biography of hawthorne, i realized that my previous book, which was on a very different subject, gertrude stein and her brother, leo, actually began with an epigraph from hawthorne, from hawthorne's "scarlet letter." so obviously, i had been

mark steines is in hollywood with more. >>> coming up tonight. the larry king love triangle. what the alleged lover is saying now about shawn and her prescription drug abuse. >> do you feel like you were shawn king's boy toy. >> 100%. >> hector pen ate says he loved shawn king and wanted to marry her. but he thinks those feelings only ran one way. >> do you think that shawn king was in love with you? >> that's tough. that's real tough for me. because i felt that she liked the idea of me. >> reporter: in 2008, shawn faced a problem with prescription painkillers. severe migraines had her taking too many pills. >> she was like zoning out and being like a zombie. i remember lots of times, i would sit there. while larry was there with the kids, after a game. i'd sit there with her in the bed. she had to have everything

coming up, the multitalented ben stein is here.ing game shows. that was such a good show, right? but this morning he has important advice for anyone concerned about their finances. i guess that's just about everyone. and we're also hear something you probably would not expect to be coming out of the mouth of ben stein. >> it's great. >> can he please say buehler, buehler -- >> buehler, bultlehler. sgloo also ahead, more bang for your bite. we'll have foods that do double duty. they're low fat and they'll make you feel full longer so you'll seat less. >> and matt blashaw has easy fix-up projects that you can do for under $25 as you get your housespackle. >> thanks for announcing that. >> but this year he's not having one. >> what are you doing? >> go on google maps and -- >> the address is price there. >> security? the great thing is there are three less people there, so there may be room for you. let's go to the maps and see whwh >>> all right, let's look at the forecast today and then, we'll look at the doppler. it's a beautiful d

but we're losing sam stein. sam stein, final -- i think this is his last block. is, it is my last block, sadly. my thought about what pat says, i think pat is sort of wrong on one aspect, one major aspect. the reason the republican party is not necessarily because of any profound message or leadership, although they're scaring voters to come to their tent is because of the economy. you have this prolonged recession that's going to dissatisfy a host of voters and of course they'll turn to the party out of power because they're promising something different. now back to that kvgs with sam greenberg, he said the president needs to have a message about economic recovery. people feel bad. even if the economy is slowly and surely starting to turn around. so what obama has to do between now and november, and certainly now in 2012, is to get a message where it's almost like, i feel your pain. i understand this economy is not recovering fast enough, but we're doing the best we can. look, job growth is happening. let's wait and see what the numbers are coming out, i guess,

[applause] chairman and are tied mike stein --emerti mike stein.plause] and are a permit -- and our current chairman of the board, michael berkowitz. [applause] i would also like to recognize the more than one of the 30 members of the institute's board of trustees. they traveled from every corner of our nation to be here today. one of the finest aspects of this organization is that when these women and men enter a room as a trustee of the institute, they cease to be republicans or democrats. they all understand they are here to advance the national interest above party or politics. it is for that reason that we are here today welcoming a representative of the fifth president who has been in the white house since we put out power shingle 25 years ago. we believe that commitment to non partisanship is a principal that like our research stands the test of time. ladies and gentlemen, these are not simple time for america in the broader middle east. the litany of challenges is well known. two wars, the specter of nuclear proliferation, the ever-present

stein, it's always great to see you. >> thank you, laura, thank you. >> laura: we will get into thatout the sec employees watching porn coming up in our dumbest things segment. first rod blagojevich wants to compel president obama to testify in his corruption trial. testify in his corruption trial. could that can you believe how fast kids grow these days? and since 90% of bone strength is developed before adulthood... it's so important that they get enough calcium every day. that's why there's new danonino. danonino! unlike leading kids yogurts, danonino has twice the calcium of milk, ounce per ounce, with vitamin d. so it's power packed for healthy growth. and its rich creamy taste is... yummy! so they can start building strong bones today... for stronger bodies tomorrow. new danonino from dannon. power packed to help kids grow. like, why are my numbers too low? are you looking for answers? the accu-chek aviva system now has new tools to help you discover what your numbers mean and how the things you do are connected to your blood sugar patterns. [ sarah ] with this tool i can see h

you know, gertrude stein has a wonderful line, and it is true, i think. she has a lot of wonderful lines and hers is "i write for myself and strangers." so when i say you, i'm not being glib exactly. i write it for myself. i write the book i want to read in a sense. i hope to write the book that i want to read, that i won't not want to read some time from now, even when nobody else wants to. but also for strangers, because i want to tell a story -- and to affect people, you know, to set up that kind of communication about things and people and places that i think are important. c-span: chapter one, first word of the book, "guilty." >> guest: guilty, yeah. c-span: you obviously thought about that? >> guest: i did. c-span: why? >> guest: chapter one -- well, the story -- i mean when -- when one -- when one thinks of hawthorne, one thinks of guilt. there seems to be a kind of shadow of guilt over everything he writes. he's also a man obsessed by the past. his past, the history of the country, the things we did yesterday, conscience, however you talk about th

joining us now is sam stein of huffington post who was at the press club for the murdoch interview. thank you for having me. >> here's my first question, and i don't want it to be construed as rude but it's really what i'm wondering. is it possible rupert murdoch does not know what the tea party movement is? is it possible he thinks it's like a declared political party, like democrat or republican? >> i find that a little bit hard to believe. he showed obviously a good handle of current events, political affairs also at that press club, so someone who consumes that much news would -- one would think would have an understanding at the very least of what the tea party movement is. but by sort of acknowledging implicitly that he doesn't understand that his news channel has covered it with such boosterism, it does suggest a little bit of detachment and makes you wonder whether that's deliberate or not, whether he's too hands off with fox news. giving too much rein to roger ales. >> because he has chosen throughout his career to be so closely associated with all his news properties, bran

. >>> let's turn now to sam stein, political reporter in washington for the huffing ton post and for the big picture. where are we now in terms of the big picture? this report about postponing all contentiousness, except wall street, until after the midterms. is the white house backing down on some of its big stuff, and are republicans really considering cooperating on some of the other stuff? >> it's all up in the air right now. but i would contend that financial regulatory reform is a big deal. on the topics of immigration and energy, it does look like, reading the tea leaves, like those will be postponed. you talk to some people in the party, including people like stan greenburg, they're sort of upset about this. they think it would be a great issue for the obama administration to push right now. it would make the base and hispanic community during the health care reform process, but also because it divides the gop profoundly along fault lines. they went through a bruising health care battle. i don't know if they want to get into it again on another major legislative initiative. o

with me now, charles payne, ding mcdowell, lee gallagher and ben stein and author of another book, this an off week. the little book of bullet prove investing, ben's 857th book. what do you make of this. >> it's a scandal or a shonda as jews would say. the law is clear, the corporation incurs a cost or something comes along that causes the corporation a larger cost, the corpse must report it as a charge or-- they're not getting a subsidy for drug costs and we don't need to go into details. the law is clear, you must take a charge. the government is trying to mccarthyite them to bully them into not taking the charge and to bear false witness. the law is very clear, the law of mankind thou shall not bear false witness. the government is trying to make them bear false witness. >> what is interesting without getting into details and astutely avoiding it. the way it was done. the first few came out against it we have the charge, a charge by the way many of them had telegraphed last july, as a matter of fact. there was hell to pay. oh, really? why don't you come on and chat about it. what do

. >> host: joining us also on "the communicators" is laidalia stern stein. >> host: going back to internet freedom, your boss decided to revive the task force, and as i understand it last month the task force was renamed -- >> the net freedom task force. much more modern. >> host: and shorter, easier to remember. had its first meeting. what are they up to now? >> guest: so one of the things -- the secretary announced a series of deliverables in her speech on january 21st. so in addition to what i thought was incredibly important rhetoric and incredibly important policy statements, she put a number of programs out there, and, you know, a great many people are now working to fulfill the vision that she and the president set out. what you described is one of them, the net freedom task force. so we have two undersecretaries of state, robert hour mets and maria otero who are both incredibly seasoned, incredibly gifted executives. maria otero from the ngo sector and robert here mets is a long time executive of goldman sachs as well as i think he's now in his fourth or fifth administration. and t

as steven pearl stein wrote in yesterday's washington post and i quote, whether we will begin to make these adjustments voluntarily, gradually and fairly or wait until they are imposed on us harshly and unfairly during the inevitable crisis that follows, so much ink is spilled on the question of fiscal responsibility. i leave you with the q

they competed vigorously with companies like stein way of new york and they ultimately lost out to stein way and some others. what they did is they adapted to the fact that they didn't compete as well and entered a niche market, adopting new technologies and they entered the player piano market so you probably see in the old pianos of the rules on the scrolls. they were very successful in doing that and harness new technologies, adapted to competitive pressure, they change, they tried an experiment with new things and had success in this market. there were successful with that up to a point and that point was competition from new forms of entertainment that came, that americans and others could access in the middle part of the 20th century so home forms of musical entertainment, that sort of pushed the player piano into an earlier era. so what were they to do with this? and they adopted it again under this competitive pressure seeing that this market was disappearing and they entered a new business line of business or they created the auto typist product. this was based on existing techn

daniel stein. guest: i think it is an excellent law. i want to commend senator russell pearce for acting on a lawn not just needed a highlights a growing divide the country. a highlight in "usa today" says the law creates a race. adds of the rift is being carried by the fact that we have a failure in leadership of washington to recognize that the american people want the immigration laws enforced, they want to see a smooth, unified and forced the system between the federal government and the state and local governments. the arizona legislature is operating fully within its constitutional authority to enact laws that are entirely consistent with federal immigration enforcement scheme is, and yet what you have is this anniversary action of the president and administration sang -- american people want to see their laws and force are somehow not entitled to see it done. the growing clarity on this issue has been defined by a series of strategic interests that believe that the essentials have a right to demand a mass amnesty with no real acc

from butler, scooter stein will >> there mostly sunny and tonight, 54 and what do we call 82 >> hot.srs thrz this weather report sponsored by stain master carpet. find a retailer at stain master.com. >>> scooter stein, you and butler are the morning show national champions. what a proud moment. enjoy the hat. harry, back to you you. >> and a hat to boot. oh, my. up next, a very special delivery. we'll speak exclusively with the proud parents of twins born, are you ready, a week apart. and they're still smiling. this is "the early show" on cbs. it was a horrible feeling, like i couldn't catch my breath. i couldn't believe i was actually having a heart attack. i remember being at the hospital, thinking about my wife. i should have done more to take care of myself. now i'm exercising, watching my diet, and i trust my heart to lipitor. [ male announcer ] along with diet, lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, and certain kinds of heart surgeries lipitor is backed by over 17 years of research. lipitor is not for everyone, including people with liver problems a

mark steines has more from hollywood. >>> coming up on entertainment tonight, jake the bachelor getsing favorite back? derek huff spills the beans in our daring interview. >> in touch dancing probe poses with pooches on stands friday. he's raising awareness for pet adoption. >> there's so many animals that need to be adopted out there. and it's up to us to do our part. >> derek and sister julian had many animals growing up. and he hints that his sister may be returning to dancing. >> i have a feeling she'll be back. >> this is betty white. >> reporter: and betty white is shooting a public announcement for pet cancer awareness. she's teamed up with petco to get the word out about having your pets checked. betty is also concerned about her upcoming "snl" host gig. she'll be joined with tina fey. >> sure. -- imgoing to teach them. you bet i am. [ laughter ] >>> also tonight, how did sandra bullock keep her secret adoption hidden from the world? >>> plus, john edwards breaks silence to opera. >>> and you can see entertainment tonight here at 7:30. >>> baskin robbins has a good deal today

daniel stein. guest: i think it is an excellent law. i want to commend senator russell pearce for acting on a lawn not just needed a highlights a growing divide the country. a highlight in "usa today" says the law creates a race. adds of the rift is being carried by the fact that we have a failure in leadership of washington to recognize that the american people want the immigration laws enforced, they want to see a smooth, unified and forced the system between the federal government and the state and local governments. the arizona legislature is operating fully within its constitutional authority to enact laws that are entirely consistent with federal immigration enforcement scheme is, and yet what you have is this anniversary action of the president and administration sang -- american people want to see their laws and force are somehow not entitled to see it done. the growing clarity on this issue has been defined by a series of strategic interests that believe that the essentials have a right to demand a mass amnesty with no real acc

. >>> ben stein is here to talk about an economy that is in crisis. polls suggest washington may not be so popular when it comes to what's really happening on main street. >> mueller. mueller? megyn: fox news alert and sarah palin has taken her position at the republican leadership conference. >> -- working here, serving guests today with public safety and with the wait starvetion making us feel so at home, we thank you, new orleans. thank you. [applause] >> good patriotic people, too. i know i shouldn't say you betcha after that, i don't think it would have gone over well, but who disdat! >> good patriotic people here. i know this crowd, too, patriotic people and do you love your freedom! [applause] >> you love your freedom, then he think of that. and we're going to do that right now. we know there are folks who have served in the past, may be serving today in uniform. raise your hand, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. we thank you, sir, we salute you. god bless you. good. [applause] >> thank you for your service. yep, last time i w

daniel stein. guest: i think it is an excellent law. i want to commend senator russell pearce for acting on a lawn not just needed a highlights a growing divide the country. a highlight in "usa today" says the law creates a race. adds of the rift is being carried by the fact that we have a failure in leadership of washington to recognize that the american people want the immigration laws enforced, they want to see a smooth, unified and forced the system between the federal government and the state and local governments. the arizona legislature is operating fully within its constitutional authority to enact laws that are entirely consistent with federal immigration enforcement scheme is, and yet what you have is this anniversary action of the president and administration sang -- american people want to see their laws and force are somehow not entitled to see it done. the growing clarity on this issue has been defined by a series of strategic interests that believe that the essentials have a right to demand a mass amnesty with no real acc

. >> steined to speed travel and cut down on the number of passengers inconvenienced. >> hi, everybody. i'm kai jackson. >> i'm mary bubala. and here's what people are talking about. >> airport terror checks. new guidelines to check travelers. joel brown tells us this is in response to the attempted christmas day bombing. >> security screeners have new tools to try to keep america's skies safe. they're now using a list of characteristics, provided by intelligence agencies, to snag suspected terrorists before they board airplanes. they will also look at travelers' physical descriptions and where they've traveled before. passengers departing from baltimore, give the new party mixed reviews. >> don't see any problem with it at all. >> i just wish they did security that seems to make sense. >> the changes reflect the current policy. it singles out some for additional screening. >> that comes after a failed attempt to blow up a plane in detroit christmas day. >> it is a system that we think is much more effective, much more efficient, much more concentrated than the threat as we see it. >>

one executive wrote the subprime investments he sold were like franken stein turning against the inventorn thinks goldman deserves the chance to defend itself. >> instruments are set up on wall street. people take either side of t there are conflicts of interest that can exist and do need to be looked at but i would rather wait and see how this investigation unfolds before making any judgments. >> reporter: earlier this month the sec filed civil fraufd charges against goldman. the company says it will fight those charges. in washington, melanie willings, fox news. >>> next at 10:00, the nats $15 million man is paying off in more ways than one, boosting the number of fans. plus that's not all. úñúúp(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. >>> he's th

. >> reporter: disapproval came in the form of a small plane with a stein that said, tiger, did you mean obvious play on his comment on buddhism. the gallery, how did they react to his return to golf. how did they feel about seeing him back on the links. >> has he a lot to prove president the audience was behind him, a lot of cheers. there was very little negative talk at all in the gallery. >>> there are new developments in the massachusetts bullying case, 15-year-old phoebe prince committed suicide after being bullied at school for months. six teens charged in the death must report to police today. a disturbing case. the agonizing last days of phoebe prince. nbc's jeff rozen has more. >> this is our first glimpse at one of the alleged bullies, the so-called mean girls of south hadley high. >> is there anything you'd lying to say to phoebe's family? >> is there anything you'd like to say to the family. >> no comment. >> sharon showed up, they all pled not guilty accused of bullying her to death. phoebe hanged herself at home to escape the torment at school. in new papers, new details of

>> sam stein, your thoughts on this because a lot of people believe these tea partyies and lot of stuffn, you can listen to the audio on conservative talk radio on some selective shows in the country have fueled the fire for a lot of this stuff, what do you think? >> i'm generally in favor of anything that would expand your audience, ed. if it means the government getting there in and making sure you're in more media markets, i'm all for it. >> sam, this isn't about me. this is about the fact -- >> it doesn't matter. for me, it is about you, ed. i understand both sides of the debate here. my main issue is with media concentration in terms of monopolies of markets. i don't like having one network, one station, one conglomerate own the market in chicago for instance, i'd much rather have diverse set of ownership. >> coming up. a psycho group of pirates got way more than they barring gained for when they decided to attack this missile guided frblt in the indian ocean. ♪ breaking up is hard to do breaking up is hard to do. so allstate will do it for you. switch to allstate, and your new age

the huffington post sam stein reporting if democrats were to take out the part of the bill some republicans have been saying would amount to a bailout, john boehner admits he would still call it a bailout anyway. the bill outlaws bailouts, does not allow them and if it is changed to take out the part some republicans say it is a bailout, even though it's not, they admit they would call it a bailout anyway. they admit this. so, like, okay, here is a shark. here's john boehner. right. jumping the shark. also. here is a whale. nothing to do with the metaphor, but it is awesome. sorry. okay. then there is republican senator scott brown of massachusetts. senator 41, the senate who is going to save the day for republicans. republicans in the senate lost their main talking point against wall street reform. republicans in the house were caught bragging about not meaning what they say about wall street reform. perhaps this new guy will lead the way, put a likable, credible likable face on this awkward siding with the wall street banks things. that is not working out, either. first you will recall th

one of the people without works for him and is actually short listed to be a nominee is sunday steinand he has written about president obama before but he is a liberal but a minimalist meaning he does not brief in judicially activist, getting somebody who will try to rewrite the american society through the court. and so he could choose someone who has sort of a liberal pedigree but not an aggressive personality. i happen to think all of these decisions for politically anyway are done on the basis of personality, not their judicial fuse. >> ruth, what about the suggestion that has come from other folks that maybe it's time to put a real person on the supreme court. in other words, not somebody who is a former appeals court judge, has a long history on the bench. but a lawyer obviously but somebody even the political -- >> has to be a lawyer. >> lehrer: but a politician. >> the president is extremely attractive to that idea. here is the problem with the real person. first of all the kind of real person that we would be talking about would be a politician person. they have this unfortu

children is big business as many parents start drilling their kids with proukds such as baby sign stein with the hopes of giving them an edge. >> an effort and child development says, just let your kid be a kid without the big push to learn. here's john donvan. >> reporter: a preschool in berkeley, california. one that is specially built with little rooms that have little chairs where little kids have been telling us, or at least telling psychologist allison gotnik on that dark side of the one-way mirror, that there is more going on in those little heads -- that's for all kids, not just these -- a lot more in those little heads than we ever expected. because, she says, while there is that old, long-standing view about the brains in babies -- >> brains in young children are irrational or illogical or they live in a blooming, buzzing qun. >> reporter: a view, a wrong one she says, which has led to earlier and earlier parental intervention with flash cards and dvds and starting school earlier than ever. she has a message for parents. stop it. >> youon't have to make your children smarter b

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lo when stein, the salute, terrific play. could be three bases if it got by him.: thinking of seagulls. >> jim p: yeah. >> gary: really good play by weeny. there's an extra base hit tonight. down the first -- over the bag -- that is a fair ball. sweeney will run into the bullpen area. that will be a stand-up double. izturis, 2 for 4 as he pumps one down the line. >> jim p: you have to think with bryan roberts, hopefully he'll be back shortly, but he is one of the orioles that cannot only get on base but if he gets on -- not the case because he hits the dub -- chavez can't get it. he can steal bases. two years ago, 20. last year with the appendectomy, only 12. another opportunity to add to this run. >> gary: some big total. big potential run out there. jones, 2 for 4. six hipts, 18 at-bat in the series. goes after that high heater and doesn't catch up to it. he came into the game 0 for 6 with runners in scoring position. he has not had an opportunity in the ball game prior to this. get one inside. one ball, one strike. ten hits in the ball game for the os. >> jim p

joining us is gabriel stein. thanks for joining us. retail sales are a little weaker than expected. we knew public finances were dire. >> yes. households have been wary and that means weak public sector finances and that will continue for some time. and i suppose the important thing is the conclusions, what does this do for sterling and is for interest rates. sterling weakening. that should be good news, but of course, that in turn depends on what happens in our main export markets and that picture isn't particularly bright. and in terms of interest rates, well, the bank will probably raise bank rates this year, but it will be very po symbolic. >> why would they do that? >> inflation is, after all, it's sticky. and also, i think -- and here they may well be accompanied by the fed and the ecb, simply to show we are at some stage going to move away from interest rates, so a symbolic move, but they've got to be very careful. >> just a little bit of data, the march retail sales says weakness in foot food and fuel cells strengthens in in addition nonfood fuel cells. just to come back to

. >>> the sun like you have never stein before. mom won't mind, look right at it. >>> we begin with less than three hours from now, president obama will demand that the rules of wall street will be changed. the need is obvious to most marriages. octob october, 2008, in less than two weeks, stocks plunge more than 22%. americans see their life savings shrivel. not all americans. certainly not executives of insurance giant, aig, who lived it up at this posh luxury resort less than a week after taxpayers shelled out $85 billion to keep their company afloat. we've all footed the bill for all the banks that have gambled and lost. yep, you and i are paying for all those risky betts on shaky loans. last year, 140 banks failed. this year, we are on track for even more to go belly up. the big question, how do we avoid a replay of these nightmares that many of us are still living? we don't want to bog you down in all the technicalities. just bottom line. what would the reforms mean to you and your wallet. ali velshi joining us to break it do

i hope he will begin to articulate a plan for nasa that is in the words of the august stein committee "worthy of a great nation." i do not believe we're there yet, but we will get there. madam president, one of the lessons i learned as a mountaineer came on the 10th day of what was supposed to be a seven-day climb of mt. mckinley. that the critical moment in our climb, i learned that when you are all the way in, you will find a way. and i believe that the american people are all the way in with nasa. i know this congress is. nasa's mission of exploration resonates with each of us. that mission transcends programs, and it transcends budgets, and it transcends politics. it's endured the end of mercury, gemini and apollo and it will soon endure the end of the space shuttle. unfortunately, the history of nasa is literated with canceled programs with little to show for them. i do not want to see the same happen with constellation, nor do i want to continue on an unsustainable course. the challenge before us is to ensure that nasa's programs and budgets are worthy of its mission. over the c

we had the economist herb stein, though some of you may find the term humorist an oxymoron.used to say that something is unsustainable, it tends to stop. if your horse dies, i suggest you dismount. we keep acting as if we can ride this horse indefinitely. with the foundation think it is time to dismount and address this challenge before crisis occurs. another concern we have our ballooning interest cost. in only 12 years, interest cost would consume 100% of the projected revenue. these huge interest costs would buy as nothing and would crowd out critically needed investment in a much more competitive world. i am speaking of more r&d, education, and desperately needed infrastructure. in fact, what we would be doing is spending our children's future rather than investing in it. it is also important to recognize that by addressing these issues in, week in may decisions fairly, thoughtfully, and with compassion. in a crisis, the government could be forced to make changes urgently, and gain during important social programs on which so many americans depend. has the very lucky son

the respected institution it is todayespecially past presidents barbi weinberg, fred lafer, michael stein and your chairman howard berkowitz. i also want to thank your distinguished trustees and board of advisorswhich has one empty chair tonight because of the recent loss of one of your longtime advisorsa public servanta true warrior- diplomatand one of my predecessors as supreme allied commander europe. tonight, we remember general and secretary of state alexander haig. [applause] for a quarter-centurythrough five different administrationsthis institute has provided an invaluable service, to policymakers and the american people. instead of partisanship, you've given us scholarship. instead of simply recycling old arguments, you've given us fresh and objective analysis. so i want to thank rob and your entire staffand 25 years of scholars and fellowsfor your insights and your contributions. i've seen it myself. you continue for another 25 years, and 25 years beyond that. [applause] a few years ago, i served as special envoy for middle east regional security. our work was strengthened by th

joining us this morning is allen gale of ridgeworth capital management and robert stein of first trust advisers. gentlemen, if i could have you weigh in, first of all, where do you think treasury rates are going to be a year from now? are we talking above 5%? talking closer to 3.25%? allen, why don't i start off with you? >> good morning, thank you for having me on. i would say over the course of the next 12 months we do expect yields to break out to the upside after being range bound for a fairly extended period. so by this time next year we are looking for rates on the ten-year to be at least in the 4.5% to 5% range. >> and rob, would you agree with that? i realize this isn't necessarily the only thing you guys are following but it is something that works into everyone's strategies, and where they think the markets are headed. >> becky, i hate to be boring, alan and i didn't talk about this before, but i think rates on the ten-year will be about 50 to 100 basis points above where they are now. so i hate to come out with complete agreement, but that's -- >> i agree with you, too. joe

and likened them to franken stein's monster -- frankenstein's monster. sadly, he's right. it spread billions of dollars in toxic assets and added dangerous risk to our financial system that ultimately was born e by the u.s. taxpayers. meanwhile, they reaped millions of dollars in bonus even as the economy was crashing. these synthetic c.d.o.'s were synthetic garbage. and, oh, by the way -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. speier: i revise and extend. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. for what purpose does the gentleman from south carolina rise? mr. wilson: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. wilson: mr. speaker, americans living abroad continue to face unnecessary roadblocks, not only to u.s. banks but increasingly at foreign banks as well. the requests from expats continue to come in at startling rates. i want to thank congresswoman carolyn maloney for bring these banking roadblocks to the attention of the treasury department. we were hoping that

that it is today, a vital institution, especially past presidents barbi weinberg, fred lafer, michael stein and your chairman howard berkowitz. i also want to thank the distinguished trustees, board of advisors, which has one empty chair tonight because of the recent loss of one of your longtime advisors, a public servant, a true warrior statesman, diplomat, and one of my predecessors as supreme allied commander of europe. tonight, we all remember general and former secretary of state alexander haig. [applause] >> for a quarter-century through five different administrations, this institute has provided an invaluable service to policymakers and to the american people. instead of partisanship you've given us scholarship. instead of simply recycling old arguments, you've given us fresh and objective analysis. so i want to thank rob and your entire staff, and 25 years of scholars and fellows, for your insights and your contributions. may you continue for another 25 years, and 25 years beyond that. thank you. [applause] >> and i've seen this firsthand myself. as was mentioned, in 2007 i accepted

i assure you no stein will be left unturned and we'll find out the cause of this explosion and, quite frankly, the only thing good that can come out of this is to educate everyone, put regulations in place if needed to make sure that this doesn't happen again. >> striklynn also said the investigation could stake up to a year. some mining officials believe high levels of methane gas could have played a role in the explosion. >>> makeshift shrines with flowers and candles are springing up across poland today, but this is no celebration. the country is in mourning after its president was killed in a jet crash along with more than 100 other people. here's what we know about the crash. the plane was attempting to land in heavy fog in russia. polish officials say it looked like the plane may have hit trees at the end of the runway, crashed, then caught fire. here's the result you're looking at. russian officials say 132 people were with on board, and none of them survived. aside from the president and his wife, a number of polish officials including the country's head of national security d