take a listen to this, goldie. >> that yor is a white female.d why trayvon peculiar tin was out late at night. the state tried to strike her but she made the jury. was trayvon out late at night? >> he left for the 7-eleven before 7:00. as we all know now, he was killed right around 7:16 that evening. so i don't know who thinks 7:00 at night is out late at night for a 17-year-old teenager, but that's the stereotype. >> goldie, what do you make of the jury that's been selected? >> you know, i'm a bit troubled by it, honestly. at the end of the day, i don't know a jurisdiction in this country even with the most strict curfew laws surrounding our young people who thinks that 7:00 or even 7:30 p.m. is a good curfew hour for a 17-year-old young person. so i've got to question a juror. i think that very same juror referred to the protests that came on the heels of this incident as a riot rather than the very peaceful protests that they were. and so i think that first juror having made this panel might be a bit unfortunate and may be grounds later on. t

goldie, i want you to respond to it. this is what john mccain had to say today during the hearing. >> just last night, a woman came to me and said her brother -- her daughter wanted to join in the military and could i give my unqualified support for her doing so. i could not. >> goldie, what do you think of that? >> you know, i actually made similar comments to one of our colleagues a couple of weeks ago. i have daughters who are, you know, 21 and 23 years old, and if they came to me today and said they were going to join the marine corps just as i did when i was a bit younger than they. i would bar the door. i don't know that today's service environment is an appropriate one for my daughters that i would want them to put themselves at risk when the risk really is not -- is more the brethren they're serving beside rather than, you know, the enemy. at the end of the day, a lot of this is pum mull -- promulgated because women were not previously allowed to serve in combat roles, so they were a bit, you know, considered a s

. >> joining me right now for our sound off segment nbc contributor goldie taylor.eat to see you. as we know house speaker john boehner is delivering a speech on the economy today yet house to want to cut money for hungry kids, disabled adults, struggling seniors, 200,000 kids would be kicked off the school launch program. prebs won't talk about a gun strij but want one for food stamps. this is a big dichotomy going on. >> it's remarkable that they want to invade the privacy because i happen to be poor in this country that want somehow i open up my life, my private life to the federal government. i think, at the end of the day we haven't had a meaningful farm bill since 2008, since this president was elected and there are some reasons for that. obstruction is one. disconnection with this nation's poor. one in five children in this country lives in poverty which means, you know, there is no guarantee that there's going dinner tonight, breakfast in the morning or lunch in the afternoon and that's something you and i thomas can counts on every day. under the house bill

goldie, i want to talk to you. i've been watching all this unfold. i think the point i made to glenn which is basically whether i stand on this. >> sure. >> i think this country absolutely created this massive metastasizing government in the wake of 9/11. classification has gotten out of control. there are all kinds of things the government is doing they're not telling us about that we should know. at the same time, as i watched the personal drama of edward snowden unfold with a mix of fascination and trepidation, i do feel conflicted about, you know, an american citizen who is possibly giving things to foreign agents, although there is no proof or reporting to indicate that that is definitively happened. i just wonder as you watch this unfold, do you feel that way? how are you processing this? >> i think that there are a lot of us from the left and from the right and from all points in between who are, frankly, concerned about the patriot act, who are frankly concerned about nsa and what broad-sweeping powers it may or may not have. i think that the

. >> goldy, explain to me, explain to our viewers as well, why is it so important for the military to keep this inside the chain of command? >> well, first of all, this is something that came up out of the revolutionary war when commanders did not have judges or other military police, or other people around who could help him or her -- well, him at the time, discipline their forces. so they did need absolute control. if one has one more stripe than you, you have to do exactly what they say, if it is a lawful order. that means more in terms of troop readiness. at the end of the day, we now have courts, we now have military lawyers. we have expanded military police force and investigators. we have the resources that we need. actually, this provision said that any law that was not exclusively a military law, and that was servable by one or more years in civilian jail should be removed from civilian command. you can't get more deplorable than the current rate of prosecution and conviction and punishment than there is now in terms of military sexual assault. you can't get any worse than th

the economy right now is a true goldie locks economy. it's not that great, not really that bad. but what the markets look at is, is somebody going to be able to rein in this fiscal irresponsibility? we are on a road that's unsustainable. and to stefan's point, he ought to be a politician. let's not raise taxes, not reform the tax code and let's never cut spending. we'll deal with that next year sometime or somewhere in the year 2020. >> senator stefan, we've got to give him a chance to respond. >> well, i've got to say, john, i love you but you've got to tlern how to declare victory. the deficit right now, we're headed for below 4% of gdb. it's going to be probably below 2% in a couple of years. if you basically would just learn how to stand pat and finds something to worry about, this economy will heal itself. you have to let it shuffle around. >> stefan, you're saying don't rein in any sfending at all. we're fine with medicare, medicaid, social security, we're fine right now, we're perfectly okay? >> what i'm saying is, just inch along, learn how to dlir victory and stop actin

also with us is goldie taylor. i'm going to start with you, lisa. the jury has left the courtroom and lease apparently a debate among the lawyers. tell us what's going on right now. >> the attorneys are at sidebar arguing about the admissability of george zimmerman's medical records from a visit he made to a physician's assistant the day after the trial. >> so why is that will relevant in the case? >> because george zimmerman's injuries or lack thereof are a big topic in interest this trial. the prosecution claims his injuries are not serious. he suffered a couple of cuts. that's about it. it was not a life-threatening fight or situation at the time that he shot trayvon mar pin. the defense put up photos over and over again today to show there were a couple of lacerations on the back of his head, that his nose appears to have been broken and that is it was bleeding. depending on which side you know is giving their argument, he was either pretty injured or not all that injured. >> also i remember initially in this case, one of the questions that peop

. >> reporter: goldie hawn pointed out -- >> they're are only three ages in hollywood, babe, districtriving misdaisy. >> reporter: turning 40 used to mean early retirement for most hollywood actresses, now that can't be further from the truth. >> a group of women have been in spotlight and they have arrived in their 40s with enough leverage and clout to demand they still get lead roles. >> reporter: call it the revenge of the over-40 actress. >> there are a lot of great talents in the pool over 40. >> reporter: rumors circulated that penelope cruz was cast as the next bond girl. >> talking about casting someone opt opposite of daniel craig, have an extraordinary woman someone in his age range to play the girl. >> reporter: studios are rewriting roles originally e meant for men. >> jayson bateman went to the premiere for bridesmaid and he saw melissa mccarthy's career-changing role. he called the producer the next morning and let's rewrite this movie for a woman. >> reporter: the heat starring alongside her over 40 counterpart sandra bullock. >> you want to go out? >> we'll take you ou

and 1-0 giants p in the eighth, goldie, the giant kill we're two outs.pposite field bomb off of jeremy after. a three-run blast and the d-backs win it. 3-1. dodgers and braves, the legend continues to grow for the rookie. the 22-year-old from cuba playing in just his fifth game. that's his fourth homer. he has 10 rbis in a week! dodgers beat the braves. the spurs were supposed to be old and tired and that was five years ago. they are up 1-0 on miami. at age 31 tony parker has become arguably the best point guard in the game. his shot helps them ice the opener against the heat. miami has got to win game two on sunday here on abc7. dwyane wade said this isn't fun, it's a job. >> as a player in the playoffs, you have no joy until it's over and you have won. if you don't win, you have no joy for a while. but so for us it's the grind every day as a team of trying to win, you know, the series. >>> to the ice. big papi. david ortiz watching the bruins and penguins in boston. up three games to one. adam mcwade drills it from the point. top shelf, 1-0, bs. the pe

. >> reporter: goldie hawn pointed out in the movie "first wives club" -- >> there are only three agesin hollywood, babe, district attorney and driving miss daisy. >> reporter: turning 40 used to mean early retirement for most hollywood actresses, but now that couldn't be further from the truth. >> there is a group of women that have for a long time been in the spotlight and they have now arrived in their 40s with enough leverage and clout to demand that they still get lead roles. >> reporter: call it the revenge of the over-40 actress. >> there is a lot of great talent in the pool of women over 40. >> reporter: just last week rumors circulated that penelope cruz who is approaching 40 was cast as the next bond girl. >> you're talking about casting somebody opposite of daniel craig. right? kind of makes sense that you have an extraordinary woman who is, you know, somewhere within his age range to play opposite him. >> reporter: and melissa mccarthy is completely rewriting the book not even becoming a movie star until her 40s. now studios are rewriting roles originally meant for men. >>

cpi and housing, we think the market will reward a goldy locks number, not too hot, not too hot cold.en year market has been collapsing since march actually and since bernanke has emphasized risk of deinflation. it's troublesome for the fed and something to watch closely. >> craig you're up. >> here at the hojs funds we are bottoms up. building wire producer, encore wire. on the cpi data we're looking for the strengther to add to companies bike shoe karn nal and lastly we're look at the tug of war between the long and the shorts on len energy. >> do you think the feds suggest that tapering will begin when we hear from them on wednesday? craig? >> one more time? >> does the fed begin to suggest that tapering will be at hand this wednesday? >> it's such a gamble here. i don't know that you can look to. what we're doing here, we want to see the volatility continue and if it does come out that the feds going to do some things, it will have a short term effect on the market and we'll use the cash in our accounts to be buying good, high quality stocks that are on sale. i don't think you can

something we try to balance, and it's a very difficult decision as a regulator and a little like goldie, is the porridge too hoot or too cold? a lot of people were saying wow, that's a lot more than people usually pay so when you're hearing that kind of criticism for both sides it means you're in the right place in the middle and getting the regulatory porridge right. i think we did what we thought was right. we're careful and diligent and really try to balance the needs to take the actions and make sure they serve as a real deterrent but at the same time you want the foreign banks in new york, be a very good example for the economy. we want them to do business but not funny business so we try to do what we really think is right and have balance as we try to do what we do as regulators. >> i think most people would be very surprised, shocked, you know, dismayed to find that these financial institutions would do business with iran. how common is it? we've heard of standard charter, now bank of tokyo mitsubishi. in your experience do you expect to find more of this, or not? >> there are.

. >> it's easy, they want to be goldie locks. they can't be too hot and can't be too cold.he problem is you're usually not that for too long. you're usually too hot or too cold. today's jobs report was in the middle, and interest rates are kind of right in the middle, particularly on housing. they bounce back a little bit, reflecting growth in the economy, but we're not yet to the 4.5% rate on the 30-year mortgage which is the rate where housing started to recover. we start to see housing turn up and show some strength. so that's helped the labor market. it's helped the economy. it's helped confidence come back among investors and consumers. it's really critical, and we're not quite there yet, maybe half a percent away, and it might be a while until we get there given that we're not too hot or cold either. >> can i say something about the issue? i have never seen in my 25 years yaz a professional economist as economy that is too hot. i reject that whole idea that somehow more people working, more investment is somehow bad for the economy. i know there's this superstition on

. >> goldie, quickly here, you've got a lot of women working on this, it's an institutional fight right now between congress and the top brass. as it stands now, do you think it will stay that way? are we going to see this rotate into a more partisan issue? >> i think it's going to be very difficult to see this rotate into a partisan issue, but that's not to say it won't happen. they've begun to hear some voices out of the grass roots today, pointed the finger at president obama and all those liberals out there. you know, who are targeting military brass while they should be attacking this problem globally. there are some unfortunate voices beginning to emerge. you know, my hope is that we're going to stay on this, you know, in a real way and address the issue as it is as a tragedy in our military. >> thank you both so much. >> thank you. >>> turns out, americans enjoy marijuana across the racial divide. which is nice and unifying. but a jaw-dropping new report shows that the criminal justice system doesn't quite see it that way. next. ♪ [ snoring ] [ male announcer ] zzzquil™ sleep-aid

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and it kind of needs to be this goldie locks number. not too low because people worry about the economy, not too strong because then the fed might pull back faster than people expect. >> and that's causing volatility particularly in the dollar/yen cross rate. we got below 96. and then we get this, you know, pension fund, the japanese pension fund and we will buy -- we will lessen our requirement on domestic bonds. but at the same time, no sign of japanese money heading overseas. >> no. that's been one of the big set of paradoxes, really. everybody has been expecting this wave of japanese money to come out of japan and japanese funds as people kind of move away from jgbs and into other assets. and it just really hasn't shown up in the data. in fact, the opposite has been happening. but things move slowly in japan and we've seen that before and we're seeing that happening now. we're seeing big pension fund kind of under direction from the state basically saying we're going to reduce our allocation toes jgbs, we're going to look at other t

back in the early '80s they tinkered with the idea of chevy chase and goldie hawn, it never happened. and finally in pop news on this wonderful wednesday, we celebrate, two frisky felines on -- first you heard of the cat in the hat, please, meet the cat on the head. as we know, all cats love fish. sometimes, they have a hard time staying away from the family fish bowl. this one, he feels, if you can't eat the fish, you might as well become one with the fish. >> what? >> this pretty feline wants to be a fish. >> that's great. i love that. >>> let's go out to sam. >> don't ask why. >> oh, i'm sorry. hi. we were just -- we get caught every time. youngster, tell me your name. >> john. >> john. that's my favorite sign. i don't know why. something about it -- >> i want you to put the blooper on the other side. >> let's just keep the happy moments. john, keep the happy moments. we're going to start with waterspout video out of st. pete this morning. and brady diggs. we got this from tampa bay traffic, who tweeted this morning. it was amazing to see that waterspout there. now, this area of hi

>> this is a goldi locks number. what you got was just about right.concerns about the economy slipping back too much. and it wasn't nearly strong enough to push the fed off their current path. it gaf investors what they wanted. they were negatively positioned coming into it. and we're seeing a rally. likely to see less volatility and not a bad environment for stocks. >> are we just delaying the reckoning here. greenspan talked about it on "squawk box." major issues when we think about the the fed trying to leave the if the economy doesn't continue to gradually improve. >> we have always known that the fed was going to have to leave. even when they announced the open ended qe in december. they didn't tell us they were going to do it indefinitely. they told us they were going to do it for aw3 long time. so now they're trying to take the markets off automatic pilot and they have done that. people will be looking meeting to meeting to get a sense of what the fed is going to do. we're off the hook for june and even august. i don't think the fed will decide

there's kim kardashian and kanye west, goldie hahn and kurt russell together 30 years. i do. and the most famous, brad by the and ang ljolie. first comes baby, then comes marriage, or not. but this is not just in tinseltown. >> hollywood affects all of mainstream america, they're affecting how we do relationships. >> more and more couples are walking away from walking down the aisle. marriage is at the lowest point in a century, and the number of cohabitating coupless way up, from 48,000 in 1980 to 7.5 million in 2010. statistics show unmarried couples are staying longer than in the past. after three years, 32% were living together and still unmarried. and in many cases having children. >> it does not surprise me they are choosing to co-habit than get married. it's much less gim dating. a baby is permanent, a relationship not so much. >> it's fueled by changing cultural ideas of marriage, redefining happily ever after. kids who are products of divorce can be gun shy of tying the knot. as far as the marriage rates, data suggests they will pick up a little in the next few