were doing the research about how really very closely intertwined they are. >> rose: martin wolf, steve roberts and cokie roberts when we continue. every story needs a hero we can all root for. who beats the odds and comes out on top. but this isn't just a hollywood storyline. it's happening every day, all across america. every time a storefront opens. or the midnight oil is burned. or when someone chases a dream, not just a dollar. they are small business owners. so if you wanna root for a real hero, support small business. shop small. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> rose: martin wolf is back at the table. he is the chief economic commentator for the "financial times." while the budget battle continues in washington, europe struggles with its own debt crisis. portugal became the third country in the your zone on wednesday to seek financing to relieve its debt. we want to talk about the global economy, debt, and inflation and so many economic issues and none better to discuss that with than martin wolf. i'm pleased to have

the reverend al sharpton of the national action network and abc's cokie roberts and her husband steve robertsnalist and authors, an interfaith couple, catholic and jewish and their new book called "our haggadah." thank you all for joining us. one of the huge issues we're face something this budget, some say war, others say debate, conservatives, dr. land, are painting this almost as a moral issue. why is that? what are the spiritual dimensions. >> we're borrowing between 40 and 41 cents out of every dollar we're spending at the federal level and many, many americans and i would include myself among them see that as generational theft. and theft there is a commandment against that in the bible. we're literally stealing our children and grandchildren's future. >> there's also a commandment about charity and righteousness and a word that means charity and an obligation of righteousness. to take care of your neighbor i understand the question of theft but there's an equally powerful religious argument to be made as a nation providing for the least among us. and that is equally power. >> but also

steve: welcome back to "late night." we are about to play a round of "password." to my right is legendary actor and filmmaker, roberthe host of nbc's "late night" and sweetheart, jimmy fallon. [ cheers and applause ] and to my left is bradley cooper who stars -- [ cheers ] who stars with robert de niro in the new movie "limitless," opening everywhere today. bradley, who's your partner? >> bradley: i will be playing with smita from atlanta, georgia. and we're ready to play some "password"! [ cheers ] >> steve: all right. here we go. [ cheers ] all righty. we're about to play. i'm your host steve higgins. thank you. all right, the rules of the game are very simple. i will give you -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: we'll put applause in later. >> steve: well, you know, we'll do that in post. we'll sweeten it. >> jimmy: let's live it up. >> steve: yeah, exactly. why not? come on. let's live it up. i will give each of you a password. all right? >> jimmy: i think. >> steve: each of you are to only give a one word clue. one word only. so, your partner -- the partner can guess the password. scoring starts at six. boom, boom, boom.

roberts and. he's from the eastern provinces oh my ass that's one of the reasons why we have the circle ashes in. there and steve inclusion is the fellow not let's watch out in at the same time china's building alliances all over the alliances in sausage speech or we went to africa they struck deals with more than thirty countries that's one of the reasons i left but i don't have an african comment you know africa to counter act china but the militarized way so destructors is there so different one strategy in china is economic development first and then. years we're going to have some political. stances. and the statement through better national security agency is the sixteen of them the cia the pentagon state department will. help you many which i rather expect is not. anybody would want to rickles themselves that was have ask of our correspondent at the age of time. over the top economies in the world to the most influential people in the world there's another theory out now about that time magazine that is and its choices for the one hundred most influential people out this week talked this includes talk sho

steve jobs has agreed to participate and a book about his life. the book is when to be published in early 2012. it is called now, here is stanely robertsaving badly now, here is gabh some tech newscalled now, herey roberts, with some people behaving badly. >> darya: alive look at walnut creek six cities out some moving close to the >> james: another quick look at weather, we are following an interesting forecast. it will be breezy out there and maybe even a sprinkler two. renown temperatures are ok, 50 and san francisco, 47 in san jose the cooler part of the bay rain have still to the north. 41 in napa, 41 half moon bay. not too bad if you get out the door. we do have a low pressure system to the north. it is rolling through the area you can see most of the rain well to the north, chance of the sprinkle and stronger winds this afternoon gusting up to 30 mi. an hour. breezy day for you in the more weather coming our way wednesday. >> darya: 6:56 a.m. dogs may be a man's best friend but there are some places they are not allowed. stanley roberts has more. >> stanley: i showed you a video dogs and cat inside the castro store. in direct vi

robert gates as defense secretary, and general david petraeus to head the cia. track their careers, including their earliest appearances of mine at the c-span library. it is washington, your weight. steveyour way. sunday, "in-depth" with your questions for tobor machan, whose books include "the man without a hobby." "washington journal" continues. host: andrew tabler is the next generation fellow at the washington institute for near east policy. here to talk about u.s. response to syrian unrest. how did it all starts in syria? guest: a little over a month ago, a number of children ages 10 to 14 years old scrawled on a wall that the people of the fall of the regime, the same slogan from the protests that brought down the mubarak regime in egypt. they were arrested, taken to damascus, and for two weeks they did not tell their parents where they were. they kept them without communication. it is an area that is typically loyal to the regime, and this and drove them into the streets, and they began protesting. after the police sought a wave of protests, counter-protests, and crackdowns. host: how has the protest evolves? what are the issues? in guest: first, they were around the george -- j

steve: sure. meanwhile, here in new york city over the weekend, they've been having the tribeca film festival. it sounds like robert deniro did call you out. he said a couple of days ago, quote, i won't mention names, but certain people in the news in the last couple of weeks just -- what are they doing? it's crazy, they're making statements about people that they don't even back up. go get the facts before you start saying things about people. apparently later he did reveal that he was in part talking about you. >> he's not the brightest bulb on the planet. i've been watching him over the years and i like his acting, but in terms of when i watch him doing interviews and various other things, we're not dealing with albert einstein. he can say what he wants, but the fact is that this guy has not revealed his birth certificate. a lot of people agree with me. i tell you what, with all that i do, what i do best is china, jobs, opec, all of this. that's what i do best. that's going to be my strength. it is my strength. i really understand it it. i know the people. but with all of that, i think i get more positive -- whe