however that frank was through this guy. -- how i met frank was through the sky. -- this guy.w i had a crush on him the whole time. tavis: i did not know this conversation was going to be book ended by frank. if you do not get mail now -- the new project is called "how about i be me (and you be you)." i love that title. that is how i feel about life. if you can be your authentic self. we will not be using not. -- that. but i did take your point. i like that. the new project, "how about i be me (and you be you)." good to have you on the program. that is our show for tonight. until next time, keep the faith. ♪ make me smile ♪ ♪ ♪ >> for more information on today's show, visit tavis smiley at pbs.org. tavis: hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with a look at the latest on heart health. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs stat

frank oppenheimer who was a member of the party, he joined when he was a graduate student down in cal tech. a graduate student in psychics. he had joined the rank and file of the party. he had a party identification name, false name of frank paulsen. next slide, please. jackie, his wife, had been a student at berkeley. member of the young communist league when here. when they moved to pasadena and frank was working on his doctorate, she was working for the western worker which was the west coast version of the people's daily. next slide, please. a particular friend was a french professor here at berkeley. we know now from documents that have surfaced very recently and they include the unpublished memoir that in 1937 and 1938, robert and probably six other individuals that he would later name in a letter joined and formed a secret underground unit, a closed unit of the so-called professional section of the party. it was not an espionage section in any way. essentially, it was a discussion group. that is the way robert always described it. but in, fact, it was as haakan would say, somet

yeah. >> what was frank oppenheimer doing at the -- he was there, wasn't he? >> the question was what was frank oppenheimer doing at the trinity test. frank was -- had been at oak ridge. he worked with lawrence on the calutrons. but he was invited by his brother to come to los alamos in late '44, if i recall. the thing about that is frank didn't have much of a role at los alamos. he was anenit at the trinity tower, where he wrote sort of the dos and don'ts -- don't carry hammers up into the tower, that sort of thing. a menial role for somebody who was an accomplished physicist. speculation at the lab was that robert had frank there so he could keep an eye on him. >> frank said that his brother never said anything about the bomb -- >> yeah. actually, i interviewed frank oppenheimer in 1983 at los alamos. one of the questions i asked him was what did your brother really say? if you've ever seen the 1965 nbc point paper on dropping the bomb, that robert oppenheimer near the end of his life is talking about, and the bomb whent off that immediately the words from v

those are going to be gutted and the other hope for dodd-frank was now we have these resolution procedures that banks, when they get sick in theory, the fed, treasury and fdic can agree and put them down in a more orderly manner. no one has shut down a major bank trading operation cleanly. at some point you have to stop the music if you will resolve it and shut down the trading positions and value them and no one wants to be exposed to that. if you are a big hedge fund or trader, you do not want your positions frozen. so the notion that you can have a bank that is -- that people think is in trouble and say, we will have dodd-frank resolution and not have all the trading counter parties run, it's -- i am very concerned that it's -- we are not there. >> so the short answer is no. >> no. >> no. >> sorry, but this is the whole frustration, you have to get into the weeds to understand this. >> no, no, i was not being fecicios at all. and you have a book coming out, from financial crisis to prosperity, 20% off as well. that might foreshadow what you'll say, do you agree with eve and the atlantic

frank was here when i got here. he was just a wonderful commissioner, wonderful friend, and also reuben. reuben was my vice-president for a couple of years, and i enjoyed working with him. kevin. enjoyed working with him. also warren mar. i have a lot of great memories. i remember when president who was president -- he was on the commission for two or three years, and when he left -- i remember him saying to me, "i have been on this commission for four years, and you know what? i feel like i have not achieved a god-damned thing." i could not relate to that kind of statement. i think we have made some remarkable achievements. commissioner walker deserves a special mention because we were at loggerheads so often. however, as you all know, i prefer to look them in the eye. if i had anything to say -- she is not here today, so i will leave that alone. the sweetness in parting is the extra time i will have to be with my wife, my daughter and my new chocolate lab. there are no shortcuts to any place worth going. you make a

-- frank was, as i said earlier, he was around when i got here. he had been around for quite a while. he sort of meant toward me a little bit and helped me. i remain very close to frank, and i have great respect for him. i want to welcome the two new commissioners over here. you are welcome, and i'm sure you will do a great job. john on our legal staff -- he has offered me valuable advice over the years, and i appreciate that. my two sisters -- three sisters here -- i really enjoy working with you guys. i think that is all i have to say. i write a script, and then i lay it down and forget to read it. >> that is the best way. >> so i wish you all the best. thanks. [applause] >> is there any public comment on the item 3? great, seeing none, item four, election ofbic president and vice-presidents -- election of bic president and vice- president. >> typically, what would happen is there would be discussion amongst commissioners, and a motion would be made to nominate someone, and then if it is seconded, you would then vote. usually, the preference woul

frank was coming, he is going to design your place and frank is no longer there. he's no longer designing this. frank ghery the most admired, best known architect in america. >> yes. >> rose: you had him. >> hi him, that's true. >> rose: what happened? >> november, october, november '08 comes along. the world falls a part. and we need to fund this arena. we need to get bonds. at reena that frank designed was beautiful but de it as a composition. there were four buildings around the arena that were integrated as part of the arena. he built a composition, not only anarena. the world falls a part. now you cannot get financing, probably not on the arena almost, but certainly not the four buildings that are integrated. >> rose: and you said one the bankers told that you. >> it didn't take a lot to tell me. in those days as you remember, nothing could be financed. you couldn't finance a home. >> rose: we're not loan anything money here, boys. >> so what we had to do was inhale the arena. we had to separate out the buildings. and if we had done that there would be nothin

dodd-frank was unusual in allowing states to enforce the federal law. we want to make sure that we aren't going in 50 different directions on federal law. as for state law, we're inclined to be respectful of the states as we have situations or they come to your attention and you want to bring them to our attention, we'll be very interested in hearing about concerns in that regard. >> thank you, director. >> mr. westmoreland, five minutes. >> thank you, madam chair. mr. cordray, what would be your personal run over here? i know it's hard to get the direction from down there. what would be your personal definition of fair, f-a-i-r? >> congressman, i don't know that my personal definition is relevant here, because unfair is a defined term in the law, and my job as director of this bureau is to enforce the law that congress has enacted, and therefore we will apply the terms that congress specified as to what unfair means. but i do think it's likely that you and i and most people would have a fairly common sense, probably consensus view of what is fair and u

but there we had a very bipartisan view, it was joe barton, it was henry waxman, it was barney frank, who was your college classmate and backus, everyone agrees that we should keep our jurisdiction because we did a really good job and because there was uncertainty very, very early on. so -- >> you were very diplomatic and i understand where you're coming from and i have very little to add to what the chairman has said, except the following. first of all, with respect to the people who have gone over there, peggy toolly, who brought our principal pre2008 case that yielded consumers millions and millions of dollars went over to head up the cfpb's new nonrank financial protection program. second, i would point out, that the cfpb has exclusive jurisdiction over rule making, over fair debt collection practices. and it may make a rule which is broader than the one that we enforce under the fair debt collection practices act. we don't know. at the present time. the chairman is correct about that. but from my standpoint, it's folly, in this limbo state that the cfpb is in, comment that we kno

horse logan was the producer. frank page was the announcer along with norm and several others. and it just became a regular saturday night radio show. this building, it's kind of hard to believe, but every saturday night back in the '40s and '50s, this building was packed with people that would drive hundreds of miles to come to the louisiana hayride. the show was very loose. >> you know, folks, i had a pleasant surprise tonight. an old friend of mine dropped in to visit with me. i talked him into coming out here on the stage and singing a song for you folks. he says, furthermore, if you like his singing, he'll come back next saturday night and sing just all the songs you want to hear. it's been a long time since he's been on the show. come out here. hank williams! >> thank you, horse. >> bob sullivan, he said the louisiana hayride wasn't produced. it just happened. this is a hallway in the great municipal auditorium with a lot of the portraits of the stars of the louisiana hayride. of course, here is the man in black, johnny cash, who began here with his first record on sun re

frank was concerned where credit was due for two similar pieces of legislation.ke we should institute that on the jk u.s.a. set. >> no way. no way. >> i'm kidding. >> finally, i love this one. tonight's moment you missed. mitt romney reveals one of his nightly rituals and how he ends his day might look like how you start yours. listen to what he told a radio station when asked what keeps him up at night? >> not much that keeps me up at night. by the end of the day, i am tire and i always seat something. my favorite is cold secereal. full tummy, long day, puts me right to be. bed. >> what kind of cereal? >> i like honey nut cher owes and honey nut chex. i love anything with sugar in it. i like the most. sugar pops and honey smack, but i don't eat as much of that as the cheerios. >> get some cocoa pebbles. >> cold cereal at night. show us your sign. that says me, too. >> ask anyone in my family. mitt romney, i like you on this point, buddy. >> anyone in my family will tell you, if i have a choice of what i'll eat for dinner will be cold cereal. his list was good, t

anne frank was baptized as a mormon after she died. e isenthal's parents baptized and now it was done to daniel pearl. this documentary the journalist and the jihadi that appeared on hbo about his life. >> daniel pearl gave his life for his beliefs, as a humanist and a journalist who was committed to the press the truth and understanding in a divided world. ♪ >> i know that danny and i both knew real love, which is not everything does. he was strong and genuine. >> he didn't look to be in any way shape or form mormon there and of course he wasn't. he was jewish. when "the boston globe" asked his parents about it they said, for the record, let it be clear danny did not choose to be baptized nor did his family consent to this uncalled for ritual. apparently on the list to be baptized once they died is elie wiesel. now that's outrageous and crazy. are they waiting for him to die. it's so crazy in 18 different ways. he actually reached out to mitt romney. and had this message for him. >> i'm sure he's not involved in that. nevertheless, the

obviously frank was wrong then he lied about it on this program and i scolded him. we don't need to replay that again i'm sure you remember what happened. combine freddie fan and freddie mac received $150 billion from the treasury department. again, it's not enough. fanny wants more. then there is another looming green disaster. you already know about solyndra which cost the american taxpayer $500 million. but you have heard about abound solar based in colorado? nearly two years ago president obama said this. >> today i'm announcing that the department of energy is awarding nearly $2 billion in conditional commitments to two solar companies. the second company is abound solar manufacturing which will manufacture advanced solar panels at two new plants creating more than 2,000 construction jobs and 1500 permanent jobs. >> bill: those permanent jobs weren't so permanent. this week abound solar announced it's laying off half its workforce nearly 200 employees. another fiscal disaster. person voters have to wise up and fast. this country is wasting enormous amount of mo

reachio was arrested for driving under the influence and failing the sobriety test. but the thing about this video, at the time back on march 3rd, frank reachio was the major of the mt. pleasant police force, a police force in south carolina, where he had been serving for 29 years. >> oh, no. >> yeah. of all people that you would expect to know better. >> right, because he's saying i'm sure over and over and over again, traffic fatalities, traffic accidents caused by driving under the influence and here he is. >> lucky it ended the way it did, in the median without cars. following this incident, mr. reachio was released on bond and resigned his position. but you've got to say, it was a heck of a way to end a long career on the force on the other side of the law. >>> what do you keep in a boat house? a boat. but not in wisconsin. this is ice from lake winnebago that has blown on to the shore. ice has taken out sheds and boat houses. >> these are sheets of ice that were floating on top of the lake blown by heavy winds. they picked up enough steam to come crashing into shore and take out buildings? >> and here's the thing. the ice has be

that safe place was home with her husband, frank fiorina. was 49 and a vice president at at&t, where they had met, he retired in order to support her career. >> did you ever ask her, "why don't you retire?" >> no, because it would have been futile, and it would have been a waste of time. >> that was not in the cards? >> no. >> what frank did was watch her back by attending board functions and senior leader meetings, and he would tell her the unvarnished truth. he was at her side at the brutal proxy fight against the merger with compaq that lasted eight months, including a lawsuit to try and stop it. carly had to testify. >> all: [ chanting ] hpq! hpq! >> but in the end, the shareholders approved the deal, and she threw herself into marrying the two huge companies. with that came tough decisions, like laying off 23,000 people. grumbling about her intensified -- that she spent too much time hobnobbing with movie and rock stars, which she says was part of her campaign to appeal to a younger market. and there were complaints that she was weak at

. >> and frank was right, jill.is about the windows. >> reporter: yeah, could be. >> there you go. i neglected to say that the buyer also wanted my big-screen tv, out leather couches and my lawnmower. and he got most of it. so... [ laughter ] >> he had to make the sale. >> yeah. >> thank you, jill schlesinger, editor at large for cbsmoneywatch.com. >>> the latest business plan for high-speed rail in california will be unveiled in the south bay. they will do it tonight. the chairman of the high-speed rail authority board is expected to have details on the plan that's coming out later this month. state senate informational hearings starts at 7:00 at the mountain view center for the performing arts. >>> and not resting on his laurels, lawrence karnow because he has a big green mastheading our way. >> a lot of rain heading our way, heavy rain in the north bay, just lied showers and sprinkles elsewhere. it's coming down pretty good. heavy rainfall in santa rosa. hi-def doppler picking up on that pretty well now. you see

the team's previous owner frank mccourt was deeply in debt, forcing that sale. >> magic has turned out to have the magic touch when it comes to businesses. >> let's hope. >> yeah, take another live look outside this noon a perfect day from a stroll on the promenade at the inner harbor, meant over sunshine overhead, your complete first warning weather forecast is just ahead. >> but first here is a look at today's midday stocks and last night winning lottery numbers. ,, if you have copd like i do, you know how hard ,, it can be to breathe and what that feels like. copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms by keeping my airways open a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintenance treatment that does both. and it's steroid-free. spiriva does not replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. stop taking spiriv

was two floors down, on 17. here a dozen employees worked under the direction of a 33-year veteran of the firm, frank dipascali. > nobody really knew his role. i knew he was important because he would speak with bernie often. and, essentially, like, whatever frank wanted he would, for the most part, get. >> smith: but few staffers, even caputo and ibrahim and the rest of the it team that had access to the floor, understood what he did. >> we were spitting out statements constantly. the fact that all of these statements were just, sort of, made out of thin air is pretty shocking. >> smith: did people ever suspect that it wasn't legitimate? >> it was very rare that... since i was there that anybody would ask questions about something in the... in the firm. >> smith: you just didn't do that? >> you just didn't do it. >> smith: after the statements were printed, they were mailed to clients. providing them a paper record of trades in stocks, treasuries and s&p 100 index options. most customers were focuseon the bottom line. but for anyone who looked hard enough, there were a few clues. some statements showed investme

frank is actually costing the banking industry. i think losing about $3 billion in the third quarter. was dodd-frank responsible for that? >> i think that the small banks might have a point in that, in making that argument. the small banks that, by the way, did not create the problem, they're being penalized just like the main street people are because they have to now step up and do these new regulations that are quite costly for a small to midsize institution. the big banks really don't have increased costs to that degree because they already have a huge compliance effort. they have a huge regulatory effort already. so it might be additional cost, but for them it's not as large as it would be for a small institution. again, this is the same imbalance, the same unfairness where a small institution that did nothing wrong now has to pay the price just like the taxpayers who did nothing wrong now have to pay the price while the big boys, you know, can complain about it, hire their lobbyists to do try to do something about it. i really discount a lot of the talk about how expensive dodd-frank is, particularly from these big

i'm sure you know legislation is named after the chairman of the real vent committees barney frank is -- was the head of the house financial services committee when the democrats controlled the house in 2010. and senator chris dodd was the head of the house -- the senate banking committee. and so this wall street reform and consumer protection act passed in the summer of 2010 was a comprehensive set of financial reforms addressing many of the vulnerabilities that i talked about earlier. what were the vulnerabilities. one of them was the fact that there was nobody sort of watching the whole system. nobody looking at the look for risks and threats to