. >>> peter matheson, the only writer to win the national book award for both non-fiction and fiction has died. he was 86. during an interview with jeff brown on the news hour in 2008, matheson shared his thoughts about both forms of writing. >> fiction is really what i want to do and always want dodd. i am a journalist, too. i write about the environment. i write about social problems. i work with caesar sesar chavez. i've worked a lot with american indian people. that fascinates me and i want do that, but my heart is really into fiction. >>> we want to take another look tonight at the latest unemployment report. for more about that, we are joined from washington by nela richardson, senior economist with bloomberg. we've heard that all the jobs lost in the recession have been recovered but quite a few people are saying not all jobs are created equal. >> that's absolutely right. actually, it is an important milestone, but it is a milestone that doesn't tell the whole story. the quality of jobs that have been created in the past five years since the great recession are of lesser qualit

and to take you all the way to a student level, and then, bring it back into summary, and so miss matheson? >> thank you. >> and yes, as he has mentioned we have really had a chance to look at a lot of the numbers and data and when we talk about the counseling services through the office of counseling and post secondary success and the student family community department and we really have the targeted support services, and these are essentially done in collaboration, with our office, and all of our high school counselors, and include and are not limited to, a few of the support services that you see mentioned here. and counselors, and administrators received a list, of their off track students, and once each semester, and these lists are really meant to be across reference and a way to augment, all of the services that the counselors are providing and not only throughout the student, senior's year of high school but really throughout all four years of their high school experience, and so, counselors provide some of these targeted services which include, individual counseling, and group co

rod matheson has more. >> families wait to receive the bodies of their sherpa sons.here is no such thing as a norma day's work. they risk their lives every day preparing routes for climbers. it provides for their families. >> what are we going to do? he is dead. he used to take care of all of us with what he earned. now many grandsons and granddaughters. it has been and will be difficult for us. he used to take care of all of us. >> sherpa guides are part of after close community. they are used to putting lives in each other's hands. the death of one is felt by all. >> my clonse friend died. we had climbed just three months back. he was a good man and a good climber. death is a great loss for mountaineering. >> the avalanche was in the pop corner field because of the large boulders of ice along the route. it's the worst accident in the mountain's history. anyone on mount everest knows death can be a slip or a fall away. for the sherpas, some of the most experienced climbers in the world, they, too, sometimes find themselves at the mercy of the mountain. rob matheson,

--n paltrow said peter matheson's final novel comes out today, three days after the celebrated author and naturalist died of leukemia at the age of 86. in his 20's, peter matheson helped found the paris review, which later amended using as a cover for spying on americans in france as a cia agent. he wrote more than 30 books, including "in the spirit of crazy horse," about imprisoned native american activist leonard peltier. prompted lawsuits from a net cia agent and a former governor of south dakota, both of which were later dismissed. he is the only writer in the national book -- to win the national book award for both fiction and nonfiction. his last novel is called "in paradise." this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. >> welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. if you go by the ballot she'd come the last four years have been a time of economic growth in the united states. corporate profits and stock prices have mostly recovered and in many cases surpass her levels from before

. ♪ >> peter matheson --peter matthiessen, the author and naturalist, died on saturday.s 86 years old. he always seemed to be of a different, earlier era. he was an environmentalist, explorer, founder of the parish review, and cia agent. first and foremost, he was a writer. the only author to win for both fiction and nonfiction. his last work will be published on april 8. in 1927, he was born into a wealthy new york family. he graduated from yale and moved to paris. it is there that he and his childhood friend founded "the paris review." he moved back to new york and spent the rest of his life writing about the natural world and humanity. his work includes, "at play in the fields of the lord." he is survived by his wife, four children from previous two marriages, and grandchildren. your moments from his conversations on this program -- here are moments from his conversations on this program. >> what drove you to go to africa? >> my dad is a hunter. i used to hunt, too. i got interested in animal behavior. my brother did, too. he went to marine biology. it started very ea

at the time of the founding we were lucky to have thomas jeffer don, ben franklin, james matheson. the country was bitterly divided. there were people in our public life willing to set aside self-interest and do the right thing. it really is remarkable. >> one of the problems we have now is anyone votes or says anything in favour of something their constituents may not want and that gets back to them through 27 hour cable news through the internet. so do you think there's any hope for washington, that things will change, gip the circumstances? >> well, you know two things helped the bill get past. one hashed out in secret. it was negotiated behind closed doors. that's hard for something to happen because the pressures of 27/7. the other thing that happened was there was a grass roots campaign who brought pressure to bear as a moral issue. i wassederedway would -- wandered what would happen on immigration, if synagogues got together saying "this is a moral issue itself, it had a lot of effect on congrassman and senators, especially on westerners, who did not have large black constit

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the matheson indicator, and herera indicator. a sharp decline in economic growth.'ll talk about apple. would you sell or buy a bond there? would you buy the apple bond? are you better with u.s. treasurys? or should you forget the i-bond completely and buy apple stock instead? we have the pros and cons. >>> is this judgment day for the big banks? is this the end of too big to jail? back to scott and the "halftime" team. >> all right, guys, we look forward to that. >>> jon najarian is making a bet on a railroad stock. doc, what have you god? >> canadian pacific, cp, the stock has turned over 150% of its normal full-session volume in just three hours. that's the stock. the options are off the charts, and they're betting that this one goes a lot higher, judge. cp, basically serves from montreal to vancouver, up in canada. obviously, extends down into the u.s. i think it's a good bet, and they're buying december calls with both hands. >> this is an ackman name. >> yes, it is. yeah, he likes it, which is another reason, i guess, maybe he and carl will team up, judge. >>

i'm tyler matheson in for bill griffith. the actual closing bell will be rung right here on the floor of the cnbc newsroom which will be filling up for the full hour, nearly everyone, hundreds of people who work for our network. we won't time lapse it. will show it to you in realistic as it all developments as part of the cnbc 25 celebration, and we have a very special broadcast just ahead. >> yes, including an interview with one of the first cnbc 25. former federal reserve chairman alan greenspan joins us exclusively. we're going to talk about his biggest achievements and his biggest regret over the last quarter century. when we ask him we'll speak with him in just a moment. >> and we'll find out this hour if the dow can make a new all-time closing high, possibly a fitting touch on this special day. the dow only needs to gain about 41 points to close at a record which was set on december 31st of 16,576. well, actually right now. >> yeah, sitting a little above it. >> actually above. there we go. we'll tracking that closely