a missing kansas university student has been found. she disappeared last friday. officers found her around 11 last night. police say she was not abducted nor was she held against her will. last friday when the sister drove to get her, she found only her book bag and cell phone. >>> here at home 950 acres of land in talbot has been donated to the open space program. it it was approved yesterday by the board of public works. the donation is the first public access donation in history of the program. it's donated by a former county executive and the -- a donation will help preer is of the forest land in the area. >>> congress is going to have until december 31st to reach an agreement on the payroll tax cut extension. if not the typical american will lose $40 per paycheck. most law makers have gone home and senators passed a two-month extension before leaving but house republicans refuse to allow the vote on the measure. they want the year long extension that the president originally said he wanted, too. they will have a conference committee on this hopefully to negot

those who do it with us is dr michael hudson he's economist and professor of economics at university of missouri kansas city also author of this book among many it's imperialism the origin and fundamentals of u.s. world dominance and dr hudson as always it is such a pleasure to have you on our show today so let's start with some of the recent things you've been writing because you wrote two recent articles on the economic crisis in europe that we were looking at where you made a connection between what's going on the nationally and countries like greece and italy and the type of political turmoil we have seen there with unity governments in the prime minister's stepping down and you saw a civically sided aristotle and aristotle's observation that societies move in a cyclical pattern through various forms of government from democracies invariably to all of darkies and tyrannies. back to democracy so in your view is what we're seeing in europe an attempt by elites to turn democratic nation state into something more resembling oligarchy enroll by thea what is interesting that you showed president obama's

. >>> police in kansas city they they're no closer to solving a disappearance of a college student last week. aisha khan called her sister friday from the universityf kansas saying she was running from a drunken stranger who harassed her while she studied outdoors. that's the last time anyone heard from the 19-year-old newlywed. >>> the president of florida a&m university will keep his job, at least for now. the school's board of directors rejected a call by florida's governor, that he be suspended in the wake of a hazing death of a band member at the school. the board called the government's request outside intervention. >>> former penn state coach joe paterno has been released from the hospital, where he was being treated for lung cancer and a broken pelvis. his cancer came just a few days after he lost his job. but a source close to his family says he has shown improvement. paterno turns 85 tomorrow. >>> now, for the lights-out highlights from "monday night football," here are our friends over at espn news. >> good morning. i'm don bell with your espn news update. a battle between two of the winningest franchises in nfl history, the steelers an

whole variety of candidates and feel that they had by far the best leader we could have at the university of kansas when they chose chancellor gray. and i've been able to watch her and interact with her in the two and a half years she's been in that position and watch her continue to grow the university, to reach high marks, to make sure that the university of kansas excels in all of its efforts and particularly to focus on the dole institute as a vibrant heart of a democratic dialogue in the great state of kansas, but also watch it in the leadership of it being take on the a national level. the dole institute is renowned all around the country. lots of people envy the fact that we have that kind of institution in lawrence, kansas. certainly, they don't have a bob dole in various states in the country, but they also don't have a dole institute, and i want to personally thank the chancellor for making sure that stays a very vibrant institution and introduce the chancellor of the university of kansas, bernadette gray little. [applause] >> thank you, secretary sebelius. it is a great pleasure for me t

i was asked by the editor of mike briggs at the university from kansas, what about the reaction to my book would be picked and i was pretty certain that because it cut across so much of the interpretation of "on war" that it would not be entirely favorable, though my reply was that the week after my book was published i would be burned at the stake at the army war college. and the week after that, my ashes would be -- and the week after that the fumes from the dissolved ashes is shot into space by the air war college. and the week after that the marines would make it required reading at the school of "decoding clausewitz" published kansas, a new approach to "on war." is also a professor of history at here at the university of maryland. >> we would like to hear from you. tweet us your feedback, twitter.com/booktv. and this is booktv on c-span2 people are at the university of maryland talking with professors are also office. we are now joined by professor philip joyce whose book is called "the congressional budget office: honest numbers, power, and policymaking." professor joyce, when w

. >>> investigators at the university of kansas are searching for a missing college student. the 19-year-old was last seen friday sitting outside the campus library. she sent her cousin a text message saying a drunk man was harassing her. shortly after receiving the text, her cousin arrived and found her personal belongings on a bench. police say they have no leads in the case. >>> not one but two power outages interrupted monday night football between the steelers and the san francisco 49ers. this first blackout in candlestick park in san francisco happened right before kickoff. the start of the game was delayed by 20 minutes. then a second outage left the players and fans in the dark again 60 minutes into the 2nd quarter. the 49ers went on to win the game 20-3 over the steelers. >>> the time is 4:36. a key player in the word of online social networking receives a cash boost. >>> at 4:49, a number of d.c. residents will no longer have to worry about how low planes fly over their homes. >>> we're back in two minutes with your weather first. you're watching 9news now. >>> 4:49

i was asked by the editor at the university press of kansas why thought the reaction to my book would be, and i was pretty certain because it cut across the interpretation on war that it would not be entirely favorable but my eighth reply was the week after my book was published on would be burned up the stake at the army war college, and the week after that my ashes would be dissolved and the dissolved ashes would be shot into space by the air war college and the marines would make it required reading at the kansas, a new approach to on war and he's also a professor here at the university of maryland. >>> this is book tv on c-span2. we are the university of maryland talking with professors who are also authors. we are now joined by professor philip joyce whose book is called quote code the congressional budget office honest numbers, power and policy making." professor, when was the cbo formed? >> the cbe was formed 1974 and was in fact a reaction to the perceived excesses by the nixon administration and on the budget process and as a part of that they also created the budget committe

there's no copyright protection in place and fact research from professors at harvard and the university of kansas shows of the more sharing of content in the media industry the more people actually buy that product and the next point internet piracy in counterfeiting is a danger to consumers and national security so that to do with selling counterfeit goods like medicine and machine parts hence the argument that it's damaging to national security so for some reason the m.p.a. has suddenly taken an interest in this or they're just looking for ways to actually make their draconian proposal appealed to the warhawks on capitol hill and something tells me it's the latter besides should the government can be conducting their own investigation into why people are going to the internet to buy parts for government equipment are also one of the next reason internet piracy and counterfeiting funds organized crime networks i mean really is the n.p.a. taking cues from newt gingrich just because somebody engages in piracy on the internet doesn't mean that they're part of organized crime but way to gets even be

black he is associate professor of economics and law at the university of missouri kansas city and as i was as he was telling us before the break he was a regulator during the savings and loan crisis where he saw bankers c.e.o.'s prosecuted he said it was a hard task but they did it so why aren't they doing it now so i want to continue this conversation because you mentioned some of the things that are different that the f.b.i. there are a lot fewer agents that are tasked with these kind of things but aside from that i'm curious if there are other things you can pinpoint that have really changed to where we saw ten thousand criminal referrals during your time and we've seen zero now. well that's the most obvious there is zero criminal referrals out of the stadium agency that i work for and that's because they eliminated the entire function of making criminal referrals and since prosecutions have to start with criminal referrals from the regulatory agencies that eliminated any effective ability to deal with sophisticated crimes where people have to understand is the regulators are the

kansas police are searching for 19-year-old aisha khan who also disappeared on friday. investigators believe the college student may have been abducted. aisha was studying at the universitynsas in overland park when she made this disturbing call to her sister complaining she was being harassed by a drunk man who tried to kiss her. >> oh, my gosh, it was so scary. i've never got this scared in my life. and he left and he was so [ bleep ]. pick up your phone. i am freaked out right now. okay. bye. >> aisha's sister went to find her but only found her book bag and cell phone. the fbi is assisting in the search. there have been no substantial leads. aisha's mother is out front with us tonight. fozia, thank you for being with us. we really appreciate it. let me begin by asking you how you learned about your daughter's disappearance and what you know right now. >> i was at home when my other daughter called in. actually i was calling her because i was expecting bth of them at home with me. they were going to come and spend some time after they had finished their college, they were going for prayers, friday prayers. and i never heard back from -- i was trying to call both of th

kansas police are searching for 19-year-old aisha khan who also disappeared on friday. investigators believe the college student may have been abducted. aisha was studying at the university in overland park when she made this disturbing call to her sister complaining she was being harassed by a drunk man who tried to kiss her. >> oh, my gosh, it was so scary. my heart is like pounding. i've never got this scared in my life. and he left and he was so [ bleep ]. pick up your phone. i am freaked out right now. okay. bye. >> aisha's sister went to find her but only found her book bag and cell phone. the fbi is assisting in the search. there have been no substantial leads. aisha's mother is out front with us tonight. fouzia, thank you for being with us. we really appreciate it. let me begin by asking you how you learned about your daughter's disappearance and what you know right now. >> i was at home when my other daughter called in. actually i was calling her because i was expecting both of them at home with me. they were going to come and spend some time after they had finished their college, they were going for prayers, friday prayers. and i never heard back from -- i was

and every age of 1954 the guest list was typically frankly murphy, the chancellor of the university of kansas later of ucla and a company where i work was there as was irwin griswold the harvard law school chief executive officers of ford motor company and oh aluminum mingled with attorney general brownell who was ike's former military aide now serving as eisenhower's undersecretary of state and among the guests was girl warren. warren arrived with the rest of the minute he started to stew after he took his place at the table. he was seated within earshot of another prominent member the party john w. davis who had once been a democratic candidate for president. 1954 that davis was best known as the lawyer for the state of south carolina. in his defense against the consolidated lawsuits collectively known as brown versus board of education. warren who was a stickler for propriety and a somewhat character took offense at being seated so close to a lawyer whose case was now pending before him. and as the dinner broke up and a gentleman retired for cigars and brandy, eisenhower took worn by the e

black former federal banking regulator and associate professor of law and economics at the university of missouri kansas city he's also author of the book the best way to rob a bank is to own life well i want to thank you so much for joining us tonight and i want to get into a few specifics and some details with you but i guess overall when you start thinking about this m.f. global scandal what it's become one of the first thoughts that come to mind what a perfect leader and it was to have a still drone. flying here which because this is going to. take. a little bit of course in the bible is old those to do with evil the light. now at this point i guess you could say that big banks have easily become the national boogie men in the country that everybody has already had their mind made up when it comes to wall street or i guess not everybody right there so a lot of republicans out there that they choose to support them but in the public perception with the occupy wall street movement we see banks as this bogeyman do you think that we should start paying attention to brokerage firms to could this be somet

while studying for finals outdoors and at the university of kansas campus in overland park.he said she slapped him and that he had run away. >> he left and he was so pissed. pick up your phone. i am freaked out right now. bye. >> reporter: she returned the call but no answer. she drove to the campus and found her books, cell phone, and ipod on a picnic table but no sign of her. >> we have no information that for a is -- solid information waits an abduction and no information it wasn't. >> reporter: khan was married over the summer. >> i ask you to help me out, bring my wife back home. >> reporter: now there is facebook page dedicated to finding her. police have gone door-to-door seeking information and as the missing woman's family prays for her safe return. >> keep us in your prayers. and think of her all the time. you are going to the gas station, you are going to the post office. think of her at all times. >> just want her safe back home in our hands. >> that's "news4 at 4:00." "news4 at 5:00" starts right now. >>> never seen before. jumps head-first through the window in

we saw the university of kansas as one of the first on to purchase the rights to several addresses including and jayhawks.xxx. when the public sale began, the college bought more totally two dozen now. there are a lot of other colleges acquiring the addresses as a defensive move which precludes anybody else from use their name in a bad way. there's penn state, pittsburgh and indiana doing it right now. >> smart move. i don't know approximate if you were watching early. you saw brian shackman is out because today is the biggest shipping day for fedex. the numbers boggle the mind, and probably part of the reason is the new numbers you have for online shopping. >> that's right. u.s. online sales in the holiday season to date because we're far from done are up 15% to $24.5 billion. that's according to come store. we went through black friday and cyber monday. today is the heaviest tweak of the season for online retailers. today is green monday, and all we need now is for the strength to continue. back to you. >> mandy, always good to see you. happy monday. >> you, too. >>> not so happy monday fo

accosted by a man who smelled of marijuana and alcohol while studying for finals outdoors at the university of kansas campus in yoefrld park. she said she slapped him and he had run away. >> and he left. and he was so pissed. pick up your phones. i am freaked out right now. okay, bye. >> reporter: her sister returned the call but no answer. shoo drove to the campus and found her books, cell phone and it po-- ipod but no sign of ais. >> we have no information that it was an abduction and no information that it wasn't. >> reporter: she was married over the summer. >> i am thankful to everybody to have me out to bring my wife back to home. >> reporter: now there's a facebook page dedicated to finding her. police have gone door to door seeking information as the missing woman's family prays for her safe return. >> keep us in your prayers and think of aisha all the time. you're going to the gas station or the post office, think of aisha all the time. >> we just want her safe back home. >> reporter: aisha kahn's husband said the couple was planning a delayed honeymoon to happen after the final exams. now t

. >> reporter: khan says she was assaulted by an intoxicated man on a picnic bench at the university of kansas>> he may have tried to kiss her or something like this. and she hit him. and he ran away. >> reporter: when khan didn't answer her phone, her family began looking for her. >> we went straight to the school. i knew where she studies all the time. that's the first place i went. >> reporter: khan's cousin found her books and cell phone on the picnic table. >> she doesn't do anything without her phone. her leaving her stuff out there is not her. >> reporter: khan's family has been searching, along with the police, and is now offering a $10,000 reward. >> help her come home safe. that's all we hope for. >> reporter: there has been an outpouring of support in the muslim community. khan was married in july. her husband spoke for the first time at a police press conference monday afternoon. >> i'm thankful to everyone helping us. the community, everyone. i need my wife back. >> my heart is like pounding. i never got this scared in my life. >> reporter: police say at this time they have no rea

number one, this is the university of kansas, edwards campus.s a satellite, like a junior college. there's only about 2,000 students here. this was during final exams. so, you would not have professors. if you look at the picnic bench where she's sitting. and it's 40 degrees outside. why she's sitting outside, unless there's a smoker. and there's no evidence of that. why would she be sitting out in 40-degree weather studying. but it's almost in a little quad building. no one saw anything out those windows? but remember, no regular classes. the faculty probably wasn't all there. here's the deal, george. either we don't have the facts. or police are not searching in the right place because if this was a homeless, drunk person, do you imagine that the construction workers around him did not see him dragging her fa physically away. and there weren't that many women wearing a hijab. >> we don't have the security tapes. >> i have more in my apartment than they do in this whole place. >> at the same time, she says -- when she's talking to her sister on

and former banking regulator, bill black, professor of law at the university of missouri in kansas city benefit to learn quite a bit from. nice to see both of you here today. nice to see you in person. we've done some podcasting and what not. walk us through how influential -- before we get to the anecdotes, why are tax and bank policies so determinative as to whether you have investment in value creation or extraction and value destruction. >> well, we have a tax policy that encourages people to put money outside the u.s. and to invest it in ways that are not productive, because people are looking to get immediate, quick returns. so they're buying financial products and speculation rather than -- and heavily using borrowed money to do that, rather than things that take time to return, investing in ideas, factories, software development, things like that. >> and the same thing on the banking situation? why do we not see more money coming in, and why is there so much money going out? >> the banks drive it the opposite direction. they're like the engine pushing out, creating the pressure,

this happened while she was sitting on a bench at the university of kansas campus.ope to go find more clues. tom ruskin is a former new york city police detective and president of cmp group security. tom, thank you very much for being here. let me read for our listeners the chilling voice mail that asha left for her sister, she said oh my gosh it was so scary, my heart is like pounding. i've never gotten scared like this in my life. obviously, some stranger had accosted her, and then she disappeared. is it your assumption that they are connected, those two incident? >> well, you don't know that at this point in time. what i would have liked to have seen is the crime scene. if the crime scene, or the last place she was seen, which was at a bench on the outside of the campus, supposedly studying, what is weird to me, that day, in that area, it was in the mid 30s, so be sitting outside at 11:00 in the morning to be studying raises suspicion to me. the fact of the matter is her book bag and cell phone was supposedly left behind. if you're struggling with someone, was th

. >> that was the mother of the once missing university of kansas student. has some reason to celebrate today. oughs, sneezing, aches, fevers. tylenol: and i relieve nasal congestion. nyquil (stuffy): overachiever. anncr vo: tylenol cold multi-symptom nighttime relieves nasal congestion... nyquil cold & flu doesn't. ♪ takes everything you've got ♪ wouldn't you like to get away? ♪ ♪ ♪ sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ ♪ you want to be where you can see ♪ ♪ our troubles are all the same ♪ ♪ you want to go where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪ >>> that 19-year-old kansas student who has been missing for about a week has been found safe and sound. still, there are a lot of questions surrounding her sudden disappearance. police in kansas say aisha khan was not abducted. she was not held against her will. the family meks hadn't heard from her since she left that frightening message saying she was assaulted by, in her words, a creepy man. police have read the her case as an abduction, searching nearby woods, horseback, even asking people to

kansas city, jackie battle scoring the touchdown. from the university of houston. aaron rodgers scratching his head. they suffered the first loss. colts get their first win of the year. a big blow to the titan's postseason hopes. and the redskins roll over the giants. what happened with the new york teams today? the giants flat against washington and if jets getting mauled by philadelphia. they'll meet next week, the jets and giants. there's a pass play. out to willis for 15. seeing all those luminaries a minute ago. commissioner goodell was also at the game. >> phil: we got a chance to see him after half time. >> jim: underneath. and that's for about eight. with a flag down. >> before the pass, holding. defense. number 75. >> jim: tonight on cbs, we begin with "60 minutes" with meryl streep and followed by "survivor" around the live reunion show tonight on cbs. >> phil: well, a cowl things we found out today are one, new england's offense. i thought they were facing a hot defense. one that could give them problems. definitely wrong there. >> jim: tebow in trouble.

number one, this is the university of kansas, edwards campus.te, like a junior college. there's only about 2,000 students here. this was during final exams. so, you would not have professors. if you look at the picnic bench where she's sitting. and it's 40 degrees outside. why she's sitting outside, unless there's a smoker. and there's no evidence of that. why would she be sitting out in 40-degree weather studying. but it's almost in a little quad building. no one saw anything out those windows? but remember, no regular classes. the faculty probably wasn't all there. here's the deal, george. either we don't have the facts. or police are not searching in the right place because if this was a homeless, drunk person, do you imagine that the construction workers around him did not see him dragging her fa physically away. and there weren't that many women wearing a hijab. >> we don't have the security tapes. >> i have more in my apartment than they do in this whole place. >> at the same time, she says -- when she's talking to her sister on the voicem

kansas coach. >> he is but how do you get texas out of bill self? >> i don't know. that just messes you up when you reveal with the university of kansas.hought it would make sense because the rivalry between the states but i didn't know bill self was from oklahoma. >> maybe it was a whole i'm not in kansas anymore joke. >> it seemed like he said it in purpose. last night i didn't think so. looking at this morning, i do. it seemed like he said it on purpose. >> was it a gaffe or did he do it on purpose? you know, kansas is one of those hard to remember of the 57 states. >> why would you say that now? >> 57. >> wait a minute. is it up to that already? >> i think it was two week ago, the president when he was in hawaii said he was in asia which is also kind of a headline. >> listen, we've asked you two questions in 40 minutes. sorry there's so much homework today. get going. stop complaining. that speech was president obama's first major economic speech since the beginning of the occupy wall street movement. and he argues that prosperity for all is more important than freedom? and he said that, we didn't need to hear it every single time.

. >> reporter: khan says she was assaulted by an intoxicated man on a picnic bench at the university of kansashave tried to kiss her or something like this. and she hit him. and he ran away. >> reporter: when khan didn't answer her phone, her family began looking for her. >> we went straight to the school. i knew where she studies all the time. that's the first place i went. >> reporter: khan's cousin found her books and cell phone on the picnic table. >> she doesn't do anything without her phone. her leaving her stuff out there is not her. >> reporter: khan's family has been searching, along with the police, and is now offering a $10,000 reward. >> help her come home safe. that's all we hope for. >> reporter: there has been an outpouring of support in the muslim community. khan was married in july. her husband spoke for the first time at a police press conference monday afternoon. >> i'm thankful to everyone helping us. the community, everyone. i need my wife back. >> my heart is like pounding. i never got this scared in my life. >> reporter: police say at this time they have no reason to con

accosted by a man who smelled of marijuana and alcohol while studying for finals outdoors at the university of kansas campus in yoefrld park. she said she slapped him and he had run away. >> and he left. and he was so pissed. pick up your phones. i am freaked out right now. okay, bye. >> reporter: her sister returned the call but no answer. shoo drove to the campus and found her books, cell phone and it po-- ipod but no sign of ais. >> we have no information that it was an abduction and no information that it wasn't. >> reporter: she was married over the summer. >> i am thankful to everybody to have me out to bring my wife back to home. >> reporter: now there's a facebook page dedicated to finding her. police have gone door to door seeking information as the missing woman's family prays for her safe return. >> keep us in your prayers and think of aisha all the time. you're going to the gas station or the post office, think of aisha all the time. >> we just want her safe back home. >> reporter: aisha kahn's husband said the couple was planning a delayed honeymoon to happen after the final exams. now t

universal television >>> hello and good morning. i'm lynn berry. and today we begin with a make or break moment. during a speech in kansas yesterday, president obama urged lawmakers in washington to take action on baffle of the nation's middle class calling the country's rising inequality, quote, the defining issue of our time. brian mooar has details. >> reporter: in tiny kansas, president obama delivered a message aimed at both middle class americans and politicians back in washington. >> i believe this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot. when everyone something their fair hashare. >> reporter: the president argues ee defending the working class while republicans are standing with the rich. it's a rallying cry for the current tax fight in washington and his own re-election campaign. >> and in 1910, teddy roosevelt came here, to osawatame and he laid out his vision for what he called a new nationalism. >> reporter: roosevelt argued that welfare was more important than wealth. an argument this president is laying out a century later. >> we simply cannot return to this brand of you're on your own economics if

>> i would add kansas to that tally having grown up in rural kansas i am sensitive to the importance of preserving universalvice to all areas of the country, especially to rural areas. i readily confess that although the order skin seven at 15 pages i've not had the option to dig into all the particulars but i do know that the commission is going to be actively considering these issues in the next you pick if confirmed i certainly would take your concerns to heart. as the commission moves forward. >> i would appreciate that, and i do hope so. let me move device interoperability. which remains a top priority. as we continue to transition to a broadband world, device interoperability becomes more and more important. are you familiar, ms. rosenworcel, with the correspondents that senator rockefeller, senator begich and i sent to the agency stressing the importance of interoperability as a requirement to support public safety, as well as fostering innovation? >> yes, senator. >> and what do you think the fcc can do to implement these principles? in specifically, how do you think interoperability can be achieved

continue to monitor the reform efforts to make sure that universal service is not only sustainable but effective over the long run. i know you are from kansas and connecticut, so you probably have some experience with some of the more rural areas. i certainly would welcome you to travel to south dakota as well to get a perspective on how these issues play in rural areas of the country. i would like to extend that to you today. another issue is telecom mergers. i am concerned about the effect divestitures on rural states like south dakota. i would ask you to look into that issue to make sure that those packages are truly preserving competition and not negatively impacting certain regions of the country. to that point, we have in my state of south dakota, when verizon acquired a telecom company in my state, the justice department allow the merger to go forward under the condition that divestitures take place. customers suddenly found themselves with dead spots where there had not been any before. now at&t is of course reportedly floating a package of divestitures in an attempt to obtain approval of its merger with t-mobile. i have concerns ab

host: he was elected to the kansas senate and reelected in 2004 and 2008 before coming to the house of representatives. he has a ph.d. from american university i finished that and return home and worked on farms. host: do you get agricultural subsidies? guest: not my portion of that. host: how do you feel about the debate? guest: we need a good debate in moving the export markets and we need more freedom to farm as we please. i was disappointed with the farm bill proposal that was attempted to be put in the super committee product. next year will debate the farm bill. farmers are looking for risk management tools. that's what mf global is before our committee. they have made difficult for folks for risk-management. if you think that jon corzine and others are misusing your personal funds, that makes them more uneasy about the markets. i think that is critical for agriculture and for many other industries. host: charles from alabama. caller: i have not called in -- i have a brief thing -- this payroll tax. i have never heard of it until recently. i'm on social security. i went to webster's dictionary. i could not find "payroll tax" in webster

post", saying the university plans to offer the classes next spring on the occupy wall street protest movement, which dominated the school's greenwich village campus this fall. host: kansas city, missouri, good morning. alex, independent line. caller: yes, hello. how are you doing today? host: fine, thank you. go ahead. caller: well, just about the hearing, i think it really shows that eric holder got strapped in his own enigma, not giving this information out. host: caller, i'm sorry about that, we're going to have to leave it there, only because the connection, i think, we were starting to lose you. let me show you a couple more stories of a financial nature this morning. "financial times," this is from london. the headline -- host: another financial story this morning about household wealth. this is from the associated press and "the washington post," requests household net worth fell 4% to $57.4 trillion in the july-september quarter." host: cleveland, ohio, you're on. caller: yes, i just wanted to touch base on the operation fast and furious. host: what do you think is the long-term impact of fast and furious? caller: the long-term impact could be slightly frighteni

university of texas-austin and ben gilles, head of the naacp. on tuesday president obama gave a much discussed speech on the economy in the name in the city of kansasfair share of taxes, a fair shot at success. and he used a trademark obama rhetorical flourish to suggest unity rather than class warfare. >> i'm here in kansas to reaffirm my deep conviction that we're greater together than we are on our own. i believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot. when everyone does their fair share. when everyone plays by the same rules. these aren't democratic values or republican values. these aren't 1% values or 99% values. they're american values. and we have to reclaim them. >> shades of his famous 2004 convention speech, there is no red america, we coach little league. he referred to inequality as defining issue of our time and he laid out just how stark the country's income inequality is. >> look at the statistics. in the last few decades the average income of the top 1% has gone up by more than 250%. to $1.2 million per year for the top 0.01 of 1%, the average is now $27 million per year. the typical ceo who used to earn about 30