after publishing tens of thousands of pages about the war in afghanistan, some of which could pose a danger to u.s. troops and informants. and furious moms today are lashing out at super model gisele bundchen about what she told a magazine about breast-feeding. gisele said, here s the quote, i think there should be a worldwide law, in my opinion, that mothers should breast-feed their babies for six months. well, today the new york post asks, how dare this woman tell us how to raise our children. melanie mannarino is the deputy executive editor for redbook magazine. if gisele had been sitting with a group of women at a brunch table and had said the same thing, would there be outcry at that brunch table? there might be. you know, it s such a hot button issue, and the reason is because every woman feels that she is doing the best she can for her child. so when you speak up in that way, in an emphatic way, sure, somebody else is going to feel put down. let s talk about some of
i think it s the idea that you re nourishing another human being from your body. so, you know, there are so many things that come with that. you know, whether it s social and cultural, sort of cringing, which, of course, shouldn t happen, or, you know, a sense of superiority, that you re able to do this and maybe another mother might not be. gisele said, i understand that everyone has their own experience and opinions and i m not here to judge. the la leche statement to the new york post said, one mother does not have to be wrong so that another mother can be right. was gisele wrong to give out that kind of an opinion? will there be long-term backlash against her for that? ion, people tend to forget. the public tends to forget and forgive. and, look, aren t we doing the same thing by picking on gisele right now? i m not picking on her. no, no, not me and you. but there are a lot of commenters online who are. exactly. and the fact is, maybe she spoke out when she shouldn
the game s owner says he s an obama supporter and he didn t notice a resemblance. after it was brought to my attention, you know, i said, well, maybe it could be a likeness, but it didn t look like him at all. irving good jr. said that the president obama target, or at least the look-alike target is now in the garbage. back to that breaking news that we re seeing now out of kmov. this is coming to us from or ksdk, that 50 victims were on these school buses and a tractor-trailer that crashed on i-44. we are told at least one person has been killed. franklin county sheriff s department is on the scene. when we get more information, we ll bring it back to you. plus today, super angry reaction to super model gisele bunchton and her idea to require women to breast-feed their babies for six months. even la leche league is pushing back saying mothers should be respected for their personal choices.
she definitely is. right. nice to see you. thank you. wave been talking online today about this story, gisele, breast-feeding, why there s so much heat surrounding it. rene says, it s a personal choice. eric watson says, when did bundchen become an expert on raising children. maybe she should stick to modeling underwear. and amanda miller walker wrote, i nurse both my children and i encourage it, but it s not something that works for every mother. she went about this the complete wrong way. i appreciate that you ve chimed in and i would love for you to e-mail me at contessa@msnbc.com. get me on twitter and facebook as well. let s go back to the breaking news now in missouri. we re watching that crash on i-44 and looking at two school buses and a tractor-trailer. reports of 54 children on board. so we re waiting to find out some new information here. just getting from st. john s mercy hospital in washington that they are treating some of