now it falls to me to bring steve clemmons up here. i generally feel silly introducing steve clemmons because it already turns out that everybody always knows him. if you do know him is a man who believes deeply in servicing the next provocative idea, hearing from as many points of view as possible, which makes him a perfect fit for "the atlantic," he's the editor in chief of our lives division, the guy who brought us all together today. so stove. >> thank you, james. i want to say that we are being covered today by cnbc, bloomberg, we're live all day on c-span. and we have many blogs that are streaming this live as well. so we've got a big community outside this room. we're going to be putting -- so those of you, tweet, if you like something, tweet it. if you hate something, tweet it. i think the notion, we had a dinner last night preceding this. and one of my friends who was there, david corn, msnbc commentator and kind of a good, bluff, progressive radical writer, and i'm sure david would like that depiction, texted me after he left

>> there is a wonderful art coming up with a man named sam berman played by christian clemmons in. he is one of her nemesis from her old firm. she had a case with him when she was fighting to get a settlement from a tobacco company. in the middle of this case, sam is working on his boat one weekend and he accidentally shoots himself in the head with a nail then. so he comes in to have this deposition with terry with this nail sticking out as head. she is horrified and sense into the hospital. it changes his whole personality. -- and sends him to the hospital. it changes his whole personality. that starts a relationship between the two of them which culminates in one of these amazing -- i would call the contest, the episode she bets that he is trying to soothe her. but there is a contest of the sex is a paralegal, the sexiest attorney, all in cincinnati and they're raising money for st. jude's. and she bets in the price of this money that he is trying to get from her. so that is a wonderful episode coming up. i don't know. it will be a different show than the when you're used to see

. >> you are touring for the first time since clarence clemmons. scalpers shutting out fans.hat are your thoughts as you go back on tour? >> i'm not really involved with the business stuff. i don't know how that works, honestly. but my focus is on the work, you know, and on the content. >> on your new series. tell the viewers where they can see the new series and tell me how you came up with the idea. >> it's -- it actually wasn't my idea. the husband and wife writing team found me in norway where i was mixing my all girl band who is a norwegian band. somebody is here to see you. i'll go see them. they have an idea for a show. i'm like well, i wasn't exactly planning on playing a gangster again so soon but i can't resist this. it's a wonderful idea. a monoculture, 5 million people. nobody knows anything about norway. i wanted to make norway a character. everything you see is new. how well it's working in america we could not have anticipated. people who don't like subtitles because the lead person is speaking english, you know, you become him. you know what i mean? >> yeah. >

clemmons is accused of lying to congress whether he used performance enhancing drugs. jury selection set to begin on april 16. >>> presidential hopeful mitt romney come to maryland. republican candidate for president scheduled to campaign in maryland wednesday. at a townhall at 4:00 p.m., the hometown of former governor robert erhlich. the rest of his schedule not yet announced. maryland's primary schedule ford april 3. for now, romney is focused on an even bigger prize. making his case to voters in illinois. where he is involved in a what's becoming a nasty race with rick santorum. santorum mocked romney for the health care bill that he passed as governor of massachusetts. romney retorted by calling santorum an economic lightweight. illinois will hold its primary tomorrow. it is the sixth biggest contest of the year, and is seen as yet another test of whether romney can maintain his status as a front-runner. >> still ahead, apple comes to washington to argue about $60 billion offshore. >> also, what friends and colleagues say led to the apparent breakdown of an invisi

clemmon, his name. there was no frob leproblem. you know what causes problems when you have a hidden agenda. when i have a hidden agenda, you wouldn't want to work with me. i want to be transparent. clear. we want to work together. and if that's the case, that's difficult -- that's really difficult, you know? if we get to that point i think the world would be a fantastic world to live in. but in our government, first of all i tell you, i am a firm believer that i've don't, maybe this is wrong. i don't know. i do not ask somebody to serve on my government just because he is -- from this sector, this group, or that group. that's not my criteria. if it so happened. i am a firm believer that talent is all over libya. be itip, whatever you want to call it, you know. this or that. it so happened that we now have -- and i till yell you thi sincerely -- we have -- two ladies on our cabinet, strong, capable and they're doing a good job. one of them is here. i am pleased and honored to be -- on the same team to work together. and the other o

this is the band's first tour since the death of saxaphonist clarence clemmons. the five-piece horn section joins the band for this tour. ♪ killing me softly >> maternity leave is over. it's back to work for beyonce. the grammy singer will perform three concerts in new jersey at atlantic city's rebel resort. dates of may 25th through may 27th, memorial day weekend. the premiere of the $2.4 billion resort there. tickets go on sale april 6th. beyonce gave birth to her first child in january. she is of course married to rapper jay-z. >> i didn't recognize her with the dark hair. looks great. >> she does. >>> they're back. mtv announced today that snooki and crew will be back for a sixth season of "the jersey shore." according to the cable network all the housemates will return including snooki who recently announced she is pregnant. "jersey shore" has been one of the highest rated shows on tv since it first hit the airwaves in 2009. >>> the box office is jumping. things aren't very rosey for one talk show host. >> and discussion about george clooney's arrest here in

the boss took a moment to honor the big man, sacks saxophonist clarence clemmons, who passed away earlierended about an hour and a half ago with 46% of the vote. he took seven of the state' sta2 delegates. >>> in washington state, word of an arrest in an attack on a judge and a sheriff deputy. police say a suspect stabbed a judge and shot the deputy with her own gun before making a run for it. that's our fox report.

the boss took a moment to honor the big man, sacks saxophonist clarence clemmons, who passed away earlierended about an hour and a half ago with 46% of the vote. he took seven of the state' sta2 delegates. >>> in washington state, word of