libertarian views. is mr. paul the future of the republican party? karl rove will weigh in. the guy had a knife in his back for three years. he must have worked at nbc, too. we begin this half hour on a more serious note. bill: also, two big stars on nbc under intense fire. jay leno may be fired and matt lauer is getting hammered all over the place. bernie goldberg will have analysis. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. bill: hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight happy passover to jewish viewers around the country and the world. i m sorry about the frog in my throat this evening. it happens every year around this time. spring allergies or maybe, maybe, it s just god wanting me to be quieter. political corruption on college campuses.
their plan to overcome poverty because they say times have changed and survival isn t just about them any more. george howell, cnn, atlanta. american hikers josh fattal and shawn bower are returning to the united states tonight. they were locked up in iran for two years on charges that they were spies. since wednesday they have been free in oman where they made their first public statement just a short time ago. cnn goes to oman. mohamed, what did they say? reporter: well, it was just a short while ago, a press conference here at the vip lounge at the air temperature. shawn bower spoke first. he said getting off the plane that brought us here three days ago was is most incredible experience of our lives. we ll never forget seeing our loved ones. they went on to thank the leader of man for his work to secure their release. josh fattal spoke right after that. gave another short statement. said just hours after we left prison we were able to swim in the calm waters of the gu
and unless there is proof, he said that there is a real chance that osama bin laden will gain a mythical status. i can tell you walking around the compound here, nobody believes. i have not found anybody here who believes that osama bin laden was actually ever here. wow. fascinating details, ann curry, there in pakistan. look forward to reporting today on msnbc and on nightly news and on today. one more note about the events that happened on sunday afternoon. and that now iconic photograph from the situation room where we saw president obama and his top advisers. many notice secretary of state clinton appeared shocked by what she saw with her hand over her mouth. but this morning in italy, secretary clinton said that her anguish look may have just been some spring allergies. she said she doesn t know what she was seeing at that specific time that that photo was
flowers comes spring allergies and where you live, obviously plays a part in how many tissues you go through. the allergy and asthma foundation found the south not so hospitable. knoxville, tennessee, the worst place to live for allergies. topped the list for the second year in a row. other allergy challenged cities, louisville, kentucky, charlotte, north carolina, chattanooga, tennessee, atlanta, georgia is a bad one. ed study based on pollen count, the number of meds used and allergy specialists per patient. the desert southwest is probably the best. or really cold places. don t know many allergic to cactus. there s nothing organic and no kind of what i guess new york, we don t worry about allergies here. you can t get pollen from concrete. i tell you, i never had allergies before the moved to the south. spend a couple years down here, you ll get them. get them both in the fall and spring. i want to show you new video coming into the newsroom.
of oklahoma, this tornado was seen bringing strong winds and hail. thank you for watching cnn. good morning to you. right now on american morning, dangerous storms that could spawn tornadoes threatening more than a half dozen states. the damage is already done in oklahoma where one person is dead, another is missing and at least 20 homes damaged or destroyed. a family tragedy in upstate new york, a distraught mom drives the family van into the hudson river with her four children inside, only one child survived. we re going to talk to the woman who found him shivering on the side of the road. with three world leaders calling on him to go, libya s moammar gadhafi found time to take a joyride through tripoli, look at him, pumping his fists as his troops were stepping up their bloody assault on misrata. if you suffer from spring allergies, there are cities that are worse than others. we ll tell you what to do about it, coming up ahead on american morning. white chocolate strawb