he is a world-class scholar and like wilson, a princeton professor. dr. bernanke has become one of the country's most important and most respected policy makers. he happens to be greatly indebted to woodrow wilson. one of owen wilson's major legislative achievements was the enactment of the federal reserve act of 1913. not to put too fine a spin on that and skipping over a awful lot of history, i just want to point out that i don't think he would have a job today if it wasn't for woodrow wilson. [laughter] for the past five years, he has faced tremendous challenges, adversity, and frustration. that is the lot of an avid washington nationals baseball fan. [laughter] which he certainly is. he and i and the sports fans all know that with the first pick in tonight's amateur draft and stephen strassberg's debut on the mound, things are looking up for the nationals. [applause] that is not really my purpose tonight to talk about them. we know him best as the 14 chairman of the federal reserve , first nominated by george w. bush in 2006, renominated by barack oba

then i finished at princeton. -- two graduate years at cambridge. then i finished at princeton. >> how many years in the internment camp? >> they dropped paratroopers into our camp. the americans have landed. the guards were panicking. we might not have lived. they got us all out alive. that was my first memory was being rescued from that camp. >> do you remember the first moment this was an idea for a book? >> i do. i had finished a biography on shoppers' so -- john john jean-jazques rousseau. -- jean-jacques rousseau. i wanted to keep up on my friends. i thought i would take a look at the "democracy of ammrica." i would recommend a recent book in the library of america series, which is a beautiful translation of tocqueville. i got curious about where this book came from. what did he know about america? i discovered it had been 70 years since anyone thought about the journey he took. the light bulb went off. i thought this would be an interesting subject. >> we spent a lot of time with george pearson, who wrote that book you are talking about 70 ye

he is a world-class scholar and like wilson, a princeton professor. dr.bernanke has become one of the country's most important and most respected policy makers. he happens to be greatly indebted to woodrow wilson. one of wells in's major legislative achievements, as many of you know, was the enactment of the federal reserve act of 1913. not to put too fine a spin on it, and skipping over an awful lot of history, i want to point out that i don't think he would have a job today if it had not been for woodrow wilson. [laughter] over the past five years, he has faced tremendous challenges, adversity, and frustration. that is the lot of an avid washington nationals baseball fan. [laughter] which he certainly is. he and i and the sports fans all know that work -- with the first pick in tonight amateur draft and stephen strassberg's debut tomorrow, things are looking up for the nats. that is not my purpose to talk about the nationals. he is the 14th chairman of the national reserve, first nominated by george w. bush in 2006 and re nominated by barack obama for a

and like wilson, a princeton professor -- a world-class scholar.e is one of the most respected policymakers. . he and i am a sports fans in this whole note that the first pick in the amateur draft will be on the mound for the washington nationals. things are looking up. that is not really my purpose tonight. we know him best as the 14th chairman of the federal reserve nominated by george w. bush and renominated by barack obama last august. his scholarly expertise is in the great depression and its causes, and that prepared him for the historic task in facing the second greatest financial crisis in our nation's history. he has been at the center of the extraordinary efforts of this country, indeed the world, to rescue us from the frightening near-collapse of the financial system in the fall of 2008 by making available literally trillions of dollars of official funds and helping us to understand better what happened and how to respond. for his work, we can only offer our appreciation, our support, and our fervent hope that he and his colleagues will

and they made a deal because alito was some man that wanted to keep women out when he was at princeton. they'll make a deal. she'll be confirmed. the president has a right to pick who he wants. would she be my first choice? i didn't. >> larry: dana, in 1995 while a professor at the university of chicago kagan said she thought supreme court confirmations were hallow charades. was she right? >> i enjoy this stuff. i want to know what people are saying. i want everything to be drug out into the light. that's how i look at it. >> you enjoy senators making speeches today? >> i liked jeff sessions remarks. i like watching it. you can see it. it's like a soap opera. i really enjoy watching it. i like to see how she reacts with all of this as well. >> dana, i beg to differ. this is kind of a complex legal term. i thought jeff sessions was kind of being an ass hat. >> because he pointed out the obvious? >> he was way over the top. he was reciting her record. if it's over the top, take it up with her. >> she was working in the clinton administration. that doesn't mean those are her views. that w

baby einstein videos and nike commercials featuring kobe bryant executing a genius move as the late princetonw martin cribbs, he was working up a campaign to resurrect the mildly scandalous career of hollywood siren mae west for a pitch to stationers and perfumers. unlike agents for the living, he was at peace knowing that he didn't have to worry about her next movie bombing, or his client getting sent off to rehab, or the headaches of having to deal personally with the notorious diva, maria callas. are there advantages to representing people who are dead? >> cribbs: absolutely. if you owned a cosmetics company and you have invested a million dollars in maria callas, i can guarantee you there's not going to be any wardrobe malfunctions or embarrassing photographs getting out of a limousine in front of la scala without any underwear on. so that's a huge advantage. >> kroft: mark roesler's stable of departed stars has grown in the past few months. he's added, among others, eartha kitt, robert culp, and donald o'connor. robert sillerman is no longer running elvis' career. he has resigned as c.e.

you've excelled at princeton university, harvard law school. you were an oxford scholar, clerked on the d.c. circuit in the supreme court, you were a law professor at university of chigo law school as well as dean of harvard law school. you were a lawyer here on the judiciary committee, and then with president clinton's administration, you're now the united states solicitor general. nobody can question such accomplishments. what is lacking from your background is any experience on any court or much experience as a practicing lawyer. we don't have any substantive evidence to demonstrate your ability to transition from bei a legal scholar or political operative to a fair and impartial jurist. we'll need to acquire that evidence through your writings and the positions you've ken over the years as well as your testimony. answering our questions in a candid and forthright manner hopefully will fill that void. we know you cannot commit to ruling in a certain way or for a particular party. our goal is to see if you will exercise judicial restraint. we

he is a lecturer at a numbee of leading universities including princeton, stanford, and harvard. he graduated from the university of michigan and johns hopkins. a quick question from a viewer wondering if most of the people in iran is under the age of 25. guest: two-thirds are under the age of 32. on the 70% of the population was born after the 1979 revolution. we have no remembrance for enmity towards the shah government. there is no loyalty to a theocracy that has not been able to deliver to them the economic dignity and social and political freedoms. host: miles from georgia. go ahead. caller: the only way iran can keep itself from being invaded is to get the ball. they will get invaded just like iraq. american soldiers will never leave iraq. if they do not want that to happen to them, they will get the bomb. they will get blackwater coming in killing people at will. iran should get the bomb. guest: it is a fair point that is widelyyshared by many including many of the iranian leadership as they look back to 2003. one lesson they grew was that a country like north korea is imm

guest: yes, one of the papers released was her senior thesis from princeton university where she wrote about socialism. in the acknowledgment section, she references her brother and how he had been an inspiration to her, in terms of her course of study in the issue. of course, the press wanting to know about her, try to track him down. i was not one of them, so i cannot speak to that, but i understand he was not speaking about that issue. that is just another example of how desperate people have been to get information on what her real beliefs are. on the ad but the question, -- and that the question, i believe you are referring to -- empathy question, i believe you are referring to sonia sotomayor. i do not believe he used those words to refer to elena kagan. however, i am pretty sure he would not want to make that mistake again because when he said so initially, that is something that republicans jump on, that it was inappropriate to have borne a justice. however, when he introduced elena kagan, we have heard democrats say the same thing, that she understands the impact of court ruli

libya is an emerging market of princeton as hundreds of billions of dollars in housing and infrastructure over the next five years. libyans want american home products including cars, motorcycles, household appliances and medical supplies there are the on the ground to ensure a level plain folk. we have seen significant progress. is he hosted the first u.s. trade mission in nearly 40 years. if you've led where officials. they participated in 150 meetings with libyan businesses. the enthusiasm demonstrate libya's keen interest. we took another significant text for illustrate. hough we signed an investment trade agreement. provide a forum to address a wide range of trade and investment issues. it will help create commercial opportunities. and the political front, we are continuing in human rights style. we hope to use the mechanism that concern both of those. as libya take some important roles, including serving as president as the league, the united states will support other countries for promoting peace and stability in the reason. connect states will encourage libya as president of the u