mr. morris was 19 years old, legally an adult.addition to that, he had been a drinker of these energy drinks for some time. miss fournier, while a minor certainly, also had a heart condition. so there are some mitigating factors here, are there not? >> i wouldn't call them mitigating factors. monster targeted teenagers like alex morris when he was a teenager, when he was 15 and 16 years old, with their marketing. and mr. morris, the evidence is going to show, that he consumed between two and four energy drinks a day for the three years before his death so we're confident -- >> what are you seeking? what kind of a settlement would you be willing to accept from monster? or what is it that you want from them? >> we want monster to stop marketing their product to children, teenagers and young adults, and we also want monster to put a warning on their product so that consumers know that those with underlying heart conditions should not be drinking energy drinks. energy drinks can be extremely dangerous for anybody with an underlying he

mr. morris emphasizes.ed asset prices, home in the -- homes in the case of 2000, stocks in the case of the dotcom bubble, that's a very different and i agree with your adjective of softer kind of underlying recovery than something based on energy and manufacturing where we're building things. in the manufacturing story, however, there's an interesting dynamic there. it's a very highly productive sector and it's getting more productive in part due to robot particulars. there might not be as many jobs as there were in past manufacturing boom times. >> so that was the good news. so now let's talk a little bit about the bad news. the economic policy institute just released a study that found some shocking figures about the extent of income inequality in the u.s. top 1% of earners saw their income grow by over 240% between 1979 and 2007. during the same period the middle fifth saw their income grow by just 19% and the bottom fifth had only 10.8% gain. how does something like that happen? >> well, look, i'm reall

mr. speaker, today we remember morris wayne bridges jr. of west, texas. he was born february 28, 1972, in dallas, texas, to morris and sharon bridges. he attended schools in dallas and later became a pipe fitter for action fire pro in waxahachie, texas. he had been a volunteer for the west fire department for three years he loved to ride motorcycles, loved to go fishing and enjoyed camping and the outdoors. he was preceded in death by his parents but leaves behind his wife, and his children, all of west, and two sisters, one of bristol and linda of missouri, and many friends and extended amily. mr. speaker, today we remember perry wayne calvin of frost, texas. he was born january 18, 1976, in dallas, texas, to phil and cindy calvin he graduated from frost high school and attended the fire academy and emergency medical technician school at hill college. he was a self-ememployed farmer and loved the outdoors. he was a member of the navarro mills fire department and herton fire department. he enjoyed horseback riding, rodeos, fishing and spending time with h

morris-year-old. as hard as the utilities have fallen, the charts interpreted by tim colins are like mr. iconic. it's for more pain. colins thinks you should get more high quality stuff. i agree with him. that's still aways from where we bryant i would much rather be a serial then a buyer at these levels for many of these stocks because we're just not there yet. frank in new york. frank! >> caller: yeah, jim, thanks for all you do for us guys. thanks for your integrity. >> thank you. >> caller: i'm 59, i'm retired. i bought a couple stocks over a year ago agnc, anna lee and hatteras. hts, they are probably nice dividends, should i be concerned interest price are goingdown up and they're going down. >> as long as you accept the fact the dividends may have to be cut. are you getting outsized drift distributions here. anc is yielding 19% right now. that's probably unsustainable. we would could that a red flag, meaning it can't be holding up. if you can hand him the price risk that will come when they cut the dividend. credit suisse suggested it could be happening to one of these. i think it