also here ben stein, charles payne, dave mcdowell, adam liczinski. what is the biggest regret or concern? >> this is from wall street democrats i speak to and as you know, president -- >> three of them gathered in a room. >> i was going to say -- >> in a limo. >> exactly. >> between martinis. you know, wannabe president clinton is not worried so much about e-mails and benghazi. she worries this obama economy which never got off the ground is starting to show major weaknesses on the underlying numbers. you look at manufacturing, you look at some of the sort of granular stuff including the fact that the larger picture of unemployment is still about 11%. >> thank you for mentioning the youth because otherwise we would have lost. what do you make of what he's saying? >> i think he'll run on bill clinton's economy, she'll not run on obama's economy. victimization, gender. i don't think she's a people person and i don't think she's a good salesperson. warren is pulling her so much to the left, she has no choice but to go at it this way. >> dan henninger ha

joining charles this week, ben stein, dagen mcdowell and charlie gasparino. >> it's not that they are bad guys. a lot of times you start out with ordinary people having ordinary lives. then it's a series of circumstances that change. >> i don't know, i think when you are making bombs. >> when you're starting to cook up bombs you crossed a rubicon, as it were. really, what's happening, why is this happening and why are they so vulnerable? why are these people so drawn to this? i think that there is a feeling even within this country that we are not great, we are not good we are evil. capitalism is wrong. crusades justify this. when isis does their recruiting we've already planted the seeds with all the self-negative anti-american rhetoric that i think is starting to have a backlash. >> here is how good marketing is in isis and these other groups. they treat women beyond poorly, and yet they are very good at marketing to women. >> it's not just the marketing, but these are also fame-seeking sociopaths who are seeking out a way to make a name for themselves. social media making it so muc

economist ben stein on whether they are smart to sit it out. ben great to see you, thanks for coming in. what do you think of jamie dimon's worries? >> it's an awfully long time prior to the great recession that we had a genuine financial crisis. i can't remember a genuine financial crisis in the post war period. there were many genuine financial crises in the hundred years before. that he's the great expert. he's the head of a very, very, very large bank. the one everyone respects. i don't see where the crisis is coming from. if you see what he said to the stockholders, there's likely to be one and likely to be a giant earthquake that levels los angeles, too. so there's -- i don't think there's any cause for worry about it whatsoever. david: you're making me feel a lot better. here is the gist of what he was saying, he said basically there are so many rules and regulation right now, we can't sort out all that is dodd-frank the financial regs, and whenever you have more regulation it slows up whatever process the regulations are applied to. so i

ben stein always good have you on, my friend. ben stein writer. actor. the guy is a genius.nth pile-on. the mainstream media asking for him to fix this. shouldn't they just be reporting on this? >> this was grossly mischaracterized by advocates who opposed the bill and also, quite frankly some very sloppy reporting for the first several days. >> well unfortunately for the governor, sloppy answering as well. to hear the media tell it, that indiana religious freedom law is designed to discriminate against gays and all, but drive them out of the state. the problem is, there is no mention of sexual orientation in the law at all. this might be about something else. joe says this knee-jerk reaction is making the media look well, like jerks. good to have you back with you with us, joseph. explain. >> explain why they look like jerks. >> exactly. >> they're exploiting an ambiguity in a law and turning it into mike pence is a homophobe. don't go to indiana because if you're gay or you believe in gay rights, you are going to be just completely eviscerated. that's the way it's been exp

neil: no ben stein. >> i'm no ben stein. when i talk to people who are democrats they understand she's got to thread the needle it's not easy, and she would love love the economy to be off the table. love it. she can talk about who she is her dreams about being the first woman president. how this is another historic woman after the last historic moment. a different campaign. once it starts becoming an economic campaign uh-oh. neil: were you offended by all the hata e-mail you got? >> from the bitter boomers? neil: yeah. >> no. neil: i don't want you to think we jumped at the negative e-mail. tom anderson worked on the show he sought those out. >> some of the boomers i didn't believe boomers -- sorry the millennials that wrote those. neil: they did, they took offense to what you said. >> i don't believe that. they're not smart enough to write that legibly. neil: that's nice. food for thoughts, start thinking about the food you eat. the bird flu outbreak that could make you put down the chicken leg, and not so sweet news that

what does ben stein make of all this? ben he was going on the idea that cruz develops and triggers passion in the crowds. what do you think? >> i've been in those crowds, and i don't quite see what my friend mr. welch is talking about. i love ted cruz, i would very much like to see him be president. i don't think he's as strong and passionate, and i smart and honest guy and i love him a lot. passion i don't think i'd use the word. neil: you remind me of professors that said respectable work, cavuto. you're saying, ben, there's a mainstream crowd in the republican party that says we need a jeb bush or a governor walker, and others who say, you know and i think this was welch's point, we need someone who fires up people the way ronald reagan did. when i told him, cruz doesn't exactly invite reagan comparisons. the guy has to smile and laugh more and he just might. what do you say to that? >> my gosh. just mentioning ronald reagan to think comparing our guys now with ronald reagan makes me want to weep. we have one person tha

also here ben stein, charles payne, dave mcdowell, adam liczinski. biggest regret or concern? >> this is from wall street democrats i speak to and as you know, president -- >> three of them gathered in a

. >> ben stein of the hospital center for research present a major challenge and regardless, whether a young person is college material or headed directly to work, there is one major need. adults with autism are not getting enough life skills training. like registering to vote and taking care of their health. >> there are young autism patients that are not getting the right care. >> is he helping with others with autism navigate life. >> was on a panel discussion about transition from high school to college for children on the autism spectrum. >> chop plans to talk to parents about the major issue they see and they have looked at 139 to develop. >> all right meteorologist, david murphy is back now with the return of sunshine and mild conditions out there. >> nice out there this afternoon stormtracker 6 live double scan shows us we are dry as we take a look outside. there is some cloud cover above and every now and then you look above, at the center city sky scrapers like penn's landing, it looks kind of cloudy and you don't see a lot of bright sunshine or deep shadows but the sun is

i've had that same discussion with ben stein all the time.he housing market, that recovery is picking up steam after a rough winter. existing home sales blew the doors after the estimates. what does this mean for your money and your economy? how can you make money? get ready and buckle up, we'll tell you in three minutes. ♪ ♪ charles: got to blow the whistle, guys. open up the next page if from payne's investment playbook. existing home sales came out this morning. they blew the expectations. a lot of supply. this is homes for sale. this is what they call the month supply. the absolute numbers. this number as you can tell has been trending lower. even these new home sales, just no supply out there. just absolutely plunging near post recession lows. again, existing annual home sales. in addition to this, on the other side, mortgage applications, they have begun to take off. i know there have been a lot of false starts during the past couple of years. it looks like we're beyond something. and i'm talking beyond the smell of spring. going back t