commentator allan sloan says one thing is different: prison. allan is senior editor at large at "fortune." >> one of the biggest mess involves jail time-- or the lack of it. plenty of big fish went to jail in the enron aftermath-- jeff skilling of enron, bernie ebbers of worldcom, dennis kozlowski of tyco, c.e.o.s of adelphia, healthsouth, qwest, and imclone- - but no big shots from firms involved in today's financial disaster have been indicted, let alone convicted. seeing big shots heading to the big house helped diffuse some of the anger over the damage caused by enron's crimes and the collapse of the stock bubble, but no big shot has been called to account this time around, and far more people have been hurt by the great recession and the housing bubble than by enron and the stock bubble. i'm not saying the government should bring criminal charges against ceos just to make the public happy. that's not justice, it's playing to the mob. but the lack of prospective jail time for even a single big player sure helps explain why so many people ha

melanie sloan will be with us. and, david walker, the former u.s. comptroller general and now the founder of comeback america initiative. nancy tell is in the c-span radio studios. >> more reaction from republican presidential candidate michele bachmann. the minnesota congressman said it is tragic the super committee failed to reach an agreement and she blames president obama saying that he was a wall when crunch time came. she went on to say we look at greece, and it is obvious what needs to be done. we cannot afford a welfare state, so do not do it anymore. european stocks are rising from a six-week low, and asian shares are little changed as the s&p and moody's have maintained credit ratings even as the deficit reduction committee failed to reach an agreement. dahl futures are up about one point ahead of the opening bell. three astronauts have returned to earth after spending three have 65 days in space. they touched down safely this morning. three astronauts are due to return to earth in march. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span ra

mark kris is chief of the lung cancer department at the americanal sloan kettering.acknowledges only a small number of tumors have a patient with a known treatment and the targeted drugs will only work in a fraction of patients. >> even if something helps only 10%, if the 10% includes the daughter's wedding, that's a damn big 10%. >> reporter: in gallant's case, doctors found a breast cancer mutation they could target with an experimental pill. she's been taking it for two months with no side effects so far. >> nice and straight. your head is perfect where we want it. >> reporter: she's having regular pet scans to see how well the treatment is working and tumor tumors in her breast,, and lungs, seen here in black, are shrinking. what went through your head? >> amazing. totally totally amazing. it was there before and all of a sudden it's not there anymore. i find myself very fortunate to be here and that they picked this drug for me. >> reporter: that's definitely an impressive early response but one concern for patients like sheila gallant, cancers that seem under c

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doctors at sloan debtorring in new york say it can be useful for detecting breast cancer in high risk women but not all women. the mri doesn't always lead to better surgical treatments or even survival rates in patients. >>> the economy may be the best form of birth control. a new report shows u.s. birthed dropped for the third straight year and money worries are the reason. experts suspect it drove down rates in 2008 and 2009 as women put off having children. with the 2010 figures demographers say it's turned into a certainty. >>> worms may unlock the mystery of how the skin heals itself. biologists at the university of california san diego have discovered some genes in worms which identify wounds and trigger chemical reactions that heal them. the finding could eventually lead to new wound treatments especially for diabetics and the elderly who have a harder time healing. >>> eat up, cheese may not be as bad as for your cholesterol as other types of animal fat. scientists in denmark say people who eat cheese daily have lower so-called bad cholesterol than people who eat the same amou

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thing about the thing about portland the thing about so you think about madrid the thing about bo sloan and. hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of other occupations also it's worth mentioning there's a lot of other walking missions occur in public places around the u.k. is that it whether it's about the one percent of the ninety nine percent it is obviously caught to two why we're talking today but i think the other fundamental sort of real interesting aspect of it it's what it's about is people want their not dos are pros they want a much more kinetic dynamic. system. active engagement with politics but not necessarily the form of politics that we. are currently available to us i mean if you think about it it's just the parliamentary parliamentary model we have feels like such an anachronism in a world where you crowd source your entertainment i mean the idea that you as this case now is quite uncommon is there a fixed five year government to sit and wait to choose between a one eight to a free a for a five a six it sounds like paper it's not. versions of the same boreen centrist kind

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sloan foundation.porting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: more than 2,000 american troops are heading to australia under a new security agreement. president obama made the announcement today, but he stopped short of saying that the move is meant as a message to china. the president arrived with plans in hand for the largest u.s. deployment in australia since world war two. the announcement came in canberra, after a meeting with prime minister julia gillard. >> what it allows us to do is to not only build capacity and cooperation between our two countries, but it also allows us to meet the demands of a lot of partners in the region that want to feel that they're getting the training, they're getting the exe

sloan foundation.porting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> suarez: the prime minister of greece george papandreou flew to france late today to explain his sudden call for a referendum on a new european bailout. the leaders of france and germany nicolas sarkozy and angela merkel awaited answers, at cannes, on the french riviera. we have two reports from "independent television news" beginning with gary gibbon. >> reporter: german chancellor and the french president met in cannes ahead of their emergency talks with the greek prime minister. they want the greek greek referendum to happen sooner rather than later. it could now be next month. they also want the greeks to be asked a stark question about whether they want

sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: yemen's president ali abdullah saleh signed a statement today agreeing to resign ending 33 years of authoritarian rule. gulf state allies pressured saleh and brokered the deal. yemen-- the arab world's poorest country-- has seen nine months of protests. the signing took place in saudi arabia, where saleh fled seeking medical treatment after an assassination attempt last june. >> ( translated ): we welcome the sharing of power with our brothers in the opposition to rule the country and to rebuild what the crisis has damaged. the signing is not important, what is important is the good intention and the steering of serious work towards a real sharin

sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: herman cain went before cameras late this afternoon in phoenix and denied allegations made by a chicago woman that he made unwanted sexual advances toward her more than a decade ago. the woman, sharon bialek, leveled the accusations yesterday. she was the fourth woman in recent days to allege cain had acted inappropriately when he was head of the national restaurant association in the late 1990s. we begin with some excerpts of today's news conference. >> with respect to the most recent accusation, i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. i saw ms. allred and her client yesterday in that news conference for the very first time. a

sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the nation honored its veterans today as two wars wind down, and returning troops face new challenges. judy woodruff has our report. ♪ ♪ >> woodruff: there were all the traditional notes of respect and remembrance on this veterans day, but this time, overlaid with hopes of homecomings. >> we can stand here today and say with confidence that the tide of war is receding. >> woodruff: president obama spoke at arlington national cemetery after laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. >> in just a few weeks, the long war in iraq will finally come to an end. ( applause ) our transition in afghanistan is moving forward. my fellow americans, o

sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: after 81 years of flying, american airlines landed in federal bankruptcy court today. the company filed for chapter 11 protection against its creditors. >> it's a challenging day. >> woodruff: the announcement came from tom horton, the new american airlines chairman and ceo who took over after gerard resigned last night. horton spoke at dallas fort worth international airport near the company's headquarters. >> no company ever wants to face a restructuring like this. we've spent ten years trying to avoid this. >> woodruff: american was the last of the so-called legacy carriers. united, delta, northwest and u.s. airways to file for federal bank