mr. spitzer and he -- in essence called me not a very polite name myself.know this is how he operates. >> you use the phrase here. >> we are a family network. >> exactly. >> these politicians are very clever because had ask for forif i haveness which as dorothy said puts the burden on voters. what they ought to be saying, because it is what they are asking, is that trust me again. despite the fact i broke the law and i lied and i misused my power and abused everything, this time i won't do it. when you put it that way it is much harder to think they should be re-elected. >> is something particular here about new york that this -- these folks are coming to the fore here. >> oh, yes. i was watching those people gather here. and -- protect him, mr. weiner. they were like grand sxhoers gra mothers and grandfathers. transcendent passion and everybody is going to forgive these people. using this forgiveness as eliot spitzer is doing, have to talk about this. he doesn't have to talk about that very dark past. all he has to do is focus on i'm in the forgiveness bus

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mr. spitzer's campaign? >> well, first, he's going to have a tough time getting on the ballot, because new york city has among the most byzantine rules on collecting petitions. they've gotten little less byzantine, but still pretty byzantine. he's got a very short window of opportunity there. assuming he gets on the ballot, he will be a formidable candidate. people have to make up their minds. do they want somebody with his energy, intelligence, drive, but also with the baggage he brings, or not? that will be a big decision. but the new york populous, the voters will make up their minds. the comptroller is an interesting job. i held it. it has a lot of powers. but the subpoena powers isn't wuj of the major ones. the subpoena power is very, very limited. it's only in areas where the question is whether employers are paying prevailing wage on city jobs. that's kind of a very narrow area. >> i see. okay. so you don't think the subpoena power is much of a big deal. you know, as attorney general, mr. spitzer used

mr. spitzer. we have a couple good ones and we're able to share them on air. "morning joe" is moments away. ♪ when you experience something great, you want to share it. with everyone. that's why more customers recommend verizon, america's largest 4g lte network. pnc virtual wallet®. for a whole new way to manage your finances. for keeping track of credit and debit card purchases... ...checks, bills and even your saving and spending. all in one well-organized place. for seeing the small details and the big picture, so you can do more with your money. for finding out how pnc virtual wallet® can help you, go to pncvirtualwallet.com. pnc bank. for the achiever in you®. >>> earlier in the show we asked your best eliot spitzer headline comeback. we asked for your responses. some very good ones. some of which we can't necessarily share with you. but john tower has the best one this is morning. >> we have some pretty responsible viewers, but you put me in a tough spot with this one. >> it was a late change on this one too. >> we have doug on twitter, spit, take two. a

mr. spitzer -- gop strategist joins me now. anthony wiener may be the next mayor of new york city. mr. york city. it does not seem to matter what a democrat does. >> you are absolutely right. he is ahead. he is number one in the race. you know, he will probably get the trash picked up on time and get the snow removed. the democrats don't care. it is new york city. stuart: they would have to be challenged by somebody else. >> it is a week field. stuart: i think what has people more worried is that eliot spitzer could be, the comptroller. he has vowed to become an activist shareholder. >> he will oversee powerful pension funds here in new york city. >> i think it is much more likely a poor anthony to win. this is much more troubling. he is dealing with billions of dollars of new yorkers money. i think it is a different situation. spitzer will have more trouble than anthony wiener. stuart: i do not think that he got that many signatures. he got a lot of negative attention from the people around there. >> this is a troubling thing. he was the attorney general. he was the guy putting the ba

mr. spitzer. "new york times," the billionaire deal-maker ronald perlman is suing his old friend michael milken for fraud. not personal, just business here. lawsuit involves one of pearl men's companies, harlan clark holdings which bought global scholar back in 2011, a company backed by milken. what do we make of this? mr. perlman likes to sue. he sues lots of people. >> if these guys placed a big value on friendship they might not be billionaires. i'm a billionaire in friends. never sued any of them. rather be my way than their way. >> perlman sues a lot of people and so does milken. what's surprising is how lucrative milken has made a career of being banned by the s.e.c. worth $2.3 billion. he was so involved in this deal, it just tells you how active he is under the radar in the business world, after being banned by the s.e.c. >> band from the securities business, but he's still done very well in business, and we forget that. >> and he subsequently paid a fine for getting involved. >> in 1998.

mr. spitzer and mr. weiner, and you didn't even mention the gentleman from south carolina, sanford. we clearly as a culture are increasingly given to pass out second chances for the sinners among us. >> michael: yes, exactly. go run a triathlon. jim warren from "the new york daily news." thank you for being on the show. after the break being bad legislaturelegislators is one part of the plan. we'll see what life is like after the tip of the sphere. the author of "damn few" will be here. and it's common knowledge that fdr used a wheelchair. but while in office few secrets from heavily guarded. if you believe in state's rights but still support the drug war you must be high. >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> do you think there is any chance we'll ever hear the president even say the word "carbon tax"? >> with an opened mind... >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> ...and a distinctly satirical point of view. >> but you mentioned great leadership so i want to talk about donald rumsfeld. >> (laughter) >> cutting throught the clutter of today'

mr. spitzer, every bit whatever you describe weiner as, why not? >> this is all about 2016, you know who obama had lunch with today. lou: the future is a crowded place. >> he had lunch with hillary clinton, i'm sure joe biden was pushed up the window like this. that was word that obama backed off from that, they are setting this in cement at this point. lou: i was shocked to see jack lew refuse to answer our colleague chris wallace's questions about investigation of irs to whether they talked with chief council and irs. are you shocked high would not? i was expecting national media to be in an uproar, because treasury secretary refused to answer a direct question. the public's right to know that been affronted. >> sure, but you know, he is playing a political game, he does not want to get ahead of any investigation, or anything that said, he is not breaking news. lou: he is a careful man. >> he is, but i engine this situation -- but i think in this situation, it may be every he wants to avoid any legal trouble himself. if it is going up the ladder,

mr. spitzer's campaign for comptroller of new york city? igned the governorship of new york in disgrace over a sex scandal consorting with prostitutes. now we have something resurfacing with mr. weiner. would that affect him negatively? >> the public will look at it saying this is happening with mr. weiner. it happened with spitzer. a lot of times the public will forgive and allow them to do it again. it's to a point where it is becoming ridiculous. >> i'm with you on that one. all right. what do you say? >> it's a whole different orbit as far as i'm concerned. i'm very shocked that people are actually supporting him. the types of acts that he committed were different and the fact that he had support is very surprising to me. >> he's leading in the polls. he's got significant -- he's got a big lead in the polls actually. >> polls don't vote on election day. he's got a strong candidate running against him with a wonderful record. i asked if mr. weiner wins the mayor's chair and you win the comptroll comptroller, he said doesn't new york becom

mr. spitzer and weiner fits that bill. >> i don't think the winier story has to do with sex. there is sex involved. i think he was a man who was isolateed in congress. he had few friends. then he went on television with his final couple of friends in the media to lie his butt off. >> john: indeed. >> then he really had no friends, and no one wanted to talk to him. that's the bigger story here. it had very little to do with his weird twitter thing, which was bizarre and the fact that he mate breitbart, he elevated breitbart by this scandal. there are so many different things. i think it's a misnomer to call this a sex scandal what weiner did. a politician politician imploding on himself. >> john: we talk about applications getting second chances, and there are politicians who got away with it david vitter. john ensign got out of office when he chose to leave office. >> here's what is different about john edwards. i think scandals are so overrated when it comes to figuring out if people will run again for office. scandals are all about the joys of tabloids. if you think that a

mr. spitzer and the only benefit running the comedians.o is benefiting from both staying in these races are the comedians and "tthe "new york post." >> here is what spitzer had to say this morning. >> i'm running my own campaign and have been since the day i got into this so i have no comment about that oether than i'm talking to the voters what i have done. >> do you think people might be taking a second look at other politicians like eliot spitzer who are trying to regain the public's trust? >> yeah. i think it's certainly problematic for spitzer because it creates a certain mentality that he has been trying to avoid. on the other hand, i think if you look at new york city politics and to have the tabloids like the "new york post" which put a couple of innocent people on the cover of their paper and essentially accused them of being the boston bombers incorrectly being the ash tators of what is indecent conduct is a little bit hard to swallow. for spitzer in particular he is getting caught up in this. >> big thanks to all of you. you can

mr. spitzer, so we'll see if that works.'s true, if you wanted to test name recognition for comptroller candidates you'd be on spitzer's side. >> you brought up the culture. are we more for giving, or are we thinking, you know what, i know sort of a guy has been interesting sex life. he's a good neighbor. why not discount it? >> i don't think for giving but the people who have been involved feel more free to run for office again or to do other things, whereas i think in the past they might have sort of lived the life of quiet reflectiveness and contemplati n contemplation. >> it's interesting, using the media. today on "morning joe," mika asking tough questions, mark halperin was and joe. he sort of, you know, decided to act like -- >> the bar has been raised. remember john kerry -- not john kerry, sorry. gary hart, he just got caught on the boat with a picture of a girl. now that would be not used. now maybe these guys aren't even there. you have football players killing other people. you have people in big time scandals of

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mr. spitzer is trying to reenter public life. last weekend the former new york governor and attorney general announced his bid to become the city's comptroller. spitzer has said it is ripe for greater and more exciting use of the office's jurisdiction. it's considered the third most powerful position in the city government. in order to make it on to the ballot he needs to collect 4,000 signatures by this thursday. if he gets over that hurdle he'll face a contested democratic primary in september. i'm pleased to have elliott spitzer here at this table. we will woman. >> hang you for inviting. on sunday you let it be known you're doing this. as far as i know, no comptroller candidates have ever been guests on this show. what accounts for all the interest in your decision to try to run for thisob that people most even in new york don't think much about it. >> a comeback is a comeback. when it is in the context of somebody who has been the governor of new york and forced to resign clearly there are media traction to it. many it is so

mr. spitzer -- they say the good news about mr. weiner's case is he exposed his inner demons are in campaign. mr. spitzer may not unleash until he is in power. host: the new yorker editorial says this -- host: that in the papers this morning on former congressman's bid to become new york city mayor. john, cedar lake, tennessee. what do you make of efforts to curtail the nsa's data collection? i am fromrst of all, cedar lake, indiana. i live about 50 miles from chicago. i wish most people in this country would realize that domestic violence is worse off -- our chances of being killed is much less than the violence that is here. i think we need to spend more money on violence in the united states instead of worrying about what might happen outside of the united states. host: all right. bill. mississippi. republican caller. nicer: i think it would be if c-span would look into the data collection system that democrats put together this last election. the x ceo -- ex- ceo of apple set up extensive data collection. when you put people li

mr. spitzer says he would not vote for mr. wiener and, in fact, that if mr. sexting on the job. >> brian: for a second, i felt it was the sesame street version of the whole thing. meet the kettle. here is the thing. he said he would fire him, so he will not get the -- if he's going to be comptroller, he will not be supportive of the mayor if he gets elected. if you look at the alleged poll, anthony wiener is at 16% of the vote, in fourth place. who are the 16% who say he's still my what else does he have to reveal. >> anna: is it it really surprise anybody? spitzer is looking for redemption. he is not look for -- >> brian: by the way, he lost his campaign manager. steve, i know you want to read something. >> steve: i will. >> brian: maybe after the show? >> steve: i'm getting ready. >> brian: he lost his campaign manager, but also has a very young staff and a lot of people are saying, why does he get these young staffers? it turns out they have an opportunity, they see as maybe a route to hillary. if you look at the two of which were interviewed today, one's n

mr. spitzer defended a return to public life, and you're going to get my prediction whether or not he winsion and what that means for new york. back to nicole. a big winner, and it's a bank? what? go. >> well, i know you're surprised because we've seen banks doing well, and they have been reporting, and they are no different missing a 52 week high, up four and a quarter prernt, doing well with trading, investment banks, six times the amount from the prior year, give or take a little bit, but basically, sales are high, doing well. >> big gain for a big company, 4% up. quote e bay now because that's a huge loss. >> right. now, they are facing a lot of costs, talking head winds in europe and south korea, intense competition from amazon, of course, remaining huge in that group. ebay down 6.8%, the loser on the s&p 500. >> all right. next time around, maybe we can quote amazon because that thing, i just think keeping on going. thank you very much, indeed, nicole. we'll return shortly. the george zimmerman verdict divided america, playing out in social media. facebook saw a record number of peop

mr. spitzer will be here.ign and about the scandal that led to his resignation as governor. and then, of course, as you say, we're going to be taking a deep dive on obama care. president obama today holding a big rally with people who he said will benefit from obama care. specifically there are all these rebates coming from insurance companies that according to the law, if you don't spend at least 80% of your premiums as an insurance company on health care, you have to give rebates. about $500 million is going back to consumers, back to companies. there are a lot of individuals, small business owners, concerned about the choice they have ahead of them. we'll be talking to one of them who says she's going to have to reduce the hours of her employees because she just cannot afford to pay for insurance for all of them. we'll be talking about that and, of course, the zimmerman trial and many, many other things in the news, brooke. >> jake tapper, thank you. good to see you. >> good to see you, brooke. >> see you a

mr. spitzer, said i hope you get back into politics. what you fought for mattered.all make mistakes. i hate to say that little things like that change one's mind but it was a reaffirmation of what i hope the public will feel. >> bill: amen to that. share that sentiment. absolutely proud of you and excited for you and in any way we can help. let us know as soon as you've got that web site. >> i appreciate it. i'm one of your proud listeners. go get them. >> bill: you're a proud member of our team. eliot spitzer city controller of new york. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." documentaries that are real, gripping, current. we have a big big hour and the iq will go way up. (vo) current tv gets the converstion started weekdays at 9am eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. >> you are. >> the troops love me. (vo) tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >> you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. just be grateful current tv does not come in smellivision. the sweatshirt is nice and all but i could use a gold

mr. spitzer, ellioiot. >> you've seen him at conferences and meetings and on cnbc. >> i like spitzer.e was kind of a -- i didn't agree with him politically a lot, but i thought he was a dashing figure with a huge future. his wife is wonderful. >> we will see. >> we will. >> a lot of tough questions to ask. >> there are. a lot of them have been asked 100 times already. i don't want to ask questions that have been asked 100 times already. number one, he knows how to answer them. number two -- >> very good at answering questions. very, very good. >> brilliant, obvious. >> i smart guy. >> he is. let's -- >> headlines this morning. >> just -- go back down. this is andrew's last part of his read. to give it to me, to give it to me, to give me what i deserve. >> but first, let's get up to speed on the morning's top headlines. >> for that -- >> we need to talk to joe. >> come to me. china. china is warning of a grim outlook for trade, the second largest economy reporting a drop in exports. and imports in june. and both have been expected to rise. the numbers are likely going to raise concerns

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eliot spitzer and mr. anthony weiner. we know their back stories.g to look at how they are approaching their comebacks and look at their wives roles. there are different takes. >> different approaches to the comebacks. how the wife plays when there's a scandal around a politician. it's something everyone watches and the roles the wives have in the comeback. >> we have the three "c"s. comebacks, controversies, and conception. >> i want wondering how you were going to do that. >> not so much conception. >> there had to be a conception. >> thanks. >>> coming up, a-rod's comeback on hold. why he's not coming back with the yankees today. i wonder if they are on baby watch on the bleacher report. humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual insurance. total your car and we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. learn about it at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's

mr. weiner, eliot spitzer back in race, this is some kind of evil east coast thing. k in the congress, mr. sanford, who hiked the appalachian trail. we have a senator from louisiana who got reelected after his involvement with a prostitute. i think this is a case of, you know, trying to find a frame where there season one. this is about people who are compulsive and can't help themselves and how they survive politically. >> let's leave the east coast. the most wonderful climate in the world, san diego. let's go there. >> let's go west. >> thank you, jeff, for trying to make this sound elegant. san diego's mayor is facing backlash accused of unwanted sexual advances by a growing number of women. three women initially accused bob phfilner of making inappropriate comments and contact. among them his former communications director, the mayor acknowledged transgressions earlier this month. take a listen. >> i am embarrassed to admit that i have failed to full ri respect the women who work for me and with me. i'm humbled to admit that i need help. i have begun to work with

mr. weiner as evidence of what they're calling the democrats war on women with rnc coshares sharon day writing an op-ed saying i have to wonder if the filner-spitzer do women draw the line. does mr. weiner sending pictures of his genitals problem that the dras are now sticking it to women? i can't believe we're talking about this, but no, it does not. let's be very, very clear here. when we're talking about the war on women, we're talking about specific pols trying to roll back particularly women's access to health care, roe versus wade and other issues at the state level, defunding planned parenthood all the these things at the state level where republican legislatures are trying to roll back women's rights, especially access to health care and reproductive rights. if you look to the comments on the right about the way they see rape and women's rights, those are real policy issues. and that's not to dismiss weiner or filner or spitzer or their indiscretions. that's the everyday sexism we need to try to address and think about, but there's a difference between what's going on in the personal lives of politicians who make mistakes and the policy le

in fairness, with spitzer on tv all the type, we thought, why shouldn't people meet the other person running for this office. so he joins us, mringer, nice to meet you. >> thank you for the opportunity. >> you've been running for this position -- i think you've been laying your groundwork probably for a year. p spitzer gets in. did you know this was coming? when did the rumors come in? >> we thought one of them would run. weiner was polling the comptroller's race. >> you had an idea you would be dealing with one of these characters. >> we were not surprised. we went out and started building a progressive coalition. labor, people in the communities who care about city government. great members of congress. gillibrand, jeffries. building this broad coalition that will serve us well in the final weeks of the campaign. >> you believe some of these polls aren't really capturing what the electorate will look like. you expect a very low turnout. >> it's unfortunate we have a two-ring circus now. the reality is, these elections are not about personal redemption. they're not about the candidate's mind-set. this is about working people,

mr. berry, i have got to start with you on this weiner/spitzer scandals and the comeback.uld remember, this is different than my situation. the united states government spend $10, $15 million trying to catch me doing something. they went through my trash, they did everything else. they followed me around at night. so mine is one of government prosecution, persecution, and setting me up. but the good news is that the jury, nine black people, wanted to acquit me of all charges, 14 charges, and three people wanted to convict me on all of them. that was the beginning of it. >> but the big jury, the jury that really mattered, was the people who ended up putting you back in office. >> what happened was, that gave us a luncheon -- first of all, in the black community, i think we're more forgiving than anybody. because of our spirituality and history of slavery, et cetera. and also, you have to have courage. you can't be fake. you can't say, i'm sorry, and please forgive me, you can't be fake about that. you've got to be real. but you've got to be real before you got there. and ma

mr. weiner is not a normal human being. along with eliot spitzerissist attempting a new york political comeback after humiliating his wife, mr. weiner has certainly enlivened an otherwise dull political year. the two men claim to have been chaftened and redeemed by their falls from power though it's clear in both cases they only regret having been caught." wow, cokie roberts. >> that sounds about right. it is true that watching these women in both cases, very substantial, interesting women, just be humiliated is painful. it is painful to watch. and what was so remarkable about weiner's statement last night was that he didn't seem to be in any pain at all. he sort of walks in, looks at his watch, pulls out his papers, reads, and sort of says, all right, that's it. and it was no sense -- you didn't have any sense of shame. >> cokie, i wonder if you got the same -- had the same reaction that i did, cokie. while she was delivering her statement, he was so relaxed and so in control, apparently, the whole event, that he walked over and was just staring d

spitzer came to our town and took his pants off in the hotel. >> a lot of people did that -- do that in washington. >> he did that with a woman that was not mrs. spencer. we never got a chance to prosecute him for that. we knew he engaged in an act with a prostitute, unlawful and the district of columbia, and he skipped town. should the voters of new york to something about that? i think so. >> why don't you extradite him? >> [laughter] i do not understand why anybody would vote for him. they can run. >> he is in a three-way tie right now. >> he is the rio whitey bolger, in his pants. the reality is this, eliot spitzer is not anthony weiner. anthony weiner was on every cable show. eliot spitzer was the sheriff of wall street. were tradingt after hours, he got them 11 convictions, $4 billion in fines. he is the one person that did bring some law and order to wall street and stopped the greed. wall other words, hating street trumps everything. >> performance and prosecution of the law. >> performance in the washington hotel? does that count? >> i do not know his performance. by any othera coup name. thousands of protesters marched this weekend t

spitzer, anthony weiner, bob filner. can they convince voters to forgive and forget their personal behavior? any last requests mr.? do you mind grabbing my phone and opening the capital one purchase eraser? i need to redeem some venture miles before my demise. okay. it's easy to erase any recent travel expense i want. just pick that flight right there. mmm hmmm. give it a few taps, and...it's taken care of. this is pretty easy, and i see it works on hotels too. you bet. now if you like that, press the red button on top. ♪ how did he not see that coming? what's in your wallet? how did he not see that coming? could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. mmmhmmm...everybody knows that. well, did you know that old macdonald was a really bad speller? your word is...cow. cow. cow. c...o...w... ...e...i...e...i...o. [buzzer] dangnabbit. geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. these chevys are moving fast. i'll take that malibu. yeah excuse me, the equinox in atlantis blue is mine! i was here first, it's mine. i called about that one, it's mine. mine! mine. it's mine. it's mine. mine. mine. mi

mr. kleinfeld about that. and good news for the tabloids, maybe bad news for the banks, because he's back. eliot spitzer is seeking office once again. he could very well win for the office he'll run for. now, wall street and the banks that spitzer famously went after are on notice and some are already showing concern. we'll tell you why coming up in a little bit. great story. >> yes, it is. and the investigation into the crash of that 777 in san francisco continues. the focus seems to be on the pilot who did not have any experience landing that model plane at the san francisco airport, and attempted to abort the landing seconds before the accident. so should there be more transparency on who is at the helm of the planes that are flying before takeoff? we'll look into that and we'll have a live report. >> that's a tough issue. let's show you how we do right now. the dow is up 97. we were up 127 at the peak, at the open this morning, sort of been drifting since that time. but at the higher levels. nasdaq was actually negative for a time. it is just now turning positive again, up about 3 points at 3,482. s

mr. zimmerman as to his decision about whether or not to testify. >> your objection is overruled. >>> looks like new yorkers are willing to give eliot spitzer a second chance after all. a new poll by our new york station wnbc, along with "the wall street journal" and marist finds spitzer out to a nine-point lead in the dramatic primary race for city comptroller. now, tonight at midnight is the deadline for spitzer to turn in nearly 4,000 signatures to city hall so that he can make the candidacy official. we'll be right back. >>> we submit that's an integral part of our theory of defense and in error by not instructing the law of this jury properly on the law -- >> i understand. i have already ruled. and you have -- you continually disagree with this court every time i make a ruling. i have provided you on three separate occasions with the court's professional conduct in the courtroom, and included in that is do not continue to argue with the court after we've ruled. >> welcome back to "hardball" that was defense attorney don west and judge debra nelson going back and forth earlier today in the latest of what has been a series of tense exchanges thro

mr. harold ford jr. >> good morning, sir. >> good morning. >> joe and mika have the morning off. start right there. eliot spitzern this program, nicole you were here, took some tough questions from joe and mika and from mark halperin. how did you think he did? >> look, it felt like a very genuine moment and i think we all know that doesn't happen very often in politics. he i think responded to mika's request to give an answer that wasn't scripted, that wasn't rehearsed and when he answered the question about what had changed he talked about pain and all the pain he endured and he got emotional. i think it was a moment for a pundit to recognize and sit quietly and watch the journalists do the job. i had the benefit of sitting and watching everybody and i thought everybody did a good job. i thought mika and joe and mark halperin did an excellent job with a very uncomfortable line of questioning and i thought that eliot spitzer, for his part, delivered unrehearsed, real, honest, frank, answers that i hadn't seen him give before. >> harold, what's your sense as a new yorker of this city's willingness, whether it be

mr. rotman and all the people -- >> a converse of this. is this troubling at all, jacob, that, you know, they could take everything steve cohen has and, i mean, i remember the way spitzer did things, do you remember that? never brought a case that he could win and yet he -- right? and he extorted hundreds of millions of dollars in payoffs just because he could. should we ever worry about the government's ability to do things like this? or are they in the right -- are they doing the right thing sneer. >> coming more and more to the point where we need to start worrying about that. i think in fairness there is a legal basis for this indictment. i do think there is a broader message that comes out of that, which is all this focus on the compliance systems. we have the sac administrative case for failure to supervise, which is to the notion that in the hedge fund industry, you really don't have the -- often the level of compliance of supervisory procedures that you see in the broker/dealer industry. when the indictment came out, first thing we're talking about internally about telling our clients is check your supervisory procedures, compliance policies, because that is so

mr. spitzer. >> the criticism is that new york then becomes a laughingstock. he found that to be an insulting question. good news on home prices they're still going up and i mean up. 2% higher may compared to april. the big news is 12% higher over the previous year, that's the best performance in 2006. all 20 cities in the index showing gains and dallas and denver reaching the best level since the year 2000. of course we're watching your money, a big number coming out at the he top of the hour. consumer confidence, the market could react to that. take a look at this, please. he's called jet man. and he straps is wing on his back, jumps out of the plane and lights up the rockets and soars through the air. here he is at the event in which is was. his wing allows him to fly 200 miles an hour, 2000 feet above the ground and the first public flight is today. good luck. with fidelity's options platform, we've completely integrated every step of the process, making it easier to try filters and strategies... to get a list of equity options... evaluate them with our p&