. >> vic, where are you coming from in terms of all this? >> i do a lot of travel at of the country. i know our image and perception of other countries of us has improved dramatically since the beginning of obama's administration. >> patricia, have you see things? >> it is pretty bleak on my side of the street. >> my husband is a carpenter. he gets up takes a shower, gets dressed, no work. >> john, you were pretty down in terms of where things are. >> i think the unemployment rate will continue to rise. the value of the dollar keeps going down. several attacks on capitalism and our american way. it is not a good scenario as far as business is concerned. the only areas that look good this government. that is where the spending is. >> bill, what are you thinking. >> freeman is the same. the job situation is bleak, and i do not see it improving a lot anytime soon. the administration is taking on so many things at one time, health care, the war in afghanistan. i don't know if you would be better if they just focused on one at a time and then mov

what this is all about is to discourage attorneys from representing vic victims. limit the amount of money that a plaintiff's attorney can receive as a contingency fee. there's been a lot said about frivolous lawsuits for medical malpractice. i want to tell you as a person who did this for a living, the last thing in the world i would consider doing is taking a frivolous lawsuit. it costs a fortune. at the end of the day, you're likely to lose. you can't keep the doors open and the lights on in a law practice taking on lawsuits that are going to lose, taking on frivolous cases. you weigh carefully the cases you're going to take because you as attorney representing a victim have to spend a massive amount of time to bring that case to trial realizing at the end of the day if they're not guilty, you have nothing to show for all that time and all that money spent that's what's behind contingency cases. that's why the senator from nevada focused on one table in the courtroom: the victims' table saying we want to discourage lawyers from taking on victims' malpractice ca

loved programming and they did not get me an atari game machine, they got me this toy computer called a vic-20. you would not use it as a doorstop now. they gave me this sandbox to learn to program. >> what is the most important social network? >> facebook is far and away the most powerful thing going on right now and social media. it has got less buzzed and torture right now, but there are 300 million people using it regularly. >> are you on it? >> i am. i am a heavy user. none of the prior sites -- what they spoke has figured out that those sites did not mail is how to offer something that is useful day in and day out. the other sides would have people join and in the use would taper off. facebook has figured out how to make it useful in a sustained way. >> when will we call your doctor omar wasow? >> i think my doctor -- my father will be doing that. i am looking forward to claim my doctorate at the end of 2011. >> thanks a lot for joining us. >> thanks a lot for having me. >> for a dvd copy of this program, call 1-877-662-7726. for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this

saw love programming, and they did not give me a game machine, they got me a toy computer called a vic 20. you would not use it as a doorstop out. they basically gave me a sandbox to learn to program with. >> facebook, twitter, what is the most important as we look to the future? >> facebook is far and away the most powerful thing going on right now in social media. it has less buzz than twitter right now, but there are 300 million people using facebook regularly. i am on it. i am a heavy user. what facebook has done which almost of the private sites have not done, what they have figured out was how to offer something day in and day out. it is a little bit like a jim membership, exciting at first, and you taper off. facebook as figaro -- has figured out how to make it last. >> last question. when will we call your doctor omar wasow? >> i have about a year and a half out. i am looking forward to playing my doctor it -- claiming my doctorate at the end of 2011. thank you for having me. >> for a dvd copy, call the number. for free transcripts or to have a comment about the program, visit

. >> when we get back, chick hernandez goes hollywood, looking at the new movie, up vic tuesday. invictus. you don't want to miss it. learn more at supportyourvet.org. >>> the 1995 rugby world cup was the first major sporting event to take place in south africa following the end of appar tied. the host company won the cup, south africa defeating new zealand, 15-12 in that historic contest. the movie invictus is based on that event. it is the story of how nelson mandel la asked a white athlete to save their predominantly black country. chick hernandez went there to see how things turned out. it is a story you will only see on comcast sportsnet. >> remember this day, boys. our country went to the dogs. >> invictus tell it is true story of ow nelson mandel la asked matt damon to win the world cup. >> what is it like to see part of your life come to life on the big screen? >> it is weird. i am nervous because i better play well in the movie. [ laughing ] >> it ends well. >> the ending was already known, but that does not take away from the drama and inspiration. morgan freeman played