to roland and the army of charlemagne. because on that fateful night in 778 as 20,000 frankish troops of charlemagne's army were coming back from spain after battling the forces of islam, as they were going through the mountains, they were attacked from behind by the moorish army, and they were slaughtered, all 20,000 of them, including roland, the great nephew of charlemagne. and it is an epic battle, and it has inspired many people over the years, and it is a core text in western civilization classes, and it is wrong. [laughter] because, in fact, in 778 it wasn't the moorish armies that attacked charlemagne and roland from behind. it wasn't, it wasn't muslims at all. it was christians. it was christian basques from the city of pamploma, and they were furious at charlemagne's armies because they had promised they would not loot the city of pamploma if basques opened up the gates and invited them in. and the franks came into the city of pamploma, and they looted it. the basques were angry. so they came after charlemagne's

have been to roland and the army of charlemagne. because on that fateful night, 20,000 frankish shirt, charlemagne stymie or coming back from spain after battling the forces of islam. as they were going to the mountain, they were attacked from behind by the moorish army and they were slaughtered, all 23,000 of them, including roland, the great statue of charlemagne. and it is enacted that old and has inspired many people over the years. and it's a quarter tax on western civilization classes. it is wrong. because in fact, it wasn't the moorish army that attach charlemagne and roland from behind. it wasn't muslims at all. it was christian. from the city of pamplona, which we know today from the running of the bulls in the christian were furious at charlemagne's armies because they have promised that they would not lose the city of pamplona at the basques open a gate that invited them in anna franks came into the city of pamplona and the looted it. the basques were angry. they came after charlemagne stymie in the mountains. the ttc has

. >> -- roland, thank you. roland. i've said his name. anyway, roland was the pastry chef, and he always did a beautiful job, and on the menu he said he was going to do a mexican fantasy, and because we were entertaining so often, we didn't have them do samples of every dessert that he was going to do, and we knew it was going to be beautiful. so that evening the desserts come up from the pastry kitchen into the pantry, and at that time they weren't individually plated. they were on a tray, and so i went out to the pantry to look at the desserts, as i always did, and cathy was there with me, and, well, it was horrible. it was this disaster. what he had done was he had created a little adobe house out of marzipan, and inside that house was going to be fresh fruit and sorbets. that part was good, and around the adobe house was a little picket fence with flowers and everything. well, just the adobe house was bad, but then what he had done, which was the key, he had put a little sleeping mexican worker taking his s

and yet she and roland never reconnect, why? >> when they finally got to new york, unbeknownst to my mother, her father, the very authoritarian german father was finding holand's letter when they came in the mail. and was hiding them, des tloiing them and not tllin them, not telling your daughter about them. an when she received no letters from him, she assumed that he had-- . >> warner: and why was this, because he was catholic? >> i think partly it was because he was catholic, and i think that my grandfather in the wake of the nazi years felt a kind of i guess an intensification of his jewish identity. and the family having been dispersed during the war years finally for everybody to be together, for her to go back to europe was very threatening to him. >> warner: instead she married a very handsome but difficult man, your father. what was that like? >> he was a dashingly handsome as you say, intelligent man whom she was entranced by him in her o own way. but i think the fact that she always had this idealized o longing for th

>> that's you, roland. we all know that's you in this family. >> all right, guys, have a great weekend. >> actually -- >> you keep fighting it out during the break. i got something for the college kids that's really important here. coming up in "your bottom line" just what does that diploma get you? harsh advice to the class of 2012 and to america from a former labor secretary. and governor romney says american students are getting a third-world education, calling it the civil rights issue of our time. an issue largely absent from this campaign. finally surfaces. kiwi. soy milk. impulse buy. gift horse. king crab. rhubarb pie. lettuce shower. made by bees. toucan sam. that's not cheese. grass fed. curry. gingersnaps. soup can tower. 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at grocery stores. it pays to discover. yeah, you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultan

. >>> for tonight "only in america" meet roland sledge.a republican mayor in houston running for the texas railroad commission which does a lot more than monitor the railways. they regulates the state's oil and gas business so a pretty big deal and roland is desperate to get elected. so desperate in fact he's resorted to surely the most tasteless television ad in the history of american politics to ensure he succeeds. what you're about to see defies belief. but it's actually aired on television. roland starts his commercial with a saying by one of america's most famous revered cowboys. >> -- three kinds of men. the ones that learns by reading, the few that learn by observation and the rest that have to pee on an electric fence. >> okay. a fun quote. if a little crass. but we got the point. roland really didn't need to illustrate it in any further detail. but he felt quite strongly that he should and quite spectacularly unedifying style. >> i have experience to bring jobs to texas. isn't it about time we elected political leaders that have

grand slam of the year the russian easing past the murray young to advance into the second round roland garros the twenty six seed finding her groove in the opening set how mering the german born croats lucette six one the two thousand and nine champion never taking your foot off the gas in the second either six one six three out. some other stories are also had an easy outing on the day burley breaking sweat against elena baltacha great britain's highest ranked player looking solid in the first set that's those are her grand to eventually secure it six four six one of the twenty ten runner up hopes to do one better this year she progresses in toronto . so the french open is underway at tournaments which maria sharapova will be seeking her maiden title it's also the only slumber she's never won richard from port fleet takes a look at her chances. this the title maria sharapova wants more than anything on a course that solves one it's as did not lead last year but the furthest a russian number one has ever gone to specific finals she's more at home on hard courts such as fees but it's cl

that's off roland martin playlist. where is roland? >> my bad. >> roland, have a seat.in from blaze.com. any time, roland, it's good for you, you sit down. margaret hoover is with us as well a former campaign staffer for president obama and former new york city mayor rudy giuliani and also great granddaughter of president herbert hoover. we start this morning with the vice president. joe biden. kind of done it again while trying to put the blame squarely on the shoulders of george w. bush for the nuclear buildup in iran, he blamed the united states. >> when we took office, let remind you there was no pressure on iran. we were the problem. we were diplomatically isolated in the world, in the region. by going the extra diplomatic mile, presenting iran with a clear choice, we demonstrated to the region and to the world that iran is the problem, not the united states. >> the romney campaign quickly fired back with this statement that comes from policy director chen. all too often the obama administration has sought to blame america first yet vice president biden's reckless

>> that's you, roland.ll know that's you in this family. >> all right, guys, have a great weekend. >> actually -- >> you keep fighting it out during the break. i got something for the college kids that's really important here. coming up in "your bottom line" just what does that diploma get you? harsh advice to the class of 2012 and to america from a former labor secretary. and governor romney says american students are getting a third-world education, calling it the civil rights issue of our time. an issue largely absent from this campaign. finally surfaces. kiwi. soy milk. impulse buy. gift horse. king crab. rhubarb pie. lettuce shower. made by bees. toucan sam. that's not cheese. grass fed. curry. gingersnaps. soup can tower. 5% cash back. right now, get 5% cash back at grocery stores. it pays to discover. yeah, you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. s

however a former champion at roland garros you can copy and go this you can see sharp over breaking her dark of the french open this year to be honest i don't she doesn't have. would say passion to win you know between the place we all know that the french open is the hardest major to win a. lot of energy and water for understanding how to be successful in the french over there. is no question there is a great example or a fellow darwin in the six times and i see him again or so and i would entitle. have a bit of a dart but i wish her the best i was for the first child will be determined to prove kathleen of wrong and she's russia's only real hope but i like to start on a course with salva and beatrice van are you over out of form because a. number of the russian women have been suffering from injuries and this is the greatest hindrance to any professional sports person because the russians could have prepared as they would have wanted to then i think there would have been a lot more russians who would have a chance of winning roland garros. the world number two will be looking to prove

to then i think there would have been a lot more russians who would have had a chance of winning roland garros but world number two will be looking to prove damages wrong the british open and if she can manage to win the tournament in just under two weeks' time this will undoubtedly be the greatest triumph her career so far. dancy. and let's stay with tennis were in the men's draw juan martin del potro and joel will fred song are through to the second round and and erotic became the first big name to exit the tournament the first match in the men's draw so number nine seed juan martin del potro advancing to the second round but still lost the second set so i brake before beating spain's albert months on us six two six seven six two six one. number five see joel fred sun-god had the home crowd worried that what he virtually handed the first set six one to russia's i'm very close knit self however up his game and close than ours. ultimately call it civil one six six three six two six four win. while and erotic still at the first hurdle in a grand slam tournament for the first time since t

manages to maintain a first serve percentage of over seventy five she's got every chance of winning roland garros her results on the red clay have been encouraging this season she's already won two titles on the surface in stuttgart where she managed to overcome the current world number one victoria azarenka and also in rome however a former champion at roland garros if you kathleen koch says he can see sharp over breaking her dark of the french open this year to go to said ice doesn't have. to win you know between the place we all know that the french open is the heart of this major to win you need a lot of energy and water for understanding how to be successful in the french over there is no question this is a great example or fell out of the way in the six times and i see him again or so and it would entitle. have a bit of a wish for the best that was for the best show ever will be determined to prove caffeine of wrong and she's russia's only real hope of luck to spit on the course with salva and viewed as one of the over to form. a number of the russian women have been suffering from i

now, roland, student debt. conventional wisdom is these kids are drowning in it. 94% of under grads borrow now. they've got some 20,000 plus in debt. but, roland, i've written about this and reported about it. that should be manageable once people get a job. >> right. it should be. and that's -- there is a thing i believe, christine, called good debt. and that is this college degree is putting you in a position to be able to get a job to earn a certain amount of income. i think you have to look at this thing over a ten-year period. that is this. that's how i look at it. i came out of college with about $30,000 worth of debt and that was in 1991. and so if you say over a ten-year period you have an average salary of about, you know, $40,000 and that's adjusted for growth over that period you're talking about $400,000 gross that you would earn in a ten-year period based upon a $20,000 student loan. if you went out and got a car that was a $25,000, $30,000 car note, you're going to lose value in that car and so i

however a former champion at roland garros you can feel you go as you can see sharp of a break in her dark of the french open this year to be honest i don't she doesn't have. to win you know between the players we all know that the french open is the hardest major to win and you need a lot of energy. understanding. how to be successful in the first. question is a great example of winning the six times and i see him again on the way to the title. we should have that was for the best show ever will be determined to prove caffeine week of wrong and she's russia's only real who would like to spit on the course and be it has been a. number of the russian women have been suffering from injuries and this is the greatest hindrance to any professional sports person because the russians could have prepared as they would have wanted to then i think there would have been a lot more russians who would have had a chance of winning roland garros the world number two will be looking to prove the doctors wrong the french open and if she can manage to win the tournament in just under two weeks' time pe

roland martin with us as well host of washington wash with roland martin and will cain -- would you stop right by you. will cain from blaze.com. our "starting point" this morning, subpoenas have been sent, investigations launched this morning into what was a messy ipo of facebook. according to reuters, the state of massachusetts is now looking for answers about possible insider information. sent subpoenaing out to see if morgan stanley lowered revenue guidance for facebook before it went public but only informed bigger clients and not investors. the company issued this statement saying that morgan stanley followed the same procedures for facebook offering that it follows for all ipos. these procedures are in compliance with all applicable regulations. and the group that self-regulates wall street also laumpging an investigation. facebook shares have dropped 18% from last week's original offering price which is bad news on several fronts. nice to have you, christine romans, joining to us talk about this. let's talk about the investigations first. s.e.c., we know the financial regulatory c

>>roland palencia, será la corte suprema quien defina?te suprema de méxico que ha validado union personas del mismo sexo. >>muchas grias a ambos, por darnos su punto de vista. al volver, habremos de la eleccion presidencial en república dminicana, sera el próximo domingo y tenemosa entrevista que hipolito mejia quisiera olvidar. despertar...--que tipo de soluciones existen para superar la adicción a la pornografía, una condición que causa daños irreparables financieros y dentro del matrimonio.-- como dando unos cuantos pasos podría de la matanza de 18 person s el pasado miercoles en el estado mexicano de jalisco dijodespÉs de ser arrestado que su jefe le ordeÓ capturar al azar a 50 pernas inocentes para descuartizlas y exhibirlas en "los arcos del milenio", uno de los monumentos Ás caracteÍsticos de guadalajara. qÉ tal?, les habla natalia cruz... vas al punto de las noticias.la poliÍa esÁ scando a "stephen ivens", un ante del fbi desaparecido de su casa en burbank desde la maÑana del viernes.su familia dice que estaba deprimido y como no

>>roland palencia, será la corte suprema quien defina?uprema de méxico que ha validado la union personas del mismo sexo. >>muchas gracias a ambos, por darnos su punto de vista. al volver, hablaremos de la eleccion presidencial en república dominicana, sera el próximo domingo y tenemos la entrevista que hipolito mejia quisiera olvidar. <>>hemos buscado, sin éxito una entrevista con elandidato a la presidena hipolito mejia pero encontramos una entrevista en los archivos el año 2003 donde le preguntamos por qué odiaba tanto a los periodistas >>me gustan pero los entrevistadores no tienen derecho a decir lo que quieran un presidente si >>usted ha llamado talibanes a los periodistas >>si, es una manera de expresarse >>no, pero yo digo lo que quiero. >>usted di baboso o taliban a un opositor >>cuando hablan babas si, porque se ajusta a esto. >>es peligroso criticar entonces? >>no se hamuertoadie todia. >>por qué quiere reelegirse >>no, postularme >>lo han acusado de mentiro eeso es política, la política no es la sagda biblia >>y que piensa de q

here's our correspond, roland buerk. >> once it was a symbol of japan's belief in a nuclear future. the biggest nuclear power station in the world. we were taken through the heavy, water-tight doors, into the maze of corridors inside, right to the control room for the reactors, built to power tokyo. once by one, all japan's nuclear power stations have been shut down, and now the output is zero. this is the very heart of their power station. that music is a warning that the air lock is open. over here, that water, that's the pool where the spent nuclear fuel, still radioactive, of course, is being stored. next to it, that circular structure, that's the top of the reactor itself. now, before the disaster at fukushima, japan relied on nuclear power for nearly a third of its electricity. the nearby town now faces a choice between fear and economic collapse. the power station is the biggest employer, but like other local communities, they're reluctant to allow it to be restarted, wary of another fukushima. but the lights must be kept on in tokyo, a glistens metropolis that consumes vast

is he the host of "washington watch" with roland martin.ice the music keeps going, going, going. >> that's right. >> nice to have you back and will cain is a columnist for theblaze.com. >> no go-go at all. >> he's getting the go-go. it's creeping up on him. >> what is in my coffee? >> look, nothing, nothing. help, help, somebody. talk about our "starting point" this morning which is the battle over bain. we were discussing this yesterday, will cain. >> right. >> tax on mitt romney, the businessman, and whether or not that is fair game. newark, new jersey, mayor cory booker leading all the shows yesterday, a obama supporter, surrogate, rising star in the democratic party firing back after there was an ad from the romney campaign using cory booker's words against president obama. here's what he originally said. >> this kind of stuff is nauseating to me on both sides. it's nauseating to the american public. enough is enough. stop attacking private equity. >> so he was talking about negative campaigning overall he mentioned private equity, he m

dana and roland, we're just getting fired up.rolina and the ban on gay marriage. now, if we were to look back within, i guess you could say within the last month, okay, you've got joe biden that says he's comfortable with gay marriage. you've got former pennsylvania governor ed rendell. he says the president should, quote, man up and take a stand on this, yet the president still saying my feelings about this are evolving on this issue. why is he still evolving, roland? >> easy. it's called you're running for re-election. look at the map. in 2008 president obama won iowa. in 2009 the iowa supreme court declared a ban on same-sex marriage to be unconstitutional. in 2010 three of those justices were thrown off the bench. you look at north carolina. he won north carolina by 14,000 votes in 2008. yesterday, 61% of the people voted for this. he is in a very tight election, and this election depending upon the state, could be swung by some 50,000 to 100,000 votes. this is a hard core political call. this is not a moral call by him. it's

roland and i have been talking all morning on and off tv.obama in many, many states that have had referendums by the voters to reject gay marriage. his previous position just wasn't one that was sustainable anymore. >> okay. >> the problem that mitt romney has, carol, is that president obama's supporters will accept his position on this. mitt romney is trying to get people on the right to accept his evolving position. that's been his biggest problem. not the general but his own party. that's the biggest problem here. >> all right. roland martin, will cain, another interesting conversation. thanks so much. >>> howard stern, is he too raunchy to be a judge on "america's got talent" and they are telling advertisers to drop the show right now. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone likes a bit of order in their life. virtual wallet helps you get it. keep track of spending, move money with a slide, and use the calendar. all to see your money how you want. ♪ and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country..

our correspondent, roland buerk, look at japan's hopes for another chance to put on the games. >> tokyo lost out to re toe host the 2016 games -- lost out to rio to host the 2016 games, but the city is trying again for 2020. even a large, expanse of land vacant and ready for the construction of new stadiums to take place. the site is spectacular, next to tokyo bay, with a view of the skyline across the water and mount fuji in the distance. tokyo certainly has the money. this is the most populist urban area in the world, and the city's economy was only recently overtaken by the entire country of india. with a bullet train and subways and expressways, the infrastructure is in place, and the olympic committee might feel that after last year's earthquake and tsunami, awarding tokyo the olympics would be a good way of helping japan to recover. but what might help is this city has hosted the games before, in 1964. and about the winter olympics in 2018 due to take place in south korea, awarding the 2020 games to tokyo would mean two consecutive olympics taking place in the same part of the wor

on the issue, let me correct roland romney. mitt romney 's dad george romney was very good on civil rights so keep him out of it. >> the church was not so great either. the mormon church was not so great on civil rights until recently. >> cenk: they did not allow black clergy. they did not allow black people to get married in their holy temple until 1978. that's what i wanted to start with you on, jayar. you know, i read a long story about mitt romney when he was younger, and he's at byu and he gets mad that stanford won't play basketball with byu because byu is part of the mormon church and clearly they discriminate against black people and they're outraged. do we hold that against mitt romney after all these years and is that something that you should hold against? >> should we or would we? >> cenk: you tell me. >> though are entirely different things. as it was brought up, if this comes to that realm, then you bring it up. but there is a reason why you can't, it's going to be between mormonism versus one guy jeremiah wright.

manages to maintain a first serve percentage of over seventy five she's got every chance of winning roland garros her results on the red clay have been encouraging this season she's already won two titles on the surface in stuttgart where she managed to overcome the current world number one victoria azarenka and also in rome. however a former champion at long got us if you can feel you go this you can see sharp over breaking her dark of the french open this year to be honest i don't she doesn't have. would say passion to win you know between the players were all or that the french open is the hardest major to win you need water for in their genius. water for understanding of how to go to be successful in the bridge over the. course and is a great example refer a lot already in the six times and i see him again for throwing away the title. have a bit of a dog we should have asked that was for the best trained farm will be determined to prove caffeine of wrong and she's russia's only real hope for the launch a strike on the course and the others van are you. more of a number of the russian w

roland is right.is on the table, mitt romney's mormonism deserves to be on the table as well. that's a logical consistency. when we talk about reverend wright and what we talked about four years ago putting it back on the table, i said i don't think it's smart to use reverend wright as a bullet point again. i don't think we debated four years ago what is barack obama's vision of america. i don't think we asked when he said i am for hope and change, i don't think we asked, change from what to what? >> come on, will, seriously? he won. he got 69 million votes. 365 electoral college votes. he won. so if you want to have the same debate, fine. guess what? the gop lost. my suggestion would be for you to look at housing plan, economic plan, things along those lines but trying to have the same -- >> those are hand in hand, roland. >> will, to have a losing debate a second time means you are going to lose again. it's a ridiculous debate. >> when you ask what barack obama's fundamental vision of america is, yo