lissa to. live and that's all for this one isn't most important just on that so you asked i think. we'll. bring you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered. if. would be soo much brighter if you knew about sums from first impressions. from stuff hot seat dot com. hungry for the full story we've got it first hand the biggest issues get the human voice face to face with the news makers on our teeth. home. with. them. all. in india policies are made of the move large mouth joint you know tones become a villainous thing.

. >> thank you for your time, lissa warren. >> thank you very much. >> book tv is on twitter.follow as for regular updates on our programming and news on nonfiction books and authors. twitter dot com / book tv. >> what are you reading this summer? book tv wants to know. >> well, i always read in the summer time and throughout the year. a great time. you can catch up and too big to fail. a very good book. this book tells the financial crisis of the last year. arenella bucks on topics. the financial shock. a number of other titles. but this is the last one. it is a buck that details this series of events that led to the financial collapse. it started from the early roots of the crisis which were born in sub prime lending, loans, no income, no job type loans. how people actually make money selling those. they were sold on the big -- the idea that they would be a will to refinance. actually a fascinating book. i enjoy reading it. one of the financial services committee. a kind of lift it. actually really fascinating to see this take on it. also in the paulsen, hang possum's book o

. >> lissa harris, from the "watershed post," thank you. >> we have readers posting updates from theirn who have no way to communicate from the outside world, posting on watershedpost.com. >>> one reaction to irene is the damage was not as bad as expected. alison kosik joining me. that's helping insurance stocks to rise. >> yeah, we're watching the big insurers, all state, metlife, and they are all up between 4% and 12%. irene had much less bite than bark, and that's good for the insurance industry, because if you remember the insurance industry was hit hard from the spring. all of those storms and tornadoes, and the south and the midwest, you know, shares of metlife and allstate, for instance, they are down 20 to 30% this year. can you see that right there. a big sigh of relief from the insurance companies. this is good for the broader economy that the storm was not the big monster people thought. analysts say consumers can keep going with the regular spending instead side tracked with a huge clean up. >> the damage estimates for irene seem like they are all over the map. why is that?