. >> stanford against oklahoma, and it was close in the final seconds. was on the up by three. a long pass downcourt, and an easy layup. stanford 73, oklahoma, 76. -- 66. and in another game, uconn has a lead late in the second half. and the major league season is officially under way. they are now in the eighth inning at fenway park. and we will watch the nts (announcer) we're in the energy business. but we're also in the showing-kids- new-worlds business. and the startup-capital- for-barbers business. and the this-won't- hurt-a-bit business. because we don't just work here. we live here. these are our families. and our neighbors. and by changing lives we're in more than the energy business we're in the human energy business. chevron. >>> a good weekend, and a great week ahead. if you are going to the baseball game, a couple of seats left. we are going to see daytime highs in the upper 80's. thunderstorms and a cold front on thursday. cooler and drier air as we go into the next weekend. cooler and drier air as we go into the next weekend. finally -- goo

he has come to no good the new as a stanford alumnus and a colleague -- goodwin liu as a stanford alumnus and a colleague. he continues -- considers him as a measured stored of the constitution. he fully appreciates the commitment of the framers infidelity to the -- of the framers and fidelity to the constitution. goodwin liu is currently a member of the board of trustees at stanford university, the governing body. john hennessy has worked closely with him since his appointment as a trustee in 2008. he is an invaluable member of the board. he has served on the committee for audit and compliance, economic policy, planning and management and alumni and external affairs. in a group of highly accomplished trusties, he is widely regarded as insightful, hard-working, collegial and of the highest ethical standards. in summary, goodwin liu as a student, scholar and trusty has economize the goal of stanford's founders, which was to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization -- teaching the blessings of liberty, regulated by law and inculcating love

stanford is accused of 21 counts of conspiracy and fraud. dershowitz says keeping stanford in jail is unconstitutional, and he'll argue his case all the way to the u.s. supreme court. >> susie: the deadline for filing your federal taxes is just one week away. if you haven't started work on your return, there's no time like the present. and kevin mccormally is here to help with some tax tips. he's executive editor at kiplinger's personal finance. tonight, reporting de-mutualized stock sales on your taxes. >> every kid knows the joy of >> every kid knows the joy of winning a "yes" answer from one parent after the other has vetoed a great idea. and taxpayers enjoy a similar thrill of victory when a federal court says yes to a tax-saving move the i.r.s. has long rejected. and that's just what happened earlier this year when a court turned down the i.r.s.'s appeal of a case involving the tax basis of demutualized stock. that's stock an insurance company gives policyholders when a mutual insurance company becomes a stock company. for years, the ir

he has come to no good the new as a stanford alumnus and a colleague -- goodwin liu as a stanford alumnus and a colleague. he continues -- considers him as a measured stored of the constitution. he fully appreciates the commitment of the framers infidelity to the -- of the framers and fidelity to the constitution. goodwin liu is currently a member of the board of trustees at stanford university, the governing body. john hennessy has worked closely with him since his appointment as a trustee in 2008. he is an invaluable member of the board. he has served on the committee for audit and compliance, economic policy, planning and management and alumni and external affairs. in a group of highly accomplished trusties, he is widely regarded as insightful, hard-working, collegial and of the highest ethical standards. in summary, goodwin liu as a student, scholar and trusty has economize the goal of stanford's founders, which was to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization -- teaching the blessings of liberty, regulated by law and inculcating love

he has come to no good the new as a stanford alumnus and a colleague -- goodwin liu as a stanford alumnus and a colleague. he continues -- considers him as a measured stored of the constitution. he fully appreciates the commitment of the framers infidelity to the -- of the framers and fidelity to the constitution. goodwin liu is currently a member of the board of trustees at stanford university, the governing body. john hennessy has worked closely with him since his appointment as a trustee in 2008. he is an invaluable member of the board. he has served on the committee for audit and compliance, economic policy, planning and management and alumni and external affairs. in a group of highly accomplished trusties, he is widely regarded as insightful, hard-working, collegial and of the highest ethical standards. in summary, goodwin liu as a student, scholar and trusty has economize the goal of stanford's founders, which was to promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization -- teaching the blessings of liberty, regulated by law and inculcating love

in philosophy from stanford university, a b.a. at magdalene college and oxford university as a marshall scholar, and a law degree from harvard law school. he served as a law clerk for associate justice arthur goldberg during the 1964 term. in 1967, he began his academic career at harvard law school, where he taught until 1994. he also taught at harvard university's kennedy school of government from 1997 to 1980. beginning in 1979, he served two years as chief counsel to the senate judiciary committee. president jimmy carter appointed justice breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit in 1980. he became its chief judge in 1980 -- 1990. he served as a member of the u.s. sentencing commission from 1985 through 1989. on may 14, 1994, president william clinton nominated him to serve on the supreme court. he took the oath of office on august 3, 1994, nearly 16 years ago. finally, are moderated this evening is james duff. he graduated from the university of kentucky on this program -- honors program. he received a j.d. fro

botched investigation into robert alan stanford. after more than a decade of examinations, the s.e.c. last year finally charged stanford with running a ponzi scheme that cost investors $8 billion. eight times more in losses than in the goldman case. now some lawmakers want to know if the s.e.c. filed suit against goldman on friday in part to bury the i.g.'s critical report on the stanford case which it got on march 31. >> we will be looking into the question why did the s.e.c. file during the day and on the same day, a scathing i.g. report comes out that very much says the s.e.c. is not going their job but rather going after exactly things like goldman sachs. >> reporter: s.e.c. chairman sh mary schapiro responded. >> you get fired up over these. >> i do get fired up. this is amazing. a lot at stake for taxpayers. >> bret: we'll follow it. thank you, peter. stocks were up today. the dow gained 25. the s&p 500 rose 9 2/3. the nasdaq finished ahead 20 1/5. do you think you have the right to a vacation? to have someone else pay for it?

stanford's only loss all season was to uconn. the game is on espn, beginning at 8:30 p.m. eastern. >> hopefully as good as butler and duke. >>> when we come back, we'll have the latest on this morning's breaking news story. two dozen miners killed in west virginia. >>> then, elian gonzalez, a young man ten years after the >>> then, elian gonzalez, a young man ten years after the international tu >>> toyota has two weeks to decide if it will challenge a record fine the government is proposing over those sticky gas the government accuses the company of hiding the dangerous defects for months. and proposes $16.4 million penalty. toyota has recalled more than 6 million vehicles in the u.s. because of acceleration problems. toyota says it has taken several steps to improve its communications with regulators and customers. >>> general motors says it will use a safety system on all of its cars that can prevent unintended acceleration. the automaker says all new vehicles worldwide will have the brake override system by 2012. the system reduces power when the driver steps on the br

goodwin liu attended stanford while donald kennedy was present.he was the recipient of numerous awards for his academic excellence, leadership and contribution to the university. it includes an award for outstanding service to undergraduate education. it includes the dean's award for service. the ruth prize for excellence in writing. the university's president," award for academic excellence. dr. kennedy worked with goodwin liu when he was one of the early student volunteers and leaders for the senator for public service at stanford. also, while he was co-president of the student body in his senior year. in 1990, donald kennedy wrote a personal letter recommending him for a rhodes scholarship. he used it and gained a degree. a former provost of the universe in chicago is not a scholar at stanford. he has come to know goodwin liu as a stanford alumnus and a colleague. he considers him as a measured stored of the constitution. he fully appreciates the commitment of the framers and fidelity to the constitution. goodwin liu is currently a member of th

, who you see there in jail this week, and that was stanford at a court hearing on tuesday. he has been in custody non-stop since his indictment june 18th of 2009, and we can speculate that one of the reasons that dershowitz is brought on board is because defense team after defense team has complained about the constitutionality of that confinement, and the fact that stanford cannot review documents of the facility where he is being held. he is schedule fked yucheduled and his attorney is the third u.s. attorney to represent him. >> thank you, scott. >>> and coming up on the "closing bell," tiger woods is not getting a warm reception from some fans at the masters. looking at this message towed by a plane at masters. we will see how tiger is met on the course. with an a+ credit rating in good times and bad, sun life financial should be famous. we're working on it. so you're seriously proposing we change our name to sun life valley? do we still get to go skiing? (announcer) sooner or later, you'll know our name. sun life financial. >>> welcome back. now a look at the other sto

scouts reveal stanford's toby gerhardt could be passed over because of his race. transparency the white house press corp barred from covering an obama protest. plus, the republican who couldç win in the president's home district in hawaii. much more hannity, straight ahead. hi, may i help you? yes, i hear progressive has lots of discounts on car insurance. can i get in on that? are you a safe driver? yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. scount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't gettg discounts great? yes! there's no discount for agreeing with me yeah, i got carrd away. happens to me all the time. helping you save money -- now, that's progressive. call or click today. >> sean: voice for geico car insurance has been fired. dc douglas was axed when an outrageous voice message he left for freedom worksç which organizes tea parties. the percentage of people that are mentally retarded working for freedom works and who are following it. good for geico. you think he would have learned from rahm rahmbo dead fish after he used that offensive word. i gues

>> let me speak specifically to stanford. i have taught what a bit about all the changes we have put in place with respect to madoff. with respect to the conduct that was discussed by the inspector general in the sanford case, there were many missed opportunities without a doubt in that 1997-2005 time before the agency to stanford up seriously and earnestly to have done something. i was not there, so i do not truly understand what happened. i will tell you that we have new leadership across the board in this agency, in the inspections program as well as the enforcement program. we have created escalation committee so that if an examiner believes they have found a real problem and they are not getting a response when they refer it over to the enforcement division, they will take it to an escalation committee and that will go all the way up to the senior ranks of the organization. we have new management reporting metrics put in place in the enforcement division and a regular review of open matters in examinations group and the

an update on the case of alleged ponzi schemer allen stanford.ston, texas, a federal judge in a criminal case granted stanford's request for a new legal team. he's accused of scamming investors out of the several billion. this is his fourth set of attorneys since he and executives of his firm stanford financial group were indicted less than a year ago. >>> chicago concerned once again about the growing violence there. according to police there have been more than 25 shootings since late last week. 13 people were shot in a span of three hours early friday morning. t.l. hardman is the director of cease fire illinois, an anti-violence group. thanks for joining me. >> glad to be here, tamron. >> obviously, this is news because of the summer that we saw last year in chicago. violence off the scale. shootings so common that people were wondering when they were going to end. are you worried it's going to be a repeat of what we saw last summer in that city? >> yeah, definitely. violence has become like the norm in chicago. it is learned behavior. we're d

he's also a visiting scholar at stanford university. walt mossberg, first, tell us more about what this is. what it is intended to be. >> jeff, it's really a new kind of portable computer. when we think of a portable computer, we typically today think of a laptop. those aren't going away. this is something that's been imagined by people in the computer business for years. never taken off. but this is a full, robust computer. it doesn't have every capability of a laptop but it is much more than a e-reader, much more than a big i-phone. >> brown: the early reviews, yours included suggest it does a lot of things really well and some things we're still not sure about. >> i think the biggest disappointment as was mentioned in the intro is there's no web cam. it would be a perfect thing for videoconferencing if it had that. it's not to say they couldn't add it later. multitasking which means the ability to do more than one thing at once like you can on a computer. it's not at least yet on here . there are a number of other things you wish it

the connecticut basketball team beat stanford. >> amazing. >> 78 wins in a row. 162 games left for therioles. >> thanks. the >> here is a look ahead to the next hour of 11 news today. >> an electrical fire has left thousands without water. >> entityand the "consumer alert." >> that is news you can use. big changes coming up at the end of the week in the weather. >> a few more things going on the roads including a closure in townsend because of the overnight fire the jennifer franciotti has been talking about. an update is next. >> to a dozen people could be without water for most of the day --

case and the fact that this case was alan stanford was indicted last year over a $7 billion fraud caseand accused of fleeing more than 21,000 people primarily through the sale of the prized investment. issued by the bank headquarters in antigua and then sold brokerage. the sec's fort worth office was aware since 1997 anyone on stanford was likely operating a ponzi scheme but as the report states no meaningful effort was made by enforcement to investigate. the sec agents began looking at people's companies in 1998, 2002 and in 2004. the ig report also said supervisors were more interested in the quicker turnaround cases of the time, not the kind of examinations needed to look into a complex entity like stanford and to make it worse the chief of enforcement for it with office who helped quash the increase later went to work for stanford in 2006. before he was told by the sec to stop because, quote, it was improper to do so. like the case of bernie madoff, the report offers another reminder of potential breakdowns and the regulatory oversight and i recognize that these circumstances in th

that is exactly why stanford grads and brothers decided to create lucy. go to lucyon.com and punch in any number that has an automated system, plug in your number, and lucy will call you once a live operator picked up the line. >> you are not hanging on line listening to smooth jazz. >> i use lucy found quite a bit. >> richard varga -- >> a couple of days ago i had to call a department of veterans affairs for my mother. lucy stone called me back, i went around did a couple of ahrens, a couple of minutes later they: -- of parents. >> the phone made popular on the old "i love lucy" show. back then you had no choice but to physically wait. now you have the ability to get other things done while you wait. >> i'm putting myself in the queue. >> the site is up and running and taking calls. >> a very good idea. it just keeps going and going, but in this case it was the price of the energizer bunny, one of the two originals that sold in commercials for -- the originals from the commercial that sold for $18,000. it was put up for auction in beverly hills, in the b

knew about the stanford ponzi scheme as far back as 1997. well, the s.e.c. is telling us that all of this is coincidence and everything proceeded on its own trajectory, and the stanford report was ready for release today, and the goldman suit was ready for today and the issues in congress had nothing to do with it, so the s.e.c. denying that there was anything cute about the timing of this lawsuit, and they filed it when it was ready. guys? >> all right. scott, thank you very much. the big question now, should we be buying goldman on the sell-off? or are things going to get worse for the financial giant? >>> and don't forget that tonight, you don't want to miss the cnbc special on the goldman scandal with erin burnett and simon hobbs outside of the headquarters of goldman sachs to look at the financial and legal implications of the actions and what it means for your money coming up tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern, and with e will be rig back here on the "closing bell." exec: well, it's easy for him. he's a cute little lizard. gecko: ah, gecko, actually - exec:

stanford university is one of the finest institutions of highest learning.aily beast put stanford atop its list of the 50 most stressful colleges in america. competitiveness and acceptance rate are a couple reasons for that ranking. a 13-year-old california boy has high hopes of becoming the young est to climb mt. everest. he'll attempt the feat with his father and stepmother. they are expected to head for everest today. let's go now to the top of the music charts. ♪ you know it, it's still hanging on at the top of the pop charts, lady gaga's "telephone." her sixth number one in the pop rankings. ♪ so in love ♪ i found you finally >> usher's new album debuts at number one on the billboard 200. usher knocking his protege justin bever after the debut at thumb one last week. that's a quick rundown of today's number ones for you. - pie. - apple or cherry? - cherry. oil or cream? oil or cream? cream. some use hydrogenated oil. reddi-wip uses real dairy cream. nothing's more real than reddi-wip. >>> it's "msnbc sunday." i'm alex witt. approaching half past the hou

a stanford scientist took a group of students and said to one group, the reason you did well at thisatively easy task if you are smart. you have this certain something. she took another group and said, the reason you did well if you worked hard, it is all about building skills. then she offered each a new test. you want to take an easy test or something harder? the group that was told they were smart were not nearly as ambitious and not do as well. the group that was told it is all about work and effort and accumulating skills are more ambitious. they understand that it is malleable. intelligence and talent and all of these abilities are malleable and there are certain skills you are building that is empowering. tavis: tell me more about how our environment shapes that? >> there is a culture that speaks to this. part of a, -- part of it, not to change the conversation, is not using words like in eight and gifted in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere -- using words like innate and gifted in the sense that you have this gift from somewhere. i am not saying that there are

the last time the uconn women lost was in 2008 to stanford. those are some of the day's main stories. i'll be back at the end of the program with a preview of what you'll find tonight on the newshour's web site. for now, back to jeff. >> brown: still to come on the newshour ... updating the schools in new orleans ... and washington, d.c. regulating internet providers and getting rid of guinea worm. but first: turmoil erupted today in kyrgyzstan. opposition leaders there claimed police shot and killed 100 protesters in the capital and they claimed to have ousted the government. gwen ifill has the story. >> reporter: the streets of bishkek descended into chaos as thousands of people marched through the city brandishing rifles. fire consumed vehicles. and the protesters stormed government buildings and took over the state television headquarters. at first, riot police fired rubber bullets into the air to keep the crowds at bay, but that escalated into live ammunition. hundreds were hurt, and footage showed some of the injured being carried away.

we talk about the stanford study that said we could save 150,000 lives a year simply by redg

. >> reporter: ron machen grew up in michigan, played football at stanford university and graduated from harvard law school. after years of private practice, he said he wanted a new challenge, something fulfilling. even though it can be political at times. >> i realize that. i think you have to approach it that you have to stick to your principles and what you believe in and how you are trained. we have ethical obligations and legal obligations that we have to follow but you have to be accessible to the people. people have to realize this is a partnership with the community. we're working together. we can't make our cases without community involvement. >> reporter: machen says he envision as much closer working relationship with the community as he grows into the job. the u.s. attorney's job in the district is arguably one of the toughest in the country. not only are you overseeing federal cases involving corruption, espionage and organized crime, but you're also the local d.a. if you will prosecuting crimes in d.c. superior court. it's a balancing act for sure. ron machen says he will b

after graduating from stanford in 1959, justice breyer studied philosophy and economics at hofstra on a marshall scholarship. he went on to grabber away from harvard -- he went on to graduate from harvard law school. he clerked for justice arthur goldberg on the court. he worked briefly as a lawyer in the antitrust division of the justice department and then was recruited to teach at harvard law school. he is a most extraordinary teacher. in 1974, senator ted kennedy named him to the special counsel to the senate judiciary committee where he soon became the committee's chief counsel. president jimmy carter appointed stephen breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit, where he then became the chief judge in 1990 and then served as a member of the u.s. is still conference -- judicial conference and the influential sentencing commission. he is known not only for is opinions. he is also celebrated for his scholarship and teaching. from his book "active liberty," we know that he believes that law should be interpreted through the lens of language, history, tradition, purpose

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after graduating from stanford in 1959, justice breyer study philosophy and economics at oxford on a marshall scholarship. he went on to graduate from harvard law school in 1964, and after earning that degree, clerked for justice arthur goldberg on the court. justice breyer work for a brief stint as an attorney in the antitrust division of the justice department, and was later then recruited to teach at harvard law school, where he is and i'm sure you will see tonight, the most extraordinary teacher. in 1974, senator ted kennedy maintained to be special counsel to the senate judiciary committee, where he soon became the committee's chief counsel. when we go back in time president jimmy carter appointed stephen breyer to the u.s. court of appeals for the first circuit where he then became the chief judge in 1990. and he also served as a member of the u.s. judicial conference and influential sentencing commission. justice breyer is known not only for his opinions, as a call supreme court justices read an explanation from their decisions, he is also celebrated for his broader scholarshi

in he was visiting professor at the law schools of georgetown and stanford universities. president ronald reagan appointed justice scalia to the court of appeals for the district columbia in 1982 and four years later, on june 24, 96, president reagan -- 1996, president reagan nominated him for the supreme court. his confirmation was it in 1986. almost 24 years ago. s. tephen breyer receive -- justice stephen bryer received his law degree -- breyer received his law degree from stanford. in 1967, he began his academic career at harvard law school where he taught until 1994. he also taught at harvard university's kennedy school of government from 1997 to 1980. -- he also served as the chair of the judiciary committee. president party in -- president carter appointed him to the u.s. court of appeals and he became chief judge in 1990. he served as a member of the u.s. sentencing commission from 1985 through 1989. on may 14, 1994, president william clinton nominated him to serve on the supreme court. he took the oath of office on august 3, 1994, nearly 16 years ago. finally, ou

had some unwelcome news to share about madoff and stanford. >> right. were they desiring to diffuse the inspector general's report and that sort of thing? could be an element. i think that's less of an element but all of these things are part of the mix. >> does the case, in your view, signal a more aggressive -- rightly or wrongly, a more aggressive s.e.c., a tougher cop on the beat? >> the s.e.c. has been saying for some time that they're going to be tougher. they brought in rob kazami as the new director of the division of enforcement out of the u.s. attorney's office, a former prosecutor, made a big point of the fact he was a former prosecutor, appointed other former prosecutors within the division. and, you know, i was fortunate enough to be introducing rob kazami on a panel at the tulane institute in new orleans half an hour after his press conference. and he clearly is taking a more aggressive posture. and that was something that the s.e.c., i think, had to do and was good to do. >> he knows the synthetic cdo market inside-out since he was so ins

as we're learning from the stanford case, maybe the sec has been asleep at the switch for a very long time until it was politically convenient. >> my husband works on wall street. i had him ask some of the traders, what they think about this stuff going on. he says for the most part, the traders think there needs to be a stricter set of rules, that everyone actually sticks to. >> plays by the rules. >> and is enforced. in the meantime -- >> does your husband have any stock tips or something like us? probably not. >> he works for a competitor network. >> 1-800 put in your mattress, that's what we get. >> the volcanic eruptions in iceland said to be strengthening over the past few hours and sending more ash towards britain. that's not good news. that means it's unlikely london airports will reopen today. here in the u.s., new york's first post-volcano flights to europe were finally cleared for takeoff yesterday. but thousands of people are still stranded and at j.f.k. airport, portable showers were hauled in to help. >> really good. be really hopeful so it could be worse. we could be ba

they captured their seventh ncaa title last night beating stanford. all of the huskies previous wins in the streak were by double digits. >>> the newest redskins player, donovan mcnabb h a lot to say about his trade to washington. the former philadelphia eagles quarterback met with the media for the first time and he dished on his departure from philly, the legacy he left behind and his thoughts on the future. dave feldman has more. >> without any further ado, our quarterback, donovan mcnabb. [applause] >> reporter: donovan mcnabb was formally introduced as a redskin. >> it was shocking. it definitely was shocking. in this lifetime, anything is possible and, you know fork the right price, i guess. but the whole thing about it is that the redskins came into it and offered what the eagles wanted. >> reporter: what the redskins wanted and got wads a veteran quarterback who is a proven winner. a six-time probowler, he played in five nfc championship games. mcnabb is 33 but according to his new head coach still has plenty in the tank. >> i think they under

comes up later and he calls him wrenchq, uist or something like that, and one of his roommates at stanford corrected him. so he didn't know well the man he appointed, and probably i think when he left the presidency thought that might have been the greatest, one of his greatest decisions. >> host: in the book "conservatives without a conscious," is conservativism a movement, or is it an ideology? >> guest: it's both. it is least an ideology. one of the things i tried to do in that book was to get a good definition, a good working definition of conservativism. and i talked to i can't tell you how many conservatives, i looked at the work of conservative intellectuals, and if the there's anything they seem to agree upon particularly the more intellectuals is that you can't define adequately conservativism. and so they don't try to do so. bill buckley has thrown out some rather obtuse definitions, other scholars have raised the problem of the liftty of defining it -- difficulty of defining it. parr ri goldwater, actually, is somebody who ranked out three columns a week for four years for the l

she was very high at stanford law school, and she could not get any job, says she volunteered to work i think it does for the l.a. county, work for free for four months, and she said, if you think i am worth it, you can put me there. progress comes slowly, and i know people of your age tend to be impatient. things do not change fast enough, but enormous change has occurred in my lifetime. >> i think mine was more the product of ignorance and the good fortune of having justice ginsburg before me. i did not have a lawyer in it, so i had no idea what i was doing when i went to law school, and i discovered appellate litigation because i worked one summer in a firm that has a guy who used to be in the solicitor general's office, and he brought someone to talk to us over the summer, and i thought, what a cool job, and it actually had not occurred to mean -- to me, that someone should not do it because of gender. i kept trying and trying to get into an appellate career at the justice department, and no one actually told me you were not supposed to apply unless you're coming from the law firm

it was concurrent to the stanford report that came out in terms of how they handled the stanford ponzi scheme in 2008. to us, it looks like the s.e.c. is trying to reassert its reputation in the marketplace. it's been waning over the last three or four years. that's one of the risks that's in the market now. you have an s.e.c. that wants to be assertist and goldman sachs may be an example of that. >> and, you know, this is coming at the samt time as paulson and we're getting information from shorting the market to longing the market. what do you make of that? >> well, the data points coming out of the marketplace, it's all been positive. there are some cross currents of data. but by and large, as we look at things, the environment for investors looks pretty positive. you have conditions of the u.s. economy moving higher. you've got to inflation condition very subdued, you've got earnings explosive. we're going to see probably one of the best earnings reports or earnings expenses this year that we've seen in two decades. and so for us, it looks like the conditions are favorable and we'r

stanford and a lot of other law schools are creating supreme court clinics. how does a look in terms of participation for women? >> some have supreme court instructors. amy wax will be one of those instructors. a number of the clinics to not have been no instructors. if they do not have them, then they will now have women arguing the case. i am sure that many of our students [unintelligible] patti alluded to this a little bit. how difficult it is for some of the women to do business development stuff that men do it is not that all men had this quality. but most of the people who have this call it our mail. it is this feeling -- have this quality are male. men are just better at it. not all men are better at it. but most of the people who are very good at it on mail. it could be with starting in june high-school and having to go up to people and say, "will you dance with me? but that is the hardest part of the practice. i have every confidence that if somebody asked me right -- ask me to write a brief on, i will do a good job. there have been a number of these

. >> we did not find case of anyone involved in the guesting investigation of madoff or allen stanfordo viewed pornography. some were enforcement officials involved in cases that should have been brought or worked on rather than having folks sit there and spend several ours a day looking at pornography. >> we did get a statement to the sec. each of the offending employees has been disciplined or is in the process. we will knoll tolerate the transgressions of the very few who bring discredit to thousands of hard working colleagues. is it your belief that has stopped? >> well, i can tell you certainly that chairman shapiro has take a taken a strong policy against this and come down hard against the individuals we've identified as invite -- violating the rules. in the area days there was resistant but chairman shapiro is taking it seriously and taking action against the individuals we're catching. >> neil: we're just getting word that house oversight and government reform committee's daryl isa sent awe letter requesting you initiate and independent investigation regarding action against g

one of his classmates at stanford corrected him.e did note well a man he appointed and probably when he left the presidency might have been one of the greatest decisions. >> conservatives without a conscience, a movement or an ideology. >> one of the things i try to do is get a good working definition of conservatism and i talked to i don't know how many conservatives. if there is anything they seem to agree upon particularly the more intellectuals, you can't define conservative so they don't try to do that. bill buckley has thrown out some other definitions and other scholars that raised the problem of the difficulty of defining it. barry goldwater cranked out three columns a week for three years for the l.a. times, came up for a working definition that he thought was it is drawing on the values of the past, the best of them and applying them to the present. he came up with a totally satisfactory definition but it became a movement. they develop a movement and an attitude, tried to give a broad spread to people who don't know anyth

a couple of months ago, i worked with stanford university's center for collaborative democracy.ent three full days with 300 residents of michigan. they were co's, a janitress, young people, and everybody in between. we talked about the tough times and tough choices. they were willing to make the tough choices but they have to have credible things to respond to. you cannot under estimate the willingness and will the people. when we engage the public, you have to remember to listen. we had the opportunity at the kellogg foundation to support america speaks in the crisis of katrina. they went from door to door to engage citizens of new orleans in defining their future. those of voices resulted in a lot of great policies and solutions and there is more to do. america's biggest is great engaging the public, thank you. [applause] >> almost every speaker here today has emphasized the absolute necessity of educating the public and engaging the public in the fiscal challenges facing our nation. thanks to peterson, macarthur, and kellogg, america speaks is privileged to bring together on

he played football at stanford and graduate fundamental harvard law school.one recruited him for u.s. attorney. he wanted the job since being assistant u.s. attorney. >> it was the most rewarding of my career. the ability to have an impact on people's lives each and every day, one family at a time, if you're prosecuting a case one community at a time, it's one of the most gratifying experiences you can have. >> reporter: machen says he has a vision for the office which includes more community outreach. paul wagner, fox 5 news. >>> mayor adrian fenty issued his annual state of the district report this afternoon. among the achievements he listed fewer murders and better performance in the city's schools. >> many of you know that we have pushed our schools to become stronger. over the past year our students led the nation in gains in reading and math at the fourth grade levels and our eighth graders did fantastic in comparison with the rest of the nation as well. >> the mayor also pointed out that the city's homicide rate was lower last year than any time since

. >>> the ncaa women's championship matchup this year is the university of connecticut versus stanfords play tuesday night. uconn is going for its 78th win in a row. >> wow. >>> of course, it's duke and butler going for the men's championship tonight. but other big-time college programs already have their sights set on the future. >> you might be surprised at one player already getting attention from recruiters. as eric horng reports, he is only in fifth grade. >> reporter: he's barely 5 feet tall. but there's nothing little about jalen fleming's game. how did you get so good? >> by working very hard. >> reporter: just 10 years old, he's considered one of the top young basketball players in the country. all right, uncle, uncle. >> pro basketball player roger powell jr. was impressed with his skills. despite the height difference, jalen matched him shot for shot. >> he has great court vision. it's amazing to see a kid that age having that. >> reporter: jalen's dad knew he was special at birth. >> all of the doctors and myself, we all noticed he had incredibly large hands. >> basketball

regional enforcement official left the commission and sought to represent alan stanford three times,nd at one point actually did represent hipped. marianne shapiro has come out with a statement that says much has changed at the s.e.c., detailing the many efforts since this new administration has taken over. mary shahho had this report in hand at least since april 1st. why was it released the afternoon of the goldman sachs filing? you draw your own conclusions, but clearly the s.e.c. is also dealing with its own reputational issues. >> interesting question when it comes down to the role of politics of the situation which may be everything, but certainly are not nothing. so how widespread is the issue of what goldman sachs is alleged to have done. joining us, sylvan rains at r & r consulting, and author of an upcoming book due out in may. david, let me go to you first. we all heard you asking a few of the questions there to mr. khuzami. what did you make of his responses or some of your questions, frankly, lack of response? >> reporter: listen, i'm just trying to understand specificall

the six-point win over stanford the closest margin during that 78-game win streak.martina navratilova the all-time winningest singles tennis athlete announced wednesday that she has been diagnosed with breast cancer. appearing on abc's good "good mg america," navratilova said she was diagnosed in february with an aggressive form of d.c.i.s., considered the earliest form of the disease. her prognosis is good. according to the associated press, a surgeon at u.c. san francisco said, "there is only a 1% chance of anyone with d.c.i.s. would die of breast cancer." >> i was shocked because i was so sure that it was benign.be i found outn and i was devastated.stat physically i couldn't think. i couldn't move.ink i was useless. but that's where it helps tohat' have a good support group, and my best friend isd my ob-gyn. she's the one that called me with the news and said, okay, we're going to make plan now. i said, what do we do? how do i get rid of this? the good news is d.c.i.s., which is a non-invasive form of breast cancer, and i have a very great chance of a great recov

. >> greg, was bernie madoff or anyone from the stanford group in the websites or featured in the websitesn we'd know that the s.e.c. staffers were looking at something tangentially related to the ongoing fraud. >> actors playing madoff in adaptations of the scandal. i'll go as far as that. >> are we surprised this happened? no one is surprised at this point this happens, are they? >> one thing, pornography, this is a serious point, infiltrating every area of the culture. >> not funny. i know i shouldn't be laughing. >> you know? >> it's not funny. $12 billion things on s a year. those who can't do, watch. naomi campbell was asked by a producer about a diamond she might have received from a dictator in africa. let's listen. >> had dinner with charles taylor? >> i had dinner with nelson mandela, thank you very much. >> did he bring you a diamond? a diamond in the rough, a large diamond? >> no, we're not interested in -- >> we're told you didn't help the prosecution in this case. >> thank you so much for that. >> get up. >> apparently -- there we go. apparently, gutfeld, diamonds and dictato

> is there any difference from going to a midwestern school and we hear from other justices from stanford, yale, harvard? >> i think areas. every school has its virtues and strengths. northwestern really had a fine law school, still has a fine law school. there are good law schools all over the country. i learned that in hiring law clerks. i have hired law clerks from many different schools to have done a magnificent job, even though they were not from ivy league's. >> i read that you were the top student in history of northwestern law school? >> well, i have been told that was true. i don't know about the record since then, but i was told that was the case. >> in all your experience, northwestern law school, your job as the clark care, seventh circuit, father of an attorney, where along the way did you get involved in law? >> it was a combination of many things that combined to give you your views of what the laws. a lot of it is developed through reading, your experiences. my experiences during world war ii have shaped my opinion. >> you were in the navy? >> yes, and my experience as a

he has argued before the supreme court, teaches law at stanford and harvard and founder of scotus law let's talk about why no napolitano is on the short list, someone the white house likes very much. >> she not only is a relatively young woman, she has the political experience that a lot of people think the supreme court desperately needs as a group of people who have always been judges. having been a governor, having been involved in legislator, also the prosecutorial experience both for the government and for the state would be very different from a lot of the members of the supreme court. >> we always return to that issue the c word confirmability. is this somebody you think would have trouble in a hearing? everybody remembers recently in the abdulmutallab case when she said the system worked a statement she said was misconstrued. >> i think everybody at a confirmation hearing is going to have some kind of hiccup. that would be hers. she's pro death penalty, heavily involved in law enforcement, has tremendous respect for her management of the gargantuan department of homeland secur

there is a pam carlin, who's a professor at -- law professor at stanford who would be fantastic.s want people that will be passionate and vocal advocate for progressive legal principles. conservatives have that in a sam alito. we do not have that right now. >> thanks for joining us tonight. >> thank you very much. >>> the republican running to defeat harry reid has a message for sick people. go pluck yourselves. >>> and jon stewart has a new musical message for fox news that rhymes with go pluck yourselves. it can happen anytime, when you least expect it... a regular moment can become romantic. and when it does, men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis. with two clinically proven dosing options, you can choose the moment that's right for you and your partner. 36-hour cialis and cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment's right. >> tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity.

there is a pam carlin, who's a professor at -- law professor at stanford who would be fantastic. i think it's important to look beyond voting record. are they going to vote good. it is nice if somebody votes the right why on key issues. i think progressives want people that will be passionate and vocal advocate for progressive legal principles. conservatives have that in a sam alito. we do not have that right now. >> markos moulitsas, thanks for joining us tonight. >> thank you very much. >>> the republican running to defeat harry reid has a message for sick people. go pluck yourselves. >>> and jon stewart has a new musical message for fox news that rhymes with go pluck yourselves. with expedia, i've got of a perfect girls' weekend. it all starts with having more hotels to choose from. so i can find someplace familiar... or somewhere more unique. nice. then expedia lets me compare dates to find out when i can save the most cash. done and done. we should do this more often. where you book matters. expedia. oh! just come snuggle with mama. [ male announcer ] missing something? like

they rallied back to beat stanford, 53-47, part of an unbelievable streak u u-conn has won 78 straightluding two national titles and they've been called one of the most dominant sports teams ever. men or women. so there. if you left that game back when the score was really skewed you would have missed an amazing comeback, ed. >> i tell you what. from the numbers you threw up there, heck, that rivals john wooten's teams at ucla. >> right. ever. men or women. >> thanks, contessa. >>> the republican national committee is trying to stop the hemorrhaging in the wake of one dismissal and two resignations after revelations about a wild spending at a bondage themed strip club in west hollywood. it prompted calls for rnc chairman michael steele to step down with over six months until the mid-term elections. but it may not be over for steele. chris cillizza is here to tell us how steele may be able to hold up under the heat and pressure and keep his job. chris is the author of "the fix" on washington post.com he joins us from the nation's capital. chris, good to see you. >> thanks for having me.