mr. brooks, are you leaving? or rising to speak? >> leave, are you kidding? [laughter] after that? eric brooks, representing the local grassroots area. rumors have been flying around that the general manager had been asked to stay until september. it was not confirmed until just now. personally, that is really good to hear. contrary to -- i think it was a couple of years ago, when some of us were not so sure on the directors leadership on this issue. we have been proven to be quite wrong. if it had not been for the general managers leadership, we would not be where we are now, on the doorstep of this potentially very extensive program. i might have said this a few years ago, i have said it had virtually every presentation. because of the failures in copenhagen and south africa on doing something on climate change internationally, california is crucial. even though marin county is a success, it is not ramping up a huge amount of local build out over efficiency as fast as the model we are promoting here in san francisco likely will. most cities in california are waiting for san franc

mr. brooks robinson. it will be on tomorrow. >> that will be very nice. >> it is worth the trip down just to see the statues. a twist on taking longer walks on the beach. >> yes, the daredevil is at it again. >> mitt romney may name a vp candidate this weekend. >> officials confirmed that a jet and commuter plane have clipped one another. both have minor damage. no injuries reported. this is a week after a near- airplane collision in d.c. those airplanes nearly collided in the air. that one is still under investigation. >> an afghan police commander and his men killed three -- nato says that road afghan courses appear to be behind it. 30 coalition service members have died at the hands of afghan forces or disguised by them. it says -- they say that it does not reflect the overall situation in afghanistan. >> who will foot the bill the next time we lose power? >> that is what state regulators are trying to figure out. >>, a closer look at the 24-hour grace period. >> no those experiments you want to do at

mr. brooks, all your charges been dismissed, you're free to go." that was exciting, like, "ooh."it felt so good. and forensic experts, like dr. west and hayne, they should not never be able to practice no more med... no nothing, in this state, in no kind of state, because of what they did to us, and maybe other people. >> bergman: citing ongoing lawsuits, doctors hayne and west declined to be interviewed. in 2008, the innocence project wrote to the mississippi state medical board, stating that dr. hayne is "a danger to the public" and should not be allowed to testify. dr. hayne is suing the innocence project for defamation. the case is expected to go to trial later this year. meanwhile, he continues to testify. among the various qualifications he cites is a certificate from acfei. >> there she is, guys, we got her, you can see her, she is coming out the front door right here. unbelievable... >> bergman: after 33 days of testimony, the defense prevailed. casey anthony was found not guilty of murder and released. >> this case utilized every single type of forensic science. they thr

mr. brooks here. >> i'm sorry, larry.aid if anyone can give keynesianism a good name it was larry. >> if anyone can redeem keynesianism it's the smartest guy around which is larry lindsey. you can deal with that, right? >> i sure can. gosh, what a great insight. >> larry, go ahead, though, keynesianism? >> well, i think actually keynes would be scratching his head now. the essence of keynesianism, when you have a business cycle it's appropriate for the government to lean against the wind. the question is whether we have a business cycle problem or a long-term structural problem and i think we're, it's looking more and more like the latter. we've had extraordinary monetary policy for almost four years. i think keynes would think that's a pretty long time. i don't know of any economist of any stripe who would say simply printing money over and over again is going to do anything about a structural problem or, b, it's a sustainable proposition. yes i'm a keynesian but realistic keynesian. >> in fact the speech, based on the t

brooks said she wanted to do more. >> i absolutely believe these charges are insufficient to cover a threat like the threat mr. prescott made. >> reporter: it was last week that neil prescott, who they say was in the process of getting fired, said he was the joker and threatened to blow everybody up. that came on the heels of the mass shooting in colorado, where a man with hair colored like the joker killed 12 people and wouldn'ted 58 others at a showing of the new batn movie. police and federal agents moved quickly to search prescott's apartment in croften and get him sent away for a mental evaluation. >> it's hard to measure what you prevented, but all the elements were here that we believe that a tragedy was averted in this case. >> reporter: the prosecutor says all of prescott's weapons were obtained legally, but if convicted of this telephone charge, he would be prevented from legally owning a gun. his mental evaluate could also disqualify him from legal gun ownership. >> we're not walking away from this individual by any means. >> reporter: now, prescott is still undergoing that mental evaluation. when t

mr. neuman, hemy neuman, her husband's schedule for that day that he was killed. and so there is some evidence. but, my goodness, brookeinvestigation 101. who do you look to when you have a murder? you look to those people that are closest. and the fact that the police just completely overlooked this woman knowing that there was a connection, that the man that killed her husband was her boss, i mean it's just remarkable to me that they didn't do more sooner. that she wasn't a suspect and that they are now missing over 1,100 text messages. who texts that much with their bosses? i don't know about you, brooke, but i certainly don't. >> right. >> so a lot of missed opportunities here. but i do suspect that they have a pretty strong case against this defendant. >> do we know if there is any one piece of evidence that really is a slam dunk for them? >> yeah, well, you never really have a slam dunk when you're prosecuting these kinds of cases. but they do have evidence to support their theory that there was a conspiracy. smoking gun, not necessarily. but there is evidence here. >> okay. sunny hostin, good to see you on the c

brooks said what's relevant is who is the guy is. has an amazing personal story, built an empire, and on and on. here's karl rove, among other things, mr. romney should talk about his father's modest upbringing, his wife's illness and his wealth. americans know nothing about the first, little about the second, and much about the third. why don't americans at this time know more about mitt romney? >> i think mitt is a reserved guy. which is what he is. and i think that's all great advice for them to say that. mitt romney should run like mitt romney. >> why isn't he? >> and mitt romney is just fine. mitt romney has had a great success. if we all had the same success as mitt romney, we'd all be very happy. if he can have as much success as president as he did running bain capital, every time i see the obama ads about bain capital, it makes me want to vote for romney. i think to myself, if he could create billions for other people, maybe he can create billions for america. >> but he should tell his personal story. >> he should, but he should do it in his way. he shouldn't be put in a situation where if he is uncomfortable talking about his

brooks really nailed. so stupid. good morning. fi you claim oklahoma. >> texas, ohio. >> and new jersey. >> mr.rom california and from massachusetts. >> i'm from ohio. >> i'm from indiana. that's my one state. >> good morning. welcome back to "squawk box" here on cnbc. i'm joe kernen along with becky quick in for andrew ross sorkin is mack. you're setting yourself up when you stand so close. why were you in the shot? if you don't want to be on tv -- our top story is mitt romney is set to officially accept his party's nomination for president. paul ryan made his pitch last night. >> you would think any president, whatever his party would make job creation and nothing else his first order of economic business. but this president didn't do that. instead we got a long divisive, all or nothing attempt to put the federal government in charge of health care. >> there he is a lot of buzz this morning about a mystery convention speaker tonight. much of the speculation is pointing to clint eastwood. you'll remember his appearance in that chrysler super bowl ad in halftime america. >> the last couple of r

brook, head of currency strategy at wells fargo. nick, what's going on with the dollar? >> incompetent what we saw is a little more caution from mr.d you see the costs of quantitative easing were manageable. i think the expectations had been scaled back hitting into today's speech. and the fact that he is at least kicked the idea of eventual easing in tact i think is probably why we're seeing slippage on the dollar. >> what's interesting, there is commentary this morning i believe from lloyd's where they talk about how more qe skoob positive for the dollar, it would support risk and yields would be higher and what's your own view on that? >> i probably tend to say that i got with the traditional quantitative easing is bad for the dollar. we don't quite have the worst case scenario or tail wind they have in europe so i think the lid implications would be important. >> i will say we're looking at the euro at 126.19 and it is almost as if they're fighting to be weaker and i imagine in that case it will be other that is benefit. >> certainly like maybe currencies like the canadian dollar and the mexican peso getting some benefit from