there is richard arnold. there is a future justice of the supreme court, justice antonin scalia and as we know richard arnold graduated first in that class just barely edging out scalia for that particular honor. as part of his process, of education for richard arnold and his experiences, one of the turning point was his clerkship for justice william brennan. this photograph shows justice william brennan and richard arnold and grinin's chambers in 1960. the occasion as the beginning of richard arnold's clerkship. he has also just become a member of the arkansas bar candy is the supreme court justice, william brennan, to swear him in. it was an interesting time to be in washington and at the supreme court's allitt relatively early era in what we know of is the warren court. some of you may remember these billboards that could be seen throughout the united states. in part is the reaction to brown versus board of education but also as the reaction to some of the other decisions of the warren court, and you can s

saw that evolved with richard nixon in the 1960's. >> so, how the evolved during richard nixon and was he partially was possible in your view? >> he was both, he didn't create the wave but the surf the way. basically, the '60s social movements became all the more passionate, sometimes even violent, lars swath of white middle-class america became very frightened that the normal expectations of law-and-order were being up ended, and richard nixon could have house that rage into political advantage of that ragin not only did he harbored but exacerbated it as a political strategy. >> how? these for example, he argued privately, although some of the said they said it publicly, that they wanted to achieve a strategy a positive

richard stengel is the editor of "time" magazine. kathleen parker is a "washington post" columnist and john heilemann covers politics for new york magazine. first up, president obama struggling. had i numbers are right on the 50-yard right now but the resistance to him is concentrated in a few groups. take a look inside the latest nbc-"wall street journal" poll. overall, 40% say they disapprove of the job he's doing. but in this -- in the south, that's 48% who disapprove. with older men, it's 51%. and with white evangelicals it's way up. 75% against him. during august, the anti-obama rhetoric is heating up. opponents are hitting him over professor gates, the sotomayor nomination. and this birther stuff. those opponents tend to be southerners. the birthers are spreading the rumor that obama was born in a muslim area of kenya. here's a louisiana congressman who didn't want to tamp it down. >> it's being looked at. >> what do you personally believe? do you think there's a question here? >> i think there are questions. we have to see. ch

at the far left is richard viguere. use considered the godfather of conservative direct mail and has created really the modern conservative movement by helping dozens and dozens of many of the leading conservative groups in the nation. bypass the media and machek to give donors to support cause that advocate for conservative principles. next to him is thomas phillips. thomas is a heavyweight conservative media. he is the founder of eagle international, which started with the 1,000-dollar investment newsletter business in 1974 and grew that to a newsletter business in the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues. he is best known as the owner of the eagle publishing, which produces human events which rodham reagan said was his most favorite publication and tom has kept a true to the traditions of ronald reagan. at regnery books, which publishes bestseller rafter bestseller that many of you are very familiar with the books that they publish. next to tom is, fuentes. , fuentes is a leading republican in the state of cal

[laughter] >> i would like to endorse what richards said. in fact, for three years of my life i endorsed everything that richard said because i was working for him. [laughter] he was a wonderful boss and a wonderful teacher and mentor i've learned more from him than anyone else regarding the politics and business thank you for the movement and also on a personal basis pride to endorse what he says when they we're all familiar with is there is a difference between being conservative and republican and those people that bird -- put the word republican first unfortunately often sacrifice the conservative party and do not stand for anything that matters. the party label, of the party elders and they do not add much to the next. also one favorite term of mine, republican been in name only and unfortunately a lot of our leaders do not have the philosophical beliefs that those of us in the room share. and also how the republican party needs to modernize and respect to the voters so there you have to compromise between liberalism or conservatism or

you are the guys who ends up in beijing, not richard holbrooke. >> she and richard holbrooke -- i agree with evan on this -- richard holbrooke was a strong supporter of hers. he did not add up over her objections or resistance. -- did not get that job over her objections or resistance. this was a very important trip that she just took. i think her importance -- she went to asia as secretary of state -- basically a figure almost equal to the president in visiting any place. >> and the world has got enough problems -- we have so many hot spots now around the world that a team of envoys is a good idea. i think it is a credit to her to have the self-confidence to have that team working around her and to not feel all, despite what trawls would have felt if it was him -- charles would have felt if it was him. >> but she is human and she feels her husband's overbearing presence from time to time. >> i join in prison -- in praising her. but if you were there, he would be bothered, too. >> you special olympians have thrilled us on the playing fields of the world. you have taught us that what mat

first, richard in clayton, georgia, independent line. richard, you with us? caller: yes. good morning, "washington journal" thank you for taking my call. what interests me, i remember reading the book jimmy breslin wrote about the nixon resignation. what concerned me was the way the media handled the nixon presidency and his problems, then they way they handled clinton. i thought clinton's, if anyone should have resigned, it should have been him. you remember the f.b.i. files, 1,000 files that hillary brought in, these two guys, these two thugs, the guy named livingstone, i believe and another guy, they were going through the files making a a hist list. then we had travelgate and whitewater. whitewater cost the taxpayers deleast $60 million. jim mcdougall went to jail and of course clinton says he was yim mcdougall's partner. he said he didn't know he was his partner until later he was told that. it was just one lie after another. guest: it all depends. the caller makes some points. the clinton presidency had its ups and downs. he was certainly focusing on the downs. ther

i think it was her back. >> so back to richard cornwell, her brother. wasn't she in school studying? >> yeah. she was between semesters. she's been attending dalton state college in dalton, georgia, studying medical lab technology. she was between semesters, so she was staying at my parents' home rather than her apartment in dalton. >> richard, describe the area for me. it's rural, beautiful country. it almost seems as if it would not be an outsider. this is a rural road. who would know about it? >> well, it is a two-lane asphalt county road. it's about 12 miles from the city of blairsville, so it is a rural area, about halfway between blue ridge, georgia, and blairsville, georgia. >> everybody, this is where the blue mountains are starting on the appalachian trail. out to line. susan in tennessee. >> caller: i have always wanted to tell you that you are the best thing that has happened to tv besides color. >> you know what, susan, i am going to get a recording of tonight's show, and when the twins are fussing at mommy, i'm going to play it for them, wh

. >>> out to richard corn well. her brother. richard, thank you for joining us tonight. what are cops telling you tonight? >> they briefed us on the search today, using helicopters, atvs, ground searches. horseback. they've got canine teams. they've got divers that are searching lake nottely, primarily around bridges. so they are continuing their -- continuing to throw all their assets that they can at the search. >> richard kron well is joining us. this is her brother joining us from blairsville, georgia. you mentioned canine dogs. richard, did the dogs pick up her scent along the road where she was walking? >> i'm not aware of the details of that. i know they have used canine units in the vicinity of the abduction sight. they used canine units close to the cell phone location. so they're using canine units throughout the search. the cell phone was found a few miles way. >> richard, how far away had she gotten. i know she was walking along a rural road, not a lot of traffic on the road. how far had she gotten from the home? >> well, it was the loop that she made on a ro

arnold klein and his civil attorney, richard charnley. there have been numerous stories alleging dr. klein prescribed huge quantities of drugs for michael jackson. i asked him specifically about pain medication when we spoke in july. watch. what about pain killing medications? did you prescribe any? >> i mean, i've used some sedatives when he had surgical procedures. don't forget, he had a lot of -- he had the burn when he was burnt on the pepsi commercial. severe hair loss when he contracted lupus also. so when you have to fix all these area, you have -- if you took all the pills i'd giving him in last year at once, wouldn't do anything to you. >> larry: what was the strongest medication you gave him? >> on occasion, i gave him demerol to sedate him. that's about the strongest medicine i ever used. >> larry: richard, i had an attorney tell me that was a mistake of dr. klein to say he gave him any drug because the client/patient relationship remains even after death. >> well, you know, it's an interesting concept. years and years ago, dr.

what's up, richard?ow what you is going on now, rough surf the entire weekend from florida outer banks toward maine. things dying down a little bit there is a cold front up the coast of new england and mid atlantic, across south carolina and spreads down to the southeast. that is going to become active later today, see more thunderstorms develop later this afternoon. hook at the light rain toward the chesapeake. also high surf advisories, lower parts of rhode island a, martha's vineyard, nantucket, martha's vineyard across the mainland. to the south, chesapeake drying out a bit with one line of thunderstorms around the delmarva peninsula. delaware, maryland, virginia peninsula moving to the east. you are dry right now, energy still in the mid levels of the atmosphere could ignite a couple of thunderstorms this afternoon. so still calling for a slight chance of a thundershower near the beltway. be prepared for it. otherwise, partly sunny skies today, temperatures safely into the mid 80s. another nice and

nbc's chief foreign correspondent richard engel has more from kabul. richard?porter: hoda, as u.s. soldiers fighting in this country well know, the terrain here is daunting. so, to help get out the vote, afghans are using about 3,000 donkeys in this election. preparations for voting are under way in the pensheer valley northeast of kabul, with mountains rich with emeralds and adobe villages by rivers still high and quick from the melting snow. but the trucks carrying the ballots, boxes, chairs and tables are at the end of the road. and where the road ends, the donkeys begin. the pack animals are loaded up and secured with ropes. it's a special day. the donkeys are dressed in flowered bridles but remain uncooperative as they begin their large march. caravans of donkeys are on the move across afghanistan to reach the most isolated villages. this one is carrying about 10,000 ballots. they'll walk for five hours, always accompanied by armed guards, to make sure the ballots aren't stolen or tampered with along the way. the sure-footed animals are the only way to tra

richard? >> i was just telling you, it's a huge mistake on their part. no matter what happened in terms of power struggle or anything like that, when you serve a search warrant on one area and wait six days and serve a search warrant on another area of the same individual, it doesn't take a genius to get rid of whatever evidence there possibly could be. i'm not saying he did, but there's definitely there that he could have. he had six days to get rid of it. it was a huge mistake on their part. i don't know how it went down in terms of a power struggle. but it's just a huge error. that's why whenever they do raids they always coordinate, boom, boom, they hit them at the same time. this person can't call that person, say get rid of the evidence. >> richard, it's the element of surprise a raid brings with it. if it doesn't have the element of surprise, does it accomplish anything? >> it doesn't, jane. you can call me "doctor" if you'd like, no problem. >> dr. richard, go ahead. >> that's consistent with the fact they never secured the crime scene in a timel

crazy. >> richard, we're done. we're going to have to zip it up. >> they have to go to the supreme court. this case is over. this guy's ticket should be punched. he doesn't belong being a lawyer. >> richard's almost right on that. >> richard, avery, thanks so much. we had so many cases and so little time, once again. but i love seeing you guys. have a great weekend. >>> a decorated green beret soldier dies in iraq. not at the hands of the enemy, however, but electrocuted in a shower. the contractor cited for failing to ground the equipment, gets millions of dollars in bonus money. how some are fighting to get the cash back. >>> two senators are demanding that the pentagon get the money back from a military contractor criticized for shoddy work. >> a contractor kbr received $83.4 million in bonus payments for electrical work it performed in iraq during the past several years. now there's a push for kbr to give that money back. >> these are just absolutely stunning conclusions. about failures by kbr, as well as failu

along with the office where richard charnley is.he investigation the coroner is investigating. >> larry: and you? >> i think it's important to remember. the coroner serves civil subpoenas. >> larry: he gives it over to the crime division? >> once a cause of death has been determined, perhaps, perhaps. as of this time, we've coop rated with the coroner's office. we've given the coroner's office everything they need. matter of fact, i got the call yesterday at 11:00. by 12:00, dr. klein's doors were open. the coroner came in without a subpoena this time. >> larry: is he spcontinuing to practice? >> he is. he's an excellent physician. >> larry: is he worried? >> worried about what? >> larry: something coming up that might harm him? >> i think his major concern at this point is being able to return to his practice, return to his kal-calm kind of hideawa life and practice medicine. >> larry: we'll be back. >> larry: we're back with garo ghazarian. and his civil attorney, richard charnley. there have been numerous stories alleging dr. kle

monica, david, back to you. >> richard engel in kabul. richard, thank you so much.ng to hear mr. abdullah talk about the differences that he would have with u.s. troops as opposed to president karzai. fascinating. it should be an intriguing election with a lot riding on it. coming up, is president barack obama backing down on health care? we will talk about the politics of the public option is deputy press secretary bill burton. >>> plus new reaction to jenny sanford's big interview about her cheating husband, the governor. you're watching "the big picture" on msnbc. ♪ 'cause now i'm driving off the lot in a used sub-compact. ♪ ♪ f-r-e-e, that spells free credit report dot com, baby. ♪ ♪ saw their ads on my tv ♪ thought about going but was too lazy ♪ ♪ now instead of looking fly and rollin' phat ♪ ♪ my legs are sticking to the vinyl ♪ ♪ and my posse's getting laughed at. ♪ ♪ f-r-e-e, that spells free- credit report dot com, baby. ♪ it's taken my time. time that i should have had to be with my family. it's like you're getting violated. these are uncertain times. and

>> i'm reading richard bernstein's the founding fathers reconsidered and it's a new book that's out.and richard is a wonderful writer who characterizes the founding fathers of this country and looks at them with a fresh eye and it's just a wonderful book. and another one that's closely related is also by richard beeman who has a new book on the constitutional convention and the men of the constitutional convention. so those are the two books i'm reading simultaneously right now. >> rick pearlstein, what are you reading? >> i'm reading the culture of nascarism by christopher lasch which came out in 1979. a surprise bestseller even though it was a very dense piece of intellectual implement take supposedly read by president carter. it informed a speech he gave in which he argued that america was suffering this crisis of confidence. and i'm reading it because i'm doing research on the 1970s for my next book. >> what are you learning from it? >> a lot about psychoanalysis and abject realist theater. it's a defense and difficult work. even though it was a bestseller i can't imagine too man

caller: hello, my name is richard. would like your guests to comment on the possibility of the power that our president has to be the commander-in- chief, and was it inherited from president bush when they declared war on terror? and would this be a factor in regards to his sustaining the war on terror, which i think your guest commented to the effect that the war on terror is a loss? i could be wrong, but i think a gutter right. this was pretty much advised by vice-president dick cheney. would obama be capitalizing on the fact that he does have this war powers act? the other thing i would like him to comment on, is what part does the poppy industry over their play in all this? guest: what we were talking about is the war in iraq. unless there is a drastic turnaround, i think that particular part isw lost partar powers, you know, there was a whole argument about the president, president bush taking so much power unto himself. i always thought when the democrats were criticizing him for that, there were criticizing the

richard cohen, it's good to see you again. was terribly moved and inspired by "blindsided." what parallels do you draw between the struggles that you had dealing with ms and the struggles that older people go through? well, there's one very important parallel that i think is relevant to everything that we're doing on this program, which is that 90 million americans suffer from chronic illnesses, but chronic illnesses are tied to aging. seventy percent of people who are over 65 suffer from at least one chronic illness, as many as 50% have 2 chronic illnesses, so there's a real welcome to your future quality to this issue. you know, we live in a culture that doesn't want to see illness. we celebrate beauty. popular culture is all about physical perfection. that's not our future, and i think that we have got to come to grips with that and we've gotta look at illness and look at our human frailties and realize that this is not the other person's issue. this is gonna be our issue. you've face so much in your life, but i've heard yo

richard. >> it's a huge mistake on their part. no matter what happened in terms of a power struggle or anything like that, when you serve a search warrant in one area and wait six days and serve a search warrant on another area of the same individual, it doesn't take a genius to get rid of evidence. not saying did he. but he had six days to get rid of it. it was a huge mistake on their part. i don't know how it went down in terms of a power struggle. whenever they do raid, they coordinate, boom, boom, they mitt them at the same time. this person can't call that person, say get rid of the evidence. >> it's an element of surprise. if it doesn't have the element of surprise, does it accomplish anything? >> it doesn't. you can call me doctor if you'd like, no problem. >> dr. richard, go ahead. >> that's consistent with the fact that they never secured the crime scene in a timely manner. there were stories of moving trucks taking things out of the house after he died there. it's ridiculous. jane, they found canisters of oxygen littered

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richard bush is the director for center for northeast asian policy studies.f all, does it matter who the north koreans are talking to as long as they're talking to somebody in the united states? >> dialogue is better than no dialogue. the important question is the basis of the discussion and i see no signs that north korea has moved off the position it took earlier this year, that it doesn't want a return to the six-party talks and that it wants to be treated as a nuclear power. that's a non-starter for the obama administration. >> would that suggest then that talking to bill clinton, bill richardson, that this is a side show? that they're not changing their position and we're talking to these other people and you guys can figure out what it means. >> this is a pattern we've seen before. when they aren't getting the resprons they want from the u.s. administration, they go to people like governor richardson, whom they have dealt with in the past, with whom they think they can get a good hearing. this may be as much a probe than anything else. they are also mak

he's richard steinberg president of steinberglobal asset management >> jeff:hen, a.i.g. shares soar as the tax payer vestment filly turns a profit. but thbailed-out insurer isn't out of the woods yet. we'll tell y why. >> susie: i'm susie gharib >> jeff: and i'm jeff stine. ul kangas is off tonight. this i"nightly business report" for friday, august. "nightly business report" is made possibley: th program was made possible by contributionso your pbs statn from viewers like you. thanyou. >> susie: good evening everyone. thnation's unemployment rate fell forhe first time in a year, and esident obama said today that the wst of the recessiomay be over. the labor departmenteported that americabusinesses cut 247,000 bs in july, the slowespace since last august. e unemployment dropped slightly to 9.4%. prident obama welcomed the news aa sign that the economy is impving, but cautioned that more work needs to be ne to reach full recovery. >> as far as i'm concernedwe will not hav a true recovery long as wee losing jobs, and we w't rest until every ameran that is looking for work

>> reporter: richard, i think it has to. in the case of lithuania, they're pretty confident that they're able to go to the capital markets and absorb this and they were able to get the smallest euro bond off only a few months ago. but they have a smaller amount to public debt and a much smaller credit rating in latvia. it's still clinging on to an investment grade rating from moody's investment service which i have to say mystifies a lot of people. ultimately, though, they are going to have to ride the global expansion story in order to ignite ex ports. that's going to be the only way to absorb, just as you have articulated, the massive wage and benefits cuts that have to take place in the economy. latvia tinkering with the idea of a progressive tax rate from a very, very low base. at some stage, the arithmetic isn't going to add up. i think this is why a lot of currency traders are working on the assumption that devaluation will have to come. but it's a time game. you want to know who blinks first? not exactly sure. but peo

richard holbrooke is not pushing her around. that is a pretty equalatch. >> but if you are secretaryf ate, kissinger george shtz, you are the guy who makes policy. you are the guy who en up in beijing, not richard holbrooke and you stuck in kinshasa. >> i agree with evann this -- richard horooke was a strong supporter of furs, and he did not get that job over h objecons or resistance. i wou say that this wasn important trip thashe just talk -- took. her importance when she went to asia as secrety of state -- when she comesn, she is basically a figure almost as big as the predent in visiting any place. >> i tnk that the wld has got enough problems -- we have so many hot ots now around the wod, that a team of envoys a good idea, and i think it is a credit to half self-confidence to have that team working aund her and to not fee all the slides thatharles would hav felt if itas him >> but it is tr that she is humaand she feels her husband'overbearing presee from time time. just for a moment she owed it. >> ioined in praising he pre

foreign correspondent richard engel live in kabul. richard, good to see you. richard, what is the mood. >> reporter: voter turnout was fairly low. >> richard, go ahead. >> reporter: go ahead. we're having a bit of a delay. you speak. >> richard, what is the mood in the city today and is the sense that voting was, indeed, dampened to some extent by the violence. >> reporter: the mood right now is considerably calmer than it was earlier. there is a general sense of relief that this election, although marred by violence, marred by intimidation more than anything, that people here are relieved it's over. the ballots are now being counted. i returned a short while ago from one of the polling stations. the election workers there in front of tribal elders and volunteers were very publicly clipping open these trans lucent plastic boxes, turn over them, the boxes, onto the floor and publicly starting to count by hand all the paper ballots. there certainly was the sense today that violence and the threat of violence did keep many people away from the polls, particularly

brian. >> chief foreign correspondent richard engel tonight finds him in kabul, afghanistan. richard, thanks as always. >>> the associated press is reporting tonight and nbc news has confirmed eunice kennedy shriver is in critical condition at a cape cod hospital. her husband, children and grandchildren are at her side. the 88-year-old founder of the special olympics, sister of course of president kennedy, suffered a series of strokes earlier this year. >>> still to come on our broadcast as "nightly news" continues on a friday night. when students come down with swine flu. what is a school supposed to do? there is new guidelines tonight before the bell rings on the school year in the fall. >>> later, how teaching a kid to fish can go a long way towards making a difference in a lot of lives. teaching a kid to fish can go a long way towards making a difference in a lot of lives. seeing the whole picture. not be ask your doctor about trilipix. statin to lower bad cholesterol, along with diet, adding trilipix can lower fatty triglycerides and raise good cholesterol to help improv

>> all right, richard engel this morning. richard, thank you for reporting. it is now 7:14. here's matt. >> all right, ann, thank you. the latest on the brutal murders of a florida couple who were the parents of 17 children. this morning we know at least one of those children actually witnessed the attack. kerry sanders is in pensacola, florida, with the latest on this. kerry, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, matt. prosecutors just released 700 pages in the july 9th murder. they include pages which are detailed interviews with the eight suspects who are here at the jail, and one heartbreaking narrative with one of the special needs children who watched and listened as his parents were executed. melanie billings was shot five times. including three bullets to the face and head, according to autopsy reports. her husband byrd was shot six times. including two bullets to the back of his head. but he didn't go down without a fight. he grabbed one of the gunmen by the neck. the witness who saw it all, according to documents, was 10-year-old jacob, who investigators

richard, i'm going to start with you, if i may.of gains, but we have these positive economic data points. what is really the path for equities? where are we going and what's going to be the driving force if it's not these good data points? >> well, the question is i guess how sustainable it is. we've had a huge rally in equities since the march lows and valuations, to my mind, current valuations look really rather stretched. so the question is, do we get sort of sustainable growth going forward or is this just simply because we've pushed so much monetary and fiscal medicine into it now? i think if you look at the bond market, it's stelg you something nice or telling you something nasty. growth means fewer deficits in bonds. nice supply side shock where it could be telling you japan in the 1990s, low bond could be telling you that bond investors don't believe this growth story, in which case equities look vulnerable. >> so richard, how does that translate into your strategy at the moment, particularly when you look at the equity mar

thanks for your time. >> thanks, richard. good to be with you. >>> for more now on the state of the health care fight let's turn to our msnbc political analyst eugene robinson, also a pulitzer prize winning columnist and associate editor for "the washington post." good evening, gene. >> good evening, richard. >> who has the tougher job when congress comes back in september -- the white house and democrats pushing through significant health care reform or the republicans trying to defeat it? >> define significant. i think that's the key there. clearly, the democrats with their majorities in the house and the senate have the votes to get a bill through and get a bill through, get it to the president's desk, he can sign it and they can all declare victory. the question is, what is significant health care reform? and, you know, i'm not sure we have an agreed on definition of that. mine would be that you'd have to have the principle of universality, that finally this country has decided that the way we ration health care now is wr

and richard cornwell, cristi's brother. richard, do you have any idea what could have happened to your sister here? >> well, from the evidence that's been collected thus far remote road here that your sister had walked? sounded like walked many times. >> yes. there's only a handful of houses on this road. it's a very rural area. and she did -- she liked to walk down this particular road, leaving her parents' house. and she walked for exercise. tuesday night was when the abduction occurred on the country road. >> richard, what's your plea to whoever may have done this to your sister? >> we just plead that they would have mercy on her. and return her safely back to her family. and we just want to say that we need her. and she has a 15-year-old son that needs her very much. in his life. >> richard -- >> we just pray she will be returned safely. >> we'll pray right along with you. richard cornwell, thanks again for joining us. john bankhead on the phone, georgia bureau of from reliable sources abduction. and we're following up

richard, thanks so much for joining us. is there a sense that the taliban attack -- do you think that the taliban attack will keep people from the polls? >> reporter: the people we speak to say that they are not going to be deterred, at least here in kabul. we are not seeing an overall level of violence. when i was walking around today, the streets of the city still feel very safe and markets are full. it's not in lockdown, in any way. in fact, there's not even that much security on the street. but we have seen a few spectacular attacks, heroic this suicide car bombing today that, according to nato officials, killed at least one nato soldier. no indication of which nationality, from nato, but when we were on the scene, we did see many british military vehicles going back and forth between the scene and a british military base and locals told us that it was a british military convoy that was targeted. >> richard, your amazing reports from afghanistan, including your tour of the women's prison last night, do you have any sens

the pulled down 20 to 25 bones, and they were yes men and women 0 who were silent to richard fold.e beginning of thetory is really one of the most -- what i'm most prowled about the story, y walk into any book store in the country you see piles of books wherein about the crisis, and at lot of them are academics, and wanted to make this a human story and bring main street inside wall street and help people to understand what actually happens in an investment bank, how it actually works. if you remember the- lehman brothers is58-year-old investment bank. 158 years. lehman brothers survived the civil war, t gat depression, survived world war 1, world war ii, the korean war, the nix impeachment. lehman bthers survive so much that it survived 9/11, but what she couldn't survive was a change in investment policy. the reason it survived i it w in the moving business. let me explain. campbell soup corporation, 80 years ago, wanted to build their first plant. they wanted to make the first investment, create jobs. they came to lehman brothers and they needed $10 million,nd lehman broths did

richard engel is live in kabul with more.ichard, we're just hearing, in fact, that more violence in kandahar. can you give us an update on that? >> yes. we've also learned that the four american soldiers were killed not far from kandahar. no details about their specific unit until their families have been notified about the attack today on a convoy, apparently ied attack. then just this evening, not long ago, a very large explosion in kandahar itself. we've been told it may have been car five car bombs strung together and that it attacked apparently a housing complex, a hotel that was used by foreigners, particularly foreigners working for a security contracting firm. no firm -- no specific details about casualties. one medical official told us that at least 30 people had been taken to a local hospital but there were no exact figures on death tolls. carlos? >> richard, is there a sense there in afghanistan that this uptick in violence is to be expected to some extent, given the i crease in american troops? given the election

richard, wait a minute. he says he got paid $10,000. the fbi says he can't comment. >> that's how the fbi comments. by saying they can't comment. >> right. >> i've seen this defense before, drew, but here, even if he was schooled by the fbi, even if he did perform for them, it was during the period 2002 through 2007. the type of behavior that's being challenged hero kurred after 2007, while he was not under the employ, spoetzedly of the fbi and to say to the public on a right wing radio station, or a blog, to say, i think these jumps should be killed, and that these congressmen don't follow the constitution they should -- follow the constitution or die, you know, that goes beyond the constitutional protections under the first amendment. >> exactly right. >> tell you what, guys, i never heard of that guy until this whole thing came up. i don't know where he's broad casting or blogging. i'm sure he's around. >> he'll be going soon, drew. >> are you coming back? >> back in a little bit. >> all right. we'll hold it right there. thank you. >

richard, what is it about the kennedy family? i mean, there are other families of great wealth, families that have been into politics, but this one was different. >> this one was different. it the pends on which kennedy family you're talking about, whether you're talking about the kennedys who are enormously important serious legislators, as was the case with senator kennedy, or if you're talking about the kennedys in the tabloids. if you think of the adams, or the tafts, or the bushes, how many books have been written about those families? how many books have been written about the kennedy in part we grew up with this family. joe kennedy was not above exploiting his children in the media. his son john famously when jackie was out of town had pictures taken of john-john under that desk. those... that's part of our growing up. and the history, too, our lives intersected. everyone remembers the cuban missile crisis. everyone remember remembers john f. kennedy's assassination. these are common points in reference. so i think in part

richard, great to have you on the program. >> pleasure to be here. >> thank you. richard sandor. >>> up next on the "wall street journal report," your credit score and what you should know about the numbers that signal your financial health and how to keep them in good shape. and small no-interest loans have helped millions of poverty stricken people in the world. this week, the white house recognizes the man who pioneered microfinance. >>> your credit score -- it is a three-digit number with a lot of power. it impacts your ability to get credit as well as the interest rate that you receive when you do get a loan. for years at three major credit agencies have used a version of the formula called fico which was created by the fair issac corporation back in 1956 to grade credit worthiness. recently, equifax, transperion have joined together to form their vantage score. maria spoke to the ceo. >> i am now speaking to barrett burns, the ceo of vantage score. great to have you on the program. >> thanks for having me. >> can you tell us how your credit reporting works?

i would have to read richard's book. i know that with the wittman's, they live in modest homes in brooklyn, they were a family of carpenters, the father, wald, george, they built houses and sold them and live in these very small dwellings and a lot of questions have arisen to the family know that what was what we would now call homosexual. the word didn't exist in the early 19th century. and of course there has been a long scholarship denying that whitman was homosexual and then sinking that well, during the civil war he sublimated that uncouth urge to be other man i discovered he had a very active love life while he was a nurse. but i got back

richard, thanks as always. another off-the-cuff comment from secretary of state clinton making news in nigeria. the fifth of seven nations on her ambitious 11-day african tour. speaking at a townhall meeting about the difficulties of building a democracy, she compared nigeria's problems to the election this country went through with bush/gore in 2000. >>> now our democracy is still evolving. you know, we had all kinds of problems in some of our past elections as you might remember. in 2000, our presidential election came done to one state where the brother of the man running for president was the governor of the state. so, we have our problems too. >> secretary clinton in nigeria. >>> a big day at the white house today. more than one public event designed to celebrate extraordinary achievement. starting this morning, when president obama hosted a reception designed to formally welcome justice sonia sotomayor to the u.s. supreme court. she got a standing ovation when she said, quote, it is our nation's faith and

richard, what are you finding there?i'm finding that i left london in gloom dismay and d dispondency. i arrived in hong kong and things are different. whether it's because of the vast stimulus package or asian spirit people in hong kong are far more optimistic than anywhere else. to put this into perspective, property prices in this city, having tumbled maybe 25% after last september, at the luxury end, the luxury end, they are now back to where they were before just about. >> so, does this bode well for the u.s.? we have numbers showing existing housing sales up. some companies say they are hiring workers back. do you expect to see this optimism when you head back to this direction >> no. but to bring this full circle, what they are saying here, what they are realizing is that even though they have economic growth in hong kong in the last quarter of 3%, they cannot grow further and they cannot grow faster without the u.s. consumer. all roads eventually lead back to where you are, christine. they need, asia needs, even t

richard herrmann is not with us today. we'll see if we can handle this on our own. a number of interesting cases, one including john edwards, former presidential candidate, but this involves a grand jury testimony. that also involved his ex-mistress. even though richard is not here, he did send me some comments on this. i'll read a couple and then i'd love for you to weigh in, as well. he said never a good sign when federal authorities poke into the possible use of campaign funds. knowingly converting money to a action political is a federal crime. edwards says he has no idea this was made. >> he is correct in the sense when you divert campaign funds to personal use, that is a felony under federal law. the question that is presented here is how is the government going to make the case because the key witness, fredericka, is fred barren, the financial director of the edwards campaign. the governor's got a slight problem, he's dead. the government is going to try to build their case by inference in reille hunter, who was the

to richard cornwell, her brother. richard, thank you for being with us. what do you think -- >> thank you. >> -- is important for the viewers to know? what is your message? how can we and how can the viewers help you? >> well, we've set up a reward fund, we've set up a nonprofit, charitable organization and we're collecting funds to try to establish a reward that we could give to a person that would provide a tip, and united community bank is collecting those funds in blairsville. >> there's the number, 706-745-2151. please help us find this missing mom. like so many women taking a walk in the evening after her studies, she was studying to follow her dream. she gets home, taking a walk for exercise, on her cell phone, the boyfriend hears her screaming, screaming don't take me! that's the last time her voice has been heard. richard, she has never disappeared or taken off for a period of hours or days before, has she, richard? >> absolutely not. this is very uncharacteristic. she walks routinely for exercise but we know she was abducted. there's no question