ben cramer, he was just a guy. he wasn't anybody, and particularly, he didn't work for ag big news organization. he decided he want to write this book. he started calling press secretaries and he was getting no response. what did he do, he went to st. louis, and interviewed dick geoff heart's mother and found his brother and he found he went bottom up, which is so it seems so obvious, but at the time, people weren't doing it. so he found out who the friends of all these people, what they were kids, he talks about what they were like when they were kids, what they were like in high school, in college. just a great thing and i would say read it solely for the stuff on joe biden. biden obviously ran for president, was considered a frontrunner at one time in the '88 race, they have a close relationship. insight into the of the united states is remarkable and we forget what joe biden, the tremendous tragedy of losing his wife and his child early in his life, his struggle with that and who he has become as a result, i th

ben cramer, he was just a guy. he wasn't anybody, and particularly, he didn't work for ag big news organization. he decided he want to write this book. he started calling press secretaries and he was getting no response. what did he do, he went to st. louis, and interviewed dick geoff heart's mother and found his brother and he found -- he went bottom up, which is so -- it seems so obvious, but at the time, people weren't doing it. so he found out who the friends of all these people, what they were kids, he talks about what they were like when they were kids, what they were like in high school, in college. just a great thing and i would say read it solely for the stuff on joe biden. biden obviously ran for president, was considered a frontrunner at one time in the '88 race, they have a close relationship. insight into the of the united states is remarkable and we forget what joe biden, the tremendous tragedy of losing his wife and his child early in his life, his struggle with that and who he has become as a result

ben cramer, i have the chance to meet him, the first thing i did was tried out there and visit him. i wanted to talk to him about writing books and what it takes in the '88 campaign. just a fascinating individual. he wrote a terrific book about joe dimaggio. just a fascinating take on could these people are and where the merged arm. -- where they emerge from. he started calling press secretaries. he was getting no response. he went to st. louis and interviewed a mother. he found his brother. he went a bottom up. it sounds so obvious, but people were not doing it. he found the friends of all of these people and what they were like when they were kids. what they're like in high school and college. such a great thing. joe biden ran for president and was considered a front burner at one point. kramer and biden have a close relationship is remarkable. we forget joe biden and the tremendous personal tragedy of losing his wife and child. i think for the biden stuff and bob dole, dole the kansas republican senator, ben kramer writes more convincingly about bob dole's struggle after his inju

cramer. see you tomorrow. >>> ben bernanke told congress the fed is not going to single out the fiscal cliff. the fed head gave no clear hint of more stimulus. investors continue to hope that the fed will add more stimulus later this month. that drove up shares. the dow closed up 78 points. my feds easing indicator, you ever ho, which is gold. it dropped 10 pucks. it tells me, boys and girls, don't get so excited about stimulus. obama and mitt romney campaigning in battle ground states. tons of money being spent on tv campaign ads flooding the market. president obama insulting business. mitt romney fires back. >> i'm convinced he wants americans to be ashamed of success. >> this comes as john sinunu makes headlines for this call, quote, i wish this president would learn how to be an american. my special guest this evening to expand on his remarks. but first up, let's turn to bernanke's testimony on capitol hill. take a listen to this. >> we've got what i call in spite of recovery. this is a recovery in spite of what obama has done. >> but only a part of this loss of momentum in job creation.

guidance, issuing more caution with the comments of ben bernanke that things could go to the downside in the second half. >> and the day's just getting going. crameralking to the u.s. attorney later on. david, of course, wrapping up the session with bill ackman and others and talking more about what delivers alpha brings to us in the course of the session. futures this morning. ben bernanke on the hill again today and might be spicier with the likes of maxine waters, ron paul doing the questioning in front of the house financial services committee. futures margins lower to the downside on the dow. europe, mixed picture with credit suisse and german two year in a moment. >> the road map for the morning starts with the markets. yesterday, it was a midday turnaround and today see what bernanke brings in day two of the testimony on the hill and better than expected earnings of bank of america and honeywell to digest irks the cfo telling cnbc uncertainty, the big problem in the back half. how does this set up for ibm's report tonight? >>> ceo of per grin says i spent it. the money of customers used to fund a new headquarters, trainee activity and regul