let's get started with a question from tim rogers of texarkana. a real texan again.ks, so are we doomed to this gridlock forever because the gerrymandering in the states? here's the problem sir. a lot of minorities and liberals live in big city. in places like philadelphia or san francisco. 90% votes. a lot of votes of liberals don't count as much as they should it's the way the geography works. tack on the gerrymandering. my state in pennsylvania where i grew up, 100,000 more votes were cast for democratic candidates for congress statewide than for republicans. how many republican congress people are there, 13. how many democrats, 5. even though the democrats got an overall total much higher than the republicans in terms of total votes as they were distributed cd a cd. the republicans come out ahead. that's gerrymandering. the next question from kenneth hopes. a veteran from she tech, wisconsin. he asks, "what political benefit is there for the gop to shut down the government and deny health care and stop feeding the poor?" i think they're playing to their base. abo

so let's get started with a question from tim rogers of texarkana. to this gridlock forever because of gerrymandering in the states? it's so interesting. a lot of minorities and liberals live in big cities. they get 90% votes. a lot of votes of liberals don't count as much as they should. it's the way the geography works. add to that the gerrymandering that goes on. my state, in pennsylvania where i grew up, 100,000 more votes were cast for democratic candidates statewide than republicans. how many republican congressman? 13. how many democrats? five. even though the democrats got a number much higher than the republicans total votes, the rms come out ahead. that's what's gerrymandering. the next is from kenneth hobes from shitek, wisconsin. he asks what political benefit is there for the gop to shut down the government and deny health care and stop feeding the poor? i think they're playing to their base. i think there are people in this about 20% who are really angry at obama, they don't like him, maybe even hate him. and they hate big government. t

. - roger that. - uh, tim, some of these chicks are a little long in the tooth. um, what sort of nightclub is this? - it's a retirement home, sir. i come here once a week. - wow, you're into some stuff. kinky. - i don't attempt to have sex with them. - oh, i get it. you make them come to you. yeah. i wouldn't wait too long, not a big shelf life here. - i volunteer and spend time with them. - oh. well, why am i here? - because i'm issuing you a challenge. i want you to spend one evening helping others, rather than tending to your own carnal needs. - right. but then what about my carnal needs? - sir, i'm just trying to help make you a better person. my intentions here are pure. - [sighs] you know what isn't pure? the air in here. it's like a giant diaper. - you did it. you did it. good bird. good bird. here. jen? jen, get in here. - can it wait? - no! -no, i need you. - what is it? [bird chirping] - are you sitting down? - you see i'm standing. what's going on? - okay. mambo just ate a peanut out of my mouth. huh? - that's what couldn't wait? - no, honey, honey. ch

next week on the show - our guests include tim allen, will arnett, danny devito, kenny rogers, from marvel'srk gregg, from "scandal" - katie lowes, and music from john mayer, bonnie raitt, and the lumineers too. so join us then. i want to say another thing about kanye west. this wedding we went to, i don't know, there were like two kanye wests. there is a bad kanye west who called me. there its the good can yap west who powest -- there is the good kanye west who posed for a picture with my dad. a romantic -- they were vacationing together. i'm pretty sure he thought the was wolf blitzer. our next guest tonight is an exceptionally funny woman from australia, you know her from the movies "bridesmaids" and "pitch perfect" and now she has her own show here on abc - it is called "super fun night" it premieres wednesday night at 9:30, please say hello to rebel wilson. >> jimmy: everything all right? you are working a lot? >> i have been working my -- off. it really hasn't changed size. >> jimmy: star, executive producer and writer on your show? >> yeah. >> jimmy: that is a lot of jobs. >> reallifu

host: we are also saying mentioned in the financial times today, roger ferguson, tim geithner and ben bernanke. guest: ben bernanke would be a good choice, but all of these people have in common some affinity towards the federal reserve and experience with the federal reserve. understanding of the economy and how it works. let me just mention that the federal reserve operation is not merely to help banks. it is also for job creation. the idea is that you keep interest late throw, firms income these will start investing in the economy and that will create jobs. that is the idea. the execution and actual success of the idea, is debatable. the fed only has a couple of tools and its toolbox and what it has tried to do is keep a very low interest rates -- rate environment that will lead to job creation on walter. -- on wall street. host: democratic line, margot. caller: i never could figure out why they dropped the glass- steagall act. it seemed like it was a way to protect from the bad. explain it to us because i do not quite figured out. i don't know why they dropped it. guest: in all ac

tim stevens edcore of cnet.com with us here. . >> hey, it's sports. we had a shocker after roger federer was bounced in strait sets by tommy robredo. novak jokavich takes centre stage. his match was not close. novak showed why he was the number one seed. he won in straight sets 6-3, 6-0, and 6-0. he squares off against mikhail youzhny. azarenko dropped her opening set, rallying back to win the next two, to punch her ticket to the quarterfinals. on grid iron. a statement made. number five georgia was beaten 38-35. as a result the tigers moved up from number eight to number four ranking. the last time they were ranked this high 1988. tony was trying to get his licence then? >> yes, if only. >> all right. dennis rodman is back in north korea to visit his friend kim jong un. cameras caught up with dennis rodman at budget's air -- beijing's airport. the visit comes as the us is trying to negotiate the release of a missionary. he was given a life sentence at a labour camp. the communist leader is said to be a basketball fan and med with dennis rodman in february as he visited north kor

tim geithner has been prodding, pushing for don kohn. "the times" followed today and we pushed that last week and week before that. it has to i think go to yellen. some people say possibly rogerroblem, janet yellen you may disagree with her policywise, in terms of experience, she is the most qualified. adam: don kohn was there for years and years. >> even on paper if you look at what she did and her policies, she looks like to be the most experienced person at the fed right now or in contention. i don't know how you don't give it to her. unless you don't like her. it is possible the president has no chemistry. here's the thing. you're not supposed to have chemistry with the fed chief if you're president. it is an independent agency. you're not supposed to be friend with that person. adam: as if everything in washington is independent. >> right. adam: charlie gasparino. >> that is the way it is supposed to happen. lori: thank you, charlie. adam: we do this every 15 minutes. we're supposed to check the markets and we'll do that on the floor of the new york stock exchange. mark newton with gray wolf execution partners. we've been joining this rally yesterday. we were up triple d