, major mark stephens the commander of a unite, but he's also the marketing manager of a company in southern maine. major stephens is a true citizen soldier. major, thank you. thank you for your service. thank you for your leadership. we wish you and your unit godspeed. [applause] i would also like to thank maine public broadcasting for being here tonight, but i will not promise you a free tote bag or more funding after my speech. [laughter] i am pleased to report that in the last year, we have taken a right turn on the road to economic recovery. in a bipartisan effort, we passed the largest tax cut in state history. hard work in maine. [applause] not only do we cut the top rate for individuals, but we are supporting working, low income maine people by ensuring that 70,000 maine families will no longer pay income tax until they earn higher wages. [applause] that is a helping hand to put them on a road to self-sufficiency and prosperity. our tax cuts for the rich. in maine, the top income tax rate kicks in at an income of under $20,000 per person. let me tell you this. n

. >> stephen: yes, the lorax is selling the new mark kotsay da c.x. 5 crossover s.u.v. now, it's not a polluting vehicle, it's a hybrid in that it uses a combination of gas and oline. (laughter) i personally think dr. seuss would only be disappointed that the lorax has only 70 product tie ins so the producers of the movie i say this sellout is not quite enough. i'm demanding more branding of loraxian stuff. with what you can buy, the sky is the limit. a filet-o-fish meal with real humming fish in it. filmmakers get cracking the market is lack ago splendiferous scene made of fracking or the fine something all people need, indeed you'll succeed if you sold us a sneed. or if you only take all the truffula tufts off the trees by the lake, they're comfy and thick as the thick irony of the lorax and seuss hocing big s.u.v.s. (cheers and applause) we'll be right back. (cheers and applause) hey ladies. this movie is not for you! and neither is dr pepper ten. 23 flavors from 10 manly calories. it's what guys want. like this! catch phrase! (cheers and applause) >> stephen: you're

. >> stephen -- >> they've done a great service. >> if the market is as mark suggested that pricing in the fact that greece will not default, right, what if they do? >> well, it depends on what kind of default it's going to be. is it going to be sloppy or more orderly? the european central bank has purchased a lot of time, at least three years in our opinion, for the politicians to get basic blueprint for how to unwind greece and not have it hit italy and -- >> will we then hit a new high on the s&p 500 before this is over? >> i would rather look at the russell 1000 but i think that could be the case. >> look at commentary, a lot want greece out of the way, either default or leave the eurozone, whatever. maybe after a short and painful disruption in the market, maybe there would be relief. is that possible, mark? >> that's certainly possible. as a matter of fact, it may even be in greece's best interest to default, go back and have the cheapest tourism and so forth over there. the problem is that once you hit default, it sets off five or six significant items that then have to be dealt

mark after six hours with colbertnation on board for the next 18 it's going to be like one of those old jimmy stewart movies where they're having to carry the bundles of telegrams into congress. >> stephen: you mean "it's a wonderful life"? >> that's it. >> stephen: where he turns out to be a thief? >> no, you didn't watch all the way to the end. >> stephen: i only watched half of it. (laughter) so we don't get that oil, that's what happens. we don't get that oil. >> hopefully. and much of the coal stays in the ground. >> stephen: so the oil instead goes to china. >> no. >> stephen: china will buy it and france will buy it and germany will buy it. so it goes into the atmosphere but we lose out. >> everyone would like to buy it but the you look at where those tar sands are, for instance, they're a long ways from anywhere up there in alberta. >> stephen: wherever in canada is a long way from anywhere. >> they're trying to build a pipeline also west to the pacific and hence on to china but so far canadian activists have done a great job of opposing it. a majority of canadians oppose building that pipeline. >> stephen: canadian activists? they say "would you mind very much not building that

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last year astronaut mark kelly worked with his wife the former congresswoman gabriel giffords on a memoir about recovery shooting outside the arizona supermarket. stephenew children's book coming as well. it's called i am a poll and so you can. it's about a flag pole. the publisher indicates it will hit stores in may. the comedy central host hopes to cash in on the trend of celebrities writing books for kids. he returned to his show yesterday after two episode break. he went down to be at his mother's side. she is 91. a tribute to a fine lady he gave on the colbert report last night. danica patrick made a name for herself racing indy cars. now she is moving on to nascar full time. she will make her sprint cup debut this sunday on a mighty big stage. the daytona 500. today she said she can win if, quote, the stars are aligned. she won't be the first woman to drive in that race but she will be the most widely recognizable. >> it's been amazing ride of everybody dissecting, analyzing, loving, hating, judging, you name it everybody that i do is broken down but i have learned to really embrace all of it. >> shepard: nascar sem bracing all of it too. her mov