archaeologist peter matthews. matthews: we can now read this entire inscription. it begins over here with the date, the verb of which is recorded here, saying literally, "he was born." it then moves directly into another date, and these numbers here represent 4 followed by the glyph for a 20-year period here. so 4 times 20 years, or roughly 80 years between those two dates. then we get a glyph here giving the event of the second date, he died. and then the name of the person who both was born and died, the great son, pacal, shown here by a shield sign, which is read "pacal" in mayan. finally, to end this first passage, we get "the holy lord of palenque," indicating that he was the king of palenque. keach: a king at the age of 12, pacal left a wealth of inscriptions that traces his lineage back six generations. his sons carried the lineage forward, to reveal a phenomenal record of a ruling maya dynasty. but the writing also revealed an abrupt and puzzling break in the dynastic succession. this is the palace, begun by pacal and continued by his sons, including kan x

peter schiff. matthew tuttle, of tuttle wealth management. and joe nas max ferris. founder of the maxfunds.com. peter start with you, that consumer sentiment very positive. does it make you feel good? >> well, sometimes confidence is not a good thing. if you're skating on thin ice bu you're confident that it is thick you can get into a lot of trouble. i think rising home prices are creating a false impression that things are getting better but actually rising home prices is more of the problem. i think pmi was more indicative of what is really going on. in fact i think the real economic situation is lot worse than even the pmi would suggest. melissa: peter, i feel like i knew you were going to say that. matthew, do you think the rising home prices are a sign of something bad as opposed to something good? >> no. i look at it as a sign of something good. i mean the consumer number, the home price number, they all came with some yeah buts, but things are still going in the right direction and, i think we've now got an economy that is not too hot, not too cold. which mea

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peter. >> thank you so much. have a great day. >>> choose your weapons. scandals, or jobs? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. politics is what you're talking about. if you're talking about the national debt, bet on republicans. same with crime. that's another good issue for them. benghazi. better yet, think irs. that will get you votes if you're a republican. or if nothing else is happening, say they're coming to get your guns. this is the conversation in this country right now. they're not talking about the debt, we're talking about benghazi or the irs or here's the old standby, guns. they're coming to get your guns. keep you from getting them back. never more will you have a gun. if you're president obama or a fellow progressive, i'm thinking, why on earth would you sit around and share in those conversations? how about we talk about how we're not quite as bad as the right wing conservatives say you are? sticking your chin out so they can pound you one more time. i have an idea. why isn't the president, why aren't progressive people talking about something con

peter welch. i know you rushed to the camera. thank you, sir, for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you for watching this afternoon. chris matthewsrdball" is right next. >>> target, benghazi. let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. i'm chris matthews in washington. let me start tonight with this. there have been a raft of charges that fit under the heading, benghazi. the sheer volume of them allows the one making the charge to maintain the offensive. it allows people to take glancing shots at this administration and possibly a future administration without coming up with a sharp indictment that merits hard public debate. so to avoid that confusion, i'm going to divide the charge into four periods. one, events before the benghazi facility came under attack. two, events occurring when the benghazi facility first came under attack. third, events occng

peter. >> thank you so much. have a great day. >>> choose your weapons. scandals, or jobs? let's play "hardball." >>> good evening. >>> good evening. i'm chris matthewstart tonight with this. politics is what you're talking about. if you're talking about the national debt, bet on republicans. same with crime. that's another good issue for them. benghazi. better yet, think irs. that will get you votes if you're a republican. or if nothing else is happening, say they're coming to get your guns. this is the conversation in this country right now. they're not talking about the debt, we're talking about benghazi or the irs or here's