at least trigg didn't eat the dog, she wrote, a reference to president obama's admission he tried dog meat as a child in indonesian. did you go as crazy when barack obama revealed he actually enjoyed eating dead dog meat and highlighting this photo of another child stepping on a dog posted by the group's past woman of the year ellen de generous. did you get all wee weed up. palin has been up front about the challenges of raising a child with special needs. >> when we hold trigg and when we care for him, we don't feel scared anymore. we truly feel blessed. >> reporter: still, palin called peta's criticism a shame, because as she wrote, i'll bet we agree on what i hope is the true meaning of your mission, respecting god's creation and critters. >>> snow on the way. right now at 5:00 storm team 4 coverage on the winter weather and why the timing of the storm will make all the difference. >>> a fairfax county man shot and killed by police now after a year-and-a-half of pleas from his family the name who shot him is finally being released. >>> and former redskins star fred smoot, talks to

at least trigg didn't eat the dog, she wrote,. did you go as crazy when your heroic man of your lifetime barack obama actually revealed he enjoyed eating dead dog meat? and lightlying this photo of another child stepping on the dog. did you get all wee-wee'd up when she post this had picture? palin, who adopted the dog for trigg has been upfront about raising a child with special need. >> when we hold trigg and care for him, we don't feel scared anymore. we truly feel blessed. >> reporter: still, she called it a shame. i'll bet we agree on what ooh i hope is the true meaning of your mission, respecting god's creation and critters. palin's response shows, quote, she knows peta about as well as she knows geography, before going on to wish the palins a peaceful and humane 2015. her original facebook post now has more than 70,000 likes. >> peter alexander, thanks very much. you can read sarah palin's fig full statement on our website today.com. >>> turn to carson now. what an emotional response to the passing of an espn sportscaster.

they say the goal is to create a life-like e that trigge a person's brain to crave alcohol.oluntee are then given experime dru to see if it stops the craving. initial test results are expect this spring. >>> the accused boston marathon bomber is sets to go on trial next week but there is still an effort to put it all on hold. nbc's josh brigadier explains why. jud george o'too denied lawyers for marathon bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev's request on two motions. one, to delay the trial, and two to move it elsewhere. tsarnaev attorney says they were concerned the trial, expected to last about three months would end in april, right around the 119th running of t boston marathon. and they have asked for it to be delayed nine months. they also have contended, due to all of the pretrial public policety in and around boston this is not a place their client can get a fair trial and want it moved out of state. while the judge wednesday denied both motions, a little after 5:00 p.m. tsarnaev's attorneys appeal that decn to a federal app court, hoping for a stay so that jury selectn wl

reference to her teenage daughter bristol's pregnancy during the campaign or positively regarding her son trigg not palin was a good or bad mom became part of how many judged her qualifications for the job. likewise ann romney defended herself against hilary rosen who said that romney's husband, mitt, didn't understand women's economic issues because his own wife hadn't quote, worked a day in her life. ann romney said my career choice was to be a mother and we need to respect the choices that women make. well, years later it seems mike huckabee still needs to learn that same lesson. joining me is bob herbert, a distinguished fellow dalton connelly who's also the author of "parentology everything you wanted to know about the science of raising children but were too exhausted to ask." krystal ball co-host of "the cycle" and janet mock. so you actually wrote the book on parenting so i guess i need to ask, you know the extent to which parenting becomes a political wedge. again, both democrats and republicans using it against particularly women in public space to say she's a bad mother. >> yes, usua