we're told that an egyptian pharaoh may have attacked jerusalem just after the time of solomon.re is one theory that he took away the ark of the covenant. >> they may have tookaken the a. >> reporter: the evidence is underwe underwelming. back in the caves below jerusalem, we encounter another possibility that as jerusalem fell, the ark was not taken away, but was instead hidden away in this underground labyrinth. are people trying to be detectives? are they trying to uncover something? >> well, some people prefer to leave it as it is and some people still look and want to find the ark of the covenant. >> reporter: today the idea of the ark transcends time and faith, like so many of the biblical stories, it inspires the simple, yet universal search for meaning. i'm christiane amanpour for "nightline" in jerusalem. >> you can see much more on "back to the beginning with christiane amanpour" tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m. here on abc. >>> just ahead, we've got a match made in comedy heaven tonight. bette midler and billy crystal talk about starring together in a brand-new film. ♪ you

by archeologists though reminders of solomon, his temple and its destruction almost seep through thels. many believe these u8nderground tunnels were used to secretly transport the ark of the covenant out of jerusalem. >> are people trying to be detectives, are they trying to uncover something? >> well, some people want to find the ark of the covenant. i don't know if somebody will find it. >> our christiane amanpour. it was an extraordinary journey last week, and tonight what christiane continued to discover on her journey back to the beginning, part two, tonight at 9:00/8:00 central right here on abc. still much more ahead on "world news" on a friday night, the college student allegedly spied on by her mom and dad. she takes legal action, and tonight she's won. years ago, my doctor told me to take a centrum silver multivitamin every day. i told him, sure. can't hurt, right? then i heard this news about a multivitamin study looking at long-term health benefits for men over 50. the one they used in that study... centrum silver. that's what i take. my doctor! he knows his stuff. [ male

josh solomon showed us the boy scout uniform he wore. merit badges for learning how to canoe, and cook. each also memories of abuse. >> hard to separate everything out there. >> reporter: one patch marks the camp where it happened. between 1982 and 1983. he says the scout leader would invite solomon into his tent, and sexually molest him. >> he was a leader. you sort of made sure you were doing things his way. he was really gruff. you wanted his approval. >> reporter: solomon kept silent for more than 30 years. never telling his family until now. >> boys take pride on being tough. >> reporter: thousands of secret files kept by the boy scouts of america. a list of troop leaders expelled due to allegations of sexual misconduct with children. the documents also show a trail of attempts to cover up the allegations. i contacted the boy scouts of america tonight, and they sent me this response. quote, in certain cases our response to these cases and efforts to protect youth were plainly insufficient, inappropriate, or wrong. we extend our deep

josh solomon showed us the boy scout uniform he wore. merit badges for learning how to canoe, and cook. each also memories of abuse. >> hard to separate everything out there. >> reporter: one patch marks the camp where it happened. between 1982 and 1983. he says the scout leader would invite solomon into his tent, and sexually molest him. >> he was a leader. you sort of made sure you were doing things his way. he was really gruff. you wanted his approval. >> reporter: solomon kept silent for more than 30 years. never telling his family until now. >> boys take pride on being tough. >> reporter: thousands of secret files kept by the boy scouts of america. a list of troop leaders expelled due to allegations of sexual misconduct with children. the documents also show a trail of attempts to cover up the allegations. i contacted the boy scouts of america tonight, and they sent me this response. quote, in certain cases our response to these cases and efforts to protect youth were plainly insufficient, inappropriate, or wrong. we extend our deep

charles bronfman and jeffrey so solomon are the co-authors of "the art of doing good."ho is the primary audience for this book? >> this one is for everybody because what we've done is highlight 18 social entrepreneurs who started with nothing, and to show all the problems that they went through and how they made it and in one or two cases didn't quite make it. >> it's a great way to look at it. 18 social entrepreneurs you want to offer a game plan for launching effective non-profits. what's a social entrepreneur? tell me the way the skills can be useford doing good? >> the dynamics are the same except there aren't capital markets for the social entrepreneur. there isn't the financial potential, bottom line, for the social entrepreneur but the social entrepreneur is driven by that same passion of an idea of how do we make the world better in a more effective way. so one young man jordan who we feature was in optetry school in south africa and put glasses on a 7-year-old nearly blind and saw his life change and he decided he's going to become the lenscrafters for the thir

i can't remember the exact quote it was something like oh lord, oh lord why have you taken up solomonmy son? and john realized the entire bible, that was a passage that was the most that they could most empathize with and could understand. have him taken away and a new their son had done a horrible thing but he was still their son and they wished they could have their son back. yeah, and that is the kind of guy john is to understand people and have that compassion. to him, dylan was a mass murder and murderer and he had done a horrible thing but he was the pastor of the parents and he had to help them in the best way he could help them. it didn't matter, they were human beings and they needed help. >> host: dave cullen, have the victims families and the survivors moved on or some holding onto this? what's the status? >> guest: they are all over the map but most of them have moved on. i just went through the 10 year commemoration on the tenth anniversary and it was actually really surprising to me. it was a little different than the other, because there have been so many different gath

written by solomon, the son of david. he was the wisest man, the wealthiest man, the king of israel at the apex of power. he said, god, i want you to make me famous. it sounds like the most self-centered prayer you can imagine. i want you to give me influence, give me power, spread the fame of my name to every country. every advertisement says we do it all for you, it's all about you. it was kind of a little slap in the face that says it's not about you. what is interesting is when i wrote that, i had no idea how many times i would personally be tested on that sentence for the rest of my life. sometimes i have to say that five, ten times a day. if i get criticized, i say, it's not about you. if i get praised, i say it's not about you. if i have a major problem or delay, it's not about you. i say it over and over and over. >> do you like the extraordinary position of responsibility you now have for yourself? >> i don't say that i like it, but i try to use it. and actually, i try to use it as what i call the stewardship of

king solomon is the founding father of the free masons. >> reporter: the reminder of solomon, his templenstruction, seems to seep from these walls. tears of the king. >> the tears of the king. >> reporter: why is he crying? >> well, this was the end of the first temple period. >> reporter: it was under zedekiah rule that jerusalem fell to the babylonians. the temple was destroyed. and the ark of the covenant went missing from both history and the pages of the bible. >> the last time anybody really sees it, according to the biblical tradition. >> reporter: many believe these underground tunnels were used to secretly transport the ark out of jerusalem. and when the babylonian troops took inventory of the treasures they had plundered, something was missing. >> there are other stories that maybe someone spirited the ark out of the city, just ahead of the destruction. >> reporter: are people trying to be detectives and try to uncover something? >> well, some people prefer to leave it as it is. and some people i know, still look -- want to find the ark of the covenant. i don't know if somebody

charles bronfman and jeffrey solomon. >>> up next on "the wall street journal report", what will have tree and ice have in common. stay with us. tburn come between us and what we love. so if you're one of them people who gets heartburn and then treats day after day... block the acid with prilosec otc and don't get heartburn in the first place! [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. >>> we have some big news to tell you about. beginning in january, we will have a new name. look for "on the money" with maria bartiromo. we'll have some exciting new segments for you, great guests and, of course, i'll be here as well. join us in january. first, though, take a look at the stories coming up in the week ahead that may move the market and impact your money this week. monday is a shortened trading day on wall street. the new york stock exchange and nasdaq closing early for christmas eve. and tuesday, of course, is christmas day. all markets are closed in observance of the holiday. the rest of the week light on economic news. wednesday's, s&p case-shiller index will

jeff solomon is the ceo of cowan and company.hat, joe has your morning headlines. >>> president obama's going to speak to the business round table today about the ongoing fiscal cliff talks. boeing ceo jim mcnearney says members want a balanced solution in debt issues, including meaningful and comprehensive tax and entitlement reforms. well, you're not going to get that. anyway -- sorry, jim. we're going to be watching facebook stock today. the company will join the nasdaq -- got to watch it. i'm trying to rise. trying. the nasdaq 100 -- >> sinking, sinking -- >> like a snake. replaces tech firm emphasis, which is moving the listing to the big board. and let's get a check on the markets which are indicated higher today up about 50 points. overseas, let's check out asia and europe. there's a -- .4%. >> had a big move. >> yeah. big move on the hang seng and green arrows everywhere. let's check out europe quickly. also fractional gains there, up about a third of a point each. >>> steny hoyer is striking a conciliatory tone saying bo

checked on santa, again we have been tracking him all morning and he was in new zealand and he is at solomon'sd g to norad.org before we go a very merry christmas we won't be here tomorrow because christmas with the coral arts will air and it's wonderful event. so check it out in the morning. have wonderful christmas and we will see you back here on the 26th. honey, don't use your sleeve. vo: for cold and flu season, there's clorox bleach. (bell ringshi. yes? you know those delicious granola bunches in honey bunches of oats? i love those. we've added more to every box. really? wow! honey bunches of oats. make your day bunches better.

a lot and so we tried to be very careful about what we did along gordon and along winkle and mark solomon for those of you who remember him told us in a subtle way that wanted to see trees grow higher and -- talked about art space often and quickly in the way that he does and the point and we have tried to be responsive and finally to by who's an architect makes sure that the sight lines and if you were introducing different heights into the buildings the floor plates would basically line up and train your eye and so we tried to introduce different heights in the individual buildings so that your eyes sort-of have something interesting to look at. so all of that has led to the project that cava is going to talk to you about and explain in more detail design but basically, this is a 410 home home development, we have the affordable units on site. there is about 40,000 or so square feed feet of open space which, is conclusive of a new public park on the corner of wrinkle and we have a fix mix of comcial uses including one stand alone office building is sort of the definition of what they wa

zealand the next couple of days -- further north we may see a tropical storm developing around the solomon islands which would bring increasingly what weather across the region. pretty wet across the good part of southern india and sri lanka, the northeast monsoon, one terrain's across a good part of sri lanka now struggling with widespread flooding. over 300,000 affected. north, largely dry. winter weather along afghanistan and northern pakistan and the far north of india, in the process of petering out. we have rain petering out across the arabian peninsula. in doha, lively downpours into the overnight period into friday.the fall, saturday 8:30 eastern. >> welcome back. our top stories on al jazeera. thousands of people are in the streets of iraq to protest against the government. most are from the minority sunni muslim community, accusing shia prime minister of discrimination. more howling reports from syrians recently escaped to lebanon. on the diplomatic front, russia and by this. 's main opposition group to moscow for more talks on ending the crisis. china approved new rules for blog

solomon good luck. good luck. just see my mother and look at. her.little mother i know i'm a little. sis live. live . the. mood to be soo much brighter if you move on someone from feinstein freshened so. nice for instance on t.v. don't come. very late. to. so guys as we already mentioned today marks the one year since obama commemorated the formal end of the u.s. mission in iraq but stability in the country is still a long road ahead but well we have one eye on iraq another i need to fix on afghanistan america's longest war in which two thousand americans and countless afghans have already died but progress in the country is yet to be seen point that afghan president hamid karzai blames in part on the united states check out what he had to say just last week. for a number of years ago a growing perception of the kind of stuff. that. it is significant portal it's accused of in afghanistan it's caused by the we. the united states and some of its allies. promoted to. start by spreading corruption in afghanistan by. employing private security firms who b

one of the mothers of the two columbine killers, for example, told author andrew solomon -- in his newook, "far from the tr tree." >> sue klebold had no sense that dylan was capable of doing, like what he did. she was shocked when it happened. >> reporter: yet, long did touch on something. she was, says the head of america's oldest mental health organizations -- >> speaking on behalf of literally thousands of families. >> reporter: thousands? >> thousands of families that find the system to be extremely fragmented. >> reporter: which is not different from how the mentally ill used to be segregated in now shut-down state institutions. the better solutions, like child psychiatric wards in hospitals. day programs where kids can get counseling in big doses. but those are in short supply in many states. wyoming, for example, has six child psychiatrists in its half million population. today, a call for action, a summit on childhood mental health by the american academy of adolescent and child psychiatry. >> yeah, there's a lot that we do know. it's just that we don't comprehensively apply wh

to solomon sleep good. to sleep her just sleep. and. her. home out of my mind i'm a better little. sleep . please more news today violence is once again flared up the for these are the images for world he's been seeing from the streets of china definitely shining operations are all today please. thanks. to sitting opposite me today is steve baker a conservative m.p. who first came into politics after watching the two thousand and eight financial crisis unfold steve baker thanks for talking to us tell me what was it about the financial crisis that you found so revealing and so galvanizing in terms of your future where the first thing was that the lisbon treaty had set me off because it was such an obvious trampling of democracy that our boys are prepared to tolerate and that was the final straw but no sooner had i reached that final point than the financial crisis began to unfold and i've been following the austrian school of economics since two thousand when the dot com bust happened i was looking for a reason why because i was doing a masters degree at oxford trying to get into so

and also read such as from the scene of a building collapse in solomon russia which killed at least five people and injured over. the international scandal sponsored by the death of former russian intelligence officer alexander litvinenko is gaining momentum a british a pretty in question view has revealed that litvinenko was on the payroll of both the u.k. and spanish secret services when he was poisoned six years ago a court in london also appears to be implicated in the russian state and has made up more on this from marty's nora smith. this is not just about the sort of salacious details of spying on the world that there is there are wider implications to this and of course there have been the maybe just stumbling block in the u.k. russian relations for the last six years since it happened and it comes up every time there's any kind of problem in the relationship between russia and the u.k. and of course the main problem at the moment is syria and how much involvement the international community could have in syria we hearing that the inquest lawyer has said that the u.k. government

. >>> a 18 -year-old was killed on friday while trying to cross solomon's island road. at the time of the collision it was raining heavily and owens was wearing dark clothing. she was not in the crosswalk and there was no evidence that the driver was speeding. >>> and a woman's body was found in the woods on route 1 in howard county. victim was found by a man walking near the 9,000 block of rue run. they believe the woman is in her 40ans reported missing by a friend. police are trying to identify the victim. >>> there's a big difference between wins and losses and life and death in the nfl and for the secretary sunday in a row it's death making news. dallas cowboys defensive lineman josh brent says he is just trying to deal with the death of his teammate and very best friend jerry brown. brent was released from jail after posting a half a million dollars bond. brent is charged with intoxication manslaughter in the accident early saturday that killed his friend brown. >>> investigators believe they located a popular mexican american singer that wasreported missing. jenny

a devastating typhoon has slammed into the solomon philippines killing at least forty people and forcing all those fifty thousand to from their homes rescue workers are being hampered by a power cuts and roads blocked by landslides and fallen trees the storm has reportedly weakened now in is moving to the northwest. in just a couple of minutes will be breaking the set without cheese any martin. invented by the famed soviet author p.d. is good for you is that if in the nine hundred fifty s. these frames were initially used to treat fractures in deformities by cutting bones and slowly pulling them apart and therefore stimulating tissue regeneration it was out of was able to reshape arms and legs and people who thought they were crippled for life about a third of patients admitted t.v. it was out of center nowadays seeking series three focus medical reasons most of them a man and most are not what you would call vertically challenged professor novick of who operated on many of them says it usually comes down to man's pride first patient return to us with a leg length i mean request to meet

one of the secret tricks of the wine business, if you look on the back of the bottle it says eric solomone are importers who act as curators. they only bring in things they love. importers are always on the back of the bottle. without knowing the wine, you know it's going to be a good wine. that is a little insider. >> you didn't love that? >> no, i did. if you're not an expert, there is a $9.99, how do you know it's that one and not sort of a cheap wine? >> partly by tasting a lot. if you go to a good store -- find a store where people pay attention, they listen to what you say and like and they're not going to try to sell you something that's bad because they want your business. trust those guys. >> pascual toso, argentine malbec. that is $10.99 a bottle. holiday buying. you know you're going to pour wine for a lot of people. buy by the case. most stores give you 10% -- you need to buy lots and lots of wine. 10%, 15% is standard. we bought the other day in new york, 20% discount on the case. we paid $7.99 for it. beautiful, southern italian, lots of flavor. >> the motto of the show, buy

one ranger said to me they asked the rangers, sidney solomon was a very good friend of mine, did you just land on d-day? no. it was a very long walk from normandy all the way to check a slovakia. that is what these men did. they led the way across germany. thank you very much. i will take your questions. [applause] >> did they capture any camps? >> yes they did. several of the men encounter camps along the way. in those stories, many of the men in headquarters company encountered camps and they talked about seeing these human skeletons in side of the camp. it crystallized everything that they were fighting for. they had seen firsthand exactly what the third reich had done to people and they realize it became very self evident what the war was about. yes, sir? >> you have written a lot about a lot of incredible courage, particularly personal. what are the more compelling stories you have experienced as a result of your research? >> it is an honor to have you here. for me, one that comes to mind, literally a couple days ago, a veteran of the -- i have interviewed almost 5,000 world war

the liberal mainstream media teaming up against george solomon, the "washington post" with a questionablenbc's objectionable editing. attorneys join us here next. from the bt players in history to the number 1 club in the world. the potential of manchester united unlocked. nyse euronext. unlocking the world's potential. heartburn symptoms causedelieve by acid reflux disease. osteoporosis-related bone fractures and low magnesium levels have been seen with nexium. possible side effects incle headache, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. other serious stomach conditions may still exist. talk to your doctor about nexium. lou: when president obama was at a detroit auto factory yesterday he blasted right-to-work laws saying they had nothing to do with economics and everything to do with politics, i believe it is it all about money, and politics. here is something you may not have known about the state of michigan. 17.95% of that state's workforce belongs to a union, that is fifth highest rate of union organization in a country in maybe, despite the president's misleading suggestions, to the cop rare,

one ranger said to me -- they asked the ranger, sydney solomon, who was a very good friend of mine, they said did you just land on d-day? he's like, no. it was a very long walk from normandy all the way to czechoslovakia. and that's what these men did. they led the way across europe. thank you very much. i'll take your questions at this point. [applause] sir. >> did they encounter any of the camps on their travels? >> yes, they did. several of the men encountered camps along the way, and those stories are sort of -- many of the men in headquarters companies, actually, encountered the camps, and they talked about seeing these human skeletons inside of the camp. and it became -- it crystallized everything that they were fighting for. they had saw firsthand exactly what the third like had done to people -- reich had done to people, and they realized, it became very self-evident what this whole war was about. yes, sir. >> patrick, you've written a lot about the incredible courage, particularly with a slant on the personal. what are some of the more compelling stories that you experienced as

we talked to one of the victims josh solomon and he brought his boy scout uniform he wore when he was 12. he said the scout master for his group molested him during camping trips in 82 and 83. >> 30s, veteran, nobody wants to admit they were powerless to stop something like this from happening. >> his abuser served time in prison on molestation charges. we contacted the boy scouts, they apologized to the victims and families saying its response to certainly cases were insufficient, inappropriate or wrong. >> we are kind of getting a break from the rain but you may want to keep umbrella handy. >> and stanford fans counting down the days until the rose bowl. >> here is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. no traffic but a couple of hot spots with you coming up. . >>> a special light show in thailand will help bring in the new year. people are viewing huge light displays at the 7th yearly lantern festival. the theme is colors of the south with lanterns from the cultures. thousands of people are expected to visit the display. the exhibit will be open until april 30th. >>> more than school

it's written by solomon, the son of david. he was the wealthiest man, the king of israel at his apex of power. in that passage, he says god, i want you to make me famous. it sounds like the most self-centered prayer you can imagine. i want you to spread my name to every country. then he says so that the king may support the widow and orphan, defend the defenseless, release the prisoner. he says, care for the immigrant. and out of that passage, it came to me, the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. the reason i've been silent in the media most of the last four years, i was overseas in little villages, nobody ever heard of. i was literally trying to help people that nobody ever heard of. the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. >> let's take a break. i want to talk about sex even marriage, sin and how many lustful thoughts you have on an hourly basis. >>> all marriage problems come down to one of five areas -- money, sex, in-law, communication and children. when ka

we have robert cara's latest biography on lyndon johnson, and andrew solomon's "far from the tree" an over 900-page compendium looking at different child rearing examples of special needs children. those three books alone are needy, substantial books, but the tip of the iceberg on terms of what was on iewfer for -- offer for non-fiction. >> host: bob, same question. >> guest: right. it was a big year for dead presidents. caro's, the fourth of probably five volumes on lyndon johnson, just an incredible act of both reporting and writing about a general figure in 20th century american history. also, goodwin's book "team of rivals," published in 2005 is back on the best seller list thanks to steven spielberg's movie, "lincoln," and on our list, it's number 20, remarkable for a serious book that's been out for so long. also, john's biography of thomas jefferson. just when you think there's no more to be said, someone writes a popular, read readable, somewhat controversial book. >> host: hard to mention dead presidents and not mention "killing lincoln" and "killing kennedy" both best seller

the liberal mainstream media teaming up against george solomon, the "washington post" with a questionablese of nbc's objectionable editing. attorneys join us here next. ♪ lou: when president obama was at a detroit auto factory yesterday he blasted right-to-work laws saying they had nothing to do with economics and everything to do with politics, i believe it is it all about money, and politics. here is something you may not have known about the state of michigan. 17.95% of that state's workforce belongs to a union, that is fifth highest rate of union organization in a country in maybe, despite the president's misleading suggestions, to the cop rare, michigan -- contrary, michigan workers still have the right to join and form a union, they have the right to bargain, collectively. and what this law changes is forced union membership, i repeat, forced union membership. so why is the president, and why are the unions so upset? in this case, it is about the money. specifically union dues, less money, means less political power, this is the offset to the right to work, the right to power, and t

richard solomon baseline here. strong in the hole. and 15-9 bears early on defensive end.n the pasting lane. steal to crab. hang and hitting. terminator thurman. 10 in the first half. do you know how much money i send down there for tuition and this is what i get. come on. chance on the phone not acceptable. any way there is wallace to ricky for the sweet reverse and the bears are leading actually went final 68-59 see right there. stanford dealing with giants cardboard cut out. in raleigh taking on north carolina state. cut out is cj lease lee the block on dwight powell there. aaron off the bedroom. wad maybe the best purchase shooter in the country. corner 3 then catch and 3 top of the key at 15 in the first half. all on 3. john gauge turned away by jordan. brown throwing down. uncontested. late first half. stanford disrupd the outlet pass. powell underneath. he's having a nice season. slam. team high 23. but the wolf pack leading all the way. to howl. nc state a winner. 8 88-79. women basketball. third rank bail or just clobbered tennessee. scored 9 of the first 11 point

. >> andrew solomon, thank you for coming on the show. >> thank you, pleasure to be here. >>> next, theresident as comforter in chief. for the holi. look at that price. that's great! if you find a lower advertised price, walmart will match it at the register. really? yeah. there you have it. oh my goodness! that's the walmart low price guarantee. see for yourself. bring in your last receipt and see how much you can save. be ready. with the season's tastiest brands. like sea pak shrimp spring rolls. delicious handmade rolls, authentic asian taste. walmart has everything you need to be ready for holiday hosting. with our low price guarantee backed by ad match. walmart. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of all day pain relief. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. >>> thanks for watching this special state of union. i'm candy crowley and i'll be back here at noon eastern. this ing the president will be in newtown to meet with the families of the victims. the need for a president to put words to a collective grief is a familiar part of the rhy

right now he's headed to the solomon islands a few seconds away from there. up to the minute reports and even pictures from key stops on santa's trip. a link on our website, go to nbcwashington.com and search santa tracker. >> if he's headed our way right now, he would have nothing to worry about right now. >> leaving the house about to hit the roads, dry pavement but close below freezing. by noontime and during the afternoon, may have a wet snow, maybe with some sleet quickly changing to rain. doesn't look like major event. rain ending by midnight tonight. it may happen on wednesday and again on saturday. stay tuned. >> thank you for starting your day with us. >> "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with more weather, traffic and any breaking news. do have a wonderful merry christmas eve. >> see you back here on wednesda

president of the michigan chapter of the national action network and senior pastor of the historic king solomon baptist church in detroit. thank you, all three for joining me tonight. >> great to be with you. >> thank you. >> congressman peters, let me start with you. the governor snyder has signed this bill. now, what's the next step? >> this is absolutely outrageous. what we've seen in the last hours. compete about face from a governor who said this should not be part of the agenda. and to do this without any hearings. then what i think is particularly outrageous. the next step is we could have gone to a referendum. put it on the ballot for the voters to make a decision. particularly in a state like michigan which has been the center of the labor movement from the very beginning. instead they did a very tricky maneuv maneuver. they put a small appropriation on that bill. you can't go to a referendum. we have democrats that would be joining the state house. they weren't going to pass it in the new legislature, so they jammed it through here and put something in to make it difficult to have a r

the ongoing biography of lyndon johnson and andrew solomon's fire from the tree, only recently published over 900 each companion he had the king of different child-rearing examples of special needs children. so these two books on a very substantial books, but they're the tip the iceberg of nonfiction. >> host: minzesheimer, same question. >> guest: it was a big year for dead presidents. she remember robert harris is the fourth of five on monday june 10, which was just an incredible act of both reporting and writing about a secret 20th century history. dirt since goodman spoke spoken a team of rivals in 2005 is back on the bestsellers list thanks to steven spielberg's movie, linking. these are two number 20 or so, pretty remarkable for three spoke out so alone. also jon meacham's new biography, thomas jefferson, when you think there's not going to be said about thomas jefferson, sinai-grace the popular, readable, somewhat controversial book. so presidents in the news as well. >> host: it's hard to imagine that presidents do not talk about o'reilly and his new books coming killing again an

. >> it was a solomonic decision in terms of like not.ook, starbucks is real good, and lulu is good, i would have held on to the starbucks. you wait for some senator to get on tv and tell us we don't know what we're doing and going over the fiscal cliff and he's real upset and angry and stuff and then the stocks all go down 10% because of that senator or congressman or that treasury guy and then you get a chance to buy high-quality companies kept down by washington. let's wait for the next gas bag to grab the mike and we'll get them cheaper. washington, will you please get out of our way? we've got a genuine boom brewing if only washington would rise above and set it free. "mad money" will be right back. >>> coming up -- fueling the future? there's new data out about the positive impact of natural gas on the u.s. economy and employment. could exporting this domestic power be our ticket to a bright future? and how could you hop aboard the trend? tonight, cramer drills down on the issue with dominion resources ceo. >>> and later, agita over

it's like solomon and the two ladies and the baby, whoever doesn't want the cameras in the room is lying. >> grover, one last question for you. >> yeah. >> an ideological question, which is to say, elected representatives are supposed to represent their constituents. abc washington post poll that americans are asked do they support raising taxes on those making over $250,000 a year. 60% support it, 37% oppose it. is it not the job of our elect the representatives to follow the will of the people? >> 63% of the american people on election day were opposed to raising taxes to quote/unquote reduce the deficit which is what we're being asked to do. so if you ask -- if you ask people if they raise taxes will they just spend it? most americans think they'll just spend it. if you raise taxes on the rich, do you think they'll also raise taxes on the middle class? most americans think that's true as well. you have to take the question several levels. the american people understand if you tax the rich, be the democrats haven't finished the sentence. tax the rich first. obama, if he got his taxes o

neil young is eighth with his memoir, "waging heavy peace," followed by andrew solomon's book, "far from the tree," about parents with exceptional children. then at tenth, bill o'reilly and martin dugard again with "killing lincoln." you can find more on these bestsellers by going to indiebound.org and clicking on indie bestsellers. >> pulitzer prize-winning author william kennedy explores the political and cultural structure of albany in, o albany. booktv spoke with mr. kennedy during our recent visit to albany with the help of our partner, time warner cable. >> albany had a bad rap for a very long time because of the politics, for one thing, but also even way back, way back in the building of the capitol in the 1890s. stanford white, the great architect, was working on the capitol and h.h. richardson, a lot of other major architects. this would prove to be the most expensive building on the american continent, $25 million when it was declared finished in '97. by teddy roosevelt. and stanford white came here somewhere around 1872, and he said of all the terrible things, i've got to spen

followed by andrew solomon's book, "far from the tree" about parents with exceptional children. then at tenth, bill o'reilly and martin due guard make the list again with "killing lincoln." you can find more on these bestsellers by going to indiebound.org and clicking on indie bestsellers. >> and now on c-span2, we bring you booktv. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and bookings. here are some of the programs to look out for this weekend. at 5 p.m. eastern a look at nixon and the 1952 election with kevin matteson. his book is just plain dick. then at midnight, robert sullivan describes his journey to retrace the steps of the american revolution. and tomorrow in the light of congress discussing the so-called fiscal cliff, at 2 p.m. eastern booktv highlights a few programs about economics. james gustav, steve forbes and george gilder all weigh in. watch this and more all weekend long on booktv. for a complete schedule, visit booktv.org. >> now, from albany, new york, we hear about the state-mandated new york state writer's institute. the program promotes cultural initiatives through