>> larry: tonight, eric massa is here. his first primetime interview since suddenly resigning from congress, admitting that he groped a staffer. he's called his leader in his own party a liar and the white house chief of staff the son of the devil's spawn. massa says he didn't jump. he was pushed out of office over his opposition to the health care bill. >> and i was set up for this from the very, very beginning. >> larry: plus, actress jessica biel and emile hirsch face the ultimate test. >> this is challenging, challenging. >> conquering the snow on thin ice and air next on "larry king live." good evening. you just heard some of what makes former congressman eric massa so controversial, and we welcome him to "larry king live." he's in new york. we're in los angeles. congressman, you've given three different reasons for your resignations. here's what white house press secretary robert gibbs had to say about that today. watch. >> on wednesday, he announced he would not seek re-election because of a health problem that he s

eric, you're stirring the pot. we're unhappy with you, leadership doesn't like you, you're taking too visible a position on this bill. remember, i voted against cap and trade. i had the same kind of thing happen there. but the bottom line is it's not about me. it really isn't. i'm collateral damage, i'm roadkill. and in 72 hours, nobody is going to remember who i am, nor are they going to care. if i can do anything as i leave it's to raise a signal to my fellow democrats all over this country that we are about to make a huge, irrevocable mistake. as soon as i said that, i go on the enemies list, it becomes innuendo. >> larry: you're not saying that any particular democratic leader, head of a committee, president, vice president, chief of staff asked you to leave? >> i tell you what. >> larry: or are you saying that? >> my good friend rahm emanuel made it clear on several occasions that i was not a team player, that i didn't have a future. i actually had a committee chairman. i don't remember which one it was becaus

. >> reporter: one year ago, eric was a healthy 8-year-old from falls church. >> eric was a real fun kid. he was very imaginative. his drawings were incredible. >> he was a friend to all. he was a good kid. >> reporter: but in march of last year, eric had a stroke. he was diagnosed with a rare, often deadly neurological disorder. he was diagnosed with ald. >> it was devastating emotionally. you are standing there and you are numb and you wonder what hit you. >> reporter: as of now there is no cure but there is treatment and one of the most respected specialists happens to be in baltimore. >> once you are diagnosed with ald, everybody hears about dr. raymond. >> he gave us a lot of hope that, you know, that made that first dark weekend a little brighter. >> reporter: eric spent the next 15 weeks in a minnesota hospital but this story doesn't have a happy ending. eric died on october 25th. >> he passed away four hours shy of his ninth birthday. >> reporter: today eric's parents are fighting to raise awareness about the disorder that killed their oldest son. >> get in the box. >> report

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. >> reporter: on his resume counsel to then deputy attorney general eric holder and he also served on president obama's transition team. >> business worldwide in some way, shape or form always touches washington. it's one heck of a sports town. so yeah, those are things that are inextricably tied to who i am. does it affect what i do? probably. but hopefully affects it for the better. >> reporter: with the possible lockout on the horizon demorris smith has made it a priority to visit each team to help them understand the process. >> this was in one of the file drawers in our office and it slowly but surely i'm going through every drawer, every cabinet. >> reporter: why? >> a great deal of our history on what we have done internally to be a stronger union is there. the one thing i'm blessed about is gene was an incredible note taker. here on the back he'd clearly written out in longhand a speech that i don't know whether he gave or was going to give, but the most interesting part at the bottom is you see it in quotes, the nfl has always been willing to take a short loss for a long term

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eric boateng tying your mark of 11 for 11. he came into this game 19 for 20 from the field against stanford. >> marques: in the shootaround this morning he came to me. i kind of teased him about welcome to the club, the 11 for 11 club. he said you put up or shots than i did. i said no, i was a garbage man just like you. i was a garbageman, too. >> steve: your spin move was pretty good. it wasn't garbage. >> marques: now stanford, the pressure is on. i love the way emmanuel igbinosa has handled it so far. they have to make these plays down the stretch if stanford is to hold on for the upset. >> steve: ripped away by rohde! >> marques: give me that! taylor rohde aggressive. two nice, aggressive plays. we talked about that. go after the ball aggressively. >> steve: stanford finding the shooter. kuksiks from about 25. foul against the freshman, lockett. >> marques: we're down here by nine. you have to continue to be the aggressor, trying to get yourself another possession if you're trent lockett. >> steve: this tells you what a gr

eric. john mccain, a key member of the armed services committee in the senate, he says it's not just the tensions between the obama administration and the government of prime minister netanyahu that he sees as a problem, but he also blames the administration for other issues in the middle east. listen to this. >> i'm concerned that we are heading toward a situation in the broader middle east where our friends don't trust us and our enemies don't fear us. because both doubt our staying power, our determination and our resolve. >> what do you make of this tension? >> you know, by and large, i think john mccain tends to be right on these issues, and there is some concern. jewish voters that the faith of the obama administration puts into the alliance with israel. there's concern that maybe we don't recognize who our real friends are and our enemies are in the middle east. it's a difficult no-win situation for any american president. but because of missteps made coming into the white house, the

eric boateng with an uncontested look. marcus jackson can't believe he went for the ball and it bounced over his head to boateng. >> steve: he's one of the most improved players in the conference. arizona state has two of them, ty abbott and eric boateng, much improved from a year ago. boateng only had 14 field goals all last year. he went 11 for 11 in stanford in a victory by arizona state last week. >> p.j.: the theme this year, so many young players pressed into contributing roles. >> steve: 32 of the 50 top starters are sophomores this year. that's an offensive foul on ty abbott. >> p.j.: on donte smith in the first half for his decision. he returns the favor right here. he rotates over and gets position. ty abbott doesn't recognize. you can bank on if you put the ball on the floor, you're not going to be able to get to the rim. >> steve: he's not had a good game since the game against ucla. smith. rebounded. mcmillan. >> p.j.: smith, nice perimeter shot. >> steve: for three. >> steve: defense by arizona state. the off

here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the back burner a little bit. it was always secondary for me, always a hobby but something that i always kept up. >> reporter: inside his home today heitmann employs both a piano and keyboard setup inner it connected with the apple program garage band. it is here where the stanford graduate composes his best work in the form of cinematic sound scapes. >> my style is more of a movie classical theme sounding stuff i guess i would characterize it. >> so dramatic it plays well essentially. it's dynamic. >> yeah. i'd like to think that. you guys can be the judge. >> reporter: while football is the profession and

. >> that was representative eric cantor of virginia. he was complaining about tim kaine, at the democratic chairman, a fund-raising pitch. there have been racial slurs directed against john lewis, a hero of civil rights. we have been here before. >> but not quite like this. last weekend, there was somebody on capitol hill to tea party who saywho had a sign that said, "if brown cannot stop it, a brown can," route referring to senator brown of massachusetts and the automatic weapon. nobody objected to that side. -- sign. that is inflammatory. and where is the denunciation? members of the house, republicans stand on the balcony, pegging on the people out there who carry signs like that. >> this reminds me of the period in the early 1990's with there was a lot of frustration in the abortion movement. and that we -- then we had at oklahoma city. >> they are out there. >> i do not want to make much of this because nothing terrible has happened. but it makes me very worried, because the level of rhetoric since august, where there have been som

>> that was eric schmidt, march 10th in abu dhabi. >> google controversy in china, immaterial. diplomatically, it is another story, if google does make a decision, i'm told the company will likely announce the news on the corporate blog and you can imagine that's getting a lot of refresh hits this morning, becky, carl, guys, we're expecting some kind of decision today, at least today, possibly this week. >> jim, thank you very much. >> i'm here, too, jim. nice to see you. >> i didn't see you there, joe. >> he was supposed to toss back to me, but he looked at the prompter and he tossed to carl. >>> you got under his skin. >> i can't win with joe. >>> the google news on any other day would be a lead for us. but the health care vote obviously the lead today, getting votes it needed to pass, not without plenty of debate and

. >> reporter: on his resume counsel to then deputy attorney general eric holder and he also served on president obama's transition team. >> business worldwide in some way, shape or form always touches washington. it's one heck of a sports town. so yeah, those are things that are inextricably tied to who i am. does it affect what i do? probably. but hopefully affects it for the better. >> reporter: with the possible lockout on the horizon demorris smith has made it a priority to visit each team to help them understand the process. >> this was in one of the file drawers in our office and it slowly but surely i'm going through every drawer, every cabinet. >> reporter: why? >> a great deal of our history on what we have done internally to be a stronger union is there. the one thing i'm blessed about is gene was an incredible note taker. here on the back he'd clearly written out in longhand a speech that i don't know whether he gave or was going to give, but the most interesting part at the bottom is you see it in quotes, the nfl has always been willing to take a short loss for a long term

with us today from atlanta, cnn contributor eric erickson. in new york, amy goodman, host and executive producer of "democracy now." the big question is, is this stimulus deja vu, stimulus passed, democrats thought it would help them, they went home and found angry americans. amy, there's some evidence of a bit of i democratic bounce with the health care passage. the challenge is to sell to a still, skeptical public. what is your sense of the mood? >> well, i think also, at the very last minute, this issue of senator coburn standing up and stopping the extension of unemployment and cobra benefits for, what, 1 million jobless americans in this type of recession, this is not going to help the republicans. people are being hit very hard all over this country. how many, 1 in 5 homeowners under water with mortgages. this is unacceptable, the condition of america. you talk about health care, it's significant. now they're going to talk about perhaps 30 million more americans getting ensured. kids with preexisting conditions being taken care of. i do

caller: good morning, rob and eric. gentlemen, you may have read a critical analysis of the world bank, going back to i believe the early 1980's. it was very thick reading. but the meandering of the world bank and international monetary fund back then i think were a bit different, with a bit different results than what they are now. i do follow this, especially for those of white house don't have a whole lot of education, i follow it, and i believe i comprehend what is going on. we uselessed to refer to it as the builder, but i'm not a con spir cyst, and i am a one-worlder, but not through the corporate and military industrial complex way. let me fill another topic out here. the 1% gain in job growth, that center rate and left side, center right and left side academics predict over the next five years, 1% per year, very slow, i think as that settles in and people really realizes that you're more or less forward people, that's going to really be hard to achieve. and i'm wrneding, one of the things i wonder is if you beli

eric bolling, great stuff. you have tosky daddal --sky can daddal. democratic strategist here with his take on this. you might have heard earlier the guests saying they are fearful that we're joined at the hip with the big government thing. that these two are more than pen pals. what do you make of this? >> the problem i have with people talking about government takeover of healthcare, the private healthcare industry is in a stronger position that many argue. this is not a single payer or a government takeover. >> neil: you don't think it will get to that point, chris? >> ideologically and politically, this country is as far away from supporting single payer as you can get. >> neil: that is not the point. if we move for employer balking at the higher rate or the 40% cadillac tax he might say i'll drop my plan and go to the government. the government wins after all. i'll pay the penalty. i still come out cheaper. >> i don't think that will happen. the reality, the reality here is we're about as far away from a single payer system as you imagine. look

the house just voted to have a congressional probe into eric massa's behavior. massa was like, "you're going to probe me?" [ laughter ] "awesome." "spring break came early." yeah. [ cheers ] spring breakers? [ cheers and applause ] the sbs. the sbs, spring breakers. [ laughter ] just trying to start something new. we're on sb, man. spring break. some news from the car industry. yesterday, toyota said, it's mystified but that incident in san diego where a prius accelerated to 94 miles an hour. great, nothing instills confidence like an official statement of, "i don't know." [ laughter ] "i don't know. magic?" this is scary. federal officials just revealed that a member of al qaeda worked at three nuclear power plants in new jersey for six years. wait, there are three nuclear power plants in new jersey? [ light laughter ] i guess that explains snookie. [ laughter and applause ] oh, now i get it. thanks for coming. [ laughter ] listen to this. a man in san francisco has created an electronic glove that lets you play rock, paper, scissors on your own. [ light laught

steckel to eric fehr. eric fehr centers it and check it out perfectly placed centering pass to tomas fleischmann. caps go up. 2 is 1st goal for flash. later in the first we're tied at one. nilas backstrom, great pass off the boards to alex ovechkin. you can imagine being the goalie on anthero niittymaki. he must had been quivering in his boats. third period still 2-1. brooks lichtwith the puck. holds onto it. shoots. stops but alexander semin is there to put in the rebound. goal number 33 on the year for semin. capitals win it, 2-1. next up the penguins on wednesday. >>> things went about as well as possibly could be expected for maryland in their first-round matchup against houston. maryland wins by 12. they had balance scoring and they got a yeoman's effort from their freshman, big man jordan williams. now the focus solely on their next opponent. it's the terps and michigan state tomorrow afternoon. the winner advances to the sweet 16 in st. louis. the terps would love to see more from the -- of the sfra

guest: the eric massa situation is a mess now. it looks like he engaged in some. -- pretty serious misconduct. steny hoyer did the right thing here. when he first learned of the allegations, he gave his staff members 48 hours to either report it to the ethics committee, or he would. this was a matter that required immediate investigation. now given the allegation that mr . massa is making over some conspiracy to kick him out over health care, it would seem logical that there would be a report so that we can make up our own mind about that. host: will that happen? guest: it would be unusual, but i think mr. massa has gone so far -- if he would have just resigned, he would have sounded him said -- saved himself and his family some embarrassment. now we are starting to hear about actual roping of male staffers. i am glad mr. weir took that stand, and i think the ethics committee has given him incredible remarks, should be public, and we should be getting the full story. citizens united. that is a troubling decision. there will be gre

more on the resignation of new york congressman eric massa. steny hoyer spoke earlier and said, some people are trying to politicize the situation surrounding the representative who resigned after accusations of sexual harassment. meanwhile, eric cantor declined to directly address the statement, saying he was taken aback by all of this, adding he believes the american people are sickened by it all. >> this weekend, "book tv"is heading west at the tucson book festival. sunday, panels on writing about history, the war in afghanistan, world war ii, and the military and leadership. the tucson festival of books. this weekend. for more information, go to booktv.org. host: at the table now is melanie sloan, executive director for citizens for responsibility and ethics. i wanted to talk about congressional ethics in the earmarks. i wanted to first get an update on something that was created a couple of years ago. it is the office of congressional ethics. how was it first formed and how has it been operating? guest: it was formed as a campaign promise

eric horng reports from minnesota. >> reporter: at this doctor's office -- >> deep breath -- >> reporter: -- there are no insurance cards, no endless forms to fill out. if you've got cash, you've got care. after decades of dealing with insurance company red tape, dr. james alcmema had enough. >> i thought this isn't why i went to medical school. >> reporter: patients pay on the spot for cash or credit. $36 for one ailment, $52 for two. the doctor will even make a house call. >> it's one-on-one what it should be without the third party. >> what physicians are saying, insurance companies, get out of my exam room. >> reporter: cutting out insurance allows him to charge less. >> i went on his website and checked out the prices. it's two-thirds less. >> reporter: bob k ompos avoide having a physical? >> how's your hearing? >> what? >> reporter: all for -- >> i think i saved $700. >> reporter: no pregnancy care or hospital work. for that, you still need insurance. >> if you have to have follow-up tests on a very frequent basis, then it would make more sense to stay with the traditional plan. >

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also wanted tonight is 17-year-old eric bruce mccree jr., want for robbery. on christmas evening of last year, him and another man beat a taxi driver and stole his money and cell phone. it happened in the 500 block of mche would restreet. he is 5-foot six, and weighs 160 pounds. >> and we also have 39-year-old sharon day, wanted for assault. police say on february 8, day hit her boyfriend in the head with a lamp and then hit him several times in the head with a frying plan. she is 5'4, and weighs 140. and goes by the name kim taylor. >> again, the number here at the warrant apprehension task force. 410-637-8970. lieutenant colonel jesse oden joins us to talk about day. lets talk about her. >> wanted for a very serious domestic assault as previously state. beat her boyfriend with two dangerous weapons. dangerous individual that we really need to go off the street. >> and there is always money on the line? >> yes. there is reward money available. and same procedures. never ask for their name, number, or anything. just if you know anything call us at the warrant

eric is just -- he plays through his personality. eric is a quiet person, smart intellectual guy on the court. seeing situations that he is a school coach. i think he grew up that way as a player. landon dedicated himself. he didn't want to hear that he was a good player. when he came in as a freshmen, i wasn't sure he could play for us he wound up scoring

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. >>> eric stonestreet is here. he's going to tell us what he has in common with his hilarious tv character. >> funniest show on television. period. if i rewound a scene with him this week, twice. he's so brilliant. put on a master class in dysfunction. >> he'll be coming along. >>> let's get to juju now. >> you'll get a lot of letters from other comedies. >> bring them on. i can defend that one. >> good morning, everyone. let's get back to some news headlines. president obama is poised to seal his victory today by signing the historic health care reform bill into law. as democrats celebrate, republicans are refusing to give up their fight. attorneys general in a dozen states are suing to block the bill, claiming it's unconstitutional to force everyone to get health insurance. and one senator and one house member have introduced bills to repeal the legislation. we'll bring you live coverage of the president's signing this morning, set to begin at 11:15 eastern. >>> senators with battle scars from the health care ove

here's comcast sportsnet's bay area's brody brazil to show us. >> reporter: this is the side of eric heitmann people know, an offensive lineman for the 49ers since 2002. and this is the side most would never expect, at 6' 3 315 pounds he's got the frame of a football behemoth with the hands of a beethoven. >> my mom made me take lessons about 10, 11 years growing up as a kid. right around when i started playing football, football became more of a focus for me and piano you put on the back burner a little bit. it was always secondary for me, always a hobby but something that i always kept up. >> reporter: inside his home today heitmann employs both a piano and keyboard setup inner it connected with the apple program garage band. it is here where the stanford graduate composes his best work in the form of cinematic sound scapes. >> my style is more of a movie classical theme sounding stuff i guess i would characterize it. >> so dramatic it plays well essentially. it's dynamic. >> yeah. i'd like to think that. you guys can be the judge. >> reporter: while football is the profession and

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welcome back, eric. nice to see you here. >> good to be here, sue. >> greece is certainly one as spent of things. but the unemployment situation here in the united states also looms large over this survey, does it not? >> it does. when you look at it effectively eight out of ten managers believe the unemployment rate will be above 8% at the end of 2011. i think managers are expecting a very slow job recovery in this overall economic recovery. >> i presume, eric, this explains in part why they are as negative as they are about anything tied to the consumer? >> well, i think there is a little bit of that. i think there's some profit taking as well there. consumer stocks have done extraordinarily well over the last year. so i think there is a concern over the consumer. i think what we're seeing right now is it's very likely business spending will lead this economy in terms of its improvement for the next few quarters. >> and why so negative on non-u.s. developed equity markets? >> i think it really it's two

every night cronkite would describe the political events of the day and eric sevreid would come on and give it real meaning. he didn't as i recall come out against the war though cronkite did but you knew from the commentaries the importance he gave to mccarthy's campaign. he conveyed the zest and excitement of it all, the history that was taking place, day after day of that great effort up in the snows of new hampshire. well, sevreid was under considerable restraint as a commentator. william paille, who owned cbs wanted there to be just one opinion that mattered at this network, the guy who owned it. that explains why sevareid had to tell both sides of the argument even if it made him in the brilliant estimate of a bartender friend of mine, eric several sides. at msnbc we have more latitude to express a view. i intend to use it at this time each night to inform, illuminate, and yes, incite reaction. i know from the years of hearing from people who watch me they do it to agree and disagree with me. and i've never seen anybody who watches the show quietly. so let me finish tonight by sa

eric? >> thank you. of the afghanistan election was august 25th. the days immediately following the election the national democratic institute called and said the data that was coming in and was looking a little funny and basically this is the most exciting slide of the presentation here. [laughter] this is exactly what was coming and despite what we might have seen on advertisements in the metro the adobe pds are not a way to increase open data for open government. [applaus is a contest example where bad technology is actually inheriting the flow of information. we were brought in to look at the data set or actually interval three datasets. we wanted to see what the independent election commission findings were in the final vote count happened so by medicine today released karzai passed the 54%. we also use the data from before the election where they had a listing of all polling centers, geographical toward omans, district level estimated voter turnout and finally, we had some easy cd of the allowed usin and that was down to the provincial data a

eric holder said osama bin laden will never face trial in the united states. the reasoning behind that, bin laden will not be captured alive. >> the rereality is we'll be reading miranda rights to the corpse of osama bin laden. he'll never appear in an american courtroom. that's a reality. >> jeanne meserve is live in washington. things got pretty testy. >> the chances of catching bin laden are infit tess mall because he'll be killed by the u.s. or killed by his own people so he can't be captured. what senior military and intelligence officials have been saying for years but the attorney general said it in this language was striking. >> what was the context of is that exchange yesterday, jeanne? >> he was engaged in a very animated debate over where to try terror detainees. as you know, there's a lot of congressional opposition to using civilian courts, but the attorney general wants the government to have the option of using either venue. pushed back very hard and told the committee detainees would not be coddled in supreme court and texas republican said tha

eric shawn, thanks so much. folks, we are getting word that a federal judge has ordered the release of a suspected al-qaeda organizer. a guy accused of recruiting one of the terrorists involved in the 9/11 attacks. this guy was aassociated with one of the pilots who flew the jets into the world trade center on 9/11. and now he's about to be set free. why? radio talk show host monica crowley is here in three minutes to peel back what went wrong on this one. and a volcano that is so large, so powerful it could change the weather across the world. just ahead, we'll show you how that one works. you do not want to miss this story. ♪ we didn't start the fire, it was always burning since the world's been turning. ♪ we didn't start the fire, but we megyn: well, an update on that so-called runaway prius in new york state. police now say driver error was the cause. a 56-year-old woman was driving this car when she said it suddenly accelerated and crashed into a stone wall. authorities confirming that the gas pedal was

analysis from our roundtable, three insiders, house republican whip congressman eric cantor of virginia, president and ceo of the national urban league marc morial and house chief deputy whip debbie wasserman. the "national journal's" ron brownstein and bbc world news america katty kay. first, senator john mccain, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thanks for having me back. >> the health care summit on tv, much anticipated. it happened many hours worth. what changed? >> i think the american people are much better informed and i think it was a good thing because i think there was an in-depth discussion with a lot of -- about a lot of issues and i'm glad that it happened. and it gave -- i think a lot of americans watched. i'm sure not all seven hours but i think it was a good forum, i think that the american people learned something and i hope that it could be the basis for us to have some serious negotiations. but we still have the fundamental problem. do we go on the partisan plan that was rammed through the senate and the house, or do we start over from the beginning? and we obvious

thanks. >> ocelot, eric. first of all, i really appreciate the opportunity to speak your and kind of picking up on the thing that laurie brought up with interaction is really an opportunity i think for industry to voice some of their views on what commercial means. and i think you really are asking exactly the right question, what is commercial? what are strengthened with us this? have you implemented? and it's an important question. let me be clear right up front. i think we can make commercial crew work. i think we can do it in such a way that we pulled a robust industrial base. i think we can do it save the taxpayers a lot of money. but it's a program that's got a lot of risk. and a lot of that risk is really an embodied in how you define commercial and what the actual details are of an acquisition strategy. .. let me start out with the upside with of this. there are several market studies out there that talk about the personal space flight industry potential markets, and i think that futurama has a study

eric benet said he checked into a sex addict program to save his marriage with halle berry. is sex addiction for real and what does treatment entail? we have an author of america anonymous, eight addict in search of a live and chronicles his own sexual addiction. there a lot of folks who don't believe sex addiction is real. it's like the bible for mental health professionals. plenty say it's for real. in your life, ma made you feel this was a huge problem and this was an addiction for you? >> that's important to realize that sex addiction is not about i think about sex too much or make silly decisions when it comes to sex. most can relate to doing that at some point in their life. sex addiction like drugs or alcoholism or gambling is when that behavior or substance takes over your life. your life is really depressing and starts to affect your job and your relationships and your friendships. for me i got to the point when it was clear to me that i lost the ability to make sound decisions sexually. i didn't have the problem with alcohol or drugs and i can have a glass of wine.

what in the world is going on with all these threats against eric cantor. someone took a shot at his office. bart stupak, who supported healthcare reform so disturbing phone calls to his office and now five democrats who voted against healthcare reform. a effort to heave them out of office. fox on top of reports the white house and unions are teaming up to target democrats who shifted their healthcare votes from yes to no. my next guest is one of them. massachusetts congressman steven lynch. good to have you. >> good to be with you. >> what do you know first off, sir, that you are or might be a target or that because you switched your vote for different reasons, we're going to get into that, they want you out? >> well, look, we've received our office and myself personally, because i answer the phone on some calls, you know, the calls have been hostile and i think it's fair to say abusive but i don't feel threatened to the degree mr. stupak or mr. cantor might feel right now. i don't feel threatened. i've been threatened on other bells but not that -- bills

after the meeting eric cantor said he shouldn't. >> the construction issue is a red herring this is not what these peace talks should be about. >> reporter: administration officials say the continued settlement expansion undermines the trust needed to get to the talks. experts say that isn't new. >> we can look back to the first bush administration and see that there was an issue between the u.s. and israel on the settlements as well. >> reporter: still, some lawmakers what is new is the threat posedded by iran developing longer range missiles believed to be trying to develop nuclear weapons spurring a bipartisan call for a change in u.s. priorities. >> congressman jesse jackson and i have put together a letter urging the administration to focus more of its energy on iran. >> reporter: the meeting between the president and prime minister netanyahu which is going on now, the second in a row in which there are no plans for even a photo opportunity. the white house insists u.s.-israeli relations aren't frayed but plans for a photo-op monday between netanyahu and secretary of state clinton

attorney general eric holder planned to try khalid sheikh mohammed in civilian court in manhattan. that's proven to be complicated and very unpopular. the white house hopes to have a decision in the next couple of weeks. >> we say education -- >> reminiscent of the '60s, california students loudly protesting tuition hikes and budget cuts yesterday. protests were planned in 33 states across the country giving you an idea of the huge scope of the student and teacher outrage. the average for in-state fees at california's four-year colleges almost $6,000, up more than 10% from last year. new fees going into effect in the fall will top $10,000, another 60% increase. for all we hear about the value of an education, are the government's actions speaking louder than words here? we want your views on whether public education is indeed a national priority or if it's fair game in tough times for these deep budget cuts. it's getting awfully expensive. call us toll-free, 1-877-tell-hln, e-mail at cnn.com/hln. next views plus your comments d name to hlntv. and of course weigh in on our facebook

the clerk: whereas on march 8, 2010, representative eric massa resigned -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman will suspend. the house will be in order. members will take their seats. members will cease all conversations or remove conversations to the cloakroom. the clerk will continue. the clerk: whereas on march 8, 2010, representative eric massa resigned from the house, whereas numerous newspapers and other media organizations reported in the days before and after mr. massa's resignation that the committee on standards of official conduct was investigating alingtses that mr. massa sexually harrised members of his congressional staff, whereas on march 3, 2010, majority leader hoyer's office issued a statement saying the week of february 8, a member of representative massa's staff brought to the attention of mr. hoyer's staff allegations of misconduct that he -- that had been made against mr. massa. mr. hoyer's staff immediately informed him of what they had been told. whereas on thursday, march 4, "roll call" newspaper reported speaker nancy pelosi said she only learned wednesday o

. >> well, eric, a pleasure having you here. eric, you have to check out "modern family" if you haven't. it is not one of the shows that people talk about. >> it is the best show on television hands down. >> except "red eye." >> i'm sorry. >> it airs wednesdays at 9 p.m. eastern on abc. we will close things out with a post game wrap up with tv's own andy levy. and to see clips of recent shows go to fox news .com slash rid eye. >>> time to go back to tv's andy levy for the post game wrap up. >> thanks. barrett, how did the charity race go? gite l.a. marathon? it went fantastically. i believe we had 23 athletes there, maybe even more. they all did the race. one guy who is a professional race car driver, micro man, who is an -- mike roman he said it was his first race and it was the most amazing experience. it was terrific. thanks for asking. >> excellent. cool. >> will, what do you think about jose reyes return together mets. >> i think he will get hit by a truck before his next start. sorry. >> and then miss dying es nod by the m

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>> reporter: eric williamson said he never intended to expose him to anybody. today, he and the lawyers went to court for a motion's hearing, hoping to get the whole case thrown out. >> reporter: eric williamson said he was inside his own home and never intended to do anything illegal. it's like a home invasion, a robbery and i guess put my hands straight up and do what was told to do and they asking me for an. d. and who i am. >> reporter: fairfax county officers went to williamson's springfield house the second time in one morns. they received two complaints from women saying someone at the house could be seen naked through doors and windows. they said they entered the home through an unlocked door after noticing one pane of glass missing from a side door. >> they asked about guns and drugs. i assumed they were not there for me. >> reporter: an officer testified that they had guns drawn, quote, just in case we encountered a hostile individual. could have been a burglar williamson's attorney dixon young, argued the police should have entered the home in the fi

. >> reporter: made by david eric's macho company called the butch bakery. the manly treats are something new in a city that has become obsessed with cupcakes in recent years. long lines form at new york bakeries like magnolia, whose cupces are so famous they've appeared in "saturday night live" skits. ♪ i told you that i'm crazy for the cupcakes ♪ >> reporter: carrie sank her teeth into one on "sex in the city." one day while walking by eric, an out of work attorney, had an idea. >> the line was very long and i method, they're doing something right and i think i want to get on that train. >> reporter: but his come with a masculine twist. ingredients like beer and bacon. and with masculine nes too. >> i like the driller which is this one right here. which is maple cake with milk chocolate, crumbled bacon and chocolate ga nosh. >> we'll put them to the test. first we have to find some real men. our first testosterone-filled testers, these road workers. which would you rather have? a girlie cupcake? or a manly cupcake? >> that's a good queion. no, i'd defi

hear eric holder's comments for yourself in one minute. back in 60 seconds. >>> top stories right now, it's st. patrick's day, when irish eyes are smiling. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> and everyone joins in to sing. a few places celebrate the day like savannah, georgia. it is the 186th year for the town's formal celebration of the irish roots. >>> the white house is also showing a bit of green today. if you look closely at the fountain, yes, a tinge of green there. and in new york, of course, they'll be celebrating a big st. patty's day parade throughout the day. >>> an about-face from u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton about israel. after the announced settlement plans as insulting to the u.s., secretary clinton back peddled yesterday saying both countries share a close, unshakeable bond. the spat began with u.s. vice president joe biden's arrival in israel coinciding with the jewish government's announced building plans in palestinian-claimed east jerusalem. >>> here's another matter raising eyebrows in washington. yesterday on capitol hill u.s.

strong words from attorney general eric holder yesterday. gop lawmakers grilled him about a possible trial and miranda rights if bin laden is captured and holder said the real sit they'll be reading miranda rights to bin laden's corpse. >>> the number of people in state prisons is down for the first time in 38 years, and that's what the pew center on the state's reports today. there were about 1.4 million state prisoners as of january 1st, that is down nearly half a percent from 2008. the project director says that state officials may be realizing they can cut the prison populations and still keep the public safe. >>> big story today is that tiger woods is coming back but is it too soon and will he answer questions about his personal life? you know people will be shouting from the galleys, don't you think so, rafer? >> it depends. with this tournament, it's going to be so expensive to get in there, but definitely at later tournaments that is definitely going to be happening. for him to be coming back to golf right now he either has to be don

. >> reporter: made by david eric's macho company called the butch bakery. the manly treats are something new in a city that has become obsessed with cupcakes in recent years. long lines form at new york bakeries like magnolia, whose cupcakes are so famous they've appeared in "saturday night live" skits. ♪ i told you that i'm crazy for the cupcakes ♪ >> reporter: carrie sank her teeth into one on "sex in the city." one day while walking by eric an out of work attorney, had an idea. >> the line was very long and i method, they're doing something right and i think i want to get on that train. >> reporter: but his come with a masculine twist. ingredients like beer and bacon. and with masculine names too. >> i like the driller which is this one right here. which is maple cake with milk chocolate, crumbled bacon and chocolate ga nosh. >> we'll put them to the test. first we have to find some real men. our first testosterone-filled testers, these road workers. which would you rather have? a girlie cupcake? or a manly cupcake? >> that's a good question. no, i'd

in the face of death threats and anger after the health care vote, republican congressman eric cantor steps up to the mikes, ignores his party's months of lies and actually blames democrats. >> by ratcheting up the rhetoric, some will only inflame these situations to dangerous levels. >> tonight we'll talk to representative harry mitchell, a democrat of arizona, a man on sarah palin's target list who is now receiving phone calls like this. >> you are always going to have to look over your [ bleep ] shoulder, because people in your district hate your [ bleep ] face. >> what reactions like that do to our democracy, with melissa harris lacewell. >>> president obama goes to iowa to explain the health reform law and tells the gop, go for it. take the side of the insurance companies. >> if they want to have that fight, we can have it. because i don't believe that the american people are going to putt the insurance industry back in the driver's seat. >> this, as the final votes are cast in the senate and the house. >>> a witness to history. 11-year-old marcelas owens by the president's side

house mine mort whip eric cantor said a bullet was shot through the window of his campaign office and he has threatening e-mails. his conference came after some democrats suggested the gop embraced the vandal. and threatening calls that followed the vote. cantor accused democrats of fanning the flames. >> security threats against members of congress is not a partisan issue and they should never be treated that way. to use such threats as political weapons is reprehensible. enough is enough, it has to stop. >> reporter: cantor says he was refering to recent statements by chairman of the democratic national committee. maryland congressman who heads-up the democratic congressional campaign committee statements linking the republicans with the hostility following the vote. he didn't back off he said cantor chose to use his press conference to level false accusations. this is straight out of the republican's political playbook of deflecting responsibility and distracting attention away from a serious issue. cantor's richmond office was hit by a bullet early tuesday morning. police say the