lynne cheney who is the mother of his cheney. whose cheney is waging a challenge against mike enzi. alan simpson is supporting enzi and lynne cheney's mom is upset about that. she said how could you forget the 8-year-old girl who campaigned with us and for you in '78. how could you not support her and i said i have known mike enzi over 35 years. lynn said i don't want to hear anymore. i want to tell you something, shut up. shut up. shut up. three times i wandered off stunned. lynne cheney's mom telling alan simpson to shut up. it was the biggest thing to happen in the senate race until her dad got in to the chief. dick cheney came out on tv to declare that in no way was he a fishing buddy with mike enzi. >> he himself said he felt blind sided by your whole family. said he thought you were his friend. how do you respond to that. >> he said mike and i are fishing buddies. simply not true. never happened. >> people talk about not wanting the clintons back in office. we don't want to deal with the clinton family drama. what about the cheneys. mike enzi fishing buddy thing with dad and t

chaneyny, lynne cheney on a family dispute that is very public and perhaps in some ways gets at some disagreements that other families are going through as well as a dispute going on in the republican party right now. let's move on. >>> toronto aren't mayor rob ford is in a battle for his political life. right now the city council is debating a vote to strip ford of most of his key powers. this follows a similar last week that stripped ford of other powers. things got heated when the mayor's brother doug ford, who is also a city counselor, came to his defense. >> as he showed up to work every day and fulfilled his job? >> counselor, those inquiries. >> no disruptions. >> those inquiries belong to one of the accountability officers. >> i'm glad you said that. what it should be, the complaint should be filed through the city's integrity commissioner rather than this kangaroo court. do you not agree? >> mayor ford is refusing to step down despite admitting using crack cocaine and even being caught on viddiol threatening to kill someone. no matter what theout come of today's meeting, may

i feel bad for dick and lynn cheney and i feel bad that this whole thing went public. it wouldn't have been public, except liz cheney is running for public office. if you don't want things to go public don't run for public office. >> thank you. and on that note we have to take a hard break. that's tv talk for -- i don't know. "red eye" after dark. kids, get your parents' permission because andy levy will be shirtless. and are you allowed to secretly film people? that story is done. >>> are they being an ass for wearing google glass? that's the stupid looking thing on the guy's face that is actually a computer. it is supposed to tell you if the creepy looking guy is recording you. a red light is supposed to go on. enter chris barrett who invented something called sun shades which is useful when looking at the screen on the glasses in bright sunlight. and it is also conveniently covering up the red in use light. he said it was an intent to allow peeps to record their peeks. it is up to the user to decide how or when they will use the camera to record video or take photog

it's a heartwrenching issue for both sisters and i feel horrible for dick cheney and lynn cheney isn't easy for sisters fighting like this. liz cheney's behavior if she was so offend by the concept of gay marriage she shouldn't have gone her sister's wedding. she did. she claimed she was very happy for her sister mary. now to come out and say publicly she's 0 foopposed to her sister marriage -- >> that's not what she did. >> she did say in general she doesn't agree with it. >> there's a difference between saying i disagree with homosexual marriage which i disagree with and saying that i oppose your marriage. and there's a gigantic difference. >> not at all. >> you're not accepting it. when i speak of the gay agenda i mean there are homosexuals in this country that say you demand you just not tolerate not just accept that you endorse what we've done. lot of americans don't endorse it. >> i want to move on to something else because there's so much to talk about. listen to robert gibbs who used to be very close to the president talking about his credibility issue. >> he's obviously tremen

. >> and discuss and lynn cheney defend their daughter, liz. compassion is called for even when there is a disagreement about such a fundamental matter and liz's many kindnesses shouldn't be used to distort her position. are you surprised by this spat? >> i am surprised how public this has become. i think it shows you two things. you can talk about political matters in an abstract way. but when it comes to a family something like someone's marriage becomes nonnegotiable as a matter of respect. and for her to campaign to deny your sister the very institution that she believes in, the very marriage that she has cannot be kick mary in the gut. >> is it hypocritical. if she went to the wedding and was loving and didn't say anything negative is it hypocritical to campaign against her? >> she showed respect to her sister's marriage. the thing i think -- one of the things we talk about in the program is how much the country is changing. it's not changing that much in wyoming. what started this controversy is that the incumbent senator ran the most rep

the second breach was lynn cheney calling allen simpson a liar and ending that friendship. now this breach is with her sister. and another breach, i think you're referring to before is dick and lynn come out and kind of basically back liz and say, no, she's never supported gay marriage. and that -- what must that feel like? they really did in this particular spat take liz's side, not mary's. so there's something very disturbing. >> i'm sorry, joan. you probably saw -- there's a great scene when the young man betrays him. sells him out. saying you never say anything against the king. he said you're giving your mortal soul away for wales? i mean, she's giving it up for wyoming. and she's -- how could she go to her sister two weeks later and say you know i had to do it? >> republicans admire when people stick up for their family. that's fundamental. >> she doesn't think so. >> i know. but you know what? any voter can get over a disagreement. what they can't get over is a character flaw. and to not stand up for her sister, for mary cheney not to understand her sister's position

and then with the statement from vice president and lynn cheney, it's a spectacle that i don't think liz cheney needs right now. as you said, folks in wyoming, they're not going to be in favor of same-sex marriage. it only shows -- only highlights more bad news for a campaign that seems to be fighting with everybody from mike enzi to allen simpson, to you know im. >> let me go to joy. if you were a conservative of wyoming and you like the jib of the woman running out there and thought it was time r a new generation. and you heard she was loyal to her sister on same-sex marriage because she was her sister, would anybody normal vote against her if they knew the reason. people don't make -- people aren't that dumb and klutzy to say if she's on that position. no she takes that because of her sister. understand that. who would want the votes of people who voted for you when you threw your sister under the bus? who would want those people? is politics that desperate? as jack kennedy once said party loyalty asks too much. >> you're right. i grew up in colorado out west. we drove through col

. >> and discuss and lynn cheney defend their daughter, liz. compassion is called for even when there is a disagreement about such a fundamental matter and liz's many kindnesses shouldn't be used to distort her position. are you surprised by this spat? >> i am surprised how public this has become. i think it shows you two things. you can talk about political matters in an abstract way. but when it comes to a family something like someone's marriage becomes nonnegotiable as a matter of respect. and for her to campaign to deny your sister the very institution that she believes in, the very marriage that she has cannot but kick mary in the gut. >> is it hypocritical. if she went to the wedding and was loving and didn't say anything negative is it hypocritical to campaign against her? >> she showed respect to her sister's marriage. the thing i think -- one of the things we talk about in the program is how much the country is changing. it's not changing that much in wyoming. what started this controversy is that the incumbent senator ran the most re

simpson told nbc news she is surprise to see what lynn cheney seems to be willing to do to try to within a senate seat. he said it is hard for all of us who know the cheneys to seat things she is doing to win this race. it is almost like "i will do anything to win this race." because i cannot ever believe that there would be a breach between she and mary. coming up -- brave ms. world. the story of the ms. world winner who has become a crusader for rape survivors like herself around the world. people don't have to think about where their electricity comes from. they flip the switch-- and the light comes on. it's our job to make sure that it does. using natural gas this power plant can produce enough energy for about 600,000 homes. generating electricity that's cleaner and reliable, with fewer emissions-- it matters. ♪ afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to generation because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaa's commitment to serve current and former milit

and then with the statement from vice president and lynn cheney, it's a spectacle that i don't think liz cheney needs right now. as you said, folks in wyoming, they're not going to be in favor of same-sex marriage. it only shows -- only highlights more bad news for a campaign that seems to be fighting with everybody from mike enzi to allen simpson, to you know im. >> let me go to joy. if you were a conservative of wyoming and you like the jib of the woman running out there and thought it was time for a new generation. and you heard she was loyal to her sister on same-sex marriage because she was her sister, would anybody normal vote against her if they knew the reason. people don't make -- people aren't that dumb and klutzy to say if she's on that position. no she takes that because of her sister. understand that. who would want the votes of people who voted for you when you threw your sister under the bus? who would want those people? is politics that desperate? as jack kennedy once said party loyalty asks too much. >> you're right. i grew up in colorado out west. we drove through c

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the second breach was lynn cheney calling allen simpson a liar and ending that friendship. now this breach is with her sister. and another breach, i think you're referring to before is dick and lynn come out and kind of basically back liz and say, no, she's never supported gay marriage. and that -- what must that feel like? they really did in this particular spat take liz's side, not mary's. so there's something very disturbing. >> i'm sorry, joan. you probably saw -- there's a great scene when the young man betrays him. sells him out. saying you never say anything against the king. he said you're giving your mortal soul away for wales? i mean, she's giving it up for wyoming. and she's -- how could she go to her sister two weeks later and say you know i had to do it? >> republicans admire when people stick up for their family. that's fundamental. >> she doesn't think so. >> i know. but you know what? any voter can get over a disagreement. what they can't get over is a character flaw. and to not stand up for her sister, for mary cheney not to understand her sister's position

james, we just got the statement in from dick and lynn cheney. this is an issue we dealt with privately for many years and pained to see it become public. liz has always believed in the traditional belief in marriage and treated her sten area sister's family with love and respect. compassion is called for even when there's disagreement and such a fundamental matter. liz's many kindnesses should not be used to distort her position. that's just in -- i don't think this moves the ball forward one way or the other. but i am curious and people have wondered, is liz cheney contacted her sister mary or at least prepared her for what she had to expect would happen on sunday? >> tamron, it's good to be with you and it is a pretty remarkable family squabble. it really speaks to a divide in the republican party and divide in the country. mary cheney is not a political novice, she played a key role on her father and george w. bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns. she's worked closely with her sister. it really is surprising that this has come out and

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>> it came up in a debate and the cheneys felt compelled -- peter writes about it in his book, how lynne cheney felt compelled to defend mary and call then senator kerry out for raising the issue. i think that it came up in the vice presidential debate, too, between tidick cheney. all i'm saying is it's not like this issue has never been discussed in a political context. >> you mention the word personal, and i believe at the end of the day voters vote for who they like best. say what you want, when you have a sibling who's living a life a certain way and they're happy and they have children and you still come out on the other side. wherever you are politically, you just kind of go wow, wow. >> it's not liability in the republican party to say i have a personal -- >> it makes you infinitely le l appealing as a human being. when you line up against your family member. >> i have some qualms about people taking personal family fights onto social media, though, and making them public political discussion, don't you? this was clear -- in days of pre-facebook and pre-twitter we wouldn't be havi

all the reporting is that dick cheney and lynne cheney are heavily invested in getting liz into politics and getting the next generation in there and this is just a disaster, this is blowing up in their faces. >> you're acting like this is a terrible thing that happened to her. she created most of the terrible things that have happened to her, right? and, you know, the reason that i think this is devastating -- more devastating, the last devastating thing is that, okay, it would be very -- i have to concede it would be very tough to be pro gay marriage in a wyoming primary, right? however, this comes on the heels of her -- her family trashing mike enzi to get in the race, basically betraying someone, stepping on someone, trying to step on his back to climb. that didn't go over well with mike enzi. or with ellen simpson. she's already got this kind of back stabbing reputation. and then she does it to her sister? >> her own sister, right. >> that's a good point. wyoming is a very conservative state. i don't think that, you know, being against gay marriage and being against someone in your

former vice president dick cheney and his wife lynn said today they are pained that a dispute between their daughters over the issue of same-sex marriage is now out in the open. mary cheney is married to a woman. liz cheney opposes same-sex marriage and she's running for the u.s. senate in wyoming. nancy cordes has more. >> reporter: the family feud burst into public view on sunday after liz cheney was asked about same-sex marriage on fox news sunday. >> i do believe in the traditional definition of marriage. >> reporter: cheney's sister mary wedded her long-time partner, heather poe, in 2012 and they have two children. >> i love other family very much, this is just an issue on which we disagree. >> reporter: within hours, mary fired back on facebook. her wife weighed in too, writing: her wife in oo, >> reporter: dick cheney has supported same-sex marriage for nearly a decade but in a statement today, he and his wife lynne also voiced support for their oldest daughter's position saying: oldest daughte n sa >> reporter: this statement was aimed directly at wyoming where liz cheney is t

. >>> former vice president dick cheney and his wife lynn is break being their silence over the feud between their daughters. liz cheney discussed her opposition to marriages between gay and lesbian couples. that want led to mary cheney and her wife to respond on facebook criticizing the remarks and highlighting the fact that liz only notified wyoming recently a potential vulnerability in her campaign. the cheney's parents got involved in the feud over gay marriage releasing a statement that want reads in part quote this is an issue we dealt with privately for many years and pained to see it become public. since it has one thing should be clear. liz has always believed in the traditional definition of marriage. she has also always treated her sister and her sister's family with love and respect exactly as she should have done. vice president cheney said he supports same sex marriage at the state level. >>> walmart in hot water this morning over a thanksgiving food drive. a store in canton, ohio running a food drive for its employees. there's a sign that says please donate food items

dick and lynn cheney issuing a statement abt their daughter's public feuover gay marriage saying this is an issue we have dealt with pritely for many years d we are pained to see it become puic. one thing should be clear, liz has always believed in the traditionadefinition of marriage. this just weeks afr the former vice president tolsavannah it was a private matter. is this causing tension in the family? >> if it did, i wouldn't talk about it. that a family matter. >> reporter: f decades the sisters wereampaign partners. the cheney family seemed to fully embre mary cheney, her wi heather and their children. >> i know that theeople of wyoming do not -- reporter: but then liz jumped to a contentious wyoming senate primary. >> 20 years ago ph and i were married in wyoming. today we are raising our kids here on thsame wyoming values i gr up with. >> reporr: campaigning on mily values but not ntioning her sister or her family. >> i do believe in the traditiol definition of marriage. >> reporter: so when she spoke out sunday. >> i lovmary very much and her family very much. this is just an

we talked to former vice-president cheney shortly after mary and heather were married last year. >> lynn and i were very proud and happy and congratulated them. they've been a very important part of the family for a long time, provided us with two of our seven grandkids. >> you're proud? >> absolutely. >> reporter: in a statement the former vice-president and his wife said, "this is an issue we have dealt with privately for many years and we are pained to see it become public." jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> tonight george zimmerman is back in the headlines and back behind bars. today he was arrested after police were called to his girlfriend's home, the newest round of legal trouble for the man acquitted of killing trayvon martin. abc's steve osunsami tells us what happened this time. >> reporter: another day, another mug shot for george zimmerman. tonight he's in jail again, arrested for what police say was domestic violence, allegedly assaulting his current girlfriend who called 911. >> what's going on? >> he's in my house breaking all my [ mute ] because i asked him to leav

dick cheney has supported same-sex marriage for nearly a decade. but in a statement he and his wife lynne also voiced support for their oldest daughter's position saying liz has always believed in the traditional definition of marriage. she has always treated her sister and her sister's family with love and respect. that message was aimed directly at wyoming where liz cheney is trying to run to the right of an already conservative incumbent senator named mike enzi. nancy cordes, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> coming up on the "morning news", the launch of the mission to mars. >>> and later, it's a wonderful sequel, a classic christmas movie may live on for many years after it was originally released. this is the "cbs morning news." this is the "cbs morning news." . brian, your cousin, he's a little bit older than you, he lives here, in chicago. and your aunt lisa lives here, in baltimore. uncle earnie? waaay out in hawaii. but don't you worry, we will always be together for christmas. [ male announcer ] being together is the best part of the holidays

dick cheney and his wife, lynn, entering the battle of same-sex marriage. he's saying this shouldn't be used to distort her position. what happens when parenting and politics mix? john king is here for more on this. good morning, john. >> it's unseemly at the least, right? >> a little bit. i feel a little bit bad that what should be a private family matter if there's a dispute within the family has become so public. dick cheney came out in support of liz in a public way. what do you think is going on here. >> he was angry at his other daughter for mary for posting her views on her sister, liz. george w. bush and his vice presidential candidate and vice president dick cheney disagreed on this issue. then governor and later president obama wanted a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. dick cheney's decision has been leave it up to the state. that's his daughter's position. she's running for senate. a conservative pack has come in to criticize her. she's trying to run to the right of the incumbent senator mike enzi. it provokes a family feud wit

liz cheney's mom telling allen simpson to shut up. at that point that was the biggest thing to happen in the wisconsin senate race yet. then liz cheney's dad got into the race as well. he felt blind sided by the challenge to the senate seat. dick cheney pubically came out that he was in no way a fishing buddy. >> he said he felt a bit blind sided by your family. how do you respond to that criticism? >> mike also said he and i are fishing buddies, which is simply not true. never happened. >> people talk about not wanting the clintons back in office. what about the cheney's? the allen simpson thing, the mike fishing thing with dad and today it was the sister getting in the mix. yesterday liz went on fox news sunday and once again declared her opposition to marriage eq l equali equality. >> i do believe it's an issue that has got to be left up to the states. >> you talk about your position against same sex marriage. your sister who is married to a woman put out this post. she said for the record, i love my sister, you, but she is dead wr

probably have mary, liz, lynn, on one of the weekend shows declaring war on iran. i think it's coming. >> i mean, listen. this is a very easy political attack. you left out john cornyn's tweet this was all a distraction from obama care as if they had planned this out eight months in advance. gene's right, but if you read the document what they toub alk about with enrichment levels. it's not like we're leaving iran to their own devices. there's going to be independent inspectors with what's happening in the country, a microscope over iran. this goes back to the idea that obama will enter this agreement and get duped by the iranians and in six months time we'll find ourselves in a bad position. they can always reverse the sanctions if they determine iran is cheating. they can go back on them. i'm not sure why everyone is condemning it as surrender where there's nothing permanent about it. >> exactly. it gets monitored. day will be, daily, as a matter of fact. they'll have less uranium then they have today. >> we bombed them with everything we got, they react. they go

we talked to former vice president cheney shortly after mary and heather were married last year. >> lynn and i were proud and happy and congratulated them. they have been an important part of the family for a long time. and provided us with two of our seven grandkids. >> reporter: and you're proud of them? >> absolutely. >> reporter: in a statement, former vice president and his lynn said, "this is an issue we have dealt with privately for many years and we are pained to see it become public." jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> now to two health headlines this morning. do 1/3 of us really need to take medication to lower cholesterol? experts disagree on this. two medical groups released new guidelines recently recommending 1/3 of all adults over the age of 40 stake statins but prominent cardiologists say it is overkill. even so, critics admit that the new guidelines are a big improvement over the old criteria. >>> moving to birth control. researchers are warning taking the pill may increase your chances of eye disease or blindness. experts say women who have used oral contraceptive

probably have mary, liz, lynn, on one of the weekend shows declaring war on iran. i think it's coming. >> i mean, listen. this is a very easy political attack. you left out john cornyn's tweet this was all a distraction from obama care as if they had planned this out eight months in advance. gene's right, but if you read the document what they toalk about with enrichment levels. it's not like we're leaving iran to their own devices. there's going to be independent inspectors with what's happening in the country, a microscope over iran. this goes back to the idea that obama will enter this agreement and get duped by the iranians and in six months time we'll find ourselves in a bad position. they can always reverse the sanctions if they determine iran is cheating. they can go back on them. i'm not sure why everyone is condemning it as surrender where there's nothing permanent about it. >> exactly. it gets monitored. day will b daily, as a matter of fact. they'll have less uranium then they have today. >> we bombed them with everything we got, they react. they go afte

his wife lynn insisted liz has always believed in the traditional definition of marriage. she has also always treated her sister and her sister's family with love and respect. liz's many kindnesses shouldn't be used to distort her position. a cheney family feud has been simmering for months but boiled over sunday after liz cheney was asked about same-sex marriage on fox. >> i do believe the traditional definition of marriage. >> her sister mary welded her longtime partner, heather poewe, in 2012. they have two children. >> i love mary very much and her family very much. this is just an issue on which we disagree. >> within hours, mary fired back on facebook. liz, you're just wrong and on the wrong side of history. the cheney sisters are three years apart. they grew up in virginia outside washington, d.c., and both volunteered for their father's campaigns. mary cheney made clear monday she wasn't about to back down despite the political cost to her sister liz. either you think all families should be treated equally or you don't, mary wrote on facebook. liz's position is to

. >> there's a strong case that dick cheney is america's foremost political villain of the past decade, but there was one issue that he had integrity on. >> with respect to the question of gay marriage, lynn and i have a gay daughter, so it's an issue that our family's very familiar with. freedom means freedom for everyone. i think freedom means freedom for everybody. freedom means freedom for everyone. people ought to be free to enter into any kind of union they wish. >> like so many other people across the country who have come to the side of equality on gay rights, it's because of a personal connection on the issue. dick cheney's daughter, mary, has been her father's political adviser and is openly gay. she's married with two children living in the northern virginia suburbs. and as "the new york times" reported this weekend, mary cheney and her wife, heather, were home watching "fox news sunday" when one guest in particular really left them speechless. >> you talk about your position against same-sex marriage. your sister, mary, who is married to a woman, put out this post. she said