so i would read dick and jane all the way up to julius caesar. when i came to a word difficult, he would say work with it little sister. he wouldn't jump in and tell me. he would let me work it out so i did. i learned to jump into words. that built my confidence, grandmother and ggrandfather were from the old school. i can remember borrowing $25 from my grandmother. i was taking out my checkbook to pay her. she said no, darling, don't give me a little piece of paper. what did i give you. i said a 20 and a 5. so bring me that. they went to the light company and paid their light bills. they went to the department store and paid whatever. they went there once or twice a week to take care of business. the process of going through things, my grandmother would take me to the library. all along the way there were places where we couldn't go to the andrew jackson hotel, we couldn't go to morten's cafeteria. there was a paramount theatre, we had to go in the back door, separate water fountains. it was a very negative experience. when i got to the library,

julius caesar came up with leap day like 2,000 years ago. julius caesar invented leap day. and salad, i think. [ laughter ] today's a big night for another reason, too. isn't that right, guillermo? we have a big thing. >> yeah. >> jimmy: on january 17th, to motivate himself, i guess, guillermo made a promise on twitter that if he didn't lose ten pounds by the end of february, he would shave his mustache. and i've been holding him to that promise. and he got an extra day this year. [ laughter ] so, what did you weigh in like six weeks ago? what was it? >> 214. >> jimmy: 214 pounds. tonight, guillermo has to be under 204, or his mustache goes adios. do you think you're going to make the weight? >> no way. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, it will be fun to see you without the mustache. just out of curiosity, when was the last time you didn't have a mustache? it must have been like kindergarten or something, right? >> yeah. long time. >> jimmy: a long time, huh? guillermo was tweeting about his struggle with his weight this morning. and he said, how many pounds can you lose in a da

the correct answer to our challenge question was b, we have julius caesar to thank for the extra daybut caesar's version essentially adding a day every four years, was imperfect. it made things off kilter by about three days every 400 years. in 1582 pope gregory 13th devised the calendar which adds a day almost every four years with some exceptions. thanks to all of you for being part of my program this week. i will see you next week. >>> hello, everyone. i'm fredricka whitfield. with a check of your top stories. fresh from a win in washington state, mitt romney picks up a key endorsement in the race for the white house. this one from the leading house republican eric cantor. romney and the other contenders are on the campaign trail with super tuesday less than 48 hours away. tune in at 4:00 eastern time today for our special 2012 contenders hour. >>> president barack obama reiterates diplomacy is the way to go in trying to resolve the deepening nuclear standoff with iran but in his remarks before the largest american jewish lobbying group he said all elements of american power inclu

. >> every donor is one vote unless we're back in the time of cicero and julius caesar. >>> i'm going to talk about the rnc ad on war and women but your super pac has this donation from bill maher. 15% of the money so far, second biggest donor. i know you're not allowed to coordinate president. he came out and made that comment about sandra fluke, i don't want them attacked or called horrible names. that's why i called sandra fluke. do you feel he would be upset with the kind of words and tone that bill maher has used? >> i'm not going to stand here and defend vulgarity no matter who's using it. i'm also not going to select the republicans' selective outrage about when they get mad over who uses what terms. to listen to rush limbaugh or ted nugent, i think that republicans are very happy to ignore that and try to use this as an issue to distract from what are actually important issues that we're trying to discuss in this election. >> you don't think that -- that's absolutely right. they didn't come out nearly as hard as they should have on the rush limbaugh thing. >> they barely came

parenti's book but it's a fascinating power of a the senate and the oligarchs of them and how julius caesar liberation for a populist than he's given credit for. but he made the point that you could live very well and the outer reaches of the empire. increase you had this this life if you are roaming up about 700, 800. >> if you are in a right. >> inconstant noble did go along. imperiled. >> media always talks about the decline and fall. they talk in these germanic absolute and that's the way of characterizing things. it's not good to the process of history, which is slow, deliberative and frankly generous. history has been far more generous than they make it out to be. >> i mean, the chinese are a bit apprehensive because an old acquaintance of mine was a professor of history at cambridge and he was invited by the pink tank of the chinese bureau, which was people who leave the country to give a talk. and he set a date talk about this, that and the other. they said no, no, we're not interested that. they want you to give a talk on how the peak of its industrialization the british avoided a

>> maybe it's shakespeares and a julius caesar there the fault is themselves and not the darn stars.mm and broadcom are hitting it out of the park. >> do you like nokia, probably not. >> that's a river in finland as far as i'm concerned. >> one third of texas' sales is from nokia, specifically for the chipsets used in the simbian handsets. we're watching texas instruments and altera which did pretty much the same in the aftermarket session. it's actually higher. >> altera was the most predictable. that is a telco spend problem and when is at&t going to start spending? i think the problem was everyone was on hold. >> what about the demand for 4g? >> i think that's why qualcomm goes higher. ability going to wo in ain't going to work. >> let's send it over to brian. >> we've got the payroll numbers and the greek situation and the china the focus. what is on your radar? >> people are saying why is the stock market up so much -- >> bob, why is the stock market up so much this year? >> thank you, brian. it's simple, there are three pillars upon which things are moving and all three are get

julius named the seventh month july. in the 1500s pope gregory the eighth tiny tuned the calendar a little more. caesar years ago today. he and o'reilly were buddies. and now you know the news for this wednesday, february the 29th, 2012.

julius named the seventh month july. in the 1500s pope gregory the eighth tiny tuned the calendar a little more. caesar years ago today.