abrams. he is one of the most are living writers today whose work can be seen in tv series such as "revolution" and "person of interest." he is about to take over "star wars." he has found the time to complete and interactive novel. we are glad you joined us. a contribution by author jj abrams coming up right now. jja conversation with author abrams coming up now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> jj abrams has conquered television with a string of series and the upcoming "almost human." has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas. somehow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -

abrams. he is one of the most are living writers today whose work can be seen in tv series such as "revolution" and "person of interest." he is about to take over "star wars." he has found the time to complete and interactive novel. we are glad you joined us. a contribution by author jj abrams coming up right now. jja conversation with author abrams coming up now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> jj abrams has conquered television with a string of series and the upcoming "almost human." has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas. somehow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -

abrams. he is one of the most are living writers today whose work can be seen in tv series such as "revolution" and "person of interest." he is about to take over "star wars." he has found the time to complete and interactive novel. we are glad you joined us. a contribution by author jj abrams coming up right now. jja conversation with author abrams coming up now. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. ♪ >> jj abrams has conquered television with a string of series and the upcoming "almost human." has just taken over "star wars" from george lucas. somehow he found the time to complete and interactive novel. it is being described as an interactive puzzle between two readers sending messages in the text. let's take a look. >> he arrived knowing nothing of himself. who is he? know, because what begins at a water shell and there, and what and there shall once more began -- shall and there shallhat ends began. this is what happens when men reborn. jjt -

abrams has produced a mystery novel. he said you'll get lost in the story. we'll show you why this book is so different only on "cbs this morning." >> announcer: this morning's "eye opener" at 8:00 is sponsored by benefiber. better it with benefiber. o add it to anything. and feel better about doing it. better it with benefiber. it's holiday time, and no fruit is as versatile as our ocean spray cranberries, which is why were declaring it the unofficial official fruit of the holidays! the fig's gonna be so bummed. [ laughs ] for holiday tips and recipes go to oceanspray.com. ♪ ♪ this week at kmart, get 50% off costumes. and, shop your way members get an additional 10% back in points. plus, fun size candy is 2 for $5. kmart. get in. get more halloween. vo: it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. open enrollment ends december 7

abrams for his blockbusters like "star trek" and "mission impossible." he'll tell you he's just a story teller but one in love with the written word. so much so he bought this vintage printing press and has now collaborated on a new book a mystery within a mystery. i'll have that story coming up on "cbs this morning." i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. >>> an interview you'll see only on "cbs this morning." tv fans know a.a. abrams as the creator of shows like "lost," aliens and person of interest. now the master story teller is collaborating on a book simply calle

you want to jj abrams brand to stand for? >> that's a good question. i would hope whatever we do -- though it may be my name put out there sometimes, the company bad robot, we all work together, and i hope what we are doing is telling stories that have strong values, that have a big heart. loved as a reason i kid steven spielberg's films. even though they were often scary and sometimes mysterious and seemed dangerous, even films like schindler's list that were historical documents, his movies are always made with a deep sense of humanity, and to me that is the most important thing. i would hope people that watch the show we do that there is a sense of humanity, a sense of humor, and a sense ultimately of optimism, because i feel that is something i have always loved about leaving a theater feeling better and stronger and not feeling diminished. tavis: speaking of humanity, the one thing i have not asked you about is "almost human." tell me about the series. >> this is a show on fox. it is a really cool, fun cop show. it is a genre that is very familiar

"the jury's out" day with dan abrams. third appearance in the show. >> it's good morning, abrams. first up on the docket. an opinion piece in this week's "wall street journal," argues that home economics, from grocery shopping to cooking to meal planning, should be part of the basic course work for middle and high school students across the country. my take. i get this it's helpful to have our kids learn to eat better. but is there nothing that parents are still responsible for teaching? are we going to teach etiquette at and setting the table, too? >> i totally disagree with you. it's never a bad idea whether at home or at school, good manners. it's not in lieu of. it's addition to. what they're learning at home, dan abrams. >> we're going to have a course in school called etiquette? >> why is that such a bad idea? we have such etiquette right now. by the way, it's called family and consumer science now. >> life skills. you want to do anything you can to help kids get through that. >> things they'll israel with in their life. >> certain things i agree with. budget, et cetera. but

¡Ábrame por favor, abrame por favor! ♪ >> ¿quÉ se le ofrece? >> discÚlpeme pero tengo que ver a mi esposo. >> seÑora, no sÉ quien sea su esposo, pero estamos en un examen y ahorita no puede pasar usted. >> sÍ, si lo sÉ mi hijo estÁ en el examen, pero dÉjeme ver a mi esposo. >> tendrÁ que ser cuando terminamos. >> no, no estÁ entendiendo, mi hija la mÁs chica estÁ pÉrdida, es una emergencia, dÉjeme ver a mi esposo. >> disculpe seÑora, pase. ♪ >> ¿cÓmo? >> pues a la mejor son los tenis que eran de tu hermano. pero ahora son mÍos y con estos tenis yo podrÍa comer una semana. >> es que tÚ entiendes, esos tenis son muy especiales y si no los entregas, te puede caer una maldiciÓn como a mÍ. >> pues no me asustas. >> te lo juro estos tenis estÁn benditos por el santo niÑo del fÚtbol. >> ¿y eso? >> te lo suplico por favor. mira, si quieres dinero yo te lo puedo conseguir. tengo unos tenis, otros que puedes vender, pero; necesito estos tenis ahora. >> ¿y cÓmo sÉ que me vas a cumplir? >> porque soy una mujer de palabra. adem

dan abrams, thanks so much tonight. and we turn next to the question being asked around this country tonight, why is the obama care launch such a mess. the web site cost $400 million, and yet it's riddled with glitches. american families frustrated and confused. so how could it happen? abc's rebecca jarvis went in search of answers. >> reporter: it's been 18 days since the obama care web site launched. and the white house still can't or won't say how many people have actually enrolled. >> do you have an estimate for me now? we're two weeks into this. >> we said repeatedly we will release enrollment figures monthly. >> how many have signed up thus far? >> fully enrolled? i can't tell you. because i don't know. >> reporter: we know about 11 million have tried to sign up. but for many, it's been a rough ride. >> there have been crashes. >> i signed up on october 3rd, and i have not been able to log back on since. >> reporter: dan howard in freeport, pennsylvania has been trying for more than two weeks. >> it's one dead end

dan abrams will stay on it for us. >>> a lot of other news overnight. let's check the headlines once again with ron claiborne. >> good morning, everybody. in the news, the fbi terrorism task force is investigating an increase of reports of lasers pointed at airliners. there's been a 17% increase of incidents involving planes landing at new york city area airports. >>> and the reward for two prison escapees in florida has gone up. it's now $5,000 each for the arrest of either of the two convicts that walked out of prison thanks to forged court documents. >>> and no charges will be filed to the firefighter that responded to the asiana crash at san francisco airport. the fire truck she was driving ran over and killed a survivor of that crash. the district attorney ruled that no crime was committed. >>> and what a way to make an entrance. michigan state basketball coach tom izzo, while he is known for spectacular entrances at the team's annual midnight rallies to kick off the season. this year, he made it look like he was being launched from a canon. in the

dan abrams will be talking about it. >>> we hope everybody's okay. honestly, we do. they are no doubt one of america's favorite reality tv couples. and the news came out yesterday that kris and bruce are going to be spending some time apart. we're just hoping that everybody's okay and everybody's happy. >> they are doing just fine. >>> and we're going to switch gears a little bit. go inside the corset diet. a lot of women saying that wearing a corset, and i'm not saying that we're not wearing one right now. i'm definitely not. they believe it's helped them slim down. the question is, is it comfortable? probably not. is it safe? >> it's a little uncomfortable. >> you condition firm? >> it's not con -- i'm sorry. go ahead. >> i was praying for that. i was trying to get you there. >> you put that out there. and hooked a big one. >> there's the water horse. >>> let's get some news. >> we're going to begin with breaking news out of central pennsylvania this morning. a greyhound bus heading from new york city to ohio has crashed this morning. it slammed into the back of a

dan abrams. bringing us all of that, coming up. >> he'll tell us how he feels. no questions asked there. >>> actress, designer and mom, katie holmes is here. i'm looking forward to catching up with her. >>> we're going to begin with the latest on that seattle man on trial for murdering his wife, more than seven years after she was killed. david pietz chose not to testify in his own defense. so, the jury will start hearing closing arguments today. abc's neal karlinsky is tracking the case. >> the defendant is declining to take the stand in his own defense? >> that's correct, your honor. >> reporter: not only will david pietz not be testifying in his own defense, his attorneys' actions, putting on only two witnesses would seem to take that they don't believe prosecutors have proven their case. haven't proven that pietz strangled his wife, nicole, and dumped her body in the woods. their main point that she may have had a drug problem. a theory they've explored as a possible explanation for her murder. her former doctor testified that nicole was prescribed large num

. >>> let's get more on this from abc's chief legal analyst, dan abrams. the state department saying no evidence this is an american. but the irwins coming forward. so many families hoping against hope this could be their baby. >> this has given hope, now, to families around the world, who have missing children about this age. when it comes to the irwins, i remember when i interviewed them, when this case started, they were holding out hope that somehow, something would come forward. they'd get some sort of tip, et cetera. the issues. number one, this child, maria, seems to be ages 4 or 5. baby lisa would be closer to 3. you have the state department coming out and saying, no indications that this is an american. but that doesn't rule it out. and i think all the families out there, including the irwins who have missing children, are going to hold out hope that maybe this is their child. >> and the crime of trafficking children, very serious. and this couple being charged with abduction. >> well, that's right. the question's going to be, did they abduct thi

. >> this is from holmes dissenting opinion in the 1919 case abrams vs. united states. the first case that holmes defends the importance of free speech and that is a turning point in our history of the first amendment. incredibly powerful dissent especially the last paragraph that he tries to explain in a philosophical way why it is important why we have a free-speech in did begins in the strange and income grew way as if he makes the case against free-speech, not for its. >> persecution of expression of opinion seems to be perfectly logical. if you have no doubt of your power and want a certain result was all your heart you naturally express your wishes to sweep away all opposition. to allow opposition by speech seems to indicate as when a man says he has wear this circle where you do not care for the results or doubt easy your power or your premises. at this point holmes shifts direction very suddenly and very brilliantly in my mind. but when men have realized time has upset many they come to believe even more the very foundation of their own conduct that their desire

this is not what you're talking about, dan abrams. you're not talking about the fact that the little girl, his little girl, kimberly's blood spatter, not a smear, along with copper from the bullet casing was in the weave of the father's t-shirt. this is not a smear. this is blood spatter that you can only get at the time of the shooting on the daddy, the husband's t-shirt. now, what about that, abrams? >> well, i'll tell you. the experts, as you know, and the defense are going to dispute that. they're going to say that's not how it happened. you're right that that's the strongest piece of evidence for the prosecution in this case. that does not address the fundamental problem they have -- ta >> talk about the affairs and the foot fetish. and you forgot his admission. he admitted how he did the murders. >> the fundamental problem there's another guy for the defense to point at to say, his dna is at the scene. >> you have a problem. >> we're going to have you back. another complicated one. >>> let's get the weather from sam. >> we're go

Ábrame. ¿dÓnde estÁaren? Ñor, la nvencÍ de ir al cine conmigo y cuando apagaron las luces ella se pu muy mal, pezÓ a decir que los coches iban a matarla y se fue corriendo. por mÁs que corrÍ no logrÉ alcanzarla. >>voa buscarla. >>seÑora... ella estÁ sufendo muc, ayÚdela, por favor. >>y tÚ no te quedes ahÍ parad vete a tu casa q tÚ tambiÉn puedes matar de un susto a tu madre. ay, yerno, cuÁo entendera que tu hija estÁ loca. [♪] mami, no me dejes la, ¿sÍ? por favor, no me dejes sola, las luces nos quieren matar, mami. no me dejes sola, por favor. [♪] >>¿tÚ? >>ayÚdame, por favor, ¿sÍ? [♪] [suena el celular] [lee] >>gerardo, lo nueso no puede terminar asÍ. yo te amo. no entiendo por quÉ ahora no podemos ser felices, cndo tuya: sonia.o estÁ. asÍue tienes una aman. juro por la memoria de mi hi, que esta me la vas a pagar, desgraciado . [♪ >>sabes quiÉn soyo? ¿desde cuÁndo lo supiste? >>hace muc. >>yo te habÍa visto de les y en algunas fotos que tu papÁ me enseÑÓ. seguramente

for "good morning america," dan abrams, abc news, new york. >> michelle's daughters spent years try to bring her mother's killer to justice. a gripping story. >> wild case. dan abrams will stay on it. >>> let's check the headlines once again with ron claiborne. >> in the news, the fbi terrorism task force is investigating an increase of reports of lasers pointed at airliners. there's been a 17% increase of incidents involving planes landing at new york city area airports. >>> and a reward for two prison escapees in florida has gone up. it's $5,000 each for arrest of either of the two convicts that walked out of prison thanksed to forged court documents. >>> and charges will be filed to the firefighter that responded to the asiana airport crash at san francisco airport. the firefighter ran over a survivor. >>> and that's michigan state coming up here. basketball coach tom izzo being launched from a canon at the team's midnight madness rally to kick off the season. he's done similar things before, including repelling from the roof, riding in on a horse. >> a brave man. >> he did it more

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dan abrams, thanks so much tonight. and we turn next to the question being asked around this country tonight, why is the obama care launch such a mess. the web site cost $400 million, and yet it's riddled with glitches. american families frustrated and confused. so how could it happen? abc's rebecca jarvis went in search of answers. >> reporter: it's been 18 days since the obama care web site launched. and the white house still can't or won't say how many people have actually enrolled. >> do you have an estimate for me now? we're two weeks into this. >> we said repeatedly we will release enrollment figures monthly. >> how many have signed up thus far? >> fully enrolled? i can't tell you. because i don't know. >> reporter: we know about 11 million have tried to sign up. but for many, it's been a rough ride. >> there have been crashes. >> i signed up on october 3rd, and i have not been able to log back on since. >> reporter: dan howard in freeport, pennsylvania has been trying for more than two weeks. >> it's one dead end

abrams. >> yeah. >> jimmy: i love that guy. [ cheers and applause ] he's doing it. he always puts 100% into everything he does. i'm psyched up for this. we wanna show everyone a clip of your show here. this is our pal minka kelly in her new show, "almost human" premiering sunday, november 17th. look at this. >> he looks weak to me. >> richard. i know this won't be easy for you. don't be a prick. >> the department handles affairs just fine with us. >> what's your problem with kennex? >> don't ask to hear the story. you'll die of boredom. exposure to severe envy. >> there's nothing but envy in him. kennex oversaw that raid. controlled all the intel, got his team ambushed. everyone except the one man responsible, kennex was killed. should have been discharged. >> richard. >> he won't last. you just watch. ♪ >> jimmy: yeah! there we go! [ cheers and applause ] our thanks to minka kelly, "almost human" premieres sunday, november 17th on fox. the weeknd performs next! stick around everybody! it's great! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ male announcer ] this is not just a l

. ♪ >> from new york city, this is dan abrams. >> for the first time tonight, president obama responds to questions about the recent spy scandal that has made many of this country's closest allies feel like enemies. it is confirmed that the nsa had been monitoring leaders from 35 nations and the president was not aware of it until this summer. fusion's white house correspondent and tim abala caught up with the president to ask some questions on a tough day. >> you have to suspect that president obama would have preferred to cancel his interview today. in any presidency there are days of hope and promise. >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> and days of triumph. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda. >> and then there are days like today. headlines about out of control spying. >> the white house under fire right now given all of these revelations. >> and now sources confirm it was happening apparently without the president's knowledge. and then there is obama care, the website in disarray and the other leg

. >> from new york city, this is "nightline" with dan abrams. >> good evening and thanks for joining us. there could be a major breakthrough in the case of little madeleine mccan. authorities have taken a new look and tonight announced a new time line along with computer generated pictures of a person of interest they have some questions for. we are at the crime scene with the latest details. >> that is your show. >> by the time the world first met this 3-year-old she was already missing, taken from her bed in this resort. >> we beg you to let madeleine come home. please give our little girl back. >> for six years it has remained a terrifying mystery. but today for the first time there were new images that seemed to offer a glimmer of hope. scottland yard announced a new person of interest. >> if they know who this person is, please come forward. >> new optimism. >> i still genuinely believe there is a poblssibility that s is alive. >> tonight on britain's version of america's most wanted a 25 minute reenactment of what police believe happened the night that maddie finished. >> we ar

join me next time for a conversation with jj abrams. that's next time. we will see you then. ♪ >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >>> coming up, bob faw on catholic colleges and universities seeking to maintain their catholic identity in the midst of changing social influences. >>> and judy valente looks at the spiritual journey of christian wiman, a poet, teacher, husband and father who lives with incurable cancer. >>> major funding for "religion and ethics newsweekly" is provided by the lilly endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development, and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company. >>> welcome, i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. new ethical questions this week about civilians killed in u.s. drone strikes against terrorists. amnesty international investigated nine drone strikes in pakistan over th

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the weather channel's stephanie abrams is following it. >> lester, this is a look at destin, florida. a pleasant morning overall. we do have some clouds off in the distance, and those clouds, that's karen. it is now a tropical depression. and here's all that cloud cover we were looking at from destin, florida. but you don't see a center of circulation. it's really fallen apart here. there's been a lot of dry air and upper-level winds that have torn this thing apart. here we look 100 miles southwest of morgan city. winds at 30 miles an hour. so it's definitely falling apart and continues to doso here it is. we've had the upper-level winds, and dry air, which is not good for a development of a tropical storm. it will stay weak and we'll see rainfall out of this. perhaps around two inches around the mobile bay area. but overall, it's not going to be too bad, lester. >> we'll get the forecast for the rest of the country from you in a few minutes. >>> surprising new information in the beating that captured national attention, including who was on the scene when a driver was beaten when he

the weather channel stephanie abrams is following it all for us. what's going on? >> lester, this is a look at destin, florida. a pleasant morning. clouds off in the distance, and those clouds, well, that's karen. it is now a tropical depression, and here's all that cloud cover that we were looking at from destin, florida. but you don't see a center of circulation. it's really fallen apart here and the reason being, there's been a lot of dry air and upper level winds that have torn this thing apart. so here's a look right now, 100 miles southwest of morgan city, louisiana. the winds only at 30 miles per hour. so it's definitely falling apart and continues to do so. here it is. we have had those upper level winds, dry air, which obviously isn't good for the development of a tropical system. it is going to move eastbound, but stay weak and we are going to see some rainfall out of this, perhaps around 2 inches around the mobile bay area. but overall, it's not going to be too bad, lester. >> all right, stephanie. we will get the forecast from the rest of the country fr

as lemor abrams tells us... in california a crew came through for a bride. s/u: it was only supposed to be this cake delivery van showing up at the wedding but it was accompanied by a firetruck. our news photographer james chance was filming the wedding. and caught firefighters saving the day (nats: wedding wide shot) it's supposed to be the perfect day in every bride's life. (nats:kimberly) but just before kimberly sorsky was about to become mrs. john schaefer... ...a hiccup in their picturesque wedding... "well the flowers were a couple minutes late and then we saw a firetruck pull in and were like--what's going on...and why's the firetruck here?" (nats:bride with firefighters- thank you!) three firefighters wearing pink t- shirts supporting breast cancer awareness month-- were carrying in flowers and the white wedding cake... "the firemen fulfilled their community duty i must say!" the baker was on her way from the foothills to make the delivery... when she started having blurred vision and chest pains. on the way to the hospital, she insisted that the ca

abrams tells us about his new project. a novel called "s." that's it for "cbs morning news." thanks for watching. i'm anne-marie green. have a great day. and i'm frank mallicoat. time is 4-- here's meteorologist lawrence with check of weather. passengers planning a quick trip to utah ...instead spen entire day aboard a flight hell. ...instead spent an entire y aboard a flight from hell. allegiant flight 1032 was scheduled to depart oaklandt 9:30 yesterday morning. but there was a problem with the plane, and a replacement was called in. but its 3:30 departure was canceled because the plane s overheated. another plane was due to lee at 6:30 ... but it also had problems. they finally got off the gr at 8:48 last night, and mad to provo.... full of angry passengers who sent us video statements. "i have been imprisoned by allegiant airlines for overe hours and i am outraged. th airline should go out of business immediately." are you going to fly allegi no never again. i'll probab tell everyone not to fly it either. my husband says we are never flying allegiant again. i he been at t

you are part abram, part ishmael. >> a lot of muslims remember the seem from malcolm x, spiek lee. >> they had to have people convert in order to film this there. the same where who have to bring in chinese workers to convert as well. >> as far as dates for hajj do they change every year or is it a specific time? >> the muslim calendar is a lunar calendar, if hajj today falls on october 14th next year it will probably fall around october 3rd. >> and fascinating this year some changes. there were concerns about the crowd and crowd control and also concerns about the construction that is taken in and around mecca. tell us about those concerns and specifically wording about the issue of terrorism. >> you know there was a very interesting pronouncement i heard come out of the grand mufti of saudi arabia today, i think that's a fundamental aspect of his belief. according to the talmud, if you take one person's life it's like you take the life of all humanity. for the grand mufti to make this statement, takes advantage of this grand ritual and trying to send a very strong message. but i thi

and our legal team, dan abrams and nancy grace, to weigh in on the latest. first, here's the latest from aditi roy. >> reporter: the latest in the case, started with 50-year-old michele macneill being rushed to the emergency room. dr. leo wagner examined her. macneill was declared dead a short time later. the mother of eight left behind a husband of nearly three decades, now on trial for her death. wagner testified that macneill made an unusual request in the e.r. >> he offered me money to continue my resuscitation and not quit. >> reporter: prosecutors say he gave his wife a deadly dose of prescription pills. his attorneys say michele macneill died from a heart problem. they also heard from the girlfriend of their son, damian. >> at the time, it did seem strange, yes. >> reporter: this morning, macneill is expected to come face-to-face with his daughter, rachel, when she takes the stand. she has long believed that her father is guilty. speaking about the case in 2012, on "20/20." >> you just wake up. and you try to do what you can. and it's living a nightma

f-16 fighter jets, abrams m1a1 tanks. a patch i helicopters. harpoon missiles, $260 million in cash aid, and $300 million in loan guarantees. washington has done this before. not giving aid to a key military ali. it cut off some weapons delivery to his bahrain in 2011. what continues, money for education. economic development. counter terrorism and border security and the peace keeping in the sinai. administration officials say they are committed to helping egypt maintain piece in the sinai and its peace treaty with israel. they also believe the hold on military aid won't weaken washington's influence in cairo especially ahead of the upcoming trial of morsi. >> after the violent and the announcement today of the morsi trial. i think the white house is an embarrassing position if it doesn't take some action. but it's important to know that the white house is not writing egypt off. it's still a key strategic partner and we have relations with it. >> reporter: the aid decision is controversial. israeli, say and gulf states reportedly urged the u.s

>>> let's talk more about this with dan abrams. pick up where matt left off. even if the girls are convicted, it's not going to be a long sentence. >> that's right. which is why i'm surprised that the 14-year-old, the older one, is still behind bars right now. in the juvenile system they have 21 days to decide where to go with the case. but in a case where you're talking about the likelihood of no prison time, possible, some prison time. but currently before she's even been tried, having to stay behind bars, very unusual. the charges in and of themselves are unusual. >> why? >> it's unusual in a case like this where you see a felony being used against two kids. now, you have to keep in mind, you need to separate out the suicide from the criminal acts. i know it's hard to do that. and people don't want to do that. they're going to say, wait a second. this is what led to the suicide. they're not being charged for the girl committing suicide. they're being charged for their actions before then that ended up leading to it. but the actions are what the charges are

not any abrams dissent but eight months earlier in an earlier decision. he provides us an example and he says he speech would not protect a man who falsely shouts fire in a crowded theater. as an example of why we can't adopt natural absolute interpretation. it's a good example for one because harm will result. if you have a crowded theater and someone falsely shouts fire, they would be a rush to the door. people would get trampled. but more importantly a good example because the harm that result in result immediately before we have any chance to avert the harm. and so that then forms the basis for holmes is standard the ultimate adopt, which is a clear and present danger standard. you note from tom clancy. before tom clancy made it famous or made it more famous was a line in homeless opinion, and the idea that speech is protected unless it poses a clear and present danger unless the danger is one that we can avert any other way. and you can avert the stampede in the theater in any other way other than to say ahead of time it's against the law to do it. i

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. >>> let's talk to our chief legal affairs anchor, dan abrams. a lot for the jurors to sort through. what about this behavior by macneill when the emergency responders were there. >> his behaving in a bizarre fashion. that's interesting. but the really important point is while this is happening, he is screaming, why did you have the surgery? or why did you have to do that? et cetera. why that's so important? because prosecutors believe they can prove that he's the one that wanted her to have the surgery. he pushed her to have the surgery. so, this notion that he's screaming as if he's so sorry that she had to go through with this, prosecutors believe they'll be able to show that that was all part of the ruse. >> not about the disruption. about that fight. and how might they defend against that? >> he's going to say and the defense is going to say, when something like this happens, people say crazy things and do crazy things and act in crazy ways. but the problem is, this is one piece of the puzzle the prosecution is putting against him. they are

communications to make sure that that cargo plane which we don't need along with the global hawk drone and the abrams tank is built even though the pentagon is saying we don't want it you know it's kind of like if you put people to work building a bridge that bridge stays there it generates value for people to work building blades they exploded. you know i mentioned in the in the intro here that some of these planes might be used by other agencies maybe fighting forest fires things like that but we've recently heard these stories about the increasing use of military technology military vehicles by police departments. is that concerning in itself oh it's terribly concerning to d.h. as gives these terrorism grants to municipalities thirty four billion since two thousand and one they're buying the drones more dangerous examples this ten thirty three program in the defense department where essentially older equipment which we don't want anymore we pass on to cities so a small town in upstate new york as an example last week the county legislators voted eight to six to accept an m.r.i. up which is a minus

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