i'm thomas roberts in for tamron hall today. the "newsnation" is falling the unclear path forward now that the 16-day shutdown is finally over. president obama is trying to shift the focus back to his domestic agenda when he spoke at the white house just a few hours ago. >> let's be clear. there are no winners here. these last few weeks have inflicted completely unnecessary damage on our economy. probably nothing has done more damage to america's credibility in the world, our standing with other countries than the spectacle that we've seen these past several weeks. the good news is we'll bounce back from this, but all my friends in congress, understand that how business is done in this town has to change. if we disagree on something, we can move on and focus on the things with agree on. i'd be specific about three places where i believe we can make progress right now. passing a budget, immigration reform, farm bill. those are three specific things that would make a huge difference in our economy right now. the american people's

thomas, nice job, buddy. thanks for coming on with us. really good. i want to thank to my guests -- michael douglas, larry the cable guy and thomas rhett.

no sense that it's actually changing. >> thomas? >> explain for everybody playing along and the minutia that goes along with all of this. they have agreed on a budget level at sequestration levels that can kick in and get everything going and it's just the obama care issue being implemented into this bill, correct? >> yes, and one of the things they would say is that the health care law is not being applied evenly because the administration prior to this standoff had given some waivers and some extensions for parts of the law to be implemented and that became kind of a new rallying cry for house republicans to say they should have the same opportunity to extend the law, delay it for regular americans and not just businesses. so that's part of what has fuelled this debate. thomas. >> it goes on. kelly o'donnell and peter alexander. my thanks to both of you. i want to bring in opinion writer and msnbc reporter jonathan. >> i do want to play this because we have new sound from senator harry reid from the senate floor this morning, and

away from thomas in the camper they're living in for now yvonne told me she thinks part of this is thomas reclaiming his childhood. >> i think that's a lot of it. >> reporter: there's some kind of healing going on there. >> and i hope this does it. >> as a teenager at the age of 18 i made some bad choices. >> reporter: the worst choice by far was agreeing to go with his dad on a burglary attempt. things went bad. his dad shot and killed a cop and then got shot and killed himself. thomas got a face full of shotgun pellets. he lost his vision, his father, and his freedom all in one fell swoop. and it was after serving his six years in prison that thomas decided he would one day build his childhood home. for his part, thomas doesn't care about the reasons behind the project, all he cares about it getting it done before winter. and if he can inspire others along the way, all the better. >> i truly hope that there are people who think that they can't will find something within themselves and say that i can. >> reporter: steve hartman, "on the road" in tyler, texas. >> pelley: and that's the "c

i am thomas drayton in network. here with the top stories we are following. >> making sure the united states government pays its bills. >> that's not negotiable. >> president obama says a deal needs to be reached right now. >>> toranados ripped through the midwest damaging homes and other structures. >>> rallying for reform in more than 150 cities to chanall for change in policy. >>> it's good to have you with us. lawmakers keep saying they are willing to talk. both democrats and republicans are speaking to the public, but apparently not to each other. in an interview with the associated press, the president said it's the republicans who are being too insistent on getting what they want. >>> we can vote to open the government today. we know that there are enough members of the house of representatives, democrats and republicans, who are prepared to vote to reopen the government today. >>> the president was supposed to be at a summit in asia today. the white house says the shutdown forced the trip's cancellation. sec

i'm thomas roberts in for tamron hall. first, the "news nation" following president o bam am ma's challenge to john boehner. boehner claiming they don't have enough votes to pass a clean spending bill to end the government shutdown. >> the truth of the matter is there are enough republican and democratic votes in the house of representatives right now to end the shutdown immediately, with no partisan strings attached. the house should hold that vote today. if republicans and speaker boehner is saying there are not enough votes, they should prove it and let the bill go to the floor and see what happens. hold a vote, call a vote right now and let's see what happens. >> our nbc news count showing as many as 22 republicans would join democrats to provide more than the 217 votes needed to pass a clean spending bill. meantime, speaker boehner is the target of a new act by a democratic super pac. >> speaker john boehner didn't get his way on shutting down health care reform, so he shut down the government. >> we have one bright s

i'm thomas drayton. here are the stories we're following at this hour. >> this administration has been almost absent when it comes to discussing and working out our differences. >> i say to my republican friends in the house, to the tea party. >> the back and forth goes been at the capitol but the shutdown conditions. >>> tornadoes damaging homes and structures. >>> and rallying for reform. rallies in 150 cities today calling for a change in policy. >> happy to have you with us. the government shutdown goes on. lawmakers appear to be making little if any progress. the standoff is now in its fifth day. in an interview the president said the republicans are too insistent on getting what they want. >> we can vote to open the government today. we know there are enough members of the house of the representatives, democrats and republicans, who are prepared to vote. >> the president was supposed to be in the summit in asia but the shutdown forced him to cancel the trip. randall pinkston on what is happening, o

for his part, thomas doesn't care about the reasons behind the project. all he cares about is getting it done before winter. if he can inspire others along the way, all the better. >> i truly hope there are people who think that they can't, and then say they k k. c. >> coming up. >> listen to the dribbling, since i was a farmer. >> charles: ian mckellen and patrick stewart. and i sponsored this ad. candidate for attorney general, if you think ken cuccinelli would take virginia in the wrong direction, wait til you meet his attorney general candidate senator obenshain. like cuccinelli, obenshain believes politicians should dictate our most personal decisions they cosponsored a bill together to ban the birth control pill; and outlaw abortion, even in cases of rape and incest. cuccinelli and obenshain: together - a dangerously wrong turn for virginia can >> the war is coming, and i intend to fight it. i will always be there old friend. >> announcer: it's "sunday morning" on cbs, and here again is charles osgood. >> charles: sir ian mckellen and patrick stewar

>> no comment again, thomas. we have a great show, the latest cliff hanging ended but ties that divide are never truly broken on capitol hill. we'll discuss lessons learned and governing by crisis with gene robinson, josh green and others. plus we'll examine roadblocks for comprehensive immigration reform. maria teresa kumar. and we'll discuss with nbc's richard engel and "new york times" mark masseti u.n. report on drones and america's security state all that when "now" starts right after this. avo: the volkswagen "sign then drive" sales event is back. which means it's never been easier to get a new passat, awarded j.d. power's most appealing midsize car, two years in a row. and right now you can drive one home for practically just your signature. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on any new 2014 volkswagen. hurry, this offer ends october 31st. for details, visit vwdealer.com today. have hail damage to both their cars. ted ted is trying to get a hold of his insuranc

let's take a look at ashley and thomas' experience. >> my name is thomas and i'm here in walt disney world and i cannot wait to be a part of the disney dreamers academy >> hi, i'm ashley. i'm so excited to be here. i can't wait to see what this weekend brings. i'm most looking forward to working with professionals in the fields that i want to pursue in life. >> you're going to be writing, you're going to be interviewing, you're going to be reporting. >> my assignment for my journalism is to cover photos for the event. photography is one of my deepest passions so they'll be able to have a job in it. it's pretty awesome. >> i'm so excited to be here at dit -- disney world. hopefully i can get information how to be an engineer. >> this is concrete and underneath, there's a series of catwalks. >> not only are we learning from a different perspective but we'll learn. we're about to embark on a crazy adventure. i feel like a little girl. we just found out we're going to be on the steve harvey show. >> i'm very nervous but i'm really excited. >> we're broadcasting live from the disney dream

>> that's one thing democrats have made clear thomas. they are not interested in these band-aid short term solutions. they want something more long term so we don't have to keep going through this, especially going into the holidays. but as we look ahead to this week the one thing to look forward to and i think the two of us can agree on this, is what will speaker boehner do? at the end of the day it comes back to the speaker. will he permit an up or down vote on this? i think the answer is no, but things can change. what can he do to cater to his tea party members. >> is he looking to save his jobs? there's been a lot of questions. >> i think he's demonstrated by holding firm, i think a lot of members of the tea party caucus and other right leaning caucus or republican caucus have been pleasantly surprised that he's held out as long as he did. he has earned his stripes. once we do put this behind us, the republicans really will have drawn a line in the sand about their seriousness or the seriousness of which they want to confront debts

i want to start with thomas drake. you your self having worked for the national security agency metellus about this trip -- agency, tell us about this trip you took to russia to give edward snowden an award. >> the award is given to the recipient and we make every effort to actually deliver it and present it in person. given he was in russia, we made arrangements to go to russia and present him with the sam adams integrity and intelligence award. >> who was sam adams? >> i will let ray mcgovern share the history of that because he really has the background as well as the personal knowledge of what sam adams did during the vietnam war era. >> rate, you're sitting next to thomas drake and the d.c. studios. tell us about this award. >> sam adams was a colleague of mine. he entered the agency under president kennedy on the same day i did. he was given a count to count up how many communist forces were under arms in south vietnam, and discovered in 1967 that there were twice as many as are generals in saigon would admit to.

thomas. >> we'll have to go on optimism right now. i think we're running on optimistic fumes at this point. >> i am for sure. >> ladies, we'll let you get back to work. thanks so much. keep us posted for any new nuggets that you get. joining me right now is republican north carolina congressman robert pittenger. you initially tried to tell your skpit yan constituents that it was a bad idea but you voted for it anyway so now you are going down by not standing up. do you regret that decision? >> well, sir, i said in the summertime at six town hall meetings that i felt like it was a noble effort but an ill-fated strategy. i feel like that president obama would stick by his signature legislation, which he's done. sometimes you need to be careful what you wish for. the impact of obama care has been clear. premiums are going up. you know, the jobs are down. cbo says it's unsustainable in spending. i really felt like it was the wrong strategy. but when we address the need for taking care of our military, i just couldn't imagine not sending a

>> hi thomas. this protest is part of world food day and not only hundreds of protests going on in the u.s. but worldwide as well. now the protesters in los angeles had a protest in may, they had several thousand show up. but today's protest was only a couple of hundred people, but the protest looms large. here in mcarthur park where i'm standing among this group not only are there activists but concerned citizens who say they want to educate the public about what they say are the dangers of gmo's. >> not only is it affecting obesity but our mental state as far as our emotions. >> what do you want the citizens of this country to know? a lot of people don't know what they are. >> no a lot of them don't and that's exactly what we're doing today is spreading awareness so people can look at the ingredients. >> i want him raised not eating what the stuff when i was a little kid i didn't have to worry about. i don't want him to have the illness that this food is causing. >> and in addition to educating t

have a great show. >> thanks, thomas. president obama gets set to speak at the welcoming ceremony for one of the newest members of his national security team nbc director. the white house faces more fallout from the snowden files. we'll discuss the latest nsa spying revelations with "new york times" peter baker ezra klein, and others. a riveting look at the white house, dick cheney's outsized but not supersized role in the administration. that's with peter baker. will healthcare.gov glitches sicken national health care? all that when "now" starts in a mere 180 seconds. but chantix helped me do it. i told my doctor i think i'm... i'm ready. [ male announcer ] along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. it reduces the urge to smoke. i knew that i could smoke for the first 7 days. i knew that i wasn't putting nicotine back into my body to try to quit. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or act

and the plan was pushed very hard by thomas jefferson's grandson. thomas jefferson randolph. and it's a plan that went back to his father, that you try to advance in the state legislature in the previous decade, and it goes back to thomas jefferson's own plan. so this plan had been out there for a while, then an associate with the jefferson family. it's a plan that was completely unfeasible, but it is the only thing that virginians could possibly consider as a mode of emancipation. and it turns out that by a vote more than a single vote, i commemorate a clue what it is, they decide to cut off for the debate and just will not consider the question. and that is the last time, as far as i know, that the virginia legislature considers any proposal for any form of emancipation, even very gradual and under thomas jefferson randolph's plan, it would've taken several generations to free virginia of its slaves, and it would have come if you didn't follow through which it could not have been followed through because no one was about to levy the tax is and, in fact, enslaved people over

intended for demaryius thomas. covered by cassius vaughn. second and ten. >> cris: well, peyton manning hasn't been hit very much at all this season. about 20% of the time is about the only time he gets contacted. but i tell you this, the colts have done better than that. here is robert mathis again. no help whatsoever for chris clark outside of him. >> al: lefty on second down and ten. play clock is four.this gets to too late and thomas makes the catch and takes the ball to the 15 yard line where davis makes the tackle. >> cris: i don't think anybody is better than peyton manning at this. he knows as well as anybody that mathis is going to beat chris clark. so he threw that ball at about a second and a half which is all the time he had. >> al: third down, two. knowshon moreno gets tackled. they have the ball at the 14. you still have a ton of time left but do you want to make it 36-26 or do you go for it? >> cris: you can't assume you're going to shutout the colts' offense, especially the way luck has been playing. i agree with this decisio

. >> we started to think that adrian thomas had done something to this child. it was definitely our main focus. >> i don't think you would do it on purpose. i don't think you would. i don't think anybody would hurt a baby on purpose. >> no. >> who would hurt a baby on purpose? >> that's what i'm saying. >> this is an accident. >> when we're speaking to you, we're, of course, lying. we're going to say anything to get you to tell us the truth. that being we give you the outs. here's your out. could it have happened you dropped the baby and the head hit the back of the crib? we were saying anybody could have done that. adrian said that kind of looks intentional. we were trying to explain to him, no, that wouldn't be intentional. that's what a father of six people could have done because he's exhausted. >> i've never dropped no baby. i would know if i dropped a baby. i would know if i dropped a baby. >> what about walk with a baby like this? >> never walked a baby in my arm like a football. >> who could have done this? i'm going to write down who could have done th

if justice thomas was here he would say the opposite. african-americans have been stigmatized by affirmative action and your argument is it opened up the door to this goodness and enrichment we are being exposed to. >> absolutely. where would clarence thomas b without affirmative action? he would never have gotten into yale. i would not have gotten into yale. the class of 1966 that yale had six like men. then 1996. was there a genetic blip in rac e? to have a quo on roman catholics as well as by people and i am sure they had one on jewish people as well. those of us who benefited from at theone that stands gates and let more people in, the gates can keep other people out and unfortunately justice thomas i believe falls into that latter category. the value iswhat of our being exposed to all of these various films and documentaries, specifically on "the african americans: many rivers to cross." >> every time there is a racist incident, politicians call for a on race. they mean a feel-good session or a town meeting, you accuse and apologize

thomas. >> nbc's kerry sanders reporting. kerry, thank you, sir. >>> a pennsylvania appeals court has dough nied jdenied jerry sandusky's request for a new trial. he is serving a 30 to 60-year prison sentence. his lawyer says he plans to seek supreme court review. wit h olay. formulated with a skin energizing complex, it penetrates 10 layers of the skin's surface, because energized skin is younger looking skin. ♪ is younger looking skin. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ we, we chocolate cross over ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over ♪ [ male announcer ] fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate wout of landfills each year? plastic waste to cover mt. rainier by using one less trash bag each month, we can. and glad forceflex bags stretch until they're full.* so you can take them out less often. >>> so we are two days in and the government shutdown is still front page news across the country. the virginia pilot asks shutdown or restart? florida's tampa trib, one word says it all, deadloc

if justice thomas was here he would say the opposite. african-americans have been stigmatized by affirmative action and your argument is it opened up the door to this goodness and enrichment we are being exposed to. >> absolutely. where would clarence thomas b without affirmative action? he would never have gotten into yale. i would not have gotten into yale. the class of 1966 that yale had six like men. then 1996. was there a genetic blip in rac e? to have a quota on roman catholics as well as by people and i am sure they had one on jewish people as well. those of us who benefited from at theone that stands gates and let more people in, the gates can keep other people out and unfortunately justice thomas i believe falls into that latter category. the value iswhat of our being exposed to all of these various films and documentaries, specifically on "the african americans: many rivers to cross." >> every time there is a racist incident, politicians call for a on race. they mean a feel-good session or a town meeting, you accuse and apologi

. >> this is owen thomas's brain and this is a part of the frontal lobe. there are these very dark areas of discoloration in his brain. and when you look at these spots fl is just tremendous ringing around those areas of nerve cells containing this protein. this is very dramatic disease, and what we know from other brains is that if he has lived longer, the disease gradually would have spread out into the neighboring cortex. once the fire is started it goes on its own. >> when the results came through, i can't state was a relief, but it was like, oh, my gosh. there is the reason right there. the fact that they found it in the frontal lobe of his brain that controls impulse control, i think it was a very significant factor. >> i don't think that we know whether the changes that were in his brain, which were quite -- they were definitely abnormal, no question. but whether they explained the ultimate behavior that happened. >> the owen thomas finding was not significant as it related to the cause of death. he could have died in a car accident and the signific

thomas. >> nbc's kerry sanders reporting. kerry, thank you, sir. >>> a pennsylvania appeals court has dough nied jdenied jerry sandusky's request for a new trial. he is serving a 30 to 60-year prison sentence. his lawyer says he plans to seek supreme court review. wi th olay. formulated with a skin energizing complex, it penetrates 10 layers of the skin's surface, because energized skin is younger looking skin. ♪ is younger looking skin. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate ♪ we, we chocolate cross over ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over ♪ [ male announcer ] fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate wout of landfills each year? plastic waste to cover mt. rainier by using one less trash bag each month, we can. and glad forceflex bags stretch until they're full.* so you can take them out less often. >>> so we are two days in and the government shutdown is still front page news across the country. the virginia pilot asks shutdown or restart? florida's tampa trib, one word says it all, deadloc

for his part, thomas doesn't care about the reasons behind the project. all he cares about is getting it done before winter. if he can inspire others along the way, all the better. >> i truly hope there are people who think that they can't, and then say they k k. c. >> coming up. >> listen to the dribbling, since i was a farmer. >> charles: ian mckellen and patrick stewart. ,,,,,,,,,,,, can >> the war is coming, and i intend to fight it. i will always be there old friend. >> announcer: it's "sunday morning" on cbs, and here again is charles osgood. >> charles: sir ian mckellen and patrick stewart, fierce rivals in the film, x men. now the two are rehearsing for a double header of a theatrical run on broadway while making time to talk with lesley stahl of 60 minutes. >> reporter: it's rare, if not unprecedented that two of the world's freightest stage actors -- >> around the world. >> quite well. >> reporter: star together on broadway in not one, but two classic plays. >> waiting for gudle, >> and no man's land. >> i have to say -- >> reporter: they're kno

trip to moscow to meet nsa leaker thomas snowden. thank you so much for joining us to talk. >> thanks for having me. >> prime minister david cameron, intelligence chiefs here in the u.s., they have said the snowden revelations have been damaging to national security of the u.s. and u.k. why shouldn't american authorities have an interest in protecting national security secrets? >> there is an interest in protecting national security secrets but national security secrets don't include using secrecy to cover up wrongdoing in violations of citizen rights and liberties. we do have rights in this country and democracies our citizen rights and citizen liberties. the idea that somehow we need to violate those in order to satisfy national security i think is a false argument. that false dichotomy created these conditions that i certainly lived in which the government believes that we need access to all of the data and if that data is individual and of citizens then so be it because the national security takes a prior priori higher priority.

i will not forget thomas jefferson standing here in washington d.c., but i will tell you, woodrow wilson attended will was then the college of new jersey in princeton. he graduated in 1879. his aspirations then -- he had political dreams already. it great aspirations to become, as i discovered going through his papers because he had once made of the business card, homemade business card that said thomas woodrow wilson, senator from virginia. and that was the dream. the way to achieve it was to become a lawyer because most presidents began their professional lives as lawyers. also, as you notice, senator from virginia is virginia had sent more men to the white house than anyone in history. wilson went to the university of virginia law school. he studied law, did not like it so much, but after a year to the move down to the atlantic, opened a law office and was really a terrible lawyer. in his year or two down there he attained no clients. he loved spending the afternoons reading. he read a lot of history. he created new discipline in this country, political science. he read a lot about po

i'm thomas drayton. here's a look at the top stories this hour. >>> at least 89 people are dead after a stampede in india. thousands of hindu pilgrims were on a bridge approaching a remote temple. the stampede started when a rumor spread that the bridge was about to collapse. >>> the international red cross is still waiting for word from gunmen that kidnapped several workers in syria today. officials believe it was an al qaeda-linked group that seized six aides and a local volunteer from northern syria this morning. so far no one has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping. >>> senate has adjourned for the weekend, and there's still no deal to end the government shutdown. democrats and republicans remain divided. the country is scheduled to hit a debt ceiling on thursday, october 17th. the house and senate will both be back in session tomorrow. >>> a number of national parks and monuments have been re-opened to the public, but it's not the federal government that's behind the openings. instead, states

that's a gift from god. >> thomas fames has been banking on a different gift from god. fames has been charged with murder and concealing a corpse in what has been called a drug deal gone back. >> this is what i wrote a long time ago. love god and be careful what you wish for, i'm going home. >> i wrote that when i first got here. >> we have a total of 80 inmates that get read scriptures every day. >> every day, he takes it upon himself and he puts a little piece of paper and has three bottle verses. it's nice that his spirit moves him to do that. to take it upon himself to try to win another soul. >> fame's popularity is not unlike what he enjoyed on the outside as the owner of a barbecue restaurant and catering service. >> had an opportunity to get a partnership with a gentleman and we started building the business together. so god blessed me with this young man and he bought trailer. so not only one trailer, we had two trailers and we had two locations. officer moore hired fames to caterer parties at his home and took note to businesses growth. >> i asked him how did

come on, thomas. the jobs aren't there. we have to create jobs, and as i said earlier, people who are working they need a living wage, they can't survive off of $7 or $8 an hour without medicaid and without snap benefits and so i am very worried and i hope the country wakes up. i know the the faith community is concerned and this is the least of those that we're talking about those and for those who care about american values and who have any semblance of a moral center, they need to let the conference committee know that this is unacceptable. >> congresswoman, there are a lot of people that would promote their moral center on the right and they use their moral center to promote themselves and then they use the same lines of saying that these people are takers, not makers. >> but that's just not true. >> right. >> but that's just not true. i know that for a fact. when you look also at the economic benefits of s.n.a.p., for every dollar spent on s.n.a.p. benefits we are getting $1.70 on economic growth. it impacts grocery st

i'm thomas roberts. this is the same congress that has failed to put an end to this shutdown, now saying they're ashamed and embarrassed that their failure to act has now resulted in a failure to be there for families of american servicemen who have made the ultimate sacrifice for this nation. chuck hagel is at dover air force base where the military conducts dignified transfers, the solemn return to american soil of the fallen. that's where the flag-draped coffins of four american service members will come home today. four of five killed in afghanistan over the weekend, their families being denied the $100,000 check known as the death gratuity. money that helps families bury the loved ones that they have lost. here's the result of the outrage over what's happened to these families. the house expected to pass legislation to restore these benefits despite the shutdown. coming up several democrats are expected to hold a news conference on the senate steps about it. joining me now, jim miklaszewski. mik, ex

i'm thomas drayton. the headlines, the focus has shifted to end the impasse. >>> talks came after senate democrats rejected a republican bill to end the government shutdown and extend the nation's debt limit. the senate will resume talks tomorrow. >>> despite the government shutdown some national parks including the statue of liberty, mount rushmore and yellowstone national park are reopening. a bill to reimburse the states is under consideration. >>> a powerful cyclone packing heavy rains and destructive winds struck india's eastern coastline. at least three people are dead. according to the typhoon center the storm is packing winds of 115 miles per hour. >>> drones are being used in a variety of ways from reconnaissance and combat to research. the number of uses of doans grows. a big focus of drone research these days is autonomy, enabling the drone to operate on its own. researchers are making strides in two areas, path planning and task organization. path planning, determining the shortest route betw

thomas. >> kristen, stand by for me. so, mark, we had seen earlier in the last hour at the value voters summit ted cruz taking the stage. a lot of heckling going on there. finally he was able to get by with most of his remarks, but take a listen to a few. >> it seems that president obama's paid political operatives are out in force today. you know what, i'm curious, is anybody left at the organizing for america headquarters? i'm actually glad that the president's whole political staff is here instead of actually doing mischief in the country. gentlemen, ladies, thank you -- thank you for your passion. but you should respect the rights of the men and women who are here. >> all right. so, mark, let me ask you, because it's raining in washington, d.c. i don't think it's helping wash away the smell of you know what. but ted cruz doesn't appear to be backing down in his denial of what's going on and very flippant at the fact that he's on his way to the white house irks we. >> reporter: well, he isn't backing down and that's o

>> this -- let me just say this, thomas. this is a problem that was created by congress that needs to be solved by congress. if we want to bring the executive branch in, we can. but the fact of the matter is this was a man made problem created by some pretty poor decisions on some folks' part in the senate and in the house. we need to fix the problem that we've created. we shouldn't be looking to somebody else to fix it. we should be looking to ourselves to fix it and i think that's why i'm encouraged by harry and mitch's conversations. >> is the president showing -- i know you said you don't want the executive branch to get involved because this is a congressional mess. but for those people that would finger point at the president, has he provided the leadership necessary to show an exit route? >> i think the president has done exactly what he needed to do and that was that he was not going to be put at a point where somebody was going to hold a gun to his head and he was going to have to make decisions based on that kind o

thomas jefferson tried. he said, i'm going to motivate my people as much as possible with rewards and incentives. these rewards or poultry. he had a magnificent cabinetmaker, one of the members of the headings family. this man made some of the finest woodwork to be seen in the united states. jefferson gave him an incentive. $20 a year. jefferson and his own records and said that he paid johnny having studied dollars per year which he admitted was one month's salary for years work which i give him as an encouragement. and he paid tips or gratuities to a few other of the special house of slaves, but some of his slaves could earn a small amount of money by doing extra work, extra charcoal burning in making extra barrels, that sort of thing. it was never enough to get them out of slavery, never enough to win the masters confidence to an extent that he would let you go. there was one slave he did use the opportunities, a man named james hubbard to buy clothing and free papers in managed to escape. he did it twice

and it's important to note that we reached out to thomas calderon. we sent him a list of questions, and he received it, and signed for it, and no response. pacific hospital of long beach has declined our repeated requests for an on-camera interview. he answered some of our questions by phone. he denies wrongdoing, and he says that he has never received money from anyone for legislation >> why now >> this is a state senator, who is still in office, and these are very very serious allegation. senator calderon chairs the insurance committee, and he has campaign accounts to run for state comptrol. they raided his office five months ago, and we feel that the public has an overwhelming retain to know, so they can make a decision when it's time to vote. >> we want to tell our viewers, you can see the whole affidavit on the aljazeera america web seat. >> it's important that we did redack the names of the undercover agents. >> we would like to follow up with more after the break. political corruption in california. >> and welcome back. he woo want t -- we wan

she went to a party with friends and seen flitting with 17-year-old thomas skakel. she never returned home. the next day her body was found in her yard in connecticut stabbed to death but a broken golf club found near her body. that club was traced back to the skakel home but in prints found. >> they hit her so hard the golf club broke and took the shaft and stabbed her six or seven times. >> reporter: suspicion immediately fell on thomas skakel. next the tutor that moved in the with the family the day of the murder but police didn't charge either of them siting a lack of evidence. for two decades the case languished and a series of books renewed interest and led to new tips and a new suspect in january of 2000, 40-year-old michael skakel, thomas skakel's little brother. michael was also 15 at the time of the crime, which meant 25 years later, he would be charged as a juvenile. he turned himself into police after an arrest warrant was issued, all the while proclaiming innocence. >> to my knowledge, this is no physical evidence, dna evidence, scientific evidence, any