racist tweet. let s go straight to london. zane, you just told me this happened. we got you up top. what did it say? who are we talking about? reporter: hi, kyra. this is the first olympic casualty. she is a champion triple jumper from greece voula papachristo and is believed to have said on twitter, with so many africans in greece at least the west nile mosquito will eat home made food. the reaction to that was very quick and very angry. her tweet was deleted. she apologized shortly after that on her facebook page saying she was really sorry for her tasteless comment and that i respect all people and all races. she went on to say she really believes in the values and meaning of the olympics. now, this athlete is only 23 years old. this was to be her first ever olympic games. she is not even here yet, kyra. she was in athens on her way to london in the next couple days but was booted out almost instantly from the team after she posted that tweet. i m standing outside the ol
premeditation to take the lives of innocent people. let s grieve, let s have the process that we have the time to reflect. in 2011, president obama and members of congress didn t press for an assault weapons ban or gun control after gabby giffords tragic shooting. you didn t see that in 2004 when the expiration of the ten-year assault weapon took place. and that s why this happened. we didn t have any pushback, isn t that the point? you have harry reid who is now the senate majority leader who didn t favor extending the assault weapons ban. you had dianne feinstein saying yesterday on television, this is not the time for congress to be debating these issues. bipartisan complicity is not right on either side. i m not saying it s bipartisan complicity. it s less than three days after the tragic shooting. let s reflect, honor the memory of the people who were lost. let me let brother melber jump in. i think ron is expressing something heartfelt and has every right to. that
about it if not now? when are we allowed to talk about it? we ll talk about it after the break. ari melber, kelly goff, and ron christie stay with us. there s a lot more coming up in the next half hour on the ed show. stay tuned. there s influence from the muslim brotherhood in the highest levels of the federal government. grover norquist calls the republican attack on hillary clinton s top aide, quote, completely indefensible. the muslim brotherhood said they can t even penetrate the egyptian government. the panel weighs in on the good things that can happen when the republican leadership calls out the crazy. and the man behind the colorado massacre has stolen enough headlines. later, we ll pay homage to the victims with the words from their families. febreze experimt with the azerbaijani wrestling team. can febreze air effects defeat the smelly air in their gym for good? [ man ] what can you smell? [ inhales deeply ] a lot of flowers. it s on the zingy side of floral. pot
have been killed across the country today. it is a first for philadelphia as well as the united states. a judge has sentenced monsignor william lynn to years in prison, the first roman catholic official to be convicted 6 covering up claims that priests were molesting children. and graham spanier says his massive this is a quote massive and abuse as a child make it illogical to believe he would ignore allegations against sandusky. he s nobody the chargedy connection with the case, but an investigation by ex-fbi chief louis freeh concludes that he helped university officials conceal allegations of sexual abuse against the former assistant football coach. we re learning more about the sophisticated booby trap inside the apant of james holmes. now the suspect in the colorado movie massacre. the bomb squad was able to defuse the trap. law enforcement officials say the aparnell was rigged to explode, it looked like something you would find in iraq or afghanistan. it inclu
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