of course he is not really the heir apparent to this guy jonathan gray.ould point out we talked to blackstone about this they declined any comment. wouldn't comment on any of this stuff. i can tell you sources on wall street both close to the administration and close to blackstone. melissa: you know what you're talking about for sure. what i think is really interesting about the story it echoes a lot of stories we heard after the first obama election. people went out on a limb, raised a lot of money thinking they would get some sort of post afterwards. afterwards were given the cold should. >> if you think about it, jack lew, i'm sure nice enough fellow. loyal democrat understands the ways of washington but is the best guy to be treasury secretary? obviously not. this is not a major player in economic circles. at a time when we needsort of real economic intelligence, here's guy that is you know, a very deep player in that context. you know. worked two years at citigroup in some sort of --. melissa: doesn't know enough about wall street and business? >> do

jonathan allen from stone bridge to alabama. butler chose notre dame over michigan and penn state. another expected to become a seminal and grayided to stay close to home in maryland. >> at least we got a gnome out of the deal. >> it is a little freaky. >> kind of a little scary. there he is. >> it's actually cute. >> in its way. in its way. >> the only good thing to come out of the game

jonathan allen from stone bridge to alabama. butler chose notre dame over michigan and penn state. another expected to become a seminal and gray decided to stay close to home in maryland. >> at least we got a gnome out of the deal. >> it is a little freaky. >> kind of a little scary. there he is. >> it's actually cute. >> in its way. in its way. >> the only good thing to come out of the game >> you turned in your votes on facebook. now it is time to reveal the owner of the choose your news contest. we've got the bust of king richard iii, a giraffe injured by love and a massive snowman. >> sometimes love hurts. just ask the giraffe who lives at the miami zoo. turns out she's in heat and the male giraffes, let's say they're making a few passes. she fell for them literally. they gave her a little push, she tripped and the zoo cooper's had to help her get back -- zookeepers had to help her get back up. she's in isolation. looks like the guys won't be getting any love this valentine's day. >> giraffes look inherently unstable. that could be the price when sometimes love goes astray. that is 9 news for tonight. thank you so much for

jonathan allen heading south to alabama. devin butler shows notre dame over michigan and e.j. elevenberry expected to become a seminole and derwin gray decided to stay close to home. that will do it for your sports. aim kristen berset. >>> two area cities, two brazen robberies in both cases targeting jewelry. we'll have the very latest. it's 5:24. here's monika with problems on the roadways. >> that's right. a broken rail affecting vre service at the brooke station. expect at least a 30-minute delay on train 300. metro will honor your tickets and i think that's a good option. more weather and traffic coming more weather and traffic coming up in a more weather and traffic coming up in a this is dylan right here, this is dylan, and this is his big brother hayden. dylan's only five, but he's already been through two surgeries for brain tumors. and he just went through his second round of chemo. and this is their mother, dawn, who runs this loving and happy home. she too struggled with tumors. but that doesn't slow her down. her love of family comes first. their dad, phil, works two jobs, repairing copiers, and on weekends delivering new

jonathan last, there's something else going on besides falling birthrates. it's important and they play in to each other. which is what you might call the graying of america. and the baby boom is getting old. the catchy way it can be expressed about 10,000 people a day turning 65. what are the implication of that for falling fertility? how do they reinforce each other or interact? >> guest: the way for people to think about this and think about population profile. that's a population profile of a society which has a 2.1 fertility rate, a steady replacement rate. it looks like the -- everything is nice. when you get older people pass off to the undiscovered country and point. the population age -- in a great society getting inverted pyramid and things not terrible yet in america. if you look at japan it looks like an inverted pyramid. they are going to have more people over 85 than 14 in about ten years. it greats a lot of problems. there are almost no examples of long-term economic, you know, peace and prosper. ty in intensely societies. they begin to break down. if you look at the consumer society. the demand starts slackening for everything in health car

. >> host: jonathan last there's something else going on besides falling birthrates that is also important and they play into each other which is what you might call the graying of america. that is the baby boomers getting old and 10,000 people a year turning 65 -- 10000 people a day turning 65. what are the implications of that for falling fertility? how do they reinforce each other or interact? >> guest: way for people to think about population profile is the populatiopopulatio n profile of a society which has just a 2.1 fertility rate a nice steady replacement rate is everything is nice and symmetrical until you get older and people start passing off to undiscovered countries and in the comes to a point where the population ages older. and a gray society you get an inverted pyramid and things are not terrible yet in america. if you look at a country like japan if really does look like an inverted pyramid. japan is going to have more people over 85 then people under 14 in about 10 years. this could cause a real problem. there are almost no examples of long-term economic peace and prosperity and intently gray society's. your graying society happens before yo