gillette, author and producer, libertarian, a new web cast called "we've got a country to save.com and robert rice, good to see robert again, professor of public policy university of california, berkeley, former labor secretary in the clinton administration. and here in new york, s.e. cupp of new york daily news. obama pressed wall street bankers urging them to help rebuild the economy. listen to what he said. >> my main message in today's meeting was very simple. that america's banks received extraordinary assistance from american taxpayers to rebuild their industry and now that they're back on their feet, we expect an inordinate -- extraordinary commitment from them to help rebuild our economy. >> larry: let's start with miss cupp. what do you make of it? >> well, there's a couple of problems. tough talk is great, larry, but a little disingenuous when we're looking at a health care bill that's going to strangle small businesses. that's one. two, you know, i -- i -- i think this is a bit of a dog and pony show. these bankers are in a really tough spot, getting pressure from regular lators not to

robert gates. former secretary of state and domestic policy adviser, condoleezza rice, general david betray us and other generals in addition to president barack obama. this argument is that closing guantÁnamo and dangers the united states ignores the obvious. the people entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the united states for the closure of guantÁnamo. yesterday robert gibbs, press secretary to president obama was asked about this decision to transfer. and he said on more than 30 occasions, i'm not sure in the timeframe weather was fishier or a longer period of time but more than dirty occasions they have found direct language of terrorist recruitment activity in the use of guantÁnamo as an illustration of why people needed to convert to terrorism around the world. it is still being actively used very currently. and that the senator from georgia would go back a few weeks then read newsweek magazine, one of their reporters was captured in tehran and held in captivity for almost four months. he told a story about how he was first incarcerated in a prison and pay one. as he arrives his

secretary of defense under president bush and under president obama robert gates; former secretary of state and domestic policy adviser con lisa rice, 33 other generals in addition to barack obama. that closing guantanamo -- that people entrusted with the responsibility of protecting the united states closing guantanamo. yesterday press secretary gibbs was asked about this decision to transfer and he said on more than 30 occasions i'm not sure in the time frame whether it was this year or a longer period of time but on more than 30 occasions they have found direct linkage of terrorist recruitment activity in the use of guantanamo as an illustration of why people needed to convert to terrorism around the world. it is still being actively used for recruitment. and if the senator from georgia would go back a few weeks and read "newsweek" one of their reporters was captured in te what ran -- teharan. he told a story of how he was first incarcerated, an as he arrived, his jailer said, welcome to abu ghraib. for us to believe that there is not a negative image in guantanamo and not used against our troops is to ignore the obvious there a

robert shiller warned that about the outside gains in home prices. commenting on what he saw as a bubble in real estate market shiller said and i'll quote "significant further ricesclines." the bad outcome could be that eventual declines could result in a substantial increase in the rate of personal bankruptcies which could lead to a secondary string of bankruptcies of financial institutions as well." another long-run consequence could be the decline in consumer and business confidence and another possibly worldwide recession. think about it. chairman bernanke was indeed aware of the growing dangers. however, the fed ignored risks identified by professor chiller and instead forecasted that the housing market would eventually bounce back from what was viewed as a slowdown and that problems in the sub-prime market could be contained. in june 2007, speech, chairman bernanke said and i'll quote "fundamental factors including solid growth in incomes and relatively low mortgage rates should ultimately support the demand for housing and at this point the troubles in the sub-prime sector seem unlikely to seriously spill over to the broader economy of the financial system