in straussberg university convicted of section assault, robert vander hoe, economics professor at rockfordilty of sexual abuse last december and robert mabush, a french economist who worked at the world bank convicted in 1997 of sexually assaulting, wait for it, a housekeeper. (laughter) >> jon: well a cording to my data, economists are the rapiest profession going. it turns dourbt -- (applause) >> jon: the invisible hand of the market is very [bleep] touchy-feely. so i really hope-- it is a redistribution of rape. i hope you have something beyond come on, economists don't do that. besides, you've barely even degraded the victim yet. >> he goes on to write i've had hotel mades that were complete lunatics. >> jon: and there you go. a little bit of advice. the next time you stay in a hotel, i urge you, sir, if you get turn down service, do not eat that chocolate they leave for you on the pillow. we'll be right back. >> jon: my guest tonight, she is the administrator of the environmental protection agency, welcome back to the program lisa p jackson. welcome to you again. how are you? >> i'm w

wzzm's sarah reports now from rockford, michigan. >> reporter: many of us cannot forget where we were down. but in craig beach's world religion class -- >> can you remember what happened when you learned that? >> reporter: -- students draw a blank. many are too young to remember 9/11. >> all that i can remember is going home. i remember my mom was watching tv and i remember like it was reruns of it. >> i had no clue what it was. i heard the words, you know, al qaeda, terrorists. i thought -- all i see here are planes hitting buildings. >> reporter: with a decade passing since 9/11 -- >> yesterday, osama bin laden was killed in pakistan. >> reporter: beach is working to keep these young adults informed despite a widening generation gap. >> definitely a different meaning. they don't have that firsthand knowledge. they don't feel it. they don't own it. >> reporter: beach says every student feels the impact of the event and understands that life in america was once different. >> it has definitely impacted us because we still have to live with like the repercussions of it. just with like,

shirts billboards signs on the buses and on the metro those who believe the rockford is coming has to advertise it but how should those of us who aren't necessarily right for believers look at this entire spectacle so i may discuss this is david silverman he's the president of american atheists david thanks so much for joining us tonight so i have to know as an atheist how do you look at these end of the world periods. well there all those things and we're getting kind of tired of them this is the or the rapture position the end of the world in nineteen ninety nine and this is a good case where religion is actually hurting we're about to see people tomorrow being hurt because they believe their preacher without thinking very much they looked and they were slow death for the end times that happened because. whatever psycho did it going on in their head that they actually have given up their lives their dignity and all their money or our camp and tomorrow they're going to have nothing because of how we can take. this back and doomsday the second absolutely sure as a little bit harold ca

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last week i traveled to chevy chase and visited the rockford school in montgomery county and talked to the bright and happy students and they studied weather and we learned a lot about weather and discussions and they loved looking at the videos i showed them. we had a lot of fun. i want to thank jennifer hitchcock the school counselor for the invitation. now, 50 years ago today, we witnessed the launch of freedom 7 the first american in space alan shepherd was in that little capsule there at the top of the rocket and he was launched into space on this date back in 1961. it was a sub orbital flight only lasted 15 minutes and splashed down in the atlantic ocean and the capsule was retrieved and the capsule is now at the u.s. naval academy visitor center because he was a navy guy and you can see it there in the visitor center at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis commemorating the historic of the first man in space, first human in space. that was three weeks after the flight. >> i thought you were going to say three weeks after you were born. >> so he was the first american in space. >>