bernie madoff. was it embarrassing for you?two days after i had the first book copy in my hand, i found that out. well, it was painful, obviously. >> safer: and the fact was, greenspan had never even heard of madoff. the hedge fund managing his retirement money had simply reinvested the $400,000 with madoff. >> i don't even think i read the prospectus. (laughs) i trusted the people i was turning my money over to, and i've always done that, and it's usually worked well except in this one case. >> safer: what did your wife say to you when you confessed that you'd lost part of your nest egg? >> "i told you so," 'cause i had tried to talk her into it, and she said, "i don't think so." (laughs) >> safer: what made her suspicious? >> maybe it was the word "hedge fund." >> safer: which brings us to wall street and the financial meltdown of 2008. poking through the wreckage, many experts believe the root cause was a perfect storm, a monsoon of gullibility colliding with a tidal wave of greed. >> this was a massive ponzi scheme, and it'

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bernie, it's yours. >> thank you. let ne begin by thank iing you t only for being here, but thank you for the extraordinary work you do every single day. sometimes we take you for granted. we shouldn't. you're doing a great job. thank you for that. [ applause ] i also want to thank the post office. this meeting was originally scheduled for december 18th. that was a very bad time. i appreciate you rescheduling the meeting for a more appropriate time. let me begin by picking up on a point already made. we're in the middle of the worst recession since the great depression. 25 million americans are underemployed or unemployed. on the floor of the house, senator leahy and i and others are doing everything we can to try against very strong opposition to try to create the millions of jobs our economy needs. we are also trying to make sure that our veterans fete the jobs they are entitled to. in the middle of that, it's insane to talk about throwing 100,000 americans out of work. [ applause ] the post offices made a case whic

bernie fine has not been charged and has denied all wrongdoing. coming next gary and tom brady.hird fan >>stanley: earlier i should be video of people living inside the freeways of san francisco and many of you wrote in comments. one of the areas is known as copper co. according to one of the residents >> many of the very same people that live inside the freeways go out on these boats to steal copper. if they think they're going to get busted day through a copper overboard. >>stanley: also found laptop bags. >>pam: coming up tomorrow, the environmental impact of all this. >>jaqueline: it is quite will and sam are felt. after tamara couple of foggy mornings and temperatures will warm up as we head into the weekend. sunny skies and mild temperatures. >>gary: you were an athlete? what did he play? >> baseball, soccer. >>gary: your son was a great baseball well as well. >> we thought if he was going to have a career in professional sports it would probably be in baseball. it turned out that he liked football and wanted to pursue his dream. >> it is an unbelievable dream. no one woul

all right, bernie, good segment. reality check on deck.rday night live," me and mass chaos -- ♪ ♪ >> bill: check is next. >> bill: in the back of the book segment tonight, reality check where we leave with a very important story and one that has been overlooked by many in the media check one. according to the bureau of labor statistics there are six, six measures of unemployment in america. one of those called u-3 says 8.3% of workers are unemployed. but u-6 says the number of american workers who are under employed or given up looking for work who is now at 15%. that's huge. class of people includes discouraged workers and part-time people mitt romney addressed it. >> this week he has been trying to take a vow for 8.3% unemployment. not so fast, mr. president. this is the 36th straight month with unemployment above the red line. your own administration drew. and if you take into account all the people who are struggling for work or have just stopped looking, the real unemployment rate is over 15%. >> to be fair, the u-3 number 8.3 is the

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bernie goldberg joins me this evening.ng this story is almost the same we have with sandy rios. on the other side now. the intolerance is on the left about the abortion situation. they don't respect people who are pro-life. and so that's why i put these segments back to back. what say you? >> well, there is something that needs to be said no matter how uncomfortable it makes some people listening to us. there is a strain of bigotry. that's the word i want to use. running through conservative america. it doesn't mean all conservatives are bigots or even that most conservatives are bigots. that's not what i'm saying. there is a strain of bigotry and it goes against gay people, for instance. ellen degeneres did nothing wrong. she is gay. right? there is -- reasonable people may disagree on gay marriage. that's fine. but to call on somebody's dismissal to be fired, to lose her job because she is gay is bigotry. i don't care how many people listening to us right now don't like that. >> bill: the argument though. >> let me say o

now bernie can go back and tell his monkey friends, probably shouldn't climb on the power lines. ♪ >>s, two very unexpected outcomes. a safe landing, oh, wait. >> the thing literally shook into pieces. >> then, a baby who says, mom, deliver me now. >> that baby was like hurry up and get me out of here. >> which one will land in the number one spot, find out, next. consumers today have a legitimate concern about the chicken they eat. they want to know more about how they were raised, what they were fed. we spend a lot of time on the feed because a chicken is what it eats. [ jim ] this seal verifies we feed my fresh all-natural chickens an all-vegetarian diet including corn, soybeans, and marigolds. we actually ask the usda to come check us. we have never fed steroids or hormones and never will. no blood meal, no meat and bone meal. yuck. no animal by-products. it means when you put my chicken on the table, you know where it came from. >> i hope he at least got a good shot. >> a reminder, you can find all the stories on "right this minute" today on rightthisminute.com. >> plus lots more

now bernie can go back and tell his monkey friends, probably shouldn't climb on the power lines. ♪ >> two very unexpected outcomes. a safe landing, oh, wait. >> the thing literally shook into pieces. >> then, a baby who says, mom, deliver me now. >> that baby was like hurry up and get me out of here. >> which one will land in the number one spot, find out, next. owed us a cool video of urban downhill racing this week. and we talked about how dangerous it looks, right? i have one from the downhill race that happened this last weekend. this is one of the racers on his bike. [ inaudible ]. he's going down pretty quick. of course, as is expected, a lot of fans watching the race. and then -- >> oh! >> hit that person that was like kneeling on the ground. >> yes. >> a photographer, yeah. >> a crash. he's a photographer. ♪ >> apparently they both survived. only minor injuries and, of course, gets back on his bike and keeps going. ♪ >> i wonder if the cameraman got like a cool picture a close-up of the guy's tire coming at his head. >> i hope he at least got a good shot. >> a reminder, you ca

we'll have the latest with bernie sanders. >> this this country the government doesn't tell you or your organization what your religious views are. >> the republican war on women's health continues. as they misrepresent the president on anti-religion. >> this issue won't go away until the administration simply backs down. >> joan walsh and krystal ball way in on the potential blow-back. >>> tonight, we're taking a look back at the storied rise and tragic fall of whitney houston. the grio's joy-ann reid is here. >>> thanks for watching. rick santorum has been hiding in plain daylight for conservative voters. they finally are getting a good look at him and like what they see. the average of recent polls gives santorum a slight lead over mitt romney for t michigan huge. santorum now leads romney by 15 points, according to public policy polling. romney was born in detroit, his father a two-term governor in the state of michigan but santorum has surged while romney has lost momentum. on this chart, santorum's trend is almost a vert cal line. look at that. how many politicians do you or races

>>no longer 69th and sangamon it's bernie mac st.aries and family members turned out to see what was named after someone who grew up bernard mccullough ... his popularity was huge but he never forgot his roots ... he always referred to chicago as his home ... >>hull bittersweet this is bike to able to be stand in here right now and be able to show my daughter his granddaughter something that honors him warms my heart >>bernie mac found a foundation that worked to find a cure for the disease that killed him ... >>navy pier is offering special discounts this year in honor of leap year people will be able to enjoy free rides on the ferris wheel and free parking on wednesday as well as 29¢ admission to the chicago children's museum the museum of science and industry is also offering a few special discounts this wednesday the museum is offering free general admission for people who live in illinois about the science of leap yea late february typically means that we have to get out our snow shovels ... >>well that will be true in the upper

senator bernie sanders is standing up and doing something about it. and koch brother money is pouring in wisconsin. >> wisconsin put an end to abuses of collective bargaining, putting taxpayers back in control. >> one of the wisconsin 14 is here with a major announcement. >>> good to have you with us tonight, folks, thanks for watching. last night's election results told us two things about the republicans, mitt romney has serious issues and trouble in the middle of the country and rick santorum is taking advantage of it. here is the score board, romney has won three states, newt gingrich has won south carolina and rick santorum has the lead, won four states all in the middle of the country, which is interesting. i'll explain. rick santorum is covering big territory, mitt romney is performing worse in those states than he did in 2008. how is he moving forward? he did four points worse in missouri and didn't win a single county. for instance in minnesota he came in third and lost 24 points than he did last time. in colorado, he lost 25 points from 2008

the author bernie goldberg is no longer an insider, he works at fox and bernie, that box is 15 yearsld or so now and it was a huge best seller and you precede it had with this wall street journal column that i happened to see when i was on an airplane and i was working at abc at the time and i was just so frustrated with the suffocating bias and all of my colleagues acted we're not biased, we're telling the truth and i got so excited by your column, i screamed out loud and people were looking at me. but let me just describe to the audience, the title is networks need a reality check and you said the argument networks has liberal bias is so ballet tently true and a call for a flat tax and they called scheme and worse. and you described it written by your friend eric endberg, is he still your friend? >> no, no, as a matter of fact, after that piece came out, a whole bunch of my former friends stopped talking to me. it was the first piece written by a mainstream reporter about liberal bias while i was still a mainstream reporter. i don't think one has been written even since 1996 by a m

weekdays with bernie segment we have closely analyzing the gas prices.y are up 100% since he took office. you may remember back in 2008 prices at the pump also surged under president bush. the business and media institute decided to study how the media covered the situation back then as compared to now. joining us from miami, the purveyor of bernard goldberg.com mr. goldberg what did bmi find out. >> they found out two things, basically. one they annualized stories from four years ago when president bush was president and this month when president obama is president regarding higher gas prices and they found that the three knelt works, the broadcast networks ran four times as many stories about gas prices rising when president bush was president than now when president obama was president. i'm shocked by that by the way. the second thing they found out is that the tone was different. today, the stories are mostly unemotional. they are about how the gas prices effect the economy. but four years ago they were very personal about how people were having to m

bernie goldberg on how the liberal media is covering the contraceptive situation.tney houston dead at age 48. drugs were involved. i will analyze the sad situation. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. >> bill: unresolved problem segment tonight, i believe the upcoming presidential race will be the nasaest in the history and that's saying something. both signs are lining up to billions of dollars will be spent doing that one of the most vicious left wing outfits is media matters which is pledging to spend $20 million to influence news coverage in favor of president obama. few americans know much about media matters. joining us now from miami, tucker carlson, fox news contributor who has been investigating media matters for the daily caller web site. first of all in your first report that i read today and you have a couple of more coming up, you use unnamed sources, people within media matters, you feel comfortable using those sources? >> we would prefer named sources. it was difficult to get anybody on othe record. i would say that reinterviewed so many people

bernie sanders tonight. scott walker went to cpac to beg for money.elieve how walker did, and i'll show you the tape now. the shock and sandness over whitney houston's death and amazing tributes later in the show. stay with us. we'll be right back. i wouldn't do that. pay the check? no, i wouldn't use that single miles credit card. hey, aren't you... shhh. i'm researching a role. today's special... the capital one venture card. you earn double miles on every purchase. impressive. chalk is a lost medium. if you're not earning double miles... you're settling for half. was that really necessary? [ male announcer ] get the venture card at capitalone.com and earn double miles on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? cover for me. i have an audition. but my nose is still runny. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't treat that. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your runny nose. [ deep breath ] awesome. [ male announcer ] yes, it is. that's the cold truth! [ camera shutter clicks ]

bernie goldberg on how the liberal media is covering the contraceptive situation.at age 48. drugs were involved. i will analyze the sad situation. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. today is gonna be an important day for us. you ready? we wanna be our brother's keeper. what's number two we wanna do? bring it up to 90 decatherms. how bout ya, joe? let's go ahead and bring it online. attention on site, attention on site. now starting unit nine. some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. try bayer advanced aspirin. it's not the bayer aspirin you know. it's different. first...it's been re-engineered with micro-particles. second, it enters the bloodstream fast, and rushes relief to the site of your tough pain. the best part? it's proven to relieve pain twice as fast as before. bayer advanced aspirin. test how fast it works for you. love it, or get your money back. >> bill: unresolved problem segment tonight, i believe the upcoming presidential race will be the nasaest in the history and that's say

bernie fine's wife is accused in court paper s of having sex with multiple syracuse basketball playersr many years. the alzpwation part of an affidavit filed by robert davis. he is one of the boy who is accused bernie fine of molesting him when he was a child. >> there is growing concern over possible threats to the united states from iran. iran is poised to launch a terror attack on u.s. soil if it feels provoked enough. they testified that iran is starting to unveil sophisticated new weapons and that it is ramping up its push for nuclear weapons. there is also word that the u.s. may release several afghan taliban prisoners from goib, cuba. -- they stayed move would be an incentive to bring the taliban to peace talks. >> it is 5:16 now in today's tech bytes, facebook shares could soar while amazon shares are likely to plunge. >> good morning. facebook has a timeline for success. today the social network is expected to ask to start selling shares of its stock and is pushing its newtimeline feature heavily that could them company valuation when shares go on sale in may. amazon is spendi

you can see senator bernie sanders and senator tom coburn. i thank you for joining us and agreeing to do so in this conversational fashion. we could fight about a million things. what would you say will be the thing that you think, senator sanders, that you're most likely to agree when it comes to electoral dysfunction in america? >> i honestly don't know the senator's position, but i think it's clear to most americans that big money plays an extraordinary major role in the political process in this country on issue after issue. bills that come to the floor, the american people want to move it one direction and congress moves in another direction. for example, the american people are very strong about wanting to maintain social security, maintain medicare. big money interests want to cut those programs. people in congress are talking about that. i would hope that the senator would agree with me, that when you have a result of citizens united these horrendous super pacs pouring in huge amounts of money from a handful of billionaires, that they