they are thankful to judge greenberg. i didn't get every call, but judge greenberg gave a very fair, fair trial. i want to thank the jurors. it's not easy to be selected as a juror to sit in a case like this. we are thankful to them as well. on behalf of the murray family, i want to announce a big thank you to the montgomery county community that has embraced this family. welcomed this family in so many different ways. i'm going to call upon, i'll take some questions at the end. let's ask a couple family members if they want to make some comments. david. >> . >> since march 12, everything that has been said has been said by me, has been said with difficulty. it's never easy to answer questions about one's daughter. especially when the daughter has been murdered. as i made comments following a question after the trial, we are all reaching for a new normal and many of you right here are helping do that. you've embraced us personally and as a group. and conversely we have embraced many of you. as a group, but also individual

hank greenberg, the dad of that alleged criminal triangle from aig, hank greenberg got forced out of the company in the ensuing uproar. he's still around. aig's old hank greenberg. want to know what he did today? he hosted a multi thousand dollar a plate fundraiser for the republican governor of wisconsin, scott walker here in new york. a zillionaire hosts republican governor scott walker while simultaneously at home in wisconsin where scott walker is supposed to be working, this was the scene today in wisconsin. today, people who have been organizing to recall republican governor scott walker from office walked boxes upon boxes of signed petitions to the offices of the government accountability board in wisconsin. these folks say they can't wait until the next election, they cannot wait, they want governor scott walker out of office now, before his term is up. today, they turned in their petitions to qualify the scott walker recall for the ballot. the minimum signatures they need is half a million. the organizers said they were aiming for 720,000. that would give them a nice cushion

greenberg made norwood stand to hear her sentence. he said because of the barbaric nature of this attack i am reluctant to grant you even the slightest chance at ever this t community again. >> the sentence given by judge greenberg today was fair. it was just. it was appropriate. reporter: for the first time norwood spoke saying i want the murray family to know how deeply sorry i am. i hope you'll be able to find forgiveness in your heart. i am truly sorry. >> too little too late. it's the first time we heard any apology, any remorse, anything at all from brittany norwood. >> i think what she said to the family of jayna murray was very sincere and i think she wanted to say that. reporter: norwood stabbed and bludgeoned murray more than 300 times in an attack at the lululemon athletica store in march of 2010. norwood wove an elaborate tale winning the crime on two men she said raped her and murray. employees next to the store heard the cries and did nothing. the murder terrorized the community for days before forensic evidence finally

but up until his arrest, greenberg found drug dealing afforded him luxuries such as his grill. >> i wentt. louis, paid $1,100 and got eight teeth. >> was it worth it? >> to me, yeah. >> why did you want to spend that kind of money on your teeth? >> i was getting money. so i figured i had to reward myself for getting all this money. >> had he invested that money in brakes for his car, greenberg might have avoided his latest arrest. >> as far as me getting caught, my brakes was messed up on my car, and the police seen me riding through a light, and i had to like skid. it was like that. and the police hit their lights. i knew i had a warrant, so i took them on a high-speed. catch me if you can, i'm the gingerbread man. and i ended up getting out of the car and running. and i was trying to jump a fence, but it was too high for me to clear. so i supermanned it. some of my pants got caught on it. that's when the dog came up. i was like hey, i ain't going nowhere. hurry up and get me off this fence, though, because my pants was all stuck on it. i couldn't run no more. he was lucky -- they would

seth greenberg can't believe it. dc beats virginia tech. hokies 0 and 3 in the acc. let's head over to bender arena. holy cross. kids at basketball games, good stuff. less than a minute in, troy brewer, he throws it down. still first half, au up 28-13. check out carl henkel. later justin burrell with the steal. he gives it to mike cavateo for the dunk. that's when the eagles fight back. hinkle drives past, daniel munoz hits the short jumper. improving to 11 and 7 overall. number 25 harvard beats washington 69-48. nfl playoff football, that's coming up tonight. right now i'm liking the 49ers to beat the saints. i'm just sayin'. >> i want to say a big thank you to folks who came out and are greeted us at the health and fitness expo. >> that's it for us, we'll see you back here at 11:00.

seth greenberg blamed their struggles on the slam-shorter. virginia tech is 1-9. four times that of the stock the outcome has been determined by three points or less. boston college winds 61-59. the army-navy rivalries, second half. lennox does all the way for the layup. army cruises to the win 75-62. the san francisco 49ers are leading the new orleans saints 17-14 at the half. ♪ i'm feelin' subway ♪ ♪ let's go ♪ [ male announcer ] hey, capital area! are you feelin' subway®? then heat up your day with the big hot pastrami melt! it's fresh toasted and piled-high with pastrami then topped wi pickles mustard, and cheese. head into a subway® restaurant today for this melty mouthwatering sub! ♪ let's go ♪ >> the new miss america will be crowned tonight. 53 contestants will try to convince judges they have the right combination of looks telecom and brains to win the title. they represent all 50 states and territories. it starts at 9:00 tonight on abc 7. there is a lot going on tonight. >> steve rubindin has it dvr'd. >> this is a beautiful picture of the washington m--

. >> scott -- >> you're telling me -- even herb greenberg is going to find a way to find some credenceb! >> i believe in the apple ecosystem. what it's valued at down the future, i have no idea, okay? what he said about samsung, you have to keep your eye on samsung. it is a very important story going forward. >> maybe it's a story for research in motion to worry about, but apple doesn't have to worry about it any time soon. >> right, but at least he had the conviction to stand by his call. give him that. go ahead, herb. what do you got? >> scott, while you were playing the role of cnbc anchor this weekend, living the life, doing what you do, i was out at staples. i was out in the field. >> where did you see me? >> i was out there and i was actually at a staples in riverside, connecticut, which is actually a clean, well-stocked, well-staffed store. very different than the store in stanford which is actually a pit. >> geez. >> i was thinking, this is kind of interesting, but what is it all about? i wasn't getting a good feel of what staples has become. no sooner do i think that, i come i

i'm not a seer, but a quarter of the way through judge greenberg's speech to brittany norwood, it was very evidence to at least me what the verdict was going to be. what the sentence was going to be. and when he referred to her, addressing her as ma'am, the first time. >> anita, i want to add that the judge just made the most breathtaking, scathing admonishment of brittany norwood and her criminal acts, calling her devious, cold, calculating, and he said you are a hell of a liar, ma'am. >> that's right. it was the ma'am. and i didn't count them. had to be twenty times. >> this is one of those cases where i wish in the state of maryland, cameras were allowed in the courtroom. because the testimony by all of the members of the murray family in addition to jayna murray's long time boyfriend and her best friend. i don't think words can do justice to the emotion in their testimony and one of the things that struck so many of us was jayna's brother, april's husband described what this nightmare has been for his four and six-year-old sons who loved their aunt. dirk testified the four-year- o

mark,set greenberg. sean mosley share and share alike. alex lin. terps up 14 at the half. he had 18. it's a five-point game. but his twitter handle is hash tagged. i can fire from three. he had 30. maryland survives 73-69. georgetown could use it. on the road at pit. the panthers were 1-7 coming in. but mama said knock you out. the big dunk, by 15. georgetown making a little run. henry sims doing some window work. that cut us to 6. the big breakdowns down the stretch, like this one right here. somebody just left a back door wide open. pit wins 72-60. great game at syracuse at high noon today. west virginia lost 12 of 13. to the orange, kevin jones dropping like it's hot. that tied it at 61. seven ties in the second half. this one for the win. jones, no. because syracuse had just hit a couple free throws, so they hold on. 63-61. syracuse with a big win today over west virginia. tony bennett in virginia, playing great basketball. mike scot squeezing between two defenders. second half, joe lining it up from deep. the calves needed all of that, because nc state would make a la

. >>> seth greenberg of the virginia tech starting a.c.c. play. jerrell eddie hit the 32.e game. but many final seconds, demon deacons have a point guard by the name of d.j. harris. wake forrest defeats virginia tech 58-55 >>> to say that the wizards' start to the season has been rough, that would be an understatement. last night at home, they were so so close to getting that elusive first vick from time to time but to quote david byrnes, same as it ever was. this dunk put the wizards up by 16. but the knicks have melo. carmelo anthony. knicks down 1, now up 2. wiz's final seconds. they need a three to tie. david young will get a decent look with the leaner, won't go. >> can't fault the effort. i feel bad for our guys, how hard they played, we had the opportunity in free throw situation. if we make that stop at the end of the game, stoudamire, refs are not going to call this if you will. >>> while the nfl playoff began today for some, we know it did not begin for your washington redskins. lorenzo alexander talked about the possibility of getting robert griffin iii. >> he i

elsewhere seth greenberg and the virginia tech hokies trying to pull the upset over roy williams' north carolina tar heels. off the steal lorenzo hudson finishes it off at the rim. the hokies have a 35-28 lead, but in the 2nd half it was all tar heels of john hensen with good position down low gets the easy slam. there's an 18-0th 2nd half run to avoid the upset, 82-68. >>> we are not done. coming up after the break the ravens are talking smack about their own teammates, the juicy details up next. d@ >>> welcome back. it's conference championship weekend in the nfl. the giants and 49ers play right here on fox sunday at 6:30. early in the afternoon the ravens play up north against the patriots, but is there trouble brewing in baltimore already? the controversy started monday when ravens safety ed reed questioned the play of quarterback joe flacco following the 20-13 win sunday over the texans. reed said i think joe was kind of rattled a little bit by their defense adding it didn't look like he had ahold of the offense. so sunday's game approaches and the ravens are trying to put this iss

seth greenberg knows he can't stop that.to three in the acc winning 83-69. >> coming up, the pro bowl. coverage begins at 6:00. >> another check on the forecast. sunshine and clouds. a chance for a wintery mix. we dry out tomorrow. mild into the mid week. >> and this looks wonderful. >> thank you. >> we're out of time. >> you're going to take these? >> no. >> have a good week, everyone. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> an internet video picturing u.s. marines desecrating the bodies of enemy soldiers was condemned rightfully so by the secretary of state and the defense secretary. it is right that hillary clinton and leon panetta to denounce this as embarrassing to the united states. we all can agree that war brings out the worst in human nature, that behavior brings shame. marines are trained to defend this nation, and they have a long, proud history of doing that. they have an ability to plan and mobilize ship-to-shore operations. to the thousands of marines who proudly represent all the u

greenberg? >> maybe i need a visa to come there. >> who is going to benefit the most?the most from these changes? >> if you look at the 14 million jobs we're talking about that travel and tourism creates, there are so many indirect jobs that are not even part of that number that everybody will benefit because when you take a look at the average chinese tourist in this country for their stay, they're spending $6,000 to $7,000 per visit. add up the numbers, it's quite significant. >> peter greenberg, thank you for joining us this morning, peter. always good to see you. >>> jessica alba in studio 57. the 2-4-6-8 value menu's got the everyday value slam, classic burger, build your own chicken wrap, cheese quesadilla, chicken parmesan, all you can eat pancakes, cordon bleu melt, the new cookie skillet a la mode. whew. so many choices, so little airtime. the 2-4-6-8 value menu. only at denny's. ♪ ♪ >>> we know that song. that's the lovely adele singing set fire to the rain. one of the huge hits from her top selling album. >> she's had a great year. also jessica alba is doing

. >> judge robert greenberg called norwood's attack cold-blooded, brutal and malicious and says she is a liar whose deceit left the whole community feeling threatened. norwood's lawyer says she will file an appeal. >>> turning our eyes to the weather, what an amazing day after yesterday. >> it can't be as nice as yesterday turned out. 62 yesterday in the dead of winter although this winter has never been able to get going. it's been barely cold at all and no exception to our mild stretch. temperatures running at least 5-7 degrees warmer than average by late january standards. plenty of sunshine in washington but the further north and west you go, clouds to be found. 36 degrees in fairfax and falls church, 38 in alexandria, virginia this morning. shrine at national airport. temperatures generally in mi mid-30s in central maryland, as well. most of this across western maryland is evaporating before it reaches the ground but is indicative of the fact there is a lot more cloud cover north and west of the city today. on the broader view, most of the light rain and snow will be bypassing us.

to me, that's another aggravating factor that makes the sentence from judge greenberg absolutely appropriate. >> reporter: and that was the state's attorney. he called norwood a path logical liar. the judge said he had few doubts she could be rehabilitated. that's why he sentenced her to life with no parole. norwood's brother also spoke at the sentencing today. and he said his sister was not a horrible person. he prayed for some glimmer of hope. but the judge did not show britney norwood any mercy. reporting live in rockville, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> all right. thank you very much, mike. murray's family said she will always be alive in their hearts and they miss her more than they can say. >>> a former prince george's county corrections officer was arrested in connection with the death of an inmate. >> kai, a newly unsealed indictment accuses anthony macintosh of failing to help that inmate, after he was found unresponsive in his cell. 19-year-old ronnie white had been charged with murder in the hit-and-run death in the county police officer. the teen was later found unrespons

. >>> judge robert greenberg called the attack malicious and her deceit left the whole community threatened and life without parole was the stiffest sentence he could hand out. >>> a body found at the bottom of a maryland well. exvation crews will resume after sunrise. it is expect ed ed to take seve days. the body was found in old fort washington. police say the body could possibly be lenny harris, an alexandra activist who disappear disappeared. >> protesters have been put on notice. pack up by noon monday or risk arrest. the national park service handed out flyers to the demonstrators at mcpherson square notifying them of the eviction. the park service says they will start enforcing a law that makes it illegal to have camping gear and temporary structures at the protest sites. the tougher response comes after people complained the park service was allowing illegal camping and demanded action. >> this movement is based on economic repression and inequality. if we can't be in a public park, there's a lot of other places we can be. people believe in this moment and it doesn't matter if they

. >> reporter: wjz obtained these passionate letters to judge robert greenberg. letters by friends and family the 20-year-old. police say norwood attacked murray, when murray confronted her about stealing merchandise. norwood initially created an elaborate lie to cover up the crime, saying she and murray were attacked by two men. but evidence showed murray endured 331 stabbing, choking and cutting wounds before she died. it took a jury just one hour to find norwood guilty of murder, bringing justice to murray's family. >> i know the trauma our family has been through. i want no other family to go through this. >> reporter: the victim's family and the prosecutors say norwood is beyond rehabilitation and should spend the rest of her life locked up. but in these laters, norwood's many family members asked the judge to show mercy by sentencing her to life with patrol. her father, earl norwood wrote to the judge, saying i know britney is a good person and will make amends for whatever has happened if given a chance. i love my daughter more than words can say and i kno

reporter: in separate letters to judge robert greenberg jayna's parents plead for the maximum sentence. her father, my daughter's murderer should never be allowed to walk the streets as a free person. i would fear for the safety of the citizens of whatever the community she would be a part. i can only imagine when confronted with another barrier, she would kill again. phyllis murray writes the murder of jayna plunged our family into a world of utter display, chaos, shock, confusion, terror, anger and hatred overwhelmed us. there are also letters to the court from brittany norwood's family and friends. her father earl writes i want the murray family to know that on behalf of the entire norwood family we are deeply saddened and sorry for their loss. i am humbly requesting that brittany be sentenced to life and not life without parole. of brittany norwood's mother writes she has a loving heart, a warm personality and was always a champion for the less fortunate. i know that if she is given the chance to one day be able to rejoin society, she will be as valuable an asset to her community a

seth greenberg knows he can't stop that. stop their three-game skid winning it 73-69. >> coming up, the nfl's pro bowl. coverage begins at 7:00. >> with the ever-changing political chand landscape -- political landscape it is usually no surprise when a fresh face enters the ring. >> this new candidate's dogged determination is earning him a lot of support. >> sachel is running for president on facebook. he has 400 supporters. he is running on the bully party. >> he likes long walks, naps, and he sleeps on the floor. >> there have been many dogs in the wlouse before him. however, that dog was taken out of the white house because he had bitten the french ambassador. >> the secret service will have to make sure the four-legged whistle stopper is controlled. >> one thing, they do this thing where they run around in circles where they get excited. the secret service most likely would get dizzy and fall down. >> when we sat down, it was time to get down to the nitty gritty. satchel, how do you feel about cats? what do you think ab

herb greenberg, you are doing something today. now you're back joining us. good to see you.re we seeing any reason for ppo getting whacked? >> davidson downgraded it -- i'm looking at it. coming up to speed here on stuff. there are a bunch of little headlines. but it's just one of those companies. >> high valuation name, no news out there except for the davidson downgrade to perform -- >> there's obviously news we don't know. but 25% is worth noting. >> love the viewers. they asked and we did it. we didn't do much, but we tried. >>> for the past year, there's been a whole lot of talk about doom and gloom about how the world's problems are going to drag the u.s. into the pit of despair and a shattered u.s. stock market. that talk has not come from your next guest. he's been right on. joining us is scott minard. you once coined the phrase, the cleanest dirty shirt in a bag of laundry. are you still saying that or are you a little less optimistic given the run? >> i'm pretty optimistic. the move up has been compelling. >> scary. >> but you look at the trader's almanac and it te

is there tonight, in fact, he is here in new york, $2,500 per person fund raiser hosted by hank greenbergonsin, he is up here raising money. i think it is interesting whip you look at the facts he has raised since july, 5.1 million from july to december defending himself. i think the question of millions of dollars against a million sig match xhurs a question of we going to see who really runs democracy, who really runs the way people are influenced about their own self-interest in wisconsin. >> i think this is something the nation will be watching, he is running on a national agenda, national dollars coming from outside the state of wisconsin that are fueling his effort. the other side, literally hundredsf thousand of signatures, from residents of this state. the question from this state is will the future of this state be controlled by people who live here, who vote here or will it be controlled by outside dollars that are trying to set a national agenda, what i'm hearing over and over again, people say we want our wisconsin back this is not our wisconsin. this is an ideological nationa

david greenberg of the "washington post" said "age of greed" abounds with powerful man , ugly fights, and from the scandals, tourists and turns, and true to the book's title, lots of shameless cupidity. that is a heck of iran of for a book about the usually less than scintillating economics. but once again, jeff madrick has exposed the key players, and deeds, and the reckoning exacted during these fast and loose and dangerous times that we are living in. jeff madrick. the floor is yours. >> thank you. carroll has been a very close friend. [applause] when i was struggling to be good on camera i would look in in the of how good she was naturally. here we are today wondering, of course, how we got here. i want to thank all of you at hue-man books for inviting me to talk. kim and i now live in this community. we are delighted to be here. we had to protect our house from the ravaging hudson river the other day, the hurricane. in fact, we did not have to come as it turned out. well, the rain was pretty bad. in any case let me get on with the subject because it does change. i was calling to

to me, that is another -- factor that makes the sentence from judge greenberg absolutely approach. >> reporter: norwood's brother said that his sister was much loved. he begged the judge for a glimmer of hope, but he did not get it. reporting live, eyewitness news. >> murray's family is saying that jana will be alive in their hearts. >>> a teen is in serious condition this morning after a brutal fight outside outside of a high school. 75 students stood around and watched as two teens traded punches. by the time police and paramedics arrived. one teen fell to the ground and had a cesar. we will have more on this incident, including what neighbors are saying coming up. >>> elsewhere in the county, several firefighters are recovering this morning after their truck slides with another vehicle. these are pictures sent into the eyewitness news newsroom showing the scene on the road and route 648. the collision sent an suv off of the road and down an embankment. the fire engine slammed into a pole. no word on what caused the crash or the condition of the people involved. >>> sex for money. p

we go to cbs news travel editor, peter greenberg. he's on a boat right now, his own in marina del rey, california. peter, good morning. >> good morning, charlie. >> when you look at this, tell me how you see the safety procedures that this crew understood. >> well, it goes on to something called solace. safety of life at sea. it's an international agreement signed by most cruise liners around the world. it deals with the materials in the construction of the ship, crew training, fire safety and passenger safety. in this situation based on the reports we're hearing from witnesses over there, there wasn't very much coordination among the crew. there could have been language difficulties and most importantly, they're focusing on the muster drill. under the rules, you're supposed to have that drill within 24 hours of leaving your first post. in the case of the costa concordia, there are only 40 miles out from sea, less than three hours when they hit that object. it would be my suggestion and i would bet on this, you're going to see a numb

cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is here to tell us how that might affect your next trip.e than a tv show. >> that's right. >> i remember. >> it's all gone. it's not funny. a number of years ago we had six. u.s., american, united, delta, continental. >> eastern. >> no, no. you're really going back. that was 1991 kwherch they failed. there were six. now were 're down to four and me soon three. everybody started looking at them. everybody is playing the stats of who wants to buy who. >> what's the problem? why can't they make enough money so they don't have to merge? >> that's an hour show right there. but the real problem is everybody's consolidating, and they're all claiming the reason they're consolidating is to make sure they can remain solvent. nobody's stepping in to say, wait a minute, maybe you 140u shouldn't be flying. you see fewer, fewer flights and you know what that means. what you have is a combination of shrinking capacity and service that's either diminished or nonexistent. we're seeing that even with southwestern airtran. there's another merger that just hap

let's bring in mike golic and mike greenberg from our sister network, espn.o-hosts of "mike & mike in the morning." we want to talk about the matchup between the giants and patriots. first, let's talk about how they got there, guys. one game going into overtime, and greenie, one game we thought going into o.t. >> absolutely. one thing in sports you go out there always being remembered for your greatest moment, but unfortunately, sometimes, you'll be remembered for your worst. and yesterday's games were games that will be remembered because of the reasons that they lost. the field goal by cundiff. >> and then he has his hands in the end zone. cundiff, you think at least we get it tied in overtime. then in the other game, kyle williams has to be sick making the mistakes he made. >> sometimes, championship sunday will be nor exciting than super bowl sunday. but maybe not this time with the rematch between giants and patriots. the two qbs, brady and eli manning, what do you think? >> for two generations, it's been brady and manning. brady and manning but now it's

. >>> thank you, peter greenberg is with us this morning. >> good morning, charlie. >>> what are we learningpes sh. >> that's the interesting thing. most people don't realize that most cruise ships have dozens if not hundreds of cameras. they're digital, time coded. they go 24/7. the divers recovered the hard drives from those computers that contain the images. up until now, we've only seen amateur individual crows from passengers. now we'll get a real time picture. if the saltwater hasn't compromised the hard drives, you'll see everything that happened from every part of the ship. from the engine room to the spa, to the restaurant to the bridge. who was on the bridge. it will be a real time picture from before that ship left the harbor until the ship literally lost power. >> will we see a massive rethinking of safety procedures from all the cruise lines? >> already hamg. we have safety of life at sea which we've been focused on the muster drill, the lifeboat drill. they won't wait for the rules to change. from now on, we'll have the drill before the ships leave their first port. the real pr

cbs news travel editor peter greenberg is with us here.morning. >> what are we learning about the security tapes? >> most people don't realize that most cruise ships today have dozens if not hundreds of security cameras throughout the ship. they are digital. time coded. they go 24/7. and the divers have recovered the hard drives from the computers that contain those images. up until now you have only seen amateur videos. now we'll get a realtime picture. you'll see everything that happened from every part of the ship, from the engine room to the spa to the restaurant to the bridge, who was on the bridge. it will be a realtime picture harbor until the ship literally lost power. >> will we see a massive rethinking of safety procedures from all of the cruise lines? >> already happening. here is the problem. we have something called safety of life at sea, slols, in which we have all been focused on the safety drills. they will now have those before the ship ever leaves port. the real problem is the cross training of the crew, the training regi

prepares to hold the primary on saturday, you should know a new poll from james carville and stan greenberg'sidate the result would be obama 43 and romney 4 34, paul at 18%. you should know that mitt romney bigwigs know this and you should know this is the reason despite the fact paul sargably romney's biggest rival for the nomination you will not see mitt going after the congressman. you should know americans elect important committee to nominating its own establishment friendly candidate has nearly $30 million in cash from undisclosed sources but can't seem to find candidate. you should know it is a strange conception of what ails americans democracy but then thinks the solution is bunch of wealthy people getting together and pooling their money to draft a fellow member of the power leaf to run the country. go to one of your favorite websites this wednesday. discover it has gone dark, you should know it may be because it is shut down for 12 hours to protest. lit go dark and the wikipedia founder hopes to join the protest as well. this kind of protest sun precedented. it represents an intere

first solar fslr, herb greenberg talks about it a lot.ow much because a competitor went out of business and how much is short squeeze and so forth? until energy costs more, these stocks will continue to struggle. >> do you think the first solar, the sears, netflix, last year's dogs, this year's darlings, how long does that trend go out, do you think? >> in particular when you've got a netflix and have a strong turnaround, they were bleeding subscribers out because of that mistake with quikster. when they actually address that and go back into the gaining mode rather than bleeding out subscribers, that is a positive. another stock that was feasted on by the shorts and like you say end of the year terrible, but people were betting pretty strong on it to recover. they've been rewarded big time so far. >> this roche deal may be eating up and eastman chemical. m&a finally beginning to get some kick. >> whenever you see a company buying another, soa gets bought and eastman is rocking to the upside, that tells you obviously wall street likes the

i'd love it to be an original thought, it's from stan greenberg.things are getting better or that they will get better because a lot of people don't feel it right now looking around their lives. and so obama's got a tough job. he has to say my policies have not only worked, they're turning around the country, but i know they're not there yet and i want to make it better for you. and for people who have been living on very low paychecks or looking for work for a while. that's tough -- >> that is hard. >> yeah. >> it really is difficult when you're in the middle of a recession. >> they say -- >> and you don't want to give them a lay speech, but don't want to brag too much about, hey, i saved -- because the president could make the argument -- exactly, the president could make the argument, i saved the economy. you didn't like the bailout, it saved your atm machines. you know, and we made money off of it. you didn't like the auto bailout, i saved, you know, i saved -- barack obama, i saved detroit. i saved gm. i was the one that made these entities pr

i followed the results from the greenberg, democratic pollster and what was really amazing is that thes, the independents and the republicans. so i think he hit it out of the park. >> okay. guys, i want you to listen to a sound bite from joe madison. i'll ask you on the other side. >> i'll just say it straight up. there are some people, not all, in this country who cannot stand the fact that this is an african-american who is now one of the most powerful individuals on the planet. >> okay. what he's talking about is this picture with arizona governor jan brewer, the finger-pointing incident heard round the world now as president obama disembarked from the plane and was doing there to do some campaigning. so i'm going give you time to think about this and talk about what it actually means this picture in context with joe madison's words. ladies and gents, stay right there on "weekends with alex witt." can't help you clean, a kenmore progressive canister vacuum can. it cleans carpet, but goes further with built-in attachments for floors, tight spaces, high and low places and pet traces.