economist stephen whiting dad, i'd put that down. ah. 4g, huh? verizon 4g lte. 700 megahertz spectrum, end-to-end, pure lte build. the most consistent speeds indoors or out. and, obviously, astonishing throughput. obviously... you know how fast our home wifi is yeah. this is basically just asast. oh. and verizon's got more fast lte coverage than all other networks combined. it's better. yes. oh, why didn't you just say that? huh-- what is he doing? lou: record highs on wall street today. stephen whiting joins us in just moments to give us his insight and perspective. the dow jones industrial had an all-time new high. the dow jones of 126 points, closing at 14,253.77. that is a long way from its start back in march of 2009. 6547 points to give the dow jones at full value. the s&p 500 within 25 points of its record tonight. the nasdaq gained 42-point. all the way up to 3.6 billion shares. stocks of the big board finishing today higher. the the biggest gainers were on the dow, hewlett-packard. the biggest dow gainer since march 2009, american expres

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meat it pisses me off. >> stephen: it's the other white me. is. >> no it's not. >> stephen: legally it's the other white meat. i'm going to clock you man. what do you weigh in at? you want to do it? go ahead. [cheers and applause] obviously when i say fight it's a metaphor for be upset with. >> no, no. >> stephen: nice to meet you. we raise pigs. we have plenism we raise them here. they are wonderful. what is wrong with the way we raise them here? >> they are raised in confinement. >> stephen: let them run, they'll get away. babe, pig in the city -- >> they are standing in their own crap and urine 24 hours a day. >> stephen: i believe the word you want to use is marinated. how are your pigs raised? >> mine are raised on the earth. >> stephen: it's all natural. >> on the dirt, it's natural. >> stephen: at what point do they naturally decide to meander to the slaughter house? what part of -- do you reed them neech read them nietzsche -- how snarl is it really? can we see the pigs out here? [cheers and applause] oh. [squealing] oh,. who is this?

meat it pisses me off. >> stephen: it's the other white me. is. >> no it's not. >> stephen: legally it's the other white meat. i'm going to clock you man. what do you weigh in at? you want to do it? go ahead. [cheers and applause] obviously when i say fight it's a metaphor for be upset with. >> no, no. >> stephen: nice to meet you. we raise pigs. we have plenism we raise them here. they are wonderful. what is wrong with the way we raise them here? >> they are raised in confinement. >> stephen: let them

stephen white from the ethics in public policy center. thank you. always good to have stephen with us. a lot of things going on for his first big holiday. >>> the olympic blade runner may soon be returning to competition. what the judge's ruling enmos for oscar pistorius's ability to leave south africa. we're awaiting a historic launch, a rocket lawn. one american among the crew members head to the international space station a live report on why this mission is like no other before it. i'm the giants mascot. eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. you know the giants don't have a mascot right mom? [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. you know the giants don't have a mascot right mom? great first gig! let's go! party! awwwww... arigato! we are outta here! party...... finding you the perfect place, every step of the way. hotels.com jon: a legal victory for the olympic "blade runner" now charged with murder oscar pistorius. rick folbaum live in the newsroom with the update ther

stephen white from the catholic studies program from the ethics in public policy center.nk you. >> thank you. jon: we'll continue to watch the chimney from the sistine chapel waiting for puffs of smoke. it takes a few seconds before one can determine if it is white or is it black. black smoke means no new pope. we'll continue to watch on it on "happening now" humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why at liberty mutual insurance, to policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what ee comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? [ cash register dings ] [ male announcer ] wow. a brave choice. okay, focus. think courage. think shaun white. think how perfect they'll be for outdoor crafts. mr. white. [ male announcer ] they're good for circulation. plus, they're totally practical. yeah, freedom. scan me. stride on, pale-legged, short-shorts guy. ♪ i work for 47 different companies. well, technically i work for one

rick: stephen white, though, the likelihood of an american pope if you had to put some odds on it what? >> i'm not going with odds. i think it is fairly unlikely. rick: why is that? if you could just explain to our viewers most of whom will be here in the united states who would wonder why an american hasn't before and most likely won't be chosen as a pope? why? >> well there's a couple of reasons why it hasn't happened in the past. there used to be what is called the a super --, wasn't a real thing. you don't want to the give us superpower in addition to the papacy with other things it has control of. i heard from a lot of experts who are every owe there now that is much less in play this year than it has been in the past. there is such a thing as building coalitions. they're not political factions but there are different groups of cardinals from different parts of the world, with different interests who are likely to sort of select the man they think best fits the needs they see the church having. if you do the math it adds up that it's possible but not terribly likely we'll have an

. >> stephen: meanwhile, gail was about to make a griewssome discovery. >> i see the white tubs in theack of the car. what the heck. i peer in and seat words form mald hide -- formaldehyde. >> it's what they put into the dead people. >> stephen: it was murder. >> also used to preserve. >> stephen: so it was science. [ laughter ] the situation was detearor yaight rapidly. it was time for the authorities to step in. police chief james willis filed the report. >> no, we don't do any -- >> stephen: what about the investigation? >> i wasn't a case. it was a lot of and found. we passed information along. there was nothing for policemen to do. >> stephen: with the press at a dead end gail took matters into her own hands. >> i was checking facebook and two of my friends on facebook posted this weird story anded it said who has the scallop guts. >> stephen: who? who? so gail made a call to the fisherman's wife michelle. >> at 7:00 the phone range and the voices said it's me i have your scallop guts. >> stephen: a nice connection until gail learned what was really in that bucket. >> gonadsp scal

we talk to the different policy folks in the white house, everyone who has a stake on the speech. >> stephenrybody gets there two cents. do they say that's my turf don't describe it that way? >> you get a little of that. everyone we work with is wonderful. >> stephen: sure. of course. every place anyone works is fantastic. you are free now, you are gone, you are done. >> i have one more day. >> stephen: (bleep) i booked you 24 hours too early because baby it's time to dish. you are a young guy, why doesn't the president's speeches have more young language like obama care is awesome sauce. >> i try keep this out. the president has a good feel for what he wants to say on any given speech. we're there to help him get it down on paper. he spends a lot of time writing it him is. we'll go back and forth. he will take yellow legal pads and sit there and write longhand until 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning and send us back six or seven pages. >> stephen: anything you wrote broke your heart that didn't make it in? >> there's lines that you think o you know. when he sends you back edits he writes in the b

white and it appears we have a new pope. >> breaking news, the world's 1.2 billion roman catholics have a new pope. >> we have a new pope. >> stephen: yes, we have a new pope, me and the reverend al sharpton. see you at mass on sunday, al. [ laughter ] the point is: the lord hath smokein. habeas this guy-em. cardinal jorge bergoglio of argentina or as he will be known pope francis. the first pope named for st. francis of assisi, one of the most beloved of all time. that's a ballsy move, it's like going with the name pope kitten falling asleep. [laughter] pope franky has waste nod time. our pope now no longer looks like he is out to crush the rebel alliance. [cheers and applause] but as much -- [cheers and applause] -- as much as i like the new pontiff, i may he may be going too faf with his message of pope and change. [laughter] >> setting a tone for a humbler, simpler paip cinch he dreams of a church on the side of the poor. >> he refused to sit on a thrown to accept oath of allegiance but stood on the same level. >> pope francis shocked a newspaper stand when he personally called to cancel his subscription. >> he is a guy who rid

. >> the white house hasn't released details of his trip but israeli media says he's visiting this spring. >> stephen: oh, so now obama thinks he can wipe out his shameful record of never visiting israel by visiting israel. [laughter] it's a chonda! don't fall for it, my chosen brethren, my he-bros. [laughter] he doesn't get you. [cheers and applause] this man doesn't get it. israel is a divided country that feels beseiged by terrorists, and whose politics are increasingly dictated by a small, hard-right minority. obama can't relate to that! [laughter] and if you need more proof that the president is no friend of israel, just do the math: back in 2007, president bush supported israel with $2.3 billion in foreign military aid. this year, president obama wants to bring that down to just $3.1 billion. [laughter] i know, it looks like it's going up, but remember, in hebrew you read charts from right to left. [cheers and applause] all right? [cheers and applause] and our worst fears about obama were confirmed when he appointed as secretary of defense former senator and man who just learned his dog died--

shall we start with you, stephen command moved back the other way? >> here you have three old white guys in blue blazers talking about the alamo. it's no accident. jimmy is a little younger i guess that we were born and the time we were caught up in the most fervent period of the alamo obsession which was the david crockett movie, the most part that played david crockett and walt disney king of the west and in 1960 john wayne's the alamo was made. the combination of these two movies inspired a generation or if not multiple generations of american kids. it was a huge cultural phenomenon. like harry potter would be today. and so, it was natural to get caught up in it. david crockett was the entry point for most of us. he was a very fascinating, avuncular, cool looking guy in this outfit and his coonskin cap. then the everything that i think was so provocative to us was the fact that here was a movie, we were kids -- i am speaking for me and assuming this is true for most of us -- we were kids watching a movie for the first time in our moviegoing lives the hero died, and i think there

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white house to give a. radio. well if you've never seen anything like. it welcome back to conversations the great minds were talking with dale stephens founder of unqualified and author of the new book hacking your education ditch the lectures save tens of thousands and learn more than your peers ever will still welcome back thank you we were we were talking in the last segment we as we as we hit the break i mentioned the system in germany. the. when we lived there back in the eighty's our youngest was in second grade literally and that was the year at least in that town in that part of northern bavaria where the decision was made whether you go to the the whole sure or the reality sure was i recall where the two horses whether you go on the trade school route or the college route it was very very rigid and very organized but there was this alternative of trade schools as well as college and for for kids who wanted to literally become bricklayers i mean bricklaying was a noble profession and it was a two year apprenticeship do what lessons can we learn from that is this is our system fundamentally broken should we be looking at that. there are there are un

the white house has come out and said this is not the sort of thing we want to be doing. >> he looks earnest. i feel sorry for dennis rodman. thank you, stephen i'm not sure whether he is earnest, but that doesn't mean the impact of hi actions don't have negative consequences. >> thank you thank you stephen a. we'll be right after this. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics >>> let my me p in the middle of the night it can be frustrating. it's hard to turn off and go back to sleep. intermezzo is the first and only prescription sleep aid approved for use as needed in the middle of the night when you can't get back to sleep. it's an effective sleep medicine you don't take before bedtime. take it in bed only when you need it and have at least four hours left for sleep. do not take intermezzo if you have had an allergic reaction to drugs containing zolpidem, such as ambien. allergic reactions such as shortness of breath or swelling of your tongue or throat may occur and may be fatal. intermezzo should not be taken if you have taken another sleep medicine at bedtime or in the middle of the night or drank alcohol that day. do not drive

the white house has come out and said this is not the sort of thing we want to be doing. >> he looks earnest. i feel sorry for dennis rodman. thank you, stephen sure whether he is earnest, but that doesn't mean the impact of hi actions don't have negative consequences. >> thank you, chris cillizza and thank you stephen a. we'll be right after this. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. can i get the smith contract, please? thank you. that's three new paper shredders. [ boris ] put 'em on my spark card. [ garth ] boris' small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase every day. great businesses deserve unlimited rewards. read back the chicken's testimony, please. "buk, buk, bukka!" [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase every day. told you i'd get half. what's in your wallet? you know you could just use bengay zero degrees. medicated pain relief you store in the freezer. brrr...see ya boys. [ male announcer ] bengay zero degrees. freeze and move on. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria

and this move follows fierce criticism of the white house and its handling of the terror attack on our consulate in benghazi, libya, on september 11th. stephenational advisory and former deputy assistant to the vice president for national security affairs, dick cheney. hi, steven? >> hi. good to be with you, alisyn. alisyn: explain to us the thinking here. if this special corps of special-ops guys were stationed somewhere close to the middle east or in theast the of september 11th and what happened there in benghazi could have been different? >> i have my doubts whether it would have been different but that is the thinking behind this proposal it appears. we often have adjustments to our military force posture and other things looking at the last crisis, the last war, et cetera. this fits that pattern but these ships have extremely scarce real estate. one has to wonder what they would displace. if you're going to make room even for a small number of people. there are the problems of benghazi that really didn't have to do with the force capabilities. there is civilian leadership decision-making that could be muddle didded or slow. you have to

white house that day, that we believe that there was a connection with 9/11. we believe that there was a connection with the weapons of mass destruction of stephen hadl hadley, onety advisers came out and said, that was wrong. we made a mistake. there's absolutely no question that the republicans now have lost really the stronghold that we've had for decades, of, we are the party for national defense. but one thing i would counter with is, it shouldn't be a republican or a democratic issue. it should be americans standing united. so it shouldn't be the democrats are better at this or the republicans. it's, the civilian leadership making the best choices to put our men and women in uniform in harm's way. >> especially, craig, i want to highlight that. there's a quote that i used to try to follow, that politics should stop at the water's edge. >> yeah. >> we're all americans. and we saw that spirit on 9/11. the problem is, and i'm not saying you or -- but there were folks within the administration, i would say, specifically dick cheney -- >> and paul wolfowitz as well. >> and paul wolfowitz, those guys knew that they were basically getting intelligence that our ow