. 1.6 million employees. >> i think this could really make a difference in our economy. we need it. >>> all right. coming up, what happens when two retirees head to prison with their knitting kits. >> we'll show you those doing hard time with needles and yarn. you can't miss that. stay tuned. you're watching "world news now." stay tuned. you're watching "world news now." ♪ >>> good musical choice, huh? good musical choice. >> good stuff. all right. when you think about criminals serving time behind bars, you probably figure they're pumping iron or shooting hoops. >> and knitting is probably the last thing that comes to mind. two retirees are turning convicts into converts with yarn. here's abc's t.j. winnick with more. >> reporter: barbed wire fences, watchman towers, and a gro

the newspaper does not name the source, but said it's a person with knowledge of the situation. usaay said that the former tour de france champion's admission will be with oprah taped for air thursday. as for why he is doing it now, the journalist who taped the story said he had no choice. >> with all the evidence that came out against him, it's hard to deny it anymore. and he is making a calculated decision for himself, personally, it's also i think a business decision for him. because it's effecting his charity, livestrong, all of his sponsors have fired him. >> armstrong has kept a low profile since the u.s. anti-doping agency released thousands of pages of evidence of what it said was a brazen doping program. it was his repeated denials that has angered so many. including former teammates who were found guilty of doping themselves. >> did you see lance armstrong using performance enhancing drugs? >> yeah, at different times at training camps. >> we all too, there's no difference between lance armstrong and i would say the majority of the pelaton. >> the different would be that f

the beauty queen who was ms. maryland usa last year lost her mother, grandmother and aunt to breast cancer. after a lot of thought, she decided surgery was for the best. >> i want to be proactive. and it's something that i'm not willing to wait around to see if it happens to me. to have a family history that's so -- something so prevalent in my family. and to know this took my mom when i was 16 years old. and i don't want to put my daughter through that someday. i don't want to put my husband through that. i have to watch my dad battle losing the woman he spent the last 25 years of his life with. and it's just not worth it to me. >> everyone is so accepting of rose's decision. some have sent her hate mail, saying she is mutilating her body. even some doctors have reservations about someone so young undergoing this surgery. >>> the vice president submits his report on reducing gun violence next week. and already the debate is well under way. what the administration might propose and how the gun lobby might respond. the way she

wal-mart looking to increase the made in the usa. >> what a great patriotic story. not only is the largest retarryl hiring 1,000 veterans over the next five years it is buying $50 million goods in the usa over the next decade. two-thirds are made here. the move is intended for stock in the u.s. >> facebook new search tool? >> unveiling a feature called grass search. weird name. users will be able to use the internal search engine to find specific information about their friends. who lives in orlando and also saw the movie zero dark thirty. can facebook make money for that? it entices users to spend more time on our site and gives them more time to show ads to you if you are on the site longer. with the search facebook is competing with google, right? match.com is a competitor, yelp, linkedin you name it. it is out there at this point. they got the i ball see if they can see ad dollars. >> dating, networking moving into other territory. >>> 12 minutes after the hour. she was found safe and sound after being kidnapped right from her classroom. parents are demanding ans

there's claims called qualified, made in the usa, no ambiguity. e's qualified claims, made in the u.s. of parts made in china. they are created here. gerri: hey, todd, like apple, created in california, asemilled in china. >> that confusion prompts people to scratch their head. we get letters all the time. how can it be? the laws are clear, but they are not. well, they may state that, you know, when they create laws about what it mean to be made in america, it says, in order to say it's unqualified made in america, there can be no ambiguity, and you don't want to mislead a reasonable person. you can't plant that idea. the companies do it with symbols, slogans, and it's hard to tell. gerri: for example, and this is from my real life, okay? i bought salmon this weekend. it was wild caught alaskaian. that's the way it was labeled, but it was labeledded product of thailand. which is true? >> yeah, that's a great one for games, and you get people together, saying, how can this be? i encounteredded because we track down these claims, how -- can't figure

the usa is nowhere near this thing. >> the us now today officially involved in the fight being wagedfrance in mali. >> us cargo jets have flown at least five missions in mali this week. >> stephen: sacre bleu! [ laughter ] so is france about to get themselves into an american-style quagmire, or is america about to get itself in a french style menage-a-quag? here to tell me is the director of the institute of french studies at nyu, edward berenson. thank you so much for join us -- joining us. okay. first of all, who or what is mali? and why do the french care? >> mali is what. >> stephen: okay, good. >> it's in northwest africa. it's a big. >> stephen: how big compared to france? >> up there. it's big. it's big. >> stephen: thank you for your -- [ laughter ] thank you for your precision. why does france care about mali? >> here is why france cares. mali say former colony of france. right? >> stephen: okay. wait, they had colonies? >> they had a ton of colonies. >> stephen: really? there were countries that surrendered to france? [ laughter ] >> and for many decades. >> stephen: no lon

i expect the was it because i believe the usa is a democracy and they are fighting for democracy. ople who are created in the u.s.a., they created it for freedoms. i read the history of the usa of four guantanamo and after guantanamo, but i think -- before guantanamo and after guantanamo, but i think what the bush a ministration did [indiscernible] olbermann tried to clear things. he promised to close guantanamo, but he does not. >> sami al-hajj, the only journalist detained at guantanamo spent six years there without charge. he now heads the human rights department of jazeera in doha, qatar. for part one of the interview with the al jazeera journalist, go to democracynow.org. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. back in a minute. ♪ [music break] >> this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. >> we turn a look at the use of torture and rendition techniques under the obama administration in light of this week's nomination of john brennan as director of the cia. brennan, w

the census bureau estimating 315 million people living in the usa on new year's day. the growth expected to be the slowest since the 1930s. and still feeling the affects in drop from birthrates. that's business. i'm liz mcdonald. >> all right. well, it's tuesday already; right? >> hey, it is already tuesday. >> today feels like a vacation day. nobody is around. tomorrow, wednesday everybody is getting back to work. >> people at home will understand and it's enjoyable to come to work on july the 1st. i mean january the 1st. i'm trying to jump into the summer already. didn't feel bad out there today. temperature up into the middle 40s. let's show you the evening forecast. cloudy skies at 7:00. cloudy skies at 9:00. the clouds will begin to breakup a little bit. nothing to worry about this evening. we're going to stay dry and it's dark. some clearing takes place overnight tonight and certainly by tomorrow morning, the clouds will breakup and we're going to have sunshine. temperature here in town just down i believe below freezing. and you get out in the suburbs and temper

the reason why they kept us in guantanamo and they're not in prison somewhere in usa the only reason was because. there is not exist any human rights. human rights and that's mean they can. investigate you in any kind. of art they like to so. they was for they if you are not a terrorist they want life to try to make you are terrorists in i should example i must say if i should agree that i am be a member of. that i did fight with taliban together against american soldiers between the war. and i should i should sign papers that i am be a member of al-qaeda because they didn't have anything against me in their hand and if you was in the to make it to it. can i ask you what they actually did what they are actually took you in for in the first place what were the charges first. there was no or no reason for just the. pakistani people they saw through some dollar to americans. said this man he's a terrorist and very soon few months later they found out that i'm innocent and they want me that i'm going to sign papers they forced me to sign papers that i should make me that i'm be a member

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story, one of the things that happen -- i'm quoted in the "usa today" storythat happened with a divided congress like president bush found in out 2006 after theteams look over, they decided the stupidest things would be the scandal. one was the attorney that let go. political appointee. they spent millions of taxpayer dollars investigating that. front page story, and all for nothing. benghazi you look at it and say you're from another planet and weigh the stories -- freddie tray did a movie about her -- >> greg: they did a movie about her. >> eric: may i? second term, presidents have a ten detendency to get themselven trouble. they don't have to be with the electorate again. mr. president obama said i'll have more leeway to do more things and then they feel like they have a mandate. they didn't in the first term. got themselves in more trouble. >> bob: the two biggest scandals were watergate. vietnam war. >> greg: nobody died in watergate. >> bob: wait, i was about to say that the three were watergate, iran can tra and clinton. vietnam. >> kimberly: clinton a

britain, france, the usa, they all said they had not been told that a rescue is being attempted. the british minister said he was not happy. >> mr. speaker, our priority remains the safety of british and the evacuation of the wounded and freeing of hostages. they are going to out jeers, together with other specialists, and the algerian prime minister has agreed my request to fly south as soon as possible to support those involved. >> this remains a crisis with many component parts. military teams have been taking care. some have been moved to the capital city. hostage negotiators are on the ground to help find a solution. and western leaders who helped liberate libya and now say they are ready to fight. >> terrorists should be on notice. they will find no sanctuary, no reference, -- no refuge, not in north africa, not anywhere. >> the longer it goes on, the more it seems other groups may try to attack other targets. aljazeera. >> a former u.s. ambassador and former deputy assistant joins us live. good to have you with us on aljazeera. the situation, the military operation as we un

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number one, lance armstrong, the "usa today" sports reporter brent schrotenboer says lance armstrong is ready to admit his doping scandal. the paper saying he'll come clean with oprah winfrey monday. in the past, he has strongly denied using any performance-enhancing drugs. but overwhelming evidence from anti-drug agencies has cost him millions of dollars in endorsements. he's also been stripped of his seven tour de france titles. >>> chavez missed his own inauguration on thursday, though the supreme court said he could be sworn into his third term at a later time. the 58-year-old hasn't been heard from since he went to havana a month ago for cancer surgery. government officials said he suffered a severe lung infection after the operation. there was no firm evidence that chavez is even conscious. >>> number three, the deadly flu outbreak. the cdc is now reporting that two more children died. that brings the total of deaths this season up to 20. officials also say that number -- the number of reported u.s. cases has decreased, especially in the south, but it's too soon to tell if the s

the usa canada austria and switzerland have traditionally dominated the event protocol is one of the names to look out for and so on she will roughen say they're being very impressed by his progress. i mean all through believes your goal can cause an obstacle to the next winter games if the world cup in france i was really she would have to make the first we went to first well to the ski cross we had a little bit of a lark from the start but a really good potential. he works very well and but i must really say when i go to the sochi all of my guys have a chance for a medal but only mario says he really enjoys from russian mentality and he's found it very easy to work with his new scald he's fighting under the pressure of russian average the next winter olympics has the utmost confidence in his team. he will have been in the job for almost three and a half years when the sochi games get underway and he's desperate to see his ski is live up to make true potential richard pombo we don't see. well as overbought long but stagings important to you when we hear from an olympic legend who ha

it does bring tears to my eyes to see how the usa is coming together and we have been so together. i am very excited. host: a caller from los angeles. caller: i am calling to see if you guys know if the bible -- which bible president obama just used. host: the robinson family bible. tomorrow you will use the bible .f martin luther king appeare host: the president is officially sworn in. caller: i would like to say that everything that this happened to our country, it is nice to see that on this one day everyone can settle down and watched the inauguration. inauguration -- watch the inauguration. to celebrate his inauguration on such a monumental day, it especially being an african- american. host: caller, you are on c-span. please go ahead. caller: i am calling from missouri. since he was sworn to uphold the constitution, i was just wondering, since he has tried to change the second amendment, should believe what he says? -- we believe what he says? he is already trying to change the second amendment of united states. i do not believe him. host: front page of the "new york times," c

some of them are on the usa's list of terrorist groups. >> saudi arabia is also funding new mosques, but moderate pmuslims have halted constructin of a mosque in a village in northwestern kosovo for fear that radical islamists could use it for headquarters. in the nearby district capital, many local people come to hear the sermons of the moderate- leading imam. he was also chairman of the town's islamic community until he was dismissed by kosovo's grand mufti. he had opposed the use of saudi funding for the construction of the mosque. >> there are tendencies and efforts under way to expand its network of fundamentalist believers in the extremist wahhabi ideology. the islamic community must be far more vigilant than it is now. >> the e mom is highly respected by his own congregation for, among other things, his critical stance -- the imam. he is not alone. others have publicly warned against wahhabi extremism and suffered consequences for their courage. >> they waited for the right moment to attack me and beat me up. they thought i would keep silent, but to their surprise, i went to t

what happened to keeping the money here in the usa? >>> here we go again. a new report showing more details about just how washington is spending our tax dollars. this time $4 billion in stimulus cash going to green projects for companies that are based in spain. in spain, germany, france, italy, japan. isn't this money supposed to help american companies? proponants say the money helped create american jobs, but you say this is total misuse of taxpayers' money. how so? >> i just think the government shouldn't be picking winners and losers. i'm sorry in the energy field. we have natural gas creating jobs. solar and wind are pipe dreams. companies overseas may be doing it cheaper and better in places like china.it i don't even care if it is less than $4 billion. i don't like the idea of the phoniness of the administration saying we will create jobs here when backdooring money overseas. >> rick, i think bottom line is the government is lousy at making investment decisions with our money. >> it will would be a disyou are iting report. a disturbing report. all

the usa canada austria and switzerland have traditionally dominated the events you go or protocol is one of the names to look out for in sochi russia and say they're being very impressed by his progress and the austrian believes you gore can cause an obstacle to the next winter games with the world cup in france and i was really suited to make the first we went to first world cup in this case because we had a little bit of a lag from the start but really good potential and he works very well and but i must really say when i go to sochi all of my guys have a chance of a medal but only go mario says he really enjoys the russian mentality and has found it very easy to work with his new squad he's frightening under the pressure of russia hosting the next winter olympics and has the utmost confidence in his teen. he will have been in the job for almost three and a half years when the sochi games get underway and he's desperate to see his skiers live up to make true potential richard pombo three tassie mosque and. well that's all for part one but stating the party where we hear from an oly

english and spanish he could not understand how someone could say he was mexican having been born in the usa. he doesn't like going to mexican places. he does not like to discuss beer and shots of tequilla. he never listened to spanish radio stations. no more mexicans. who did not have a problem being objective with a mexican. [inaudible]. i should try to do something about this he thought this is not good. may be i should try, may be i should make an effort. may be i should drive to the mission and spend quality time with my own people. i'm sure it would be simple. he doesn't have to be so hard. i am sure anyone who looks at me and talks to me will believe i'm another south of the border specimen and never figure out i happen to be a self hating mexican. the self hating something made him think of the self hating jew. he thought of george constanza and woody allen. he thought of philip and alexander's father yelling and screaming telling his son he was the son of the family shames. you don't be deserved to be called a view. you, alexander are being embarrassed by the surface of the mirror.

the usa, southeast asia, and growth economies are important here. from that point of view, this cannot be taken as a signal that the eurozone crisis is over. while the eurozone crisis may not be over, the head of the european central bank, mario draghi, sees positive signs according to statements he made in davos. >> the level of activity is in the process of stabilizing at very low levels. we foresee a recovery in the second part of the year. >> there will still be some time before the effects of the reforms spread to european businesses as well. >> traders liked the results of the latest business report. dorothy sent us this report from the frankfurt stock exchange. them and good news traders have been waiting for. the market gained momentum. traders now believe in the strong rebound in the first quarter. there were also positive signs from the eurozone banking sector. banks are going to pay back earlier than expected. but the largest german solar group cannot pay back its debt any more and ask donors for a fare cut. share price collapsed 30%. >> l

. >>> now i'm back with a hit straight from the gig, talking about songs in the usa. >>> she's back with a new 49ers rap song. >> she is so cool. i love her. >> and bal >>> some surveillance video pointing at the curb of this house in new york city. the trash guys show up early in the morning. throw some of the trash in their truck. >> what? >> knock one can over around kind of just dump some of the other stuff on the ground. get the neighbor's trash and then take off. >> it looked like he kind of spilled some of that trash on purpose. >> kind of looks that way, from the video, and the poster of his video claims that it's retaliation, for a call he made to the city, complaining about the guys not picking up his trash a week earlier. so these guys probably heard tab from their bosses, and this is their way to pay this guy back. >> that's what this guy is claiming. you know what? they didn't pick up my trash a week ago. i called 311, made a complaint, and the next week, this happened. >> even if he hadn't called and complained, it's still them not doing their job, which is to pick up the t

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because of recent events guns have a again become a big issue all over the usa both sides are throwing their talking point ammunition back and forth and we hear a lot of conflicting stories well in australia they got tough on guns and crime went down but then again others say in the u.k. they got rid of all their gods and all hell broke loose i've heard stories that you are way more likely to be killed by a deer in your headlights than get taken out by a maniac with a tech nine but then again i've heard that soon deaths from guns will exceed even deaths from car accidents japan is safe because it has no guns but switzerland is even safer because automatic weapons are all over the place the information is all very contradictory but ultimately it doesn't matter what facts and reports you throw at the other side the gun question is a philosophical one some people would rather at least feel like they have their fate in their own hands even if there is a chance they will shoot their own dog in the middle of the night and other people are so concerned with safety and are so full of fear for