mr. stevens, please compare american government and jazz music.old us he didn't quite know how to handle that question. my suggestion involved people blowing loudly on their horns or banging loud' on their drums was not terribly helpful. we decided to ask questions to trip up the applicant. we didn't have the internet to find a quick answer but figured it out. though chris may not have come up with the answer during that exam he certainly lived the message taught by this interesting comparison. both american democracy and jazz music involved ongoing experimentation. they involve unscripted action and improvisation as we figure out the best way to get along. both depend on a group allowing a soloist or representative to step forward and recite his piece while the rest of the group provides background harm any and rhythm. when both forms work, the world is treated to a remarkable result. where ad hoc and seemingly dissonent voices become a part. we know the amazing things chris achieved when he led the way as america collaborated with the libyan peo

stevens. in the interest of time i won't read the entire congressional record but only an excerpt. it said mrspeaker, i rise with my colleagues to honor, celebrate and remember ambassador john christopher chris stevens. a son of northern california and the bay area, ambassador stevens tragically lost his life in the greatest service to his country. selflessly and courageously representing american values in a foreign nation he knew intimately and cared for deeply. in his diplomatic capacity, ambassador stevens brought a profound and prolific knowledge of arab world and middle east to his assignment. his exemplary gift for making personal connections was invaluable as his role as specific representative and ambassador to one of the most complex and challenging regions of the world. therefore as we join in recognizing ambassador stevens am myself midst a sober outpouring of praise from his family, colleagues, fellow americans and the leaders of this nation, we remember also that chris stevens was beloved by many libyans as well. therefore on behalf of the residents of northern california and ou

stevens. who is he? >> mr. tommy stevens is the heart and soul of "detropia." he's a retired school teacher. he is a black middle class man who could leave detroit but doesn't. he owns the last black-owned blues bar in detroit. on the east side of detroit it's called the raven lounge. he opens every friday and saturday nights. some people come and sometimes they don't. it was a really busy business. he's watched as industry has failed. he watched his customers go away. he's an interesting guy to look at because the proximity of the plant. just because he's an amazing street philosopher. [video clip]. >> capitalism is a great system. i love it. but, it exploits the weak. always does. unfortunately. you know, one of the sociologist i used to read back in the 1960s, said that the upper class needed the middle class to buckle the poor. that if you take the middle class away, the upper class will have problems from your lower class. you got to think about it now. only 2% of americans exceed $300,000 a year. if you wipe out the middle class there, are you going to have 98% of poor folks in this co

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mr. stevens in benghazi? what did president obama do? what did he do? >> he made a bad tactical political decision and went to las vegas. >> bill: correct. what happened right after andrew card whispered in president bush's ear in tampa florida while he was reading a book? what happened? >> he stayed and finished reading the book. >> what happened then. >> he got a little bit of heat over that. >> a little bit of heat? >> wait. >> bill: a little bit of heat? >> wait a second, that one incident. but he got enormous -- enormous publicity off of that. >> bill: compare and contrast. this is how you come to logical conclusions, mr. beckel. you have a conclusion where mr. bush acted one way in tampa and got murdered for it you have another situation where president obama acted one way after the benghazi murders and coverage was maybe 20% of what the bush coverage was. >> george bush coverage 9/11 got him 90% in the polls. >> bill: immediately after, how he reacted after. >> what is he going to do? talking to a bunch of little kids jump up and be scared and ru

mr. stevens called this an understaffed location in benghazi. he was worried about the lack of security they had there. so, again, two separate problems for the administration ahead of this monday debate. one is how they labeled it two, i think the more serious charge is that they did ignore this intelligence leading up. that's what we have the state department for to listen to our intelligence officials for the warnings like from ambassador stevens. >> it's chilling to hear ambassador stevens was aware of how the situation deteriorated middle of it. he said he had a month before he was killed with some of these tribal leaders and they said that they -- it bass getting worse and that they were not going to respect the libyan security agents for much longer. he knew and he was trying to tell congress. now as you know there is an investigation going on in the house and the that to the get to the bottom of this. >> congress asking for nor information the tapes that should be released and this is senator lindsey graham and congressman chaffets they

stevens. obviously mrs. smith is upset. what is the procedure though for keeping a family informed.e said we will let you know what happened? you would think somebody would be in contact with her. >> there is an office in the justice department. the office of victim witness assistance. they are supposed to be the advocates, to get updates, to make sure the families are kept apprised. but you also expect and every department has this. if it is a member of our law enforcement or intelligence service that is agency makes sure to shepherd the person around the system. it is sort of incomprehensible to me these are people, the family members were identified and met with senior officials and it is not as though they don't know where she is. >> initially i thought maybe they were in contact with sean smith's wife who is i guess in the netherlands? >> that is right. with a family that has lost someone, there is more than one person. there is the family and you may have the spouse. and it becomes the government' s responsibility to keep the family in formed. >> you reached out to the state d

stevens. obviously mrs. smith is upset. you know, it's very understandable why she would be. what is the procedure though for keeping a family informed? she said we will let you know what happened? do they wait until the investigation is over? you would think somebody would be in contact with them. >> there is an office in the justice department. because this is now a criminal investigation, they responsible -- the office of victim/witness assistance. they are supposed to be the advocates inside the apparatus of the u.s. government to get updates, to make sure the families are kept apprised. but you also expect and every department has this. if it's an employee lost, or a member of one of our law enforcement or intelligence service, that agency takes ownership of making sure to shepherd the person through the system and around the system. in many respects, it's sort of incomprehensible to me. these are people -- the family members were identified. they met with senior officials, and it is not as though they don't know where she is. >> initially i thought maybe they were in co

stevens. obviously, mrs. smith is very upset. and you know it is very understandable why she would be.what is the procedure, though, for keeping the family informed? she says they said well, we'll let you know what happened. do they wait until the investigation is over, you would think somebody would be in contact with her? >> right, there is actually an office in the justice department, because this is now a criminal investigation that is responsible. the victim witness assistance. they are supposed to be the advocates inside the u.s. apparatus, the government, to make sure that the families are kept apprised. but you also expect, any department has this, if an employee is lost, a member of our intelligence services, that agency takes ownership of making sure to sepherd the person through the system and around the system to get information. so in many respects, anderson, it is sort of incomprehendible to me, the family members were identified, met with senior officials of the united states, and the secretary of state. it is not as if they don't know where she is. >> initially i though

online will be overseen by steven gillette and mr. score gets bumped up to head the retail channel. comparable store sales are going to be down between 5.3% and 2.3% when they produce their earnings about a month from now. the company is look at profits that are probably going to be 100 basis points lower than they were this time a year ago. thompson has their estimates at 36 cents for the quarter. >> all right. big move in that stock in the extended hours. thanks very much. "fast money" begins in a few minutes. simon hobbs is here with a preview. >> maria, on "fast money" at 5:00, we'll be taking positions ahead of apple and amazon reporting tomorrow. steve forbes will be here at the nasdaq to explain why a romney victory will be good for the markets. we'll be raining on the cloud. the latest from f-5 networks, poor results there. and the ceo of toys r us will be here to give us that warm holiday trading. we'll be live on "fast money." >> all right, simon. we'll be there. another batch of key economic reports d reports due out tomorrow. we'll tell you which ones to watch for. stay

that's a steven spielberg. sally fields is mrs. lincoln and daniel day lewis is lincoln. it is going to be quite something. >> all right. that's the best one out of 15,000. get that one. >> now guest of honor. you hear about white house dinners. this is a book about what happened, and it's true, when thomas roosevelt, theodore roosevelt had booker t. washington, the first african-american to have dinner at the white house. and there was a big scandal about it. it was quite something because he had -- he invited booker t. washington to the white house for dinner. >> so this is all the ins and outs? >> and how he did it and why he did it. then our favorite, dolly madison. you know her from the ice cream. >> yep. >> all know that she was the one that saved george washington's portrait from the war of 1812. this is all about her and how she worked things. she was quite a politician on her own. so dolly madison. then if you really are getting a little tired of all the real life things, get the dirt with fiction. so there are two books by political insiders that are just great.

mr. taylor describes and that have been illegal and unconstitutional for a very long time. >> davo abigdulah, thank you for your time, and steven taylor. we will be watching as this hearing takes place this week. >>> we'll be showing you what bill o'reilly and john stewart had to say when things got rather heated and o'reilly weighed in on those who use media to spew hate. i don't spend money on gasoline. i am probably going to the gas station about once a month. last time i was at a gas station was about...i would say... two months ago. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i go to the gas station such a small amount that i forget how to put gas in my car. [ male announcer ] and it's not just these owners giving the volt high praise. volt received the j.d. power and associates appeal award two years in a row. ♪ >>> it was a different kind of debate and some people were watching bill o'reilly and john stewart battle it out. >> it was only on line. you can imagine there were sparks flying when they disagreed. >> income redistribution, do you believe in it? >> no. >> no? >> i asked first. >> i believe in social security. do you

>> the next, author and lecturer steven johnson, bestselling science writer talks about the cyberworld, popular culture in computer networking as a political tool. mr. johnson is the author of eight nonfiction natural history of innovation" and "future perfect: the case of progress in a networked age". >> steven johnson, in your newest book "future perfect: the case of progress in a networked age," you use the term pier progressive. what is that? >> guest: my attempt to come up with a term for this new political philosophy that i see emerging all-around me. the book is a serious story about people trying to change the world and advance progress and who don't complete refit the existing model that we have between the democrats and republicans and they believe in many ways that the way that the internet was built, the way that the web was built and things like wikipedia were built using collaborative peer network for people and coming together and openly collaborating and building ideas, that is the tremendous engine for progress and growth. but it doesn't involve big government and doesn't involve capitalism. when you believe in this kind of system

steven johnson. so you know what? i didn't even hear what mr. johnson said. on your idea immediately. >> guest: let me say one other thing particularly about "future perfect," but this b has been true of some of you concern my books. you write books because you want to entertain people or persuade them of a perspective on the world, or you want to tell them a rich story and help them understand the world. some books are written that way. every now and then you write a book, and "future perfect" is one of them, where you're trying to encourage people to surprise you, right? [laughter] you're trying to tell them enough stories and give them a framework they can use, and the hope is that people will read "future perfect" and go out and then build a kind of peer network in some other facet of my road map at all, butfiearssay, showne and you gd inthvein on wo too ttin 99-year-old grandmoo is watching this show, no doubt, is always teasing me about, that i never actually finished that ph.d.. so -- but i've written all these books, surely, i should get some credit f

expanded production in the united states, instead of expanding in china, said stewart stevens, the senior adviser to mrll, a gm spokesman responded to this saying, that is absolutely bereft of any fundamental understanding of the global automotive industry. all global manufacturers, whether general motors, ford, chrysler, or vw, build historically in the markets in which we sell. steve rattner, last, just to nail this down, it seems to me, the reality is, beyond all the nonsense and the ads put out by romney to get votes, is that we build jeeps in this country for people to buy them in this country, as i have done, and we build jeeps in china for chinese people to buy, and that's the way it's been, it's the way it will be, according to all future plans. >> yes. and i think both you and bill and what you have just read from the gm spokesman has made that very clear. cars are being made close to people who buy them. now, we do export jeeps at the moment, because it is such an iconic brand worldwide. and jeep wranglers will only be made in toledo for the foreseeable future. and any jeep wranglers that are

mr. woods disobeyed the order and tried to rescue ambassador christopher stevens and other americans. tyrone woods was killed that day. so was the ambassadors, his aid sean smith and glen doherty also a navy seal. today on the radio program president obama said. this i was not personally aware of any requests. obviously we have an infrastructure that's set up to manage requests like that. we're kind to find out what happens. ultimately any time there is a death of an american oversees i want to find out what happened because my most important job as president is keeping the american people safe. >> bill: all right. so once again, mr. obama didn't explain what happened on 9/11 in libya. once again he said his administration is investigating. but so much, so much misinformation has been but the out there by the obama administration you would think that six weeks after the attack some kind of clarity could be put forth by the president he doesn't have to do it because the press is not pushing him. brian williams, one of the few journalists mr. obama is talking with, had a chance to ask h

steven johnson. >> caller: good morning, mr. johnson. let me just say what a distinct pleasure it is to talk to you. i want to say in 2005, i was a counselor educator and i taught a continuing education class counselors throughout the san antonio community. believe me, i used your book, the looks were bewilderment and total aggravation. the title freak them out. learning is prefigured. the kids were teaching me. i didn't know anything about computers. how are we going to use it to guard against plagiarism? this had nothing to do with it. the resistance, as the time went on, and when i wrote my little blurb on amazon at 11 responses, only two people agreed with it. so this resistance among practitioners had to be tremendous. when the little kid wrote the iphone initiative about two or three years ago, and i played that in one of my classes, the ones over 45 and 50 years old work against it. but the younger ones were part of the global village and they were connected like an umbilical cord. so we are getting better at this >> guest: i'm gl

steven actually owed him his entire inheritance to pay back a whole different loan. this second loan was verbal, said harvey, done on a handshake. undocumented, naturally. >> but mr. t. he is a con man and he told it with a straight face. >> reporter: would jurors believe him? steven's friend, sylvia, worried. >> i was thinking, oh, my gosh, what if he cons these people the way he conned steven? >> reporter: and perhaps there was reason to worry. the jury stayed out for almost two full days. >> it was a long couple days, i'll tell you that. >> reporter: and then, finally. >> we, the jury, in the above-entitled action find the defendant, harvey morrow, guilty of the crime of willful, deliberate and premeditated first-degree murder of steven b. williams. >> oh, my gosh, we were all holding hands. and when they read it, we were all crying and so grateful. >> reporter: and steven's many friends poured into the courtroom the day harvey was sentenced. doug johnson read a statement for all of them, things he had to say to harvey. >> for years, you ate his food, lived and worked on what he thought was a common goal, the whole time stealing from him, and ultimately taking w

mr. obama's failure to protect american embassy workers in libya led to the death of ambassador chris stevens last month. >> reporter: mitt romney shifted his focus today to foreign policy. >> the tax on our consulate on september 11th, 2012 was likely the work of force as fill ed with those who atack our homeland on september 11th, 2001 this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam, despite administration's attempts to convince of us of that. >> reporter: the romney campaign is trying to reverse the tide on this issue. the republican contender used today's speech to keep up his criticism of the obama administration. romney had a swagger. he's riding a wave of momentum after last week's debate. latest poll taken after the denver show count has the race tied at 47 among registered voters. president obama had a five point advantage in the three days leading in the debate. the same poll found voters overwhelmingly said romney won't debate, the biggest debate win ever recorded by gallup. bigger than clinton's 42 point margin over bush.4!zf[ç in los angeles last nigh

vice president gore, the next question is for you, and it will be asked by steven koosmann. mr.osmann, where are you, sir? you're right behind me as well. there we go. >> right next to the last. >> it seems that when we hear about issues of this campaign, it's usually medicare, social security or prescription drugs. as a college professor, i hear a lot of apathy amongst young people who feel that there are no issues directed to them. and they don't plan to vote. how do you address that? >> we've got to change it. i spend a good deal of time talking to young people, and in my standard speech out there on the stump i usually end my speech by saying, i want to ask you for something and i want to direct it especially to the young people in the audience. and i want to tell you what i tell them. sometimes people who are very idealistic and have great dreams, as young people do, are apt to stay at arm's length from the political process because they think their good hearts might be brittle, and if they invest their hopes and allow themselves to believe, then they're gonna be let down a

of questions about the attack in libya that ended in the death of ambassador stevens and three other americans. they pressed mr taken so long to get definitive answers. >> reporter: how is it determined to use these assessments, preliminary or not, even though they turn out to be wrong? isn't there some concern -- >> we live in a society that values transparency. this is an administration that values transparency. we had a -- we had -- >> reporter: for our benefit, even if they turned out to be wrong? >> the judgment you're making. what we are saying is when asked what happened, we gave our assessments based on the information we had at the time. >> and the silver fox joins us now live from the white house. mike, despite carney repeating his assertion the administration divulged details of this attack as they came in, why were reporters like yourself not prepared to buy it? >> reporter: well, i think most people are willing to stipulate to places like benghazi are very dangerous areas, our foreign service and diplomat corps is always operating under dangerous circumstances, or at least in many cases, people ar

mr. obama's failure to protect american embassy workers in libya led to the death of ambassador chris stevens last month. >> reporter: mitt romney shifted his focus today to foreign policy. >> the tax on our consulate on september 11th, 2012 was likely the work of force as fill ed with those who atack our homeland on september 11th, 2001 this latest assault can't be blamed on a reprehensible video insulting islam, despite ministration's attempts to convince of us of that. >> reporter: the romney campaign is trying to reverse the tide on this issue. the republican contender used today's speech to keep up his criticism of the obama administration. romney had a swagger. he's riding a wave of momentum after last week's debate. latest poll taken after the denver show count has the race tied at 47 among registered voters. president obama had a five point advantage in the three days leading in th debate theame poll found voters ovwhelngly sd romy won't debate, the biggest debate win ever recorded by gallup. bigger than clinton's 42 point margin over bush.4!zf[ç in los angeles last night musicians le

mrs. clinton works for him and he takes full responsibility. a memorial service was held today for stevens. he grew up here in the bay area and his siblings spoke of him not only as an ambassador but also as a brother. >> he was my closest mentor. it is not just important who your mother and father is but it is very important who your big brother is and we had the very best. >> his brother also joked about chris' early development of his dip mat particular skills. >> such were the powers that he had that he convinced me as a five-year-old to do the following, number 1, put on my clothing, number 2, put on a ski mask and number 3, streak through the neighbor's family room. >> their youngest sister also shared fond memories. >> hundreds of mourners attended from around the world to honor the life of stevens. more on that emotional tribute? >>> ambassador stevens had strong ties. they had tonight at city hall ranged from international -- the crowd heard from former us secretary of state george shultz, representative and the libyian ambassador to the united states. his family contacted charlot

vice president gore, the next question is for you, and it will be asked by steven koosmann. mr.osmann, where are you, sir? you're right behind me as well. there we go. >> right next to the last. >> it seems that when we hear about issues of this campaign, it's usually medicare, social security or prescription drugs. as a college professor, i hear a lot of apathy amont young people who feel that there are no issues directed to them. and they don't plan to vote. how do you address that? >> we've got to change it. i spend a good deal of time talking to young people, and in my staard speech out there on the stump i usually end my speech by saying, i want to ask you for something and i want to direct it especially to the young people in the audience. ani want to tell you what i tell them. sometimes people who are very idealistic and have great dreams, as young people do, are apt to stay at arm's length from the political process because they think their good hearts might be brittle, and if they invest their hopes and allow themselves to believe, then they're gonna be let down and dis

mrs. kim bochy. and let us now welcome distinguished members of the giants ownership group, charles johnson, david jenkins, trina and rob veen, tory and steven humphrey and allen baer. and we also joined by past giants owners. please welcome the family jamie and kim rupert and peter stoneum. also here with us today bob and connie laurie. peter and debbie mc clawlin. bill and sally newco. and now let's give it up for your giants training staff. david, mark and carl, and harold. [cheers and applause] [inaudible] your assistant coaches. shawn dun can, dave stone and the there will will clark. [cheers and applause] . and the manager for the past 54 years the legendary one, mike murphy. [cheers and applause] and we would also like to extend a warm welcome to all of the giants alumni that we have here today including former giants manager feleap laua and five of our hall of famers. gay lord perry, orlando si pirra, jaun, lily misconnie, and willy mays. [cheers and applause] we also want to acknowledge congresswoman nancy pelosi along with her husband. thank you so much for being here. we know how busy you with the election just a few days away so

mr. smith's death and that of ambassador stevens and everybody else who was involved for their death he will them o justice based on the record he's amassed over the past four years. megyn: marc, it's true the white house eventually got around to calling this a terrorist attack, but they did eventually. but mrs. smith last night tells cnn, she says, look, i look at the tv, and i see bloody hand prints on walls thinking is that my son's? remember that picture, that terrifying picture from the consulate on the day of the attack? susan rice spoke to me personally, and she says this was the way it was, that it was all because of this film that came out. and now we heard yesterday something very, very different. >> yeah, no, exactly right. i mean, what we found out, in fact, yesterday was that they watched it in realtime, that it wasn't 24 hours -- fox had reported it was 24 hours, within 24 hours they had determined it was a terrorist attack. the state department determined it was a terrorist attack in realtime. so we spent weeks trying to pretend this was about an internet video when it was, in

the terrorist attack in benghazi, libya, that claimed the lives of ambassador chris stevens and three other americans. mrit a terror attack the next day even while some aides were blaming a protest of an anti-islam movie. the president is likely to say he delivered on the foreign policy promises he made as a candidate in the 2008. >> four years ago i told you we'd end the war in iraq, and i did. i said we'd end the war in afghanistan, and can we are. i said we'd focus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11, and we have, and bin laden is dead. >> reporter: aaron david miller, the vice president of the woodrow wilson institute who was on our air within the past hour, says we're stuck in a middle east we can't fix or leave. he says our choices are divided between migraines and root canals. he says each president or -- each candidate, pardon me, should assert how they would reestablish american leadership in that region. jon? jon: wendell goler at the state department for us, thank you. jenna: well, certainly a loot of ups and downs for everybody, and can now we have this other debate that just h