coming back to griffin bell, the reason i mean i volunteered to testify at the hearing because i knew griffin bell was the one that got both sides of the school desegregation in a courtroom and said look, you know, more about atlanta's schools than anybody else, you work this out. when you get through, a call me, and i will make it a court order. [laughter] there was the trust and a realization that this was a real problem that had to be faced regardless of the risk that was taken. compare that with right now where people are writing about stories in such a way that they do better reporting on the falcons. [laughter] there is a more "in-depth" reporting. >> we like our falcons. >> to your point* earlier, for those to read the book i would point* you to the chapter that while no one ever would save the press was more on the front lines of danger than the people in the movement themselves. >> i would say that. >> but read the chapter you will see jack and the famous figure he used in people's just when the klansmen were threatening others with their life, they would invite them to a kla

my instructions was no press could ask any questions to griffin bell during his confirmation hearing because he can make any record. of course jack is climbing over chairs trying to get to judge bell. i'm standing in his wake and making it difficult for him. and if of course he and the judge were old friends, but did not know all this is going on. i successfully blocked his former golden globe fighter from getting in the room. he and the last flick. the next day i get a call from bert lance, director of the allenby. i get a call from bob, counsel to the president, and i'm just waiting for the call to come from the president. i had mistreated their friend jack nelson. [laughter] and so it got a lot better after that. one of the things about jack that should be said as we look at that particular perspective of the carter years is that jack was a great bureau chief and built a great bureau. he said that the bank, and i just want to emphasize that because the one thing that always came across to me in all of our dealings with jack during that time, he was promoting that pirro, purring as

. >>> i'm bill griffin, coming up on closing bell.is called washington's tax bill a missed moment. what does does erskine bowles think? we will hear from him in a few minutes. >>> and the debt ceiling fight, you will be shocked and amazed to find out what it is, but i'm not telling you right now. but i will tell you that michelle caruso-cabrera is with me. see you at the top of the hour from the new york stock exchange. >> bill, go g to see you. >>> let's take a euro trip and party like it's 1999 with a "street signs" time machine. on this day, 14 years ago, the all mighty euro debuted in 11 european nation possess. since then, the euro was up 11% against the u.s. dollar. today the euro is sitting just about flat with the dollar but well off the highs we saw in 2008. joining us is kathy from bks management. happy birthday euro, 14 years old today, has it been a success? >> i think in the past 14 years we have seen the best and worst of the euro. i think the fact that it is still here, and the fact that germany and largest members of t

bell." i'm maria bartiromo at the new york stock exchange. the market down today. todd, welcome back. >> happy new year. i'm tyler mathisen. bill griffin will be back with us tomorrow. in the markets now, let's look where the dow stands. it's down 53 points. nasdaq right now in percentage terms with a slightly more modest loss down six points. 6.5 at 3095. about a fifth of a percentage point lower. the s&p 500 at the moment is down by about 5 2/3 points at 1460. that is a little better than a 1/3 of a percent decline. >> is this the beginning of the bigger move lower? brian belski is preventing for a move of about 8% from here for the s&p 500. >> but does the rest of our panel agree? joining us along with brian is peter anderson of congress asset management and our own steve leisman and rick santelli. you think it's going to be another good year of gains. target on the s&p 1575. defend it. >> well, we do. i'll remind everyone we were at 1420 last year. we base all of our analysis on fundamentals. >> you were off by a point. >> i'm sorry. >> a whole point. >> seriously. >> i'm sorry. but we think the fundamental condition of u.s. stocks