herzog we are very pleased to have you. it's a great honor and we are looking forward to hearing your remarks. think you. >> thank you everybody and first i would like to say thanks to our host at the world jewish congress and i greatly respect one of the great jewish leaders of our times. i want to thank the world jewish congress. express might read it to to your leadership and i'm very honored honored -- is with us but i read the book, alex. i think it's an excellent book. it can size is the exact picture of the battleground that we are talking about. there's some terms which you use which i will try fight you on later on does you have to differentiate between object thing to the just cause of the creation of the state of israel and a legitimate political debate paid in half legitimate political arguments in the international community. that is more than a custom. we know that but you cannot disagree with the mere existence of the state of the jewish people. what we have seen is a threat going throughout the generations a

at that debate was a bunch of young jews who were influenced all their lives by that debate, and herzog basically crashed professor at that debate, debate which has been studied time and again, which at that time caught world renown and it's called the herzog debate. another milestone in the family history. and then another uncle of mind, who was a legend in and of himself, abba eban was the legendary foreign minister and presented a unique defense of the case for the state of israel at the u.n. in the '50s and '60s as well as in the debate leading to the u.n. resolution which i really the basis for any possible peace in the future. now, that debate, when one learns it in depth, one understands that the brainwashing atmosphere of states, nations and leaders, as well as political clout and the arab states had with the oil and the boycott, could lead to dangerous developments them jewish world at the time was actually indifferent for a while. the preceding months before the debate, my father was begging the jewish community, at the jewish world to take action, and nothing happened. so muc

take on "star wars" from the nihilistic german director of "fitzcaraldo" and "grizzly man," werner herzog. as far as away as a mother's affectionate glance or the cold touch of your lover, the evil forced order seeks control of the galaxy, forgetting that the galaxy itself is not but the infinite void. this is the way of things. in the desert, there's nothing but suffering. life cannot sustain here, but truly, it cannot sustain anywhere. death is inevitable, and in this, we find comfort. look, mosquitoes dancing on the carcass of infinity, our agony lends us brilliance. i love this guy. he is a spunky little robot ball, and i like that. the searing of the lightsaber cannot compare to the unfeeling violence of our endless universe. ( laughter ) ( applause ) >> stephen: we've got a great show for you tonight. jessica biel is here. but when we return, it is friday confessions." stick around! take the zantac it challenge! pill works fast? zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24 hours. when heartburn strikes, take zantac for faster relief than nexium or your money back. tak

we have lisa herzog and deirdre bolton.umbers, deirdre, particularly a streak like this, august and september up almost all the time, the fourth quarter is up, what are folks telling you? >> i went back to post-world war ii, 80% of the time in the post-world war ii era, if you have a gain in august and september, 80% of the time you have a strong fourth quarter. august is usually weaker month for whatever reason. statistically this indicates we're going up. you mentioned a huge big wild card out there which is this tax plan. is it going to be passed before end of calendar year? will it be passed in its current form? that is a big wild card. does the fed raise rates or not in december? that is another big wild card. neil: the argument here even though tax cuts are expected and hoped for, they really would demonstrably add to value in this market. i heard some estimates say you could get another 7 1/2%, 8% surge in earnings. that would represent a similar surge in the s&p 500, already expected to be running at 10% clip. they