that is mary frances berry, professor university of pennsylvania and also the author of several books, where the university of pennsylvania to talk to her about this book, justice for all. united states commission on civil rights and continuing struggle for freedom in america. mary frances berry, when did the u.s. civil rights commission began and why? >> guest: well, the civil rights commission started in 1957. president eisenhower had a lot of discussions with john foster dulles, secretary of state about the way the united states is seen around the world because of the racism going on, that people

that is mary frances berry, professor university of pennsylvania and also the author of several books, where the university of pennsylvania to talk to her about this book, justice for all. united states commission on civil rights and continuing struggle for freedom in america. mary frances berry, when did the u.s. civil rights commission began and why? >> guest: well, the civil rights commission started in 1957. president eisenhower had a lot of discussions with john foster dulles, secretary of state about the way the united states is seen around the world because of the racism going on, that people would hear about and read about and the fact that there seemed to be a lot of episodes that kept happening, whether as lynching or some discrimination taking place in the country. so the idea was eisenhower said he was going to ask congress to set up a civil rights commission, which would put the facts on top of the table. i'm told by one of the people who was at the meeting that he slammed the table and said there are the facts on top of the table. and commission says we know who do polic

african-americans who are working class and working poor. >> host: booktv on location at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia, and we're talking with hisly professor, steven hahn. what do you teach here at the university? >> guest: well, i am currently teaching a large lecture course on the history of the american south from the civil war to the late 20th century. i teach -- i also teach a lecture course, which is called "slavery, race, and revolution" which starts with the haitian revolution of the late 18th century and goes to garby in the early 20th century, about slavery and emancipation in the broad western hemisphere, and how it interconnected -- it becomes a comparative and international history. i teach a introductory course called "making of the modern world," a world history course i do with one of my african history colleagues from the middle of the 18th century to roughly the present, and than i teach graduate students, and my work is in the history of the 19th century broadly, and history of american empire that i've been interested in. i'm now working on a book that's a history

now, president of the university of pennsylvania talked to book tv about her latest book, the spirit of compromise. she also talked about her role as president of the university. this interview recorded at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia is part of book tv college series and it is about 20 minutes. >> well, you're watching book tv on c-span2. one of the things we like to do on book tv his visit college campuses. we can talk to professors who are also offers and a showcase of books that you may not know about of the lines. we are pleased to be at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia this week, and we are joined by the president of the university dementia is the co-author of this book, the spirit of compromise, white governing demands it and campaigning undermines it. president, are we a politically compromising nation? >> we were created in compromise. a lot of people think of the revolutionary war, which separated us from our mother country, but if you recall, i know you weren't there then, but if you recall it -- historically speaking our founding fathers cra

come to a conclusion, it's implemented, have you looked at how you have to compromise the university of pennsylvania? how it would affect the university of pennsylvania? >> yeah. if we were to go over the miscall cliff, and more so if there isn't compromise that really establishes the american financial system on solid grounding, then there will be many ways in which we, as a university, and every university in the country will be compromised in the sense of compromising our quality. we will be -- we depend upon the funding of biomedical research to spur innovation in the country. that will dry up. we are committed to making penn affordable for the undergraduates which costs $181 million a year. that's twice the amount it costs us eight years august because we ramped up financial aid, and the more unemployment terrorist in the country, the more we spend on financial aid, and it would be a tragedy if the country moved in a direction to make education less affordable so, we, as a university, are very dependent and very concerned about the fiscal health of the country. >> host: are you also in the clas

some were more scholars. >> sarah gordon is a professor of law and history here at the university of pennsylvania. it is his recent book the spirit of law religious voices and constitution in modern america. harvard university press. she's also the author of the mormon question, and you have referred to polygamy a couple of times in our short discussion here. was that the issue about the mormons that got under people's skin? >> it was the most prominent one. if you'd say questions of access to public places for the religious speech is life as a key to the 20th century in the 19th century there are really big questions would lawrence be allowed to redefine marriage to themselves and control the legal system enough so that polygamy would be for gilchrest and protected as a valid form of marriage by the secular legal system, not just by the church itself? >> the gay marriage debate today? >> there have been substantial parallels. one of the key issues for the mormon apologists as well as opponents was the question of statehood for utah. it became pretty clear early on in american history that the st

professor hahn was interviewed at the university of pennsylvania in philadelphia as part of book tv college series. >> university of pennsylvania history professor steven speed is the author of this book "the and political worlds of slavery and freedom." professor hahn before we get into the subject of the book what is this image on the front cover? >> that's a very good question coming and the answer is i have no idea. the editor and the press proposes it is a very eye-catching image. when i showed it to friends and colleagues to have no idea what it meant. it doesn't clearly relate to anything that took that's how they chose it. it's a really interesting photographs, and i think it speaks to complex connections within the african-american communities that involved gender as well as power but beyond that >> professor d8 going to the topic of the book what do we know about slavery in the u.s.? >> well, one of the issues i try to deal with in the book is the process by which slavery ended and the geographical reach of slavery. the view that tends to be handed down is by the 19th century cert

thoroanistan. ...n w well-known face for c-span viewers mary frances berry professor at the university of pennsylvania also of the author of several books. we're at the university of pennsylvania to talk to her about and justice for all. the united states commission on civil rights in the continuing struggle for freedom in america quote. when did this all rights commission begin? >> 1957. president eisenhower had a lot of discussion with john foster dulles the secretary of state because of the races around the world people would hear about and read about and the fact there seemed to be episodes whether lynching or discrimination in the country. eisenhower said he would ask congress to set up a civil-rights commission to put the facts on the table and i am told by someone at the meeting he slammed the table and they will put the facts on the table. policy is sometimes said up because there is a tough problem is that the report then they go away but in the future would depend on what it found out and how aggressive it was in the public thought about it. >>host: initially it was set up as a temporary com

. >> host: a professor of law and professor of history here at the university of pennsylvania. this is her most recent book, "the spirit of the law: religious voices and the constitution in modern america," harvard university press, and also the author of "the mormon question," and you referredded to polygamy a couple times in the short discussion here. was that the issue about the mormons, that really kind of got under people's skin? >> guest: it was the most prominent one. there were others, and in some ways, if you think, say, questions of access to public places for religion speech and life as a key to the 20th century, in the 19th century, the really big question was would mormons be allowed to redefine marriage for themselves and control the legal system enough so that polygamy would be recognized and protected as a valid form of marriage by the secular legal system, not just by the church, itself. >> host: so are there parallels to the gay marriage debate of today? >> guest: substantial parallels. one of the key issues for mormon apologists as well as for their opponents

authors of the study he's also the director of the center for studies and addiction at the university of pennsylvania he joined me earlier and i asked him where we stand now in the long history of drug and alcohol abuse in the u.s. military. there's a difference in terms of the number of drugs different drugs being used the worst drug has always been alcohol and that goes back to the revolutionary war in the eighteenth century it's always been a problem and now we find that as problems with drugs become different in the so that community they also are reflected in the military community. our review was there the national academy of science the student medicine and we didn't review the v.a. we reviewed the active duty military and we found that they had some very good programs but the level of substance abuse had gotten to be very severe and they were happy that we were there actually they were very receptive to our recommendations and some of their. policies are behind the time we've spent a lot of time on understanding and much research on the problem of addiction and medications for addiction we fo

are the cuniform tablets that were excavated in the late 1880's and early 1890's by the university of pennsylvania. tens of thousands of fragments of cuniform fragments. the story of anana starts in her adolescence. it travels through her journey as a queen and a goddess, and much of her story is devoted to the love, a very passionate love, for dimusi, who is a shepherd who she takes as her husband, lover and king. and this is called the return. a lament was raised in the city. my lady weeps bitterly for her young husband. anana weeps bitterly for her young husband. woe for her husband, woe for her young love, woe for her house, woe for her city. dimusi was taken captive in aruk. he will no longer bathe in aradu. he will no longer treat the mother of anana of his mother. he will no longer perform his sweet task among the maidens of the city. he will no longer raise his sword higher than the kugar of priests. great is the grief of those who mourn for dimusi. anani wept for dimusi. gone is my husband, my sweet husband. gone is my sweet love. my beloved has been taken from the city. oh, you flies of

>>host: you one of frederick douglass book prize and a finalist for the pulitzer and university of pennsylvania. professor mccurry. thank-you. >> man well is a correspondent for the "washington post" and the author of the rise of margot rubio. what is the appeal of marco rubio? >> a talented or greater but he represents an opportunity to see how a hispanic politician will play at the national level. of person that people outside the republican party will be watching to get a sense is a latino politician who can broaden the base outside of the community's. >>host: is he running for president? >> who is into and they are elected to the senate? [laughter] he is ambitious, rising very quickly and has established himself in a hurry as a voice of consequence on major issues such as immigration. no question people within the infrastructure looked to him as somebody to place on the short best. >> that but how far away was the? >> it is a secret process. everyone who claims what is going on the private they may not. but but to say typically it is not something we see very often. the recognition from the

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. >> host: booktv on c-span2 is on vacation the university of pennsylvania at philadelphia. at the school of communication and joining us is the dean michael x. delli carpini. dean, what is the school of communication? >> a freestanding school that does research for the public consumption and a scholarly work and a ph.d. training and undergraduate training the way media communications influence social, political, a health and cultural practices. >> host: we're here specifically to talk about your book "after broadcast news" if media regimes, democracy, and the new information environment." but it seems for the last 20 or 30 years we have been debating "after broadcast news" scenario. how do you assess it? >> guest: we try to put it into historical context. the basic argument is over the last 20 years some changes have been slow or quick that are changing the way in where we get public affairs information. the three big changes are the bullring of news and entertainment. think of "the daily show" but more. also the blurring of producers and consumers. just think of the impact

envasive procedure and works in about 75% of the time but now there is a new study from the university of pennsylvania published. the disease is also known as pix disease because there are changes in the nervous system. it is a focal dementia. only part of the brain is affected. having the mri is extremely helpful. parents see their kids completely wasting away in front of their eyes. using the mri gives us the diagnose and early and hopefully intervention and treatment. >> how do you know you could have this? just forgetting things all the time or -- >> the key is to try to differentiate it from alzheimer's disease which is 5 million people a year and it is sometimes very hard to differentiate. this type of dementia that david was talking about tends to affect younger people and the characteristic is loss of emotional affect. you withdraw. don't have the social skills any more. get depressed but then get blunted, flat. it is hard to use that as a criteria to differentiate from alzheimer's. since we are coming up with more and more treatment for alzheimer's that david and i have been talking about 201

and i became closer over the years as they passed, particularly after we both arrived at university of pennsylvania for graduate school back in 1988. the reason for this is simple but power. it reminds me of woody allen's line "90% of life is just showing up". milton had a gift for staying there. he stayed involves in everyone's life no matter they were. before facebook there was a milton. you talked about his family and how important it was to him and i thought the connectedness was related to that family and family business in politics from such an early age and campaigning and engaging in people of every background, at home or some junket in some part of the world. all of these were second nature to milton marks. i loved david talking about the seven phone lines at the house and brings back the memories of visiting there. there was always something going on at the marks house on jordan avenue. his parents rented out rooms to jewish refugees and this was before cell phone and the phone rang around the clock and various languages. it wasn't uncommon to run into a complete stranger in the kitchen a

a study from the university of pennsylvania was trying to find out why some people were resistant to aspirin when they realized the coating of the pill could really be the problem. bayer which makes aspirin says if used as directed its product will have its benefits. >>> the town is still within the range, they say the findings are a serious public health warning and want if there's any environmental link. >>> if you just can't get enough of the smell of pizza inside pizza hut you're in luck. the pizza chain is releasing their own perfume. the idea came from a facebook post. for now the perfume will only be available in canada and that's where it should stay. >> that's right. >>> tonight we have the story of three wise women who have followed their star to start a small business. tonight they share their business. >> reporter: that will put you right here where the shops have had -- >> there are ups and downs. >> reporter: welcome to linens and lingerie. >> i think we have a niche. >> reporter: once into linens now into baby clothes. >> you just have to change and update yourself and

a doctor and university of pennsylvania scientists using a disabled form of hiv modified 7- year-oldmily whitehead's blood cells to attack her cancer. they removed her immune t-cells genetically engineered them and injected them back into her. >> the idea is that we're redirecting the cells of the immune center against the cancer. >> emily has been cancer-free for eight months and if it doesn't come back for two years, she will be considered cured. researchers are now looking into whether it can be used to fight other forms of cancer. >> denver was 37 in the poll. >> i just made that up. [ laughter ] >> no clue. >>> time now 4:53. isolated? apple fixes a map snafu that police call potentially life- threatening. >> the second powerball jackpot winner has come out. why he decided to take $192 million payout now. >> you got? >> i do, actually. >> fiery flashes light up the bay area skies. what was it? the theories and the images that will leave you guessing. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> mostly clear skies, cold, chilly, maybe snow headed our direction? we'll talk about that coming up. >> and we a

yesterday, according to a 2004 university of pennsylvania study about the ban, the number of people killed shootings did go down in the years the ban was in effect except for '99. that was columbine, as we all remember. but because mass shootings are relatively rare, it's difficult to tell whether this was caused by the ban. the president has given a lot of lip service to gun control because of the national outrage. but this is a president who has been much more friendly to gun owners than gun control advocates. he allowed guns on amtrak trains and allowed guns in national parks. he gave lip service to getting this ban back in effect. so you have to wonder now because the tone of the country because of sandy hook whether he will actually do something or not. but this has not been on his agenda his first term. >> that assault weapons ban, there were a lot of loopholes. maybe there won't be as many loopholes. >>> move along, the sandy hook tragedy has him on a mission to get more guns off the streets, steven barton was in colorado when he was shot during the movie theater massacre. he happen

researchers at the university of pennsylvania have come up with a groundbreaking experimental treatment a genetically altered hiv virus to destroy cancer cells. 7-year-old emma whitehead was dying of leukemia just eight months ago. she is now totally cancer-free after undergoing the treatment. the results of other patients, though, have been mixed, from complete remission to no improvement at all. >> amazing to see her progress, though. >>> former nfl commissioner paul tagliabue is expected to rule today on the latest round of appeals stemming from the bounty program run by the new orleans saints. four current or former saints are facing suspensions. but any punishment being announced today will be delayed for a week, that's so a judge in new orleans can rule on motions by the players, one, including to throw out any suspensions. >>> week 14 in of the nfl in the books. it was an impressive final game. at least for one team. highlights from espn. >> good morning. i'm hakem dermish with your "sportscenter" update. tom brady and the patriots taking the texans to school. new england, has no

the treatment pioneered by university of pennsylvania researchers uses a patient's own immune cells to kill the cancer. in an ongoing test of ten adults and two children with advanced leukemia nine of the patients are responding positively including both children. elaine quijano has more. >> reporter: two years ago emily whitehead was just five when her mother carry felt something was wrong. >> i noticed one evening when i was giving her a bath that she had a lot of black and blue mark its all over her body. >> emily had a.l.l., acute lymphoblastic leukemia, curable in 85% of children who undergo chemotherapy. >> but for emily, chemo didn't work. she thinks her dog lucy knew it first when her cancer came back. >> she wouldn't play with me, she would just sit. >> reporter: do you think she knew you were sick? >> yeah. >> reporter: emily was too sick for more chemo so her family turned to an experimental therapy at the children's hospital of philadelphia. dr. steven grupp is leading the study. >> this is a whole new way of treating cancer. and the idea is that we're redirecting the cells

of american historians craven of word and was a finalist for the pulitzer and we are the university of pennsylvania talking with history professor stephanie mccurry. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> you are watching book tv on c-span2 and we are the national press club for the annual authors night and we are joined now by michael ward and of the new york times. in the game is his most recent book. if you could summarize this for us. >> this took me three years and it's the first comprehensive history of the war and iraq and i think what makes it unique is i incorporate not only the views of the american policymakers but all of the iraqi leadership from maliki, their rivals, their adversaries, the former insurgents, and so i incorporated the iraqi account of what was going on as well as the american account and what is happening on the battlefield and the war in iraq. i try to put all together in one book. >> why you call it to the endgame? >> because i covered the surge and its the endgame of american military involvement and i spent the last third of the book covers the obama administrati

it has to be the american people are interested in most if you got a rubber get him back university of pennsylvania he's a liberal democrat he says global warming isn't even the top ten environmental issues let alone other issues and he's very harshly critical of gore so many scientists deadest record other left of center physicist from canada they're all saying what is it what is that he's and why say he was i mean these are all going to be because sea levels are actually going up to the level that was that he that came out from steven ramps for. they are comparing apples to oranges they have the satellite data and they can convert it from the land based stuff and he's this guy that studies being torn apart this idea is to all of this or it's absent in the routes and the american people know the polling the other shows it well those who watch fox news well nobody of our overall market thanks for being a. stick in the environmental horrors is fracking responsible for killing off an alarm in amount of livestock around the nation authors of a new report looked into twenty force different case studies

university of pennsylvania study shows 76 percent of american adults said it would bother them to findrice for the same product. lucky for the stores the journal says chances are you won't find out because despite acting on the fly there's little way for shoppers to see. >> so talented. beautiful boy. >> thank you so much, guys. merry christmas. >> merry christmas to you, too. >> 15 now. it just changed. holiday classic that was filmed in the middle of the summer. how did they create christmas in july for "it's a wonderful life." >> if you still da know what you are going to make for christmas dinner we have the master butcher in fairway market. he has the gifts this will wow your guests and won't cost you a fortune. >> are you anchoring this morning? >> i am. you bert share some of those lamb chops. coming up on "fox & friends" it is christmas eve and there is wicked weather and where you should expect a white christmas. donald trump will join us radio talk show host layer realed der is here and country music star is here with a special live performance. all of this at the top of the

there's other new cures, work going on at the university of pennsylvania we've funded that's showing we're doing for aml. we still have a lot of work to do. a lot of drugs making a difference. blood cancer is a diverse type of diseases. lots of different types and we need to find cures for all of them. >> and any help i'm sure is appreciated. thank you. the ball is march 23rd. >> here in washington, d.c. we look for all the support from the community we can get. >> and tickets they can call the number on their screen. also your web site? >> yes, lls.org, or leukemiaball.org. >> which we have a link to as well on myfoxdc.com. jim davis, thank you so much for coming in. we appreciate it. >> thank you for having me. >> tony, over to you. >>> good group. thank you very much. a second judge may be leaving the x factor. >> our move reviewer kevin mccarthy says it's the best year for films since 1994. find out which tops his list on the other side of the break. it's 9:37.  ♪ hit me baby one more time ♪ oh, baby, baby ♪ >>> time to open the buzz bin. x factor likely will not hi

university of pennsylvania researchers report that the coating used on aspen causes the drug to take the bloodstream. hampering its blood thinning effects. the research is conducted the study to determine whether some people are resistant to aspirin's cardiac benefits. aspirin makers their help fund the study but disagrees with some of the findings. >> we have a lunch break, and up next. chief ryan holy is quick tips on simple and classic american holiday entertaining were making healthy yet elegant salad packed with fruit and vegetables. [ female announcer ] what's a powerful way to cut through everyday greasy messes? [ male announcer ] sponges take your mark. ♪ ♪ [ female announcer ] one drop of ultra dawn has twice the everyday grease cleaning ingredients of one drop of the leading non-concentrated brand... ♪ ♪ [ crowd cheering ] ...to clean 2x more greasy dishes. dawn does more. so it's not a chore. in today's "lunchbreak" simple and classic american holiday entertaining -chef ryan poli is back - this time with a sunchoke salad with cheddar cheese and arugula. his new restaurant

. >> researchers at university of pennsylvania are collaborating and say the t cell treatment has beeng adult was chronic leukemia. >> swedish researchers say iron supplements may help ward off behavior yil problems for babies born on the small side 1÷ of age they were given a placebo until turning one. doctors say parents s8rm9 know baby iron requirements when leaving the hospital. >> there is new evidence of a link between salty snacks sugary drinks and obesity. researchers studied 4,000 children ages 2-16 and found more salt they ate, more sugary drinks they consumed. children who drank more than one sugary beverage per day were 33% more likely to be overweight. >> people trying to get into better shape may want to give their smart phones a workout. researchers found using a mobile app that tracks calories helped participants lose 15 pounds over three month asks keep it off for a year. seven pounds more than people who did not use the app. this program included meetings and weigh ins. >> a new mexico puppy just three paws has a tough time running and playing but that will soon chan

zeke emanuel, chair of medical ethics and health policy at university of pennsylvania and one of the architects of the affordable care act, which is now obama care. thank you for being with us tonight. sort this out for us. the $400 billion on the table with obama care or with medicare that the republicans deny cuts. who is telling the truth here? >> well, the real issue is whether you're cutting things to beneficiaries or using those cuts to really transform the system to make it more modern. and i think as they did in the campaign, they are trying to say this will harm beneficiaries. but you can make cuts without harming beneficiaries. we released a report where we had $385 million in cuts to medicare and without taking it out of beneficiaries. . >> so this is a valid proposal of savings of $400 billion, but republicans deny that. >> the president has put on a bold proposal. the important thing i would say is, there's one way of cutting. you just whack the system. take money out. make what you pay the doctors or hospitals less. but the real interesting and important thing is to try

i'm so sorry. >> went to wharton. >> joining us now, the president of the university of pennsylvania,romise: why governing demands it and campaigning undermines it." i wonder if there's no better example than right now. >> yeah. we're in the midst of the perfect storm and the only solution to it is compromise. and for once, compromise isn't a dirty word in washington these days because they realize that as you saw even business leaders who stand to pay more with tax rate increases, joe, are in favor of them now. and why? because they know it's going to be part of a compromise. >> you say it's not a dirty word anymore. i agree. i just wonder if it still means what it means anymore? because when we get to something, it's not going to be -- i mean, i think probably the president will get what he wants out of it. i think the polls are leaning in his way. >> let me just stop you there. >> they really will get real cuts. >> let me stop you there. the president won't get what he wants out of this. >> i think he will. >> the president will get some of what he wants. house members that got ele

still with me, anthea butler, religious studies professor of the university of pennsylvania and republicantkins, and joining the panel, dr. varma, board certified psychiatrist and mental health expert, also a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at new york university and dr. jonathan metzel, director of the program in medicine, health and society at vanderbilt university in tennessee, where he also teaches psychiatry, and the author of "the protest psychosis." i want to go to you first. i want to get your reaction to this idea of the nra which opposes any sort of gun registration particularly on national level saying they would like to create a data base, national data base of the mentally ill. >> i have two things to say about that. one is that i think it's understandable so it's not just the nra that's making the connection between mass shootings and mental illness. i think in the aftermath of virginia tech and the shootings in arizona, there is an understandable reaction to say how can we understand this, how can we explain this. only a crazy person, because it's so outside the r

chicago dawn smith wanted improve her job skills with a free course in pharmacology from the university of pennsylvaniathe convenience, the quality, and the cost. >> another 19 years of payments on my master's degree, so i didn't necessarily want to add to the cost of that, which was a big factor. >> reporter: some educators point out that the immersive experience of attending a college can hardly be replicated by logging onto a laptop and that contact with professors is hugely limited online. but even critics admit this trend could open up education to hundreds of millions of people. >> i have already taught more students than i ever could have hoped to teach in my entire career. >> reporter: and there is still a lot to learn. tom foreman, cnn, baltimore. >> this past week a walmart survey found 78% of parents will buy the same amount of toys for their kids regardless if they were naughty or nice. so are these parents saying some of us are just born naughty? that it's human nature? human behavioral expert wendy walsh is with me now. so, wendy, arer that police officer who gave a homeless guy shoes in

it's developed by researchers at the university of pennsylvania. they tested it on a dozen patients, and today they're presenting their latest results. emma was one of the first children to get the treatment. before it saved her, it nearly killed her. it's a very, very difficult treatment to undergo. but seven months later she is still in complete remission. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta joins me now. i find this incredible, this little girl, emma whitehead, alive today because of this therapy. i don't understand how this works at all. how does this actually kill the cancer? >> this is something people have been talking about for some time and have used in forms, but in a nutshell, it's teaching the body's immune system that cancer is foreign, it's bad, and should be attacked using the body's immune system. different than using chemotherapy to achieve those goals. you take out some of the body's immune cells and basically reprogram them. you put genetic material into them that teaches the cells to attack that cancer. what's intere

a new study from the university of pennsylvania found the test was accurate 75% of the time in testinguid with a lumbar puncture is more accurate. the mri is noninvasive and is less expensive. a lumbar test is advisable for borderline cases. >>> apparently kindness may be the key to prevent bullying. a new study of 9 to 11-year- olds found children who perform acts of kindness like sharing their lunch reported increased feels of happiness. classmates were likely to use them to work on school projects the more a child has acceptance from peers the less likely he will be bullied. >>> for the cost of a stamp a group of bay area women received a priceless gift. it all started with a discovery in a hayward thrift store. pam rousseau found five cards sealed shut with handwritten addresses with no stamps from sue bunker who died two years ago from pancreatic cancer. bunker had planned on sending the cards out five years ago. but this christmas, thanks to pam, those cards with new year's greetings finally made it to bunker's best friends. >> i was so touched. by the whole thoughtful gesture th

he received his phd from the university of pennsylvania. that will be a recurring theme in these introductions. [laughter] dr. zandi, thank you for being here. dr. hassett is the director and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. he holds a phd from the university of pennsylvania. his research includes the u.s. economy, tax policy, and the stock market. he is previously a senior economist at the board of governors at the federal reserve system. he went to that graduate school of business at columbia university. he has worked for both the george w. bush and clinton administrations. both of you went to the same university. i'm sure you can agree on everything today. dr. zandi first. >> thank you for the opportunity. it is an honor to be here with kevin, a good friend of mine. let me say that these are my own personal views. they don't represent the views of the moody's corporation. lawmakers have to resolve three issues -- first, the fiscal cliff. second, raising the treasury debt ceiling, which as you know is becoming an issue

yesterday, according to a 2004 university of pennsylvania study about the ban, the number of people killed shootings did go down in the years the ban was in effect except for '99. but because mass shootings are relatively rare, it's difficult to tell whether this was caused by the ban. the president has given a lot of lip service to gun control because of the national outrage. but this is a president who has been much more friendly to gun owners than gun control advocates. he allowed guns on amtrak trains and national parks. he gave lip service to getting this ban back in effect. so you have to wonder now because the tone of the country because of sandy hook whether he will do something or not. but this has not been on his agenda his first term. >> that assault weapons ban, there were a lot of loopholes. maybe there won't be as many loopholes. >>> moving along, now on a mission to get more guns off the streets, steven barton was in colorado when he was shot during the movie theater massacre. he happens to live in connecticut just a few miles from newtown and he's hoping the school shooting