including her father kurt knox. her defense team is growing more confident as the weight of the dna evidence appears to be leaning in knox's favor. also in court today, the chief of the murder squad. monica napolioni who was questioned about the police procedure during the murder investigation. the defense claims the police work was sloppy. but this appeal is all about the dna. forensic scientists appointed by the appeals judge asked for a 40-day extension to file their report because police have failed to produce all of their dna lab findings. >> i think it's more disappointing in why the forensic police will not provide the information, the independent experts feel is necessary for them to do a full evaluation and provide an opinion. >> reporter: knox, along with her former boyfriend rafael were convicted of murdering and sexually assaults knox's british roommate kircher. she died from multiple stab wounds to the neck which they say was a sex game gone wrong. the alleged murder weapon reportedly had dna material o

amanda knox murder appeal case continues this weekend. she's hoping that in the next few months, the forensic evidence in that case will be thrown out, but for now, she continues with her 26-year life sentence. bbc news in rome. >> another war with a scarely believable atrocity on america's doorstep in mexico. the turf waree between drug cartels is jeopardizing the tourism industry. 75,000 people have died in the past four years as authorities try to tackle the drug smugglers as they use mexico as a route into the united states. the bbc reports on the visitors now staying away because of the violence. >> they are some of the most wonderful tourist at tracks as boys as young as 13 jump from a cliff into the pacific ocean, but they are jumping for smaller crowds these days. this city has found itself in the front line of mexico's battles with the drug cartels. its beaches are looking empty. the tourists scared off by the violence here. ak pack co's tarnish -- ok pack co's tarnished -- acapulco's reputation is varnished. >> people in the bar

knox and ex-boyfriend rafael were convicted of the murder and sexual assault of knox's roommate meredithbed to death in what the prosecution says was a sex game gone wrong. the appeals game has already come under close scrutiny as dna evidence from the crime scene continues to be re--examined. italy could face the embarrassment of the prosecutor's office being investigated while the appeals case continues. the question for knox is could it help? >> i think it would put the italian justice system on notice that it is being scrutinized. it can't hurt amanda knox to have italy itself asking the question did she receive justice? will it exonerate her? i don't know. will it hurt her? no. >> reporter: still, a much-needed boost for the 23-year-old feeling the strain. the appeals trial continues in july with a verdict not expected until the fall. >>> and coming up next, can he recover? arnold schwarzenegger and what the scandal means for his image. that's right after these messages. i'm here because he hangs here. because you don't see this everyday. (child) because we read the books . (man) an

almost immediately after police say she confessed to her crime, amanda knox recants.r stress. in court she would tell jurors how a police officer struck her from behind. how she was denied water, food, a translator. and how she says under pressure by police, she was asked repeatedly to dream up, imagine scenarios for how it could have happened. in a rare interview, the prosecutor of amanda knox agrees to sit down for an extensive on camera discussion of the evidence. it was an interview he later appeared to regret. nobody hit her? >> translator: no. absolutely not. >> was she asked to imagine scenarios? so she's lying? >> translator: absolutely. you either see the person or not. i can't ask a person what he or she imagines. this question would make no sense. >> that's not all that wouldn't make sense. because it turns out virtually everything amanda knox told her interrogators the night of her so-called confession was a lie. amanda knox in this statement told police she was in the house the night of the murder. and saw her boss, nightclub owner and meredith go into me

knox is serving 26 years in prison for the murder of her former roommate, tara.ood morning. >> good morning. >>> amanda knox went before the court again today to proclaim her innocence. she said at 23 years old, she was far too young to spend the rest of her life in prison for a crime she didn't commit. >> reporter: appearing eager to have her day in court, knox saw friends and family and thanked them for attending the session, including her father. her defense team is growing more confident as the weight of the dna evidence appears to be leaning in knox's favor. in court, the chief of the murder squad who was questioned about the police procedure during the murder investigation. the defense claims the police work was sloppy. but this appeal is all about the dna. forensic scientists appointed by the appeals judge asked for a 40-day extension to file their report because police have failed to produce all of their dna lab findings. >> i think it's more disappoint i ing in why the forensic police will not provide the information the independent experts feel is neces

aymmanda knox's defense team appears to be taking the prosecution apart and knox declared to the judgedent as she entered court greeting friends and family including her father curt. but three and a half years in prison has taken a toll. this is knox three years ago as she entered the underground bunker built to prosecute mafia bosses. three years latser the strain of imprisonment is obvious. the strain is what knox talked about saturday, choking back tears she told the appeals judge that being locked up is mentally exhausting for a person who is innocent. >> she goes through a variety of emotions from anger to anxiety to, you know, crying. if she'd gone through those emotions and she's calm. >> reporter: knox and her former boyfriend were convicted of murdering and sexually assaulting knox's british roommate meredith kercher who died from multiple stab wounds in the neck in what the prosecution contends was a sex game gone wrong. in court, the forensic scientist appointed by the appeals judge to examine disputed dna were given a 40-day extension to file a report because police have fa

lot of holes in the original prosecution are appearing and italian lawmakers are coming to amanda knox'so open an investigation on the prosecutor over there. where does this case stand now, and is it likely any kind of italian political involvement could spring amanda knox? >> i think so. i think it is extremely significant that policymakers are saying this doesn't smell right. there's something wrong. we need to investigate this. we know that she's, her trial is now on appeal and in italy that's almost like getting a trial and what we're hearing from italy is that there were experts that found that the evidence wasn't credible and so, you know, i wonder then, that part of it, the appeal finding that perhaps the evidence isn't credible and up have lawmakers also saying we don't like the way this investigation was done. that is going to certainly put the pressure on the appellate court, on the italian judicial system and we may see amanda knox coming home. >> sonny hostin joins us here on cnn every week at this time to discuss the legal issues. you can watch her weak days during "in sessi

this case stand now and is it likely any kind of italian political involvement could spring amanda knox> i think so. i think it is extremely significant that policymakers are saying this doesn't smell right. there's something wrong. we need to investigate this. we know her trial is now on appeal, and in italy that's almost like getting a new trial. what we're hearing from italy is that there were experts that found that the evidence wasn't credible, and so, you know, i wonder then that part of it, the appeal, finding that perhaps the evidence isn't credible, and now you have lawmakers also saying we don't like the way this investigation was done. that is going to certainly put the pressure on the appellate court, on the italian judicial system, and we may see amanda knox coming home. >> sunny hostin joins us every week at this time to discuss legal issues and you can watch her week days during "in session" on trutv. >>> the taliban taking credit for another attack. that report next. plus restoring rinse.ing it's the only listerine® that gets teeth two shades whiter and makes tooth ename

for paris. >>> the federal det hits its legal limit today and one says relief may lie inside fort knox and its stock of goal. >> is there a reason the government needs to hold the goal? i am not sure. >> they released a report calling on the government to sell more of its assets. they say the u.s. is sitting on 147 million-ounces of gold. >> we are not talking about sells national parks, the washington mune ument, but basic court-martial land, there is no reason for washington to be involved in these. >> the white house is dismissing the idea overplanterring fort knox but president obama said he is open to selling federal assets. any sale must be done in an orderly manner. >>> the u.s. energy department says gas prices dropped for the first time in 8 weeks. it could be a turning point. the price went down a half cent to $3.96 a gallon. bay area prices. $4.29 in san francisco. $4.21 in oakland and san jose. all of those prices are down a half cent from yesterday. >>> police say behind these gates they arrested this woman and what he is charged with should have all of us checking our cre

we have the developments. >> reporter: in an emotional plea before the judge, amanda knox said she is innocent and she found prison life frustrating and mentally exhausting. she said a 23-year-old girl is now facing life in prison for a crime she didn't commit. in court today the judge allowed another 40-day extension to the forensic scientist appointed by the court to go over the evidence. what we're hearing from very good sources is there is no dna left to evaluate going back to the original records. if that is the case, it's quite possible that the prosecution's case will fall part. we're told that there are some other witnesses that will be coming later in the trial, and this appeal process, which has been going on now for eight months, has been extend pd again. we're not expecting a wrap to this until september and perhaps no actual verdict until the fall. lester. >> keith miller in italy. >>> pope benedict had a direct line to the heavens today. he spoke to the astronauts, the first time a pope has done that. he told mark kelly he hopes his wife gabrielle giffords recovering qui

before that happens, knox will spend her fourth birthday in a row in jail.ws, rome. >>> pope benedict made history today. the pope made the first-ever papal call in to space, and spoke with the astronauts aboard the internation at space station. he said he admired the astronauts' courage. he also told shuttle commander mark kelly he hopes kelly's wife, congresswoman gabrielle giffords, continues to recover from her injury. >>> four minutes after the hour. time now for another check of the weather with lonnie quinn. i wonder if there are roaming rates for that call. >> oh, you got me. other bit of news here, betty. will and kate home from their honeymoon in the seychelles. i'm in that honeymoon state of mind. the poconos this weekend, partly sunny, 71. hot spot, 86 lots of sunshine. hawaii, 84 with a stray little shower. more sun than anything else, napa valley 73 with partly sunny skies. congrats if you are a honeymooner. >> this weather segment sponsored by the u.s. postal service. >> all right, everybody, make the a great day. wherever you are, rebecca, ov

a tearful knox sat in court with her lawyer. she and her boyfriend were convicted of killing her roommate marion back in 2007. she was sentenced to 26 years in prison. her appeal hinges on new testimony and a re-examination of that dna evidence. the experts now have until june 30th to examine the evidence and deliver their verdict. >>> the taliban has released a defiant video following the u.s. raid that killed osama bin laden. the man appearing in this video is wally ur raman the commander of the pakistani taliban. he spoke about osama bin laden's death saying: "the great leader is gone but his fight lives on." physician >>> in the last 28 hours they have been stepping up their attacks in pakistan. 16 cars were damaged when a remote control bomb was damaged carrying oil. 16 civilians died when they tried to siphon fuel from it but it caught fire and exploded just moments later. >>> in other news of the world in nato libya has been carrying out new air strikes against moammar gadhafi's military including eight war ships in tripo

>>pam: the man killed in east oakland last night has been identified as 32 year- old antwon knox, they're walking on 66th near bancroft avenue the girlfriend has only minor injuries. they did not have any information on the suspect or motive in the shooting. >>pam: pg&e has another lawsuit the latest. from the pipe line explosion in san bruno. the complaint was filed in the san mateo superior court by the family of the victims who died from injuries suffered in the san bruno explosion. the family of james frenkel says that poor maintenance and construction would result in the inevitable explosion. they are requesting an unprecedented amount. >>pam: alcatraz island injuries when something went wrong on board the tram that take people up to the main cell area from the dock. >> the was an accident involving one of our trams and it is atrium that we used to use accessible-court cockatric >> the alcatraz, trams have been operating for several years. however, this is a new work model the we're not have been using for that long. >>pam: today was the first to the park was using a new seating syst

knox or yellowstone. everything must go. >> thank you very much. meanwhile, christina loren has a look at the monday morning forecast. >> good morning. the way the dollar is bouncing around, we should request to be paid in pure gold. we are going to see golden sunshine later this week. not today, not tomorrow. the second part of wednesday is when you will see it. we are getting a bit of a break, especially in the east bay to dry out. it won't last long. it's going to intensify as we head through the evening. the break we have now, maybe a few more hours. the next round of showers pushes in. by noon, this is what we are expecting. the bay area is getting rain at that time. it continues throughout the day. the moderate rain moves in later on tonight. this is going to be something that could produce a half inch in the north bay. in the east bay, a quarter inch to half inch. this is where we are headed later this week. 60 degrees tomorrow. not too warm at all until thursday. high pressure builds back in. 75 degrees thursday. the end of the week looks f

, the secretary of the navy and had frank knox call that admiral to pressure them to turn over the men that kind of action doesn't win you a lot of friends in senior ranks of the pentagon. one time use at a cocktail party with an admiral, and he had his oss officers burgle the admiral's office and steel papers, bring about him at a cocktail party so he could show off to the admiral what is meant to do. again, i don't know whether -- [laughter] whether the admiral was impressed or flush by the. donovan also had a penchant for showing up late at pentagon made with other generals and admirals, and he would come always impeccably dressed, york, and very often he would have on it on his medal of honor ribbons sewed on. as a not-so-subtle reminder to the rest of the admirals and generals in the room with the rows of ribbons, that he the only one that counted. but when he was out in the field with this man county could be one of his agents said in court should leave civilian. he is uniform would always be rumpled, which is what you see here. sometimes he would wear a paisley ascot which is un

. >>> american amanda knox was back in court in italy this morning.n for a slander trial brought against her by the police. knox is serving 26 years for the conviction of her roommate in 2007. she accused police of beating her and prosecutors filed the slander charges and knox's parents were also charged for repeating her statements. >>> the end of an era this morning after 45 years, jerry lewis is stepping down as the host of the labor day muscular dystrophy association telethon. he'll perform his signature song, "you'll never walk alone" on september 4. >>> president obama comforted a graduate in booker t. high school in memphis. he spoke to a senior class of 155 students. you see her crying there yesterday before he spoke. the school won the contest to have mr. obama address the students, thanks in part to the vastly improved graduation. it's five minutes past the hour. back over to erica. >> thanks. >>> i want to get you the latest on dominique strauss-kahn. the judge sends the head of the international monetary fund back to jail to face charges o

james knox polk in fact was a house speaker who did become president. gingrich, if successful, would only be the second and the first speaker in 100 years to run, brian. >> oh, we heard from a lot of history majors last night. >> reporter: yes, we did. >> chuck todd in our d.c. newsroom. chuck, thanks. >>> in the state of texas tonight a bill that would require colleges to let students carry concealed weapons on campus is a step closer to reality. the state senate passed the bill over the objections of some lawmakers and college officials, who as of now can make their own rules regulating guns in campus classrooms. the bill still needs to pass the state house of representatives but is expected to have enough votes to pass there too. >>> when we come back here tonight, the news from california that the unlikely pairing that became a long-time union is now apparently no more. >>> and later, a city struggling with hard times and how the effort to help the best friends left behind is making a big difference there. >>> it was the news that broke overnight, a

cut chad duell they made a special point of destroying historical buildings and architectural land knox as a matter of priority not psy-ops experts prepared a special register just for this purpose. there's a little if he leans higher all castle was in ruins that's just you nineteen forty five zero three and then some small structural elements were left open and that. also is liberation was different from other cities in january nine hundred forty five the red army drove the occupiers out and entered warsaw but unlike elsewhere the local population didn't line the streets to welcome soviet soldiers the polish capital was a deserted city only a day after the german retreat the first refugees began returning to what was left of their capital poland suffered much more than any other european country it was also occupied longer than others in the second world war started when the nazis attacked on september the first nineteen thirty nine but many historians on the war began much. to shift i've not protheroe structures nobody wants to discuss him when you're off my dominik agreement for inst

amanda knox proclaimed her innocence in court today saying she was far too young to spend the rest of her life in prison for a crime she did not commit. forensic scientists appointed by the appeals judge asked for a 40-day extension to file their report because police have failed to produce all of their a lab findings at this point. it could take until september for the appeals process to wrap up and a final appeal verdict is handed down. >>> and in libya, the country's government took journalists on a tour of damage caused by air strikes. they said nato planes struck an interior ministry building in a place where corruption cases are examined. journalists were taken to a badly damaged building in tripoli as well. nato said its war planes bombed command centers near tripoli and southwest libya. >>> still to come at 6:00 -- we'll show you more ways to point and click your way to savings at a time when every penny truly counts, especially at the pump. >>> and they are planning to pave paradise to put up a parking lot, as the song goes. the college of san mateo is planning to do just tha

knox and stacy allen called the legs down and it's in high finance because the report assesses food prices through the eyes of the u.s. federal reserve here's what's ahead. if your vendor ninety the way to do the job as he conducts his policy first take a large stick and poke out your eye there now you're half blind now look at the statistics in front of you and don't count wages and look at the tips treasury inflation protection securities and anytime they start moving up use taxpayer money to buy a whole bunch in the open market to keep the price artificially low and then go in for a congress with one eye pulled out and say well the tips are not going up and wages are going up therefore there is no inflation congress where we got to keep rates artificially low which of course without rates being higher there is no incentive to save and without savings there is no capital and without capital there is no capitalism. pakistan promises to investigate how it failed. despite the fact he was living near the country's capital for years when its prime minister banks were going to cheat intelligen

more europeans and maybe knox one nazi germany surrendered sixty six years ago remembrance ceremonies have been held in several capitals on sunday also marking the anniversary ahead of the grand celebrations on monday. so the rush of victories marks a major nine for the traditional military parade through red square and head of the events the country's political elite laid wreaths seventeen of them. while everything is set for monday's parade as arsons peace our. preparations are well underway ahead of what with the exception probably of the new year's celebrations here in russia is the biggest celebration of like how and to get here victory day a massive celebration in russia marked by a huge parade across red square just behind me over my shoulder you'll be able to see same puzzles cathedral of course behind but red square itself i've been having a look up there plenty of people all busying themselves around making sure everything goes off without a hitch tomorrow to commemorate sixty six years since picture in europe victory over nazi germany in which so many people lay down their

let's take a look at the markets now us knox are in the red on opening day putting at risk a continuation of the first three day rally since april this year among the losers was the walt disney company which an ounce of one percent or one of profits after the japanese earthquake happened to disney's theme park revenue. the footsie is trading in the red on concerns of china's stick stick and who knows how things are calming projects these tragedies are among the market may this i broke up pricing marks and spencer helps the retailer reach the top of the footsie and h.s.p. shares are down after the banking giant strategic review failed to excite investors . and here in moscow the markets retreated from earlier games with the nonsense down three quarters of the same metals and mining stocks the main loses this hour. like have a look at some individual share moves polly mason is losing almost three percent among precious metal prices bucking the trend personalized produce a year out clearly is up around one percent ahead of its upcoming merger this overnight after vast long tell you gangs mad

at last i checked thomas burdick while earlier knox was number four hundred lawrie became the first british man to reach the semifinals in rome after coming from a set down to be germany's florian liar i mean while women's world number one caroline wozniacki also progressed the data needed almost two and a half hours ramasamy twice with champion elaine yankovic but french open champion francesca schiavone is out the italian disappointing the home crowd with a straight sets exit to samantha stosur the strain for next takes on a chinese one of the six non-league. motor sports and form of motor g.p. champion placing stoner has dominated both free practice runs ahead of sunday's french grand prix rob so hundred australian was the only writer to work on the one minute and thirty four seconds at the historic old circuit his teammates danica josep and these hundred to zero so would fall behind but it was another italian marco simoncelli finished second fastest afternoon session champion and standings leader. to settle for fist best in prize runs. and finally jones jr has learned how to say i am th

the us dollar was technically backed by gold even though regular citizens couldn't just go to fort knox and buy gold at the official explains rate the value of the dollar was paid at thirty five dollars per ounce of gold since one nine hundred seventy one the dollar has been backed by drum roll please. write nothing except faith but the us government will be able to repay its own debts. and with costs of everyday goods coming fast the american public is increasingly interested in gold and silver backed currency after all since when is the government's word as good as gold and joining me now from ontario canada is my favorite philosopher and host of freedom radio dot com nolen insta fun thank you so much for joining us tonight and he said i know you said that this potentially marks the end of democracy which by the way by definition is bad for minorities we should only be so lucky but what do you mean by this is it really have that much significance that in utah they're allowing all this legal tender yes the first you don't austrians i've ever heard of in terms of economics but yeah it i

to empower the people from the bottom up do you want to jump in there i would disagree with richard knox as much two of the england developed the first remark as the starting of the magna carta what eight hundred years ago and they were not rich by today's standards and there are plenty of countries such as sri lanka which have a civil society without being rich and the party of rich countries saudi arabia the . civil society so they're really quite different one is not a surfer the other materials daniel's point is right it would mean our own isolation and do you know mind legal to have first but it. it may not be well here you have. economic development but the thing is that egypt may actually have another revolution just over the price of wheat if they don't have a middle class developing the middle class is a strong counterbalance to the centralized power of government as long as so many people are dependent for their daily bread literally in egypt for of because of the price of wheat instability very difficult so certainly dangerous right but we need it would be it would be helpful

kaiser report coming out next knox and stacey explain how trillions of dollars injected into the world economy and it out mostly into the hands of bankers stay with us. my stature this is the kaiser report talk about your leading economic indicators did you know that according to a recent study the best looking and highest priced hookers are now in washington d.c. and no longer los angeles california that's to give you an idea of how the economy is going and the united states let's take a look at all of the money in washington d.c. stacy everybody got max we have a financial war going on and i have all the evidence you need in my headlines today central banks punt three trillion pounds into world economy so the world central banks have pumped three chilling pounds or five trillion dollars into the global financial system since the crisis the equivalent of eight percent of the world economy according to a new analysis by fathom consulting yes and how do they do that pumping they pump it through the banking system they pump it through the primary dealers on wall street and the banks are

something about this when he was first when he was informed that he was elected president he had he henry knox came up off orson told me i was standing in this field he said in six weeks you have a president and ceasing to do things say goodbye to his mother who died shortly thereafter and why him a suit made in america it was illegal in the u.s. system it frank clothing that so washington. hamilton said we want to build an industry you know here in this country and also put forward this eleven point plan and seventy nine when it was about the by congress in seventy three and from seventy nine hundred three until the reagan administration we built things in this country because we protected our industries we subsidize their industries we had tariffs our borders that was not an original idea to hamilton he took it from the british it was called the king his tutor plan king henry the seventh actually he stole it from the from the dutch and so it's been around for a long time so you know what's happened over the last twenty years thirty years is that the indians and the chinese have picked up bas

knox, that the treasury department owns. valued today at almost $400 billion. >> selling america's gold is probably not such a bad idea. there aren't really very many good reasons for the government to hold a stockpile of gold. >> reporter: that would only buy us about three months before we'd be right back in the same situation. and republicans in congress are refusing to raise the debt ceiling without slashing spending, as -- >> to raise the debt ceiling without dealing with the underlying problems is totally irresponsible. >> reporter: if the u.s. came even close to defaulting on its debt, interest rates will skyrocket, the stock market would plummet, as would the gross domestic product, and there would be immediate layoffs. diane. >> the wrangling goes on. thank you, jake tapper. >>> two weeks after the raid that took down osama bin laden, the u.s. and pakistan are working to mend fences. with secretary of state hillary clinton planning to visit pakistan soon. during the operation, you may remember, we told you, right he

president washington who had to send henry knox's friend all the way to connecticut to the lawn taylor in america who made american made clothes in order to get a suit to be inaugurated in because the british had made it illegal for us to manufacture here right in seventy nine he won he asked alexander hamilton to come up with a plan to build manufacture in america hamilton presented that to congress and fall of seventy eight seventy nine he won it was by and large accepted in seventy three in a variety of from you know executive orders to congressional policies and it was an eleven point plan you can find on the web if you read it and one of the and the cornerstone of it was tariffs imports taxes on imported goods. were so much a part that the entire federal government was paid for the entire of the bill for every senator representative president all. the entire federal budget from the founding of public george washington until the civil war one hundred percent was tariffs that was the income from the civil war into world war one two thirds of it was tariffs for more one the world war

so we're going to goal our large little fort knox here and there is the of this whole ron paul rand paul right wing hard right hard money. bunch whatever true believers who think that the dollars should be based on gold you know for a while at once and it sort of worked out but it didn't it frankly it didn't stop the debasement of the dollar look at the value the dollar from for example one hundred thirteen to nine hundred seventy one is still fell apart but what would happen if the dollar was really solidly back then gold is if these speculators came in and said you know let's buy a bunch of this gold here or china or india put a bunch of gold in drove the price which is what it's happening right now then the dollar then the price of gold goes up and the value of the dollar or the price of the dollar goes up which means that it's harder for our exports to export products if they're of selling into the market the price of gold goes down suddenly value the dollar goes down we all get poorer and this literally could happen from day to day i mean it would be insane disaster. so i just wante

navy said i can't lend you officers for the oss, he went to the secretary of the navy and had frank knox pressure him to turn over the mep. that action does not wipe you a lot of friends. one time at the cocktail party, and he had his oss officers steel some papers from the office, bring it back to him at the cocktail party to show off to the admiral what his men could do. again, i don't know -- [laughter] i don't know if he was impressed by that. donovan also had a pension for showing up late at pentagon meetings with other admirals, and he would come always impeccably dressed. his yiewn formed was designed in new york, and very often he would have on his medal of honor ribbon on it as a not so subtle reminder with the rest of the generals in the room that he was the only one that counted. when he was out in the field with his men, he could be what one agent said, civilian. his uniform was rumpled, and sometimes he'd wear a paisley ascot with his uniform too. i don't think they let them do that anymore nowadays. i think what the message donovan was trying to convey to the field is he wa

knox as well as other assets.ron paul thinks it's a good move as well as the heritage foundation. an analyst at the heritage foundation says given the high price it is now and tremendous debt problem we now have, by all means, sell at the peak. so the question for the stream team is should they lick question dade assets to pay off the debt. patty is the president of mmi public relations. mark skoda is the founder and chairman of the memphis tea party. mark, i want to start with you. is selling off the gold reserves a good thing, do you think? >> they suggested that even at current levels that would generate about $390 billion in 15 years. in the 1990s northern european countries did that and found their currency diminished. i think it's a bad idea. think we really have a structural problem of entitlements has to be fixed before we sell gold. >> and patty, if not gold, are there other assets the government should sell, do you think? >> no. i mean this is absolutely idiotic. we have a problem with spending, and what

. >> the last time we talked about this business was 2005 up in the knox home in maine. >> yes. >> you said you had 12 ideas for a book, and this is the book that came out of those? >> yes. >> do you have another list of 12? >> no. it is up to 27 now. [laughter] >> was -- what was the experience of writing this book compared to the others? >> i have thought a good deal about that because it has been different. i hugely enjoyed every subjective ever undertaken, except one, when i stopped the project after a couple of months because i knew it wasn't right for me. it was about picaso a long time ago. i am not in any way trying to say that the previous work has been less than i would have wished. it has been more than i would have wished in every case. but i have had a better time writing this book than anything i have ever done. i think in part because so much of it is about subjects that really matter to me. they have mattered to me all my life. it is what i love. not that i don't love history in the usual sense, politics, american history of all kinds. but to be able to write about peop

oh. [ horn honks ] >>> a probe into the evidence against amanda knox was extended for another 40 days saturday. knocks is the american student convicted in the murder of her roommate in italy. the results of new dna tests had been due today. experts say they needed more time to complete their work. >>> one of the big legal stories this week is also filling the gossip pages, talking about the split between arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver. the announcement came on the revolution that schwarzenegger fathered a child with family housekeeper. that's more than enough to get our legal guys going. >> let's move on to the arnold schwarzenegger maria shriver case. little dribblings come out every day. now we're talking about the case of maria shriver hiring a fairly well known celebrity divorce attorney, avery. clearly the couple probably had prenup agreements before they got married, but the wealth changed over the years. they've been married for 25 years. isn't california kind of that 50/50 state? after ten years usually the wealth or the assets get split in half. would that apply her

. >>> and convicted murderer amanda knox made an emotional appeal during a hearing in an italian courtd them for giving them more time to for their report. she said that she doesn't want to be in prison the rest of her life. >>> they inspected damage to the belly of the space shuttle. nasa said that there's no reason to be alarmed. the astronauts got a call from pope benedict this morning. >>> the vatican is slamming a new sculpture of pope john paul ii outside of rome's train station saying it doesn't look like him. time now for the weather. >> good morning, ron, and good morning, everyone, once again. let's take a look at our live shot in atlanta. thank you very much to our affiliate wsb. it's 66 degrees. but guess what, hotlanta, you're going to get up to 91 today, 10 degrees above the norm. we've got very warm weather south of the jet stream, in fact for the next two days, take a look at these two cities. 91 and 92 in atlanta. orlando, you're going to coast at 93 degrees. very warm weather and that should be consistent for at least a few days. meanwhile, this major system, i was tr

a police officer knox a 15-year-old girl to the ground and it's all caught on camera.id he cross the line? >>> as a windfall of information from pakistan derailed al qaeda's plans for the u.s.? i'm derrek ward and i'll have that coming up. >>> information gathered from osama bin laden's compound has put a new focus on security for trains here in the washington area. sfwloo. >> the navy s.e.a.l.s seized personal documents before they left the compound and material to references to attacks trains in the united states. >> right now we're seeing what appears to be a response to those threats. a security inspection checkpoint has been set up at the mcpherson square metro station. derrick ward is there live with details. >> reporter: most of the information that's been coming out that we've gotten from those sources refer to rails, metro rail, of course, is a rail system and we did check in with folks over at union station about some of the efforts going there and there are stepped up efforts on metro rail. the terrorists don't split hairs so neither will those who are tryin

. ♪ >>> american student amanda knox made another emotional plea to be released from an italian prisoned to 26 years in prison last december in the death of her roommate back in 2007. presencic experts are retesting evidence as part of her appeal. >>> back in this country, the split between arnold schwarzenegger and maria shriver is getting a lot of buzz. the announcement come on the heels of the news schwarzenegger fathered a child with a family housekeep housekeeper. >> let's move on to the arnold schwarzenegger maria shriver case. little dribblings come out every day. now we're talking about the case of maria shriver hiring a fairly well known celebrity divorce attorney, avery. so clearly the couple probably had prenup agreements before they got married. but the wealth change oefd over years. they've been married for 25 years. isn't california kind of that 50/50 state? after ten years usually the wealth or the assets get split in half? would that apply here even if there were prenups? >> well, ordinarily the prenup will expire after a certain period of time. 10, 15 years. they've be

frank knox had ran for president of the united states on the republican ticket. so the two men, you know, roosevelt like donovan, like his ideas but it was not a personal relationship. donovan never wanted to make it a personal relationship. >> douglas waller, thank you for a terrific presentation and quite clearly a terrific book. [applause] .. sheila bair comments on the debt ceiling. at kennecott a senate pro forma session of c-span2. fdic chairman sheila bair said if congress does not raise the debt ceiling it would be, quote, calamitous. the u.s. government reached the $14 trillion debt limit two weeks ago. she testified at a house financial services hearing on the financial crisis in 2008. this hearing is two hours. >> thank you, madam chair and chairman sheila bair, i want to welcome you. thank you for your years of service. i have enjoyed our conversations. as you know i am still concerned that dodd-frank hasn't ended too big to fail but left us with a number of massive institutions with lower-cost of capital that are during to continue to expand because

tomorrow, the campaign to free amanda knox. >>> and the casey anthony murder trial is back in sessiononight on ""nbc nightly news,"" so long, everybody. have a great day. >>> good morning. coming up next on "today in the bay," did you feel it? we'll have the latest on an overnight quake here in the bay area. >>> and robberies connected to a frightening rape case. the port of oakland's plan to make our air cleaner. we'll see you in just a few.

. >> it's really not until the 1890s when knox buys "the new york times" from its owns when it's in terrible shape that the modern new york times that we know comes into being. mod the oxfamly is, of course, the antecedents of the sulzberger family. nonpartisan in news and progress i, very progressive in editorial policy begins to take shape. >> okay. one last question. sir in the blue. wait for the microphone. >> yes. there's been some allusion toit the ambivalence about slavery, and peter drucker and paul johnson, the historian, have recently written about this andp said that the founding fathers -- meaning washington and jefferson and others -- had given up on slavery until james watt invented the steam engine in 1776. and then ely whitney came along and invented the cotton gin, and it made cheap textiles in theke cotton-picking south much more demanding that that they have cheap labor, and that reinvented slavery. do you have any reaction to that?labo had the founding fathers really. given up? hav >> i don't think the founding fathers had given up on slavery because of watt and the cotto

gold is selling at $1,500 -- legendary fort knox of vault. gold is selling at $1,500 an ounce. huntington, new york, a democrat, michael, good morning. caller: i like to counter the argument that taxes are too high on the rich. they're the lowest they have ever been. in 2008, there were 27 hedge fund owners who averaged a billion dollars apiece and paid an average of under 15% tax thanks to the fact that they only pay capital gains. the taxation system in the united states has worked out to be in truth welfare for the rich. it is the average person, the commoners, getting screwed. what happened to the united states of the past? we're now going to be without a space vehicle while india and china are going into that. the united states of america is being stripped of its money by an international elite that is also taking over power. i never believed that i would watch as everything around us was being sold. roads are being sold. ballparks are being sold. everything is commercial and being sold to the international banking elite. the united states has to get back to where we were.