which james thompson said, let's have a v for victory and a v for victory over racism at home. veterans were busy fighting and they were counting on people here in newspapers, like the chicago and the pittsburgh courier to carry it. >> the fact that it's part of the martin luther king, jr. holiday, you're saying it's a journey of hope, love and feeling. and that was his message. and people have read the book and love the book and they're hoping for another. >> i do have it ready. it's coming out in september. i say i've written it. it needs a lot of editing. that's the ted yows part for me. but there will actually be three books and the next will come out in 2014. and that will deal with children of vietnam vets because those children suffered a very different experience. i have interviewed the children of the era. >> and briefly, the novel the reasons of fools has a personal connection because it's based on letters you found after your mother's death. >> yes, and on the cover, my mother had this fiance who died. and it's something to read. >> and she was german-born. >> she wa

chris james thompson, director and investigator patrick kennedy now retired, thank you. >> thank youyear-old boy with a pretty big message, the video is going viral, it's the kid president, robby novak will join us. anyone have occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas, bloating? yes! one phillips' colon health probiotic cap each day helps defend against these digestive issues with three strains of good bacteria. live the regular life. phillips'. >>> welcome back to "starting point." i'm clps cls minding your business. u.s. stocks are on the verge of record highs. stock futures down this morning after a mixed pause yesterday we'll call it but records are within sight. the s&p 500 has more than doubled since early 2009. why? corporate earnings fed stimulus, investors are coming back. will the jobs come back? the government reports its monthly jobs tally tomorrow. economists predict 180,000 jobs were added and the unemployment rate fell to 7.7%. >>> ben bernanke sitting down with oprah, not really. this is a spoof but listen a schiff report spoof on oprah's interview with armstrong with t

james cummings. >> thank you, congressman thompson, for convening this important, this important and critical public hearing on a topic that is essential for us to come together on. you know our nation suffered a heart rending tragedy last month as 26 incident victims including 20 children lost their lives to senseless gun violence. as horrific as the newtown tragedy is, it is only symptomatic of a larger gun violence problem where over 10,000 american lives are lost each year. while there's no one action we can take, i think i speak for certainly my constituents and probably most americans in saying we simply must find common sense ways to move forward on sensible measures that can curb it. as president obama said in his inaugural address on monday, our journey is not complete until all the children know that they are cared for and cherished and always safe from harm. one american that is joining us today in this journey is jim cummings who is a self-described sportsman, hunter, gun owner and nra member. i have known jim for 20 years, more than 20 years actually. he's a highly successful commercial

he is joined by panelists including former senator fred thompson, bob bennett and james fallows of the atlantic. just getting under way. >> you will be out by 8:35 at the latest. governor, i know you have to leave at 8:25. we will have phases here. i may even plunge into the audience and involve all of you into this conversation. i will stop now and when i get my cue from my aunt -- from my producer, we will began. -- we will bein. gin. [applause] >> hello from the george washington university. welcome. i am frank sesno. you are in political theater on center stage. out of time -- at a time in american crisis, face the facts is the project of the george washington university. we put out facts daley because we feel our discussions need to have facts put back into them. our panelists will help us do that. in the 90 minutes ahead, we will ask the basic but important the-- can we americans still do great things? i know you all want to nod your head yes but it is a tougher question then it seems. we have an amazing panel and are asking them to play roles tonight and deal with a fictional sc

thompson is live in the newsroom. mary in. >> with 6,000 fewer employees, the brokerage unit on track and credit downgrade behind the bank. ceo james gorman sounding optimistic about the firm's prospects on squawk this morning. >> we think of all the digging and shoveling and cleaning up that we've done the last few years, that's done. now we get back to the fun stuff which is running the business. and that's what we are excited about. >> turn on equity and measure profitability. gorman saying on the conference call, it can reach 9% without big improvement in the macro economy. thanks so additional 1.6 billion in expense cuts planned by year end 2014 and improving profits at its broke yaj business. bet are than expected 17% in the fourth quarter prompted gorman to say he might raise prices by mid year. he is seeing an increased appetite with retail clients and pick up in activity in asia and europe and stronger equity underwriting. all reasons to be cautiously optimistic. continuing operations were better than expected 45 cents a share on higher than expected revenue as well. even as the firm's commodity business turned in its wors

thompson. i've refinesed my house because of you. former senator, actor and all around great american. scott, member of congress. james renowned author and journalist. prow nouns it. >> iorio. >> iorio from tampa. and bill richardson former governor, former everything. and master negotiator. and finally representative donna edwards. thank you very much from maryland. from not too far away. let's see how you are on the confidence index folks. let put up the results. what do we got? not so great. so 46% of you have low confidence that this government could operate effectively confronted with a crisis. let's get to it. it is sometime in the future, a hypothetical future, not very far away. i'm the president. i've been wanting a promotion for a long time. i just gave myself one. governor, your my chief of staff. it's 7:00 in the the white house. good morning, governor. >> good morning,.th president. >> good to see you this morning mr. president. working at the white house is an interesting thing. it's a phenomenal place. crisis today. europe has not been going well. we've been watching the global news channel. let's take