this book is about ben and what bradlee was saying about it being a 500 page book about who this person is is true and my goal tonight is to convey some of who ben is and hope that you find him as captivating as i did and enjoy reading about him. as a quick word i started working with ben. an ended up writing a book with his son but before that happened i was working with ben and he gave me access to his archives. it wasn't the whole thing at first. it was a big set of boxes with a bunch of letters. he was sitting in his office but i was petrified. the way i got to know him was through his letters. i thought i would read a few of the ones i love that first and quote you get a sense of how i came to know him. the first letter is one of my favorites from 1977. a man had written to the publisher of the post and owner of the post and he mentioned at her father and former husband must be turning over in their graves because of the way you are dragging what used to be a wonderful newspaper. in my opinion the persons responsible for the washington post's decline of ben bradlee, i hope you fire those two peckerwoods. this is ben's response. your letter

ben is famous as some of you may know for his colorful language. one day his very sweet secretary was transcribing letters ben dictated into a tape. she nervously approached the post resident with a question. is dickhead one word or two? >> ben got a letter, one of millions from somebody saying i was warrior in the pacific and fought for my country. i think "the washington post" is anti-american and violating the national at security and this and that. and ben wrote back a letter that began dear asshole. in correspondence, they became great friends. they have seen a lot of the same part of the war and same part of the same people and it was an amazing story. >> i think every now and then it's good to let go steam a little. >> what you see is what you get with ben. he has been known to burn brush in the field so the local fire department has to come by. >> he burnt down in west virginia 40 acres. he's a wild man with a chain saw. he always has to have the biggest chain saw. and so he decided he was going to cut a branch off of a tree. but it was too high to reach. sow put a ladder up and climbed up and then held the branch and took the chain saw like this. he cut off the branch and the chain saw hit him in the arm. he almost

ben. come on, ben. he-- he really is his dad. there isn't much physical resemblance. stranger! stranger! come on! stranger, stranger! stranger! benot funny. come on, ben. come on, ben. i'm not called ben! what's that? where did you get it? um... from playing. playing what? a big boys' game. but let's not tell anyone, so keep it as our little secret? ( groans softly ) do you know... that was possibly the worst family outing ever? well, apart from the bird sanctuary. ohh. that incredibly rare duck. ex-duck. then of course there was st. paul's cathedral. projectile vomiting in the whispering gallery. i'm sorry i snapped earlier. it was angela, and i took it out on you. it's okay. they're lovely when they're asleep, aren't they? do you know jan says that now theirs are all teenagers, they look back on their being this age as the best bit, so i suppose we ought to enjoy it. make the most... he's got a rabbit. your ben's dad, aren't you? whatever story he has told you, it will be a lie. what's a nazi? the school said they would deal with it. i'm gonna go in there tomorrow-- no, please, dad, don't. please, dad, please. you're going to b

is, yeah. but only with walls and dogs. yeah. pete: right up to bed now, ben! ben: let me pass! no, ben, no! no, ben. why can't i watch the football? because it is late. come on. up you go. but i've been on my best behavior all day long. you were specifically told no fighting, no swearing, and no drinking alcohol, and i caught you bashing that kid's head on the floor, shouting, "don't touch my bloody beer." but he was disrespecting me. come on. come on. pete: back to bed. if you went to jail, would they let you come home at night? well, i'm not gonna go to jail. what made you think of that? if you went up to somebody in the street and punched them, would you go to jail? well, um, probably. if you went up and kicked somebody, would you go to jail? kicked somebody? right up their bottom. right, okay. a) i'm not going to go to jail for kicking auntie angela because... she asked for it... who'd ask for somebody to kick them right up the bottom? and b) we're not going to tell anybody, are we? because it would just upset daddy and granddad, so they don't need to know, do they? hmm? now, let's talk

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ben. we want more ben and we want him now. but tonight, the truth. there's not enough ben for america. more ben is bad. i'm talking, of course, about this ben, fed chair ben bernanke. today he announced he'll continue so-called operation twist. the goal is to bring down interest rates. theoretically that would spark borrowing, spending and hiring. it would be a panacea to fix the whole problem. but even ben admits his supply of money is drying up. >> monetary policy is not a panacea, it's not going to solve our economic problems. >> the fed fed's drugs didn't come cheap either. tlfen three rounds of fed stimulus with a total price tag of $2.7 trillion. and that doesn't include the $267 billion extension to operation twist that was announced today. so the question is, were the highs we got worth the price of $2.7 trillion? check this out. when the financial crisis hit, the fed stepped in with an unprecedented plan to lower interest rates. it was called q.e. 1 or quantitative easing, 1.0. over that time, we saw a drop in borrowing rate. the rate did drop. that's a pretty decent high, 6.3% to 5.2%. the cos

is it witchcraft? ( car starts ) ben! i told you never touch the ignition! ben: i was only trying to help. a is attacking me! revenge of the enemy giant anaconda nest! aah! fire! ( making gun noises ) ( gurgling ) come back here, you. ( machine gun noises ) aaah! dead! ( quiet conversation ) jake, sweetheart, could you do me a favor and go and get the screwdriver? the one in the cupboard upstairs? okay. so, jo, it's great that jake's got a friend who's a girl. as well as all his friends who are boys. 'cause a lot of boys his age just have... boys as friends until they get girls as friends... who are girlfriends. mm. but that's usually when they're a lot older, isn't it? yeah, that's true. ( whispers ) never call me "sweetheart." not that one. the one with the different head. gawd. you're a beeping waste of beeping space! why are you saying "beep"? it's baby-ish. it is not, because whenever gordon brown says a swear word on telly, there's a man behind him with a big machine that puts a beep over it. you've got it all wrong. one, it's gordon ramsey, not gordon brown, and two, he has a beeper

(ben) "when i was 8 years old..i was diagnosed witt bone cancer in my hip"ben is including photos.. of hhss friends.. (bene of my friends ive lost... and heallhy"(two shot teacher)"when your finished painting" (athenas mom close)"shes painted about 12 biidhouses since she was bbrdhousee will be put on display in aaea malls... to raise money.. and awareness abbut childhood cancers. (cool kids sharon perfetti)"to really educate them that these kids are real people not a random statistic not jjst a number"(she screams)"we madd a sandcassles... yeahh.. "in towson. (athena giggles) kc fox 45 news at 5530 chris brrwn back in the headdines with another alleged beating. not the victim this time. and candace has even more with the lowdown to start your weekend with fox45 news at 5:30 on't go nywhere. 3 --adblib weather looking for a great father's dayypresent?you could take him tickets to a concert.candace dold gives us someeideas for today's lowdown bbg screen today.i'm talking aaout "rock of agee" nats: hey man, no this is hey man the movie is about a small town girl aad city boy who meet on the sunset strip whi

ben: dad says you'll definitely get caught. sue: is everybody happy? ben: i'm going to be sick. sue: no, you're not. ben: here it comes. ( ben gagging ) sue: and don't force it. pete: you're not gonna be sick, ben. ben: yes, i am. pete: if you are, you're gonna be sick in your book bag. ( phone rings ) hello? oh, hi, veronica. daddy! hello. whoa! ( grunts ) up you come. is it true that those people really took pictures of fairies? what people? some people did take pictures of fairies, yeah, but it was about 100 years ago, and then they all turned out to be faked in the end. why couldn't they find any real fairies to photograph? well, no... no, real fairies are very hard to spot, aren't they? have you ever seen one? i have. i saw two. i saw a real fairy with the tooth fairy, 'cause she was having a new job, and so the other tooth fairy was bringing her around to see and show what they do. that would be a fairy on work experience, wouldn't it? you're very lucky to see that second fairy, 'cause normally they'd just be doing the photocopying or something. who faked those photos? well, actually, it was some

. >> on his name was ben graham but his real name was -- >> ben grossbalm. >> my son is name 56d ben and he is very glad he changed his name. >> so you moved back for a while to nebraska. then ultimately changed his mind and you went to work for ben graham. >> i kept pestering him. >> in those years what did you aspire to do? what did you aspire to become a wealthy person, did you want to buy stocks, companies? >> i loved just analyzing securities. i spent hours and hours. i kept turning the pages of moody's, instead, you had no internet or anything, you had two sources, moody's and standard & poor's. and we happened to have these sets of moody's, about 8,000 pages. about five manuals. and i went through those page by page. >> must have been exciting. >> yeah. it's a little strange. you know, i actually went to amazon a few years ago and found an old 1951 moody's. everybody else is going there for play boy but i'm ordering the old moody's. a strange guy here. >> working in new york you were attracted to one of the companies that ben graham was with, geico, i understand that you came d

ben is joining us from cairo. ben, what are you seeing there this morning and what kind of turnout have you seen in terms of voters? >> reporter: given what we have seen so far, the turn out is fairly impressive. we are in one room where men are voting. there are lots of people outside. one of the problems today, of course, is that it is very hot. people are becoming impatient. but, certainly, the turnout is good. in the first round of presidential elections, turnout was about 46%, which was lower than the prior election. what we have seen so far is people are coming out despite the heat and despite the wait. one woman told me she's willing to wait all day long to get her vote in. this is it. this is where people will decide who the next president of egypt will be. there are lots of uncertainties. the parliament has been dissolved. because egypt doesn't have the constitution, nobody knows what powers the president will have. people seem to be taking it very seriously so far. >> they certainly are. ben, these are incre

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ben is actually the name of that 13.5 ton bell inside the tower. that won't change. a lot of people have mistakenly called the entire tower big ben. it, in fact, is the big ben clock tower, now the elizabeth tower. get all of that right. >>> hollywood is mourning the loss of one of its most accomplished filmmakers. nora ephron died yesterday of leukemia. ephron wroe and directed more than a dozen movies including "when harry met sally" and "sleepless in seattle." ephron was an author and essayist. her book "haurt burn" was inspir inspired by her failed marriage. nora ephron was 71 years old. we want to know what ephron movie was your favorite. tell us on your facebook page. >>> 17 after the hour. mitt romney will look to build support and pad his campaign bank account today in our area. he will visit an electronic design company in sterling and will go to a fund-raiser tonight here in the district. supporters will pay $50,000 each. second straight day romney will be come paining in virginia. >>> the race for the white house is a tossup at this point. latest nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. obama leads romney by three percentage points. that is within the

is now warning syria to keep their forces inside their borders or risk an armed response. syria shot down a turkish band. >>> say goodbye to big ben and hello to elizabeth tower. officially big bens called the clock tower and big ben is the name of the giant bell that chimes the hours. recent poll found most people in britain don't like the name change. >>> for the first time ever the defense department today marked gay pride month. the pentagon hosted a panel discussion for gay, lesbian and transgender troops. under that policy gay service members were fired from the military if they disclosed their sexual orientation. >>> a pay raise for by area nurses. >> plus -- >> reporter: these police officers are learning something they had never learned before, how to save their partner's how to save their partner's [ male announcer ] olympic tennis players bob and mike bryan do a lot of sending... and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. sending...and receiving. [ bob ] i got the tickets. [ male announcer ] and with citibank popmoney, it's even easier to keep sending...and receiving. let me get you back. no, it's on me. i insist. no way.

is now warning syria to keep their forces inside their borders or risk an armed response. syria shot down a turkish band. >>> say goodbye to big ben and hello to elizabeth tower. officially big bens called the clock tower and big ben is the name of the giant bell that chimes the hours. recent poll found most people in britain don't like the name change. >>> for the first time ever the defense department today marked gay pride month. the pentagon hosted a panel discussion for gay, lesbian and transgender troops. under that policy gay service members were fired from the military if they disclosed their sexual orientation. >>> a pay raise for by area nurses. >> plus -- >> reporter: these police officers are learning something they had never learned before, how to save their partner's life in the line of duty. >> bill martin is working on his five day forecast, he's back with what we can expect in the coming days. >>> police officers put their life on the line every day and rely on their partners to help keep them safe. rita williams takes us inside a rare training session geared toward the four legged force. >> reporter: police came to oakland today to learn how to save their partn

ben wedeman is there. ben, let me ask you first of all, two scenarios. if shafiq is declared the winner, how will that be taken in the general populous in egypt, and what happens if morsi wins? how will that be taken? >> it's important to stress at the beginning, candy, that there is no reason to sort of trust the reliability of this report, which is on a semiofficial website but it's quoting unnamed officials. that's the english website. on the arabic website, they are still indicating the man who won the election is muhammad morsi. so there is complete confusion at the moment. somewhat like the earlier reports earlier this week that hosni mubarak was clinically dead whereas he's fairly alive and well at the moment. so what we know is that however there is a lot of concern among the security services that if ahmed shafiq is, indeed, declared the winner that many of these people -- these are tens of thousands of supporters of muhammad morsi of the muslim brotherhood in tahrir square. they've been here for days. the worry is that they, this protest will turn violent in angry reaction to the news that ahmed shafiq could be the president. if muhammohamed morsi is declare winner, there's less concern about the impact on the street. i was speak with one egyptian analyst who told me that shafiq supporters are unlikely to take out their anger on the street. the worry as far as morsi goes if he is declared the president, is that it will have a somewhat negative effect on the business climate, on the possibility of tourists ever returning to egypt. on the possibility of foreign investment in the country. the worry is that if the muslim brotherhood takes over the presidency, the business climate could become very chilly. >> do they believe the military will hand over power to whoever they say has been elected president? >> what we've seen in the last week is that the constitutional court has ruled that parliament should be dissolved and the military has taken over its legislative functions which means that regardless of who is the president of egypt, as of the beginning of july, the military will still have legislative powers. so that promise of a handover to civilians is being seen as, at this point, an empty one. candy? >> ben wedeman in cairo, thank you so much. a busy weekend for you. we appreciate your giving us some of your time. >>> the second day of deliberations in the jerry sandusky case is winding down. jurors are going back over more than a week's worth of wrenching testimony, but how close can they be to a verdict? >>> plus, president obama tells latino leaders, i'm your guy. i'll ask former governor bill richardson if he thinks it will work. >> i think latinos sense that the president is on their side, and he is on their side. and this is why he enjoys this overwhelming support. [ male announcer ] it isn't just your mammogram. it's your teenager's first varsity game. it isn't just your annual exam. it's your daughter's wedding. did you know with your health insurance you may now have some preventive benefits with no co-pays or out-of-pocket costs? it isn't just your cholesterol screening. it's all the tomorrows you're looking forward to. learn more at healthcare.gov. it's all the tomorrows you'r

is the press as being arrogant. after another second paragraph of going after ben sent a letter cordially insincere. this is ben's response in full. editors to run the risk of appearing arrogant they choose to disagree with anybody who calls americans. you sound like one of those publishers who aims to please and give them what they want. no one will call you arrogant that way. i will call you newspaperman either. i'm so happy i can curse, by the way. this opens up all kinds of possibilities. this is one that my wife loves. this is a letter to an old dci named frank waldrep is kind of a legend who i knew way back when. dear frank, i'm late in answering your letter. it is not i have all that much on my mind be in imminent fatherhood trying to still woodward for half a million bucks, worrying about the raspberry plants they just put in and generally feeling aftermath and midgets. the final story i would tell about ben's language has been told before, but some of you don't know it. at the same story told at his retirement roast in the newsroom in 1891 when he left the paper there's a star reporter named let them is

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ben white. it is a good way to get a round up on the news. ben is based in new york city so we thank him for making the trip. >> next on the panel is greg hipp. he is the u.s. economics editor for the economist. we covers financial and monetary policy commissions and financial services and greg will take all of the questions about how to create a proper banking system. and then last but certainly not least is jim mctague. kro correct me if i'm wrong, but i believe you have seen many administrations including bush one? >> since bush one. i was a stock broker former rill lynch in the 1980s and have been in the private sector as well. will you join me in welcoming them. [ applause ] i will be asking questions and then i will turn the microphone over to you. when your time comes, hold it close to your mouth, speak clearly, state your name and please make sure that you state your question and not as a statement, that would be great. so, the economy is getting harder to identify. we see culprits like gas prices, gdp and job growth, is there going to be a tipping point? >> yes, for three years in a row now, we have seen the economy start with strong job growth. we had a spike in oil prices, when it started happening, it was perplexing. oil prices were up, but not as much as a year ago. they peaked in april and had been moving down ever since. the payroll tax was taken care of a few months ago. if you look around the world, it is striking the extent to which, it is just kind of actually manic that businesses and markets hate unsernl certaintun. but the extent to which, political actors themselves are factors in the economic outcome this year is without precedent. in europe, whether or not the zone collapses is more in the hands of german voters. and here, you have this you know, conplufluns of events occurring at the end of the year. when republicans and democrats agreed to pile onto the lame duck session, we'll have a referendum and then talk about what to do. when people know there is a ji began ten gigantic event, people tend to wait. china, and the asian markets, all of them are slow. in china, we are waiting to see when it holds up at this time. i said, the odds of china -- are 80% and the odds of the united states going over the fiscal cliff are 70%. you will say each of those events are probably okay. it works out to one in three. you have a strong incentive to sit on your cash and not do anything. it has been the case that the economic out look affects what happens in politics. >> i think in the surveys, there is no certainty in business leaders. who is going to win, it is going to be close. and then what policies are going to look like in the next congress. we talked about over hauling the tax code. it doesn't happen and there is not a lot of certainty in every possible area and so you have again another short spike in hiring followed by attempts to get more productivity out an existing workforce. if you read for example, this issue of barons. our professionals are pessimistic and have naked fear and they are saying get out of the stock market and raise cash. europe will collapse and there will be a spill-over effect in the country. when you travel around this country and i think it is reflected in yesterday's figures, it showed that the wealth of the family is decli declining. if you are graduating from college and you work a free internship for a couple of years. it is a painful adjustment. it is affecting the rich, the lower class and the poor. i don't see a recovery on the f horizon. >> all right. we're all good. >> do you think it will keep bernanke around? >> no, i don't. history will judge whether ben bernanke was correct or not. but a new broom will sweep clean. i don't believe that ben bernanke will want to stick around. that is a very tough job and he is due for a vacation. >> is there blame? >> romney is on the record saying that he wouldn't support his staying on the job. >> it was pretty much the number one job of the gop candidate. >> i mean, he has used the tools to keep the rates low and stimulate the economy with the measures he had available to him. and the markets continue to do that. and now the question is do they act to start a new round in an attempt to keep rates low for an extebded period of time. it is hard for me to consider the depefeat of ben bernanke. >> this is going to be fun. >> it was a good try. he tried to inflate the stock market and real estate market. >> that you would lose money if you kept your money in a cd or savings account. and both efforts would fail. >> the markets would have more downside and we have seen the stock market give back it's gain

ben bradley. on a simple goodness of a human being scale, super hero, super ben. and without any doubt in that special world of friendship, ben is super hero, super to the highest possible power. he is without a caught the ultimate fox hole buddy. i speak from my own experience and others that are lucky enough to say with truth and pride, ben bradley is a friend of mine. and i would wear that and might wear that on my t-shirt and on my forehead now and forever more. [ applause ]

. >> its official name, to elizabeth tower, its official name is the clock tower we all call it big ben. big benkname for the 13 and a half tonne bell, that the tower houses. now prime minister cameron called the change a fitting tribute to elizabeth, during her diamond jubilee she is only the second queen in england's history to celebrate a diamond jubilee. >> another note from across the pond, the spice girls are ready to introduce a whole new generation to girl power. ♪ [ music ] >> they reunited yesterday, to announce a new musical called viva forever based on their hit songs it hit it is stage in december london's pick dilly theatre they made the announcement at the same london hotel where they filmed this video for wannabe back in 1996. in other news to make you feel a little old this morning -- trying to remember that story. >> can't remember it >> i know, you know, the game, atari. >> celebrating its 40th anniversary. >> there you go. >> thank you. >> 8:41 a.m. on wednesday morning still ahead on fox 5 morning news even more health benefits from that cup of coffee in the morning, and sle

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this is what ben bernanke needs to get the federal reserve. >> that's the problem. ben will be pumping the money out and means that a weaker dollar and recovery. benjamin is keeping yields low and what is going on in europe. and what is he talking about? trump preneurs. >> my goes out and spend more i will blame you next week. >> and victoria, go ahead. month of lower gas prices and a nice pair of shoes. do we want consumers spending money and on businesses. >> the lower gas prices are good for businesses, too. i continuing is temporary and we shouldn't adjust our behavior dramatically here. but high gas prices act as an attack on consumers and businesses. it is higher prices for everything. >> it gives them more cash to hire more people. look at the futures on coten. they are shooting up. left word for morgan and coming up. it will be on her. [bleep] forknet about washing your mouth out with soap. one town is ready to clean out your mouth for swearing. and first right here on forbes ahead of the white house. granting immunity to illegal immigrants and one college givin

ben is still there. >> it doesn't have the same ring. big ben -- how about big betty? something -- >> i don't think that's flattering. >> you don't think she'd like that? >> no. >> people will still call it big bench on to a new name. thank you. 19 minutes past the hour. gas prices keep on falling. another 1.4 cents. that happened overnight. the question is why and for how long women the trend continue. christine romans is coming back with much more on this. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. er is different but centurylink is committed to being a different kind of communications company by continuing to help you do more and focus on the things that matter to you. i tell mike what i can spend. i do my best to make that work. we're driving safely. and sue saved money on brakes. now that's personal pricing. >>>

. >> pelley: ben is in our los angeles newsroom. and, ben, i wonder, what happens to the people who won't get the expanded medicaid coverage but still can't afford private insurance? >> reporter: yeah, it's a real bind for those folks. in some states there will actually be subsidies to help them go out and buy private insurance, but if they still can't afford tscott, or if they choose not to buy it, they would then be subject to that penalty for being uninsured. >> pelley: thanks, ben. after the rulings today, some wound warriors were visited by the commander in chief. for the first time, congress holds a member of a president's cabinet in contempt. and firefighters on the offensive as wildfires threaten thousands when the cbs evening news continues. hey, michael! [ male announcer ] and step out of the shadows. hi! how are you? [ male announcer ] learn more at isitlowt.com. [ laughs ] hey! hi! how are you? ready? as i'll ever be. break a leg! i used to love hearing that phrase... but not since i learned i have... postmenopausal osteoporosis

is sparking fury in egypt. cnn's ben wedeman is at tahrir square in cairo where it unfolded. benyou tell me about the scene there, and what's the reaction to the verdict? >> reporter: well, what we have right below us, rob, is hundreds of people, perhaps thousands of people who have come into tahrir square to protest the verdict. of course, hosni mubarak and his interior minister got life in prison but mubarak was cleared of corruption charges and also of a variety of senior ministry officials here charged of any charge of murder for tilling can of protesters in the revolution that brought down the mubarak regime at the beginning of last year, and that really explains why people are so unhappy with that verdict. and, of course, hosni mubarak does have the right to appeal, and the feeling is the charges were not enough. that's why so many people are upset about this verdict. rob? >> what about supporters? there are some mubarak supporters. there have been calls for protests, but what have you seen? >> well, actually when we were at the court itself, we did -- there were about 150

is going to be effective. i think we're reaching a point where the numbers are going to be so dismaying to people. my colleague had a piece ben white -- >> i know bens. >> morning money ben. >> in the swing states the economic data is going to be a little bit better by the time we get to election day and that will have a bit to do with mood. i think we are reaching a point where the real field issue is not going to change. >> bob, when you look at our battleground map, i made this contentio contention, if this is a state-by-state fight, president obama wins. romney can only win a landslide. he has to win the large argument. >> i'm not sure i agree with that. even if you look at the battleground states where obama has the advantage, he still has to worry about turn out. >>> hang around, we'll go to the white house to get their reaction. according to washington, d.c., building code, no building can be taller than what? "a" the golden ratio, "b" the height of the capitol dome or "c" the width of the street it faces plus 20 feet. alex, you were wrong, it is "c." in 1899 the congress passed limiting buildings to the height of the capitol, but amended in

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european fiscal treaty because of voting yes max is going to bring stability like the stability that monarchs and khadafi and mubarak and ben ali these ben brought stability and here voting yes for the fiscal treaty is going to bring stability but bad debt banks should go bankrupt according to max keiser at an event in dublin he said if they are capitalists they should obey the rules of capitalism if you make a bad debt and screw up then you've got to pay the consequences you can't go to the government and get a bailout that's not capital. that's not even socialism that's crap little ism right i was a speaker at the financial terrorism conference and will be in london in manchester during the conference i came up with an excellent point i thought in terms of the bondholders of angle irish and the government is paying them off even though it's an unsecured bond an unsecured debit i suggested pay in coming in but or pay off the creditors in a billion or two billion worth of butter put the cows on over time you know there should be huge billboards i shouldn't say keep stability vote yes it should be triple time l.c. keep the teach work in w

is going to spend some more money. they are going to buy more long-term bonds according to what ben bernanke said. but what i was most happy about, erin, is that ben bernanke said, look, we've injected so much money into the economy with these low interest rates, there's not much left. there was an important declaration. maybe the most important thing he said today, look at that growth forecast for the second half of the year, barely 2%. that's barely treading water. i don't know if that's enough to get barack obama reelected. >> robert, what can be done from this boat? you're saying you agree with ben bernanke, don't do more now, save whatever you have left for if things get even worse. but it seems like at this point it's up to congress. who else is left? do we accept we have a terrible economy? >> we should never have to accept that. but it is up to congress. the president's put several proposals before congress in terms of state and local governments, in terms of tax cuts, even more tax cuts with regard to employers hiring people. and nothing has happened. the republicans say no. congress has to bite the bullet here. steve moore may disagree w

ben wedeman live in cairo, and ben, what happened at the judge making this ruling? >> well, it is a constitutional court, so it is a group of judges who ruled that there were irregularities in the parliament elections and therefore the parliament should be dissolved. it is widely interpreted as a frontal assault on the muslim brotherhood who won almost 50% of the seats in parliamentt, and they are of course contesting the president, the post of president as well. day after tomorrow, egyptians are supposed to go to the poll s for that second round, and elect a president. but now it is not clear that given that the muslim brotherhood received this body blow in parliament, whether they are willing to go ahead and actually participate in the election. i just right now got off of the phone with one of the senior members of this presidential campaign forming the muslim brotherhood, and he said that at the moment, they are still participate ing participating in the election, but that their leadership is meeting this evening, and he said that all options are on the table. including pulling out of this election. if the muslim brotherhood boycotts the election, the whole political process that began with the overthrow of hosni mubarak could be up in the air. it is absolute confusion here in cairo. fredricka? >> so, benndidate were to pull out of the runoff election, does that mean that the entire process would have to start all over again, the presidential election or would they just continue on with this runoff and go with the results? >> well, in theory it could go, it would go ahead. in fact, it is too late for anybody to pull out. it is just two candidates, the muslim brotherhood, and muhammad hasek who seems very much a symbol of the old regime, but he would be running against nobody. it is like the old days of hosni mubarak when he had a referendum which nobody gave any legitimacy to. so it is really just throws everything up in doubt, and all hopes for some sort of stability and gradual move toward democracy are up in the air. >> and now, help us to understand what took place yesterday with the return of martial law. what does that mean? >> well, it is not technically a return to martial law. the egyptian justice ministry gave the right to egyptian police, military police and military intelli

ben weedermen, our correspondent chief has been watching along with us. ben, this is in all of the extraordinary challenge we have seen in the arab spring a red letter day. >> reporter: it certainly is a red letter day. this is the first time there -- a president of an arab state has been punished, found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment. jonathan? ben, we watched that verdict being read out. there were a number of other verdict. he was on trial with another deft and his two sons. his two sons have been acquitted. i was told that is, in fact, when the tu multistartmalt happ court roochlt it happened when the two sons were let off. is that your understanding? >> reporter: yes. our understanding is when they found them innocent of all charges. that certainly set off in the court and soured the mood also outside in the parking lot we watched things being thrown at the security. things are very tense right now. hossmy mubarak was charged in a separate case of insider trading. you don't know when that is. they're not off the hook so far. >> ben wedeman speaking on the outskirts of cairo. we're speaking of two other figures, the two sons of mubarak. gamal mao back, 47 years old. he was seen as the heir and his older brother, elam, a businessman. they have been charged. we learned of this just a few days ago -- in a different case with ins

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