i know. my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turn over mmm hmm, i know it s sort of my weakness - i always keep it in the house well, that and boston crème pie, white chocolate strawberries, ya ya - oh! and key lime pie i ve already lost some weight [ female announcer ] yoplait light - with 28 delicious flavours at about 100 calories babe, what are you doing?! welcome back. it is 6:54. time for the moos news in the morning. eric massa finding himself the subject of media blitz and jeanne s take is priceless this morning. reporter: he barely mastered his name. new york congressman eric mass is a.
to curb the influence of special interest. when you have a former adviser coming out this tough and being slaughtered in the elections, it clearly has to be a wake-up call. he has their attention. no doubt about it. ed henry live from the white house. in the nation s capitol, a bit of drama on the floor of the house as lawmakers debated withdrawing troops from afghanistan. patrick kennedy rose and suddenly turned his anger on the news media. if anybody wants to know where cynicism is, there s one, two press people in the gallery. eric massa 24/7 on the tv, war and peace and no press, no press? you want to know why the american public is fit? they are fit because they are not seeing their congress do the work they are said to do. because the press in the united states is not covering the most
significant issue of national importance and that s the laying of lives down in the nation for the service of our country. it s despicable. the national press corps right now. strong words from patrick kennedy. a lot of people say he s got a point. we ve been covering eric massa and talking about tickle fights and there are very big issues like afghanistan that get less attention. he is by the way referring to congressman massa who resigned. amid these allegations of impropriety, that he groeped mall staffers. if you re not doing anything bad, there s nothing to talk about. these are elected officials and many ways the job of the press is to call them out, to question it.
government and wait for the usual torrential rains. sara sidener, cnn, po port-au-prince, haiti. they have not forgotten and been there reporting on this. half a million people are still living in the makeshift tents. that was a great report. it goes to show you what they are dealing with. all of these days later. right now we re 44 minutes past the hour. rob will be along with the travel forecast. things are changing and there are severe storms heading east. what s it a tickle or not? i think we know where we re going. jeanne moos looks at the eric massa scandal.
overseas. anything you d say to her. hope she s well. i don t understand it so it s just a shame. reporter: since last fall she has been sitting in a jail cell in philadelphia. one week from today she ll be back in court and is expected to enter a plea. kiran. susan candiotti in pennsburg, thank you. unbelievable story coming out of kansas city. nearly half of kansas city s public schools will shut down by summer to keep the district out of bankruptcy. the board nar rowly passed the decision. nearly 300 teachers will lose their jobs and some will have to reapply for jobs they already have. one board member says it was the most painful vote in ten years. eric massa s lunch date