my favorite, one of my favorites is this one that's signed by john hancock. and it's as the governor, a state paper, essentially, a proclamation that he made. and -- for raising the regimen, i believe. yes. and everybody knows john hancock, thanks to the insurance company, because they did so many commercials on him. when i went to the national archives to see the declaration of independence where, of course, he signed quite large, and his reason for signing in such a large hand was so that there would be no doubt as to whose signature it was. you have to think that for the declaration of independence, if you signed your name there, you were essentially signing your death warrant because if the americans didn't win and the british did win, that would be the first group that the british would have gone after, were the signers of the declaration of independence. so one of the national archives is faded and rather difficult to see. whereas this one is a nice, bright signature and easily recognizable as john hancock. there were men who participated in the america

everybody knows john hancock hangs to the insurance company. when i went to the national archives to see the declaration of independence where of course he signed quite large, and his reason for signing in such a large hand was so that there would be no doubt as to whose signature it was. you have to think that for the declaration of independence, if you signed your name there, you were essentially signing your death warrant because if the americans can't win and the british did win, that would be the first group that the british would have gone after were the signers of the declaration of independence. so the one in the national archives is faded and rather difficult to see, whereas this is a nice bright signature and easily recognizable as john hanco hancock. there were men who participated in the american revolution who signed the declaration of independence. h they were very daring men. they had no money. they had to finance a war on their own signatures essentially. and i think he was interested in the mechanics and administrative details

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right on the old john hancock, eh? perfect. and if you don't mind, i'll take anus weekly, if you would, and a package of your finest gum. (cheers and applause) as you can probably tell we really didn't know how to end that. (laughter) so i was going to be like well, i'll just [bleep] take the wig off hourx about that i will take the wig off and just turn. (laughter) it's like sid caesars show of shows. of course democrats are debating the issue as well, let's check in. >> jon stewart took this issue on and said, well, i'll tell you something, i love the blunt amendment, because, he say, i'm an employer and i believe that humor is the best medicine. >> jon: all right, first of all, i can't possibly sound that jewish. second of all, you are taking that out of context and misconstruing what i said and that's my job to do to you. (laughter) this is the bit we did. look at the bit we did. >> i, along with readers digest magazine believe laughter is the best medicine, and you know, if i remember correctly one of my writers has been f

. >> and you would hope that other lawmakers will jump on that bandwagon today, put their john hancockon that letter, and get something done since the data seems to be there that speculators play such a critical role in all of this. >> mark was explaining this to me earlier, yesterday. but good job on his part as well. and then you see members of congress just kind of jump on it. they see that report. so great job reporting from mark. goes to show you the power of journalism and what we can do. >> exactly. amen to that. nice work, mark. >>> well, iran will be the main topic of discussion this morning as president obama welcomes israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the white house. the president addressed a pro-israel group yesterday. he said he will take no options off the table when it comes to preventing iran from obtaining nuclear weapons. but as israel considers a pre-emptive strike, the president also asked for time to allow diplomacy to work. >>> and vladimir putin is returning to the kremlin for another term as president of russia. putin could not hold back his tears, de

an autographed mug, an autographed tote bag, yes, we're giving it away complete with everyone's john hancockunce the winner in just a bit. this is the height. >> that's fabulous. it is missing my signature, but i'm simply a bench player today, so it is fine. i'm a fill-in as they say in the business. >>> japan's massive tsunami last year triggering auto parts shortages and production shutdowns across the board, how is the industry faring right now? phil lebeau standing by live with more. phil? >> reporter: melissa, last year at this time a lot of people were wondering how much the japanese automakers would be hurt and could they rebound, we've got the numbers and some of the details might surprise you a bit. that story is next. they're all like, "hey, brother, doesn't it bother you that no one notices you?" and i'm like, "doesn't it bother you you're not reliable?" and they say, "shut up!" and i'm like, "you shut up." in business, it's all about reliability. 'cause these guys aren't just hitting "print." they're hitting "dream." so that's what i do. i print dreams, baby. [whispering] big dre