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i have been teaching this painting by eric carle four years and have always been intrigued by it, thinkinghat there is a story there waiting for us to rediscover. so it is a project to begin working on in 2006 and recently came out. >> host: here at book expo america, the book publishing industry annual convention in new york city, we are joined by chairman and president of the norton company. what to test you about some of the books that borden has coming out this fall, 2012. of going to start with this one right behind us. >> absolutely. a very scary book about a very important subject. this is what happens. humans are moving deeper and deeper into the hinterland. as they do so we are getting a lot more animal diseases that are being transported over to the human population. it is not just aids and the bullets anymore. other kinds of diseases you have not heard of. david has been out studying a round the world. bats, keys to the guerrillas. a wonderful writer. i don't know if you know his books on of the doe. this is going to be a very exciting book for us. >> host: is this also happenin

senator carl levin recommended the ceo lloyd blankfein be investigated for perjury based on his testimony before the sub committee. yet, ericder announced last week that they would not prosecute. for this, rolling stone's matt taibbi will joining. they have no backbone. big fish swim away. roger clemens, prosecuted. wesley snipes, prosecuteed. goldman sachs not enough evidence. matt thank you as always for joining us. >> good evening. >> one more example of washington failing. >> yes absolutely. it wasn't like this decision wasn't expected. most people thought that they would eventually decide not to prosecute goldman sachs but it's an incredible disappoint because the levin sub committee did an enormous amount of working work that gift wrapped for the justice department, and they chose not to do nothing at all. >> eliot: the senator levin report that you failed to, and they investigated the entirety of the mortgage fraud, and september over a wrath of cases to justice and they haven't done it. >> they haven't done a single thing. it would be one thing if they decided let's put our chips in one pile and go after one big fis

eric: probably going who is the guy in the back. get him out of there. >> bob: that was a controversial decision. but carly does that. >> greg: it was also drafted by the chicago bulls which is a fine baseball team. and the dallas cowboys in 19 # 4, which i think is hockey. >> bob: it is hockey. >> greg: he never played in either. >> bob: do you give advice on sports? the advisor? >> greg: i'm the personal trainer. >> bob: okay. we'll let that go. >> dana: the nicest thing you said all day. >> bob: carl lewis got in to politics and he was going to run for state senate seat in new jersey. he was not allowed to do it -- as a democrat. but he wasn't allowed to do it because of what do owe call it? the residency requirements. a great spokesman. all the way around. do you notice people who win the gold medals come out to become great spokes people? >> kimberly: have you noticed that one more thing is next? ♪ ♪ >> dana: time now for one more thing. eric? >> eric: okay. we're in the olympic mode, right? my dog freedom is clearly the gold medalist. jasper would be the silver medal it. no dog in world this good bo

eric: he didn't s the right. he said usa. all of us. >> andrea: this is what is taught in liberal universities across the country. multiculturalism. he said in his carl greatness. that we can't be just great but the greatest. what is wrong with that. our greatness -- >> bob: this is one writer. in a rag on the net. >> greg: what he was saying is i'm more important than the olympics. i'm the conscience of a nation. if sangty mowny is junk to get a -- sanctimony in is junk he would have won five medals. on the left, not you, bob, don't want to support the country for fear of being mocked by grad student. >> bob: i agree. i have been mocked by a little man on the end of table about my weight. sorry, sweetie. >> kimberly: this is the worst state in the the whole thing. ensuing red, white and blue, the fact that we aren't so exceptional outside the olympic village. a put-down to the u.s. like we are never going to be good enough. we have can't be proud of the people over there. >> bob: by the way, you ought to see the skirt that she has on. >> kimberly: okay, bob. >> bob: it's really great. >> bob: the showdown between feliciano anphelps and lockyer. lock

eric on facebook. i'll take c, summer squash. romney and ryan have as much charisma as a piece of river stone. carl in michigan.t romney has absolutely none, it has to be paul ryan. and connie in indiana writes if romney has charisma, it has to be in one of those offshore charisma accounts. if you want to read more, go to the blog, cnn.com/caffertyfile. or through our post on "the situation room's" facebook page. that's where i keep my charisma, in an offshore account. >> thanks, jack. >>> a fireman was shocked and angry after a flight attendant asked him to change seats. he was told to move because he was a man and it was company policy. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] you've been years in the making. and there are many years ahead. join the millions of members who've chosen an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. go long. sven's home security gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? pu

eric segal explains why we could be on the heels of a big rally. >>> google shares, how can this stock's hot run last? now back to carle'll see you in about 15. >>> scott, thanks. a lot of news in the politics. larry kudlow joins me here at post 9 with a discussion about paul ryan and mitt romney. good to see you, larry. once again, welcome back. you've known ryan for a very long time. >> well, i was on the original board of empower america and we had this young skinny intern named paul ryan who as it turns out to be a pretty smart guy and i'm proud -- he's the first gen xer to be on the running ticket. he's going to take romney's cam paper and clarify it and embolden it and it's going to be exciting for everybody. >> everybody says the campaign would not endorse the -- they wouldn't on sentenceably back it per se. is he going to adomtd the ryan platform or not. >> look. ryan and romney have been in touch talking every couple of weeks for this whole period. i've actually written about that. i knew about that. so there's not going to be much space between the romney plan and the ryan plan. there might be a little space