untimely death of 33-year-old journalist michael hastings who was killed on tuesday in a fiery crash in los angeles. now, hastings is well known for the 2010 "rolling stone" article that brought down general stanley mcchrystal, and now days after hastings' death, conspiracy theories are around the web and people are speculating whether or not his death was actually an accident, but we have found a video that seems to disprove some of the conspiracy proves. this is dash cam footage shot by freelance reporter scott lane. according to lane, that is michael hastings' mercedes-benz speeding through the red light just before he was killed in the fiery crash. this changes the idea that maybe somebody was chasing him. to learn more about the video we have scott lane via skype right this minute in los angeles. first of all, you are certain that this is michael hastings' car that we see going through the red light.

hastings: the other hastings. mr. hastings: it's the nature of who the author of the amendment is, perhaps and i think the gentleman understands. mr. chairman, this amendment prioritizes bureaucracy over responsibly increasing energy production. the amendment, as the gentleman noted, would strike a section of the bill, but that bill, that section requires environmental impact statement to be conducted prior to any leasing in any lease sale areas. now, the gentleman takes issue in the manner in which the environmental impact statement is required to be conducted. however, what he fails to mention is that the administration is required to do yet another environmental review prior to each lease sale, and additional reviews on each lease block as part of the leasing process. and then each exploration plan has additional environmental work. so in effect all of the areas in the underlying bill will be -- all the areas in the underlying bill will be studied and then restudied for the effect that any activity it will have on

hastings: mr. speaker, i move to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 1157. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: union calendar number 169, h.r. 1156, a bill to ensure public access to the summit of rattlesnake mountain in the hanford reach national monument for educational, recreational, historical, scientific, cultural, and other urposes. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from washington, mr. hastings, and the gentleman from arizona, mr. grijalva, each will control 20 minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from washington. mr. hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. hastings: thank you very much, mr. speaker. h.r. 1157 directs t

"new york times" obituary on michael hastings is problematic. they mention that he did a mcchrystal story and then threw two paragraphs on it to basically take away from the story saying, i don't know if you want to believe michael hastings, of course, he's not here to defend himself so i'll do that. one quote from "the new york times": >> in other words well, i mean, he wrote that story on general mcchrystal. by the way that story was not really denied by mcchris mc mcchrystal and he resigned and the inspect general, the military, the pentagon. then they is a said, no, what we did wasn't so bad, and i don't know if that guy who wrote the most damaging article after so long. thank you, "new york times," for being so balanced after the guy dice. do you really believe him or the government. i appreciate that. if you thought that was bad get a load of the tweets from geraldo. we have different things about things, but we agreed on many of the things that we've discussed. so i've got no beef with geraldo whatsoever except this tweet, which i think i

speaking of hastings. an e-mail that was writ where michael talked about how he was being investigated by the fbi. we'll come back and talk about that. ♪ ♪ would you go back to when you got that less than amazing policy and go with esurance instead? well, they do have tools like coverage counselor to help you choose the coverage that fits you. it's like insurance from the future. actually, more like insurance for the modern world. thank you! esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> cenk: all right michael hastings passed away recently. he was 33 years old. one of the best reporters in the country. one of the best investigative journalists. he died in a car crash. a lot of people have been asking about that crash. it was fiery the engine was thrown 100 yards, he said. what is compounding the question is an e-mail that michael sent shortly before his death. john has more on that. >> so as cenk said just a few hours before his death at 1:00 a.m. on monday, hastings sent

now we're learning more about the email that hastings apparently sent before the crash. one of his friends, a now retired army staff sergeant tells fox news hastings was investigating the cia at the time. >> one of the things he said we are going to be the biggest story yet. very panicked and didn't seem like something normally we would talk about. and i just felt that a gut feeling something didn't feel right. >> shepard: we should note the los angeles police have weighed in on all of this. trace gallagher in los angeles. what are police saying, trace? >> that there is no evidence at all of foul play, shep, that the remains had been positively identified as michael hastings and now they are just waiting for these toxicology reports to come back to see if he might have been drinking or using drugs or maybe had some type of health problems. but he was traveling near hollywood at a very high rate of speed. when they struck that palm tree that's when he got trapped inside his mercedes. his friends said that hastings drove like a grandma and would like to see a much wider in

while buzz feed has confirmed that hastings thought the f.b.i. might be looking into him other recipients of that e-mail have not confirmed its content meanwhile the f.b.i. has issued a statement denying that it as out had opened an investigation into hastings the los angeles police department has said that it found no evidence of foul play at the crash site either now hastings was best known for looking deeply into major structural powers like the military and the government and his refusal to flown over power for people perhaps his most well known story was a profile of general stanley mcchrystal who was the commander in afghanistan before hastings rolling stone article called the runaway general forced his resignation hastings came into the r t studios discussed many of his media colleagues responses to this story. the pentagon press corps. the national some national security reporters who were sort of the ones who were the most sort of vocal about it and look as a journalist i criticized all the time just as in life michael hastings death rai

according to lane, that is michael hastings' mercedes-benz speeding through the red light just before he was killed in the fiery crash. this changes the idea that maybe somebody was chasing him. to learn more about the video we have scott lane via skype right this minute in los angeles. first of all, you are certain that this is michael hastings' car that we see going through the red light. >> 99.9. and the math adds up from the time of the passing my dash cam to the accident. i leave the parking lot 2:00 after that, and 30 seconds after that is when the call hits the sc scanners and arrive at the scene a minute and a half after that. >> what made you go back to look at the footage. >> i was in the area and then i ran through the night in my head and i said, wait, i was in the intersection a couple of blocks north of the crash just before the crash and i look back at the footage and lo and behold, there it was. >> have you been in touch with investigators about the video and have they been interested in the footage? >> no, not as of yet. >> since you put it out, what has been the feed

that friend says hastings sent the i'm on june 17th and he was working on other big story and federal agents were interviewing people close to him and he needed to go off the radar. early the next morning police say his mercedes was speeding through a neighborhood in los angeles when it smashed into a tree, burst into flames. that friend spoke with megyn kelly today and says he believes the time though dig is no coincidence. >> this e-mail was not something we normally talked about some something didn't feel right. >> michael haying is best known for his article in which general stanley mcchrystal, mockedded civilian members of the obama administration. all of that led to mcchrystal's resignation. the los angeles police department in a statement reported there is no evidence of foul play in the crash. so it begins. trace gallagher live at our west coast news room. what more too we know? >> you mentioned lapd saying there's no evidence of foul play. lapd also said they have now identified the remains as belonging to michael hastings, yet the toxicology reports to find out if he was usi

the journalist michael hastings has died at the age of 33. hastings was killed in a car crash in los angeles early tuesday morning. reporting extensively from iraq and afghanistan, hastings widely read stories show the realities of war. his 2010 rolling stone article on general stanley mcchrystal, u.s. commander in afghanistan, sparked a political controversy after mcchrystal and his aides were quoted making disparaging remarks about top administration officials. the article exposed longstanding disagreements between civilian and military officials over the war's direction and led to general mcchrystal's firing. speaking to democracy now! in 2012, michael hastings of the afghan war, like the invasion of iraq, was based on a false premise. >> if wmd's were the big lie of the iraq war, the safe haven myth is the big lie of the afghan war. what i mean by that, and this was true in iraq as well, but 99% of the people, maybe even higher, the people were fighting whether it was sunni insurgents in iraq or shiite militias in iraq or afghanistan, the

currently we are talking with author max hastings. he is a former editor of the daily telegraph and he has written several books on world war ii and a new book coming out on world war i, which we will get to in just a moment. we are here in london. what would the city have them like in world war ii? >> unbelievably great. many cities were terribly depressed. it was completely black out. right after 1945, not a light shone in the city. that was terribly depressing, especially in the winter when the darkness went on for a long time and people found the longer they were here, it ate at their spirits. if you share the light in any form, you would have a warden jumping out of at you and you were sent to court and find $100, which in that case was a lot of money. for shining a light especially. a lot of accidents and so on. more people died in accident

yesterday the small field of real journalism lost a hero michael hastings tragically he died in a car accident at the young age of thirty three however hastings will leave behind a spirit that will inspire generations to come throughout his career of investigative journalism is probably best known for single handedly taking down stanley mcchrystal the commanding general of the afghanistan war and a brilliant exposé for rolling stone called the runaway general hastings depicted mcchrystal and that man leading an unwinnable war who held contempt for his commanding officers report eventually led to the general stepping down from his position michael was actually a regular guest right here on our team here he is talking about mcchrystal open admission of how the corporate media is in the pocket of the establishment. of the pentagon spokesperson which in which the was at the time of the invasion of iraq telling me we totally co-opted the media on that one so most didn't think it was a good idea and then you went through a list of all these journalists we felt were co-opted these are the m

. >>> michael hastings the reporter behind the rolling stone article that brought down stanley mcchrystal, passes away. this is "way too early." >>> good wednesday morning, everybody. june the 19th. we do have a lot of ground to cover this morning. i want to bring in joe scarborough actually to the take us through the stories that developed while we were sleep zblg the focus is going overseas, all eyes on president obama, he's nofk germany this morning where he's wrapping up his three-day trip to europe for the g-8. at 9:00 a.m., he's going to be delivering the speech at the same spot where 50 years ago this week president john f. kennedy assured all berliners that he, too, were a jelly doughnut. according to the white house, the president is going to be calling for the reduction of the u.s. nuclear stock pile so as long as russia agrees to do the same thing. we'll see what vladimir putin thinks about that. >>> also breaking up, taliban followed up on its request for peace talks by bombing an bagram air base. here was the president yesterday. >> so, this is an important first step towards

yesterday the small field of real journalism lost a hero michael hastings tragically he died in a car accident at the young age of thirty three however hastings will leave behind a spirit that will inspire generations to come throughout his career of investigative journalism is probably best known for single handedly taking down stanley mcchrystal the commanding general of the afghanistan war and a brilliant exposé for rolling stone called the runaway general hastings depicted mcchrystal and that man leading an unwinnable war who held contempt for his commanding officers the report of eventually led to the general stepping down from his position michael was actually a regular guest right here on our team here he was talking about mcchrystal open admission of how the corporate media is in the pocket of the establishment. of the pentagon spokesperson which in which the was at the time of the invasion of iraq telling me we totally co-opted the media on that one so most didn't think it was a good idea and then you went through a list of all these journalists were co-opted these are the m

yesterday the small field of real journalism lost a hero michael hastings tragically he died in a car accident at the young age of thirty three however hastings will leave behind a spirit that will inspire generations to come throughout his career of investigative journalism he's probably best known for singlehandedly taking down stanley mcchrystal the commanding general of the afghanistan war and a brilliant exposé for rolling stone called the runaway general hastings depicted mcchrystal and that man leading an unwinnable war who held contempt for his commanding officers report eventually led to the general stepping down from his position mike was actually a regular guest right here on our team here he was talking about mcchrystal open admission of how the corporate media is in the pocket of the establishment. of the pentagon spokesperson which in which the was at the time of the invasion of iraq telling me we totally co-opted the media on that one so most didn't think it was a good idea and then you went through a list of all these journalists we felt were co-opted these are the ma

yesterday the small field of real journalism lost a hero michael hastings tragically he died in a car accident at the young age of thirty three however hastings will leave behind a spirit that will inspire generations to come throughout his career of investigative journalism he's probably best known for single handedly taking down stanley mcchrystal the commanding general of the afghanistan war and a brilliant exposé for rolling stone called the runaway general hastings depicted mcchrystal and that man leading an unwinnable war who held contempt for his commanding officers report eventually led to the general stepping down from his position michael was actually a regular guest right here on our team here he was talking about mcchrystal open admission of how the corporate media is in the pocket of the establishment. of the pentagon spokesperson which in which the was at the time of the invasion of iraq telling me we totally co-opted the media on that one so most didn't think it was a good idea and then you went through a list of all these journalists were co-opted these are the main t

yesterday the small field of real journalism lost a hero michael hastings tragically he died in a car accident at the young age of thirty three however hastings will leave behind a spirit that will inspire generations to come throughout his career of investigative journalism is probably best known for single handedly taking down stanley mcchrystal the commanding general of the afghanistan war and a brilliant exposé for rolling stone called the runaway general hastings depicted mcchrystal and that man leading an unwinnable war who held contempt for his commanding officers reported eventually led to the general stepping down from his position michael was actually a regular guest right here on our team here he was talking about mcchrystal open admission of how the corporate media is in the pocket of the establishment. of the pentagon spokesperson which in which the was at the time of the invasion of iraq telling me we totally co-opted the media on that one so most didn't think it was a good idea and then you went through a list of all these journalists who you thought were co-opted thes

michael hastings is our guest. we thank you so much for being with us tonight. >> guest: thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1(877)662-7726. for a free transcript, or to give us your comments about this program, please visit us at qa.org. programs are also available on the c-span podcast. ..

we're going to talk more about hastings today. we'll share his incites and apparently some of the press had decided to take pot shots at him including geraldo rivera and i'm not going to let him get away with that. >> michael: what will be missed most cenk by michael being gone? >> how many reporters do we have that challenged the government challenged the pentagon et cetera? i think very, very few, and he -- i thought he was among the top three journalists in the country, so now he is gone and there aren't a lot of people ready to step up and pick up that baton that you were talking about, michael. it's not a little hole. it's aing giant hole in our press. we didn't have very many good fighters for the truth he was definitely among them. he was pointing out that a lot of people were heading in the other direction. >> michael: i think that's right. and cenk we will be watching on "the young turks" right after this program. thanks. we will be right back. >> michael: welcome back. before we get to brett, here is your "war room" poli

is going to set well it's been a little over one week since the tragic death of journalist michael hastings early treats from wiki leaks and videos the state of the f.b.i. was investigating him because the big story he was working on but now we're learning more information about that fiery car crash that led to his death you see hastings then a fellow staff member that buzz feed a disturbing e-mail in the afternoon before he died and it he said quote the feds are interviewing my close friends and associates perhaps authorities arrive at buzz feed headquarters may be wise to immediately request legal counsel before any conversations or interviews also amount to a big story and you get off the radar for a little bit all the best and hope to see you soon after that fatal car crash the following day another interesting development emerged statement from the only witness to the crash was captured by ana sparring of the young turks and explains how to carve a sparking and caught on fire before it crashed into a tree. that really is the. cheese but. this is the. one that's the. put it that. you sa

is going to set well it's been a little over one week since the tragic death of journalist michael hastings early treats from wiki leaks and biggie was the state of the f.b.i. was investigating him because of the big story he was working on but now we're learning more information about the fiery car crash that led to his death you see hastings then a fellow staff members and buzz feed a disturbing e-mail me afternoon before he died and it said quote the feds are interviewing my close friends and associates perhaps authorities arrive at buzz feed headquarters may be wise to immediately request legal counsel before any conversations or interviews also amount to a big story and you get off the radar for a little bit all the best and hope to see you soon after that fatal car crash the following day another interesting development emerged statement from the only witness to the crash was captured by ana sparring of the young turks and explains how to carve a sparking and caught on fire before it crashed into a tree. that really is the. bunker let's really know us the cheese but. i don't this is t

is going to set well it's been a little over one week since the tragic death of journalist michael hastings early treats from wiki leaks and vigorously stated the f.b.i. was investigating him because of the big story he was working on but now we're learning more information about the fiery car crash that led to his death the hastings sent a fellow staff member that buzz feed a disturbing e-mail me afternoon before he died and it said quote the feds are interviewing my close friends and associates perhaps authorities arrive at buzz feed headquarters may be wise to immediately request legal counsel before any conversations or interviews also amount to a big story and you get off the radar for a little bit all the best and hope to see you soon after that fatal car crash the following day another interesting development emerged statement from the only witness to the crash was captured by aspiring of the young turks and explains how to carve a sparking and caught on fire before it crashed into a tree. that really is the. cheese but. this is the. you saw the sparks prior to him hitting anything y

is going to set well it's been a little over one week since the tragic death of journalist michael hastings early tweets from wiki leaks and videos the state of the f.b.i. was investigating him because of the big story he was working on but now we're learning more information about the fiery car crash that led to his death you see hastings then a fellow staff member that buzz feed a disturbing e-mail in the afternoon before he died and it he said quote the feds are interviewing my close friends and associates perhaps authorities arrive at buzz feed headquarters may be wise to immediately request legal counsel before any conversations or interviews also i'm on to a big story and you get off the radar for a little bit all the best and hope to see you soon after that fatal car crash the following day another interesting development emerged statement from the only witness to the crash was captured by ana sparring of the young turks and explains how to carve a sparking and caught on fire before it crashed into a tree. that really is that. the cheese but. this is the. one that's the. you saw the

hastings: mr. speaker, my colleague began by saying that's as close to regular order as we can get. i will tell him close but no cigar. mr. speaker, i'm very pleased to yield to my very good friend from new york, 2 1/2 minutes, the gentlewoman, mrs. lowey, who has been on the appropriations committee at times when we didn't deem things and that we did in fact pass appropriations measures. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york is recognized for 2 1/2 minutes. mrs. lowey: mr. speaker, i rise in strong opposition to this rule. which would deem the discretionary spending levels in the ryan budget as law. the ryan budget endorses sequestration, is unrealistic, unworkable, economically misguided. the senate and the white house are using a different set of numbers. by adopting the rule and the ryan budget and breaking caps in the budget control act which passed this body, we guarantee gridlock. the house majority will pass a small number of bills at roughly the president's requested levels

look michael hastings was a great, great reporter. in order to be a great reporter, you investigate facts. you let the facts do the talking. everybody bring it down, remember his legacy is reporting on facts. all right. we'll be right back. >> i put forth this constitutional amendment that basically says what we all know, and that is corporations are not people. cenk: that's john tessler talking earlier at a press conference about a constitutional amendment to say that corporations aren't people. isn't that amazing that we need an amendment to say the most obvious thing in the world that corporations are not human beings? how in sane has our country and testimony become that right now currently we say that these legal fictional entities are human beings and must be treated like that with all the rights and constitutional protections of human beings? insanity. tom udall has his own amendment on it. let's watch from him. >> it limits campaign finance expenditures, grants congress and the states the express authority to regulate and limi

killed hastings let's take a deep breath and wait until we get more information about what hastings said and what he knew from my end i'll keep my eyes open for more on that developing story but until then let's get to work and let's break this. let's look at one of the other she's going to be like. oh. this past weekend iranians went to the polls and voted in a historic election one that brought an unexpected victory to hassan rowhani the world watched as iran marked an official end of the arab and began a new one by electing a reformer into power as a moderate hassan rouhani was not initially considered one of the top contenders and wasn't backed by the leader of the islamic revolution supreme ayatollah khomeini nor the powerful iranian government elite but still he won decisively and enjoyed a post-election calm that drastically contrast to what was seen just four years prior does a nine awkward energise when it was heavily disputed at that time thousands of people took to the streets and what was called the green movement marking the largest uprising since the one nine hundred sevent

. >> michael hastings a journalists who reporting caused the downfall of one of the top. stanley mcchris tall was the top u.s. commander in afghanistan when he agreed to talk to the rolling stone reporter. it revealed his criticisms of the obama administration. mcchris tall was fired. michael hastings was 33 years old. >>> turning now to western wildfires and a fast-growing one in arizona the massive fire in the press scott national forest grew to 5,000 acres within hours. hundreds of homes have been evacuated. there's no word on what sparked that blaze. >>> in california, state of emergen emergency, as crews battled a wildfire near yosemite national park. it's now 40% contained. >>> now for your "first look" at this morning's dish of scrambled politics. >>> conservative activists are planning what they can r call the largest tea party rally. against the irs giving extra tax scrutiny to conservative groups. >>> speaker bayner doesn't expect it to be the floor of the house. >> i believe it's weak on border security, i think the internal enforcement mechanisms are weak and

killed hastings let's take a deep breath. and wait until we get more information about what hastings said and what he knew from my end i'll keep my eyes open for more on that developing story but until then let's get to work and let's break the set. up one of the other she's going to be like. this past weekend iranians went to the polls and voted in a historic election one that brought an unexpected victory to hassan rowhani the world watched as iran marked an official end of the era of occidental shotted and began a new one by electing a reformer into power as a moderate hassan rouhani was not initially considered one of the top contenders it wasn't backed by the leader of the islamic revolution supreme ayatollah khomeini nor the powerful iranian government elite but still he won decisively and enjoyed a post-election calm that drastically contrast to what was seen just four years prior and as a nine awkward energise when it was heavily disputed at that time thousands of people took to the streets and what was called the gre

killed hastings let's take a deep breath. and wait until we get more information about what hastings said and what he knew from my end i'll keep my eyes open for more on that developing story but until then let's get to work and let's break the set. let's go to one of the other she's going to be like. oh. this past weekend iranians went to the polls and voted in a historic election one that brought an unexpected victory to hassan rowhani the world watched as iran marked an official end of the arab and began a new one by electing a reformer into power as a moderate hassan rouhani was not initially considered one of the top contenders it wasn't backed by the leader of the islamic revolution supreme ayatollah khomeini nor the powerful iranian government elite but still he won decisively and enjoyed a post-election calm that drastically contrast to what was seen just four years prior and nine awkward underdogs when it was heavily disputed at that time thousands of people took to the streets and what was called the green movement

michael hastings was actually unafraid. to the point where he radiated a sort of energy that made you realize he was unafraid and it made you treat him different than other people in the business. i remember talking with michael the night that his "rolling stones" story on general mcchrystal popped here. he was in afghanistan at the time. he was about to head out on an embed. i was trying to talk to him about what he had just done and trying to talk to him into the idea that he might want to make his way out of the war zone he was in before the moment at which his reporting would cause the firing of the very popular man who was running that war that he was in the middle of. but michael was in kandahar that night and michael stayed. he went out on the embed. he was unafraid. that merciless reporting he did on general mcchrystal and his staff became the book "the operators." michael's merciless reporting on the presidential campaign became the book "panic 2012: the sublime and terrifying inside story of obama's final campaign

numerous times the discuss the war reporting hastings is probably best known for his two thousand and ten rolling stone article on general stanley mcchrystal in the article mcchrystal and his top aides were critical of president obama and his handling of the afghanistan war after that was published mcchrystal step down journalist michael hastings was thirty three years old. we'll look at. sunny's technology innovation called the least of elements from around russia we've gone to the future covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so for lengthly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture.

killed hastings let's take a deep breath. and wait until we get more information about what hastings said and what he knew from my end i'll keep my eyes open for more on that developing story but until then let's get to work and let's break the set. let's go to one of the other she's going to be like. oh. this past weekend iranians went to the polls and voted in a historic election one that brought an unexpected victory to hassan rowhani the world watched as iran marked an official end of the era of occidental shot and began a new one by electing a reformer into power as a moderate hassan rouhani was not initially considered one of the top contenders it wasn't backed by the leader of the islamic revolution supreme ayatollah khomeini nor the powerful iranian government elite but still he won decisively and enjoyed a post-election calm that drastically contrast to what was seen just four years prior and nine awkward energise when it was heavily disputed at that time thousands of people took to the streets in what was called the

. >> max hastings, how do you feel about the war overall? >> it is the one thing that we feel that we did well overall. it was right to be proud. we have to realize that we need to live in the 21st century and we cannot go on living backwards. some of the mistakes that some british statement make is a lot of nonsense about the special relationship. we do have a huge amount shared values with united states and a sort of shared language and so on. even in the second world war, they constructed this great legend. we had the bases of the nations, we each had our own perceptions of interest. especially because we hated the british empire. nowadays you do still need some politicians in the united states. because americans are so polite, including of the white house. they get the wrong idea. the idea that we can expect the united states to do us any favors because we are on the same side of the war, i am often name, forget it, it is not like that. everyone will be incredibly polite to in washington, but do not be fooled. >> what you call your book

hastings: i thank the gentleman. and the point is that this legislation says that one ought to drill where the resources are. and the gentleman's amendment i think goes a long way in that direction, and i commend him for that and i support it and i yield back to the gentleman. mr. rigell: i thank the gentleman and thank you for your leadership on this bill. i'd like to yield to my friend and colleague from virginia, mr. wittman. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for one minute. mr. wittman: i rise in support of the gentleman from virginia's amendment that sets the deadline for the bureau of ocean energy management to complete an environmental review to allow offshore atlantic seismic studies to go forward. i've joined 42 bipartisan house colleagues urging president obama to move quickly to complete the environmental analysis. i ask unanimous consent to submit a copy of this letter and the response from the department of interior for the record. the chair: that request will be covered under general

this was not done in haste. it was done after a year and a half after investigation. >> all right. former assistant director of the fbi. thank you very much for talking to us today. good luck to you in retirement. >> my pleasure, thank you. >>> next in the money lead, the head of the fed says the economy is improving but free money is still flowing. so where do we stand now? plus, amnesty, the word that might kill the immigration reform bill. many conservatives coming to washington are fed up. i will ask democratic congressman castro whether he thinks the immigration reform bill has a chance in the house. [ indistinct conversations ] [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. food particles infiltrate and bacteria proliferate. ♪ protect your mouth, with fixodent. the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪

michael hastings was 33. that's it for the lead today. i'm jake tapper. now to jim accosta filling in for wolf blitzer in "the situation room with wolf blitze blitzer". >> thanks, jake. president obama makes history in what used to be communist east berlin. can he ease growing concerns about american surveillance? the midair explosion that sent twa flight 800 into the atlantic was no accident. there could have been an fbi drone. >>> and would you like genetically modified ingredients with that burrito? what's happening at a major fast food chain that's coming clean. you're in "the situation room with wolf blitzer." i'm jim accosta.

michael hastings was but 33 years old. italy's highest court says amanda knox should be retried for murder. of course, amanda knox is the american student who was acquitted two years ago of the murder of her roommate back in 2007. the high court overturned that ruling in march. today those judges suggested that the court that acquitted knox neglected evidence. evidence that indicated knox's roommate may have died during a forced sex game that went wrong. a man now faces child enendangerment charges after he locked four young boys in a closet. the thing is he says he just caught them trashing his father-in-law's home, ripping it apart with hammers, smashing windows and fixtures. cops have charged the boys but the kids' parents say that man handled them too roughly. he says that's not what happened. >> these marks that these children had, mr. smith were actually created from shards of glass, ceramic fixtures. i assured them they were not dangerous and that the police will attend to them when they arrive. >> he is due back in

cenk: it's hard to get our minds off of michael hastings here, but to talk about his impact on this as the rest of the press dutifully said, we're making progress in afghanistan. the generals say that we're turning a corner. they said it over and over in iraq, they said it over and over in afghanistan, 12 long years we never turned that goddamn corner right? michael called them out on it. he said it's just not true, and he would have great reporting from on the ground, so ironic, because he endangered his life all the time in these war zones and died here in a car accident. that's why there's so much value in real journalism, said the generals are lying to you. it turns out they were lying. we have not made progress. there is a new headquarters, saying they are not going to work with al-qaeda anymore. i got bad news for the american people. we wasted 12 years there. we're broken up, because we knew michael here, but how many people died in afghanistan right? >> the one person who talked common sense with afghanistan years ago was joe biden when they told him that they were spending $60

. >> michael hastings, a journalist whose reporting caused the down fall of the top american general was killed tuesday morning in a car crash in los angeles. general stanley mccrystal was the top u.s. commander in afghanistan back in 2010 when he agreed to talk with the "rolling stones" contributor. those talks produced the article "the run away general" and it revealed the criticisms of the obama administration. mccrystal was fired. hastings won an award for that story. >>> turning to the growing wild fires, and a fast growing one in the press cost national forest grew to 5,000 acres within hours, fuel by heat and high winds. hundreds of homes have been evacuated. there's no word on what sparked that blaze. >>> in california, state of emergency in maraposa county crews battled a wildfire near yosemite park. that is now 40% contained. >>> denver experienced a pretty unbelievable sight, a toronto. the funnel cloud was right over the denver international airport yesterday. thousands of people sought refuge in the bathrooms and facilities until the threat was over. flights were diverte

hastings: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members may have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill h.r. 2231. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. pursuant to house resolution 274 and rule 18, the chair declares the house in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2231. will the gentleman from kansas, mr. yoder, kindly take the chair. the chair: the house is in the committee of the whole house on the state of the union for the further consideration of h.r. 2231, which the clerk will report by tight. the clerk: a bill to amend the outer continental shelf lands act to encrease energy exploration and production on the outer continental shelf, provide for equitable revenue sharing for all coastal states, implement the reorganization of the functions of the former minerals management service, and two distinct and separate agencies, and for other purposes. the chair:

three hastings was 33 years old. >>mark: manned warehouse has dismissed its founder and executive chairman. the company did not give a reason for the abrupt firing of george zimmer. you remember him from the commercials. zimmer who built from one small retail store to a metal warehouse- jet nneka warehouse. >>darya: if the american medical association now considers obesity a disease. obesity will be recognized as a medical condition that requires treatment and prevention. an official with the ama will help says this will help change the way the medical community and tackles this complex issue. obesity affects one in three adults and 17 percent of children in the united states. >>mark: there's a new push to stop the use of food stamps from buying soda. we will have the toaster ahead as the kron4 morning news continues. a live look across the san mateo bridge. traffic moving smoothly. los gatos 55 degrees. it should be very nice afternoon with high in the upper seventies. except what it's done to my hair, so i'm doing

the fbi says at no time was hastings ever under investigation. los angeles police won't discuss their investigation. hasting's last article for the buzz feed was titled why democrats love to spy on americans. only to provide more fodder for those who believe something more sinister than excess speed was at fault for his death. >> even if it was just an accident, casey, a very trannic story to see a journalist so young lose his life. >>> at the top of the hour, more on what's spooking investors and the fallout for your retirement account and a long haul flight without something essential in the restrooms. how did the passengers manage? hey. they're coming. yeah. british. later. sorry. ok...four words... scarecrow in the wind... a baboon... monkey? hot stew saturday!? ronny: hey jimmy, how happy are folks who save hundreds of dollars switching to geico? jimmy: happier than paul revere with a cell phone. ronny: why not? anncr: get happy. get geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. bob will retire when he's 153, which would be

thank you very much. >>> my condolences go to michael hastings family. he was a regular on this show and missed by us and cnn and many of these organizations. he was a terrific provocative journalist that will be really, really missed. >>> when we come back, the true life hollywood story it had to become a movie. the star struck teens that broke into homes of celebrities, paris hilton, she's in the chair. that's next. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] if you can't stand the heat, get off the test track. get the mercedes-benz you've been burning for at the summer event, going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. hurry, before this opportunity cools off. going on now at your authorized mercedes-benz dealer. we replaced people with a machine.r, what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. your next trip is calling you. saying, "dan, schedule a 5 o'clock meeting at a hilton garden inn." or "dan"... hey, dad.

killed hastings let's take a deep breath and wait until we get more information about what he said and what he knew from my end i'll keep my eyes open for more on that developing story but until then let's get to work and let's break the set. let's look at one of the other she's going to be like. oh. this past weekend iranians went to the polls and voted in a historic election one that brought an unexpected victory to hassan rowhani the world watched as iran marked an official end of the arab and began a new one by electing a reformer into power as a moderate hassan rouhani was not initially considered one of the top contenders and wasn't backed by the leader of the islamic revolution supreme ayatollah khomeini nor the powerful iranian government elite but still he won decisively and enjoyed a post-election calm that drastically contrast to what was seen just four years prior as a nine awkward energise when it was heavily disputed at that time thousands of people took to the streets in what was called the green movement marking the largest uprising since the one nine hundred seventy ni

michael hastings was that kind of person. the 33-year-old reporter and author died early tuesday morning in a car wreck. a brutal tragic loss that has robbed the world of an exemplary journalist and talented writer. he wrote detailed diligent riveting pieces that made things uncomfortable for politics and people of all kind of his blockbuster rolling stone article about stanley mcchrystal painted a picture of a general who rolled his people under him. there was a backlash. >> it was an interview herald around the world. mcchrystal and his aides dispairaged president obama and called the national security officer a clown. >> michael hastings, if you believe him, says there were no ground rules laid out. to me, something doesn't add up here, i don't believe it. >> was michael hastings fair to the military men that trusted him. >> you have to wonder what rolling stone did to win over the general's confidence. this reporter is not someone with a track record. >> you have someone who's making friends with you, pretending to be sym

thank you very much. >>> my condolences go to michael hastings family. he was a regular on this show and missed by us and cnn and many of these organizations. he was a terrific provocative journalist that will be really, really missed. >>> when we come back, the true life hollywood story it had to become a movie. the star struck teens that broke into homes of celebrities, paris hilton, she's in the chair. that's next. upside down. >> hi. >> hi. you know, i can save you 15% today if you open up a charge card account with us. >> you just read my mind. >> announcer: just one little piece of information and they can open bogus accounts, stealing your credit, your money and ruining your reputation. that's why you need lifelock to relentlessly protect what matters most... [beeping...] helping stop crooks before your identity is attacked. and now you can have the most comprehensive identity theft protection available today... lifelock ultimate. so for protection you just can't get anywhere else, get lifelock ultimate. >> i didn't know how serious identity theft