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to vote in an error ridden bid to remove tens of thousands of convicted felons from the voting rolls using fellows from texas of all things but that was just what bush needed to prevent a sizable gore win in florida and then they petition the supreme court to appoint bush as president of united states saying if he wasn't it would cause irreparable harm to the supreme court made in princeton as a new york times reporter in aventura twelfth two thousand and one after it and a consortium of news organizations conducted their own recount in florida gore actually won the state the new york times wrote if all the ballots had been reviewed under any obsessive and different standards and combined with the results of an examination of over votes mr gore would have won you would think the revelation that the wrong man is sitting in the white house would be front page news instead it was buried in the seventeenth paragraph of a story misleadingly titled study of disputed florida ballots finds justices did not cast the deciding vote the reason why it was buried because nine eleven just happened and the times didn't want

>> this morning's example comes to us from texas right there on the bathroom wall., that's jesus in mold. they say it's been growing for months and, obviously, nobody wants to wash it off. >> i got to see that again. it started growing while one of the men who lives there was in prison. he said it's jesus watching over him making sure he doesn't get in trouble and going back to jail. >> it feels a little blasphemous. >> i believe the 11th commandment said wash your nasty tub and you wouldn't have to worry about things like that. thou shall wash your nasty tub. >> i think we need an amendment there. >> just a slight one. >>> coming up next -- hidden fees eating away at the money you've set aside for retirement. >> and the frenzy in norway over the biebs, plus the controversy he faces when he comes home. you're watching "world news now." justin bieber! >> announcer: "world news now" weather brought to you by no no hair removal. follow the wings. >>> welcome back, everyone. the house of representatives spent yesterday debating a ban on abortians that are based solely o

he comes us from austin texas answer and dan sdmoouchnur, the director of the politics at southern californiajoining us inside the war room. let me start with you mark. do you think that it's just way too early, or is romney's economic message just not getting through in the polls? >> well a i think it's way too early. b, i would say the fact that having just come through a brutal primary and the fact that he's even with the president on economic indicators, which, of course we know is going to be the crucial indicator in the fall, he starts off in a good place. he has room to grow. the president has one veriable, he has used all of the tools in his toolkit. romney is not known well. he has an opportunity to put a lot of paint on the canvas and he would need to do that. there is lots of good news out there for mitt romney out there. >> i will start with sort of a good news thing, with you dan, which is the karl rove gps crossroads put out a very big buy today on an ad which was kind of a soft very well poll-tested ad. i want our views viewers to take a license to it for just a moment. ♪♪ >> i

stabbing of his new bride, she was found dead in the bathtub, the fbi now tracking his phone use from illinois to texas near the mexican border, he's running to mexi mexico, randy, is this basically admitting guilt by going on the run? >> i think it is. fleeing the scene, the crime scene is evidence of guilt. he has two other strikes. there noise forced entry in the home. there is no forced entry in the home. the day after the wedding, no question that he has got an uphill battle if he gets caught. >> one thing we don't know about is a motive, if he was involved. is something you would look at or investigators would be lifen? >>> sure. after the fact you think you don't get life insurance, and recover the policy. they hear something they say i'll sign her up for live insurance, pay the premium and kill her and get the proceeds, he might be that kind of person. >> he apparently told a coworkers if officials ask tell them i'm heading to mexico. >> how do you gauge someone dumb enough to kill somebody? he will be caught. >> if he macks it to mexico, is he home free or will they be able to bring them back?

now for the top story tonight, let's bring in karl rove who joins us from austin, texas. you were right in the middle of the kerry money deal because obviously you were helping president bush run against john kerry. are you surprised at this study? >> i am shocked that there is media bias at nbc, abc, and cbs. we know it they did make it an issue in 2004 democrat. they will make it an issue in 2012 because romney is a republic. it's that simple. i'm sure it's unconscious at some level. democrat rich people are okay. republic rich people are bad. it's also frankly being compliant with the white house. the white house in 2004 was not making an issue of white house press corps and three big networks are happy to drive home the message. >> bill: they call you the architect, right, that's your nickname the architect because you are guru that gets people elected and i guess you do housing designs on the side. mr. architect to you. >> why didn't you make a deal out of theresa the heinz woman who has all that money we didn't you say to the conservative democrats listen this man d

now for the top story tonight, let's bring in karl rove who joins us from austin, texas. you were right in the middle of the kerry money deal because obviously you were helping president bush run against john kerry. are you surprised at this study? >> i am shocked that there is media bias at nbc, abc, and cbs. we know it they did make it an issue in 2004 democrat. they will make it an issue in 2012 because romney is a republic. it's that simple. i'm sure it's unconscious at some level. democrat rich people are okay. republic rich people are bad. it's also frankly being compliant with the white house. the white house in 2004 was not making an issue of white house press corps and three big networks are happy to drive home the message. >> bill: they call you the architect, right, that's your nickname the architect because you are guru that gets people elected and i guess you do housing designs on the side. mr. architect to you. >> why didn't you make a deal out of theresa the heinz woman who has all that money we didn't you say to the conservative democrats listen this man d

crop watch this week takes us to the south where it ranges from too much moisture to not enough. siegel said from plainview texas sent us this photo. if planting cotton and picking up a test for measuring the week. just a few days earlier because of rain, anywhere from one-3 inches but if they are still well behind in soil moisture. and he's done a barnes and neil virginia said nearly 2 inches of rain thursday night washed out the sweet potato peeled. republish or have pushed with the intent into behind. >>> and these have been moved into the state of wild blueberry fields. the crop has been delayed by weather and plan disease could be a problem also. >>> when we come back, al joins us to talk markets. their discussion begins in two minutes. stay with us. >> does the us army port roundtable we have great hunt with archer financial services and agenda hour of our trading. greg, what is the one thing that you would have to summarize that affected us this past week. >> while the weather turned around in russia and ukraine, some winds and hot conditions over there got the spark out of the weak market. and then, korn

use them. >>> flooding rain from the southern rockies, into texas, the gulf coast and florida. my all the way up to new england. >>> and finally from us this morning, it was double the heartache last night on "dancing with the stars," as two couples got the boot. >> yes. and for those remaining on the dance floor, the competition for the mirrorball really heats up. here's abc's george pennacchio. >> roshon and chelsea. >> reporter: roshon fegan and chelsie hightower were booted out of the ballroom. >> i am happy to be alive. period. that's what it is. every moment of my life, it's been amazing. of course, i'm going to have a great sentimental moment. and cherish everything that just happened. and miss it. i'm going to miss it, terribly. >> you were the best partner i've had. >> reporter: the double-elimination continued minutes later, with one couple also getting the news it was over. >> melissa and maks. >> reporter: with big fan support, actress melissa gilbert and maxim chmerkovskiy made it to fifth place, despite being near or at the bottom of the leaderboard every week. >>

. >>> this comes to us from kxas nbc 5 in dallas, texas, where in nearby south grand prairie, one teen's hobby has put him on fast track to start him in the world of robotics. years of building robots have paid off for matthew ricks who beat out more than 3,000 competitors to take top honors at the first robotics championship in st. louis. the 17-year-old, who showcased a basketball retrieving robot, now has his sights on another dream, study mechanical engineering at texas a&m. bill would give it to you. you're good. i'm lynn berry. this is "early today." your first stop of the day, today on your nbc station. >>> it was an extra large jam session in austria. that's where the world's biggest drum set took the stage at a carnival, standing over 21 feet tall and weighing almost 2 tons. the set requires not one but four musicians to rock out. the percussion ensemble gets quite a workout as they perform as well. >>> revellers in china are getting dirty. a mud carnival was held part of may day celebration. it originated out of an ancient festival. it aims to extend good fortune to others by s

use them. >>> flooding rain from the southern rockies, into texas, the gulf coast and florida. gan and chelsie hightower were booted out of the ballroom. >> i am happy to be alive. period. that's what it is. every moment of my life it's been amazing. of course, i'm going to have a great sentimental moment. and cherish everything that just happened. and miss it. i'm going to miss it terribly. >> you were the best partner i've had. >> reporter: the double-elimination continued minutes later with one couple also getting the news it was over. >> melissa and maks. >> reporter: with big fan support, actress melissa gilbert and maxim and maxim chmerkovskiy made it to fifth being despite being near or at the bottom of the y week. leaderboard every week. >> my son told me you're the greatest person i know. can't ask for more than that. >> one of the best partners i've had in my life. whether it's on t show or in my professional career. >> reporter: what did you win? >> i won the gilbert, in my life. i love this. >> reporter: and melissa loved the journey. >> whatever comes next i'm ready

they asked for exhibits presented during trial relating to contributions or gifts from the late texas lawyer fred baron used the jury asked for other things, among them a note from fred baron to one of edwards fixers, telling him to use cash and not credit and a copy of an abc news interview with edwards in which he denied fathering rielle hunter's baby. >> what's wrong with eight days? it's hard to say to be honest with you. it's certainly longer than most of us anticipated. given the way they seem to have approached the problem that they have been given, which is to say reach a verdict, they have asked for documents associated with first the bunny mellon counties, then barron documents, now they have all the documents. it appears they are taking a very systematic approach to this deliberation. that's why a full week doesn't surprise me. >> the case could have a potentially serious impact on the way federal campaigns are conducted. waiting for the verdict here has created some not so serious, though memorable moments. passing the time members of the media, attorneys participating in the case and even the d

texas primary. getting enough delegates to be the nomination in august. >> already starting to shake things up. tahman bradley joins us from washington. good morning, tahman. >> reporter: hey, paula. hey, rob. as you mentioned, it was texas that put romney over the hump. but that's not where he chose to spend his night celebrating. instead, he was in las vegas, fund-raising, with a man who is beginning to make a lot of republicans nervous. mitt romney should be savoring victory. but donald trump is spoiling his party. that was trump speaking at a rund phaser last night. less than 24 hours for romney getting the delegates needed for the nomination. his campaign is facing tough questions on how to handle donald trump, who once again, is alleging president obama was not born in the u.s., more than a year after he released his hawaii birth certificate. >> a lot of people think it was not an authentic certificate. many people do not think it was authentic. >> donald, you're beginning to sound a little ridiculous. i have to tell you. >> no, you are, wolf. >> reporter: as romney spends the day raising campaign money in california

us. he's only 14. >> yeah. a young man from texasng bee this morning after winning the "national geographic" bee. >> one of you is correct. one of you will be the 2012 "national geographic" bee champi champion. that individual is the newcomer -- [ applause ] >> congratulations, young man. way to go. [ applause ] >> the champion from houston, crowned after four tiebreakers. he takes home a $25,000 scholarship and a trip to the galapagos islands. the maryland student was also in the running there, adam rusak, an eighth grader from gaithersburg, made the top ten. he was the first to be eliminated in yesterday's final. >> that's all right. if you're getting to the top ten in the geography bee, you're a smart cookie. these kids put us to shame. they know stuff about the world -- >> i didn't know -- yeah, it's -- a long list of things i don't know. >> there you go. all right. congrats. >>> 4:55. 71 degrees. coming up, not the vacation they had in mind. the incident that had tourists heading to the hospital. >>> plus, the bag that drew >>>

the motion that i'm offering with my colleague from texas, will allow all of us to come together to save a program that's traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support. the social services block grant has been slated for elimination. not tweaks, elimination. under the language reported by the weighs and means committee. this is the very program that serves 1.7 million older americans, disabled individuals and at-risk children. some of us were surprised by the cuts included in the resolution and now we're back to consider these res -- often abused children and programs like meals on wheels that my colleague just described. support ters of this proposal claim they're duplicative. but the services provided as a result of the funds shows clearly that these dollars provide critical support to some of the most vulnerable in our communities. and in fact even if these dollars, there's still unmet nooet need. in my kate of oregon, they're used for child protective services and residential treatment programs, in fact in oregon, all of the services funded by our block grant dollars are targeted to child

host: our last call is mark joining us from dallas, texas. good morning to you.aller: good morning. host: good morning. we have a minute left. caller: real quick, mr. king, in your remarks -- in your opinion, your response on the trayvon martin situation, can you explain how his remarks were different from al sharpton's remarks? and reaction to it. host: thank you. thank you, mark. guest: remarks different from who? host: al sharpton from pat buchanan. guest: which remarks from al sharpton are you referring to? host: he's not on the phone anymore. he has his own show on msnbc so i'm sure he's referring it some of the remarks that he has made on his own program. guest: i'm sure he has. i'm not familiar with those remarks. host: let me conclude where we began which is the discussion about mayor vincent gray and robert mccartney of "the washington post" explain or resign, mayor gray. what's going to potentially happen this week with the d.c. mayor? guest: i think we're going to see something happened that week that will not involve the d.c. mayor but other elected o

us over the next several days. more severe thunderstorms today from texas right up through into ontario through the great lakes region. that's going to move very slowly toward the east. it means that severe threat will continue right through our tuesday. out west, it's looking cooler, but much more settled. see a few showers starting to come through in toward the coast. we have 16 degrees in vancouver and just 11 in winnipeg. meanwhile, we're really keeping the heat. lots of temperatures in the low 30s. new york city, d.c., as well as oklahoma city, and houston. very, very hot. it stays hot and dry also to the southwest. all right. a quick look into europe. it has been so hot across the british isles as well as parts of western europe. that's going to change. we have this front here sagging down from the north. that's going to bring temperatures down as cooler air comes in. lots of thunderstorms spread out across the mediterranean. some particularly heavy rain around the black sea region. talking about the balkans as well as turkey dealing with heavy downpours. here are your temperatures. i'm going to leave you now w

. >> our first award goes to holly from austin, texas. she sent us this photo.lf. >> how adorable! >> this is her son charlie. the two men were best friends. they were introducing their sons. it may not be a match made in heaven. i don't know if they're going to be best friends, too, or not. our next photo is from pam vila from reno, nevada. check out that sign. wondering. 15 minute limit for restroom use or you will be towed. who's sitting out there timing that? >> i don't know. >> are they going to tow the person in the wheelchair? >> that's what it seems like. they have it rough enough. speaking of toilets, sissy from abilene, texas, submitted this photo. the more the merrier? i would imagine there's no time limit on these. her husband and her were at starbucks. they looked across the street. that's what was in the yard. that's four toilets. >> are those planters? >> toilets around a planter. an interesting modern art form. >> a metaphor for life. >> i guess when you go to the bathroom with your girlfriend you can all kind of do that. >> it's like fashion. to

us who that lucky winner is and where she's headed. if she's a woman. >> she is. what a fan she is. our winner is sharon grigg from keller, texas. ikes ambush makeover and the cooking segments but most of all she loves the talk. even though sharon and her best friend sue lives miles apart, they talk about they're together when they tune in. they talk about how similar their personalities are to both of yours. from having a messy purse to sharing a good friday funny at the dinner table. when they're together enjoying a margarita and a nice batch of sammy's baklava tops their to-do list. congratulations, sharon, you are going to hershey, pennsylvania where you and i guest will enjoy a two-night stay at the hotel hershey. the trip includes $240 to spend. >> round trip airfare for two. >> everything! >> provided by hershey entertainment and resorts company. >> we'll be back after this. >> thanks so much. bye-bye. >>> we're back on this fun day monday with "today's buzz" and all the celebrity news you may have missed while enjoying your mother's day weekend. >> from jessica simpson's post-baby pay to ashton kutcher's new movie role, w

us over the next several days. more severe thunderstorms today from texas right up through into ontario through the great lakes regionthat's going to move very slowly towards the east. means that severe threat will continue right through our tuesday. out west is looking cooler, but much more settled. you'll see a few showers starting to come through in towards the coast. we've got 16 degrees in vancouver. and just 11 in winnipeg. meanwhile really keeping the heat, lots of temperatures in the low 30s, new york city, d.c., as well as oklahoma city and houston, very, very hot. stays hot and dry also to the southwest. all right, a quick look into europe. it has been so hot across the british isles as well as parts of western europe. that's going to change. we've got this front here sagging down from the north. that's going to bring temperatures down as cooler air comes in. lots of thunderstorms spread out across the mediterranean with some particularly heavy rain around the black sea region. we're talking about the balkans as well as turkey dealing with heavy downpours. here are your temperatures. and i'm going to leave

us live from washington. he's finally reached that magic number in the state of tex -- texas, right? >> reporter: he timally surpassed 1, 144 delegates. it was all because of a victory in the state of texas. it's hard to believe that this was almost a year ago that mitt romney jumped in the race and shot ahead in the polls. he fought off surges from the likes of rick perry, rick santorum and herman cain. now the republican party has come together with the goal of defeating president obama. the president called him to congratulate him on becoming the gop and he is looking forward to a healthy debate in the future. >> both the romney camp and the dnc released their own version. >> reporter: romney's campaign released a new ad. it dids after some of the highlights over the past year or so. take a lock at this. >> mitt romney will win big tonight. >> we have a mormon responsibility to keepmark the strongest nation of the earth. >> mitt romney will have a huge win, a big win. >> reporter: as for the democratic web video there were no congratulations, this one in the theme of a facebook we

us now. those who came came from all over. from those grieving a loss from a beaumont, texas officer to a man who has come from eight years. >>as killed. it is a reminder of how to be an it is officer. tell them thank you. >> organizers say 160 officers died in this last yeah. five of those words in the state virginia. none worked in the district of columbia. news. >> later, they will rededicate journal memorial which those who were died in pursuit and news. the names of 70 journalists will added to the memorial. >> investigators are trying to out a fire at a car dealership. started about 11:30 a.m. the fire spread to the roof. it caused extensive damage appeared nobody was hurt. >> a store is still closed flooding possibly from a bleak. store -- officials the problem started friday arlington water pollution plant. circumstances were beyond their flow. crews are working to sanitize store. >> the defense will presenting in a fraud trial. prosecution rested its case last week. lawyers will try to convince the jury he did not violate finance laws. his mistressar if the defense.for >>, is preparing to hold the the secretng on ser

from heaven. that these men remembered us too. >> got transferred into texas and volunteered for the arizona. i joined the arizona in long beach late september '40. sunday was liberty day supposedly. and i was due to solo. i had been taking flight lessons. when the first planes went over, they were level. and they just went down battleship row this way. and i said it looks like the flight boys are out early. they used to pull surprise raids on us. and right behind him came another one that was banked. there was a quite big red sun sitting up there. i said they are not ours. let's get the hell out of here. i climbed up the side of the nevada. i don't think we really had time to think right away. the adrenaline came out of no place and you just instinctively reacted. i know i reached off the blister top and caught the scuttle edge and actually flipped up on to the deck. and i don't think i could have done it if i wanted to thinking about it. we helped out with the nevada and they cleared the sides and brought the boat back to the arizona when she blew up. and we started casualty work and they s

joining us tonight live from the great state of texas, and that's the state that helped push romney overe nomination, texas governor, romney sr. gat, governor rick perry. how are you? long time no see. >> i'm good, sean. thank you. >> first of all, how did obama do? i'm watching kentucky. you know, he watched 42% in kentucky, arkansas. and we saw what happened i think it was west virginia when he was losing to a convicted felon in prison. is the president doing all right there in the state tonight? >> yeah. i think he's doing all right. there were no -- there were any prisoners running against him so i think he did rather well. congratulations to governor romney. it was an overwhelming victory obviously for him here. and i want to say to he and ann congratulations and quite appropriate that the state with the best economy in the country would be the one to nominate the president -- or i should say our nominee for president who is going to carry a message about job creation to this country. so it wasn't lost on us in texas, a place that gets it about job creation, nominated a man who is r

from georgia. >> i yelled for us to the gentleman from texas, mr. flores. >> again we have heard a lot of rhetoric today about choices and about people saying things are not fair. what is not fair is the 47 million people on food stamps because of the obama economy. what is not fair is one out of every six americans are unemployed or underemployed or giving up working for work -- looking for work or do we talk about these choices that the other side continues to bring this as a choice between boyle or seniors or this group or that group. these are false choices. the choice that we need to be talking about is a choice where everybody wins, where everybody is better off. we need to quit talking about a choice between paychecks and food stamps. we need to talk about paychecks for everybody to win. when i first took my very first economics class, to the two of the first things i learned were the following. one, don't mess with something -- if you want higher gasoline prices, let's go tax the oil companies. do you know who gets hit the hardest? it hits m

. >> hi, i'm ethan shultz from dallas, texas and my question is for al. can you tell us a story when you jumped off the 34-foot building without a harness? >> oh, yeah. i claim that they recruited in a specific intent that they would find the dumbest guys they could find and put them in one unit. you about we first got, my friend ed and myself, the camp was still under construction and there was a big tented area off of the mud slaps there. that was one place we called it cow company, it would have been a complete disgrace to be rejected and thrown into cow company to go somewhere else. so we were walking around there and we saw this tower. it was about 35-foot high. is that what you're referring to? yeah. and 34, 35. and we said, boy, oh, boy, we don't want to be chicken, they'll have us jump off of that thing so we went up and jumped off. and lucky it had been dug up and we didn't break anything. so lieutenant came along and said what are you doing? you're not supposed to be jumping off of there like that. and we told them why we were jumping. oh, no, we didn't complet

from. stay with us, everybody. >>> and you have the weather, now, too, from sam. >> it's a little cool. little damp in times square. this is mondandy, right? >> yes. >> from where? >> texas>> that's -- >> i'm going to dallas later today. show us the lends. i was uncomfortable with the giants paparazzi lens in my face as i walked out here. let's get to the boards. one or two things going on we want to show you. we'll start with a picture out of wls. there's strong storms in the area and likely around chicago, there will be some later on today. you're part of the zone that goes from omaha, to minneapolis, through chicagoland, detroit, pittsburgh, to washington, d.c. look out for the hail involved in these storms. they've had a lot of it involved this spring. philly, new york city, washington, d.c., raleigh, all in line for a warm-up. not today and not tomorrow. but friday, that warm air is a few lingering light showers morning mainly out west the ideas 81 corridor. that is pushing eastward and southern maryland has had most now getting a break. later today, there will be a few benderstorms which could severe and it is warm and muggy, up into the midst- 80's later today. it

texas. i was so excited about all of this. i used to say to my brother, this apple thing, you have gotten from your grandfather who had a reverence. he would say that is ridiculous. when my brother announced he was going to give up his life as a trial lawyer to be an apple orchardist. my father said i have one thing to say, jews don't farm. but they did. his father clearly did. >> just to wind up, then, what are you working on next? >> i have become fascinated with the personal. this is the most excruciating difficult book. >> so you are going to turn around and do it again. >> i have been spending a great deal of time in india every year my next book is a memoir of going through india and what this has done to transform my own life. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. >> [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. [applause]. >> foreign language speaking. w3 >> i am very happy to be here. i feel very honored to have been asked to interpret this poem and make it a song. it's funny because something like two days before he asked me to do this, i wa

. >> hi, i'm ethan schultz from dallas, texas, and my question is for al. can you tell us a story when you jumped off the 34-foot building without a harness? >> i wonder if somebody translate -- >> one more question. >> the story about the building you jumped off of. >> oh, yeah. i claimed that -- they recruited in a specific intent and that was that they would find the dumbest guys they would find and put them in one unit, but we first got there, my friend, ed pipping and myself, it was the -- the camp was still under construction. and there was a big tented area off in the mud flats there. that was one place we would not -- it would be a complete disgrace to be rejected and thrown into cow company to go somewhere else. so we were walking around there and we saw this tower. it was about 35-foot high. is that what you're referring to? yeah. and 34, 35. and we said, boy, oh, boy, we don't want to be chicken, they're going to have us jump off that thing. so we end up and jump off. luckily, it had been dug up and everything, so we didn't break anything. and the lieutenant cam

i heard our friend from texas, the republican gentleman from texas, earlier talking about some of the loopholes exploited by apple. well, i hope he will join us then on this amendment. i hope he will join us, because we all read that "new york times" article and it's not just apple. there are lots of multinational corporations that exploit these tax loopholes. that particular article talked about tax strategies employed by a lot of multiple -- lots of multinational corporations with, quote, the double irish with a dutch sandwich. that's a particular scheme by which you channel your profits through the netherlands and then on through other -- the cayman islands. there are all sorts of these devices. what this motion does is say, let's just ask the rules committee to make an order, and an amendment, that says instead of cutting $12 billion out of the health prevention fund, we can find $12 billion in closing some of these international corporate loopholes. surely given some of the comments of our colleagues, we can do that, at the very least. there are hundreds of billions of dollars in this area. we are losing lots of dollars that could be inv