s fraud charges against goldman. mary schapiro echos that statement on wednesday. >> so you can say categorically, no wipgs, no heads up in advance, no signal from anyone -- >> categorically. we found out about it on cnbc. >> he watches the show. lloyd blankfein, meanwhile, goes on attack. the s.e.c.'s charges against the bank and phone calls to clients. one person tells the s.e.c. that blankfein is out to kill them and the s.e.c. suit hurts america. blankfein and other execs will testify on tuesday. the s.e.c. complaint was cited by a german public bank sector byron lb as it cut ties with goldman. democrats plan to seek a key financial reform today. they need 60 votes to block the republican filibuster, which would essentially prevent formal debate from starting on the measure. democrats are targeting monday for a final vote and the congressional office says that the dodd bill would cut the u.s. deficit by $2 is 1 billion over the next decade. ross. >>> meantime, athens could be preparing to tap the joint eu/imf aid pack

s case against goldman sachs. some have raised the question about politics. maryiro, appointed by president obama, put out a statement saying they acted without regard to politics. let the chips fall where they made. i asked the president if there was something fishy about the

mary mccloud bethune and they were all active participants in the national council of negro women. in the early 1950's, i would come to washington, d.c. with my mother to attend those meetings and it was dorothy height and mary bethune who opened up the willard hotel for the women to have their convention. at that time, hotels in d.c. were segregated abit was dr. height who helped open up the willard hotel for that purpose. at that time, she was helping to build the organization on behalf of dr. bethune, who was beginning to fail. when i came to congress six years ago, i brought where with me a picture taken in 1942 of the organization and i went and presented to it dr. height. she immediately recognized the picture and told me it was taken in front of the department of labor in 1942. i asked her where she was in the picture. dr. height said, well, honey, i was inside doing the work of the organization while the members were taking the picture. thank you for the time, mr. conyers. this was an a lifetime of service to the country and the african-american people. i want to thank her for her service to q

mary thompson with your cnbc market wrap. stocks climbed from a morning plunge to finish modestly higher. the dow jones industrial average adding nine points, the s nasdaq gaining 14. >>> concerns about greece continuing to weigh on the markets, this morning it was news that its debt in relation to gdp was higher than expected. stocks began to recover around midday, despite a wave of lackluster earnings forecast. qualcomm shares plunging and nokia plunging 13% on a weak forecast due to stepped-up competition in the smartphone market. >>> and posting earnings after the closing bell, amazon moving sharply lower, despite beating expectations. >>> microsoft also on the decline after hours, the tech giant beating on earnings and revenue as well, citing strong sales of windows seven and the xbox. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back. we saw thousands of tea partiers rally in washington on tax day last week and a recent political poll shows the movement is split between social conservatives, who look to sarah palin as their leader and libertarians who look to congressman ron paul. it's an honor to have you, sir, you're a leader of a movement. someti

mary ferguson. she was elected -- she came to the governorship in the early 1930's. was a western of very little education. she took on the ku klux klan. the big issue was a raging public debate over the teaching of foreign languages in the public texas schools and whether the schoolchildren could study in spanish. she came out against teaching in foreign language. this was her statement according to anne richards. no more teaching our children dirty french or spanish. if english is good enough for jesus christ, it is good enough for texans. people that ask where great accomplishments and achievements come from, i'll tell you about a story, one of the greatest where you and your brothers and sisters were deeply and intimately involved in and without your involvement it would have come to pass. july 7, 1919, 260 army enlisted men and 27 vehicles left the area of the white house to drive across the country. they were commanded by a young army colonel. it took 62 days to get across the united states of america in 1919. breakdowns along the way. several of the vehicles n

mary mccloud bethune and they were all active participants in the national council of negro women. in the early 1950'send those meetings and it was dorothy height and mary bethune who opened up the willard hotel for the women to have their convention. at that time, hotels in d.c. were segregated abit was dr. height who helped open up the willard hotel for that purpose. at that time, she was helping to build the organization on behalf of dr. bethune, who was beginning to fail. when i came to congress six years ago, i brought where with me a picture taken in 1942 of the organization and i went and presented to it dr. height. she immediately recognized the picture and told me it was taken in front of the department of labor in 1942. i asked her where she was in the picture. dr. height said, well, honey, i was inside doing the work of the organization while the members were taking the picture. thank you for the time, mr. conyers. this was an a lifetime of service to the country and the african-american people. i want to thank her for her service to quality, -- to equality, fairness and inclusion. the spea

mary mccloud bethune and they were all active participants in the national council of negro women. in the early 1950's, i would come to washington, d.c. with my mother to attend those meetings and it was dorothy height and mary bethune who opened up the willard hotel for the women to have their convention. at that time, hotels in d.c. were segregated abit was dr. height who helped open up the willard hotel for that purpose. at that time, she was helping to build the organization on behalf of dr. bethune, who was beginning to fail. when i came to congress six years ago, i brought where with me a picture taken in 1942 of the organization and i went and presented to it dr. height. she immediately recognized the picture and told me it was taken in front of the department of labor in 1942. i asked her where she was in the picture. dr. height said, well, honey, i was inside doing the work of the organization while the members were taking the picture. thank you for the time, mr. conyers. this was an a lifetime of service to the country and the african-american people. i want to thank her for her service to q

s&p at the open. the nasdaq, thanks to apple, looks like it's going to open strong. let's get to mary thompson back at hq. ma mary? >> mark, those better-than-expected numbers continue to roll in from the financial sector. this morning morgan stanley and california banking giant wells fargo posting strong results. morgan stanley reversing a year-earlier loss, posting earnings excluding a 21-cent-a-share tax benefit of 78 cents a share. those results 21 cents ahead of estimates as revenue more than tripled to $9.1 billion. the bank's new ceo, james gorman, saying the company still has work to do, but the work the firm has been doing to improve its trading operation appears to be paying off. revenue in the fixed income unit was well above the $1.3 billion from last year, a key reason for strong results in the first quarter. compensation expenses in the quarter rising to $4.4 billion from $2 billion last year, one reason is the venture with citi. still, the compensation ratio declined to 49% from 68% because of the increase in revenue. yesterday, rival goldman sachs said its compensation

mary coulter she worked right upstairs here. she was the first important female architect in the world. the harvey company found her teaching industrial arts in minneapolis to do one job in the early 1900's to create the visible of the indian building albuquerque mexico. her work became the beginning what we think of as santa fe style which is taking native american art, native american goods generally seen very spare homes and putting thousands in the same room to create a lush environment with the same stuff. brigety in santa fe decorates their house that way many people across the country. mariculture invented that and was later brought back by the fred harvey company to do interior for all of the buildings. she was incredibly persnickety. the cab drivers in kansas city particularly from her hilarious because she would get in the car and scream to go as fast as possible. she was in several well-known taxi accidents in fact in kansas city because she was all over the taxicab drivers but this is a woman who was a very model of a professional woman who wanted to get done in her life and an inspiration to a generation after generation female designers and architects someone who worked in