kathy rogers and carolyn maloney. sizing up obama versus romney. plus, comedian and actor, the outspoken bill cosby on politic, and the man who killed trayvon martin. it doesn t make a difference if you re a racist or not. i m candy crowley. and this state of the union . but first two break stories we re following. a series of attacks across afghanistan and a deadly tornado outbreak here in the united states. we want to begin with those tornadoes that tore through the midwest and central plains overnight. authorities say at least a dozen twisters touched down across four states in the northern oklahoma town of woodward, five people including two children died from injuries related to a suspected tornado. twisters also decimated thurman, iowa where 75% of the homes were damaged or destroyed. in the nearby town, tornadoes forced the evacuation of a hospital that was damaged. dangerous as it is, there are some people who actually chase tornadoes, one of them is jeff who joi
have the clip of the former new york city police officer? because i want that one. at the rally, i think you know what you re going to get. but the whole case has been around this stand your ground law and whether or not this person in some way, shape, or form, george zimmerman, could have been firing in self defense. and this former new york cop says it s just not that it s not us making assessments here as civilians thinking where s the other side of the story. here is a professional looking at it from the vantage point of what he does every day. take a look. the vast majority of the issues in this case are pretty straightforward. it doesn t require any great deliberation. to be quite blunt, i think police supervisors, sergeants all over the country within 20 to 30 minutes after getting on the scene here, there would be an arrest. trying to create this i just don t understand why this whole process seems to be so stuck in place and needs so much analysis. this is not an issue o
whether it s the gulf coast, oil spill or a hurricane, total different rules are employed in those kinds of disasters. absolutely, there should be disaster relief teams that are making assessments right now of these communities that are hurting. i was in gulf shores, alabama not too long ago, the hair there, robert craft, was trying to clean up his beach. every time they would move the beach. oil would come back ashore. they re not equipped to handle the big ticket items. they need assistance, they need direction, they need leadership from the top. mike: joe, thank you very much. it s a pleasure to see you again. anytime. mike: great to have you here and i hope that we will maybe, maybe get some information to the white house and let them know you have some authority, for heavens sakes, use it. when we come back, joining me, what about the rolling stone article that brought down the general. should the general have known? we ll talk to greg about that when we return.