, there was a guy in dillon, south carolina six years older than be bernanke, a black guy named ken manning emken manning's family had warm feelings towards the bernanke family because the bernanke's drug store gave credit to black people and not all of the other vendors in that town with. can manning for another american merical found himself going from a segreged high school in dillon, south carolina to harvard. yeah, he was taken by, since you asked, somebody else come he was recruited into a program run by the national presbyterian church it took talented black kids in the south and sent them to private high schools to finish their high sool. he didn't want to go to a private school so he went to north haven, connecticut where he lived with a family o pediatricians, a jewish pediatrian, which becomes a relative and then went to harvard. he came and ld ben bernanke's parents that his son was too good to go to uncf or u.s.c., deite with people in south carolina think in north carolina in convinced into letting go to harvard but ben bernanke's farringer reluctant to let him go in one of th

>> oh, hey, man, it's me, ken rothman, from accounting. make it in today. i'm not feeling too good. >> jimmy: calling in sick, huh, rothman? >> yeah, i think i got meniere's disease in my stomach. [ laughter ] don't feel good. >> jimmy: meniere's disease? >> yeah, that's right. meniere's disease. oh, my stomach is killing me! >> jimmy: rothman, stay with me, damn it. now, don't die on me. i'm going to put you on hold for a second, okay? >> okay. oh! >> jimmy: by the way -- how do you spell meniere? >> oh, it's m-e-n-i-e-r-e-s. you got to get the apostrophe in there. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: thank you. can you please hold for one second? >> will do. >> jimmy: okay, guys, change of plans, people. rothman has decided to usurp my authority. this is something i can not and will not tolerate. not here, not now, not ever. [ laughter ] he says he has meniere's disease in his stomach, and i say that he's lying. your new task is to use bing to find out what part of the body meniere's disease really affects. first to find out, wins. any questions? you

ken langone. why is quarterback eli manning any better than goldman sachs or citigroup energy traders? i have to find out. >>> back to our new bull market call. top investor sees a 10 to 15 year bull run. wow! i'm still backing cash for clunkers. we will have a rip roaring debate about it this evening. fasten your seat belts, "the kudlow report" begins right now. good evening, everyone. i'm larry kudlow. welcome back to "the kudlow report" where we believe free market capitalism this is best path to prosperity. today's big new bull market recovery story features banks. banks soared today while stocks pulled back elsewhere. this isn't just cash for clunkers, this is cash for big bank profits. this gives me a chance to renew my mantra, find a bank you hate and just go out and buy it. i've been saying it for months. even bankers can make good money with a zero short rate and steep yield curve. i have been saying and will keep on saying it, i have to. look at the results today. and renew the bull market recovery. the pullback was healthy and s&p stayed above 1,000. stefan abrams expects co

constantly evolving, shifting, changing aspect of both nature and of life. >> joining me now the man who made that film, ken burns. good evening. >> hi, keith. not great circumstances. >> no. i appreciate you taking the time tonight. that film, your tribute before the senator's last great speech, tell us something about the experience of making it. >> you know, i've had since he gave that speech a message on my cell phone thanking me after all that he went through that night and i couldn't bear to listen to it today. i just am terrified of hearing it. it's been a pretty tough day. he was amazing. he was gregarious, generous, disciplined, driven, the whole time we were making it. he knew what he wanted to say, what he wanted to do. i've been in touch with him over 20 years and he was amazing, putting that film together in such a short time under the circumstances that he faced. you know, i could only sort of hang on to shakespeare today and i found some henry v and he would i think have appreciated it. he said a good leg will fall straight back, will stoop. a black beard will turn right. a curled pate will g

the toll >>> as americans mourn the loss of senator part -- of senator kenned some cartoons are getting a second look. >> this manked at the " boston globe." here arrived in 1960 around the same time kennedy arrived in the u.s. senate he drew cartoons of kennedy in the decades that followed. >> having gone from a really irresponsible, privileged, spoiled, indulged, rich kid, to really being one of the best senate's -- the best senators in the senate. >> he said kennedy was fun to drop and he became easier to drop as it became older and more responsible. >> great cartoons. wonderful cartoons. let's check in with lisa baden. big problems on 395. >> there was an accident after glebe road that has finally moved on. >> outside, we will look for sunshine and some afternoon storms. so

communications versus -- vikram pandit is a beautiful example of a very intelligent, brilliant man, and yet -- or ken lewis at bank of america, vikram pandit of course at citigroup, is that their communications were so opaque and initially quite defensive. jamie tells it like it is. and that sort of ability to discuss these things is fantastic. the verbal side matters. i think much to libby's good news coming from the jones day law firm is the ceo of home depot today and the ceo of pfizer are former attorneys.. and that even that is not a hindrance. >> do you think -- i mean, is there any less incentive to do these jobs today in libby, you look at ed liddy, you know, here's someone who as we look at the last earnings of the quarter, i understand that they didn't pay interest on a huge portion of their debt and that's part of what made the earnings look so good, but there is no doubt that he had a lot of good for this company. he didn't get compensated for it at all. and in fact, he was completely vilified. he made it seem like it is just less desirable to be a ceo these days. or is that not the case?

one man, though, has developed software to help to catch those crooks. ken beston's invention is called mac track. it where the comp uter where the computer d isan the first time it goes on-line after being stolen it comes up. if it is camera equiped it will take a picture. the success stories out of brooklyn. a tattoo own shop owner bought the laptop. >> they recovered that mac and found two other laptops in different cases. they didn't have our software on it but as a result of our software we were able to solve other crime. >> reporter: for more many information, go to wusa9.com and click on this story. it is right under "living $mart." >>> shoppers in virginia will save $4 million starting today through sunday. virginia's fourth back to school sales tax holiday is up and running and if you purchase any school-related item like supplies or uniforms you don't have to pay the 5% tax. even people who don't have children in school can save money because retailers can choose other items to down if they would like. >> 47-inch tv. >> nice. tax free. >> tax free

just a matter of hours the man accused of murdering a former councilman will go on trial. ken harris was shot last september. three men all face first degree murder charges in the shooting. harris was shot and killed trying to flee a robbery. jury selection starts in the morning. >>> tonight a baltimore girl recovering after being attacked in a multiple stabbing. a 13-year-old was one of three victims stabbed on federal street. a 49-year-old and a man were also stabbed. they are all expected to be okay. police haven't said what led up to the attack. >>> blood shed at a birthday. the gun shots rang out at 1:00 this morning. howard county police say a 20- year-old devon clay was assaulted then shot twice as he tried to run away. he has been treated released. >>> another major developing story. a big water main break downtown baltimore has crews rushing to make repairs before the morning rush hour. >> reporter: a 40-inch water main cracked prompting emergency repairs near mlk. >> we are expecting it to be closed for a few days because of the damage to the roadway. >> reporter: it

manning just signed a $100 million contract. an i want to ask, a, what's wrong with making money and ask, b, go to will hennessey and ken langone. let's start with you. i am a new york giants fan. i'm more than happy to see eli manning get a $100 million contract. i hope he's worth it. he finished very badly last year. high i hope he has a better year this year. at the same time, why are we lauding and celebrating, as everyone did today, the signing of this contract, where as everyone is yelling and vilifying andrew hall, who made 100 million bucks trading energy and goldman sachs, which is making money hand over first and announced today in one of their filings, 46 million separate days they made $100 million in revenues. why is goldman bad? why is andrew hall bad and why is eli manning good? i don't understand that. can you help me? >> i can't believe you don't understand it. this gainesvilles services company, this is a guy in the financial services industry. >> right. >> these are the guys in the industries that made the mess and created the crisis in this country. >> i thought we wanted to get out of this. . >> stop. stop.

man. he was born a ken dirks but he died just one of us. >> a couple days too early for that i guess somebody has to talk like that. that's not the way i would talk. i think it's couple days early for that but he's really smart. it's sort of like roger mud after the nixon administration a. little too early for me but tough. >> he was born a kennedy but he died just one of us. this is a guy, we heard this yesterday, pat buchanan, one after another person coming up here, talking about how they had their brush with ted ken dirks how ted kennedy worried about average people. everybody had a story. pa pat. >> you know, joe, i think that's right. i think, frank li it may be premature for what cohen wrote. he's exactly right. kennedy did have flaws in this sense. we have to remember say in the 1980s, he and tip o'neil, two irishmen represented american liberalism and ronald reagan represented conservative im. in this period, teddy kennedy did an enormous amount to influence legislation, this is the same area, liberalism totally dominant as a philo

man's life. >> no doubt. i was ststruck several years ag by something that robert kenned jr. father and his famous uncle, president john kennedy. he said if you really look at american politics and on america, ted kennedy has had a great are imimpact than either bobby kennedy or john kennedy because of, you know, he lived longer but the fact that he was able to work through the united states senate, become the master of the senate, the lion of the senate and push through changes, sweeping changes in the way we live our lives. i'll give you another example. the americans with disability act, that was ted kennedy's legislation. he worked with george bush, the first george bush, to get that billassed and signed into law and now,ou know, any time you're in a public place and you see accessibility for the disabled, ted kennedy was part of that. >> let's talalk about the last w months if we can. i know he for health reasons has not been able to return to the hill since i guess about april but he's been still working hard, working the phones, right? >> he has been he's not been able

man: is it poible that you might stepside ansupport bobby kenned the moment came whene decided to have go at the mination? i don't see that as a problem rht now. i-i. again, i don't know whetr it would be a question of stepping aside. it might a more... it may be le voluntary than that. (laughter) uh, i, uh... i, uh... (explosions) narrator: in january 1968, thtet offensive broadened erica's opposition to thwar and helped eugenmccarthy win 40% of t vote in the new hampshirerimary. for the first time, lyndon johnson seemed vulnerable. keedy was reassessing s position, resolving to run aer all, but fit, he had to tell hisarents. i was out in theall, and i overheard bobby y to his father and ther, "i'm gointo run for the presidcy." and, uh, it s not like when he s running for the senate the was complete silence, ani looked at mr. kennedy, and he just dropd his head down on hichest. bobby says, "it's ing to be all right,he said. "it's ing to be all right." narrator: just four days after gene mccarthy's stro showing in new hampshire, rort kennedy and hisamily arriveat the senate office buii

man is here. and somebody who i believe is destined to be one of the greatest secretaries in history, ken salazar is here. please give ken a big round of applause. it is nice to be back. it's nice to take a break from the going onin washington. i'm thrilled to spend time with the folks in this state. you've got bears, moose and elk. in washington, you just have mostly bull. so this is a nice change of pace. being in montana. i especially want to thank katie for her introduction. where'd katie go? there she is right there. katie's willing to talk about such a painful experience is important. because we have to understand what's at stake in this health care debate. katie's story is the kind of story that i've read in letters all throughout the campaign and every day when i'm president. i hear about them in town halls all across america. the stories of hard working people who are doing the right thing. they're acting responsibly, only to find out that they're penalized only because others aren't doing the right thing. because others aren't acting responsibly. on tuesday, i was in new hampshire takin

there who have been trying to unseat ken lewis and yesterday, on a different television network, the head of that group says there was no interest in getting rid of this manthis is a trumped up vendetta by the press, not something the institutional investors want. >> guys, we have to wrap it at this point. dick, i was with you all the way there until you started bashing my brothers in the press. we need to shtrump that baby up. people like julia and tanya trump that baby up. we'll see what it means for the markets tomorrow. it comes out on squawkbox, the big mover of the day and it will be a mover. we have to deal with the ruskys, submarines off the u.s. coast. why now? what is this guy, putin thinking? i think he's thinking about the butterfly. does he want a cold war? two regulars have intimate knowledge of the fading soviet empire. we'll hear from them next. at 155 miles per hour, andy roddick has the fastest serve in the history of professional tennis. so i've come to this court to challenge his speed. ...on the internet. i'll be using the 3g at&t laptopconnect card. he won't so i can book travel plans faster, check my account balances faster. all on

ken hill avenue. she was pronounced dead on the scene. anne arundel county police are interviewing a woman they believe may know something after a man was discoveredatening injuries. the woman is not considered a suspect. suspect. >> high as 78-83 this afternoon. >> high as 78-83 this afternoon. >> we will see you back here they have alzheimer's and arthritis, diabetes and cancer. they've heard that biomedical research offers hope, that it could control, maybe even cure, their disease. senator ben cardin understands the importance of innovative biomedical research, for patients, their families, and our economy in maryland. call senator cardin today. ask him to protect the 90,000 maryland jobs biomedical research provides and the hopes of patients everywhere. it's not just the future, it's life.

ken macha in the dugout -- two words going through his head right now. double play. double play. >> rob: and stammen with his struggles in the 3rd inning, up to53pitches already. >> bob: yea24 in th frame alone. manngs these days, don't they? >> rob: they pitch too much. get the groundball outer or the flyball out. get out of there. >> bob: you make it sound easy. >> rob: no. if you pitch to contact, make them hit your pitches. don't try to always miss their bats. you're working way too hard. >> bob: that's what john eight innings for the e went e month before. ú? >> bob: 1-1 to josh who floyd out the first time. she struggling a little bit, 2 for his last 22. what bard said yesterday about his hitting what you're talking about. he said quick talked myself into a slump. i didn't get a couple of hits and then i starteds ming with mechanics and changing everything. i never heard a hitter put it that way but it makes sense. >> rob: the guy a couple of doors down talked about that all the time -- that six inches inbetween your ears, the worst thing for an athlete, to start thinking. >> bob: don't think, you're hurting the ball club. >> rob: yeah. keep it simple, stupid. the k.i.s.s. method >> bob: 2-

daniels has said to the market, this is the man who you bought hbos at the maelstrom of the market post lehmans in october. i had a ken lewis moment. now the shares are rallying extraordinarily voidly. the viewers will know this bank because it's the bank that had jerome kerviel, the trader who cost them billions in unauthorized trade. but now the company says it only has a billion worth of losses. let's find out about the asian session, a bit more mixed over there with christine in singapore. >> hey, steve, the markets here are running out of steam. in japan, for instance, the nikkei 225 slipped 1.2%. shares of toyota in focus. it fell after reporting a third quarterly straight loss yesterday. but better than expected. still, invest everies are not too maep about the company anticipates forecast. hong kong lost 1.5%. but concerns remain about when global demand will actually pick up. and shanghai finished lower, 1.2% with a highlight report in the shanghai daily that said foreign firms would be allowed to list in shanghai next year as part of the city's plans to become an international financial center. the boards wo

ken says, i've been out of work for three years. right now, i'd be happy to have a coffee table as a boss. and graham writes, jack, your boss, mane you snickering about? i heard that. >> have you ever had a female boss? >> yes, as a matter of fact i have. a couple of times. >> how did that work out? >> well, great. you know, i've got four daughters, i have had two wives. i love women. i get along just fine with women. >> well, that's great, jack. >> all right. >> one of your biggest fans. >> there you go. >> thanks, jack. >>> most people kick up their heels at weddings. you may have even seen the popular youtube video of a most unusual wedding pro-that made the rounds and now here's a flip side. the choreography is much the same but the setting is very different, it is divorce court and a giant dessert in india almost fills the wall in our hotshots when we come back, here in "the situation room." how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents. at legalzoom, we'll help you incorporate your business, file a patent, make a will and more. you can complete our online questions in minutes. then we'll prepare your legal

man to work with and i'm going to miss him. >> reporter: now friends and adversaries alike are all wondering who can fill those shoes. >> this is not going to be a ted kenned again. >> reporter: for decades kenne fought hardest for health care. it was h dying wish. >> and guarantee that every american, north, south, east, west, young, old, will have decent, quality health care as a fundamental right and not a privilege. >> reporter: but his absence from this summer's debate has cost the democrats. now they've also lost a critical vote. >> it will be interesting now to see if in his absence senator kennedy can bring democrats and republicans together one final time to get health care reform done. >> reporter: the kennedys want massachusetts lawmakers to honor on of the senar's last wishes and change state law so the governor can quickly appoint a caretaker successor instead of waiting months for a special election to fill the seat. >> i've had conversations just today with the majority leader in the united states senate who is obviously concerned about the promptness with which we fill the vacancy. >> reporter: the next generation of kennedys and shrivers l