host: on the phone with us right now is mark thompson.have been showing you his cover story in this week's "time" magazine, "an army of paapart." we have shared some of your reporting on this about the 1% and also former secretary of defense gates. what are the possible remedies? >> we have got to decide if this is an issue. some people say the military, like a football team, it should be made up of the best and the elite. the country has to decide, as a democracy, if that's the way we want to go. if we decide, maybe in a democracy, we need a military that's more representative to which more americans contribute, then you run into the issue of the draft or some sort of national service where military might be one option or another. the military, of course, opposes this. they like the idea of professional troops. they stay in longer. they do not need as much training. you do not have new people coming in every two years. you can engage in more sophisticated military maneuvers and tactics. there are arguments on both sides. i do not think t

distance from i'd like to take a piece will be coming out in time later this month written by mark thompson and he looks at the number of troops that have fought in our wars since nine eleven and around afghanistan and iraq and that number is about two point four million that's exactly one percent of the two hundred forty million americans over the age of eighteen so it's the one percent by wars lose lives limbs family friends in some cases lose their sanity and their sense of humanity and they're doing this supposedly on our behalf that's what they've sworn to do is to protect this country its national interest and all of those who believe in it but they only make up one percent of us and the other ninety nine just can't relate they come back to a country that often forgets the world war two a national mentality that no longer sees war as the worst possible thing that could happen but this is a normal fact of life now we went to war in afghanistan for ten years it's officially the longest war in u.s. history and yet it's not a register of the top of concerns of americans in polls or questi

reporter: miller's lawyer mark thompson believes the phone hacking extends beyond the news of the world and is common industry practice. >> i think it's across the board really, but mainly nonbroad sheet newspapers, so red top and tabloid newspapers of. reporter: author j.k. rowling telling the group she had to move after published photographs revealed the location of her home. >> it's incredibly threatening. it feels threatening to have people watching you. >> i don't see why it is in the public interest to know exactly where i live. i mean clearly i can't have an invisibility cloaking device for myself or my house, nor do i wish to. reporter: this first part of the inquiry is investigating practices in ethics of the british press in general. the second part will examine the extent of alleged unlawful activities by journalists. that part is not scheduled until detectives complete their investigation and any prosecutions have concluded. in new york laura ingall, fox news. >>> everyone is looking for a good deal, especially on black friday, but how can you tell if it's a deal or a rip-of

searched further and found on november 14 the "washington post" ran a letter to the editor or mark thompson amateur writer. he wrote, someone was written matcher for more than 30 years second and have an easier way to assess the health of the escalators. for decades they been silently and efficiently. over the past several years, when the escalators are running, each in our guillotine cards have generated horrific noises that sound to me like a tremendous source of extra did make her pay, screeching@screeds. [laughter] the quote we found most disturbing was from a maryland community news story about the long lines at rush hour. it quoted benjamin ross, a matcher writer as saying, my impression standing on line there people have sort of gotten used to it. people have sort of gotten used to it. indeed that sense of resignation, the sense that this is how things are in america today, the sense that america's best days are behind in china's best days are ahead have become the subject of watercooler grocery line and classroom conversations all across america today. certainly by the idea of incre

mark thompson, who wrote this, will cause a little later on. the cover story called and army apart, -- "and army apart." here's a little of what he wrote the company missed. in it, he writes military leaders now the gap is widening, which leads to an important question. is this a bad thing, and if it is, should we care, and what could be done to reverse it? i have deep existential banks to -- and from mike mullen -- the subject is export and other places. there are other opportunities. first of all, the editorial page of "the washington post." this is a piece from an army infantry officer he writes the 1%-offer to serve in the armed forces are about the only americans left that could follow events. most thoughtful events could is simply tell you who was pushing for a 9-9-9 plan, best in sioux name the commanding general of more than 100,000 troops and they would not have the truth of a clue. the public apathy is obvious and in large part the result of all voluntary force that is left the 99% on aware of the triumphs and tragedies that mark the

mark thompson and then mr. max mosley and j.k. rowling. the first witness is ms. miller and i call ms. miller. >> why a from the evidence i shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. thank you very much. >> good morning. could you confirm to the inquiry please your full name? >> my name is sienna rosebud diana miller. >> and you have provided a contract for your solicitors and you have provided the inquiry was a witness statement. are you familiar with your witness stand? >> ibm. >> and the content of your statement correct to the best of your knowledge and belief? >> is they are. >> i have said to almost all of the people who've given a evidence to me before how grateful i am to you for being prepared to take part in this exercise. i'm gerry conscious that you have strong views about privacy, and the very act of coming to give evidence exposes you and means you are talking about things which are quite key not to want to talk about. so i understand the difficult choice you have to make and i am very grateful. thank you very much. >>

thompson former f.c.c. commissioner so maybe putting f.t.c. staffers on the facebook payroll explains why they got away with such a toothless settlement perhaps the best part of this whole charade is mark zuckerberg response the boy wonder and chief executive took to his blog to say that he is the first to admit that his company had made a quote a bunch of mistakes but that they have always been committed to being transparent about the information that you have stored with them. i think most americans information is now fodder for advertisers thanks to your surprise privacy changes over the past couple of years would beg to differ on that. now as you watch the countdown to the next presidential election takes center stage and the establishment media's coverage is one really big element that they're missing and which will play a huge role in the outcome in two thousand and twelve that's how young voters feel while candidates like ron paul and gary johnson are considered to be fringe and obama was considered so far left prior to his now very hawkish foreign policy actions as president there is a theme between these men young voters like obama and they like ron paul just look at any poll

thompson. >> most of the repeat offenders that come in and they're like celebrities. they know everybody and they ask is -- is so-and-so still working here, whoever. >> you got any scars or marks. >> start from the top and work your way down. >> rose with a bleeding heart. >> on your left shoulder? >> on my right. my kids' names on my right ankle. i have initials on my hands. >> we do our strip searching in this actual area here. and when we do do the strip search, we make them squat and cough several times, and we're visually watching that just to make sure that they do not have any contraband. >> after a strip search and shower, it's off to be photographed and fingerprinted. >> do you usually do your whole time? >> loic i have a six-to-eight-month sentence. >> you're going to do at least six months. >> the whole eight? >> if you get in trouble. this is prison, do your time. >> not nobody else's. >> that's right. >> i ain't here for no drama either. i'm ready to get this over with and go home. >> unlike laura and alissa, sharon thompson has been here before. she violated parole and has been sentenced to two years. >> her fingerprints are kind of difficult, because there's a l

mark kirk, and the republican congressmen who represent this area. we all support this. and the notion that guantanamo detainees are coming to thompsonis a dead issue. the president proposed it initially. i had no objection to it. but it was clear that the political sentiment on capitol hill opposed it. i accepted that. i accepted political defeat, if you will, on this issue and said so be it. no guantanamo detainees can ever go to the thompson prison if that's what it takes to close the deal. the president agreed to t. attorney general eric holder sent a letter confirming it. senator kirk acknowledged this letter made it clear this administration was not going to transfer those prisoners to thompson. and here it comes back on the floor today. well, i can just say to my friend, senator mcconnell, i hope he will sit down with senator kirk who will explain this is no longer an issue. i'm not fighting this issue. the president isn't fighting it. there will be no guantanamo detainees at thompson. let's do something right for our bureau of prisons and right i hope for my state of illinois. the last point i'd like to make is on a separate

thompson was leading in iowa. it's a long way to go. romney can recover. i do think there is something to be said for what mark is saying.ink conservatives will stick with him for the reasons you laid out earlier, joe, they're looking for a candidate. but perry, i've been watching some of his ads in iowa. they're good. if he is able to give back his footing and i don't understand what he was trying to achieve with that presentation. looked like a mark twain ferrell presentation, the presentation the other night in iowa. if he is able to get back ontrack he could gain some traction and pick up some of what cain left off but four years ago fred thompson was leading the nomination. >> rudolph guiliani. >> as you said before. which again, went on then to be mike huckabee. >> who was running 8% at this point. >> then mitt romney has now run -- and mccain was low -- which suggests mitt romney has been running for the republican nomination for eight years now and it seems like the republican base is in constant search for somebody else. and that continues. >> he's still strong. weak and strong at the same time. >> afwree with t

cnbc's mary thompson joins live from the new york stock exchange, a half-day session today, right? >> it is a half-day session. people have very thankful about where the markas very critical on the s & p 500 moving through what traders watched with key support levels. today though the mark vets gotten a boost from a turn around in some of the european markets and so the strength over there has spilled into the u.s. markets right now and it is banking stocks that are leading us higher with the dow jones industrial average up 71 points. nevertheless, as you mentioned, it has been a tough week for the indices, the dow is down about 4% for the week but once again, a turn around today on that strength we are seeing in the european marketing helping things out, in the early going what is to be a holiday-shortened trained sessions, the stock market closed at 1 p.m. eastern time today. now, a couple of things we are watching today we are watching retailers, of course, because this is black friday. the retailer, along with the banks, are two of the better performing sectors so far this morning. keep in mind, the national retail federation expecting modest increases

thompson: madam speaker, on october 9, 2011, good friend and long-time scouter, john milton kreiner ii passed away at the age of 53. a life marked with accomplishment and overcoming barriers, john was born in 1958 with down syndrome. despite life's challenges, john and his parents always focused on the possible not the limitations. he graduated from state college area high school and went on to receive certification in hiram g. technical schools and was later employed with the state college area school district. a member of troop 339, boy scouts of america, john received the eagle scout with gold palm, sill ver, honorary camp director. he attended four b.s.a. national jamborees serving as a staff member. was an honor member of the lodge of the arrow and honorary member of penn state university's al >> phi omega. he was a member of the grace lutheran church where he served as usher, greeter, and memberle of sunday school class and state special olympic silver, bronze, and gold medal winner in swimming. he was a true inspiration to all who knew him. well-done. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired