put our energy. she lives not as a victim but as a survivor. her insurmountable will to prevail is the only story worth discussing. we continue we ask that you continue to give her and our family privacy as we continue this journey back into society. to ariel castro [ speaking spanish ] gracias and thank you. thank you, ma am. zblu your honor, next is beth
we will have more from oklahoma ahead. before we do that, one other story worth keeping an eye on now that is the on-going still unfolding drama surrounding the irs. these are tea party protesters today at the irs office in philadelphia. tea party group said they would protest at irs offices all over the country today, but local coverage of whether or not the protests actually happened does seem to be sparce. tea party protesters showed up specifically at the irs office in cincinnati, the office where key words like tea party and patriot were used to single out groups for special scrutiny when they applied for tax exempt status. conservative tea party movement was in the midst of fading to black when the irs apologized for its actions and thrust this issue into the headlines a little over a week ago. tea partiers now hope the scandal women reenergize and reinvigorate their movement.
rather than mobilized our political and economic resources. but perfection is not the standard. commitment is. i make no claim that this organization is better than any other. but i believe the commitments of the more than 200,000 college and graduate members, of making our selves and our community and our nation better is a story worth noting. today is delta sigma theta s 100th birthday. happy birthday, sorors. that s our show for today. thank you to julianne malvo, to nancy, kaitlin, tracy, and thank you to you at home for watching. i ll see you again next saturday at 10:00 a.m. eastern. i will be in washington, d.c. to cover the second inauguration of president barack obama. coming up, weekend with alex witt. plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold, and i took nyquil, but i m still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn t unstuff your nose. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn t have a decongestant. no way.
using student labor in these plants for assembling the iphone. we did see the swhar price come off in monday s trading session just shying away from that 700 bucks level. one other story worth spending time on here. facebook, the shares down 9%, barron s putting out a piece suggesting still the share price might be overvalued, ouch, to anybody who bought into this ipo. it is still 45% underwater compared to the ipo price. fascinating stories in the tech space for you. we are treading water in the european trade right now. back to you. wow, 45% down. jeff, thanks so much. we appreciate it. still ahead this morning on way too early supply tell you, two of the worst calls at the end of a football call i can remember. the replacement refs strike again, this time directly deciding the outcome of the packers and seahawks game.
health plans, not so much. that is until catholic leaders and some commentators began sounding off. catholics and christians all across america are fired up over president obama s approval of new regulations that require insurance plans of religious organizations to provide contraseptive coverage. why did it take news outlets a couple of weeks to catch up with the catholic protests? a former white house intern for president kennedy says she was his mistress 50 years ago. did he realize that you were a virgin? i think he did because he kept asking me if i was all right and i was all right. but she confirmed the affair nine years ago. was her book really worth an nbc primetime interview? plus are we ll look at the coverage of the sad and unexpected death of whitney houston. i m howard kurtz, and this is reliable sources. we re going to begin with the tragic death at the age of 48 of singer whitney houston, and joining us on the line from los angeles is cnn s larry