mr. morgan's library. i want to take us right away, actually, into mr. morgan's reading room, which is the room with the majority of the books, the majority of his 15,000 books. >> these students are part of an educational program run by the library. >> get close enough that you can see the handwritten text, and that you can see the hand-painted paintings that we were talking about. >> to illuminate manuscripts, the monks used many colors. but the most prized was gold. real gold. called gold leaf, it's even thinner than a leaf from a tree. >> you would have enough gold from that plum-sized nugget of gold to cover the floor of an entire tennis court. cool, right? that's how thin that gold is. >> while these students are getting their first look at illuminated manuscripts, these students are learning how they were made. >> basically, it's my first initial, and we got to design around our first initial. >> what you do is you blow your hot air onto the glue dots, and then you take the gold and you press it on. >> and then you get to use real gold and stick it

mr. morgan, i don't want to touch anything that has to do directly with the case.ry important for me as a mother not to touch for the sanctity of the case, the prosecution and the defense, that i would rather not talk about anything that will affect the case. i would rather like to talk about my son. >> yeah, tell me this -- i understand, and i respect you can't talk about the case. let me ask you about george. what is the most annoying misconception that you keep having to hear or read about your son? because some people see him as this brutal killer, a racist, somebody who -- you know, abused his ex-girlfriend and so on. a lot of this must be hurtful to you as his mother. what are the things that have really upset you? >> the most? that he was called racist. the most. you know, that is something that people who didn't know george and who did know george didn't bother to come up front and say, no, he's not racist. let me mention the case of mr. sherman weir. he was beaten and hit left unconscious on the pavement by a young man. now, this mr. weir because he was ho

mr. morgan is a liberal man openly supported politicians like bill clinton. wolf blitzer also holds court on cnn. he is not registered with any political party and not given any donations. he was extremely complimentary of michelle obama's speech at the democratic convention and has criticized conservatives. in 2009 mr. blitzer suggested that the tea party is racist saying quote most disturb something a very small but vocal minority targeting president obama's race, unquote. charlie rose, the co-host of cbs this morning in 1990 he was a registered democrat. we can find no political donation made by mr. rose. interview with president obama on july 12th of this year mr. rose said, quote: you have enormously successful healthcare regulation because the supreme court did not declare it unconstitutional. that is your proudest achievement in the first four years, unquote. matt lauer, co-host of the today show is not registered with any political party. we could find no political donations. in an interview with the speaker of the house john boehner, mr. lauer asked

morgan's impornce as a collector of raphael should not be underestimated. he spent more than half his fortune on works of art and set the example that other collectors would follow. like mrs. gardner, morgan never succeeded in obtaining an autographed madonna by raphael. the first american to accomplish this was henry walters of baltimore. walters made a fortune consolidating railways and was reputed to be the richest man in the south. well-educated, well-traveled, cultivated, walters, like morgan, had a taste for precious objects. nevertheless, he felt it was important to include a raphael in his collection. in 1901 walters acquired the madonna of the candelabra, believed to be at least partly by the master's own hand. scholars attribute the virgin and child to raphael and the angels to an assistant. walters proudly displayed his madonna in a gallery which he built adjacent to the family house in baltimore. owning a raphael had a significance beyond that of acquiring a beautiful work of art. he was the only artist whose prestige had endured all changes of taste and fashion. the next raphael acquisition marked the coming-of-age of america as a nation of collectors. the sm

morgan's importance as a collector of raphael should not be underestimated. he spent more than half his fortune on works of art and set the example that other collectors would follow. like mrs. gardner, morgan never succeeded in obtaining an autographed madonna by raphael. the first american to accomplish this was henry walters of baltimore. walters made a fortune consolidating railways and was reputed to be the richest man in theouth. well-educated, well-traveled, cultivated, walters, like morgan, had a taste for precious objects. nevertheless, he felt it was important to include a raphael in his collection. in 1901 walters acquired the madonna of the candelabra, believed to be at least partly by the master's own hand. scholars attribute the virgin and child to raphael and the angels to an assistant. walters proudly displayed his madonna in a gallery which he built adjacent to the family house in baltimore. owning a raphael had a significance beyond that of acquiring a beautiful work of art. he was the only artist whose prestige had endured all changes of taste and fashion. the next raphael acquisition marked the coming-of-age of america as a nation of collectors. the smal

this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> mr. president, thank you very much for sparing the time to talk to me. you are in the eighth year now, of the clinton global initiative. i would imagine all the world leaders you managed to amass here, there are a few topics of concentrated attention. probably right at the top of the list would be this simmering tension between israel and iran. now, i interviewed president ahmadinejad last night and he was adamant that he has no plan to build a nuclear weapon, that he has purely peaceful intention. clearly, most people here don't believe him. what is the smart thing for america to do right now, given the ratcheting up of the rhetoric on both sides? >> i think the smart thing to do is to maintain constant conflict with the israeli intelligent services and the arab intelligence services who don't want iran to have a nuclear weapon. saudi arabia doesn't want to have a nuclear weapon. the golf states don't want to. they don't want an arm's race in the middle east. then, i think that the other

piers morgan tonight starts now. mr. president, we will come to new york. to new york. >> the creator, the almighty, the most gracious and the most merciful. good morning to you. i wish to greet all of the wonderful people of the united states and all of the people who will see your program. at the end of the day, if you do have personal animosity toward me, don't transfer that on to the rest of the people of the united states. we love the people of the united states and they also wish in return peace and stability for all of the world. >> the big catalyst for protests at the moment in the middle east was the video that was released which mocked the profit, mohammed. as a result, there was an attack, as you know, on the american embassy in ben zazi and libya. the ambassador, christopher steven, was murdered. do you condemn the attack which caused his murder? >> fundamentally, first of all, any action that is provocative, off fenced the religious thoughts and feelings of any people, we condemn. likewise, we condemn any type of extremism. of course, what took

on september 23rd of last year, our friend piers morgan was interviewing mr. ddenly become an expert on the tea party -- and i will put money on that he's never even been within 100 miles of a tea party rally. >> has obama helped the process of in eradicating racism -- >> i think we made it worse. the tea parties who are controlling the party debated policy to do whatever it takes to see to it that obama only serves one term. but underlines that? screw the country we are going to do whatever we can to get this black man -- we are going to do whatever we can to get this black man out of here. >> it's not necessarily racist -- >> it is a racist thing. >> that was gordon from sesame street. >> by the way speaking of celebrities turning sour, what the hell happened to david letterman? i remember -- she knows. i remember the days he was actually like really, really funny. now he's like one of those guys who even though there's a dozen empty urinals he still walks right up to you and starts telling you all of their opinions and their kind of creepy and disturbing. la

mr. perfect is making headway. >>neil: i wonder with morganas an actor, and you recognize his voice immediately, and people could think, another hollywood guy and it could boomerang. >>guest: that is the thing. isn't it a turn off at this point? how many times can you parade morgan freeman or eva or the lovely ladies, hollywood elite, for president obama? he is being stigmatized with the association people saying he is the president of hollywood. this is someone whose central casting picked for the role but as they saw during the debate, where is the substance? what can do you when he does not have a script? i don't think this ain't this point morgan freeman highlighting the guy having challenges, move forward, he will revitalize the middle class, the numbers, the jobs, et cetera, it is not there to support this re-election bid. so, is this money well spent? so far it does not appear to do so at all moving the polls in his favor because the association with hollywood and the power elite, and all of the elite does not make any difference. >>nei

on september 23rd last year, our friend piers morgan at the camp nonsense network was interviewing mrelped the process of eradicating racism? or have been made a worse? >> made it worse. the tea parties who are controlling the republican party, publicly stated is to do whatever it takes to see to it that obama will only serve one term. what underlines that? through the country were going to do whatever we can't do get this black man out of here. >> it is not necessarily bases. >> is a racist thing. >> that was cordoned from "sesame street." either way, speaking of celebrities turning sour, what happened to david letterman? i remember -- she knows. i remember the days when he was actually really, really, really funny. now he is one of those guys comment that even though there's like a dozen empty urinals, still walks up right next to you in the bathroom and just starts telling you all of their opinions and their creepy and disturbing. ladies, take my word for it. but seriously, you can't turn into the verbal equivalent of someone who sends you e-mail and all caps because if it is an al

mr rat. well max yes you're getting into the language of the e-mails that have emerged in this civil lawsuit filed by eric schneiderman j.p. morgan unit is sued over mortgage securities pools new york attorney general eric schneiderman has filed a civil suit against j.p. morgan as a civil suit not a criminal suit the complaint contends that bear stearns and its lending unit e.m.c. mortgage defrauded investors who purchased mortgage securities packaged by the companies from two thousand and five to two thousand and seven so max investors lost twenty six percent of their investment in just the two thousand and six and two thousand and seven bond that is twenty two point five billion of eighty seven point five billion of bonds that bear stearns had packaged and sold up to pension funds and others but you do it to me what did you lose those people twenty six percent of the loving knowingly brutally so why did you do it you know good rat well max we've covered this with terry buell a number of times so we've covered the since november two thousand and ten and in fact the investigation however from eric schneiderman did not even start

morgan. >> on october 14, mr. candon of one of the most asinine comments ever on national television.and even worse, he insisted that we know that this was coming assisted we note this is an original thought. he came up with it. >> we have what i can't get the in word out of the white house party, the tea party. at the end of the day there's a big bubble coming out of their heads saying can we just lynch him? >> he is so charming. how do you decide a winner here? the winner of the 2012 barbra streisand political iq award for celebrity vapidity goes to baby hugo, sean penn ♪ ♪ >> we have what i call the get the n-word out of the white house party, the tea party but at the end of the day there's a big bubble coming out of their heads saying, you know, can we just lynch him? ♪ >> i'm sorry, i'm drink so much water shy. i spoke an enormous amount of pot before got it on i got crazy dry mouth. unfortunately, sean penn couldn't be here tonight. we tried to convince him that republicans are all just -- but he didn't believe us. so we had a thought. it is well-established that the hollywood l

morgan setting aside $200illion plus lls par t ssitisome could blow up on december 31. what do you think hapn? what i hear from congressional susileere mr sideof the teweath it is president romney or re-elected president obama. that is when they will sort this out. i think that is whistleing past >>est:ot gard. r woodward's book, you will see what went on to create some of this, back in 2011 we passed the budget control bill, you will see there was no honest political move ou ed ocaenta eyteconghe bush tax cuts. was foolish. they kicked the can down the road and this time it cannot be kicked. you hear that the bush tax cuts favor the wealthy, right? ifhe ts ftheyl tat. wiaween $678 billion and $800 billion over 10 years. guess what in if you let them expire, how about$3.7 trillion. nody wts totalkab tt-pelnt t room. they have created this mess. there is a way to x it but will they put the politics aside? wiea aheee targument is they ep gnmt rinor mhse election many can argue they did it through smokescreens, that they will do whatever they can to avoid this. but a forr c.b.o. director told me yesterday on fox business, and if y don't ge

morgan freeman, showcasing what the campaign calls the president's conviction. later this week, former president bill clinton and bruce springsteen will stump in ohio for mr. obama. and on thursday, the president joins jon stewart on "the daily show." it will be his sixth appearance and second since becoming president. but the performance that really matters is the one that comes next tuesday. the second presidential debate. mr. obama headed to williamsburg, virginia, today, for a couple of days of practice. and mitt romney is doing debate practice this weekend. it is tuesday, the big time we see them in the second debate. >> indeed. a lot of democrats, especially, say those adjustments are key. >>> for more on this, we have john avlon, senior columnist for "newsweek" and "the daily beast." john, good morning. >> good morning. >> thank you for coming in. we appreciate it. let's talk about benghazi. is this truly a potent issue for republicans? and does the killing of osama bin laden not inoculate the president somewhat on foreign policy? >> this killing in benghazi was at the wrong time for the obama administration. the questions that still exist, less tha

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mr. romney is able to get in there. i still look at the financials. i think under either president, the financials are going to work. specifically, i look at jp morganook at wells fargo. i think those names really have the most intense upside movement under either president. >> joe? >> love the financials. i heard you the other day talk about goldman sachs. i bought goldman sachs. i think goldman sachs is turning the corner. the reputational risk is gone. the return of net interest margin, i think that would be favorable to really accelerate the advance of the financials. >> big drags on the wells fargo, jp morgan. that was the big surprise out of wells' report. that net interest margin was much worse than expected. >> and i think you'll see an acceleration there. financials really, really would catch a bid because they are still undervalued. >> and there are beta names. goldman sachs and citi are clearly the beta names. want explosion in the upside, those are the names in the financials. >> price matching policies getting ramped up. which retailers could win the holiday price wars? what's fueling pain at the pump now? we'll head to the pits for som

morgan. >> let's trade this. josh, i think you wanted to come in on that conversation. obviously, you were moved by what you heard. >> i really disagree with the thesis that mr. lee puts forth wherein people should buy the riskiest stocks because those are the ones that managers will use to get ahead. he mentions in his notes, 64 points mutual fund managers are behind the indices. i don't think that's a very good idea. as evidence of that, i would look at today, for l examinexam morgan stanley index of stocks is down worse than the regular indices and the regular index. i would kiss disagree. i would avoid those areas just because you think someone dumber is going to come in behind you. this is not going to work if earnings news continues at this rate. >> let's continue to trade round the horn. brian kelly. >> i think, if you look at american tower, that's the one pick that i actually like there that tom was talking about. no matter what happens, the cell phone is such an incredible utility now. it's the last thing anybody's going to get rid of on the economic downturn. and if the economy continues to chug along, people are still going to use it, and the expl

mr. whipple, david axelrod. remember those old commercials don't squeeze the sharman? i swear it's his doppelgÄnger. we are all squeezed now, that's a problem, right? actually when you listen to piers morgan and this happens oftentimes, it's not so much that he is interviewing a guest. he's actually interviewing himself. this is when we roll the clip. >> i always feel he's got so many -- personable, handsome, he can be funny. you know, abroad he has this great image for america. a lot of things are just perfect about barack obama. >> i do know, we've got a lot of men in this room. okay. how many times, look around you at the table, look around them everybody has a different look, everybody is unique. i tell my three children it doesn't matter which look like on the outside, it matters who you are on the inside in your heart, whether you -- i tried to tell it to my kids. but man, look around you at the table. how many of you would ever let the words trip off your tongue gosh, he's handsome? i'm just saying. the thing is i like watching piers morgan when he is doing that a month review of the jackson family. is it just me or is the jackson sun on cnn every other night? it seems like they're

mr. pandit came in. he's right about that put up what's been going on. pandit came in december of 2007. since he came in, stock down 89%. bank of america, down 79. morgann sachs down 41% and jpmorgan only down 8%. so there's been disparities in performance. i want to go to the rally we've got. i know it's not the hot topic but, folk, we're doing it. citigroup and gary is right. we went positive early on citigroup. almost approaching 100 million shares now. that's 2 1/2 times the normal volume and only 11:30 eastern time this. is going to be a big volume day for citi. meantime, take a look at the s&p 500, 1465 is the old closing high. look at this. we're only 10 points away, 12 points away from a new closing high on the s&p 500 and that was just a few weeks ago. here this is just the three-month chart that you're looking at. particularly nice day for material stocks and energy stocks are doing very well. i just want to put up the financials and note what's going on. a little bit of bifurcation going on today. you notice the big money center banks like jpmorganchase, bank of america on the upside. look at some of the regionals. pnc, fifth third and zions