dylan was not bluffing. as promised he returned from his british tour and wrote his triumph motorcycle straight out of new york city. at dylan didn't even bring his guitar. of course, our story doesn't end there. bob dylan did not retire in 1955. after a few relaxing days in woodstock, just when dylan was most determined to stop creating music, he was overcome with a familiar feeling. it's a hard thing to describe he would later remember. dylan did the only thing he knew how to do. he grabbed a pencil, started to scribble. once dylan began his hand did not stop moving for the next several hours. i found myself writing this song, this story, this long piece of, 20 pages long dylan said. i never had written anything like that before and as sadly came to me that this is what i should do. is the essential word here. dylan is described as a characteristic vividness, the uncontrollable rush of the creative insight, the flow of words that cannot be held back or going out nowhere my songs come from, it's like a ghos

spoke about dylan's legacy. >> bob dylan started out singing other people's songs.aid, there came a point where i had to write what i wanted to say, because what i wantsed to say, nobody else was writing. born in hibbing, minnesota, a town where he says you couldn't be a rebel, it was too cold. today everybody from bruce springsteen to u2 owes bob a debt of gratitude. all these years later he's still chasing that sound, still searching for a little bit of truth. and i have to say that i am a really big fan. >> and still wearing those sunglasses. >>> meanwhile, the first lady was in new york making the rounds yesterday. promoting her new book on healthy eating. "american grown" the story of the white house kitchen garden and gardens across america. she was on the daily show last night. jon stewart turned conversation to some of the cushier jobs in the obama administration. >> are there people in the white house could you go like i could do that guy's job? >> no one. >> how about the biden joe -- everything going, well, okay. >> i love joe. >> i love joe, too. isn't i

>>> plus the president invites bob dylan to the white house, and yes, dylan rolls in wearing shades. we will count the ways we love bobby a bit later in the show. >>> first, to the news live at 5:30 a.m. in 30 rock in new york city. the u.n. security council meets today to discuss the crisis in syria. but there is little hope that diplomats in new york can do anything to stop the increasingly brutal conversation. just this morning, russia and china insisted they will block any attempt by the council to authorize foreign military intervention. russia has been a long-time ally of syria and has economic interests in the country. now standing in the way, saying any intervention would be quote premature. meanwhile, the fighting rages on between syrian rebels and pro government forces, more than a month after a cease-fire was supposed to go into effect. today activists reported that syrian troops began shelling suburbs of damascus and the central stf of homs. the violence reached new heights last week with a massacre of 108 people, mostly women and children, gunned down in their homes. the

hi, gabe. >> hi, dylan. within the past few seconds, we have learned that the jury has found john edwards not guilty on count 3 and has deadlocked on the five other counts in this indictment. this is a huge case with huge implication for finance law, and in the past few seconds we have learned the verdict on count 3 which we had early in the day the jury had reached the verdict on only one count, but the judge would not allow the verdict to be read. in the past few second, we have learned the jury has found john edwards not guilty on count 3. that is the charge that he accepted illegal campaign contributions from rachel buddy melon in 2008. his lawyers had said that -- his lawyers had said that this money was private gifts and that edwards did not know there was anything illegal about it, but now we know he was found not guilty on that charge and the jury has deadlocked on the other five counts. >> we were just told all the other counts are a mistrial, so there you go. not guilty on the count as you just hea

sings bob dylan, and this recording was done in 1965, a real endorsement of dylan as a voice of protest, a voice of conscience and then over there kind of a little bit off stage peter, paul and mary. in jazz you had protests coming from folks who had been on the scene like duke ellington. i don't know if any of these faces are duke ellington. there are lots of african-american historical luminaries but not duke. we insist, freedom now suite. you can see the album covers are re-enacting the sit-ins, and this album was inspired by the sit-ins, the sort of mass uprising, spontaneous uprising of college, black youth. white youth took part in the sit-ins throughout the south and then charles mingus who was a very distinctive and strong voice of protest. spirituals in gospel music, of course, paul roveson identified with the spirituals and also identified with a strong voice of protest. leatine price, another african-american classical singer who was very prominent in this period. mahalia jackson, participated in the march on washington and a friend of dr. king and mr. reston, made a recordin

bob dylan did not retire in 1965. after a few relaxing days in woodstock, just when he was most determined to stop creating music, he was overcome with a familiar feeling. hard thing to describe. this sense that you have something to say. and so he did the only thing that he knew how to do. he grab pencil and started to scribble. once he began his hand did not stop moving for the next several hours. i found myself writing this song, the story, this long piece of comet. twenty pages long. i had never written anything like that before, and it suddenly came to me that this is what i should do. vomit is the essential word here . dylan is describing with characteristic vividness the uncontrollable rush of a creative insight, the flow of words that cannot be held back. i don't know where my songs come from. it's like a ghost is writing a song. he gives you a song and he goes away. once the ghost arrived all still a wanted to do is get out of the way. in retrospect we concede his friend decomposition allowed in to fully expr

i'm dylan ratigan. today's big story about a conflict of interest over the really largest proportion. calls continue thankfully louder and louder for jp morgan chase's chief executive officer jamey dimon to tender his resignation from the board of directors at the new york federal reserve, which is his regulator. jp morgan's behavior and exposure to the corrupt system that they themselves helped to perpetuate not only cost us shareholder billions, but the man overseeing the risks that his bank takes, jamie dimon, also sits on the board of directors for the organization that supervises his bank. isn't that fun? you might be wondering how he was doing that and how you can become your own regulator with people's money. that's the way congress designed it a century ago. the federal reserve banks are set up so that two-thirds of the board of directors of those banks are directly elected by the very banks that they oversee, again, from 100 years ago. jamie dimon calls jp morgan's loss an isolated incident tha

dylan, this is what aaa says the price of gas is. i know you'll have your interpretation of it, i know you just heard it. we just heard your very forceful presentation. $3.67 a gallon, if you can believe it. it's actually lower than it was a year ago, and the result is, part of the upshot is, that at least a record number of people will be traveling 50 miles from their home this memorial day weekend, and 90% of them will be driving. they won't be going as far as normal, as calculated by aaa, but 34.8 million americans traveling, 31 million of whom will be in their automobiles. the price of has gone down. just a month ago a year ago it was higher. gas prices peaked sooner this year. it's now settling in. people are getting back in their cars as evidenced by the travel plans this weekend, dylan. >> all right. listen, joining us to interpret the vibe, the cultural vibrations, the sentiment, the actual sensation among the electorate as we head to the summer. our memorial day panel. you're sort of a vibed master in your own right, toure,

i am dylan ratigan. today's big story, in the military it is perhaps the most profound phrase that exists. i have your back because you have mine. it is also the name of a new movement being led by hollywood bigwigs and the entertainment industry in an effort to expand awareness of our nation's heroes, the contributions and the resource they represent to us, going forward as they try to come together to give all of our veterans more of a chance to turn the military training into community leadership. >> i've got your six. >> i i've got your six. >> two jobs, education, housing and more, we can support returning military veterans and their families. >> i've got your 6. please show your support and prove to a veteran you've got their 6. >> i've got your 6. >> i've got your 6. >> i've got your 6. >> i've got your 6. >> when it comes to got your 6, jobs and education, just one pillar of the resources that are needed. it also includes housing, mental health support, support for our military families in leader

>> thank you for having me, dylan.nd mitt romney have been in a race to define mitt romney's record at bain capital, the private equity firm he founded and led for several years. the president launched a pretty brutal attack ad against mitt romney, spotlighting a steel factory in kansas city that bain took over and several years later the company goes bankrupt, hundreds of people lose their jobs, and bain pockets millions of dollars. of course, this isn't the first time that mitt romney has faced an attack like this. bain has come up in every political race that he's ever run. his campaign, which is really a well oiled machine in boston, was ready. they rebuted with a slick web video of their own near hours later. we can expect more of this. the president is not either to run on his own economic record, but the economy, as we know, stands to be the number one issue in november. it resonates with voters in a way that gay marriage or even the war in afghanistan, important as they may be, simply don't, at least not with a

i am dylan ratigan. nice to be seeing you. today's big story coming to america and today at the white house. 41 u.s. companies received the presidential e award for increasing u.s. exports and bringing that money and jobs here to the united states. of course, we're in southern california, so we are but one ocean away from a china. rather large ocean. of course, 3 million american jobs have been lost to that nation during the past decade, 2 million of them in manufacturing alone. and all those items that we import from china and buy into our country support as many as 20 million jobs in china. good for chinese government political security unless they have a big unemployment problem, my goodness. better that we have that. but it seems china's tide may be turning. new research shows american companies are making big plans to bring manufacturing jobs back home. the new term reshoring. and according to the hackett group which follows these trends, they're saying u.s. companies are looking to reshoring 20% of their manufacturing du

dylan?ing ari, which is that poll tiliticians respond together electorate, which is not necessary aa bad thing, your point. how big after lag do you think there is between our politicians, in other word, america would say break up the banks. america would say, you know, ep gauge the military and national security issues around energy independence and food security, not on randomized war mongering around the world. i'm interested in what the think the gap is. is there an 18-year gap. are we 18 more years until we break up the banks? >> great point. as you and i have discussed on the show, dylan, we have areas with 80/20 or 90/10 political positions and they still pub public opinion. i think there is also a an action gap. what i mean by that is when symbolism is what we are looking for and it matters in kul tier and discrimination and equality, it is easier for politicians to wake up, as i said, bill clinton did ten years later that people want this and to do some symbolic measures towards equ

host dylan ratigan has a sharp explanation and possible solution. dylan, welcome to current tv.ylan, you have been watching, you've been a pundit of wall street and front and center of the debates. we see what is happening with jpmorgan chase and what has not happened in the last 24, 36 months after lehman and the crisis, what the heck is wrong with us? what is it? what is the disconnect between the actions of wall street and the inability for politicians to both politics describes to do anything to rein in these abuse abuses. >> pure and un unadulterateed terror. >> terror of what? >> terror in the respect that they're very afraid of their virtual ignorance-- >> what nuances? >> they don't understand it. >> derivatives, the language? >> it's not in their spectrum. as a result they're hesitant to have an opinion that has meaningful consequence. so where i have failed and where i could improve is actually to have more compassion--i'm like the college professor that you either like when he's really friendly and nice but who wants a college professor who yells at everybody because

bob dylan did not retire in 1965. every few relaxing days in woodstock just when he was most determined to stop creating music he was overcome with a familiar feeling. he would later remember a sense he had something to say so he did the only thing he knew how to do. he grabbed a pencil and started to scribble. once he began his hand did not stop moving for several hours. i found myself writing this song, this long piece of obama 20 pages long. i had never been anything like that before and it came to me that this is what i should do. he is describing the uncontrollable rush of a creative in sight. words that can't be held back. i don't know where my songs come from. like a ghost is writing a song. it gives you the song and it goes away. you don't know what it means. once the ghost arrived he just wanted to get out of the way. in retrospect this frantic composition allow him to fully express for the very first time the full diversity of his influences. in these lyrics we can hear his mental blender at work as he mixes

>> well, it's a good question to ask, dylan, and it's pretty simple. it's because china wants these jobs. they need to employ tens of millions, hundreds of millions of workers. we have said for decades, let them go. let's outsource, let's do something else. i think belatedly our resources have been kept here. but we've been outsourcing, we don't hold china responsible for its currency manipulating, and if we outsourced 30%, we would bring 7% of those jobs back. it's a trickle, it's not a trend, and i found this report to be fascinating, but one of the elements that concerned me is there is still an indication that a lot of manufacturers are looking to offshore, and as you know, dylan, the trade deficit reflects that. record $295 billion with china last year and it's growing. it's not headed the direction that it should be. >> the two things that really put a bee in my bonnet, david, are this. if you want to import to the united states from china, the tariff is 2.5%. if you want to export from the united states to china, taxes are 25%, ten times what we

i'm matt miller in for dylan ratigan. you've just been watching the medal of freedom ceremony at the white house. we start today's show with developing shoes in syria. that nation seems closer than ever to civil war as protests echo inside the country following friday's massacre. 108 women were killed. most were women or children. only two dozen were killed in the initial shelling, the rest were executed at close range as thugs went door to door, entire families shot inside their own homes. syrian president assad met with anan today on the failing of cease fire. western nations, including the u.s., are now kicking out syrian diplomats. the u.s. warning our military is ready to act if called to do so. >> has the chairman of the joint chiefs have said no military action is always an option, and we haven't in this case, removed options from the table. we do not believe that further militarization of the situation in syria at this point is the right course of action. we believe that it would lead to greater chaos, greater car

i'm dylan ratigan. today's big story, confronting china and specifically understanding the problem so that the way you confront china actually helps you solve it. secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary tim geithner in beijing right now at an economic conference, but an unplanned evidence, a human rights issue grabbing the spotlight. if you haven't heard it, here we go. a blind human activist has escaped a chinese house arrest. this blind chinese activist took refuge at the u.s. embassy in beijing when hillary clinton and tim geithner were there. the prisoner says he was being punished in response to his opposition to the management of their one-child rule, they are now telling the daily beast that he and his family want out of china and they want to do it on hillary clinton's u.s. state department plane right now while she's in town today, let's go. he claims police reportedly beat his family during their house arrest. he fears what they'll do next if he's forced to leiave the embassy

[applause] [the medal is presented] bob dylan.n-day troubadour, bob dylan established himself as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. the rich poetry of his lyrics opened up new possibilities for popular song and inspired generations. his melodies have brought ancient traditions into the modern age. more than 50 years after his career began, bob dylan remains an eminent voice in our national conversation and around the world. [applause] [the medal is presented] >> can everybody please stand and give a rousing applause to our medal of freedom winners? you don't have to stand. [applause] [applause] [applause] well, we could not be prouder of all of them. we could not be more grateful to all of them. you have had an impact on all of us, and i know that you will continue to have an impact on all of us. so thank you for being here. thank you for putting yourself through white house ceremonies which are always full of all kinds of protocol. fortunately, we also have a reception afterwards. i hear the food around he

>> great question, dylan.ergy goes, we actually have the technology today to implement this bioinspired strategy in the field. it really does come down to resources. as you know, unlike facebook or google, which you could start in your basement in principle, these energy projects are very capital intensive. we've been fortunate to have support from places like the gordon and betty moore foundation to finance our wind energy research. and we're currently looking for -- forward to a d.e.o., department of energy application to demonstrate this at large scale producing mega watts of power as opposed to a few tens of kilowatts we're doing currently. >> what are the next six months for you? >> as far as this wind energy project goes, it's basically proving out the technology in the field. there's some skepticism when you say that you're going to use turbines that are a tenth of the size of the current ones, but are more efficient and actually cost less. so what we're trying to do is to develop the know-how and the d

or was it bob dylan?>> i remember in college listening to bob dylan and my world opening up. because he captured something that is about this country that was so vital. >> is he still performing? >> i saw him not that long ago. he is not as good as he probably used to be but he is still out there. >> after all, who is. >> barack obama is decades older than me. i listened to bob dylan in college. i am sure kids today are listening to dylan in college. it's required material for college. >> totally? >> lyrical poetry is not only everlasting but every one of a certain age, coming of age finds enormous wisdom, guidance and a little bit of rage there. i needed all of those things when i was young. sometimes i tap into them even now. he specially the rage part. >> this was the second time i had seen bob dylan. i saw him first performing at the university of california berkeley in the hayday. the crowd unbelievable. >> that's as best as he can remember it. >> like the teachers' lounge. >> it was full on berkeley

i always talk about with dylan, let's begin with the end in mind. what do we want to achieve? no matter what everybody else is doing, let's get our own head on straight. the idea here should be to look at lebanon. lebanon went through all sorts of chaos. they're now a republic standing up and doing things. let's just state that's what we want to see come out of this. we want to see syria set up like lebanon and then start acting in that direction. i disagree completely with the president's spokesman on this. mill t militarizing this is the only way to go. we will see more deaths and we will see this country transcend into chaos to the level we will see more of this thing going on, and i predict by the end of summer, you will see u.n. observers killed before our very eyes. >> mark, lots of americans feel kind of war fatigued after a decade in iraq and afghanistan. what would you say to them in terms of people -- people watching this show in terms of why. you think we need to be prepared to take military action. are you saying that? >> no, i'm not saying that, and i understand.

dylan?conds, tim carney, explains to me why neither political party did anything about this. democrats came in and gave thus pile of garbage and republicans helped. >> they all get rhode island rich off of it, dylan. in the end they all have the ability to cash out. blending of government and profit is perfect. >> but doesn't that mean we only have one political party then? >> well we got two. one team, they are the guys in power, yeah. >> all right. well said, mr. carney. that does it for us on dylan ratigan. "hardball" up now. >>> using romney, let's play "hardball."

he counts bob dylan and author, toni morrison, as personal heroes.avers, abc news, washington. >> amazing group there. >> great honors there.

i'm dylan ratigan. today's story, deal and no deal. nato made a deal, although reluctant reluctantly, to remain in afghanistan for two years, and the additional ten months in support. difficult with the impasse between neighboring pakistan who said no deal. supply our troops for two more years? going to have to pay them more money for that. where does that leave us with the other nato countries, the only nation extending support, and yet our regime remains stressed, and significantly, even our own president and any of our military leadership at this point hard pressed to define precisely the mission or the metrics for the soldiers that remain in country. our first guest today, from pennsylvania, admiral joe sestak, and brandon webb, the author of "the red circle, how i trained the world's deadliest marksman." brandon, i'll begin with you on the set. an apparatus is only as good as the metrics and the mission. fair? >> yes. >> how clear are the metrics in our current occupation? >> when you look at what's happening over there, i think i

about bob dylan being at the white house today.ourse one of the most renowned celebrated musician is of the 20th century, received 11 grammy awards and also is credited with playing a role in the civil rights movement. martin, i checked, he has written 600 songs. incredible. >> wow. >> reporter: yeah. amazing, right? also incredible, john glenn. of course astronaut senator from ohio. john glenn was the third american to travel to space, the first to orbit the earth and the oldest american to travel to space at 77 years of age. and tony morrison one of the most renounced authors of our time, written "beloved," "jazz," sgs song of solomon." >> i haven't read song of solomon. how are these recipients selected? does the president himself make the ultimate decision or is there a group of people who decide on this award? >> reporter: well, based on the research that i did, he gets recommendations from his aides and ultimately he makes the final decision. this is his decision. this is something that dates back to harry truman who decided

i'm with you, dylan. i'm with you. >> our show starts now. >>> i'm dylan ratigan, we are hot spotting as a really just a way to solve problems, something that is certainly not new and we didn't discover it. but it is handy when it comes to our current problems which is can we create 30 million jobs in a way that also helps create sustainable secure lives for the people of this country. can you have all of the training and skills in the world but unless there is a job, let alone a mission, at the end of the tunnel you can participate and help solve, what's the point? unemployment is still high but there are jobs to be had. in fact 3.7 million job openings offered in march. you just needed to know where to look for them. many workers in fact are opting to relocate to where jobs are located. like for instance, in the other ge instance with a high school diploma working in silicone valley will make more money than someone working with a college degree in flint, michigan. of course the cost of living in silico

joining us back again media chief from politico, dylan byers. hey, dylan. see you. >> bill: nice to see both of you on a rainy day in washington, d.c. >> no better place to be. >> bill: to brave the traffic and the rain. >> it was very hard for me. >> bill: you don't have far to go. >> two blocks away. >> a bit of a marathon this morning but blame it on metro. it is all fine. we got here. >> bill: let's talk about -- newsmagazines are pass say. we talked about that before. nobody buys them anymore or reads them but both time and "newsweek" have made news with their covers. >> they have made news. >> bill: this is the new way of being relevant if you put out a controversial cover people will notice you. >> it is something that tina brown has been doing since she got to "newsweek" as the editor of "newsweek." >> bill: even at new yorker. >> yeah. the new yorker we can agree has had slightly more tasteful covers. and now "time" is getting in the game with this breast-feeding cover which is by far the more controversial of the two. >> i agree. the "newsweek" co

so you know, wait -- here is a question i have for you dylan.se star gazers are? >> i can tell who the bloomberg journalist in the room are. so both, of course, jonathan and robert with were trained in their younger years by the bloomberg news agency and one of the core trainings of that job is to have some sort of benchmarking, such that there is a reference point accuracy. no disrespect to your training. i don't intend any. nor anybody else's. but i have no idea what the benchmark for the astrology is. i have no idea whether it is ever -- have you a benchmark. >> these astrologist apparently also picked obama last time around. they is a track record. >> a 1 for 1. >> yeah. >> my dog picked obama. >> your dog did? >> my dog does not know how to read winter solstice start. >> remember the octopus for the olympics? >> yeah. didn't the octopus die? >> i think he did die. >> right. >> we should get another octopus though, ask it. >> greece has a lot. it needs money. >> we can see who raised the most money and get nate silver, get limb to pick it. t

hi, imogen. >> thank you, dylan.at obesity is a public healthcare catastrophe in america. but there is another side of extreme. anorexia, bulimia. 10 million americans have an eating disorder. nearly half of all-americans personally know someone with one, and they hit young women hardest. 95% of those who have eating disorders are between ages of 12 and 25. by a ratio of 10 to 1, female. some a 50 to 60% of teenage american girls believe they are overweight. yet only 15 to 20% of them actually are overweight. there is known to be a link between eating disorders in young girls and what they see in the media. nags magazines have upheld an unrealistic study of beauty. they are notorious for the buck passing on the issue. then next week, something extraordinary happened. vogue magazine, the stand-up bearer of fashion made a stand. the 19 editors of vogue magazine around the world recognize that fashion models everyone is as role models for many women. they wanted to make a commitment to the well-being of their readers. t

and eight yes that is an initial matter and i used that phrase myself in the question in fairness to dylan but yes it's financial terrorism and it is simply threats i mean everything is couched in terms of threats the word systemic the phrase too big to fail these these types of things another with threats to government officials saying do what we want or you will suffer grave consequences right well beyond being a threat of course it's an actual all exploding financial device that takes lives in the case of grace around and around the world these are these are murderers let's keep that in focus now aside from all the interviews you cross the country on a road trip in this film tell us about the population what they understand about the financial collapse who are they blaming of for the most part the bankers and what we found is that you know a lot of people understand quite clearly that they've been wronged by wall street they may not know the particulars of it but there is no mistake in the part of people on the wrong side of the financial crisis that this. is not some accident this is a

dylan?econds, tim carney, explains to me why neither political party did anything about this. democrats came in and gave thus pile of garbage and republicans helped. >> they all get rhode island rich off of it, dylan. in the end they all have the

dylan? >> well presented, david.at the whole truth about taxes would suggest that taxes in general should be used to get rid of things you don't and get things you do want. i don't see why taxing money seems like an insane act, but it's for a different conversation. nice to see you, david. that does it for us today. thank you for joining us. i'm dylan ratigan and "hardball" is up now. >>> wedding bells. let's play "hardball."

rock legend bob dylan, madeleine albright, former astronaut and senator john glenn. tennessee basketball legend pat summitt. those are a couple of the names. definitely stick around for that, but first, want to take you to the northeast. syria's dreadful spiral into an allout war. they' got fighting all across the country today. but we are getting these new details theer about the massacre that happened in syria friday night. in total, 108 victims, 49 of whom were children. this is newly acquired video tho shows when and where it happened. do you hear that? this is friday evening. you can hear the screams, the tank shells exploding. but that is not the way most of the victims died here. take a listen. >> the majority have been the result of house to house summary executions of armed men going into houses and killing men, women and children inside. >> the syrian government massacred women and children. it's a shock charge, is it not to hear this from the united nations? >> employing once again that narrative we heard from the beginning of this crisis that armed terror

the president said he was a big fan of bob dylan's music. he sat there expressionless throughout most of it. >> stoic. >> that's the -- >> what would it take for him to take his sunglasses off. >> he's bob dylan. >> he can do whatever he wants to do. >> congratulations to all of those honor ease yesterday. >>> after one of the most anticipated initial stock offerings and rumors about expanding also to the cell phone market, well, facebook's stock price has plunged. at yesterday's close, facebook's stock was down nearly 10%. it closed near the $29 mark. facebook stock has now fallen 24% in july since going on sale earlier this month. and not -- >> did you buy stock? >> i did not. that's not the news most expected. where does this leave ceo mark zuckerberg and his bottom line? with those most recent stock losses, zuckerberg's fort sun down to just a mere 14.7 billion bucks. that means he's no longer one of the world's 40 richest people, at least not for right now. but something tells me he'll get back in that list sooner than later. how will h