was very big and very excellent speakers just like a shadow turn of the united states of america mr holder and or chancellor of the u.k. mr clarke and mr justice of china are public and quite a lot of very brilliant academicians and practitioners as well so in terms of the results of the forum i should say i should confess that of course we all know they can all make over and the candidates resign their results as assigned to it isn't the deals and you can't apartments but. the most important results to all mind of such an event is a call to was discussion and our grow our idea is to gather together lawyers from the different countries first of all but on the other hand of different legal specialisations because there are some advance in the world well known and well it just lie there and before i let it go to go from five to six thousand people at the moment but all their turn is all their advocacy and as far as assent it is a bit a little go for most concern people from different specialisations advocacy notary scientists prosecutors legal advisers not or everybody and this is for a it's

i don't play i don't know exactly what what you do but it was not very soon i believe mr holder by the way had told only he was actually he was asked by the russian journalist by the russian mass media so he was no the guy who initiated the story well we are. the only point out only one thing we are going to notice paper and just to have some discussion about it and i was told that they are going to. miss the train to transfer but i made it into russia and now the story from for from the papers a recent story russian pilot constantin yet a shrink was charged with drug smuggling into the us and sentenced to twenty years in prison blind americans would you know this story of course today the russian media quoted an unnamed source in your ministry saying that he had a sugar has passed the note through diplomats he passed it to moscow and in this note he says he fears for his life in american prison that his life is in danger and asks to be extra. ited to russia under the convention on the transfer of sins what how can you comment on that or first of all of course i can prove i can i can t

mr. holder. claiming he is not cooperating, the attorney general.u may remember, the operation fast and furious allowed illegal gun purchases into mexico in homes of tracking these weapons to drug cartel leaders. instead hundreds of guns vanished and many turned up at crime scenes including the site where one border control agent was killed. the showdown between congress and mr. holder today. >> reporter: the contempt resolution claims the attorney general has repeatedly stone walled and lied to congress by providing false denials that weapons were walked, by intimidating whistleblowers and withholding documents. a subpoena in october demanded documents in 22 categories, darrell is a says the doj has yet to provide a single document in 12 of the 22, including who at the justice department should have known about the tactics in "operation fast & furious." how they concluded the operation was fundamentally flawed. they want to know why they did not tell the atf that the people they were investigating were on the federal payroll, untouchable and unindi

mr. holder last night on mr. o'reilly's show. >> i'll tell you what i think explains this guy.s a political hack. and the reason that is so grating is because you can be a political hack in h.u.d., somewhere else, the justice department is a really important job. you are the supreme law enforcement official in the country. you are entrusted with upholding the rule of law and the constitution and the amount of stuff he has done as a pure political hack, as you mentioned, starting with a mark of rich pardon back in the clinton administration, this is a guy who will be at the beck and call of his political masters. >> i have a better idea. >> what? >> what about m.f. global? what about investigating m.f. global? why is that of no interest? >> because jon corzine is a big bundler. he can't go to prison before the election. >> to investigate j.p. morgan, the f.b.i. would mean they believe something criminal happened. the justice department does not look into anything unless they believe something criminal happened. this could be a way in which the president can continue to move agai

mr. holder's office does not pony up the requested documents. >>> and, president obama will speak with worldbout iran this weekend as the u.s. reveals an attack plan for iran that we've already got in our back pocket. why are we talking about this now? why are we apparently shifting our language? general jack keane is here next with his thoughts. >>> when trayvon martin was shot last february the media headlines proclaimed, trayvon martin's death, galvanizes the nation for social justice. that's a quote. but after a treasure trove of new evidence was release last night, the headlines today seem to take a very different tone. we will be joined by one of the nation's top criminal defense attorneys, if not the top criminal defense attorney, alan dershowitz as well as noted media critic, bernie goldering about the both here together. this is unprecedented to discuss what we have learned from this case. >> when we heard the shot i looked out and that's when i saw a two men on the, on the grass. >> okay, you saw two people? >> two people. >> and they were, were they both on the ground? >> no. one

mr. holder -- >> try to clarify one thing.i think, back to the earlier question, the 52 providers are the billing operators. so their payment has been suspended. some of these individuals who are part of the 106 who were actually arrested today are in the umbrella organizations of those providers. so we stopped payment on a providers. we will be conducting full investigations but, i just wanted to clarify, they are part of the same operators. >> mr. holder? ask you a question about the trial of former major league baseball player roger clemens. a key witness in the prosecution said today that his testimony may only be 50/50. the judge is considering whether the jury should consider that testimony. in deliberation. what would you say to people who would say this is not the best use of prosecutorial resources, rather, when key witness may only be as good as a coin flip? >> i have not heard the references that you've made there. one has to view the cases in their totality. i don't know what that witness said. i don't know the con

mr. holder. i'd like to remind the chair and the american people that what gets you in this country nine times out of 10 is the cover-up. the american people are willing to live with the mistake, but they are not willing to live with a liar. and this amendment cuts off funding to the liars in our federal government. so i urge my colleagues to support this bill and i yield back the remainder of my time. >> madam chair, i rise to strike the last word. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. >> you know, i'm from arizona and i am proud to rise in support of this amendment because no other state has suffered the consequences like we have in arizona and will continue to. mr. schweikert: let's look at the ramifications of what transpired here. we didn't allow guns to walk. we didn't know where they were. mr. gosar: and we still don't know where they are and yet arizona will suffer the consequences of those guns on our side of the border. and let's take a look at the other aspect. what about the mexican

mr. aryan is currently a permit holder. >> if someone wants to open a business and they have such businesses and they are barred from opening the business -- >> he could become an owner or operator. i forget what a company he is weds. the only thing you pay for is the usage of the dispatch radio. you pay that nominal fee, you purchase your own insurance, you obtain your own drivers. you obtain all the other things that you need in order to run that business. you will make a deal with your company to purchase a vehicle. you can be your own business within the current framework. he would be using the trade name address of the existing color scheme. >> is that it's easy to do? are there other color schemes willing to allow individuals to do that? >> we have 28. >> when the rules are finally enacted, will they reply -- apply retroactively? >> yes, they will. >> that would raise the argument that whatever changes were made would apply to whoever would have gotten a color scheme within those three years. >> that is correct. assuming he were to get one today, we would be in front of you -- we would

mr. holder in contempt of congress. >> contempt of congress, this is a very explosive issue and i think speakerlear is the attorney general holder has been in trouble from day one. he realizing this as attorney general when he was confirmed. he was confirmed by a vote of 75-21 in the u.s. senate. from the beginning, he was a very political man and his handling of fast & furious is very problematic. >> do you think this is the time -- the government is talking about easing the rules to export weapons. is this the time to do that? >> i don't think exporting weapons is what we should be sending firearms, i think that the economy is a better export strategy for this country. i don't think selling guns is what we should be doing. >> do you think eric holder, contempt of congress? >> i think he made a bad judgment in this case. he made a bad judgment even when he was with with president clinton was his attorney general and he actually pardoned greed on the part of mark rich, let's remember mark rich, a billionaire who actually fled the country because he was accused of tax fraud. not only that, he wa

mr. holder and the department of justice, judge, are trying to do are run out the clock at least past therobably want to do that. one of the things that will happen before he is actually prosecuted is the court will look at the documents that congressman issa and the house of representatives have subpoenaed. >> you mean the blank ones we've got right here? >> those, and some others. those documents may very well be coughed up before election day. the president and the attorney general probably do not want that to happen. >> judge, if you know this and that's where the process goes, the attorney general knows that, what could he do besides running out the clock and delaying the problem? what could he do to solve this problem? >> he could comply with the subpoenas but apparently -- >> is there a halfway point? i'll give you some of these things? >> great question. yes, he could have lawyers for the justice department negotiate with lawyers for congressman issa's committee and see if there is a halfway point. if you ask congressman issa, he will tell you they already have these negotiations

mr. aryan being a taxi driver or a medallion holder. >> there is language under 1115, it has to do with the termination of a number of permits. the board will, from time to time, why wouldn't they just -- i know you are not a silicide with them any longer, -- i know you are not associated with them any longer. " absolutely. -- >> absolutely. no policy has been enacted. no rules have been enacted by the mta board. this is purely a staff decision. that later could be ratified by the mta board, but it is not a policy. >> it seems as though one of the biggest objections has to do with the fact that it would create a queue. who is negatively affected by that? i would assume sfmta as opposed to some driver hoping to get a color scheme. >> i would love to address that to, commissioner garcia. in the past, when persons applied for the permanent to operate -- permit to operate a taxi company, they had to jump through the usual hoops. they had to appear before the mta board. presently, the staff has decided that they are not going to accept applications. therefore, they have stifled the mta board's a

mr. chairman. i believe that the bottom up stake holder aploch proch allowed prosperity in all levels of the economy around the world. therefore, when i hear comments from prime minister vladamir putin saying that international control over the internet is one of the stated goals. we cannot allow this to happen. this will diminish economic prosperity. this conference is about telephone, and should not encroach into any discussions into regulation of the internet, whether it's disguised by phone numbers or ip addresses, or cyber security. so i want to put those on notice who want, from russia or from china or other countries that when it comes to regulating the internet the answer is nua. >> time expired. now recognize distinguished ranking democrat on the subcommittee miss eschew for five minutes. >> good morning to everyone. and thank you for having this important hearing. the internet continues to grow and to flourish thanks to its open structure and its multi-stakeholder approach to govern nens. this is healthy, we've seen it, worked horde to make sure that these are the atmospherics for it. it i

mr. eric holder, take this and you can do whatever you want to do and do not tell us. and believe me, he would take this and he would not tell us. i write eric holder seven letters, i get back one letter thanking me, quote, each and every -- he quotes each and every date and never answers the question. basically, i think you have to have a requirement of a notification to allow the committee to sort of look at it and see what they were doing. but basically, i think it could be viewed and perhaps i misunderstand the amendment, turning over a much more congressional authority to the executive branch and since we are on the bill dealing with the justice department, and i've had some really difficult times with eric holder, you think the fast and furious, we try to get information on so many things, if they didn't have to come up before the committee, i think they would be -- they would have unfettered rights to do whatever. based on my understanding of it, i urge a no vote on the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back his time. i yield to the gentleman. mr. sessi

mr. veissi and, for that fact, anyone who wants to join in, another obstacle to refinancing is that second mortgage holders, as i said, and mortgage insurers, do not always allow their interest to be transferred to a new refinanced loan even though they are bert off than when the first mortgage refinance to a lower payment since that makes the loan less likely to default and the homeowner for likely to be able to pay the second mortgage. does it make sense to require automatic courtability to the refinance law? could you put your mike -- >> i'm sorry. that's -- what we hear, senator, across the board is a little bit different than the statistical evidence you get. and i deal with folks from california to new jersey and back down to florida, again across the country. and we're hearing again and again that secondary financing in many cases holds up both refinancing and in many cases sales. i'd have to think about the answer to that question and maybe confer with you, but my knee jerk may be that that might be an interesting opportunity. >> mr. emerson, what do you think? >> i think we're open to looking at h

mr. webster: all requires the holder of this position have a degree in arkansas or engineering. and professional experience in construction project management. not many people have heard of this position, but it carries enormous responsibility. not only for the stewardship of our tax dollars, but also for the ensuring that our veterans have the facilities necessary for health care and medical treatment we promised them and they earned. the v.a. manages over 5,000 buildings nationwide and according to g.a.o. has nearly 70 ongoing major construction projects around the country. 33 of which are major medical facilities. of these 33, many have experienced considerable overruns in cost and scheduling delays. four of the largest projects under construction are full-service hospitals designed to provide health care to the hundreds of thousands of american veterans. the v.a. will spend an estimated $3 billion on these four facilities. one of these sites is in orlando. the construction of the orlando vamc has been a classic example of government waste and inefficiency. the v.a. broke gro

holder. he wants the position but they shot down that demand saying the board continues to belief mr. loeb does not bring the relevant skill et to the board. loeb says thompson and yahoo fibbed by filing a statement saying thompson had a bachelor's degree from computer science from a university in massachusetts but he does not n a statement saying thompson does have a degree in business administration but there was an error stating he also holds a degree in computer science being loeb is not satisfied with the response and wants thompson fire bid mob. and terminate for cause immediately given his unsuitibility to remain chief executive officer ata hoo.. >> this reflects not on his capability as a high tech executive but about his integrity. >> since arriving he's cut expenses including 2000 layoffs. he says this battle does not look good for the company or silicon valley over all. and in ways we're covering at hewlett-packard and now, yahoo for their performance. >> and loeb pushing for a resignation of patty hart. she helped install thompson as ceo. loeb is claiming she has similar d

the servicers and the primary mortgage holders because they hold the second mortgage and they're basically benefiting themselves. but i thank you for your testimony, mr. chairman, for the hearing. >> thank you. senator berkeley. >> thank you very much, mr. chair. and i've noticed at a lot of these hearings we have a similar collection of senators, and i really appreciate my colleagues on both sides of the aisle continuing to wrestle with this issue of mortgages. certainly the family home has been such a pathway to the middle class for families across america. and through the whole subprime debacle 2003 forward, that was deeply damaged and i appreciate colleagues coming back time and time again to wrestle with how we restore home ownership as a pathway to wealth, equity, a piece of the american dream, if you will, for the american family. a couple of quick questions, and i'll direct these to dr. zandi. in your testimony on page 3, you note the harp loans just more than 100,000 are families under water, roughly 8%. so you have this other 92% that benefitted from the harp program that weren't under water. the question keeps coming up, did harp need to e

story is that we feel like, as fss contract holder, we can provide the same, if not better products, at a much more affordable price to the taxpayer. >> okay mr. president orace, you indicate that you disagree with the inspector general's audit indicating the average cost of a prosthetic limb made by contractors is more expensive than if the va made it in-house. whan do you have the average cost of a prosthetic limb made by contractors compared to the va? >> it's hard to answer that question only because when you describe a prosthetic limb you could be talking about a simple below the knee prosthesis, that might run in the neighborhood of the 8 to -- >> on average. >> if the va made it. >> i think remarkable similar. if is was true ap manies to apples comparison, because the reality is the component costs are, should be remtively similar from of the manufacturer to either the va or the outside clinician and then it's a matter of, there are industry standards for what the practitioners make should be relatively similar. ben fit costs, especially, all should be relatively similar. >> where do you think the comparison, like the addis where do yo

what as a holder of the stock, what do you want to see from mr. zuckerberg?ant to see in terms of a board? >> you know, i think the board -- one great thing about mark, he has identified a great team, and he has brought that team on board to help him get to where he is. i think he should continue the path, not reinvent the wheel, use the money to benefit shareholders. i think that's what he is going to do. >> all right, gentlemen, thank you. that's a topic that i'm sure we'll be discussing as the weeks and months come along here. >> as we continue on this special edition of "closing bell," lawmakers want to keep americans who leaf the country with their money and not mon th citizenship out of the u.s. case in point is facebook co-founder eduardo saverin. >> what can congress do to keep them here paying their fair share of taxes? that's a thorny issue we'll tackle next on the close. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. schools flourish and students blossom. that's why programs like... ...the mickelson exxonmobil teachers academy... ...and astrona

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mr. gruenberg's comments. i can say my understanding of the application of -- or liquidation authority is that when a firm is put into liquidation, all its equity holders would be wiped out. >> as i cited. >> yeah. and its debt holders would be given concern, paid back in part. the result in that would allow the new company that survives to be well capitalized. >> i understand that. but understand that the market, arguably, looks at that and says that haircut is not equivalent to what the haircut would be if they go through bankruptcy. and now because they have this potential path, we're going to evaluate that as a -- you know, as an advantage to creditors and as implied through the decisions by the credit rating agencies. last question. capital, capital and more capital. secretary geithner said that. it bears repeating. this is the only way to ensure that banks are going to be able to observe unforeseen losses and luckily banks have been increasing the amount of cash on their books, largely because of all three. and there were some that have been critical of the international work being done, having the potential to harm economic growth. i hope that r

former attorney and i knew that he could speak to eric holder, his attorney general, and pull the plug on these investigations. i said to him, mrou wouldn't be her today at grou zoere i n for the patritsoing tiruty. n' ypeo aory genel ndto tse mn fro th av y own o crin veigio dheai ,i t a heurdrondn wkeay om. snc e tyid sp t crin veig. s,wel,he wit uil s,wel,he wit uil e 91 aiv w oreyodly ooi>> thatood mo ie style hmmm. 25,000 people in north america this year. i suspect 5,000 to 10,000 of those jobs are brand new and the rest would be replacing some form of turnover. but we are hiring because we're adding new units in the system and by and large, that's what drives employment. >> all right, good. they hire from within. >> they hire from within and they have benefits as well. that's always important. >> good, scripps health. >> this is a nonprofit health care system. and they have acute care hospitals, home health care services, very important, very normal to find jobs in hlth care right now. salary ranges for ts one, in particular they're looking f nurses that can work in the i.u.ifourenefhos nurs,$3 t $55er hr a y'r areprenti

mr. veissi and anyone who wants to join and. another obstacle to refinancing is second mortgage holders as i said in mortgage insurers do not always allow their interest to be transferred to a new refinance loan even though they are better off then when the first mortgage refinance to a lower payment since that makes the loan less likely to default and the homeowner more likely to bail to pay the second mortgage. does it make sense to require automatic affordability to their refinance or? >> i'm sorry. what we hear senator crossed the border is a little bit different than the statistical evidence you get an idea with folks from california to new jersey and back down to florida across the country and we are hearing again and again that secondary financing in many cases holds up refinancing and in many cases sales. i would have to think about the answer to that question and maybe confer with you, but that might be an interesting opportunity. >> mr. emerson what do you think? >> i think we are opening to look at how to make that process better from a subordination perspective. i think there a lot of secondly and holders that are subo

mr. ipo, university of florida. if the second day closes below the ipo price, you have only a 3.9% return which underperforms the market by nearly 3%. that would tend to bode badly for facebook holders mr. ipo to look at this by company size. a large company debuting with a down ipo price is very rare indeed. take a look. if the second day close is greater, it's 2.5%, second day close, 8.1%. so there is hope for your facebook holders that the stock could come back. all of the underperformance comes from the small companies. when the market doesn't look a small company out of the chute, it doesn't like the small company almost ever again. here are some of the influences after the ipo. as andrew said earlier, underwriters at some point, one day, two days, stop supporting it. the lockup ends so you have people coming to market to cash in shares, the stock becomes increasingly influenced by market trends and quarter live results and other financial information made public. thank you to jay ritter, university of florida, who ran these numbers for us. heap says there is no correlation between what happens day one, day two with the ipo and future returns for large companies. there is hope

mr. ban ki moon understand this very well. i know they're doing everything they can to break down these institutional barriers we have and kept close in cooperation amongst the many stake holders particularly in one of the biggest challenges that we have which is food security. it certainly is a privilege to lead the private sector group on these issues ahead of the up coming g-20. if we're serious about lifting people out of poverty. stimulating economic development, ensuring that we can feed the world, and if we're serious about destabilizing effects that come from food shortages and we simply have to act now. on food security and other pressing global issues business simply has to take the lead. but it requires a new way of thinking. it requires a new business model. and we used to talk about business getting a license to operate. i don't think any longer. today the challenge for business is to earn permission to lead. the world needs it, the consumers demand it. we cannot leave these challenges to governments alone. business simply has to step up and time is running out. as one of the greatest countries here on earth that you are most influential as well. one of your found

holders. the best, simplest model to drive the most economic opportunity, that will be the focus that i hope we'll all have in addressing the complex issues in auction design. >> okay, is there either mr. mcdowell or the others, is there anyone who wants to weigh in on this as well. >> it's very important that we keep the coverage to a minimal amount. when we go back to 2007, when i voted on the july 2007 order for the 700 megahertz auction. there were encumbrances for the b block encumbrances and the c block encumbrances. the intended winner for the c block didn't make a winning bid and nobody bid on the d block or had a minute mum bid. by the time the auction takes place, and certainly by the time these networks were built out, the market has passed by the thinking of the government at that point in time. that's why which think it's important to adopt what we call flexible use policies and the chairman and i have talked about that a lot recently. >> i know there's a lot of us that want to ask questions, but if we don't get a second round, i do have some questions for the record. does mr. chairman. >> thank you senator hutchinson, senator kerry? >> thank you mr. chairman chairman. yo

holders, the best, simplest model to drive the most economic growth and opportunity, that will be the focus we'll all have in addressing the complex issues in auction design. >> okay, is there either mr. mcdowel or the others, is there anyone who wants to weigh in on this as well? >> i think it's right, senator. it's important to keep it to a bare minimal amount. if we go back briefly to 2007, when i voted on the order, i voted for the d-block, but i did not vote for the c-block. but in both cases, it did not turn out as expected. the intended winner didn't make a winning bid and there are all sorlts of other collateral problems with it. so with the best of intentions we can make these designs. but then the market has passed by the thinking of the government at the time. i thank the chairman for talking a lot about that recently. i know many people want to ask questions. >> thank you, senator hutchinson. senator kerry? >> thank you, mr. chairman. obviously the technology -- in a lot of the things that people have a choice on. there are really only two wireless providers. 96% of americans have a choice so my question to you is how would you say the law has, in fact, either encouraged

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holders. >> that's right, she went to the butcher shop for a new dress. >> mr. roker is here with a check of the weather. >> all right. let's see what we've got for you. risk of some strong storms today. in the northeast, from burlington to poe kipsy and concord, new hampshire, looking for showers and thunderstorms. the good news is, just about over fairly quickly. look for a light amount of showers. maybe an inch or two as you get offshore, new england, but other than that, no big deal. rest of the country, plenty of sunshine out west. gorgeous day in l.a. with a high of 80 degrees there. 81 in fargo. we're looking for some clouds, and some showers down in southern florida. >> good morning. it will be a relatively quiet day today. there's a chance we could see a shower or thunderstorm. >> and that's your latest weather. savannah? >> all right, al, thanks. coming up, the father of the sole survivor of a plane crash in kansas speaks out in an exclusive live interview. but first, this is "today" on nbc. >>> coming up we're going to talk about some sleep products m

mr. with this proposition -- the president, not too long ago and the attorney general holder in a press conferencennounced a new task force or sub-task force, offered an explanation as to what we have not seen as much big-ticket wall street prosecutions as some would like to see. they said it was because a lot of the potential activity in the run-up to the crisis may have been immoral or unethical but did not cross the line to being necessarily criminal behavior that wanted criminal prosecution. let me start with you, elliott. you have not been shy about your criticism about the lack of prosecution. you spoke on television in one of the more memorable appearances. what is your assessment of that statement and that analysis? >> it may be accurate but it is not sufficient. most of the activity was immoral and wrong but not criminal but that does not lead to the logical conclusion that much activity was not also criminal. there was very significant criminal activity, deception, fraud in the civil and criminal context that should be prosecuted. i continue to believe that if we were to pursue the evide

mr. reagan's reelection in 1984, he's had major roles in many other presidential campaigns, and he is a fox news contributor. tamra holdery and fox news contributor, sabrina schafer is executive director of the independent women's forum. welcome to all of you. so ed, i'll start with you. no doubt, you know, you worked at many political events that were of a sitting president i would assume at times. this is -- is this one of those? >> this certainly is one of these. you see calendar events that are coming up and you try to plan something around it. i think it's great he talked to the troops, i think it's too bad it became political and what was really political was attacking romney on the issue with a commercial, saying romney wouldn't have made the same decision i made, which is basically very misleading. martha: let's look at a piece of the president's speech and this is sort of the tone that's getting attention this morning. let's take a look. >> as we emerge from a decade of conflict abroad and economic crisis at home, it's time to renew america. an america where our children live free from fear and have the skills t

former attorney and i knew that he could speak to eric holder, his attorney general, and pull the plug on these investigations. i said to him, mry at ground zero were it not for these patriots doing their duty. can't you speak to attorney general and stop these men from the heavy, you know, onus of criminal investigation? and he said no, i will not and he turned around and walked away from me. >> since then, they did stop the criminal investigations. >> yes, well, they waited until the 9/11 anniversary was over so they could quietly put it away in anticipation of this political campaign. i think they knew full well they were going to be using the bin laden takedown as somehow their crown jewel in the obama administration's first four years. >> deborah burlingame lost her brother on 9/11. you're the co-founder of 9/11 families for a safe and strong america. thanks. >> thanks, gretchen. >> unemployment rate expected to get worse this week. cheryl casone is here with the companies hiring right now. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> finally got some good

mr. davies. martha: an explosive report accuses the justice department of corruption at the highest levels. this is coming from "newsweek." it accusess attorney general eric holderartment of selective prosecution, basically staying away from awful the large wall street firms it contends because eric holder has ties to those law firms. a big story, minutes away. there are also this morning concerns of multiple al-qaida plots in the works. even as the cia breaks up another one. an underwear bomb, this time confiscate ned yemen according to these reports. it is similar to the device worn by the christmas day bomber back in 2009 and there wasn't any metal in this one. the thinking is that would allowed it to get through airport security. that is the tip of the iceberg on this one, folks and that's how we start a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. no americans were ever in danger, congressman michelle bachmann telling us last hour she does not necessarily believe that that is the case. >> the threat level is probably higher than ever before and would he need to make sure we are on top of it, because we have the entire

shareholders, including southeastern asset management, 13% holder, which seemed to have lent a hal hand here in pressuring the board step up and have mrchairman and end early that program. want to come back, though, to another investor out there, namely carl icahn, who at one point held 6% of the shares. he sold them, made a lot on this trade, did carl. that was last year. but from what i'm hearing from trading sources, mr. icahn, in fact, may be back in those shares, not to the significant level he was previously, but nonetheless, perhaps a buyer. again, icahn, well, i had a chance to talk to him yesterday. this is what he had to say about chesapeake energy. >> i do think that chesapeake is undervalued. but aside from that, you do have other problems, as you know. we're studying it. put it that way. and i'm not saying we have a position or we don't. >> apparently, they do, and potentially growing again, though icahn would not say as much. but trading sources tell me that, in fact, is the case. we should also keep in mind, chesapeake reporting earnings after the bell, and we'll see how much money they spent to continue to take some of