and sam nunn dave cote and adam parker. the air ris auto show is under way in france and we'll get behind the way with daimler chairman at 6:15 eastern time. plus the count town continues to election day. our guest this half hour is former new mexico governor bill richardson. he's walking up to set right now. we have a lot to get to with him. and later this morning, staple's co-founder and romney supporter tom stemberg. no one understands the swing state of ohio better than senator rob portman. he'll be joining us from cincinnati. but before we get to all this, and believe me, this is a lot to get on today, let's get you up to speed on this morning's other top headlines with andrew. welcome back. >> thanks. we haven't even talked about football, but i hope we get a chance to. china central bank reportedly injecting 57.9 billion into money markets. regulators are struggling to maintain liquidity without the injection. speaking of china, the country's largest listed steel maker has suspended output at a plant as the economy s

their very scientific and important research i would add, top republican beers are amstel light, sam adamsemocratic bierce, heineken, corona, stella artois. >> european. >> and dos equis, busch, and fosters. >> i was thinking of miller high life when they were taking orders earlier. if they don't have, i'll go with whatever you got. >> so coors light. that's what you go with when you take whatever you can get. >> this is the republican beer and i was trying to remember why it was. it's pete coors always did the ads. tried to parlay it into a senate seat in colorado and was defeated. >> they gave a ton of money to republican and conservative causes. >> miller high life, champagne of pierce. >> s.e., what's going on? >> i'm beerless. >> is this in honor of mitt romney? >> no. >> apropos. >> my beer of choice is babst blue ribbon which because i live in an elitist city like new york is hard to find here. so they couldn't get it for me. but i do have an amazing memory, i'm a packer fan, so going to lambeau, having a pabst blue ribbon in a can at curly's grill with a plate of cheese kurds was m

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>> sam adams oktoberfest hits the stores today. a big winner.tocks up 20% by thanksgiving. >> you had to get the beer in there. jim? >> i think the iphone 5, one of the best ancillary plays on that is sprint. you could see a 25% increase in sprint through the iphone by christmas. >> without the maps would be nice. jonathan? >> israel is a first world in a sea of tribalism and destruction. eis rows as netanyahu spoke at the u.n. i'm looking at it long term for my fund. >> neil cavuto will kick off his special coverage at the presidential debates live at denver beginning 4:00 p.m. eastern time on fox news, then at 8:00 on the fox business network. for neil, it's about red and green. come on. with these debates, we are on it. >> wall street banks have recovered from the meltdown four years ago but the woman who ran fdic says we are still at risk of another major financial crisis. we are talking the inside story of the big banks and the risk they pose to us right here. right now. >> from the fox business network headquarters in new york city, it is'

a research firm claimshose who enjoy sam adams are more likely topuan.in kin is preferred by democrats and bud light drinkers tend not to have any strong political views. i drink all three. and that's your morning dish of "scrambled politics." >>> and here's your first look eowlo at 13,485 after going to adding 72 points yesterday. the s&p 500 gained 13. the nasdaq climbed 42. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, tokyo, the nikkei dropped 79ints. in hong kong, the hang seng was . >>> aggressive budget cutting from one of europe's troubled economies did help wall street snap the losing streak yesterday. spain's finance minister announced $51 billion in budget cuts yesterday hoping to convince the world it can meet its fiscal rg that news helped gold continue its recent climb towards its biggest quarterly gain in two years. >>> earlier, mixed economic data faed to impress investors and initial jobless claims hit a two montlow. the final talley on second quarter gdp was lower than ct >>tee ,attered blackberry maker research in motion reported a s

what it means if you drink a sam adams versus a bud light. >>reporter: well, megan, everything is up to speed here on 95 in white marsh, but i'll let you know how traffic is shaping up on 695 and 83 coming up on "good morning maryland." jamie costello and i are having a contest to see who can come up with the best orioles cheer. go to abc2news.com to watch and vote. thanks. go o's. >>> thanks for joining us on this friday morning. gift giving is just a click away on facebook. the social networking site introduced facebook gifts to a limited number of users yesterday. and this is how it works, you can buy a real gift and post a gift-giving gesture on friends' timelines. and facebook, the person can actually unwrap the preview of that gift and swap it for a different size or a different style before it gets mailed out. not a bad idea. facebook gifts, they will be rolled out gradually across the united states. >>> online coupon company, one of them, is now helping washington national fans, living social, they are ponying up almost $30,000 to kee

>> sam adams oktoberfest hits the stores today. a big winner.s up 20% by thanksgiving. >> you had to get the beer in there. jim? >> i think the iphone 5, one of the best ancillary plays on that is sprint. you could see a 25% increase in sprint through the iphone by christmas. >> without the maps would be nice. jonathan? >> israel is a first world in a sea of tribalism and destruction. eis rows as netanyahu spoke at the u.n. i'm looking at it long term for my fund. >> neil cavuto will kick off his

it is made with soft serve ice cream, vanilla and car amedical and sam adams october fest draft. are adding other fall items to its menu including a burger and honey bourbon lemonade. >>> a prince george's high school student shot while walking to school. how his friends and classmates remember him that is coming up on abc 2 news at 6:00 which starts right now. >> people in one part of glen burnie are keeping their eyes open tonight after a burglary that was eerily similar to an attack two years ago. >>> and another confirmed case of west nile virus in anne arundel county. we'll look at what is being done to combat the

>> sam adams oktoberfest hits the stores today. a big winner.s up 20% by thanksgiving. >> you had to get the beer in there. jim? >> i think the iphone 5, one of the best ancillary plays on that is sprint. you could see a 25% increase in sprint through the iphone by christmas. >> without the maps would be nice. jonathan? >> israel is a first world in a sea of tribalism and destruction. eis rows as netanyahu spoke at the u.n. i'm looking at it long term for my fund. >> neil cavuto will kick off his special coverage at the presidential debates live at denver beginning 4:00 p.m. eastern time on fox news, then at 8:00 on the fox business network. for neil, it's about red and green. come on. i'll see you. have a great weekend. >> what sparked the recent violence was the airing on the internet of a very hateful, very offensive video that has offended many people around the world. >> what happened in banghazi was a terrorist attack, and we won't rest until we've tracked down and brought to justice the terrorists who murdered four americans. >> homeland

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starting today they will debut a sam adams oktoberfest milk shake.t's made with vanilla ice cream, beer and carmel. i don't know if that's a good thing or not. stay with us this morning. if you love candy corn, you love oreos this may be the treat for you this halloween season. the special cookie to hit store shelves and why you want to get it as soon as possible. and he swept president off his feet. this morning you will hear from the bear hugger and the reason he gave the president a lift. coming up. >> reporter: good morning. topping mark money we are not using credit card as much. consumer borrowing fell nor than 3 billion in july and decrease was because of a drop in credit card use. that may reflect a lack of confidence in the economy. general motors denied a report that it uses 49 -- loses 49,000 dollars on each volt and it's not that much but andests say it's not unusual for them to lose money when they first go on the market. and the tax hike on cigarettes is doing the job. usa today reports there's a huge drop in smoking particularly among

a new study finds sam adams lovers most likely are republican. heineken drinkers more likely democrats. but slight chance miller lite don't lean to either party miller liteand fans. for don't go either. >> let's go to jacqui jeras for the better. i don't drink beer, so maybe i'm undecided. advisory for the shenandoah valley, which county downquier towards fredericksburg. drive slow this morning and give theself extra room between cars. at a quarter mile or in a few areas, so be careful. 67 degrees at reagan national, dulles. storms could return later today. most of the day will be dry, sunny, 76-80 degrees. i would love to connect with you. i have been posting stuff on facebook. find me on twitter or facebook. now to angela with traffic. friday. >> happy friday. a lot going on. news, eastbound lanes of toll road have just reopened. there was an earlier vehicle fire that's now gone. get a look at 66. not bad at the teddy roosevelt bridge. coming out of manassas, we are seeing volume delays. as you continue through centreville and to vienna, that i

. >> the connection between beer and politics finds that if you drink sam adams you are republican and first are democrat said. bud light finds that no one that they leaned towards no one. those techies are known to be part bipartisan. >> we will be back in a couple of minutes as students in and out by the middle school are going to class today with a heavy heart. a classmate was struck by an as cbs today has died we will have a live report in a few minutes. or for colorado and the court documents are expected there any minute and a movie theater shooting investigation. at 7:45 a.m. the world according to gary and the nfl refs are back. ♪ most paints have color that sits on the surface. but nothing beats benjamin moore's color lock technology that locks color right in, no matter how often you wash it. color lock technology. exclusively from your benjamin moore retailer. win a design consultation with me, candice olson, at benjaminmooresweeps.com. on a huge selection of clearance mattresses. get 2 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. but hurry, sleep train's inventory clearanc

listen to this, according to a new study, if you drink sam adams beer, most likely you're republican,eneken drinkers, on the other hand, most likely to be democrats than any other beer drinkers out there. bud light fans, they don't lean towards either party and the same can be said for those who drink miller high life. according to a study, dos equis drinkers are most likely to be nonpartisan. >>> on living social, they have great deals all the time. if you're looking for one with a little baseball, hang on, we have details on how you can get down to d.c. and enjoy the entire game, all thanks to the website, details straight ahead. >>> plus you might not be smiling if this happened to you, however, it is a pretty good prank. we're going to tell you about it, it involves iphones, long lines and a guy with one clever plan. >>> and we have another unseasonably mild morning on tap and the afternoon is going to be unseasonably warm, but the seasonable temperatures will make a comeback. i'll have those details coming up. >>reporter: well, lynette, everything is up to speed here on 695, the

drinking at lot of sam adams means you're likely to vote republican. budweiser drinkers skew towards the democrats. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king, bloomberg news, for wbal-tv 11 news. >> what does a cosmo say? >> i'm not sure. 6:21. a win is a win. keith mills looks back at last night's ravens victory against the browns. >> here is a look at last night's winning maryland lottery numbers. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> good morning. sarah caldwell checking on your morning commute. the wet roads are causing some accidents. one on 95 near caton avenue. you can see the delays that are forming. right lane is close at the scene of the crash. watch for those delays. watch for a crash on ritchie highway. monument street is set down at calvert because of the baltimore book festival. a bit of a delay on the west side outer loop around baltimore national pike. 95 checks out ok. here's a quick, live look at traffic. you can see the accident. watch for slick sopts. pots. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. >> the rai

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. -- with sam adams beer. shakes with booze are picking up in popularity. live at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. stan, you going to run out and try one of those? >> yeah, i have marinated ribs with beer before. i'll give it a try. >> toys are us announced at program for the holiday. >> there is always this must-have toy every year. for the first time toys r us are going to let you reserve it. we'll have more on what that program is all about coming up next hour. >> time is 5:23. 66 degrees in downtown baltimore. big welcome home for maryland's big medalist. > michael >> well, first it was michael phelps in the olympics. now a hero's welcome for a maryland native ian silverman who also made a big splash. >> hundreds of his classmates gathered yesterday to greet him after his big win in london. the 16-year-old junior won gold in the 400-meter free style event in the paralympic games. >> we wanted to make him feel as special as possible. >> this is overwhelming. did not expect it but i really appreciate it. >> he says he plans to defend his gold m

meet little sam adams and his new little cousin ethan. both were born last friday. >> their mothers are heather adams and her sister, amy. they gave birth just four hours apart and that's not all they shared, t.j. >> i think they have matching shirts. >> probably didn't share the father. >> right, the sisters actually conceived on the same day or so they say and they surprised each other with the news that they were pregnant on the same day and now they can remind each other of their kids' birthdays forever. >> then avenue the same doctor, but, again, let's clarify, not the same father. >> not the same father. [ baby sounds ] >> so cute. ambassador daddy it was our anniversary on saturday, 12 years. >> congratulations. >> 12 year, going strong. a dozen years. >> way to go. >> that's right. >> what, did you get married when you were 15. >> no, 12. 25, i just revealed my age. >>> the favorite shows of both presidential candidates win emmy awards. >> who is stepping off the stage into a 12-step program, a concert meltdown leads to rock and re

republicans are most likely to hoist a coors light or sam adams, and right in the middle, mexican beer doss if equis favored by voters on both sides of the political tense. >>> you need to be really quick on your feet. hope he got delicious crumbs for all of that effort. fast all right. disappeared. four minutes after the hour right now. let's go back over to al in los angeles. >> wow. >> you've been really reading up on everything, huh? >> yes, i have. distracted, sorry. we've been hanging out with our friends at knbc. let's see what we've got for you right now, and we're going to show you. looking at heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing their way through texas. we've got flash flood watches, flash flood warnings in erect right now throughout northern texas and flash flood watches through southern texas. let's take a look and show you how much rain we've got. we're saying anywhere from four to five inches from laredo to san antonio. we've got a lot of wet weather in the northeast as well. not quite as bad as it's been in texas. one area has moved through and another area coming in.

republicans are most likely to hoist a coors light or sam adams, and right in the middle, mexican beer doss if equis favored by voters on both sides of the political tense. >>> you need to be really quick on your feet. hope he got delicious crumbs for all of that effort. fast all right. disappeared. four minutes after the hour right now. let's go back over to al in los angeles. >> wow. >> you've been really reading up on everything, huh? >> yes, i have. distracted, sorry. we've been hanging out with our friends at knbc. let's see what we've got for you right now, and we're going to show you. looking at heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing their way through texas.orms pushing thei way through texas. we have flash flood watches and warnings in effect now throughout northern texas and the flash flood watches in texas. anywhere from four to five inches in lor ray doe to san antonio. we have a lot of wet weather in the northeast as well. not quite as bad as it's been in texas. one area moved through. another area coming in. we look for one to two inches of rain generally from up state ne

. >> sam adams used to be one beer.y have about a hundred beers every week and special occasions. are they stretched too thin? >> i don't believe so. part of the reason why craft beer is growing and we are talking about industry that the first half of the year is growing 14% in sales. that growth is hard to come by in the consumer landscape. i believe they are stretched thin. things that craft brewers appreciate is the variety and innovation. we are looking at seasonals. in the case of sam that would be oktoberfest which does well historically. the seasonals are important. innovation is important. that's part of what drives top line growth. >> is this a buying opportunity? >> absolutely. we have seen it for the last few years where shares pull back and then you see the growth. i don't think there is a comparison for the top line growth opportunities when it comes to craft beer. >> is oktoberfest in germany has started already despite it not being october. can you answer why? >> the beer being in stores earlier than expe

coors light and sam adams drinkers tend to be republican.romney's headquarters in massachusetts. >> yeah but also because coors is -- right-winger. >> heineken fans are more likely to be democrats than any other beer drinkers across the board and while budweiser skews to the left, bud light mostly nonpartisan. >> i'm not sure what this says about political reporters but there is a stack of natural light cans by bob cusack's briefcase out in the lobby. [ laughter ] >> that was my brand of choice in college. definitely. >> move over, elvis presley. a new king of the charts. rapper lil' wayne now has the most songs to appear on the billboard hot 100 hits list with the debut of his new song celebration at number 82 this week. >> bill: lil' wayne. >> lil' wayne. he now has 109 songs to make the chart. elvis had 108. that was a record for a single artist. the cast of glee has the overall record of the group with 204 songs. >> bill: let he -- me tell you something elvis will outlive lil' wayne. >> i was alive when i saw the cast of glee and lil' wa

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if you tip back a sam adams when your feet are up, you're likely to vote republican.k your poison, you're more likely to be a democrat. and those whose brew of choice is bud lite apparently don't have any political allegiance. not sure what that says. beer may not be the only way to gauge political allegiance. it may also be possible to tell which jokes you think are funny. allison dagnus, author of "a conservative walks into a bar," says our opinions and biases affect our perception of jokes when politics are involved. if you want to test yourself, check out a political litmus test in six jokes. it's on npr's website. >>> now for a little trail dust, what you may have missed from the campaign trail. here's vice president joe biden just a few hours ago at a campaign stop in ft. myers, florida. >> the fourth, fifth, or sixth day, i can't recall, after being in office, we were sitting in the oval office, and larry summers, the chief economic adviser in the economic team came in and said, mr. president, looking at this year's budget, you are going to have a $1 trillion d

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i hate to have the last word here but we're out of time for flood so brian adam sam thank you very much for joining us. so the conventions are in the books and we're two months away from the election or two months away from americans having an ultimate choice vote for the democratic vote for the republicans actually that's really not much of a choice at all in fact other democracies around the world would laugh at us if we claimed that a vote between one of only two major parties was actually a legitimate choice the truth is a two party system isn't really that democratic at all and most of the other democracies on the planet know that that's why they've reformed their elections to prevent a two party doowop away from taking over their representative governments you know there are six political parties represented in germany's congress the bundestag and even more parties represented in state parliaments around germany including the pirate party australia two has six parties represented their parliament and the italian parliament as as well as well there are six major parties represented

republicans like coors light and sam adams.eys. >> how about martinis? just saying. the daughter of a hong kong tycoon is being flooded with marriage proposals. listen to the circumstances. the father is offering big bucks to any man who can woo his daughter away from her female partner. >> reporter: hong kong is a specil place in china. tolerance and wester-looking in it attitude up to a point. cecil chao is a property builder with a taste for garish art and younger women. what he hasn't got a taste for is his daughter's sexual orientation. gigi has formalized her relationship with her partner in a church ceremony in france. her father has tried to fix his embarrassment the way he's fixed most things, with money. he's offered a $65 million marriage bounty to any man who can convince gigi in the error of her ways. >> i'm interested also to wed your daughter who also happens to be gay. i am a male person who also happens to be gay. >> reporter: or one that says let's just get married and split the money 50/50. another adds, gigi

it combines ice cream and flavored syrup with sam adams draft. >>> and a plea for this obese daschundprevious owners showed him a bit too much love by overfeeding him. after all works could say no to that little face. thanks to his new foster mom lost already 6 pounds and has 30 to go before he's down to a healthy wiener dog wait. more with obey and the foster mom coming up shortly. >>> now six minutes past hour. back out to matt and savannah. >> that's really sad. >> on the road to recovery. >> we're going to talk to his foster mom in just a little bit. >> all right. >> and we've got some nice folks here. it's blue shirt day. what is it? >> hi. we're out here promoting october 1st is blue shirt day, world day bullying day of prevention, and we'll all wear our blue shirts in solidarity. >> on october 1st. >> making it the day of bullying prevention. >> good idea. thank you very much. let's see what we've got for you for your pick city of the day. just happens to be flint, michigan. nbc 25, mid-michigan's best, sunny, warm, 87 degrees today. that front is going to move through though.

benjamin franklin was a great publisher, sam adam was a publisher. it's hard to think of founders who didn't write journalism. george washington didn't. but that is very rare. even someone like james madison who didn't like or was great at it, he screwed himself up and wrote 29 federalist papers which were op-ed pieces in newspapers. so these guys, these men, know that they have to put themselves out there for the american public, which is their con constitute tune si. >> host: no it alls. >> guest: well, know it alls. they were well educated. it's a little country. the colleges we have -- he have a handful of colleges. they're tiny. harvard or kings college, which becomes columbia, or yale or princeton, they have a few dozen students. unlike the thousands that they have today. but most of these men were college graduates. those who weren't made sure they read all their lives. they felt they had to be up on both the news of the day and the political theory of the day. they all knew their -- if you listen to their debates you would have thought that m

sam adams, his brother. some of and yet never heard of. but that story is that, the author has sort of traced a narrative history and connected the events and gone all the way through the colonies and put it into a narrative form. >> where did you get this idea? >> i read an article, somebody said what is the insurgency movement? who are all these guys? and they said somebody might look back in our history because we were the sons of liberty were american insurgents at the time. and i thought, has anybody done a book on this? nobody really has. it gets mentioned elsewhere, but it has not been developed. so then i went looking for an author and found one. a very popular historian. he is not an academic historian, but he is a great writer. he set up to figure out who these guys were and what happened. that worked up nicely. >> with another book you have been working on for the fall. >> i have another book for the fall. it is a biography. and admiral and chief of naval operations from 70-74. he connected to the recommended the groundwater nav

andrea writes sam adams utopia, what else besides beer .bacon do you need? extra large size clothing for all the people that ate the bacon. and one more, it would be newspapers. i have a new puppy. marcus aurelius. congratulations to you. >> big, old american cars, that's what i would horde. the new one webs they're like life boats to some of the old lincolns that would fit in the trunk. i also want to talk about spain. this is a very superficial first blush back seat as i start to use at the budget, it looks to me like basically a raid on money that isn't there's. higher taxes, doesn't sound austerityish or reform issue. it sounds like everything in europe that gets everyone in europe in trouble. >> and we haven't had time to see how the public reacts. i also see what they're calling a soft recession in 2013. i didn't know they came in the soft variety. >> no. the only soft recession is when you have a job and your neighbor doesn't. >> rick, we'll see you later. that does it for us here on this thursday. see you tomorrow. let's get to the fast money halftim

adults were interviewed and found democrats preferred hein can, republicans liked coors light and sam adamss. >> how about apple march martini? always good. just saying. >>> the daughter of a hong kong tycoon being flooded with marriage proposals. her father is offering big bucks to any man who can woo his daughter away from her female partner. >> reporter: hong kong is a special place in china. tolerance and western looking in its attitude, up to a point. cecil cho a property billionaire in with a taste for art and younger women. he doesn't have a taste for his daughter's sexualoran yentation. gigi cho has finalized her relationship with a woman. her father has offered a $65 million marriage bounty to any man who can convince gigi of the error of her ways. the proposals have flooded in. >> i'm interested in your offer to wed your daughter who also happens to be gay. i'm a male person who also happens to be gay. >> reporter: or one that says let's just get married and split the money 50/50. another adds, gigi chao, are you now the most sexiest woman alive. gigi says her father's interferenc

it combines ice cream and flavored syrup with sam adams draught. a plea for help for the obese dog.use his previous owners showed him too much love by overfeeding him. after all who could say no to that face. thanks to his new foster mom he's already lost six pounds. he's got 30 pounds to go because he is down to a healthy weight. we're going to have much more with him and the foster mom coming up shortly. it is now six minutes past the hour. let's go back outside to matt and savannah. poor little guy. >> he's on the road to recovery, we hope. >> we're going to talk to his foster mom in a little bit. we have some nice folks here. it's blue shirt day. >> we are out here promoting october 1st is blue shirt day. world bullying prevention. we're all wearing blue shirts in solidarity. >> on october 1st. good idea. thank you very much. let's see what we've got for you for your pick city of the day. just happens to be flint, michigan. nbc 25 mid michigan's best. sunny, warm, 87 degrees today. that front's going to be move through and change the temperatures. you can see the front stretchin

democrats prefer heineken and corona, republicans hoist a coors light or sam adams and right in the middlef the political fence. >>> if you're going to raid a human's kitchen, you better have an escape plan or be quick on your feet like this little guy. he must be rocky the flying squirrel but no bullwinkle in sight. fast all right. disappeared. four minutes after the hour right now. let's go to al in los angeles. boy, you've been really reading up on everything, huh? >> yes, i have. i'm sorry. i was distracted. i'm sorry. we're hanging out with our friends at knbc. let's see what we have right now. we're going to show you. we're looking at heavy showers and thunderstorms pushing their way through texas. we have flash flood watches and warnings in effect now throughout northern texas, and then the flash flood watches through southern texas. let's take a look and show you the rain. anywhere from 4 to 5 inches from laredo to san antonio. a lesser amount in san angelos. one area moved through and another area is coming in by the next 24 hours. we look for 1 to 2 inches of rain generally from

benjamin franklin was a great publisher, sam adam was a publisher. hard to think of founders who didn't write journalism. george washington didn't. but that is very rare. even someone like james madison who didn't like or was great at it, he screwed himself up and wrote 29 federalist papers which were op-ed pieces in newspapers. so these guys, these men, know that they have to put themselves out there for the american public, which is their con constitute tune si. >> host: no it alls. >> guest: well, know it alls. they were well educated. it's a little country. the colleges we have -- he have a handful of colleges. they're tiny. harvard or kings college, which becomes columbia, or yale or princeton, they have a few dozen students. unlike the thousands that they have today. but most of these men were college graduates. those who weren't made sure they read all their lives. they felt they had to be up on both the news of the day and the political theory of the day. they all knew their -- if you listen to their debates you would have thought that moscue

sam coming up next. you can never have too much money. ♪ melissa: today we are joined by monica crowley and our own star, adam shapiro.rue what they say. former banker radley bergen-belsen was sentenced to 40 months in prison for a felony conviction. the irs awarded him $104 million. he filed a claim under the whistleblower law. it paid off big, but he is currently in prison. what do you think? >> should this guy get the money because he broke the rules? know, and they're going to test them on it. >> they are going to award him on and they're going to take half of it. this guy is in jail. the hical question is they awarded it, a lot of money, but he is in prison. if you are looking to make some money and 30% hezbollah now. go for it. melissa: maybe we have a new career. we work on it next. up next, a virginia woman purchased a box for $7, which included a small oil painting that is an original renuart worth up to $100,000. the funny part is that she only liked the frame and didn't like the picture. and her mom said, you should really have that checked out before you throw away that picture. >> in the era of antiques r

benjamin franklin was a great publisher, sam adam was a publisher. it's hard to think of founders who didn't write journalism. george washington didn't. but that is very rare. even someone like james madison who didn't like or was great at it, he screwed himself up and wrote 29 federalist papers which were op-ed pieces in newspapers. so these guys, these men, know that they have to put themselves out there for the american public, which is their con constitute tune si. >> host: no it alls. >> guest: well, know it alls. they were well educated. it's a little country. the colleges we have -- he have a handful of colleges. they're tiny. harvard or kings college, which becomes columbia, or yale or princeton, they have a few dozen students. unlike the thousands that they have today. but most of these men were college graduates. those who weren't made sure they read all their lives. they felt they had to be up on both the news of the day and the political theory of the day. they all knew their -- if you listen to their debates you would have thought that m