right now, martha raddatz will be here with more on that. >>> and barbara walters, bringing us her exclusive with the president and first lady. they rarely appear together for an interview. but they did for barbara. we'll hear their message, special message for robin. >>> let's get right to josh elliott for the pair of powerful earthquakes off the coast of california. >>> a powerful earthquaking rattling buildings and nerves in

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> it's time, now, for weather from across the nation. those severe storms we mentioned are a threat again today, across central florida, with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour. there will be showers along the southeast coast. seattle will see rain most of the day. mostly dry, however, in the northeast. >> temperatures in the northern plains bounce back from those single digits. minneapolis is in the mid-30s. denver warms up to almost 60. pleasant in the southwest, with phoenix at 69. honolulu and miami are tied for the hot spot, as always, both today at 82 degrees. >> we can always dream. >>> when we come back, problems for a couple of the biggest names on the internet. >>> then, also this morning, fresh fallout for those two deejays who pulled off the prank call that turned tragic when kate middleton was in the hospital. >>> and how's this for protective padding? bubble soccer. it's all coming up in "the pulse." >> safety first. d@ñ >>> welcome back, everyone. and there are some major deals in the works this morning. overnight, hsbc

and abc's senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz takes us inside that story. >> reporter: today, hillary clinton, overseas, trying to tind some dip mroep matic way to end this increasingly dangerous conflict. 20 months of fighting, 40,000 lives lost. and now the chilling possibility of an air attack with deadly nerve agents. >> there is no question that we remain very concerned that the regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons. >> reporter: a senior u.s. official saying that over the weekend, the syrian military loaded components of the nerve gas sarin into bombs on or near syrian airfields. they have not loaded the bombs onto aircraft, but the threat remains. >> once these chemicals are poured into weapons, artillery shells, bombs that can be dropped from airplanes, they can be good up to almost two months. >> reporter: the syrian government claims it will not use chemical weapons. but president assad is feeling the pressure from opposition forces who have gained strength and are now moving on the capital, damascus. jeremy bowen, with our bbc partners,

abc's senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz on these weapons and whether it means the u.s. may be forced to take action. >> reporter: the latest intelligence is alarming. officials telling abc news the u.s. is now seeing specific signs that the syrian regime may be preparing to use the chemical sarin against opposition forces. sarin is an extremely toxic substance that can kill a person in a matter of minutes with only one drop. the victims suffocated from the paralyzing effects of the toxin. this new intelligence has the obama administration so concerned, harsh warnings came today from the president himself. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command, the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences, and you will be held accountable. >> reporter: a senior official tells abc news that there are contingency plans for military action if the weapons became a threat. the syrian regime said today it would not use chemical weap

>> thank you so much, martha raddatz reporting in. >>> and now, we go overseas to syria. the rebels still on the move, near the capital damascus. the assad regime, still corralling its chemical weapons. and abc's alex marquardt got a call to travel at night and meet with a defector, who knows about those weapons. a former general in the ruling regime. >> reporter: the rebels have taken the fight to syria's biggest cities. today, battling near assad's stronghold, his palace in damascus. while fighters have overrun one of the regime's largest military bases, outside the city of aleppo. american officials say they fear the likelihood of assad using chemical weapons is rising and say they have proof they've been prepared. we went to meet a man who shares those fears. driving along a dark, back country reed near turkey's border with syria. his name is adnan sillou. he told us that until 2008, he was a chief of staff in the chemical weapons program. he said he worked on the defense side, in charge of preparing troops for dealing with attacks and safety equipment. what specific

abc's senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz on the end game and what danger it poses for the united states. >> reporter: it could all end soon here in damascus. with the startling word from nato and now even president assad's staunch ally russia, that the brutal dictator's days are numbered. that's because while assad is still in control in the capital, rebels are moving closer. now, just outside in the suburbs. our bbc colleague jeremy bowen saw it first hand, in a neighborhood where assad's forces have tried to stop the rebel advance, pounding the buildings and homes with air strikes and artillery. the battle is bloody. at the regime's military hospital, there are said to be 40 wounded, treated a day. while the rebels, like this fighter who lost both feet, received treatment from a dentist. their hospital, bombed. >> the rebels have shown that they have the stomach for a fight. they've shown that they can endure pain. and they have the conviction that if they don't fight on, they'll be killed. >> reporter: bowen met some 200 of their recruits, training at an army base t

today, abc's martha raddatz studied what this means for the u.s. and what we know about the enigmatic man who is celebrating tonight. >> reporter: north korean newscasters announced the successful launch with ecstasy. so thrilled was this country by the rocket launch, fireworks ripped through the sky. exactly what north korea's new 20-something leader, kim jong-un, needed to prove he is every bit his late father's provocative son. >> the message to the world is don't mess with me. i not only have the weapons, i have the delivery capability now. >> reporter: there is no question this long-range rocket is a big technological leap and especially frightening, given the country is believed to have nuclear weapons. >> the concern obviously is that this is really another step that would allow them to turn this into an icbm, an intercontinental ballistic missile, that could carry a nuclear weapon any place in the world. >> reporter: but the hard part is the guidance system and making a nuclear weapon small enough to fit atop those missiles. that means year

abc's senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz has the truth behind the attack. >> reporter: we know how horrible the attack was, how heroic the fight to save lives, how heavy the loss. but today, with this searing report, we now know what could have been done to try to prevent it. the independent review cited failure after failure. security in benghazi, it said, was "grossly inadequate," "was not a high priority" in washington where "repeated requests" for more security went unheeded. >> frankly, the state department had not given benghazi the security, both physical and personnel resources, it needed. >> reporter: and today, three state department officials paid the price. resigning under pressure, eric boswell, assistant secretary for diplomatic security. his deputy, charlene lamb, responsible for embassy security. and an official from near east affairs. secretary hillary clinton responded to the report by adopting every one of the 29 recommendations, including more marine guards and asking for more than a billion dollars to increase security worldwide. but that has not s

and martha raddatz, now in line to be named secretary of state, senator john kerry of massachusetts. he's likely to be easily confirmed. but this is still a painful, personal retreat for both the president and ambassador rice. >> reporter: it's true, george. you know, they're very different kinds of choices, very different kinds of style. kerry's safe, low-key, even-keeled and has lots of experience. susan rice has lots of experience in foreign affairs. but she's far more combative and in your face. she was seen as a riskier choice. and right now, the president doesn't want to battle over people. he'll battle over policy, but not people. >> that's what the ambassador said, as well. that's why she pulled herself out. meanwhile, we're seeing the challenges continue to mount for the president overseas, especially in syria. that crisis continuing to escalate. we learned overnight that the united states will be sending more firepower to the region. >> reporter: they will. two patriot rounds to prevent rounds from crossing the board with turkey. that's happened in the past. but this is rea

martha raddatz has the latest on the tit for tat. >>> december heat wave. record-breaking temperatures, now sending the eastern half of the country back to the beach, as a brand-new storm is on track to wallop the west with heavy rain. areas already flooded this week, right in its path. >>> and caught on tape. the astonishing video from a routine traffic stop. watch this shocking surprise for police, as they surround a suspicious vehicle, revealing a young kidnap victim taken from his job. how did police find him just in the nick of time? >>> and little rain out in times square. good morning, everyone. hi to robin at home. great to have elizabeth vargas right here. and there is lara, standing by in london with all the latest on the big baby news. we have a lot to go to on that. >>> also at home, new developments in the tax showdown in washington. a deal has to get done by january 1st or everyone's taxes will go up. we'll talk about what it will take to get negotiations back on track. >> republicans had their proposal yesterday. we'll see what the reaction i

besser is standing by, but first, abc's martha raddatz in washington. and martha, this is a lot worse than many thought. >> reporter: it sure seems to be, david. we waited 24 hours for detail about this clot, but now, for the first time, we know the clot is not inclinton's leg, it is in a vein next to her brain. tonight, the normally globetrotting secretary of state is in a hospital room, monitored closely and being given blood thinners to break up the clot. family members including daughter chelsea have been at her side. the clot was discovered on an mrio sunday. a statement from her doctors tonight, saying, "the scan revealed a clot in the vein that is situated in the space between the brain and the skull behind the right ear." the statement says the secretary did not suffer a stroke or any neurological damage. but this is clearly a serious setback. it was december 7th when the secretary was last seen in public, during an overseas tour where she picked up a bad stomach virus. days later, still ill, the secretary fainted and got that nasty concussion.

martha raddatz, abc new, washington. >>> if any folks are questioning why we are paying attention to syria or how it affects us, 75,000 troops could be called in for the effort, including from the u.s. if chemical weapons. any leader who would kill 40,000 of his own people is capable of just about anything. >> there is nothing that suggests that president bashar al assad ordered the chemicals. still unclear what the intent was behind the activity. >> eyes of the world on the situation. speaking of the eyes of world on egypt as well. where violent appropriate tepro signs of easing despite a call from the was to president mohamed morsi. the next few hours could be tense, barbed wire barricade surround the palace in cairo after deadly clashes between supporters and opposition groups. president obama calls violence there unacceptable. meanwhile morsi is offering to meet with leader but will not relinquish almost near power over the government. >>> and developments in the case against john mcafee. the former fugitive out of the hospital this morning and back in a detention cellen g een in

she has canceled one trip and abc's senior foreign affairs correspondent martha raddatz has the latest on her concussion and joins us from washington. martha? >> reporter: diane, this was a pretty serious concussion, although she is starting to feel better. chef was home sick if a stomach virus after a long trip overseas. she apparently was so dehydrated she fainted and when that happened, you obviously don't brace yourself for the fall, so, she hit her head hard. chef was not taken to the hospital, but when she exhibited many of the signs of concussion, dizziness, headache, she was given all the appropriate tests to rule out anything more serious. i am told she was on an iv drip for a period of time and had someone looking after her for those first few days. also told the secretary is frustrated by this and would love to get back to work, but when you get a concussion, you need to rest your brain. she will also be unable to testify about benghazi this week, although she will likely do that at some point in the future. but for now, diane, it is all about resting. >> well, quite an inci

in an interview with martha raddatz, they say while some dialogue is exaggerated, it's based on authentic information. >> it was all based on firsthand accounts. it felt very vivid and very immediate. which is very exciting. >> the cia's criticism comes on the heels of similar criticism from a group of senators. as for the movie it is critically acclaimed. it has been nominated for four golden globes. >> muhammad lila, thank you very much. >>> coming up here on the broadcast -- the worst snowman, ever, our instant index coming up after the break. so i can't sleep.the, and the next day i pay for it. i tried decongestants... i tossed and turned... i even vaporized. and then i fought back with drug-free breathe right. these nasal strips instantly open my nose, like a breath of fresh air. i was breathing and sleeping better. [ female announcer ] exercise your right to breathe right. get two free strips at breatheright.com. hey it's your right to breathe right. a delicious new way to get essential vitamins you need. just bite into the tasty shell... to a chewy vitamin core for a unique multivi

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raddatz. >> reporter: good evening match truly terrifying ordeal for richard engel and his crew. they were ambushed by more than a dozen heavily armed men, believed to be loyalists to assad's government. one of the rebels they were with was executed on the spot in front of them. they were blindfolded, hands bound and threatened with death. he talked about it after he was freed this morning. >> they made us choose who would be shot first. and when we refused there were mock shootings. they pretended to shoot gazi several times. >> reporter: gazi is one of the crew. they escaped with the help of rebels at a check point after a fire fight where two of the kidnappers were killed. there is still a young american freelance journalist, austin tice, who has been held hostage since august in syria. and this is all a reminder how out of control things are in syria. a conflict, as you know that has already claimed more than 40,000 lives. >> so many dangerous journeys into syria by reporters. and we think of all those who live there and who have suffered so much. thank you, martha, reporting

in an interview with abc news chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz, they say that, while some dialogue is exaggerated, it's based on authentic information. right down to inside of osama bin laden's compound gleaned from exclusive abc news footage. >> it was all based on firsthand accounts. it felt very vivid and very vital and very immediate, which is very exciting. >> the cia's criticism comes on the heels of similar criticism from a group of senators, including john mccain who himself was subjected to torture as a p.o.w. in vietnam. now, as for the movie it's critically acclaimed and it has been nominated for four golden globes. >> muhammad lila, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >>> and coming up here on the broadcast -- the worst snowman, ever, our "instant index" coming up after the break. up after the break. so i can't sleep.the, and the next day i pay for it. i tried decongestants... i tossed and turned... i even vaporized. and then i fought back with drug-free breathe right. these nasal strips instantly open my nose, like a breath of fresh air. i was breathin

and abc's martha raddatz is here with the details this morning. good morning, martha. >> reporter: good morning, josh. this morning, a u.s. official is confirming that over the weekend, the syrian military loaded elements of the deadly nerve gas, sarin, on to bombs on or near syrian airfields. there's 40 chemical weapons sites like this one. one drop of sarin can kill you within minutes. the theory is that the sarin bombs could be put on syrian warplanes to use against the opposition forces. there's no way to know for certain if that was the plan. but president obama was so concerned, he issued that strong warning on monday. and since then, there has been no activity at those airfields. and the syrian government insists it will not use chemical weapons. but that does not mean this threat has gone away. opposition forces are gaining ground in syria's capital, putting more pressure on syria's unpredictable and vicious president. josh? >> and as news becomes available, we'll have it for you. martha, thank you for that. >>> other breaking news from th

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >> thank you, martha. >>> u.n. ambassador susan rice is stepping aside, withdrawing her name from consideration to become the next secretary of state for the u.s. in a letter to president obama, rice said the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive, and costly. she says in the end, the tradeoff would be unfair to the country. republican senators have attacked rice for her handling of the crisis in libya and the death of ambassador chris stephens. so a little bit of a political black eye for the obama administration. this was his first choice, now looking like senator john kerry of massachusetts will be the likely at this point. >> and susan rice tweeting yesterday, those of you who know me know i'm a fighter, but not at the cost of what's right for our country. she just wrote an op-ed in "the washington post" and said i concluded it would be wrong to allow this debate to keep distracting from urgent national priorities like immigration and growing our economy. >> benghazi was an issue. but also some of he

look for more on the story from martha raddatz on "good morning america" at 7:00. >>> today final day forbidders interested in taking over what is left of hostess to step forward. so far 160 companies have expressed interest, including wonder bread and twinkies after the company closed last month. hit facilities across the country, including oakland. this morning reporting hostess used employee pension wages to stay afloat not clear how much money was taken. >>> if you are traveling by air, get ready for onboard humor. >> here's jane king. >>> good morning. how much have you spent shopping online? online holiday spending in the u.s. 26.6 billion dollars so far this year, 13% more than this time last year. it is not over yet, today is expected to be a huge day for online retailers. elves at fedex getting ready for the busiest day of year, 19 million packages today. good news for drivers, average price for a gallon of regular nationwide $3.34 down five cents compared to left week, down 11 cents from a month ago. get ready for onboard humor delta unveiling safety videos including a row a

martha raddatz has the latest. >>> there won't be another day like this for almost a century. the numbers that have everyone rushing to the altar and hospital. today's date, 12-12-12, the luckiest day ever? it only happens once in a lifetime. >>> and good morning, america. hello to robin, recovering at home. here with amy robach again. let's get right to the two stories breaking overnight. the latest on that surprise missile launch from north korea, in just a moment. >>> but first, to portland, oregon, where a gunman opened fire in a mall crowded with holiday shoppers. abc's neal karlinsky is outside the macy's where it all began. good morning, neal. >> reporter: george, good morning. this is where much of the shooting happened, inside the food court, here, next to the macy's. this is a very popular mall. it was filled with holiday shoppers at the time of the shooting. a random and senseless rampage that could have been even worse. cell phone video shows the chaos soon after the shooting. customers, even a little girl, being led out with their hands up. >> you said an active s

martha raddatz, abc news, washington. >>> now to a brazen murder here in new york. a man killed execution style in broad daylight. the victim has been identified as 31-year-old brandon woodard. he had been staying at a nearby hotel. witnesses say the killer shot him in the back of the head at close range before getting into the passenger seat of a waiting car. so basically it looks from all accounts that a hit was taken out in one of the busiest places in manhattan. >> blocks from here. >> yeah, just blocks from here. but brandon woodard he, according to friends and cops, was very smart and part of the fiber of african-american culture in los angeles. l.a. prep school grad, attended law school. just an infectious smile. why a hit was taken out in a busy part of manhattan remains unclear. >> apparently the gunman in this case was waiting 40 minutes for him. he was from l.a. but here in new york on vacation. here's the question. if you're on vacation, how does someone know your schedule enough to wait in a car for 40 minutes to know the exact location you're going to

. >> abc's martha raddatz, but the media or some elements of the media may candy crowley, jim lehar the news and took issue, they're fair game. but it almost seemed like they were dissected as much. >> let me ask the women, when is it going to be that we don't, we don't make a big deal of the fact that it is a women? >> i tell you one story, look, being married to a female journalist. i agree with you 120%. but there's a -- >> you have to. >> you're getting dinner tonight. >> i also believe it. but i tell you one thing that where we fell down, why were people so surprised, including republicans, so surprised at the turnout among democratic voters? that was a story that got missed. the fact is, block by block, ipad by ipad, town by town. obama was organizing and generating a good deal of effort on the ground. that's a much harder story to do than repeating sound bites. the fact that a lot of people were surprised at the turnout, including republicans, tells me that was one of the big stories. >> that was a social media gaffe that the romney campaign made. they had this big organization t

but now you have a think a wealth of wonderful women, and i would just mention one, martha raddatz. [applause] spent when we hired her at npr because she was a really great reporter, and really factor and support her because she was so wonderful. she is a fabulous, fabulous nation secured military reported. i was so proud of the job. i'm biased. i confess that i was so proud of the job she did in the vice presidential debate, partly because she clearly knew the material so well. that's the starting point to i could do the reporting and understand the to it's not just a prompter. it's not just sounding good. it's actually known material which martha does. i thought shield both of those people accountable. she was in the center sort of going at both sides, which is my ideal. i think a wonderful roster of women. we have to thank barbara and diane, people like that. >> i have to last question and then we'll open it up to you, the audience. in october 2008, the stock market just tumbled and we were at the beginning of what some historians are calling the great recession. what was it like

here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the latest intelligence is alarming. officials telling abc news the u.s. is now seeing specific signs that the syrian regime may be preparing to use the chemical sarin against opposition forces. sarn is an extremely toxic substance that can kill a person in matter of minutes with only one drop. the victim suffocated from the paralyzing effects of the toxin. this new intelligence has the obama administration so concerned, harsh warnings came from the president himself. >> i want to make it absolutely clear to assad and those under his command the world is watching. the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences, and you will be held accountable. >> reporter: a senior official tells abc news there are contingency plans for military action if the weapons became a threat. the syrian regime said it would not use chemical weapons under any circumstance, but president ass assad's father used them, and assad himself has been mass

in an interview with martha raddatz, they say the film is based on authentic information, right down to the inside of bin laden's compound, gleaned from exclusive abc news footage. >> it was all based on firsthand accounts. so it felt very vivid and vital and very immediate, which is very exciting as a filmmaker. >> it's really interesting. it's an important debate that has to be had, but the cia, the criticism from the cia, they're not the only ones criticizing this. senator john mccain who himself was tortured as a p.o.w., says we think this movie glamorizes the role of torture and they insist that is not what happened and not the main reason why they were able to get to osama bin laden. >> and leon panetta said when he was the cia chief they did use enhanced interrogation techniques. i remember when this film was postponed. it was supposed to be released in october, but they thought it would help the president win re-election. so they waited until after the election to release the film instead of doing it in october. >> are you going to see it? >> i'm interested. i think what we d

abc's martha raddatz has the latest on her condition. martha, good morning. >> reporter: the secretary has not been seen in public since early december after an illness and then a fall. but this is the first time she's landed in the hospital. >> probably a good idea to -- >> reporter: on sunday, secretary clinton was admitted to new york presbyterian hospital for treatment of a blood clot. according to the state department, in the course of a followup exam, the doctors discovered a blood clot had formed, stemming from the concussion she sustained several weeks ago. she was last seen december 7th after an overseas trip. on december 9th, the secretary canceled a trip, with her spokesman saying she was under the weather. later it was revealed that she had fainted from dehydration due to a severe stomach virus and suffered a concussion. abc news learned that in addition to being on an i.v. drip that week, she was treated by two teams of doctors, underwent a series of tests, and was experiencing headaches and dizziness. since that time, the s

abc's martha raddatz is here with much more this morning. good morning to you, martha. >> reporter: good morning, josh. what is most striking this morning is the continuing clear concern of u.s. officials about syria's chemical weapons. the defense secretary, leon panetta, saying there is no question that the syrian regime might very well consider the use of chemical weapons. that concern, coming from intelligence reports that syrian military has put precursors for the deadly nerve agent sarin in bombs. although those bombs have not been loaded on to warplanes. hillary clinton is also urgently working the diplomatic front to try to bring this nearly two-year conflict to an end. but there's more focus on what the u.s. would do if the syrian regime did use chemical weapons on opposition forces. there's no good military option. you don't want to bomb chemical sites. and a ground operation could take 75,000 troops. josh? >> scenarios no one wants to see come to pass. martha, thanks for that. >>> we're following a developing story in northern ire

martha raddatz has more. >> reporter: this is what the s.e.a.l.s train to do. this raid was more challenging than the one that killed osama bin laden. this time, the goal was to bring back an american hostage alive. it was a bold and dangerous mission. u.s. and afghan special forces including members of the navy's elite sooel team six, raiding a taliban camp saturday night to rescue this man, dilip joseph, an american doctor taken hostage while working for a relief agency. >> difficult terrain, big mountai mountains, very, very dark. lots of training on hostage rescues. until you get in there and do it, you don't know what you're going to find. >> reporter: they moved in by helicopter in darkness. when it bake clear dr. joseph was in imminent danger or may be moved to pakistan. they had been tracking the american, following his captors to the mountains of eastern afghanistan, where they had hidden him among some small huts. a firefight broke out. several of captors were killed. dr. joseph was one of three aid workers from morning star development captured by mi

abc's martha raddatz, who has read the report this morning, has the details. >> reporter: good morning, josh. the report calls the security in benghazi grossly inadequate, despite repeated requests for increased staffing. the report also cites poor leadership win the diplomatic department. saying certain senior state department officials demonstrated a lack of proactive leadership and management ability in their response to the security concerns in benghazi. hillary clinton has already responded to the independent review, saying she will adopt all 29 recommendations, including additional marine corps security guards. but there's one conclusion that also stands out. the board determined that those u.s. personnel on the ground in benghazi performed with courage and willingness to risk their own lives to protect their colleagues in an impossible situation. josh? >> certainly important note to make. martha, thank you for that. >>> some disturbing, new details about one of two florida brothers charged with plotting a terror attack here at home. authorities say 20-year-old raese qazi of ft.

martha raddatz has details from washington. what a dramatic escape. >> reporter: it certainly is. richard is a very experienced foreign correspondent. and he had been inside syria before. he and his crew were grabbed after crossing into northwest syria last thursday. there had been no communication with them, no contact, no ransom demands. they were thrown in the back of a truck, bound and blindfolded, although, not physically harmed. then, yesterday, the captors were moving them to a new location, they were stopped at a rebel checkpoint. there was a confrontation. and then, the firefight broke out. in that firefight, two of the captors were killed and several others escaped. but richard and his crew were rescued. the syrian rebels then drove him to the border to safety. all are in good health, fortunately. george? >> thank goodness for that. what do we know about the group that took them hostage? >> we know very little about the group. but they were not believed to be loyal to the assad regime, nor were those who rescued him. there's so many rebel groups in that area. this was ke

. >> that's martha raddatz from abc doing the interview. what do you think of what he's saying, all of this was about politics. >> who cares what mark boal says. secondly for him to criticize me saying this is a republican attack. no one gave president obama more credit than the taking out of bin laden. i'm talking about pressuring special operators, people who put their lives on the line pressuring them by hollywood producers. at the medal ceremony hollywood people were brought in and the operators did not know they were going to be there, they did not belong this. this violates the basic policies of the cia and the defense department. >> my question would be what do you do about that? they show up as a medal ceremony. >> they're not allowed in there. these are people who put their lives on the line who don't want anyone to know who they are and hollywood people are showing up and looking out, finding out who they are, getting their names. that's wrong and should not be on it. >> is it illegal and what do you want out of it? >> it's not up