i'm jonathan charles. our main story -- president obama is visiting indonesia, the country where he spent part of his childhood. the former u.s. president george w bush said the interrogation technique waterboarding helps to stop of qaeda attacks. in a moment, the stuff before communism in parts of germany. but first, business news. >> temple of capitalism? i kind of like that. let's talk about it because there is a shift in strategy at the world's biggest mobile operator. it is moving out of japan to focus on india, africa, and europe. it is selling its stake in the carrier softbank 4 $5 billion. it also hinted at other sales, saying it wants to concentrate on what it believes are its most valuable growth opportunities. one company watchers said there are speculations that it may offload its stake in -- that it depends on how aggressive they will be with the strategy -- >> it depends on how aggressive they will be with the strategy. the announcement this morning -- they did say that they were of looking t

that is jonathan charles, live from brussels. half time for the business news. aaron, you have news of big money? >> turning into a real whopper. we have just had confirmation that general motors has increased the number of shares making it the largest initial public offering in history with as much as $22 million. jacob, welcome to the program. how remarkable is that, in terms of what we are seeing that the 60% owned by the u.s. government, are wrapping up billions of dollars in debt before this bailed out? >> clearly it is tied up in balance sheets. the point of the ipo is that it was priced when it was first announced that so low. one of the most pessimistic forecasts, it seemed the logical thing to do to increase the share price. >> the best of it -- i guess that the big question for potential investors is whether or not the company is fully fit. >> really, the jury is still out on that. it will be up to general motors over the long term to show that these financials were not simply a blip. they will have to keeps showing and delivering, underpinning the sha

new york congressman charles michael faces possible censure or for violating ethics rules. the committee recommends that the fullness century ago a veteran democrat. he was found guilty of failing to pay taxes and using official resources to raise money for college center. >>> more people are texting. that's according to a new survey by aaa and the company that's building the high occupancy toll lanes on. it's up 47%. 72% of the people say the adenosine news stories about the dangers. 52% feel the need to respond to a text messages or phone calls. >>> a social network match-up. rob nelson has the story and more. >> my face and facebook and get family. space and facebook members will be able to get a stream of entertainment content based on their interests. there's a application the lives you see the stars, planets, and more in the past and the future. sky map. >> you can only go back in time 100 years ago into the future 100 years. that aside, it is a lot of fun. it will appeal to amateur astronomers. >> you can point into the sky. --s of the application it is a free applic

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our own royal jonathan hunt to join news a bit. first, getting word of a deal in the works to settle the foreclosure fiasco here at home. it would allow banks to put behind them the claims that they evicted thousands of homeowners without following proper procedures. we're told talks are now in the works with bank of america, j.p. morgan chase, and wells fargo for a deal that could change the way those banks handle foreclosures from now on. it comes after several major banks suspended foreclosure proceedings this fall as they faced reports that workers were signing off on evictions without even checking the paperwork. today's news comes as lawmakers get their first chance to question bank executives on this topic. that was interesting. peter barnes from fox business has been watching the hearing. peter, what do we know about this deal if there is one? >> well, shep, banking industry sources confirm that settlement talks between the banks and the states attorneys general are underway. the major banks are talking about at least agree

final event of the day jonathan talking about his book, "freedom. >> i thank a special person in this community, and -- yes -- [applause] i want to bring him in here so he can feel the love. he doesn't have to say anything, but i want him to feel the love of all of you. [cheers and applause] [applause] and, of course, we would like to thank our sponsors here as well, all the great people who helped put this on, and one of the sponsors this week made this cup. [laughter] i wrote it because i'd afraid i'd forget someone i know very, very well, dennis skhoel, the vice president of arts for the knights fan cation and an art force in our community, please welcome dennis. [applause] >> oh, wow. before i introduce our author tonight. i want to take a minute to acknowledge what a world class event this has become for our community. let's face it. [applause] also, you know, we thank mitchell and they have been an amazing group for us, the board of trues sees for the -- trustees of the museum, and all the book fair volunteers. they have done a great job this week. please. [applause] recently, j

eastern time, jonathan friends talking about his historical novel, freedom. that is their coverage for tomorrow. if you happen to be in the miami area booktv is here and the c-span bus is here. come on down and see jen and chris and jana and get a booktv bag. we would love to see you. thanks for watching and it's all re-airs at 12:30 a.m. eastern time. by the way we are sending out twitter updates throughout the day today and tomorrow. you can borrow booktv at twitter.com/booktv and you can always watch on line all of the booktv programs >> it will keep our private health care system in place. some people don't like that, but it will keep the private insurance industry going, but it will also bring a lot of people into coverage who haven't had access to care. >> host: and finally, mr. poster, what's -- potter, what's your response to people who say,

eastern time, jonathan friends talking about his historical novel, freedom. that is their coverage for tomorrow. if you happen to be in the miami area booktv is here and the c-span bus is here. come on down and see jen and chris and jana and get a booktv bag. we would love to see you. thanks for watching and it's all re-airs at 12:30 a.m. eastern time. by the way we are sending out twitter updates throughout the day today and tomorrow. you can borrow booktv at twitter.com/booktv and you can always watch on line all of the booktv programs at booktv.org. thanks for being with us. >> here is a portion of one of our programs. >> in addition to a questionnaire that covered a wide variety of background items, the members were asked to imagine the nation's history from 1966 to the end of the century. in other words, the year 2000. and so, they were looking ahead for 34 years and imagining what they perceived or what they were feeling as what would happen to our country for the remainder of the century. and a graduate student who was doing this study, richard brahm g