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All right. Lets go first to Nbcs Kristen Welker live at the white house. Whats the latest info we have . Lets go back to the fence jumper. Well, were just learning that suspect is going to appear in a District Court here in d. C. A little bit later on this afternoon, joy. As you mentioned at the top, he jumped over the fence here of the white house just after 7 00 last night. That is when two canine units were released. He actually fought them off. He kicked them. He punched them. But ultimately, they got the better of him. Officers were able to apprehend him just moments after he jumped over the fence. Everything functioned the way it is supposed to here last night, joy. But the question remains and the problem remains that he was able to get over the fence. Of course, the unprecedented breach that happened last month when Omar Gonzalez was able to make it deep inside the white house raised serious concerns about the security here in the wake of that, secret Service Officials put up another fence outside of the white house. But that smaller fence clearly wasnt enough to dissuade the fence jumper from last night from getting over that fence. So there are going to be more questions about what more needs to be done and the White House Press briefing said, look, there is a dhs investigation underway, they are awaiting recommendations about how to proceed. Here at the white house and potentially washington, d. C. And the Nations Capital and, of course, in the wake of yesterdays shooting in canada, that is chief on everyones mind here. Joy . And speaking of canada, is there anything more coming out of the white house in your sources about that canadian incident . Any repercussions for Building Security here . Well, we know there are no direct threats against any government buildings here. Still having said that, the fbi reminded everyone to be vigilant. And talking to my sources at the white house, they say we continue to be on heightened alert that they are consistently on heightened alert. But clearly, it adds an extra layer of scrutiny and concern. In terms of there being any beefed up security, we are not seeing that here at the white house or around the capitol. But, again, just a general sense that everyone is on another level of alertness and awareness in the wake of what we saw yesterday. U. S. Officials also saying they are in close contact with their canadian counterparts as the Investigation Continues there and to exactly what happened. All right. Joy. Nbcs kristen welker, thank you very much. Today, we are learning more about the man police say acted alone. 32yearold michael zehafbibeau, a resident of quebec Officials Say recently converted to islam and changed his name from michael hall. He had been designated a highrisk traveler and had his passport confiscated by officials. What do we know more about him other than the fact his passport was canceled by canadian authorities . Well, good afternoon, joy, authorities now believe he acted alone in a lone wolf style attack. This man who had come to the attention of authorities as a highrisk traveler. He changed his name after converting to islam. Prior to this, he had a history of petty crimes, small things in the past. We know he had recently come to the attention of authorities who were so concerned they had taken away his passport. They feared, we are told, he could commit crimes in another country. Now, hes a native of canada. His family lives here and his parents released a Statement Today which reads in part, quote, we are so sad a man lost his life. He has lost everything and leaves behind a family that must feel nothing but pain and sorrow. We send our deepest condolences to them, although words seem pretty useless. I am mad at our son, i dont understand, and part of me wants to hate him at this time. Obviously, joy, a very trying time for everyone involved right here. Yeah, obviously. And we did see the Prime Minister of canada back in parliament and saying they are going to return to normal. Have things returned to normal in the capitol . Well, as much as possible, joy. With a rousing standing ovation for Kevin Vickers as parliament resumed this morning. Nearly 24 hours to the minute after the attack. Vickers is a retired Police Officer who served a largely ceremonial role up until yesterday when the shooting began and he ran inside an office to get a gun and shot and killed the gunman outside the mps caucus room. Hes been getting a lot of attention. He released a Statement Today saying hes very touched by the attention directed at him and, quote, following however, i have the support of a remarkable Security Team that is committed to ensuring the safety of members, employees and visitors to the hill. Now, according to those who know him, this is a very much in line with his personality, very humble, does not seek the spotlight. Does not seek attention. He appeared very stoic as he performed his duties this morning, although during a second standing ovation, he appeared to swallow hard, choking back emotion as lawmakers applauded him. All right. Certainly a lot of attention for mr. Vickers. Thank you very much. A senior terrorism analyst for flash point global partners. I was just taking a few notes here as we were talking to our reporters and about this guy in canada, the man who was killed in that attack, in the parliament, on Parliament Hill, history of petty crimes, social media profile that we saw that picture there where he sort of kidded himself out to look like hes off on a jihad. Being monitored for just per your knowledge as the way your canadian system works. His passport was confiscated by the Royal Canadian mountain police, which is the equivalent of the fbi here in the United States. It appears hes probably desperate that he took his act on canadians. His passport was confiscated. He couldnt travel overseas. This was also the case with t the with Martin Rouleau on monday. His passport also confiscated. These two individuals are part of on a list of 88 names or so that the rcmp has. And we wonder if the individuals are being checked as we speak . Are they a highsecurity threat, are they under surveillance or not . Thats interesting. Essentially, they have if they are tracked to isis. They cant get there, cant go to syria, now those acts get turned inward. That raises the question. In terms of canadas system of government, their personal securities, Civil Liberties apparatus, would then the canadian authorities have some authority to go out and investigate these guys in advance or sort of watch them . Or is this a case where people on the list are being checked off after theyve done something . Well, i think the Canadian Forces or the Security Apparatus should really expand its surveillance, should really expand questioning the locals, questioning who knows who. Are these individuals on the list connected to each other . Are they being influenced . Are they visiting online websites of radical forces in the region . Have they expressed their intent to join a radical group in the region whether on their social networking accounts, whether through other means i think the question here is will canada up or escalate its surveillance around the country focusing on those names but also focusing on who might be connected to those names like sometimes the fbi does here. And you just touched on where i was going to go with this. In the United States thats very controversial. People get very up in arms about the idea of that kind of surveillance or checking peoples associations based on what theyre tweeting and facebook and things that dont institute actual criminal intent. Could that ever work in the United States given peoples feelings about Civil Liberties . I think intelligence work is multipronged. And there are a number of ways of going about doing that. Its not just checking the social media accounts, you know, freedom of expression is at the pillar of this country and other countries. But i think you have to look at the wholistic picture in general. Not just the social media interactions, but relationship with other individuals. Have they attempted to commit acts of terrorism overseas or inhouse . We know that canada was flagged a few times with lone wolf cases including the case. And we know for a fact there are a few dozen isis fighters in the region who are canadian nationals. Some of them have already appeared in isis propaganda. Some of them have already expressed moments of celebration with these acts. And some of them already incited attacks in canada. One of them was just the day after the monday ramming of the two soldiers. And the next day, we had the shooting at the parliament. Right. Its to be seen. Yeah, because even in ordinary nonterrorismrelated crime. You have that sort of copycat phenomenon that happens. What about in the United States . Obviously there are american fighters within isis, too. And i assume the same kind of propaganda directed at americans. Absolutely. There are a number of american isis fighters have already appeared in isis videos. Theyve already preached to the west generally speaking. One individual who actually issued messages of threat while veiled getting killed by the Syrian Regime forces. But another individual who was a chilean national, we dont know where he is. Hes one out of approximately 70 other americans who are fighting with isis in the region. Now, the question is, will these individuals attempt to return to the United States unnoticed and thus pose a much more imminent threat to us over here . A very broad question, Civil Liberties questions and also the access to the kind of weaponry you can get in the United States. Frightening and good question. Hopefully youll come back to talk with us about it again. Thank you for having me. Coming up, well discuss the Michael Brown shooting investigation. Including a who done it . Who leaked the official autopsy report on Michael Brown . And why . The latest information to come out of missouri even as officer Darren Wilsons Legal Counsel weighing in. And mcconnell versus grimes, gardner versus udall. Ce. My place . Uhh. Um. Hold on. Introducing the allnew Volkswagen Golf. Plenty of room for whatever life throws at you. I have a cold with terrible chest congestion. Better take something. Theraflu severe cold doesnt treat chest congestion. Really . New alkaseltzer plus day powder rushes relief to your worst cold symptoms plus chest congestion. Oh, what a relief it is. Here we go i found a better deal on prescriptions. We found lower copays. And a free wellness visit. New plan. Same doctor. Im happy. Its medicare open enrollment. Have you compared plans yet . Its easy at medicare. Gov. Or you can call 1800medicare. Medicare open enrollment. Youll never know unless you go. I did it. You can too. 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And last night, a Justice Department official condemned the leaks in a statement first to the l. A. Times and now to nbc news calling the leaks irresponsible and highly troubling and adding that since the release of the Convenience Store footage, there seems to be an inappropriate effort to influence Public Opinion about the case. An attorney for the brown family, meanwhile, calls the leaks onesided. Well, you have to look at the leaks and the content of the leaks. All the leaks seem to suggest that they are favorable to this Police Officer. And joining me now is lisa bloom, civil rights attorney and legal analyst for avo. Com and also the author of suspicion nation, why we continue to repeat it. Lisa, so glad to have you here. You are just the person to talk to about this. It is a who done it, right . Lets talk about, first, who got the autopsy . Who couldve leaked it . The suspects, the st. Louis county jury got it. You had the st. Louis county police that got it, and you got the st. Louis county Prosecutors Office who actually requested the autopsy. And very quickly, lisa, im going to go through some of what theyre saying about it. You have the Police Department saying our department did not leak any of the information. Theyre saying they didnt do it. You have a former st. Louis county police chief saying its no accident. And he says that the feds are allowing the information to coordinate leaks to the media and start getting some of the facts out to kind of let people down slowly, you know, presuming there wont be a prosecution. Then you have a former st. Louis mayor and former st. Louis police chief saying if i were sitting in government in some sort of higher place, i might say, lets strategically string this out so the public will have at least been prepared. And two more real quick. Darren wilsons attorney saying were not responsible for the leaks to the media, including those in the dispatch and the New York Times. And lastly, the Justice Department condemning the leaks altogether saying the selective release is wrong going back to the footage. Who in that group of people between the county, the police, the prosecutor, the police and the feds would have a reason to leak this kind of information . All of them. Because i think its very clear theyre trying to soften up Public Opinion for the very likely event that therell be no indictment of Darren Wilson. And theyre afraid there will be protests. And theyre trying to change Public Opinion. Look, i have no problem with this information being made public. In fact, the Ferguson Protesters have been begging for 76 days for information about how this young man was shot and killed in the streets. But whats happened was, theres been an aura of secrecy around everything. No police report, grand jury held in private, and then, instead, little drips and drabs of information always onesided, always in the context of whats favorable to Darren Wilson is the way these things have been leaked. Thats the problem of whats going on this week. We even had a forensic pathologist who did the autopsy who was pushing back on the idea. Because it wasnt just the leaks, lisa, it was the context put around them making it sound as if the autopsy confirms Darren Wilsons story. Lets listen to what the pathologist said. We only have partial information here. We dont have the scene information. We dont have the police investigation. We dont have all the witness statements. And you cant interpret autopsy findings in a vacuum. You need to take them in the context of the scene investigation. And doesnt that context include the witnesses who have already come forward and said that Darren Wilson, i mean, that mike brown had his hands up . Yeah. Six witnesses who said he had his hands up. And she has been widely misquoted. You know whats significant to me, joy, that nobodys talking about when theyre talking about Darren Wilsons statement, nowhere does he say he was in fear for his life or in fear for the lives of others. And thats the only legal justification for shooting. Instead, he talks about the gun going off past tense. He doesnt say i shot the gun. We know that Darren Wilson was shot shot mike brown at close range in his hand. That is consistent with a number of different possibilities. Its consistent with mike brown reaching for the gun. Its consistent with a scuffle in the car. Its consistent with the gun just going off accidentally when it was in Darren Wilsons hand. The autopsy alone should not lead anybody to jump to any conclusions, especially about mike brown allegedly reaching for the gun. Only fingerprints on the gun would show that mike brown reached for that gun. Yeah. And, of course, when the family got dr. Michael bodden that the family ordered, he did not have access to the clothing. So he wasnt able to do the full examination that he wouldve done that would determine how close of a range they were, right . This is incomplete information but its always exculpatory. Thats right. Go ahead. Is this something youve seen in previous criminal cases . I have never seen a case go down the way this one has with a complete lack of transparency. And the government over and over again leaking information thats completely onesided. That only helps the Police Officer here. Its only because of the media because of brave citizens coming forward and talking on camera that we even know that there are six witnesses who say this young man was shot with his hands up. And i also want to point out that a number of shots missed mike brown. We know that. Between four and six shots missed him entirely. So he still could have been shot at while he was running away or while his hands were up. And some of those shots simply missed. Yeah. This is the reason i think so many people want to see a very public, you know, case play out rather than all these leaks. Thats how it should have gone down, yes. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you, joy. All right. Next. Big changes ahead to the federal student loan program. And we will talk with the president of Miles College who helped negotiate a new deal that could make college a reality for students and families who might not otherwise be eligible for financial aid. People with type 2 diabetes come from all walks of life. If you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga. Its a different kind of medicine that works by removing some sugar from your body. Along with diet and exercise, farxiga helps lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. With one pill a day, farxiga helps lower your a1c. 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The new rules are designed to expand College Access while helping families manage their finances and avoid getting into more debt than they can handle. I sat down with dr. George t. French, president of Miles College in fairfield, alabama, to talk about his role in the negotiations with the department of education, which resulted in the new rules. That will make an estimated 370,000 students, including many seeking to attend historically black colleges newly eligible for direct plus loans. And what it could mean for young people from families who arent well off and aspire to get a College Degree. Thank you so much for being here, dr. French. Thank you. Lets talk about it. You and the president of Benedict College were on a committee called the negotiated Rule Making Committee and you worked with the secretary of education to make college more affordable. Tell me what the committee did and how will that change things for students and parents . Yes, joy, that was a negotiated rulemaking committee. There were two president s as you say myself and president david swinton. And we looked at the rules that were changed in 2011. Which effectively adversely affected 400,000 College Students at black and white institutions. About 30,000 of those at hbcus. Nationwide, when you look at 400,000 students affected, hbcus alone lost 150 million in financial aid. So what we did is we negotiated with the secretary and, of course, i have to say that i think these were unintended consequences. I think the administration had the right motives, but they were unintended consequences. And people critical of the way these are called parent plus loans. Basically, these are offered to lowerincome families, families who may not be able to qualify for a toptier loan. It essentially made the government a predatory lender, you could have broader credit criteria to get the loans and it encouraged families who couldnt afford to pay them back to take out more money than they could afford to pay. Do these new rules address those concerns . Well, they address the concern, joy, because actually, there was a paternalistic attitude in place saying these parents are not going to be able to pay these loans back, but that was not an empirically based. The loans were not being paid back, not large default levels within that community. That attitude had to stop. With our new rules now, our students will have more opportunities because the parents, we put in place a range where basically the federal government would look over these overdue debts they have to the extent of 2,000. And then the lookback period was reduced from five years to two years. You had a lot of people hit hard by the great recession. And now essentially their kids are applying saying, no, youre not credit worthy to get it, but actually getting a College Degree is the way to be able to pay back because you can get a job. Thats the social mobility right there, joy. If you cut off the opportunity for social mobility, you hurt our economy and our nation. I heard it said once before, sooner or later, a disease left unchecked in the valley will make its way to the mountain top. Yeah. Thats what we were looking at here. Making sure that the access for all students is available. And still have less than 30 matriculation to college. How do we turn that around . How do we get more kids into college . Well, the president has by 2020, the goal of being the number one, of course, we know that in 1990, the United States had the number one proportion of College Graduates in the world. Today were at number 12. We have to increase access for our students through financial aid, through programs that support them academically. Tell us what that is and how itll impact colleges . Well, from the administration, of course. What theyre attempting to do is look to Access Affordability and outcomes. Theyre looking at outcomes such as graduation rates, retention rates, affordability to ask the question, what is the tuition . Is it affordable . And will the students be able to pay those loans back . Right. And we also look at how much the pell grant rescipients are receiving at each school. This could be another opportunity for the administration to get it right. But there may be some unintended consequences. Because if we limit access to those who can least afford to go to college, we will hurt our nation and Higher Education. Well, a lot of people have said essentially their criticism is these College Score cards disadvantage hbcus which is by their very nature taking in a lot of students who might otherwise get a chance to go to college and sort of penalizing them for the issues that brought to bear when they got into college. We educate, we educate individuals who may not have the incomes but we need these teachers and social workers. We should not be penalized because of our mission. And one of the strengths of Higher Education in the United States is that we have diverse missions within our institutions. Dont penalize the institutions that have the mission of opening our doors for everyone. Indeed, access, access, access. A great mission. Youve had high praise from us. Well done. Thank you. Thank you so much for being here. Thank you, joy. Coming up next, just 12 days until election day and Senate Democrats are once again pouring money into the race to unseat republican leader Mitch Mcconnell. 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Where democrats citing better polling are suddenly warming back up to the campaign of Allison Grimes in kentucky. Injecting 650,000 into grimes attempt to unseat minority leader Mitch Mcconnell. After previously saying they would not put any more money into the race. Nbcs senior political correspondent. All right. Why are they going back in . The polls now show senator Mitch Mcconnell with a 45. 1 lead among likely voters, at least according to the Western Kentucky University poll. Is that a reason in and of itself for democrats to inject that much money . I wasnt sure why they said they wouldnt spend money last week, not sure why theyre changing their minds in some ways. The polls have not really changed in this race. Mcconnell has a small lead. Hes barely, rarely gets to 50 in most of the polls. And despite the attention grimes got for not saying who she would vote for, she has not suffered in the polls at all. Still within three or four points. I think this has been a close race and continues to be a close race. Yeah, and the way it normally works out, either party, but with the democrats specifically, they get down to brass tacks. Does the fact they are spending at all in kentucky, whether they reduced it and put it back up or not mean they have a realistic chance of getting that seat . They do, they talked about not having adds on the tv. Theyll continue to invest in the ground game. If youre talking about democratic pickups, michelle nun in georgia and greg orman in kansas are probably more likely to win than grimes, but both have a lot of money. Theres no reason to stop spending money to try to help grimes if she can get close to that gap to close that a bit more. A lot of them have tons of money. Lets go to colorado. The first lady going to be in colorado for mark udall today. The republican up 4639. What are they saying about that race . Do they feel that udalls seat is in peril . They do. These are the two seats colorado and iowa probably a year ago thought they would win these races. These are purple states. The president s Approval Ratings are low in those two states right now. Done a good job of running an effective campaign. There hasnt been a todd aiken a richard murdoch. Most of the candidates, iowa, have run solid campaigns in these close states thats going to be up for grabs. We should note that all the polling in 2010 in colorado showed Michael Bennett was likely to lose an election day and hes now, of course, in the senate. So these races are very close. And we shouldnt assume anybodys going to win or lose based ed on what we know today. Lets go quickly to georgia. There are these flyers out in georgia that are connecting ferguson to the whole georgia campaign. Is race becoming a top of mind issue in that georgia race . Race has to be top of mind issue in that race because of the fact that Michelle Nunn is polling in the near 90 among africanamericans and near 30 among whites. So the key thing here is youre seeing a little bit of what you saw in mississippi. Where rallied the black vote to win that primary. Youre seeing, Michelle Nunn would probably not say out loud, remember ferguson, not something she would say. But the state Democratic Party wants to fire up africanamericans. And ferguson is so close to peoples minds. They think about it, and its an important moment, in some ways about the importance of voting. I understand why theyre talking about this. Yeah. Lets go quickly to the money. Just the breathtaking amount of spending being done here. 97 million all 37 senate races in 2010, 158. 6 million in the nine most competitive races. The dark money thats going to be spent 730 million to 1 billion, about 32 from democrats. How much is the money mattering in moving the polls in these races on the ground . Its not that much. If you look at the data. If you look the a the data, the democrats spending about 2 billion. The republicans are spending about 2 billion. There are some races like mcconnell has more money than grimes. And i think that is hurting her. That said, if you look at the overall landscape, like kay hagan has more money than tom tillis in north carolina. Overall, the parties are about at parity in terms of spending, which means the spending will not be the thing to change the electoral map. Were going to keep it in washington. The race is very, very tight. Thanks, joy. Lets get an update on ebola. Rick perrys Infectious Disease task force held its first public hearing today to discuss ways to diagnose and isolate patients we b with ebola more quickly. Where two nurses became infected with ebola during the time duncan was admitted. Reports a 8. 1 million revenue decline, 50 drop in emergency room visits. There is some good news to report. Amber vincent seen in this picture looking healthy. Her family says shes insteadly steadily regaining strength. Vincent is the second dallas nurse who contracted the virus while caring for duncan. The first nurse nina pham is being treated in bethesda, maryland. Also on the good news front, mukpo says even though hes feeling the effects of his battle we bith ebola, he hasnt lost the bigger picture. Felt the fear and knowledge of just how deadly this is and, you know, having a sense of it being in your body and your life is hanging by a thread. It makes me remember a lot of people i filmed and talked to and connect with the fear they must have felt. Meanwhile, billionaire paul allen Just Announced he will donate 100 million to fight the virus that has killed nearly 5,000 people in west africa. I dont know my credit score. Thats really important. 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Ask your doctor if viagra is right for you. Brings together current loer leaders for frank conversations about politics, policy and the state of our culture. Recently we sat down with nancy pelosi and her daughter msnbc contributor and documentary film maker Alexandra Pelosi to talk about how these powerful women are succeeding in their careers. Alexandra pelosi and im a film maker. Roots and wings, thats what you said we needed to have. We needed to have roots and wings. You emphasized the fly away part. Its funny, you still call us every day. Im not sure how much you meant it. Well, i did mean i wanted you to have roots so you had your values and your commitment and your sense of responsibility. But to have the wings to fly away. Mostly i call you because of the grandchildren. A historymaking moment as the gavel was handed by john boehner. To democrat pelosi, the first female speaker of the house. What was it microhavilike ha stay at home mom . Remember, you won the town bake sale contest. Came in second. Okay. I want to thank paul and our five children for their love, for their support and the confidence they gave me to go from the kitchen to the congress. The one thing people dont understand about you is that you never were in public life until your kids all went off to college or in my case senior year in high school. So people think you were some sort of like, political person, but you werent that person. For these children, our childr children. The house will come to order. What i do in politics is an extension of being a mom that our kids have so much in that other kids dont. And thats just not right and not fair to those children. And not good for our country. So i know why im there. I think that i get attacked because im effective, i passed the Affordable Care act. If only you knew someone in power who could really heroic, i dont know, if you had contacts in washington. Ive learned my life lessons from you because you were of this other era. My news would be very old news except to say know your power, respect what you bring to the table, be involved, and follow your heart. The most valuable lesson i ever learned from you was assume nothing. Never assume. You have to balance between the trust you want to have in the people youre working with. So you dont want to be second guessing them every second, but you do have to check the list to make sure everything is done. But i want say that sort of like another step from that is be ready. Be ready, and it is what i tell people all the time, young women, especially. Theres an opportunity that will come your way that you have no idea what it is yet. I certainly didnt know i was going to run for congress. Be ready. For many years, i made political documentaries, but then i had kids, and my 2yearold asked me a question i couldnt answer. You taught me this. I never plan on having kids. I was going to be that working woman who was going to take over 30 rock, right . And then i had my kids and i was like, yeah, im not in the mood to go to work today. Id rather stay home with my kids. And now i know when i go to work, doesnt matter what happens at the end of the day because ill always have my family to go home to. I think you have your priorities in order. Ive got a new strategy for your movie. Okay. Its going to be diss the film maker. If you were a tree, what tree would you be . Im not. Im a bush. See im a little quicker than you think, alexandra. The one bond i always had with president bush when he was running for president was that he would say to me, youre n not like the rest of them. Youre one of us. Is george bush we vote for and see on tv, is he the guy you know . You and he shared that same, shall we say, mistrust of the media. So thats how i had a bond with him because i understood him because i knew he didnt like us journalists. The house will be in order. You come from a generation of people who believe in politics and politicians. You believe in the model that politicians can fix the world. And people in my generation and the millennials dont believe in politics at all. I think it might be changing because we see right now a crop of fabulous candidates for office. Young candidates for office. In addition to that, many young people who want to volunteer part of the campaigns. I would never ever, ever run for office. Because i know the impact it can have on somebodys family. You weigh the equities. This is not the plus side of it. But thats not the most of it. The most of it is a contribution that you can make and the contribution that a person can make is unique. All right. Lets get a reid alert now on the nfl Domestic Abuse scandal. Roger goodell will join two Baltimore Ravens executives who will have to testify at a ray rice hearing in november. 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Its wrong to stereotype an entire people. Remember, were human beings. I am a liberian, not a virus. Over 1,500 people have tweeted to the iamaliber the iamaliberiannotavirus. They are challenging the way theyre being viewed. Breaking the silence and changing the story. Meanwhile, is kenny g. Changing his story about supporting the hong kong student protests . He tweeted this picture from the demonstrations yesterday. But his peace sign was too much for beijing. Chinese leaders were furious that one of the nations favorite celebrities, yes, he is, appeared to take sides. Leading some of you to send snarky tweets like this. The chinese are not happy that kenny g. Is supporting hong kongs pro democracy protest. Smooth jazz can be quite disruptive, you know. But wait, kenny g. Took down that tweet and sent numerous like this one. Its unfair im being used by anyone to say im showing support for the demonstrators. Im not supporting the demonstrators. To repeat. Kenny g. Loves smooth jazz but does not support your protest, hong kong students, and twitter is not amused by his rejection of occupant central. Meanwhile, a former reagan aid has a new revision for american political life. In his new book, conservative author Douglas Mckinnon imagines a new country based on three states seceding from america. This new nation would put the stop to and on conservative Radio Program mckinnon says this, the interim name for the country, by the way, is reagan. The group decided that would be the best interim name until somebody, you know, the voters eventually decided to pick, you know, the fulltime name for a new republic based on traditional values. Yes, this new nation comprised of south carolina, georgia and florida would be named after conservative icon ronald reagan. On twitter, youre sarcastically reminding supporters of the idea. Worked well last time, as in we tried this with the civil war. But its called reagan. Whats better than that . 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