c-span: drew pearson. >> guest: drew pearson was the--the matt drudge of the--of the--of the--of the '40s, a radio commentator and newspaper columnist, a kind of glorified gossip columnist, really, and he and mccarthy crossed swords a number of times on--on issues. pearson was, like a lot of liberal anti-communists, outraged by mccarthy's charges against the truman administration and against the democratic party, saw them as wildly reckless--which a lot of them were, of course--and they became bitter, bitter personal enemies, and... c-span: drew pearson and jack anderson were... >> guest: that's right, were... c-span: ...were teammates... (unintelligible)... >> guest: ...were teammates, were teammates, and anderson worked for pearson, really sort of learned his--learned the trade. c-span: what's the slap story? >> guest: the slap story is that they went to a dinner hosted by a leading washington hostess, who decided that it would be--i guess--decided it would be fun to put these two bitter personal enemies side by side at the same table, and after a series of bitter exchanges at the-

aunque no sean documentado pearson el futuro del país, quieren seguir su educación que pueden haceryan a ir a hablar con los representantes y pedir que pasen el greene más. >>> vamos a ir a mensajes, vamo a seguir hablando con las invitadas de hoy sobre el acces dde los latinos a la educación superior, interesante tema. no cambie la sintonía "agenda washington". >>mario sol: muy bien señoras y señores, vamos a continuar con "agenda washington" estamos conversandconversando con devor santiago vicepresidenta de investigación y política de educación de la organización excelencia en la educación y también estamos con maría elena viva, directora ejecutiva del programa nacional de pasantía del programa de nefersds vamos hablar de acceso los latinos a la educación superior. vamos a enfocar un plan poz po positivo, que tienen que hacer los padres de la familia par pa que los hijos vayan a la universidad. >> primer tienen que saber que si es posible. que si pueden ir. sus hijos y que hay recursos disponibles para ayudarlos a ellos, es un trabajo con encont los, pero hay recursos se puede ir,

bill barke is the chairman of pearson u.s. higher education. been great sponsoring this jump-start reading program. >> good morning. >> first of all, you're not wearing your red pajamas. >> we thought about it but we have the llama. >> obviously reading is important but what are you trying to accomplish by this day where everybody should be reading this particular book? >> well, what we're really trying to accomplish, and may i first say thank you again for sponsoring us, this is our sixth time with you, we are trying to accomplish raising awareness about the education achievement gap in preschool children, children who are born in poverty often enter kindergarten one to three times -- one out of three children who enter kindergarten enter two years behind their age peers and what we're trying to do is have people read to raise awareness about literacy. we can do this with your help and with people signing on to our website and reading. >> well, bill, it's great day, a great effort. but what happens after today? >> well, tackling the literacy g

before we get started i want to mention as predicted sheffield wednesday big chesterfield i met john pearson he was so impressed with my prognosticating abilities he gave me his time that's right. but say server maxwell you may have been too busy at the sheffield wednesday game to have noticed that angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy have been photographed standing together and you know what that means that means another conning plan only this one chancellor merkel announced we are not going into the details today the whole package will be ready by the end of the month there are no details other than desperate money printing as the banking system implodes at least those occupy wall street people have finally figured out one thing it's not the government that's the problem but the banks recurring theme i'm sure but tell us more well i maintain there is no difference between banks and government they are the same thing but let's move on to covering this angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy meeting the uncredible dog and pony show merkel and sarkozy so this is our guest from last week charles hugh s

the same period a year ago here's maxine pearson from metropol i have seen. many and soon i will certainly or even metals. can sure be a good potential girls is the way always one of the can one is the correct thing that's all circular could be a difference of story when busted speaking about metals mining company you mean exporters from russia good growth from the russian ruble depreciation also it's the stalks which froze. in the market. you know the news canadian developers are aiming to invest around six hundred million dollars in russia real estate of five years then to see news paper says true to the trinity development group and cooperation to create a new company which will invest in building retail parks and a moscow region investors are counting on long term contracts for up to twenty years. russia will be producing champagne for another ten years at least that's the time local sparkling wine makers can keep the word champagne on their bottles the move is part of an agreement between russian producers and those from the french champagne region the t

cissy's former son in law, her daughter's ex-husband was a famous political columnist named drew pearson who supported roosevelt through the war who cissy fell out with but he and his new wife basically formed the only family that cissy managed to hold onto so she was very much alone at that point. and seems to have begun to drink more according to reports that her friends made. the paper reflected this and at the same time cissy had fallen in with a colorful and peculiar character in washington during the war, a white russian immigrant doctor called dr. de savage. his credentials were not quite right to practice in the united states but he had a practice anyway that seemed to revolve around giving the ladies lounge in washington injections' for weight-loss or to feel better or to sleep and he became very chummy with cissy and came to her party's. one night from exhaustion she had heart trouble throughout her life. her staff didn't -- doctors had been mobilized or too old to serve so they were out of town and they called in dr. de savage to move into the house and declared she had a hear

cissy's former son-in-law, her daughters ex-husband was a famous political columnist called drew pearson who had supported roosevelt through the war and fell out with but he and his new wife basically formed the only family that she managed to hold onto and so she was very much alone at that point and seemed to have begun to drink more according to reports that her friends made or gave, and the paper reflected the sand at the same time cissy seems to have fallen in with a very colorful and peculiar character in washington during the war a white russian immigrant doctor. it seems his credentials were not quite right to practice in the united states but he had a practice that seemed to revolve and the wheat loss or to feel better or to sleep and he became an can do a lot of her famous parties and one might from exhaustion and she had heart trouble throughout her life she fell face down in her suit and her staff didn't know who to call. her doctors had been mobilized or were too old to serve and so they were out of town. it was summer so they called in a doctor who promptly moved into mur h

us now about the governor's proposal to scale down the casino bill chicago tribune reporter rick pearson. thank you for joining us >> little bit here and a little bit there and frankly first comment way too top heavy haven't said that tried to get voters to put together a package the old st. people who love sausage should not see how what is being made a lot of elements governor has basically sent them back to ground zero still may never happen. >> we talked before hand and you said haven't slot machines at racetracks actually might enhance the yes vote downstate why is that? >> to pass a bill cannot just have the votes for regional legislators also need downstate illinois in the components that allows racetrack slot machines money for the horse racing and horse breeding and agricultural industry have been hard and illinois and this would be a way to get those downstate votes that you need to pass the bill adding to the component for get the legislators are around a racetrack amenities cannot get a casino bill passed >> ford heights begging for something like that what other areas of nee

totaling about $2 billion then take a look at some of the other countries, united kingdom, shares of pearson, i stress this was in september of 2010 and the latest information we have on this and in germany he owned a large stake in seaman's. and in the united states, in spain, another 20 million and in the uk at lloyd's bank, 32 million and in the united states, another 20 million, charles, of bank of america, so his holdings were widespread throughout many different countries and that's what's going to be so difficult to uncover and let's face it, this isn't exactly the time to be selling any of your stock or bond holdings because the market has been so volatile. that's why they're held in different places throughout the world. it will take a long time to uncover and possibly years for the libyan investment authority to get this back into libyan hands. nina. >> felicia, thanks. >>> for libyans there is an everyday reminder of the man who ruled them for 42 years. that's because his face is on their money. they have been buying wads of these notes, what we're seeing a 1 libyan dinar but thou

hampton pearson has the market wrap. >> hello, martin.is a look at how stocks are doing with about 15 minutes left in the trading day. volatility in the markets and the dow is up and s and p up six points and the nasdaq down about 4.5 points. they are looking at the events in libya and impact on oil. there is a sharp reversal on when the oil trades pushed prices to more than $89 a barrel, the drop undermines two weeks of the 19% price gain. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. the markets never stop moving. of course, neither do i. solution: td ameritrade mobile. i can enter trades. on the run. even futures and forex. complex options? done. the market shifts... i get an alert. thank you. live streaming audio. advanced charts. look at that. all right here. wherever "here" happens to be. mobile trading from td ameritrade. number one in online equity trades. trade commission-free for 30 days, plus get up to $500 when you open an account. >>> for more now on the death of moammar gadhafi, and it often seems the focus of the obama

there will be a big festival on k street and it will be from 13th to 14th street on pearson and square and there will be 30 chef-inspired food truck that will serve meals at 11:00 a.m. and we also planning to give away some food day water bottles. >> that sounds good. you mentioned earlier there was a legislative component to it too. what would you like to accomplish? >> you know we have three broad goals, the first one is to just raise awareness about food issues and we target many aspects of the problems of the food system. like dit related does -- diet related diseases, and many more. and the second one is to advocate for better policies on the local, federal and state level and then to give a broad umbrella for different groups to work together to collaborate and to dialogue. >> lilia, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. we have more information on the website wusa9.com as far as where you can find places to eat, some of the legislative events and connect you to their website as well. >>> in sports this morning, a pitching duel in game duoof the world series, it remai

. >> right protests here move from here in the pearson square down to freedom plaza. tomorrow they are expecting thousands of people. janitors, the poor, and the unemployed. they are planning to march to the u.s. chamber of commerce carrying resumes and demanding jobs. derek. >> well, we have trouble with the sound there, but the message is coming through loud and clear. meantime, protesters are out in athens, greece. riot police tried to contain the crowd. they fired tear gas at the demonstrators and pelted the officers with fire bombs and chunks of rock. other greeks walked off the job in protest. greece needs a $145 billion bailout to keep from going bankrupt. we'll be back in just a minute. >>> freed american, amanda knox is in america today. she spent years in an italian prison. she has been released and manuel spoke with her father today in seattle. >> amanda knox is back in her hometown safe and sound with her family. her father won't say exactly where she is. >> she is in the united states, yes, and trust me, you will not find her. >> they are trying to give t

if you go back and read the contemporary press, everybody from drew pearson to walt whitman, then not only expected him to win, they had praise for the campaign he had run. they thought it was high minded, and they had a lot of criticism for the campaign harry truman ran against him. it is an example of how a snapshot of history can be superseded very quickly. >> we want to show our viewers from that night early on when the returns are starting to come and, thomas e. dewey's campaign manager and the confidence they had early on. take a look. >> champagne flows freely. victory is in the air. the first returns had truman in the lead, but republicans are not worried. and then he brings good news secured >> we now know that governor do we will carry new york state by 50,000 votes and he will be the next president of the united states. [applause] >> white were republicans are confident they could get the white house in 1948? >> by the way, carrying york state was no small feat. it was the first time in 20 years of republican had managed to do it. new york was the cradle of the new deal. fo

in the united kingdom he owned pearson plc, publisher of "financial times," and that's about 3% or $400 the united states he had companies that he had shares in. general election being a significant one, $250 million worth. when it comes to some of the banks that he was doing business with, he had significant holdings with hsbc and goldman sachs. also in his bond portfolio, take a look at what was held. in italy, $50 million worth in just one investment. $20 million worth in spain. at lloyds in the u.k., $32 million worth. at bank of america, $20 million worth. what's interesting to find out about this, many of these assets were frozenent january and placed -- frozen in january and placed under u.n. sanctions. some sanctions are being lifted, but they have to be proven that they're for humanitarian reasons, such as for the people of libya. that's a very slow process. that's happening for the state assets. when can-- when it comes to personal assets, those are difficult to uncover. the libyan government will have to prove to courts in various countries, whether it's the united states, u.

. ♪ >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. rally losing steam in the final hour of trading. the dow jones industrial soared 339 points to finish well above the 12,000 point benchmark. the s&p 500 jumping 42. the nasdaq surging 87 points. a deal on greek debt, strong corporate earnings, and solid economic growth here at home all teaming up to bring investors back to the markets. one analyst calls it an excellent step in the right direction. eurozone ministers and lenders agreeing on a deal to slash greek's debt in half. u.s. and european banks benefited big-time with morgan stanley leading the way with an impressive 17% bump. meanwhile, u.s. gdp growing at a rate of 2.5%. it's the fastest pace in a year and a big improvement over last quarter, and a busy earnings day. dow chemical, exxonmobil, procter & gamble and visa all ending higher after delivering their quarterly results. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." well, rick perry's got a new strategy. it invo

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. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. all tricks and no treats for the bulls today.6 points. the s&p 500 tumbling 31. the nasdaq giving up 52 points. a pretty lousy way to end what was otherwise a great month. all the major averages put up double-digit percentage gains. it was the dow's best month since 2002. the s&p's best since 1991. former new jersey governor jon corzine's bid to revive his struggling investment firm came to an end today. mf global finance filed for bankruptcy protection after talks to sell it fell apart. health insurer humana surged after delivering better than expected profits and a good outlook. sony slumped on word it's struggling to split its tv unit into three separate divisions. and the dollar hit a three-month high against the yen as the bank of japan stepped in with another attempt to weaken that currency. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball"." >>> welcome back to "hardball." rick perry's poll numbers have dropped precipitously over the past month, largely as a result of his shaky debate performances. b

. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap. stocks lurching to a mixed finish.s. the s&p 500 gaining 5. the nasdaq falling 5 points. investors sifting through a bucket full of earnings and headlines today. in economic news, we had weekly jobless claims falling more than expected. a surprise jump in mid-atlantic factory activity in october. and leading indicators climbing for their fifth straight month, pointing to a modest economic growth pattern ahead. in europe, officials shot down rumors of a second postponement of that upcoming economic summit in brussels. and amid ongoing protests, the greek parliament approved more wage cuts and tax hikes. in earnings news, at&t's revenue came in lighter than expected with slower subscriber growth. drugmaker eli lilly delivered lower profits, but an improved outlook. and microsoft reporting after the closing bell, turning in better-than-expected revenue and earnings in line with expectations. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." it was the moment from tue

♪ >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap.ending the week on a high note amid euro zone optimism and strong corporate earnings here at home. the dow jones industrials soaring, 267 points. the s&p 500 adding 22. the nasdaq picking up 38 points. another winning week makes four in a row for the dow industrials, three in a row for the s&p, but the first weekly loss for the nasdaq since the end of september. nobody's expecting any big breakthroughs at this weekend's economic summit in brussels, but anything coming out of that meeting could set the tone for trading on monday. here at home, we had strong earnings from mcdonald's. it's been gobbling up market share from other fast food chains for months. ge delivered a revenue beat, with earnings coming in in-line with expectations. and hard drive maker cgate surged on analysts showing its factories are still operating at full capacity, despite widespread flooding in thailand. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." was

. >>> i'm hampton pearson with your cnbc market wrap.l-off on some weak corporate guidance and more pessimism about the european debt crisis. the dow jones industrials plunging 207 points. the s&p 500 tumbling 25. the nasdaq giving up 61 points. it's down to the wire in brussels. everybody's expecting some kind of plan for dealing with the crisis, but today's ministers had to cancel a key meeting because there were still too many details to hammer out. on the earnings front, investors were more interested in guidance than last quarter's results. but dupont slumped, despite beating expectations and raising its full-year outlook. netflix shares plunged 35% after it reported losing 800,000 subscribers last quarter. and after the closing bell, amazon delivered a big earnings miss. shares are taking in a pounding in after-hours trading. and ibm announced that virginia romdy will replace retiring ceo samuel paulisono on january 1st. that's it from cnbc, first in business worldwide. now back to "hardball." >>> welcome back to "hardball." the ri

and get this -- doris pearson & dorothy klee from turlock, california, and they are twins, they are 101y're swedish descent and they say that's what they owe their longevity to swedish genes. that's it. that's amazing. god love you. back to new york. >> thanks, willard. >>> have you noticed a growing number of stars bringing their looks to retailers near you? >> it's everywhere. i'm a big celebrity fashion line shopper. >> i can see you wearing your j. lo suit. coming up much more but this is the "today" show from nbc. from kohl's. ♪ [ female announcer ] everybody loves that cushiony feeling. uh oh. i gotta go. [ female announcer ] and with charmin ultra soft, you can get that same cushiony feeling you love while still using less. charmin ultra soft has extra cushions that are soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. ah. [ female announcer ] using less never felt so good. we all go... why not enjoy the go with charmin ultra soft. ♪ >>> back now at 8:40, this morning on "today's style" the business of celebrity fashion lines, we listen to th

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when we look a little bit smaller in germany at $500 million and then in the united kingdom, pearson,l electric at $250 million. he had company like citigroup, j.p. morgan chase, home depot, many different equities. when it comes to the bond portion of the portfolio, that too was enormous, $50 million in italy. $20 million in spain, $32 million with lloyds bank and 20 million with bank of america. this gives an idea of the international scope of the investments that moammar gadhafi had throughout the world. >> thanks so much. actually right now in libya, they are still celebrating across the country because a dictator is dead. but what about here in the u.s.? beyond the gory pictures and the video, do american voters really care? joining us now is senior political analyst and former presidenter adviser david gergen, i was seeing what your thoughts were and also looking at a different thought coming from historian lee edwards. he was writing about gadhafi's death is a wake-up call for gop candidates who have largely ignored foreign affairs in their race for the white house. do you agre

edith pearson, albert city, iowa, 103 years old.e it amazes her family, and loves to bake cinnamon rolls. my favorite in the whole world, hot cinnamon rolls and cold milk. william stearns, towson, maryland, just up the road from us, baltimore, 100 years old, proud ww ii veteran and loves to go out and enjoy his garden and life. chesapeake bay i'll be over tomorrow morning. i love the name bennie and here is bennie, not jack but genie wa watanabe from wheat ridge, colorado, a former, i believe successful christian missionary all over the world and loves to teach the bible. good old charlie, charles krenzer from fremont, nebraska, 100 years old today loves to play cards and eat fresh veggies, and he is a fine man of class. how about that. that's it. that's all from washington at this time. >> all right, thanks so much, willard. >>> coming up next, the best of the best when it comes to travel. conde nast reader's travel rewards right here on "today" on nbc. ♪ [ female announcer ] have you ever seen a glacier while sunbathing? why not?

they have very democratically organized meetings every evening at pearson square. i am old. am in my 60's. i was not that active against vietnam, of which i regret. i wanted to observe how these young people were working to organize and articulate a message. it is impressive how dedicated they are. host: is there an organized message coming from." -- coming from occupy? caller: democracy does not work like that. i think that the organized message is they want justice and fairness. they want people to have equal opportunity to rights. they do not want people starving in the streets. they want to have 1% of the american population -- they do not want to have 1% of the american population control in guelph, because it skews the politics and undermines our amazing constitution. host: if you want to participate in facebook, we have posted the question there as well and you can offer comments as well. paul martin wade in this morning of facebook. he said -- host: he goes on. you can coast and go on as well. that is the page you will see. julia, tea party supporter. hello. go ahead

davis, julian, pat, chris, eric, kevin, glen massey, kim pearson, don, henry, jsoason schultz, and ralphank you for representing us. [applause] we want to recognize to members of the iowa senate, jerry and pat. thank you for representing us in the iowa senate. [applause] we want to recognize the secretary of agriculture, bill. thank you for your service. we want to recognize the state auditor, david. thank you for your service. [applause] we want to recognize the secretary of state, matt schulz . thank you for your service. we want to recognize congressman tom lee thumb. thank you for your service and leadership in the iowa house. thank you. [applause] we want to recognize it john archer, who is running for the congress of the news second district. john, thank you for putting your name on the ballot. [applause] we want to recognize senator grassley and his wife, barbara, for many years of your service and for your leadership in the u.s. senate. thank you, senator. [applause] [cheers] before i conclude this segment of the program, let me be clear about three issues. first, we believe that

but if you read the contemporary press everyone from drew pearson to walter whitman to the alsop brothers not only expected dewey to win, they had praise for the campaign he had run. they thought it was statesma iftesman-like, high tka-mind ad fact had a lot of criticism for the campaign truman,had run against him. to the it is a fascinating show of how journalism can be supervisor seeded. >> we want to show when the returns are coming in thomas dewey's campaign manager and the confidence that he and the campaign had early on. >> dewey's headquarters in new york sham p champagne flows fre. the first returns were truman in the lead but the republicans are not worried. then republican campaign manager brings good news. >> we now know that governor dewey with carry new york state by at least 50,000 votes and he will be the next president of the united states. >> why were republicans so confident they could get the in anyone 48? >> by the way, carry new york state was no small feat. it was the first time in 20 years that a republican had managed to do it. new york was the cradle of the new de

and get this -- doris pearson & dorothy klee from turlock, california, and they are twins, they are 101wedish descent and they say that's what they owe their longevity to swedish genes. that's it. that's amazing. god love you. back to new york. >> thanks, willard. >>> have you noticed a growing number of stars bringing their looks to retailers near you? >> it's everywhere. i'm a big celebrity fashion line shopper. >> i can see you wearing your j. lo suit. coming up much more but this is the "today" show from ♪ >>> back now at 8:40, this morning on "today's style" the business of celebrity fashion lines, we listen to thir music, watch their tv shows and buy tickets to their movies. more a-listers are also making their way into our closets. from the big screen to the fashion runway, more stars than ever are lending their names to celebrity licensed products, the industry fueled nearly $5 billion in sales last year. >> it's all part of my style. >> reporter: the mass appeal? that celebrity style at affordable prices. these brands rely on a star's success but there are ways to help these ho