. >> a couple of years ago the other book you've written, it was about beethoven, why? >> well, i've always loved music, and what i like is literary challenges. to write about ronald reagan is a literary challenge because he was a very difficult man to penetrate. t.r. is a literary challenge because he's so enormous and multifaceted. just to portray the whole of him is a superhuman challenge. to write about a composer is to write about music, which is a language almost beyond the power of ordinary language to describe. mendelssohn once remarked, music is a superior language to ordinary speech. so, the challenge in that case was to write a short book about beethoven which used language to communicate the essence of music, and i found that a delightful challenge. >> why beethoven among all the compos composers? >> he's probably the most complex character of the great composers. bach, for example, is a composer of equal stature, but his character is amorphous and difficult to get at. but beethoven was so human, so worldly, that it was a delight to write about him. >> came

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this is beethoven's third. we have a ton of music, he wrote nine of them. got a lot of room before this rally runs its course. >>> ron in virginia. >> caller: hi, jim, retired u.s. army officer booyah from virginia. >> thank you for serving booyah, right back at you, sir. >> you guys made it all worth it. >> they go, those guys are on my 9:00 "squawk on the street," what's up? >> i want to thank you for making my hobby fun again, two years ago i started watching your show, read your books. my question is i'm long in general mills, since kellogg has got pringles, i'm wondering if i should alter my position. >> someone upgraded general miss, kellogg, that new ceo has real horse sense picking off pringles. stick with mills, if kelloggs goes back to 5 s i'll buy it. >> joe! >> caller: booyah, philadelphia. >> negative story i love the paper, what is on your mind? >> caller: i got a question, i want to know if i should be buying, looks like it's growing straight up, they went through a deal for 4.3 billion dollars worth of soy beans with china. them and a couple

implement actions that destabilized those schools so there's a school in our neighborhood called beethoven a was at almost 85% of students meeting and exceeding state standards. cps closed a school and moved them inside of beethoven and then they are at 57% and there's no accountability for that they destabilized that schools and several schools in our neighborhood. >> karen lewis, is the public with you? i get sick and tired of this attitude about people, well, they come from low income and don't have good parents. these parents care, do they not? >> they absolutely care. they have come together and not only in the past schools have come out for their particular school. this time we saw people come out from schools from across this city because this old status quo way of doing things is wrong. it does not work and it's dangerous. >> we'll do it again. karen lewis and jitu brown, thank you for joining us here on "the ed show." a store we can't let go. it's happening around the country. >>> the lorax is making lou dobbs freak out. why are folks at fox news going nuts over a cartoon? we'll t

that's it for beethoven. can i have your attention, please?ond part of the exam which will be an analysis of this chord progression. i'll play it for you once. ( begins playing progression ) well, here goes nothing. i still have another exam. i mean, i'd be happy to leave and you can just... come on, give it a go. all right, but just a minute, though, o.k.? who are you? i'm bill ellis and this is rebecca casey. we're here for the moles audition. follow me. ( hard-rock music playing ) he's tied up right now. wait outside. you can wait out here. do you really still want to wait? of course we're going to wait. all right, we'll wait. hey, did you see that studio in there? all that equipment. ( rock music playing ) ( sighs ) what time is it? ten minutes later than the last time you asked me. how much longer do you want to wait? let me go find out what's happening. he doesn't know how much longer. oh, let's go! no way, wait, man. this is going to be worth it. i've got some bad news. the band had to leave. what do you mean, had to leave? sorry, the b

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stock markets aren't like mozart or beethoven's pastoral symphony. they're all like beethoven's string headaches and one of those awful 20th century classicals that require some advil of not five milligrams of xanax. my advice, pretty easy. go buy yourself some headphones. ride out this period. conscious going five. can't enjoy it every time. let's go to richard in florida. richard! >> caller: mr. cramer, a big florida boo-yah to you! >> i'm liking a sunshine boo-yah to start the show. >> caller: here we go. let's think about this. my question tonight is in reference to yahoo. it looks as if the deal to buy -- sell back the shares is gone. it's folded. >> yeah. >> caller: do you see yahoo! putting up a real for sale sign to sell everything? >> no, as a matter of fact, i think that yahoo is a classic case of a lot of people. it's much ado about nothing, a little shakespearean analogy there. where there's smoke there isn't fire. i think it's being propped up by speculation, and i think the people ought to -- and go home. let's go to joseph in florida,

and this would be like barry rn i low commenting on beethoven. i have a smattering of in these things. i did work on the researching and writing of his memoirs from 74 to 78 and i worked with him again in 1983 on doing producing and conducting about 38 hours of interviews which were to abvideo biography based on his -- based on the memoirs. but that was a long time ago, and so i'm not really an expert in, as you're about to see, in '83 in those interviews. the president told me two things that i think are relevant to today's panel. one is that he didn't have much -- wasn't much interested in psycho historians. because all psycho historians are psychos.ore i go on i should say thanks certainly to mel small for writing this or collecting and editing this important book, and to the library and the miller center and to the archives for making all of this possible. joe's comments. the 27 pages of

the prize committee said she mixed elegant language with "the fury of beethoven." her work spanned more than six decades, starting in 1945. wislawa szymborska was 88 years old. and another death of note: the creator and host of "soul train," don cornelius, was found dead of a gunshot wound at his los angeles home early today. police said it was a suicide. his tv dance show, with its trademark animated chugging train opening, aired nationally from 1971 to 2006. it showcased the best in r&b, soul and hip-hop music. cornelius hosted the show for 22 seasons, until 1993. he was 75 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: next, president obama lays out a new plan for tackling the housing crisis, but will it be more successful than prior efforts? the president had only to cross the potomac river to falls church, virginia, to fi plenty foreclosures. >> this housing crisis struck right at the heart of what it means to be middle class in america: our homes. >> woodruff: in fact, he said, the crisis remains "massive in size and sco

he will do everything to make sure newt -- >> to his defense, the in flight movie was "beethoven part 2" of the. >> i didn't know that. why didn't he say that? >> apparently he did the research you failed to do. >> it is the godfather two. >> lauren, where do you see this going? should mitt be worried? every month there is a new not mitt bubbling up, and then it goes away. we have gone through some that weren't even involved in the election -- i mean in the primaries. >> i am trying to understand who mitt romney is as a candidate. he is so easy to attack there is not a firm stance. we read an ad that said give the money back to the taxpayer and all of this. he is a typical politician. he has the experience coming from the business side of things. and he should be running on that. jay he is confused -- >> why is he confused? >> he is all of these things in one. >> he is a summer and he is a fall. >> maybe it is everything you want him to be and more. >> i don't know what that means, but it sounds like an awesome song. >> why can't they find someone? why can't the republicans find a con

beethoven was sometimes cycle but he gave the world ode to joy.iness is much of what life is about. one of my favorite books good government, he argue there is no higher aspiration than happiness. if you had one wish for your kids that they have wealth, success and a career or overall happy life, wouldn't you pick happiness? i once commission add poll on the topic and happy life outpolled all other choices combined. unfortunately today many people believe that government's job to create happiness, not to allow us to pursue it. government handouts and government guidance make people happier but that is a fallacy. happiness comes from the pursuit of other goals, accomplishing things at work. maintaining friendships and family. helping other people. it's telling that all those people on the street who says the biggest smile represents their state of mind, not one attributed their happiness to something they got from government. it was all family, friends and religion. >> for me it's kids. >> being with family. >> why you so happy? >> because i have t

it's hard to believe, but after brilliantly portraying lee harvey oswald, sid vicious, beethoven, draculan, our first guest had never received an oscar nomination until this year. he earned it for his performance in the thriller "tinker tailor soldier spy." it is in theaters now. please say hello to gary oldman. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] thank you for coming. thank you for reading for us. i hope that "jersey shore" thing doesn't hurt your oscar chances. >> it might. >> jimmy: it might. have you seen the show "jersey shore"? >> no. i caught half an hour of it recently in france. >> jimmy: really? >> it was dubbed -- it was obviously in french. but it was in black and white. it was a masterpiece. i've never -- i don't know who these people are. who is j -- >> jimmy: jwoww? >> jwoww. >> jimmy: well, she's one of the kids that live if the house. i don't know if they're kids. they behave like children. but they're adults that live in a house in new jersey. some of them are italian. and some of them pretending to be italian. >> and they pee themselves? >> jimmy: i would lo

but instead i got beethoven. dynamic and intricate music emanating from an old upright piano in the town that was two hours from the nearest stop light. after he finished his peace i ask one of his classmates are you sure he has only been playing for one year and two months? she assured me that was the case. he is what they call a prodigy. this young prodigy was playing for us after my address here. you talk -- utah is a state full of gems like heston. he did this through hard work and the desire to succeed and brilliance to our landscape. in every corner of our state. utah saw the richness and strength of its people. i am optimistic that utah's future and i believe in utah's people. because you talk is willing to put in hard work necessary to be the architect of our own destiny. utah is leading the way and setting the example for the rest of the nation to follow. in the darkest days of the economic crisis utah stood true to the founding principles of our great nation and we now see the fruits of that determinati

beat, jeff talks to pianist jonathan biss about his ongoing nine-year project to master and record beethoven's piano sonatas. and tonight's edition of "frontline" follows former chicago street gang members who worked to stop the violence there. here's an excerpt from "the interrupters." the voice belongs to former gang enforcer, ameena matthews. . >> holding a prayer vigil for a kid shot in front of his home is listening to the radio. he definitely wasn't in a game. he was loved by his block. when ego sets in, these young guys say let's go get who we think did it. >> i'm hearing 20 different things. all of it is is stupid. all of it is stupid. 2:00 in the afternoon coming home from school. for real? this unacceptable for me to be holding this boy, this young man obituary. schools, churches your mama's house, your cars. those are safe zones. i was making a real stupid decision and some stupid calls. there were calls in my life, blood on my hands in my head. who does this baby belong to? who does this little shorty belong to? he's just hanging around? he's just hanging? this little... he's just

the prize committee said she mixed elegant language with "the fury of beethoven." her work spanned more than six decades, starting in 1945. wislawa szymborska was 88 years old. and another death of note: the creator and host of "soul train," don cornelius, was found dead of a gunshot wound at his los angeles home early today. police said it was a suicide. his tv dance show, with its trademark animated chugging train opening, aired nationally from 1971 to 2006. it showcased the best in r&b, soul and hip-hop music. cornelius hosted the show for 22 seasons, until 1993. he was 75 years old. those are some of the day's major stories. now, back to judy. >> woodruff: next, president obama lays out a new plan for tackling the housing crisis, but will it be more successful than prior efforts? the president had only to cross the potomac river to falls church, virginia, to find plenty of foreclosures. >> this housing crisis struck right at the heart of what it means to be middle class in america: our homes. >> woodruff: in fact, he said, the crisis remains "massive in size an

way to the keynote and frankly i was expecting a simple ditty like chopsticks, but instead i got beethoven dynamic and intricate music emanating from the old upright piano at the talent that for two hours from the nearest stoplight. after young heston finished his piece diaphanous classmates, are you sure he's only been playing for one year and two months? she assured me that was the case, adding, he's what they call a prodigy. [laughter] by the way, this young prodigy will be playing with us in the rotunda after my address. you can hear him. utah is a state full of gems like heston, gems that when polished and made to sparkle through hard work and the desire to succeed at brilliance to a landscape. in every corner of our state, utah's source of richness and strength is its people. i'm optimistic about utah's future because i believe in utah's people. utah's best days still lie ahead because utah's are willing to put in the hard work necessary to be architects of our destiny. utah is leading the way and setting examples for the rest of the nation to follow. in the darkest days that the eco

way to the keynote and frankly i was expecting a simple ditty like chopsticks, but instead i got beethoven, dynamic and intricate music emanating from the old upright piano at the talent that for two hours from the nearest stoplight. after young heston finished his piece diaphanous classmates, are you sure he's only been playing for one year and two months? she assured me that was the case, adding, he's what they call a prodigy. [laughter] by the way, this young prodigy will be playing with us in the rotunda after my address. you can hear him. utah is a state full of gems like heston, gems that when polished and made to sparkle through hard work and the desire to succeed at brilliance to a landscape. in every corner of our state, utah's source of richness and strength is its people. i'm optimistic about utah's future because i believe in utah's people. utah's best days still lie ahead because utah's are willing to put in the hard work necessary to be architects of our destiny. utah is leading the way and setting examples for the rest of the nation to follow. in the darkest days that the ec