the activist group will go on trial in nevada for felony. it's all connected to a voter registration plan there. nevada authorities raided the acorn office in las vegas. why haven't other states done that, too? the secretary of state of nevada, a democrat, will join us to fill us in on the upcoming acorn trial. nkicyi -lepufeou katn se erouca y s te ona tuhachup -b. moav mooi 's p of hde tuhachup -b. coet msas nsio moav mooi >>> mean and nasty. that's what acorn calls the attacks on its creditability. in a fund-raising letter asking for money, lewis used even "fox news" to try and rustle up donations. they will face a judge in nevada. that's a the judge in this trial video. acorn itself will face trial there accused of running a voter registration scheme. paying intenttives to sign up more voters. that's against the law. the program was called black jack or 21. it's las vegas after all. why haven't other states charged acorn, too. reno with miller, a democrat, who investigators made the case. secretary of state, welcome to "fox news" this mo

sadly, nevada has one of the lowest mammogram screening rates nationally. recent estimates are that only 54% of women over the age of 40 have had a mammogram in the past year. nevada is currently ranked 48th in the nation for percentage of women ages 40 to 69 who have -- who obtain mammograms annually. this is unacceptable. unfortunately too many younger women think that breast cancer is something that happens to older women, yet it's the leading cause of cancer deaths in women under the age of 40. so we must redouble our efforts to reach out to young women, to increase awareness of the threat and the warning signs that lead to early diagnosis. that's why i'm proud to also be a co-sponsor of the early act. and too often women who have underghon a difficult surgery, both emotionally and physically find themselves forced by their insurance companies to leave the hospital before they're ready this, too, is unacceptable. women must have the adequate support after breast cancer surgery that they need to get them on the road to recovery. indeed we have all been t

i focus on the nevada delegation and folks from nevada. and -- who are here in washington and what's important to the folks back home about what their law makers are doing. so for me that's my job and my sort of marching orders is to pay attention to the folks in nevada here. and i think there are a lot of other news outlets that are looking into some of these other members of congress that you've talked about, certainly congressman chairman rangle and chairman conyers. but i think that's about what i can say about that. host: and from our end, yes, we have looked into both of those on this program. our next call for lisa of the las vegas sun as we take a look at issueses involving senator ensign. we speak with andy. go ahead, please. caller: i just don't believe that they'll do anything to mr. ensign because there's too much loyalty between the senators both republican and independents and democrats. i just don't believe they'll do anything. thank you. host: where does the sense of loyalty? guest: there is that sense in the senate. they c

i have worked on these nevada issues with these nevada company for years, long before doug hampton left my office. the cover story there, true or not, lisa, is that he allowed himself to be lobbied by these guys long before he got this guy a job working for them. >> right. and i think someone else told me today, this is a tangled mess now that would need a lot of explaining to, you know, to sort out, and, you know, eric mentioned the honest services fraud issue. that certainly is one thing that we've heard about. and then another criminal defense lawyer told me today, the one-year lobby ban. it is sitting right there. if a prosecutor wanted to go the easy route. that would be an easy route to go if this is true, you know? >> let's take a look at this. this is doug hampton. he said he and the senator ensign chose to ignore the lobbying ban. you can't lobby your old boss for a year. he said, quote, the only way the clients could get what john was essentially promising them, which was access, was if i still had a way to work with his office and john knew that. how did that work? >> well, t

i have worked on these nevada issues with these nevada company for years, long before doug hampton left my office. the cover story there, true or not, lisa, is that he allowed himself to be lobbied by these guys long before he got this guy a job working for them. >> right. and i think someone else told me today, has the real tangled mess that really would sort of need a lot of explaining to sort out. and eric mentioned the services fraud issue. that certainly is one thing that we've heard about. and then another criminal defense lawyer told me today, the one-year lobby ban. it is sitting right there. if a prosecutor wanted to go the easy route. that would be an easy route to go if it is extra, you know. >> let's take a look. this is doug hampton. he said he and the senator ensign chose to ignore the lobbying ban. you can't lobby your old boss for a year. he said the only way the clients could get what john was essentially promising they will, which was access, was if i still had a way to work with his office and john knew that. how did that work? >> well, there became an issue of concer

and the entire country. >> whatever happens in nevada and elsewhere. wade rathke is making a surprising prediction. that acorn after 38 years my get out of the voters registration business altogether. >> acorn is probably debating whether or not to be involved. the damage to the organization by the allegation true or false is very, very difficult to manage. >> coming up, acorn on capitol hill. >> this report has claimed of racketeer fraud and embezzlement and charges that would put people in prison. that is after the break. to help raise awareness for the men and women who have suffered traumatic injuries in the war on terror. they need our help. through the wounded warrior project, you can help get these heroes back into life's mainstream. log on to woundedwarriorproject.org to find out more about this fine organization that is helping these returning injured veterans and their families with their new lives. the greatest casualty is being forgotten. let's make sure this doesn't happen to my brave friends. thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you. me

i'm the guy in nevada and the nation needs in washington. i can get things done. >> reporter: a huge risk for reid, of course, is what if he doesn't get it done? what if he can't find the votes for a public option in the senate health care bill? that's a very real possibility. and one of the reasons we're told reid's aides are split from the beginning and whether this is the right move. right or not, whether reid has made the decision, he's pushing it. he knows he has to own it whatever the outcome. dana bash, cnn, capitol hill. >>> attorney general eric holder says a lawsuit over warrantless wiretapping is threatening to expose ongoing intelligence work. holder wants the lawsuit thrown out. the first time the white house has tried to envoke the state's secrets privilege. the bush administration envoked the privilege to get new lawsuits thrown out following the september 11 attacks. >>> talks between afghan president hamid karzai and the man challenging him for his job have broken down. christiane amanpour who appears on our sister network c

. >> these practices are clearly in violation of nevada law and the under cover tapes that stun add nation. >> is acorn about to fall? >> this report has claims of racketeering, fraud and embezzlement. are the people going to prison? >> this hour, stories you haven't heard. interviews you've never seen. >> we he asked for a significant amount of money. >> including the man who started it all. >> i don't have to get it. >> the truth about acorn. it to? the association of community organizations for reform now says it has more than 400,000 member families and more than 1,200 chapters across the country. it also has hundreds of affiliated organizations, some with global reach. and it is now in the middle of a growing national scandal. in part thanks to explosive undercover videotape widely broadcast over the past weeks. so is acorn as corrupt as critics say, or as dangerous? we start with the man who founded the controversial organization and ran it for 38 years until june of 2008. he has never given an in-depth television interview until now. >> i would say i'm a dangerous guy, there's no do

. >> these practices are clearly in violation of nevada law. >> and the undercover tapes that stunned a nation. is acorn about to fall? >> this report has claims of racketeering, fraud and embezzlement, charges that normally would put people in prison. are they going there? >> this hour, stories you haven't heard, interviews you've never seen. >> we asked them for a significant amount of money. >> including the man who started it all. >> with all due respect, you don't appear to get it. >> megan, i don't have to get it. >> fox news reporting, the truth about acorn. >> hello, i'm megyn kelly. what is acorn and what is it up to? the association of community organizations for reform now says it has more than 400,000 member families and more than 1,200 chapters across the country. it also has hundreds of affiliated organizations, some with global reach. and it is now in the middle of a growing national scandal. in part thanks to explosive undercover videotape widely broadcast over the past weeks. so is acorn as corrupt as critics say, or as dangerous? we start with the man who founded the

. >> these practices are clearly in violation of nevada law. >> and the undercover tapes that stunned a nation. is acorn about to fall? >> this report has claims of racketeering, fraud and embezzlement, charges that normally would put people in prison. are they going there? >> this hour, stories you haven't heard, interviews you've never seen. >> we asked them for a significant amount of money. >> including the man who started it all. >> with all due respect, you don't appear to get it. >> megan, i don't have to get it. >> fox news reporting, the truth about acorn. >> hello, i'm megyn kelly. what is acorn and what is it up to? the association of community organizations for reform now says it has more than 400,000 member families and more than 1,200 chapters across the country. it also has hundreds of affiliated organizations, some with global reach. and it is now in the middle of a growing national scandal. in part thanks to explosive undercover videotape widely broadcast over the past weeks. so is acorn as corrupt as critics say, or as dangerous? we start with the man who founded the

. >> these practices are clearly in violation of nevada law. >> and the undercover tapes that stunned a nation. is acorn about to fall? >> this report has claims of racketeering, fraud and embezzlement, charges that normally would put people in prison. are they going there? >> this hour, stories you haven't heard, interviews you've never seen. >> we asked them for a significant amount of money. >> including the man who started it all. >> with all due respect, you don't appear to get it. >> megan, i don't have to get it. >> fox news reporting, the truth about acorn. >> hello, i'm megyn kelly. what is acorn and what is it up to? the association of community organizations for reform now says it has more than 400,000 member families and more than 1,200 chapters across the country. it also has hundreds of affiliated organizations, some with global reach. and it is now in the middle of a growing national scandal. in part thanks to explosive undercover videotape widely broadcast over the past weeks. so is acorn as corrupt as critics say, or as dangerous? we start with the man who founded the

. >> these practices are clearly in violation of nevada law. >> and the undercover tapes that stunned a nation. is acorn about to fall? >> this report has claims of racketeering, fraud and embezzlement, charges that normally would put people in prison. are they going there? >> this hour, stories you haven't heard, interviews you've never seen. >> we asked them for a significant amount of money. >> including the man who started it all. >> with all due respect, you don't appear to get it. >> megan, i don't have to get it. >> fox news reporting, the truth about acorn. >> hello, i'm megyn kelly. what is acorn and what is it up to? the association of community organizations for reform now says it has more than 400,000 member families and more than 1,200 chapters across the country. it also has hundreds of affiliated organizations, some with global reach. and it is now in the middle of a growing national scandal. in part thanks to explosive undercover videotape widely broadcast over the past weeks. so is acorn as corrupt as critics say, or as dangerous? we start with the man who founded the

a good chunk of nevada and parts of utah and oregon as well. the california coastline again with the radar. most of the rain is still offshore. it continues to pile in from the bay area in towards northern california. i think end result today, two to three inches of rain around this area. over the next 48 hours maybe as much as ten inches of rain in the southern sierra nevada. the burned out areas getting in, areas around los angeles, mud slide potential definitely there starting this afternoon through the weekened. also showers and thunderstorms developing in texas. not houston yet. here's the way the tower cam looks. a lot of energy coming in off the gulf. we are just burned out with the sunshine right now. tough to see it. but we are going to see more thunderstorms this afternoon in houston. more details on that and a look at that southeast weather in just about a half hour. >> thank you. >> you got it. >>> so on wall street they were this close to the 10,000 mark. we haven't been there since, like, i think it was october of last year. susan

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well, why should nevada get back, and the rest of the country does not -- that they will get full funding for this medicaid mandate. greta: are there any that have joined on with you? and the second one is have you heard back from your two u.s. senators? >> on the first question, there are democratic governors that are concerned. the one from tennessee in particular has been very strong on this issue. secondly, i have actually talked to my united states senators. both have indicated that they are very, very concerned. i would like to have it addressed with the senate finance committee, but if not, on the senate floor. greta: i am going to take a look at this amendment, because it seems that every state should have the same burden. good luck. >> thank you. greta: up next, was it just a photo op or a real way to get some answers? 150 doctors at the white house today, and we have our own doctors to go on the record. and "saturday night live" goes to town and skewers the president. what happened? we will show you.   [bell ringing

well, why should nevada get back, and the rest of the country does not -- that they will get full funding for this medicaid mandate. greta: are there any that have joined on with you? and the second one is have you heard back from your two u.s. senators? >> on the first question, there are democratic governors that are concerned. the one from tennessee in particular has been very strong on this issue. secondly, i have actually talked to my united states senators. both have indicated that they are very, very concerned. i would like to have it addressed with the senate finance committee, but if not, on the senate floor. greta: i am going to take a look at this amendment, because it seems that every state should have the same burden. good luck. >> thank you. greta: up next, was it just a photo op or a real way to get some answers? 150 doctors at the white house today, and we have our own doctors to go on the record. and "saturday night live" goes to some lunch. you hungry? yeah. me too. (door crashes in) (broadview alarm) (gasp and scream) go! go! go! go! go! go! (phone rings) hello? this is

but home in nevada where reid is facing a tough re-election battle, he has different reasons for promoting his support for a public option. >> harry reid is in a lot of trouble. it's what i like to call reid fatigue. >> after of nevadans view reid unfavorably. >> he's not the most personalable guy and he certainly doesn't have much charisma, but what he does have is a survival instinct unlike any i have ever seen in politics. >> reporter: surviving in nevada now means appealing to independent voters and they seem to support a government-run health care option. >> success or failure is going to play into his main campaign thoom which is re-elect me, i'm the guy nevada and the nation needs in washington, i can get things done. >> reporter: a huge risk for reid of course is what if he doesn't get it done? what if he can't find the votes for a public option in the senate health care bill? that is a very real possibility. and one of the reasons we are told reid's aides were split from the beginning on whether this was the right move. right for not, now that reid has made this decision, he is cl

. >> a man fell into a construction trend in nevada last night. he had to be rescued. it's not a construction worker. he was being freed from the trend in las vegas in this shot. he called 911 for help before any construction worker saw him. he was hospitalized, suffering from arm and leg pain, expected to make a full recovery. still ahead, the state is granting a tax extensions to the end of businesses affected by the water main break. >> tweaking your problems, that the head. the head. >> we but now it can make you more connected to your doctor through e-mail. test results from home. check records. change appointments. now doctors, nurses, techs, pharmacists are all digitally connected to each other. and ultimately connected to you. at kaiser permanente, we believe that if knowledge is power, shared knowledge is even more powerful. kaiser permanente. thrive. >> how is it looking so far? >> pretty good. a couple of accidents. nothing major. northbound 97, there's an accident approaching benfield boulevard. at the beltway, no problems. normally at about 6:00 or 6:30 we

john ensign of nevada is in deeper doo-doo than he was. he was contacted trying to get a job for the top washington aid douglas hansen whose wife he was having sex with and he was trying to get the guy off his back. jim warren, this is a problem. he is using his office to cover up a little hanky panky. make it official. >> keyword there was cover up once again, d.c. cover-ups much worse than the original crime. and you look at the quotes of about an hour arrest so go, that senator coburn saying on the record, something to the effect of, you know, john did something stupid and then exacerbated the situation by a series of mistakes. and what's most amazing is trying to park the husband of the woman you're having an affair of back in nevada and it turns out he ends up being a lobbyist. there is a comment from that fellow himself that he and ensign knew full well that they were violating lobbying ethics rules. and they simply didn't care. >> clinton was trying to get a job for monica to farm her out. at the u.n., everywhere. >> the problem bei

i'm the only one in nevada so far. i hired 5,000 people so far. my return on investment is not exactly handsome. i've never laid off anybody in 40 years. but if this president and this administration and nancy pelosi get their way, i and all other employees -- employers like myself will be hit with my employees with a barrage of taxes that will result in more layoffs, that will not be helpful, and will be counterproductive to the very goal that we should have as a nation. >> let's -- governor daniels -- i'm going to give you a chance in a moment, governor granholm. governor daniels, let's talk a bit of politics here. if the economists are right and mark zandi says they a, and if unemployment is up over 10% well into next year and over 9% into the following year, are republicans in a very favorable political climate in november of 2010 and are democrats in real trouble? >> honestly don't know, chris, and it's just such a relatively unimportant question to me right now when we've got people hurting as they are, businesses struggling as they are. i d

john ensign of nevada is in deeper do do than he was. he was contacted trying to get a job for the top washington aid douglas hansen whose wife he was having sex with and he was trying to get the guy off his back. jim warren, this is a problem. make it official. >> keyword there was cover up once again, d.c. cover-ups much worse than the original crime. and you look at the quotes of about an hour arrest so go, that senator coburn saying on the record, something to the effect of, you know, john did something stupid and then exacerbateded the situation by a series of mistakes. and what's most amazing is trying to park the husband of the woman you're having an affair of back in nevada and it turns out he ends up being a lobbyist. there is a comment from that fellow himself that he and ensign knew full well that they were violating lobbying ethics rules. and they simply didn't care. >> clinton was trying to get a job for monica to farm her out. >> the problem being, what ensign did was a cover rupp. if you're a sitting senator and you go to

and frankly, if nevada, and i don't know if this poll is entirely accurate, but if it is, if nevada wants a public option, as much as i detest, harry reid should vote for it. absolutely, he should represent his constituents. >> let's switch to miss sarah palin, the media and fox news darling. she's in the news. she posted her resume on the social networking site linkedn. why does she do this? she's looking for a job, right? >> i guess it would make sense then. being industrious and posting her resume. >> but she says that she's governor. she writes governor. >> but she was. >> that title lasts. >> that ship sailed. >> i don't know. was it a joke? >> no, are you kidding? i don't think she has that great a sense of humor that she would pull something like that. >> she's unconventional, she's on facebook a lot, she twitters. i think she's reaching out in every way that she knows how and people like to say she's crazy, but she generally proves out to be crazy like a fox. >> i don't think she's crazy at all. >> oh, well there are people who routinely call her crazy and a whole host of other na

they're now taking on senate majority leader harry reid in nevada. listen. >> i'm your typical swing voter, i have voted for republicans for president and i voted for president obama. i also voted for senator harry reid many times, but in 2010, i'll only be voting on one issue. i'm watching to see if harry reid is strong and effective enough as a leader to pass a public health insurance option into law. >> okay, since reid is in trouble in nevada i think 52% of nevadans are in favor of the public option. is he going to be forced to pub the public option? >> i would hope. i don't understand why some democrats like harry reid are being as obstructionist as the republicans. there's nothing wrong with infighting among parties, there shouldn't be anybody marching lock step with one another. >> the baucus bill hasn't got it in there and i'm wondering how the democrats are going to do in 2010 if they don't get it. what you think? >> hopefully they would suffer for it, as they should. the public option should be in there and there should be like grayson, is

and frankly, if nevada, and i don't know if this poll is entirely accurate, but if it is, if nevada wants a public option, as much as i detest, harry reid should vote for it. absolutely, he should represent his constituents. >> let's switch to miss sarah palin, the media and fox news darling. she's in the news. she posted her resume on the social networking site linkedn. why does she do this? she's looking far job, right? >> i guess it would make sense then. being industrious and posting her revenue. >> but she says that she's governor. >> but she was. >> that title lasts. >> i don't know. was ate joke? >> no, are you kidding? i don't think she has that great a sense of humor that she would pull something like that. >> she's unconventional, she's on facebook a lot, she twitters. i think she's reaching out in every way that she knows how and people like to say she's crazy, but she general proves out to be crazy like a fox. >> i don't think she's crazy at all. >> oh, well there are people who routinely call her crazy and a whole host of other names. >> would you call her crazy, janeane? >>

indonesian quake the next day, or even the flurry of moderate quakes here in the california sierra nevada mountains today. some scientists wonder the same thing. after the big quake that set off the deadly indian ocean tsunami in 2004, seismologists have a world away, using sensitive motion detectors, saw noticeable fluxions-- fluctuations along the san an address faults. >> it loosens up all the faults on the earth and that tend to weaken them and that will allow the earthquakes to occur. >> reporter: right now, it's just a theory. in the samoan islands, the pain is all too real. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> couric: now to the talks over iran's nuclear program. the iranians meeting in geneva today with representatives of the u.s., britain, france, russia, china, and germany. instead of a showdown, the iranians signal they're ready to work with u.n. arms inspectors. in washington, president obama said in so far, so good, but iran still has to prove its& nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. >> reporter: as officials arrived for the meeting, expectations were low. success,

. >> reporter: the video was shot at gun shows in tennessee, ohio and nevada. these are not dealers but private individual selling guns. they don't do background checks but federal law says they can't sell the guns if they have reason to believe the purchaser would fail a background check. >> this is a video released by new yorks mayor undercover agents buying guns from private sellers. >> no background check, right? >> no. >> good, because i probably couldn't pass. >> now why would you do that? have you been bad? >> have i been bad? i'd rather not go there. >> that's what's good about background checks because i probably couldn't pass one. >> we have no interest whatsoever in shutting down gun shows. we just want to make them safe. >> new yorks mayor says the practice sees more guns being used in crimes in new york. >> d.c. has exactly the same problems in new york. >> kristin rand is with the violence policy center. >> people bent on buying guns go to gun shows, buy the guns and bring them back into jurisdictions with strong gun laws like d.c. and new york. >

there's a big population in nevada going on medicaid and normally those costs would be split with the states and congress. he gets a huge bailout, michigan gets a huge bailout, there's other elements. new york chuck schumer. >> new york, chuck schumer, they've got the tax on high cost insurance policies, all sorts of politically connected democrats get a pass for their states on those, so, you're really seeing health care for thee, but not for me. >> it's good to be-- when we come back, vice-president joe biden declares mission accomplished and says that the economic stimulus plan has succeeded ask me. even if you think your mattress is just fine... ask me what it's like to get your best night's sleep every night. why not talk to someone who's sleeping on the most highly recommended bed in america... it's not a sealy... or a simmons... or a serta... ask me about my tempur-pedic. ask me how fast i fall asleep. ask me about staying asleep. these are actual tempur-pedic owners! ask someone you know---check out twitter... try your friends on facebook. you'll hear it all...un-edited. ask m

a judge in nevada and decided that a criminal trial of acorn itself will get underway. acorn and the former official are convicted -- are accused of this. bill: congress is looking into it. just the money figure here, we knew about $1 million. an internal review could be as high as $5 million? the head of the organization says that is not true. i imagine that we will hear her defense any moment. >> she claims that the figure comes from to ex board members. they could have, from the reform group after the news of this embezzlement came down. we will probably get more answers from miss lewis. , bill: we will watch the national press club in washington. thank you. jillian: in about four hours, house and senate leaders will head to the white house for a meeting on afghanistan. . no, u.s. troops are fighting in the most desolate corners of afghanistan. the troops get support and supplies from the air force 911 team. their job is to fly into an active war zone, set up a fully functional airfield from scratch. a fox news exclusive. >> good to see you. when it comes to this war

look at this big low pressure up across canada and one developing across lower sections of nevada. that really tightens up over the next couple of days, a lot of wind for las vegas, the bay area, all the way through phoenix. heavy snow a possibility as well. we also have those warnings out there for winter weather. denver, 8 to 14 inches of snow, maybe two feet across the higher elevations, winds up the mountains. that's what it looks like out there. mid-atlantic, live to the white house, a giant ribbon was raised monday in front of the white house to honor breast cancer awareness month. >> wow, that is giant. >> couple of light showers out there, visibility five miles at d.c., anticipating delays. look at the wind. >> i'm going to go out on a limb and say i've never seen the breast cancer awareness month as widely appreciated and viewed as i have this year. >> right. the nfl wearing all kinds of pink gear. absolutely. >> i think certainly it has brought a lot of awareness. >>> levi johnston may be very close to baring it all. say it ain't so! media reports say his manager is sure

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. >> this was done in ohio, tennessee, nevada. help me keblconnect the dots. why is new york's mayor getting involved and what's happening with other states? >> mayor bloomberg saying criminals are getting those guns and bringing them back to his city, new york city. at a news conference yesterday, he called for federal law to call for background checks on all gun saelsz. >> closing the gun show loophole and cracking down on sellers who violate the law has nothing whatsoever to do with the second amendment. it's about basic law enforcement, plain and simple. >> but the mayor says he's not planning to file lawsuits against any of the private dealers on the tapes. the national rifle association took issue with what was happening there saying, quote, bloomberg's priorities are clearly media first, justice later, end quote. robin? >> richard, thank you. >>> target is making a major move to get you to spend. it's slashing prices on your kids' favorite things. our money expert jennifer westhoven is here. i call this good news in a bad economy. >> i think so, and you

robert in nevada. robert. >> caller: hello, jim. boo-yah. >> go ahead robert. >> caller: my question is about british petroleum. i'm building a new portfolio. i'm torn between that and chevron. >> i own them both. chevron announced a better number yesterday. it was a great conference call. i have to tell you, i think bp is now cheaper than chevron. i own them both. i wouldn't be a buyer of bp. right here, right now, bob in -- do they know i have a terrible rash and i'm itchy? let's go to bob in wisconsin. bob in wisconsin. bob. >> caller: jim cramer, mr. jim cramer, you do an excellent job, professional with so much background and the great advice that i love listening to you, my friend. the only thing i would hope for is if i could join you some day on this show to assist you. >> wow, i don't know. i think there may be a contest where someday someone could start off the lightning round with me. how about a stock, bob. >> caller: pnx, phoenix company, a life insurance company. >> no. too risky. we have too much. i'd rather see aflac

. >>> john ensign of nevada denies breaking any ethics law after having an affair with a woman on her staff. the senator helped the husband of his former mistress get the lobbying job. >> i said in the past i recommended him for jobs just like i recommended a lot of people. we absolutely did nothing except for comply exactly with what the ethics laws and the ethics rules of the senate state. >> the senate is investigating john ensign. he insists he won't resign. >>> i'm jane velez-mitchell. here's my "issue. david letterman's avalanche of dirty laundry leaving unanswered questions. why does a man this rich and powerful go to the employee well to wet his whistle? dave has met some of the most successful women in the world. accomplished. they've all taken a seat next to dave on his tv show. why didn't he ask them out? why go after his staffers? what does that say about his psyche? the truth is i think many men are intimidated by accomplished women. even some of the most powerful men in the world can suffer from self-esteem and insecurity issues around a successful lady. guess what? they

>>> nevada couple sharing horrific details about being trapped if their bed bay car, yes a car. they were asleep when the car careen into bedroom and landed on tonight of them. the fire chief said they could have been crushed if the car had slipped during the 42 minutes it took to free them. 42 long minutes. hot engine oil and gasoline spilled all over them but they ended up with minor burns and a few cuts and bruises. they spoke about their ordeal on nbc's today show. >> i pretty much woke up with it on top of me but before that i remember the shaking of the house and the noise and then just a weight. it was just like just came right down on top of us. i actually thought it was an earthquake and the roof fell on us. i don't know how long it took but i definitely went into panic mode after that and started screaming for help. >> in between both tires and like the radiator, part of the grill was smashed into the back of the headboard. we were on the outsides of that. >> i still can't believe that we're alive. just watching all of that it's a miracle that we're alive. >> the man d

they're now taking on senate majority leader harry reid in nevada. listen. >> i'm your typical swing voter, i have voted for republicans for president and i voted for president obama. i also voted for senator harry reid many times, but in 2010, i'll only be voting on one issue. i'm watching to see if harry reid is strong and effective enough as a leader to pass a public health insurance option into law. >> okay, since reid is in trouble in nevada i think 52% of nevadans are in favor of the public option. is he going to be forced to pub the public option? >> i would hope. i don't understand why some democrats like harry reid are being as obstructionist as the republicans. there's nothing wrong with infighting among parties, there shouldn't be anybody marching lock step with one another. >> the baucus bill hasn't got it in there and i'm wondering how the democrats are going to do in 2010 if they don't get it. what you think? >> hopefully they would suffer for it, as they should. the public option should be in there and there should be like grayson, is

i mean, look at detroit, michigan, california, nevada. these states, i have not seen their original numbers, but it has been disheartening. >> those states that you just mentioned, they all have an unemployment rate 12% or 14%. this officially began in 2008, so what that means, greta, we are now 20 months into this recession, and we still do not have any jobs, so whatever washington is doing to try to combat this recession for the american worker, it is clearly not working. when are they going to wake up to the idea that maybe they should provide some tax relief, tax incentives for businesses to hire workers, and how about scheduling the idea of making them pay more at about -- pay more for health care? that is only going to make the situation worse. greta: last week, i read a story about a woman is scripted together $10 to go to a job interview, and she used the money to buy gasoline -- i read a story about a mowoman who sprinted together $10 -- scraped together $10 to go to a job interview, and she used it to buy gasoline, and the job i

i'm going to get some help from a studio audience member, his name is dwayne shields from las vegas, nevada, and i selected him moments ago. ready? >> i'm ready to go. >> what are you looking at? go get in your costume and we'll do this. all right. we're off to a flying start. hi, everyone. i'm jimmy kimmel. and here i am in my backyard and in my suit getting ready to have all my friends over for a barbecue. i've got the grill, i've got the hot dogs, and i've got the -- oh, no. i forgot to buy the beer. what am i going to do? ♪ >> perhaps i can help you, jimmy. >> jimmy: well, who are you? >> i'm the beer wizard, and i'm here to grant you one beer-related wish. >> jimmy: just one, huh? well, in that case i wish for an unfiltered light beer with a full flavor that's brewed with citrus and just a hint of coriander. >> i've got just the thing. ala-ka-bam. >> jimmy: bud light golden wheat. this is perfect. thank you, oh mighty beer wizard. >> my pleasure, jimmy. >> jimmy: he left. >> dicky: try bud light golden wheat, available now. light beer, huge flavor. >> jimmy: "jimmy kimmel live" back

. >> these stings that were done in ohio, tennessee, nevada. so why is the new york mayor getting involved in what happens in other states? >> the very same question. mayor bloomberg saying criminals are getting those guns and bringing them back to new york city. at a news conference yesterday he called for a federal law to require background checks on all gun sales. >> closing the gun show loophole and cracking down on sellers who violate the law has nothing whatsoever to do with the second amendment. it's about basic law enforcement plain and simple. >> all right. but the mayor says he's not planning to file lawsuits against any of the private dealers on the tapes we were showing, the national rifle association taking issue with that saying, quote, bloomberg's priorities are clearly media first, justice later. end quote. robin? >> all right, richard, thank you very much. >>> you know, some kids are getting a crash course in the dangers of texting and driving. >> missing three out of the four red lights was good enough for me to say don't do i

. >> senator mitch mcconnell pointedly and refusing to say anything supportive whatsoever about nevada congressman john ensign. >> it may ultimately land the senator in prison. but the dramatic new revelations in the 4,000 word expose publiced in the "new york times" today have also ensnared another republican senator whose self-proclaimed piety has also been dragged into the gutter with john ensign. he has been caught on tape lying to reporters about something he now admits, lying about the fact that he tried to be the broker to get a cheaper payoff rate for his mistrisz. he's an evangelical, he's an ordained deacon and he lived to maintain as lives quarters of conservative members of congress. by a secret religious group called the family. the family actually lives on the c street property, and it was at that church, c-street where senator tom coburn was having an extramarital affair. it was there that he made the extraordinary decision to help john ensign contain the damage from that affair with cash. senator co-burn himself gave the "new york times," while ensign was still sleeping

advisories for the northern half of nevada. that's what it looks like out there. it's going to steer shy of northern parts of nevada. let me show you vegas. a little breezy. look at the strip robin. by the way i'm running a half marathon there december 6th right on the strip. >> i hope it's not vin tanl -- >> it's early in the morning like at 6:30 start. that's the strip there. >> hi to our fellow viewers. we have a lot of viewers this time in las vegas. i think you can figure out why. >> that's where i'm staying. the mgm. i'm playing the ballroom. we'll talk about that later. more in a bit. >> playing the mgm. she is a high school graduate and she's a wiz at numbers and she does it with only half of a functioning brain. wow. meet the woman who says she's living a normal life even with her disand the. >>> a little reba. a democrat who has gotten national attention on health care tried to downplay it it seemed like. florida congressman grayson accused republicans of wanting people to die quickly. at a town hall meeting yesterday grayson tried to keep the focus on q

, husband this somebody tweet me and say you never talk about elko in nevada. nong i've ever mention it had before. northeast nevada, high mountains. >> now you mentioned it three times. >> how is that? am i up? >> that's your quota. >> got my quota for the year. >> that ain't going to happen for a long time again. >> thanks, rick. let's talk about this today. it's been a bad week for late night comedians. conan hitting and falling his head and we all know what unfolded with david letterman this week. >> no. >> you don't? now, conan o'brien in a little bit of hot water with the mayor of newark for these remarks. take a listen to his joke. >> the mayor of newark, moij wants to set up a city wide program to improve newark's health. maybe a health program would include a bus ticket out of newark. >> oh, man as a jersey girl. >> get no respect. >> you're enraged by this. >> i'm enraged because newark is a hot bed of corruption. >> pollution. >> polluted and smells. >> industrial buildings. >> that's no reason to diss it like that. conan. >> it started a heck of a w

senator made a series of telephone calls, that he spoke with a half a dozen executives in the state of nevada who received these phone calls and each of them recalled what the senator said, i have to say he's coming back to the state. he's a good guy, would you talk to him. the senator in those conversations does not appear to be explicit that he wanted them to hire doug hampton to be a lobbyist. but that was how most of them interpresented it and in the conversations that they subsequently had with doug hampton and they talked about lobbying and in the two contracts that he ultimately signed both of them were government affairs/lobbying contracts. >> let me ask you about one other contract that has always bothered me about this case. and it is the question of the $96,000 payment and the new york city times has been able to post a copy of that check online and i have never seen it before, and i always wondered who it was going to be made out to, it was made out to doug hampton and cindy hampton and two of their children. the case was made by senator ensign's lawyer, that this was not a severa

i'll tell you what is going to happen, you'll have harry reid, the democratic majority leader from nevada, you'll have max baucus, you'll have the chairman of the health committee, they'll get into a room, each will have two or three staff people, they're going to argue for several hours, they're going to make some deals, they're going to write a bill and bring it to the floor and say here's the new bill which means basically three senators and six or eight staff people are now writing the senate's legislation. sean: even though president obama promised us transparency there was an opportunity in the senate last week they put this bill online for 72 hours. did you hear max baucus' response? >> he said it would take me two weeks to get the bill online. >> right. the bill doesn't exist. sean: if it takes you two weeks to get it online -- i could upload it in 30 seconds. >> no, because the bill doesn't exist. you're missing the point. you think there's a bill. sean: all right. so there's no bill. it's not going to be scored. >> this is the case where somebody could make a pretty good movie,

>>> meantime, the search continues for a 16-year-old who disappeared while riding a roik in steed, nevada. family members say karamjt kaur went out and did not return from a bike ride and called police. officers found the bike the next afternoon a quarter mile away from the teen's home. police say they're following hundreds of other leads for that case. >>> men time, the baby you are looking at, the baby that was safely found, baby yair found safely in alabama after being kidnapped from his mother's home just this week. police have arrested tammy silas after finding the baby at her home in alabama. she is charged with federal kidnapping. the baby's mother says the woman showed up at the nashville home tuesday claiming to be an immigration agent before stabbing her eight times and then taking that newborn. but the brief reunion with the mom, police placed the baby in state custody for safety reasons with the three older siblings. >>> new detail this is morning in the case of a man accused of secretly videotaping a sports reporter. the videos were taken through a peephole of erin andrews in

he also makes remarks about the senator from nevada. >> good morning, everyone. let me make a couple of observations to where we are on health care, and i will throw it open. the committee i am told wrapped it up last night. the bill will lay out there until tuesday, and at that point, they will have a bill that will go over to a conference room in the majority leader's office for some kind of effort to merge the health committee bill and the finance committee bill. no matter what the merger does, what we know for sure about this proposal, the core of it, it will include $500 billion in medicare cuts over 10 years. hundreds of billions of dollars in tax increases on both individuals and businesses that we know for sure. that is the core of the proposal. i am completely confident that that will be a part of the final package that we end up deciding whether to go to on the floor. these are the problems that the american people are responding to in august. the poll data is pretty constant, pretty steady. people did not think this is a good idea. this will be an impo

well, last week "the new york times" reported that the nevada senator helped the husband of his former mistress get a lobbying job and that the husband has lobbied the senator, which would have violated senate rules. >> i said, in the past, i recommended him for jobs just like i've recommended a lot of people, but we absolutely did nothing except for comply, exactly, with what the ethics laws and the ethics rules of the senate state. >> well, the senate is investigating. ensign has said that he will not resign. >>> police responding to a 911 call ended up finding an elaborate marijuana operation. someone at that house called for help, saying somebody was sick. police say that when they got there, the place reeked of pot. >> for us, just walking to the house, the odor was ev overwhelming. the people liveing there claime they didn't notice it. >> police found about 20 plants in the attic worth about $15,000. there were heating lamps, timers, and special air meters. somebody knew what they were doing. >>> the u.s. military is airlifting relief supplies to the philippines after incredible