. >> charlie: as march madness moves to the sweet 16, we talked to espn jay bilas and for morning joe way too early willie geist. >> it's an eclectic group. it's not a lot of the blue bloods and thoroughbreds of college basketball twheat haven't seen in a while. >> as jay says ohio, you got the senior and this kid who is a three-point shoulder can shoot you to a he win. >> charlie: we conclude with author rula jebreal her novel is strikes her life called miral. >> i felt i had to arne people in my life, my teacher and my father. and that it would affect girls life and maybe through my simple story they can see something and how to survive in a war zone. that's why i wrote it. >> charlie: a program note, linda wells, the editor of allure was supposed to be on tonight's broadcast, she will be seen next week. tonight, afghanistan, the sweet 16 and rula jebreal when we continue. ♪ if you've had a coke in the last 20 years, ( screams ) you've had a hand in giving college scholarships... and support to thousands of our nation's... most promising students. ♪ ( coca-cola 5-note mnemonic ) eve

. >> charlie: we take a look at march madness with jay bilas of espn. >> i think kansas has the best path and i think they are playing the best right now heading into the tournament. they're very efficient offensively and they're very very good defensessively and they're continuing to get better at this time of year which is unusual and it's certainly the nice thing when you're number one seed and continuing to improve. >> charlie: with we conclude with the renown stock picker barton biggs who has written a novel about wall street. >> you wake up in the middle of the night about the novel you're writing and you get to many where you live with the principal character. not just the principal character, other characters. and then of course i was really writing it during the financial collapse, and so i was really getting new material all the time about the human tragedies that were occurring. >> charlie: lee, bilas, biggs when we continue. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned