babylon was ready talmud was written, the great bulk of jewish laws. suddenly is a place where jewish life is no longer comfortable. >> was the reception in israel? >> it is interesting. israel was an experiment. thousands of people converging on this ancient homeland, jews coming from every corner of the world. once they got there, they were not all treated the same. israel was largely founded by europeans, early leadership was largely european. the europeans went through the horrors of the holocaust and had a well-deserved status in israel. jews who came from muslim lands didn't quite get the same reception. they were regarded as savages, hillbillies, primitive caught and moreover, they came from countries that were now sworn enemies of israel so they retained by that affiliation and unfairly, sometimes. >> your father got to the states, how did that happen and what was your life like? >> my father when he got to israel didn't have an easy life. he had to work during the day at a factory to support his family. but he went to high school at night. he

i also recently finished clinton heylin babylon's -- babylon's burning and how the punk movement slowlyead and eventually transformed itself into a commercial enterprise in grunge in the very late '80s and early '90s. a fascinating read. i also recently reviewed joe scarborough the nbc host morning joe called the last best hope. i'm a big fan of joe scarborough on tv. i was disappointed a bit in the book which seemed a little bit superficial particularly in its stated goal to offer a true alternative to a kind of big government program that's coming out of washington from both republicans and democrats. there's a few other books that i have in my reading cue. two of which are ayn rand who's derided an awful stylist and writer. but she's getting a long look from a couple of serious scholars. these books are due out in october. one is called ayn rand and the world she made by anne heller. and the other one is by jennifer burns and it's called goodes of the market, ayn rand and the american right. it's fascinating to see rand finally getting a serious evaluation from american intellectual.

. >> out to you our producer standing by in west babylon, new york, there at the schuyler home. welcome. what can you tell me about admissions, whether intentionally or intentionally made that mommy's not afraid of a joint. she's not afraid of a big fat doobie. >> nancy, it's all very unclear. i'm out here in the neighborhood where this family resides. and i've been knocking on doors, speaking with neighbors. they're being very quiet. however, what i can tell you is that there's been very little activity in front of the home. but nancy, the car, the truck owned by daniel schuler has been parked here. my understanding is that this little boy is doing better, and he may or may not very shortly be released from the hospital. >> to michael ayman, michael, thank you for being with us, reporter with "news day." he's joining us from melville, new york. it's a pleasure to have you with us. michael, what can you tell me about statements made that the mother did use pot socially, that she did smoke pot? >> well, new york state police have told me that when they interviewed daniel schuler

i also recently finished clinton heylin babylon's burning talking about popular music, late '70s in englandnd the u.s. and how the punk movement slowly spread and transformed itself spoke a commercial enterprise in grunge in the very late '80s and early 90s most a fascinating read. i recently read joe scarborough scald the last best hope. i'm a big fan of joe scarborough on tv which i was disappointed in the book which was superficial in its stated goal in trying to offer a true alternative to a kind of big government program that's coming out of washington from both republicans and democrats. there's a few books in

i recently finished clinton's babylon burning, a long history of popular music starting in the 70s, mid 70s in england and the u.s. and how the punk movement slowly transformed itself into a commercial enterprise in the late 18s and 90s, a fascinating read and i reviewed joe scarborough of cms nbc post of the morning show, the last best hope. i am a big fan of him on tv. i was disappointed in the book which seem superficial, particularly in its stated goal of trying to offer a true alternative to a kind of big government program coming out of washington from republicans and democrats. there are a few other books i have in my reading cue, two of which are about the very popular novelist who is generally derided as an awful stylist certain and bad writer. she is finally getting, in this age of large state enterprises, she's getting a long look from a couple serious scholars. one of these books are due out in october. one of them is called ayn rant and the world she made, sympathetic social biography, the other one is by jennifer burns, it is called goddess of the market, it is

i also recently finished babylon burning from pont to grunge, a long history of popular music starting in the late 70's, mid-70s, late 70's in england and the u.s. and how the punk movement spread and eventually transformed itself into a commercial enterprise in grunge in the late 80's and early 90's, fascinating reading. i also recently reviewed joe scarborough, msnbc host morning show book for "the new york times" called last best hope. i'm a big fan of joe scarborough on tv and was disappointed a bit in the book that seemed a little superficial particularly in its stated goal to offer a true alternative to a kind of big government program that's coming out of washington from both republicans and democrats. there's a few other books i have in my queue. two of which about ayn ramd, derided as an all-star list and a bad writer. but she is finally getting in this age of large state enterprises and collectivization she is getting a lot of look from serious scholars. these books are due out in october. one is called ayn rand and the world she made by a ann heller, social biography, and th

they go to famous spots like babylon and also around baghdad. they do come here.ane: let us know if anything breaks. thank you, david. jon: how is business in the country? pretty good. the dow is up about 73 points. we have heard good news about a recovery in the housing market. jenna lee has more from the fox business network. >> we are getting some mixed messages on the housing market recovery. it has pointed to all of us. housing remains central to the recession. also, it is the no. 1 investment for american families. we would like to see a housing recovery across all areas of the market. "the wall street journal" is reporting that we're seeing a recovery on the lower end rather than the upper hand. they are crediting the government programs for this terrif. the cash for clunkers program incentivizes us to go out and buy a car no matter what the income is. this is not the same for the housing program that the government has put out there. for example, you have to be a first-time buyer to get the tax rebate. you have to earn less than $75,000 if you are a single

western tour itists coming through in a group and they go around the sites in baghdad and also nearby babylon>> thank you very much for the latest on baghdad. >>> the full senate will begin debating senator sonia sotomayor's appointment to the supreme court. over on the gop side, six republican senators have said they will vote for sotomayor. 26 have come out against the nomination and eight have not yet announced their intentions. >>> residents of alabama's largest county will be hard-pressed to get services as of tomorrow. as least a quarter of jefferson county will be on unpaid leave. residents waited in line for up it two hours on friday trying to pay bills and take care of business before the business shut down. the number of furloughed employees could grow if their financial crisis decemberent get better and quickly. >>> healthcare legislation passed a key house vote earlier this week but there is a long way to go before any kind of healthcare reform can be passed. caroline shively is following the latest. >> you thought the healthcare debate here in d.c. was rough, just keep the t.v. o

i like to know your opinion on iran and iraq may be combined in the future and the land of babylon thatd to be coming back into existence along with the other lands. also, it seems like eschatology says that will happen in the last days. what you think america's place will be? will america get further and further back and decline? just give up? will russia and china joint in iran and iraq, coming against israel? guest: it is a fantastical way of looking at the world if you had an alliance -- sounds a little crazy, but is not impossible between iran and israel. it would be an ideal balance of power situations. now what we are seeing in afghanistan and iraq is that the u.s. cannot stay in those countries forever because we will run out of money. it would bankrupt us. the chinese would stop lending us money. 51% of americans want out sooner rather than later. what will fill the vacuum is china and russia. iran with russian or chinese weapons would be very formidable. 65% of the world's proven reserves are in the gulf. if that falls under iran and either russia or china is control it will e

host: next to babylon, new york. you are on the air.'m going to put him on hold and go to noblesville, indiana. this is karen on our independent line. caller: earlier in your statement you had said that jimmy carter rose up through the power of, i think, the peanuts? the peanut farm. but could you elaborate a bit more on the fact that he was kind of an unknown? and this is in zbigniew brzezinski's book. >> "washington journal" every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. we leave this record portion now as the health-care debate continues in washington. we're taking you live to a news conference for the release of a study linking the growth in the health care costs with adverse economic conditions. we will talk about how the industry's labor cost and productivity are being affected by employer sponsored health care spending. live coverage on c-span. >> if you know that ran health is the single largest unit within rand and we put out over 300. he reports and articles each year that you can find on our website. many of them are going to be the types o