dick: it's wide.t just did -- mary: wonder when del potro starts using the net more -- how much tougher he'll be to beat. john: that's not a good call by del potro there, throwing in another drop shot. dick: federer has gone through the test of the emotional energy that is consumed in these championships, especially playing five-setters back-to-back as they have. del potro-nadal yesterday. federer today. he misses wide, so here's two break points for federer. john: remember a set and a break -- almost a double break down and 4-3 serving for it. the momentum swing that has just taken place, these almost feel like match points right now. dick: that is two saved breakers. back to deuce. john: some positive energy. two good serves and forehands to get him back to deuce. this is about to end. i think he's got enough left physically and he's hitting the ball well. mary: after those two double faults cost him that last game he's making sure with these, isn't he? here's a chance for roger. oh, that's way off.

dick: number 11.ct that del potro, correctly, perhaps, doesn't have a lot of history in long matches, is trying to play -- save himself here for the big moments, as he tries to serve this four set out. with two holds. dick: 4-3, del potro leads. he's going to challenge that last call. at least he pointed up, gave a signal to chair umpire garner. and the chase review shows indeed it was out. 40-15. john: second serve. challenged by del potro. all of a sudden he's back in this game. dick: the confidence he's displaying from his forehand, just letting it rip. john: he normally plays through these type of delays but there are people right behind del potro, holding him up. dick: another second serve at 40-30. what is cloud computing? a cloud is a workload optimized, service management platform enabling... ...new consumption and delivery models. it's what? my cloud does email. lowers my energy bill. shares pictures. we collaborate on our cloud. i develop software in my cloud. i want a cloud that understands

dick: third break point, dick: third break point, federer. dick: that huge first serve.p 10, del potro. he entered the championship ranked sixth and seeded six. he'll be number five at the end of this championship, passing abdomeny roddick. -- andy roddick. john: he sets the tone there. he hits a number of balls towards the center of the court and then he just rips one. he's really keeping del potro on edge. he's plenty nervous already, coming out on this court. dick: five-tame reigning champion putting a lot of pressure on in this first-service game. mary: that's going to be a big challenge for del potro. he's a pretty good long rally player but he doesn't want to do it on his own serve. he wants to do it on this guy's. dick: he can dig out of this game. it would be a great boost for him to know that he can deny four break points. long service game. mary: your mentality against federer has to be to stay with him, to try to take a match like this to tiebreakers. dick: let ball threw off the rhythm of the ball and mistimed by del potro. joirm that should give him more tim

dick: his head always so dick: his head always so stable. dick: at this stage of the championship match it's so much like what we saw just a year ago from andy murray. playing some sensational tennis to get to the finals, very average against federer. john: del potro has lost one match since wimbledon. one event in washington. he's been playing some topnotch tennis. to get to the finals here. this is bitterly disappointing so far. but if he's playing the score, he's one break down and roger hasn't served as well as he normally does. he's got to convince himself that he can get right back in this match. john: to me that's lazy, how he just served. reached for it. you don't want to take a big step. that throws off your balance to me. yet he's got a lot of reach, obviously at 6'6". mary: he's better at being tall. you got to give him that. john: i'm thinking what you're meaning is he's a much better athlete than he's showing so far as far as his movement? mary: no, i just means he's better than federer at being tall. john: so he's just taller t

dick: sixth ace. dick: just floats it in there. parachutes another winner. john: djokovic thought it was going wide. not even close. vajda, his long-term coach. they've been together three years now. 6-5. djokovic serves for a tiebreak when we come back after this yol rd fromoc your local station. y (announcer) what the world needs now is energy. the energy to get the economy humming again. the energy to tackle challenges like climate change. what if that energy, came from an energy company. every day, chevron invests $62 million in people. in ideas. seeking, teaching, building. fueling growth around the world, to move us all ahead. this is the power of human energy. chevron. dick: coverage of the u.s. open on cbs sports is sponsored by on cbs sports is sponsored by -- dick: 5-6, djokovic serves here. down two sets to roger federer. we've received word that the fine for serena williams' behavior last night is the maximum and that's $10,000. mary: that's a joke. dick: pocket change for someone who's made millions. plus $500 for racket abuse. mary: that really

dick: sixth ace. dick: just floats it in there. parachutes another winner. john: djokovic thought it was going wide. not even close. vajda, his long-term coach. they've been together three years now. 6-5. djokovic serves for a tiebreak when we come back after this word from your local station. dick: coverage of the u.s. open on cbs sports is sponsored by on cbs sports is sponsored by -- dick: 5-6, djokovic serves here. down two sets to roger federer. we've received word that the fine for serena williams' behavior last night is the maximum and that's $10,000. mary: that's a joke. dick: pocket change for someone who's made millions. plus $500 for racket abuse. mary: that really stings. the extra 500 bucks. dick: but it's still under review by the grand slam committee if more penalty can be imposed. while djokovic trying to send this to a tiebreak. 0-15. john: certainly didn't do enough for that last shot. the wind there, unsure of what to do. tried to do a little extra on it. he's in big trouble now. 0-30. john: not again! oh, my! dick: and for my next act i'm

dick: hurricane katrina dick: meanwhile, this is philip rivers' career high. dan: it's been a gutty performance. rivers has been sacked a couple times. just twice tonight he's been knocked down -- almost tonight. dick: it keeps going, doesn't it? dan: they've hung in there. a gritty performance. dick: 85 yards in penalties. it's first and goal at the 15. rivers. slides down at about the 12-yard line. he's not going to outrun many people. ngata chased him down on that play. here's a man at 340 pounds-plus that can run like that. his dad was a rug by and boxer star in on the ga, went to oregon. high school in salt lake city. he is you have to to get through and around. dan: world's biggest dunk. dick: second and goal. no one open. he says, come to me. long there. tried to hit chambers -- gates, rather, on the back end of the end zone. hoping he could throw it high enough over the purple shirts, and gates could go up over the top. dan: the ravens have been able to use ngata on that defensive line to get pressure on rivers. as we let this one roll, you'll see that

there you have it, dick. dick: you can see the disappointment in brian ealey. it's the very last thing a tournament referee wants to officiate. those were the conditions. serena williams is out, the defending champion. kim clijsters advances. mary: it's a pity. but what seems to have happened is that when foot fault was called, those two "f" words led to far worse ones from serena. in the men time, there is another women's semi going. dick: we'll continue after this message and a word from your local station. ls are uncomplica nothing complicated about a pair of 10 inch hose clamp pliers. you know what's complicated? shipping. shipping's complicated. not really. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service shipping is easy. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that's not complicated. come on. how about...a handshake. alright. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. last year more than half a million investors opened an account at td ameritrade. maybe because td ameritrade's fa

there you have it, dick. dick: you can see the disappointment in brian ealey. it's the very last thing a tournament referee wants to officiate. those were the conditions. serena williams is out, the defending champion. kim clijsters advances. mary: it's a pity. but what seems to have happened is that when foot fault was called, those two "f" words led to far worse ones from serena. in the men time, there is another women's semi going. dick: we'll continue after thisy local station. ls are uncomplica nothing complicated about a pair of 10 inch hose clamp pliers. you know what's complicated? shipping. shipping's complicated. not really. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service shipping is easy. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. that's not complicated. come on. how about...a handshake. alright. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. last year more than half a million investors opened an account at td ameritrade. maybe because td ameritrade's fair and straight-forward pric

dick melwas a very strong family man, and wind patty mehta d originally dick mell was very pleased thought this would be a terrifi match. but his wife on t other hand, was somewhat concerned about rod blagojevich from the very beginning. she just did not trust him. she w not sure he had her daughter's best interest that part which said they turned out to be the case. she wound up with a horrible brain disease and diedbout five years ago. so you have dick mell who at one point* had a son and law, the governor of illinois, lovely wife, great kids, suddenly his wife dies, he is completely estranged from his daughter, a grandchildren, it was very tragic. >> host: can you tell the story? where it came about in the family? it was over the landfill? >> guest: but it began earlier than that when dick mell was critical to rodlagojevich election as a state representative and congress man. when he thought aboup governor he remainedcritical buts a gubernatorial campaign went on, rob blagojevich srounded himself with a difnt crowd ich included christopher calle and stuart levine and rezko who saw him a

president -- >> i'm not scared of you anymore, dick. okay? i've been watching a ton of dr.hil. [ laughter ] >> very well, sir. >> and hey, i'm sorry to be a red ass about it. >> i understand. >> if you ever want to biden it up and get a burger with me, i'm game. >> yes, sir. >> all right. i'll see you later, dick. >> and mr. president, one last thing. >> yeah? >> live from new york, it's saturday night! [ cheers and applause ] >> announcer: it's "saturday night live"! with -- featuring -- musical guest green day. and your host, will ferrell! ladies and gentlemen, will ferrell! [ cheers and applause ] captions paid for by nbc-universal television [ cheers and applause ] >>> thank you. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. i, uh -- yes. whoo! right back at you. i am so happy to be back hosting the season finale of "snl." [ cheers ] i love you too. more than you know. [ laughter ] i've always loved being on this wonderful stage in front of a live audience. i actually did a one-man show on broadway this year, and i just got nomina

dick, i'll start with you. before we get to the fdic, i want to talk a little bit about bank earnings because you've said that you anticipate the next three years and i quote, will be explosively positive for the banks. however, you're concerned about the near term and earnings picture in the near term. explain what you mean. >> the loan losses the industry's absorbing will remain high for the next two quarters. they should be some significant reserve building in the fourth quarter. most banks, i would say 60%, are going to lose money in the third and fourth quarters. next year, if the economy expands, then the loan losses are going to come down and earnings literally from 2010 to 2010 or 13 should triple. that's not difficult to see happen. all you're saying, all i'm saying is that losses will contract to a point that will allow that to occur. >> so, dick, what does that mean if i'm an investor in financials. how should i approach this sector? >> pretty tough to make a decision. the companies are going to lose

dick, thank you very much for your time and your analysis on this breaking news story. dick bove. and of course the news here is that bank of america confirms that ken lewis, the ceo, will step down from his post by december 31st. he is in fact retiring. we are seeing a tick higher in the after-hours session for shares of bank of america. we will bring you next the man who broke the story, charlie gasparino with the latest developments. stay tuned. >>> welcome back to "fast money." of course the story you heard here first on "fast" thanks to our on-air editor charlie gasparino ken lewis is stepping down at bank of america at the end of the year. let's brirng you the man who broke you the story. charlie gasparino. charlie. >> salud. >> yeah. last week you reported if he did resign it would be because he was facing charges by the s.e.c. that is not apparently true at this point as far as you know. >> well, i mean, is it true? i don't know what's in his brain or what's going on at the s.e.c. i can just tell you what he's saying. and you know, i mean, my sources are pretty impeccable.

mary katharine ham, look, dick cheney, his popularity seems to be going up. ok? all i know that every poll shows that the democrats, pelosi, read, president obama are going down, down, down. who is the winner here? who is the winner? >> well, i think what -- you know, obama needs to think about is the america public is actually to the right of msk contain on this issue and thinks that even if waterboarding might be a form of torture that people were probably justified in using it main live they do not want to go back and prosecute these guys. i think we need to be thinking about the is pressure we are putting those guys under and the fact that they won't be able to operate in the future listening to lawyer's advice from an administration and acting upon it and later getting prosecuted when, by the way, all the information pertaining to cia alleged abuses has been reviewed already by a panel of career prosecutors. and they decided not to prosecute because they don't believe they can get convictions because there is sill so little evidence. >> and juan, do you thin

and dick morris goes on the record. he says president obama is in big trouble desperately trying to sell something that you are suspicious of. dick morris coming up. but first, president obama has a new headache. seven men, both democrats and republicans, who serve as director of -- served as director of central intelligence or c.i.a. director have joined together telling the president he needs to do something. they write in part, -- >> sen foam directors say the investigation has been done and that another investigation would damage the willingness of convenience officers to take risks to protect our country. the justice department today saying the attorney general's decision was made in line with his duty to examine the facts ands follow the law. moments ago, former speaker of the house newt gingrich went on the roared. mr. speaker, nice to see you. >> good to see you. greta: the president got a letter from former directors of the c.i.a. and other intelligence officials today. apparently they want him to tell the atto

♪ >>> former vice president dick cheney has recently had surgery on his back.ecuperating, condoleezza rice has decided to take over as resident discredited bush administration national security authority. and if that doesn't make you want to smash your forehead into a stack of bricks, we have a very important story at the end of tonight's show that's about a man smashing his forehead into stacks of bricks. kept jones reports. that's coming up. >>> first, it's time for a few holy mackerel stories in today's news. iran's president mahmoud ahmadinejad is expected to address the united states tomorrow in new york city. he will do so in the midst of major protests against him and his government. and unlike the protests back home in iran, there's nothing he can do about those protests here. thousands of iranians ex-pats and exiles from iran to canada are expected to protest outside the building while mr. ahmadinejad speaks within it. they will be protesting the shady presidential election in june and the severe and violent crackdown that ensued. on thursday, proteste

>> my few meetings with dick is he was a perfectly pleasant man. very depressed. very up set about what happened. i think those black shadows under his eyes come from not sleeping and saying how did this happen. what did i do? could i have done anything else? >> reporter: just some of the many questions he and everyone else are still faced with a year after lehman's collapse. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown looks now at where >> woodruff: jeffrey brown looks now at where things stand one year later. >> brown: and joining me for that are nassim taleb, a statistician, trader and author of several books on probability and risk, including "the black swan." he's an advisor to universa investments, and teaches at new york university. donald marron is chairman and c.e.o. of lightyear capital, a private equity firm. and alan blinder, professor of economics at princeton university. he was vice chair of the federal reserve from 1994 to 1996. done all marron, you were at the speech today, was the president right to warn of complacency on wall street as enough changed in the year

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what does dick morris think of this. the author of the big best selling book catastrophe, about the mediaened a the obama administration joins us now. ok. today, ben bernanke, the top economic guy comes out and says, you know, the recession may be over. nobody covers it. nobody said a word. you know why? acorn. is this amazing? >> it is astonishing. the connection with obama is a little closer than you generously gave him credit for. in addition to his paying them $800,000 during the campaign to work for him, they paid him in 1995 to be their lawyer when they sued the state of illinois. bill: the statute of limitations runs out on that, when? that's 13 years ago. you know, obama is in chicago. they hired him. it was a justice department suit and it was a legitimate deal. people are going to make up their own minds. the perception is, i will grant you, that president obama and acorn are sympathetic co. >> this comes at a very difficult time for obama. because he is getting clobbered over health care reform. here he addres

right read moby dick? professor kotchman gives us a setting for that. what he says in the 1850's when the united states was just on the brink of the civil war it was also creating a national literature so american literature was coming io being as the self-conscious league american literature at the same time as the nation itself was starting to break aparp so reading moby dick along with the scarlet letter, along with the leaves of grass by walt whman, i can give you a sort of new understanding of wha each of those works is about singly and i also just want to say that the book, we didn try to legislate what would go into the book. we did not give them subject. the book is not encyclopedia. which is sort of happened the way it happened. >> guest: w ask people to touch on the subject tt forecloses to the core of their interests, the things they felt they could convey withashion to readers outside the academy, so when we have someone like thresher coachmen what is it that you love about the literature you are teaching, he said here is this moment right b

is dick bo, bank analyst at rochedale securities. her heo. >> susie why now? why the timing of today's departure? >> i think there areust too many govnmental actions being brght against the company. i think that new york city and ohio are both sng the company. you've got the s.e. c., congress, and federal judg alwanting to do something against the compy. so that's the reason why now. >> susie: do y think that the obama administration had anything to do with lewis' departure? >> well, to the gree that they control thes. e.c., the answer wou be yes. but i'm noture it's at the top of their anda. >> susie: all right. who will be lewis' replacent? could u see its being from the outse or somebody inside the bank? >> well, theo people i think would be in top positiowould be brian moynihan, who is the head othe retail bank, and thperson that i like the best is barba desoures, >> so you thinkt will be an inder? >> i bieve. so it would be against the traditionand culture of this compy to take one from the outside. >> susie: what aut sally kraucheck who just got big job

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sean: dick morris, congrats on the book. good to see you. coming up, there are brand-new details on one of obama's top advisors, close ties to acorn and dozens of house democrats signed a letter pushing for illegals to be covered in their health care plan. we'll tell you the details of that story and much more and crazy bob beckel coming up straight ahead. ♪ anyone can prove they're strong once. the real question is can they prove it again and again. ♪ at northwestern mutual, we've answered that question compellingly... for over 150 years. northwestern mutual. consistency counts. put our strength to work for you. learn how at northwesternmutual.com. sean: tonight in "your america" the undercover video of acorn continues to spell trouble for that organization. earlier today bank of america has announced it suspended its dealings with acorn and now questions are being raised about a top white house advisor's connections to the group. now the director of the white house office of political affairs, patrick gaspard is said to be closely affiliat

you're not really calling for dick cheney to run in 2012, are you? 3 1/2 years before the election. even with our extended presidential election cycle, it's much too early for anyone to actually run for office. and dick cheney, as far as i know, has never backed away from -- yes, in a sense, i'm speaking philosophically. but look. if there is a major terrorist attack and something on the order of knife again, heaven forbid it will change the way americans look at terrorism and it may call for somebody with dick cheney's experience to step into that role. again, it's a big if and i hope it doesn't come to pass. i i hope that obama is right that we overreacted to september 11th and the terrorism isn't as big of a throat as the bush administration made it out to be. certainly, it's appealing to think so. >> tba. james toronto from "wall street journal." >> thank you for coming in. >>> back to the live pictures we've been watching in southern california and the line now. you see that smoke. it's rising above this area, the station fire that's already bur

dick, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. it's been a very somber morning and of course a very difficult morning. also because so many people have been fighting the elements here. u had the wind and the rain. and i mean serious wind and rain. and nonetheless thousands have shown up and this is one of the most difficult parts of the day. the reading of the names. each family member gets up and read the name of their loved one. there were tributed from dnitaries. the mayor giuliani spoke and later there will be a finale tonight. something different this year. jay z. will hold a concert at madison square garden and in it he hopes to pay tribute to the heroes of 9/11 but it is also a fundraiser because there are so many people that benefit from what these people, the money they can raise. that's the latest from ground zero. back to you guys. >> and we're talk about the victims as the names are being read and there is also another name now as people -- some of the first responders have now fallen ill and another name has been adde

president bush and dick cheney -- dick cheney rarely engages the press.erviewed him three times, but correct me if i am wrong, nbc news just savaged you, savaged you, but you did not change your opinion of them. you still gave them the access you gave everybody else, right? >> well, they might disagree that we gave them as much access in the last eight months. bill: well, tell me what your point of view is. it did you, or did you not? >> we tried to make a distinction between what we saw as aggressive and ridiculous behavior on msnbc and the reporters that we dealt with in the white house from nbc, and that does not mean editorial comment from nbc. bill: and what you would do it chris wallace and some people on fox news. >> 100%, absolutely, absolutely. bill: i talked about the criticism and how he engaged the press, president bush, and when his father got hammered, he was very aggressive, but when he himself caught this, he was not. >> not really, not really. bill: you do not take it personally? >> no, i do not. bill: because they are trying to destroy y

dick: third double fault for djokovic. it's 40-30. fighting to stay in this third set.

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dick army is involved in this.ick army is involved in this. >> i'm not here to defend the republican party. we're nonpartisan. i will tell you we do more times than not line up with conservative republican candidates. i don't think a lot of this coming from the party. there are some out there in america who have twisted ideas. we disagree with those. >> tony, i got to run. look for you next time. i appreciate you coming on. tony perkins, president of the family research council. we'll visit again. >>> up next, the insurance companies are going to value this. michele bachmann has the solution to health care reform? no regulations? "psycho talk" coming up next on "the ed show." looking for motorcycle insurance. you're good. thanks. so is our bike insurance. all the coverage you need at a great price. hold on, cowboy. cool. i'm not done -- for less than a dollar a month, you also get 24/7 roadside assistance. ght on. yeah, vroom-vroom! sounds like you ran a 500. more like a 900 v-twin. excuse me. well, you're excused.

dick armey, thank you very much. coming up, powerhouse fed watcher jim bunning is going to join us right after the break. he's got a few opinions about bernanke in general and the fed's actions today. we are looking for a fed strategy and a stable dollar. d-o-l-l-a-r. we'll be right back. would you like a pony ? yeah. would you like a pony ? yeah ! ( cluck, cluck, cluck ) oh, wowww ! that's fun ! you didn't say i could have a real one. well, you didn't ask. even kids know when it's wrong to hold out on somebody. why don't banks ? we're ally, a new bank that alerts you when your money >>> all right, we welcome back powerhouse fed watcher kentucky republican senator bunning. thank you for coming back on the show, sir. >> larry, glad to do it. >> i want to ask you in your judgment, knowing what you know down there and following these issues closely is there a conscious policy by the treasury and the fed to just let the dollar fall? >> it seems that way, but i hope it's not that way. it seems like the treasury and the fe

i do not regard a faltering dollar and soaring gold as very good signs, dick hoe. these are more of these friends traceable to 9/11. what's your take? >> i don't think it's linked to 9/11, but i would argue about the first 2/3 to 80% of the decline in the dollar was a correction of an overballed dollar. the strong dollar in 2000 was an overvalued dollar, and cratered our manufacturing sector. it was a giant mistake. and much of the early decline was a correction of dreadful mistake of overshall valling the dollar and thereby eroding our manufacturing base. now we're beginning to get a more -- it's a little more worrisome, but the reason it's occurring is you can borrow at 0% and many many are. >> it's cheap and easy money from the fed. one wonders if this isn't a deliberate policy. joe grano, in the '80s and '90s boom which seems to have departed us, the dollar in fits and starts got stronger and stronger. gold in fits and starts got weaker and weaker and the stock market got stronger an stroenger. it's all gone today. what do you make of it? >> i think it's low in

>> tough talk from dick durbin and push is about to come to shove. the president gave his speech on wednesday, had a rally yesterday, a rally in sport of health care reform in minneapolis, minnesota. democrats say look, we're going to move forward with a plan, and if the republicans want to join on that, that's great. if they don't we're going to move forward anyway. it's time to cut bait say democrats on the senate side and the house side and democrats around the country who are pushing their party leaders to get tough with republicans. one thing that's becoming more and more clear over the last several days is so called public option where the government would back a health insurance plan that would be in the market and compete with private plans, that is an aneglectma that will not be part of a bill as it moves through congress of it but everything still very much up in the air, alex. whether or not they can even get health care reform passed this year. still an open question. >> okay, mike, i want to ask you about representative joe wilson. i und

we have dick armey. up next tim geithner defending the bailout plan. at the town hall meeting that was cool. later the march is on, thousands ready to hit the streets of washington to oppose the president's health care plan. you've had fair warning. stay tuned. your >>> you're watching "squawk box" on cnbc, first in business worldwide. >> time now for today's aflac trivia question. what is the fastest flying insect? the answer when cnbc "squawk box" continues. what is the fas flying insect? the answer, the australian dragonfly. >> treasury secretary tim geithner offering a defense to the administration's bank bailout plan at last night's town hall meeting hosted by cnbc reporter steve liesman. he joins us -- co-hosted, i guess. you're calling him a host, too, of the town hall meeting. >> whatever you want to call it. >> after watching with elizabeth warren yesterday and then last night, he answered a lot of questions. he's got a lot of patience. >> i think he has reason for it. whether or not you agree with him, geithner doesn't necessarily agree with

whole weekend of 9/12 things, the head of freedom works, former republican house majority leader, dick armey, came to congressman joe wilson's defense, arguing that we should, quote, cut mr. wilson a little slack. the crowd of several hundred people who were listening to mr. armey at that rally reportedly shouted "you lie, you lie!" not because they thought dick armey was lying but because they liked that congressman joe wilson yelled that last night at the president in the middle of his address to congress. if you look at their website, you can see the organizations sponsoring the event. one group that's listed as a bronze co-sponsor of the event is called the national association of rural landowners, or far narlo. if you surf to their website, turns out they're calling for vie lenlt revolution. they're calling for the overthrow of the united states government, the government and the media both described as, quote, our enemy within. unless we come together in a cohesive, fighting unit, our freedoms and liberties shall fade into the dark campaign finance reform of socialism and radical

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dick gephardt on health care. what else is going on in the sfwherld >> breaking news out of central new jersey. four police officers were shot this morning executing a search warrant, two are in the hospital with wounds to the face, the other is -- well, apparently two offers here shot. the suspect taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds. as i get more i'll pass that along. president obama becomes the first u.s. president to chair a summit level meeting of the u.n. security council. members are expected for a unanimous vote here to reduce nuclear weapons and we could get an opening statement from president obama any minute. president obama is pushing new nuclear weapons treaties for a world without nuclear weapons. the draft resolution calls for stepped up efforts to promote disarm amount and reduce the risk of nuclear terrorism. president obama and leaders of the industrialized nations will travel to pittsburgh for two days of meetings on a wide range of issues including how to stabilize the economy. let's go t

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i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally.ack to "msnbc saturday." i'm alex witt, and we begin this half hour with the president's new strategy for health care reform. today he's tailoring his message to people with health coverage, reminding them that they could be one accident or job loss away from joining the ranks of the uninsured. i'm joined by mike becerra from washington. good morning to you. >> good morning, alex. >> the president backing up this message with a new report from the treasury department with some stats there. tell us about it. >> well, the challenge for the president and democrats has been since the debate started was to talk to a vast majority of americans who already have health insurance and a vast majority of those get it through their employers, that they're not quite as set as they may believe and there are abuses within the system by insurance companies that leads to rising costs and injustices -- people having insurance withdrawn from pre-existing conditions and the like. it's a change from earlie

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what about dick fuld? confronted by reuters reporter over the weekend at his summer home in idaho. >> it's interesting because i did a segment on him a couple weeks ago about how he's trying to resurrect the business because he feels like he has to make money. he's still rich but obviously not as rich as he was. he's a pariah. he has just a few close friends, one of those friends is joe grahno who was on the air last week and defended him. i knew the old dick fuld. and the old dick fuld wouldn't have cared to say thank you. but he did call up joe and thank him. it just shows you that just how -- you know, it's a degree of humility that comes when their star has fallen so much. >> john thain is another one. >> john thain is an interesting story because, you know, as you know, he was kind of a rock star. evers at goalman, number two guy at goldman. ran the new york stock exchange. it was thought for a time that the b of a deal with merrill before the big losses was a huge deal and made him a hero. as it turn

and dick fisher was emphasizing the forcefulness of the exit. what he was saying is the federal reserve was aggressive on the way down in terms of cutting rates and providing accommodation. they should be equally as aggressive on the way up, that is removing that accommodation. that doesn't tell you when you start. what vice chairman cohn reminded everybody is it's going to depend on the data. they'll start when they think it might be ready. it could be faster, but it also could be slower. >> look, i worked with the fed a long time ago. but i was such a junior junior, i wasn't a part of it. you were a senior senior. i thought there was a wizard of oz manipulating what they say. but there seed sooems to be a war. a fed war going on. warsch said be tough, tough, tough, and don cohn says no, no, no we won't. >> so what's the contribution ben bernanke has made it for the federal reserve? he's trying to make it more democratic. fmoc is more open. he's not leaning on his colleagues to speak all from the same page. conspiracies never worked anyway. and

what does former vice president dick cheney think about this?t he said on "fox news sunday." >> i think it is terrible. president obama made the announcement some weeks ago this would not happen, that his administration would not go back and look at where try to prosecute cia personnel, -- would not go back or try to prosecute cia personnel. this was sent to the justice department five years ago and was completely reviewed by the justice department in years past, and now, we have a political appointee coming back and, supposedly without the approval of the president, do a complete review or another complete investigation and possible prosecution of cia personnel we could talk about the negative consequences of that. -- cia personnel. we could talk about the negative consequences of that. greta: joining us is list cheney, the daughter of the vice president. for cristÓbal, boy, your father is bold. he is not afraid -- first of all, boy, and your father is bold. >> he is not afraid. this was intelligence that helps prevent attacks and saved america