i am a music lover, i can hang out with friends, james taylor, the peking. the night i spent with you in chicago is one of the great joys of my life. that night in your club, because you play there. if you are ever in chicago, you play this thing every year. >> of the whole month of january. >> he plays this club every night. >> it will be so cold, you have to come in to see me. >> if you are ever in chicago in january, go see him at his club, you will not be disappointed. that night will live in my heart. >> the night that you showed up, the mayor had never been there before, the secretary of state. i said, with eminent, all these people here i have to bring on a little bit extra energy. >> queue till that that night. i am glad that my friend and you hook up and you had a chance to do this book. before i jump into the story of your childhood, i will jump ahead. what is fascinating about your record and courier is the by the time you actually started to record stuff, you have already influenced his jimmy hendrix -- >> no, no. i'm being honest. he did not repo

what are the differences in the challenges, the importance, the opportunities of teaching the constitution at peking university or university of cairo or in seoul, south korea, versus teaching it here in our country? is it important to do so? if you have experience doing so, what are the challenges and what were the surprises that you had? >> i'll take a shot at your question. it's a very interesting question. there's been a recent article suggesting that the american constitution has lost some of its influence abroad. there's no doubt in the basic structure of our government, that is a separation of powers versus the parliamentary system, the british system, that our system has not been copied as much as the british system. but it is extraordinary to look around and see how much our constitution has influenced the world. first of all, the whole idea of a constitution. when you think about a constitution now, it's a written document. if iraq is going to have a constitution, if afghanistan is going to have a constitution, it's going to be a written document. that was our influence. if -- one thing we

you are not lower in the peking order than other people. it is very important. t markets and crucially heading into tomorrow's summit in italy, are we getting movement from the germans on this idea that the pailout funds will be used to automatically support spanish and italian bond markets? going into the meeting you just saw in luxembourg, the german finance minister says we can buy in the secondary markets but only if it is part of a full bailout. that is critical as we go into the meeting tomorrow, melissa and we'll talk about that. we have an interview on that subject in a moment. >> we do. you pointed out deterioration in the oil markets, now below $80 a barrel, below the average and now oil is down by $2 a barrel and wti down to 79 and you see the session lows on wti. as we know, session lows on the markets overall and oil stocks that have been holding up decently early on in the session took a leg lower on this decline in oil and we have, for instance, exxon mobil down by more than a percent. if you take a look at the xle that tracks the energy markets it

resolutions on the conflict while beijing presides at the security council this month and let's now get some reaction now this is from times in peking university well thanks very much for being with us here on the program sir first stop russia is mostly on the receiving and so far of international criticism for its stance on syria so how has china managed to avoid taking the same kind of diplomatic flack. well i mean china. in terms of diplomacy has been a lot more so smoke spoken then than russia. the world sees russia as a very strong syrian ally whereas china i mean a lot of people perceive time especially supporting russia in this initiative and a lot of the reason is that china has been very soft spoken and very quiet about its support for for syria. as we know russia has been trying to mediate a diplomatic solution in syria for a whole year so how will such western criticism of moscow affect those efforts in your opinion. well i mean i mean it's a very complicated process i mean right now it's a lot more complicated than western observers give it credit for and there's a logic sectarian violence the ultimate question in syria

about how american delegation came to china, and then they -- we fed you very, fed the americans some beautiful peking duck. and then the mesh guests were so grateful -- american guests were so grateful, they gave us dark bread. dark bread in china, you don't -- you know, very poor people's food. and then the waiter thanks the american guests, and then he turned around the dumped the bread in the garbage can to show how wonderful it was to live in a socialist country. and then suddenly when china opened up to the outside world and we saw these great hollywood movies, i remember the first movie, it was "godfather." [laughter] you know, it's mafia society, but then there was also the glamour to it. and then so it was, we've gone through two extremes. and then i went to the u.k. it was just, i finally realized, wow, there was so much green stuff in there, and people are really very decadent. and then i went to the morrisons, the big supermarket, and then my host family, they told me, they said, oh, these are the biscuits you can go through and you can buy be. i said -- i counted at least 30 different cou

the hour. let's go back to al with a check of your weather. >> that's a lot of ducks. >> don't say it. peking duck. >> yum yum. where are you guys from? >> california. >> having a good time. >> yes. >> marvelous. good to have you. good to have everybody here. let's see what we've got for you today. first of all we've got the heat out west. temperatures approaching 120, palm springs, phoenix, tucson. and it extends to the east where we're looking at afternoon highs tomorrow and thursday. near 100 from d.c. up to boston. it will feel like it's over 100. severe storms possible from norfolk, nebraska, all the way up into northern wisconsin as the system makes its way to the north it's bringing a lot of rain. probably airport delays and anywhere from one to four inches of rain in central, into northern minnesota. that's what gointa >> good morning. we have some low cloud cover this morning. sunshine will break through the clouds. >> that's your latest weather. natalie. >> al, thank you. now to one mom who truly went the distance when she made an innocent mistake. dorothy was cleaning her son's roo

the hour. let's go back to al with a check of your weather. >> that's a lot of ducks. >> don't say it. pekingsee what we have for you today. first of all, we've got the heat out west. temperatures will be approaching 120 in palm springs, phoenix, and tucson, and it extends to the east, where we're looking at afternoon highs both tomorrow and thursday near 100 from d.c. up to boston. it will feel like it's over 100. severe storms possible from norfolk, nebraska, all the way up into northern wisconsin, as the system makes its way to the north, it's bringing a lot of rain, probably some airport delays and anywhere from 1 to 4 inches of rain in central and into northern minnesota. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. tom kierein in storm center 4. the cloud cover beginning to break up a little bit and temperatures around the region are in the upper 60s to near 70 degrees. reagan national now at 71. and later today, should hit the 80s much of the region, with partly sunny skies, small chance of an afternoon shower or thunder