wonderful stop shot of dozens of connecticut towns. and webster also is america's pedagogue and while he's at the arnold housework sunday for volume encyclopedia for children. again, another little side project called elements of useful knowledge covers natural history and geography is also pet peeves and so does the dictionary. remember jeffersonians are close to the french. he's doing a geography and the ferocious miss the kerrick terror. and so i told you about noah webster marries a woman named rebecca greenlee, has a love affair with another rebecca when he was about 20. it doesn't work out. she thought her husband was dead, but her husband comes back from the war and the review equips 100 years later. there's nothing in his diary about the other rebecca. but it took them a whole dictionary to express his feelings. so in his compiling, he's also kicking in parts of his own life. alright, now i want to tell you a little bit about how he does the dictionary. in 1806 he does the dictionary and i went to manuscript libraries up and do

he is from connecticut. he writes a dictionary so webster has to take on johnson jr.. it reads like a contemporary thesaurus. it has one word definitions. so webster published a compendium which is his rough draft, his replacement for johnson jr. and he is going to work for the next 20 years on the big dictionary. the interesting thing is americans were not interested in american dictionaries. americans loved samuel johnson. johnson absolutely hated -- willing to love all mankind except for americans. he said in 1775 americans love samuel johnson. everyone's war by him. there was little interest. but webster wanted to write the dictionary and he did it and his perseverance is truly admirable. this is webster's character. the challenge of a biographer is to understand the person. noah webster is not the stuff of american mythology. we like to have people like washington. think of how washington handled that scene with webster, delegating brilliantly, watching every decision was so thoughtful. webster wasn't that way. when he becomes 50 he says no one under 45 should be

carney of connecticut to be united states circuit judge. the presiding officer: under the previous order there will be two hours of debate equally divided and controlled between the senator from vermont, mr. leahy or the senato senator grassley. mr. mcconnell: i suggest the absence of a quorum and i ask that the time be charged to both sides. the presiding officer: without objection. the clerk will call the roll. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from connecticut. a senator: thank you. madam president, i rise today -- the presiding officer: the senate is in a quorum call. mr. blumenthal: i am sorry, madam president. i ask unanimous consent that the quorum call be dispensed wsm. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. blumenthal: thank you, madam president. i rise today to voice my strong support for the nomination of susan carney to serve as an appeals court judge on the second circuit court of appeals, one of our most distinguished appeals court panels among the federal circuit. and i hope that the united

himes of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 276, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. himes, and a member opposed, each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. himes: thank you, mr. chairman. and i yield myself such time as i may consume. mr. chairman, i rise today to speak on behalf of my amendment to h.r. 1540. the underlying text of the national defense authorization act calls for the shift of certain inherently governmental functions currently being performed by contractors to civilian employees within the department of defense. my amendment is simple. it requires that any cost savings achieved by this transfer be used for deficit reduction. let me say it again. any cost savings associated with shifting work from contractors to civilian employees will get used for deficit reduction. reaching the debt limit last week was a stark reminder of the consequences of ballooning spending throughout the federal government, including defense spending. c

he was defeated because massachusetts, connecticut and new hampshire didn't want that to happen. but, in fact, the tide of history was moving with madison. those states did ultimately do that on their own. >> jon: in some respects there's a good kernel of history here that is holding on it to. it's not completely al cami but it's ignoring the 200 years after it. sort of like making the argument we had shr slaves. in the original constitution we had slaves so the founders would be okay. >> precisely. listen, as i hope people who read my book will appreciate. >> jon: nicely done. nicely done. do you have a couple minutes. here is what we're going to do. you should get the books because they are great and well written and everything. we're going to go to commercial. we're going to come back. we'll put up on the web the rest of my conversation with this fine historian, "plan, honest de [cheers and applause] >> jon: hey, everybody. that's our show. i want to show you something. can we get this. i don't know if you can see this. this is the leftover from the -- here is the sad truth ab

he was defeated because massachusetts, connecticut and new hampshire didn't want that to happen. but, in fact, the tide of history was moving with madison. those states did ultimately do that on their own. >> jon: in some respects there's a good kernel of history here that is holding on it to. it's not completely al cami but it's ignoring the 200 years after it. sort of like making the argument we had shr slaves. in the original constitution we had slaves so the founders would be okay. >> precisely. listen, as i hope people who read my book will appreciate. >> jon: nicely done. nicely done. do you have a couple minutes. here is what we're going to do. you should get the books because they are great and well written and everything. we're going to go to commercial. we're going to come back. we'll put up on the web the rest of my conversation with this fine historian, "plan, honest [cheers and applause] >> jon: hey, everybody. that's our show. i want to show you something. can we get this. i don't know if you can see this. this is the leftover from the -- here is the sad truth about

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president obama's plane missing eilanding in connecticut today because of -- a landing in connecticut today because of bad weather before trying again and touching down say. the white house and the faa says it was a routine maneuver and the president was never at risk. president obama was in connecticut to deliver the commencement address at the coast guard academy. >>> communities along the way are bracing for the worst along the mississippi river. nine states in the lower mississippi river valley are reeling from the worst flooding in more than 70 years. opening spillways has diverted some of the pressure that record water left still being left there. many people are trying to protect what's left. >> i'm scared. but i'm tough. and we are going to stick it out. my family wants to stay here. i'm going to stay here with them. >> louisiana officials say as many as 25,000 homes could be flooded and in mississippi, the flooding has already displaced nearly 5,000 people. >> it's been tough to watch. >> flow problems like that around here -- no problems like that around here. we have to wai

. >> suarez: special correspondent john tulenko reports on teacher layoffs in hartford, connecticut. should they be based on seniority or achievement? >> i want to be able to choose the faculty who work in this school not because they have ten years of service or maybe six years of service but in fact they are the best fit for our children. >> brown: and margaret warner looks at massive protests in mexico, inspired by a poet who lost his son to drug violence. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> in 1968, the first recordings of hump back songs were released. public reaction led to international bans. whale populations began to recover. at pacific life, the whale symbolizes what is possible if people stop and think about the future. help protect your future with pacific life-- the power to help you succeed. >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to the future. >> i

president goh: could you talk about the alleyway that used to exist between connecticut and misery and whether that has any relevance? >> i have no significant information about that, but then there has been reconfiguration on this block, which is not atypical and industrial districts. i don't know the details on how this developed. >> thank you. >> the permit is for one of three proposed buildings and the other two are not permitted? >> correct. this is be immediately adjacent property which is of relevance to the appellant. the status of the other two

. >> suarez: special correspondent john tulenko reports on teacher layoffs in hartford, connecticut. should they be based on seniority or achievement? >> i want to be able to choose the faculty who work in this school not because they have ten years of service or maybe six years of service but in fact they are the best fit for our children. >> brown: and margaret warner looks at massive protests in mexico, inspired by a poet who lost his son to drug violence. hat's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> in 1968, the first recordings of hump back songs were released. public reaction led to international bans. whale populations began to recover. at pacific life, the whale symbolizes what is possible if people stop and think about the future. help protect your future with pacific life-- the power to help you succeed. >> i want to know what the universe... >> looks like. >> feels like. >> from deep space. >> to a microbe. >> i can contribute to the world by pursuing my passion for science. >> it really is the key to the future. >> i w

and in connecticut, finally good news from that teen who was banned from his prom. school officials reversed the decision citing multiple disstrksdi distracti distractions. the senior handed down punishment. james, did not come away unscathed. this unspecified new punishment is being called an alter nate consequence. for a look at your national and regional weather, here is bill karins who is going to sleep better tonight knowing he is able to go to prom. >> right? >> let's talk about what happened this week. in seattle, we had record rainfall. saturday into sunday. pretty good storm system that has moved through. middle of the country, on the west and east coast the bad weather is going to be found. still dealing with the wet weather this morning. the storm and system that came in this weekend. instead of moving across the country. it is rotating back up into british columbia. it is pin wheeling around each other here. it is going to lead to showers and thunderstorms during the afternoon. it is cool too behind the storm system. snow at the high elevations. we are g

some bunker somewhere or what's going on max tell you to do is read the strap and see that i was in connecticut you had a strap. listen well you talk about silver we're going to talk about commodities and inflation in general today the first headline max is starbucks chief howard schultz attacks coffee speculators so howard schultz the president of starbucks the world's largest coffee chain is a tax speculators for pushing up the price of coffee to a thirty four year high he said quote through financial speculation hedge funds index funds and other ways to manipulate the market the commodities market is in a very unfortunate position and this has resulted in every coffee company having to pay extraordinary high prices for coffee ourselves if you want to stop the price of coffee from going on there don't let any of your customers use credit cards every time a customer goes of your store and uses a credit card they're creating fear of debt and of zero out of nothing that's why the price of coffee futures is higher if you knew anything about economics you would know that but instead you blaming th

that some bunker somewhere what's going on max i had to do is read the strap and see that i was in connecticut you have a strap on. listen well you talk about silver we're going to talk about it commodities and inflation in general today the first headline max is starbucks chief howard schultz attacks coffee speculators so howard schultz the president of starbucks the world's largest coffee chain and the tax speculators for pushing up the price of coffee to a thirty four year high he said quote through financial speculation hedge funds index funds and other ways to manipulate the market the commodities market is in a very unfortunate position this has resulted in every coffee company having to pay extraordinary high prices for coffee ourselves if you want to stop the price of coffee from going on there don't let any of your customers use credit cards every time a customer goes into your store and uses a credit card they're creating fee on debt and of zero out of nothing that's why the price of coffee futures is higher if you knew anything about economics you would know that but instead you bla

folks these days are looking to avoid these kinds of treats, but we'll show you why this hartford, connecticut, they got a great excuse to just go for it. you're watching "early today." >>> well, welcome back. a storm system is pushing on shore. we have a batch of moderate rainfall. temperatures are held down. what a cool spring it has been in the northwest. bedford getting to 59. seattle 56 for the high temperature. in california showers should move in. by the time we get to tomorrow. this is a slow-moving system. we'll try to get you to a better memorial day weekend. if you are watching us on reno, nevada. one person's trash is another person's treasure. at the gallery and that is your pacific event of the day. >> and now here is an early look at this morning's headlines in entertainment. north carolina may be nascar country, yesterday police there gave car driver kyle busch anything but the hollywood treatment. tmz reports busch was ticketed for traveling at a jaw dropping 128 miles per hour on a 45-mile-per-hour road, test driving a new lexus. busch admitted he got carried away and he's si

the some bunker somewhere what's going on max i have to do is read the strap and see that i was in connecticut you had a strap on and. listen when you talk about silver we're going to talk about commodities and inflation in general today the first headline max is starbucks chief howard schultz attacks coffee speculators so howard schultz the president of starbucks the world's largest coffee chain has a tax back elaters for pushing up the price of coffee to a thirty four year high he said quote through financial speculation hedge funds index funds and other ways to manipulate the market the commodities market is in a very unfortunate position this is resulted in every coffee company having to pay extraordinary high prices for coffee ourselves if you want to stop the price of coffee from going on there don't let any of your customers use credit cards every time a customer goes into your store and uses a credit card they're creating three our debt and of zero out of nothing that's why the price of coffee futures are higher if you knew anything about economics you would know that but instead you b

was the some bunker somewhere what's going on max i had to do is read the strap and see that i was in connecticut you had a strap on. listen well you talk about silver we're going to talk about commodities and inflation in general today the first headline max is starbucks chief howard schultz attacks coffee speculators so howard schultz the president of starbucks the world's largest coffee chain has attacked speculators for pushing up the price of coffee to a thirty four year high he said quote through financial speculation hedge funds index funds and other ways to manipulate the market the commodities market is in a very unfortunate position this is resulted in every coffee company having to pay extraordinary high prices for coffee ourselves if you want to stop the price of coffee from going on there don't let any of your customers use credit cards every time a customer goes into your store and uses a credit card they're creating three out debt and a zero out of nothing that's why the price of coffee futures are higher if you knew anything about economics you would know that but instead you blam

i think this is the second amendment issue because you talk about all those guns behind me in connecticut but i think this is the second amendment issue you know the second amendment gives you the right to bear arms to defend yourself well i think bearing arms in the currency financial war is gold and silver those are protection against the financial work if silver bullets i have a silver bullet five gold bullets two those are chavez of the gold gold is good for wearable stuff and ben bernanke you but i mean gold us a little expensive ok but let's move on to this headline because i'm going to prove to you that they're trying to keep you from defending yourself against currency collapse dollar engraver danger than the euro so this is axel merckx in the financial times and he says imagine a country that spends and prints trillions to patch up any problem now imagine another country where there is no central treasury meaning that bailouts are less easy and which has a central bank that is mopped up liquidity over the past year rather than engage in quantitative easing of course is comparing.

. >>> and in connecticut, we have an update for you on the teen recently banned from his prom. james' unique but unsanctioned prom invitation has garnered support from thousands of folks. his story and appearances on the "today" show and late night talk shows have led connecticut lawmakers to draft legislation aimed at getting him back into the prom. well, school officials who banned james for being on school property in off hours still refuse to lift his punishment. standing his ground, rules are rules. here is big karins with the forecast. >> i thought this would be positive. >> i know the update is not so good. >> he is trying to be a player, you know. >> keep the pressure building. >> let's chat about the forecast. >> the west coast has been okay. all eyes continue on the middle of the country. it is going to take the month of may to get rid of the water. the decision this week end isen going to happen around baton rou rouge. the 23rd will be going through. it is going to flood somewhere. as i mentioned, it hasn't been too stormy lately. more clouds than we would like. we'l

many more states are addressing this issue, connecticut and montana, colorado, kansas, these are all states that have had bills in their legislature to into the death penalty that have moved through least one house in some cases, both houses. connecticut passed a bill a couple of years ago to end the death penalty that was vetoed by the then republican governor who is no longer in office. this is for states in four years and we expect more on the way. >> this deserves applause. >> we're making progress in california. the statue was enacted by the voters and it will take the voters working together to into the death penalty in california. this is a very daunting task. although the initial process gave people a voice in politics, this has turned into a situation where money has a voice in politics. this is going to be a challenge to raise the funds that we need to actually mount an initiative campaign with the death penalty, but we're getting closer and closer every day. the people of california are ready to end the death penalty. a couple of weeks ago we were able to do a poll on the

and the scene is his house in connecticut. and the feature article was about the house, actually, not about clare. and this picture actually never ran in the article; another one ran where she's sitting more upright. but i thought that the outstretched hand went very much with my subtitle, "the ascent of clare boothe luce," because it says, 'i have arrived.' and it was clare at the height of her beauty and the height of her fame and--and accomplished just before she was elected to congress. c-span: book one of a two-part series by sylvia jukes morris, "rage for fame," all about clare boothe luce. thank you very much. >> guest: thank you, mr. lamb. .. it's a real pleasure to have you here. we extend a warm welcome to all of you and also to our

this week, when a connecticut teenager decided to make a big splash with his invitation, it backfired big time. some found it romantic, the school did not. now the web is on fire with this story. he has supporters all over the globe, and the principal says rules is rules. our report now. >> reporter: it all started with the writing on the wall. late last week in the dead of night, shelton high school senior james tate and two friends dragged a ladder and 12-inch cardboard letters to campus, taping this message onto a school wall "sonali rodriguez will you go to prom with me?" >> i figured i would do something special, and it was a mistake. >> reporter: rodrigues, a class mate and friend, said yes, but officials said no, suspending him and his friends for tres passing and banning him from the june 4th prom. as news spread, so did the outrage. >> i think it's kind of ridiculous. >> reporter: and it went viral. supporters gathers online, enchanted by the romance of it all. thousands tweeting words of encouragement. the "let james go to the prom" facebook page has nearly 180,000 fans. the

he is a connecticut teen who wanted to take a young lady to the prom, and he put big cardboard letters on the side of the school. he said, no, you can't go to the prom after they suspended him. asked again, they said no. s and then they changed their mind. we're going to find out what that's all about, why the change of heart. coming up. >> it was the movie every kid fantasized about. diving into a chocolate river. "willie wonka and the chocolate factory." it was 40 years ago that we met characters like willy, charlie, mike tv, and violet. we reunited the cast, and we're going to take a look back at this childhood classic with them and find out what it was like when they first entered the chocolate room. >> a year ago, the grand ole opry was under water. the big floods that came through nashville. the stage was flooded. it was a horrible thing for the heart and soul of country music. boy, they got their act together in record time. we came back on the year anniversary to see how things are going. met a lot of great country acts and all that goes on behind stage where they renovated. go

obama arrived in connecticut. the white house says it was overcast at the time and visibility was below the minimum. the pilots decided to circle around and make a second landing attempt. the faa says it's a common safety procedure and after circling backing air force one landed safely. >>> people with electric cars can now charge them at the oakland airport. >> there's no electricity on until we plug it into the car. >> just two hours ago, officials unveiled their eight new charge point charging stations located in the premiere parking area. electric car owners are delighted. >> i've been coming here for two years with this car, and to actually have the electricity all set up and so easy to use, and it actually doesn't cost anything. the airport gives us free chargers so it's really amazing. >> airport partnered with technologies to install the charging stations. >>> automotive experts say right now is the best time in 16 years to sell your used car. it's all about supply and demand, because of the recession peop

it is the beach at sherwood island, where connecticut is home to the living memorial for the connecticut victims of 9/11. a memorial to the 152 victims of this tragedy, this murderous act by the man brought to justice. it is a beautiful place, exquisitely and heartbreakingly beautiful. the skyline of new york is visible from this point justicing oujusticejut -- pointm west port, the place in could be seen in flames on 9/11. the place in provided a staging area for manufacture the relief efforts -- for many of the relief efforts that happened on that day and succeeding days. and now it is a place that the community of west port, the state of connecticut, and the world can remember that tragedy and the 152 people who lost their lives. it is also the place that every year connecticut gathers to honor their memory and the families, many of them, of those 152 victims come, as some of them did yesterday, with very mixed feelings probably today. i know they are mixed feelings because i talked just a short while ago this morning with lee hansen, who is the father of peter and his wife su kim and

he was arrested in early march in new haven, connecticut after he dropped a cigarette butt and police picked it up and atlanticed him to the attacks through dna evidence. his location was provided to police by an anonymous tip sister from maryland. that area will receive an award today. >>> federal immigration enforcement program in the fall. u.s. immigration told the county that its secure communities program will again tuesday, september 27th. fingerprint data from local police will be sent to federal immigration officials. some advocates for crime victims say they're concerned some victims won't report crimes if they are undocumented. >>> beginning next year, you'll have to pay a five cent bag tax. they pasched that measure imposing an extra fee on all retail establishments, not just stores that sell food. the tax applies to paper and plastic bags. it's expected to reduce litter and generate about a million dollars a year. part of that money will fund free reusable bags for the poor and elderly. this mirrors a similar measure that is already in effect in the district >> prince char

murphy of connecticut. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 276, the gentleman from connecticut, mr. murphy, and a member opposed each will control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from connecticut. mr. murphy: thank you very much, mr. chairman. the amendment before the house now is a relatively simple one. we have over the last 10 years lost 42,000 factories in this country. we have lost five million jobs in manufacturing. and we've got a long discuss here in this congress over the past three years as to what we can do to stimulate that engine of middle class job growth and security. this amendment seeks to increase our defense industrial capacity without spending any additional money. what the amendment before us simply allows is for the federal government to be able to consider at their leisure the amount of jobs being created here in the united states by a particular bid for u.s. defense work. frankly most of my constituents think this already happens. most of my constituents think th

president goh: could you talk about the alleyway that used to exist between connecticut and misery and whether that has any relevance? >> i have no significant information about that, but then there has been reconfiguration on this block, which is not atypical and industrial

it is the beach at sherwood island, where connecticut is home to the living memorial for the connecticut victims of 9/11. a memorial to the 152 victims of this tragedy, this murderous act by the man brought to justice. it is a beautiful place, exquisitely and heartbreakingly beautiful. the skyline of new york is visible from this point justicing oujusticejut -- pointm west port, the place in could be seen in flames on 9/11. the place in provided a staging area for manufacture the relief efforts -- for many of the relief efforts that happened on that day and succeeding days. and now it is a place that the community of west port, the state of connecticut, and the world can remember that tragedy and the 152 people who lost their lives. it is also the place that every year connecticut gathers to honor their memory and the families, many of them, of those 152 victims come, as some of them did yesterday, with very mixed feelings probably today. i know they are mixed feelings because i talked just a short while ago this morning with lee hansen, who is the father of peter and his wife su kim and

a region with 25,000 people, nearly the size of connecticut. officials said it was necessary to save baton rouge and new orleans. we came across this stat. so much water surging down that river would fill the superdome in new orleans in just 50 seconds. yunji de nies is in morganza where that gate was open. >> reporter: good evening, david. the spillway is made up of 125 floodgates. the army corps of engineers opened up just one today. you can see it gushing right there. when they first opened it, that entire area was dry farmland. it is now turning into a lake. the floodgates are opened. the mississippi river purposefully unleashed. this spillway is designed to move water fast. fully opened, it can move 600,000 cubic feet per second. that's three times the rate of niagara falls at its peak. but they are taking it slow. opening just one gate today, two to three more tomorrow. trying to balance the need to relieve pressure on the levees while giving people enough time to get to higher ground. >> we want to make sure folks have the understanding

that is in new london, connecticut. live pictures you are seeing there. >>> al qaeda named a caretaker leader to fill in for osama bin laden. a source with detailed knowledge of the group says that that man is egyptian saif al-adel and is wanted for the bombings into eastern africa. he has a $5 million bounty now on his head. he goes back to pre 9/11 being with bin laden in afghanistan. he was a trainer in training camps in both afghanistan and somalia. >>> mississippi river nearing an historic mark in vicksburg. it's expected to crest more than a foot above the 1957 flood. it will impact big cities from st. paul, top st. louis to new orleans. >> this water is not supposed to be here. it drops off pretty quickly. you can see that it drops off quickly and all of the land on this side would be dry. >> some in washington are kicking around the idea of a national driving tax. you pay for every mile that you drive because fuel economy is increasing. the federal government says that the gas tax does not generate enough money

but in back of the kaiser report oh boy this is going to be a treat time dow to go to westport connecticut talk with peter schiff c.e.o. of europe aciphex capital author of crash proof and how an economy grows and why it crashes peter schiff welcome back to the kaiser report a pleasure i mean i'm here max all right you were extremely accurate in your forecast for housing prices in your book crash growth talked about fannie mae and freddie mac. collapsing all that turned out to be true rather a pointless cycle for housing now people are questioning have we had a bottom in housing i saw something on business insider today alluding to that but there is some dissenting views on housing housing of course is a key part of this crisis today and going forward what are your thoughts on housing peter schiff well i still think that the prices are being artificially propped up by government supports in the form of very low interest rates from the fed and guarantees from the government both fannie and freddie and the f.a. shape i was to well say prices are higher than they would be in a free market but

but a big supporter of ron paul of course you represent connecticut during the last election cycle ron paul is i believe he's announced he's going to run for points wahls he's got a lot of support is growing support if he makes it to the white house would there be a role in his administration for peter said well i guess it's a bit presumptuous and i say i was i was with ron paul last night we spoke at an event in new york city it was very well attended a lot of young people were there. yeah i mean first let's see a crime to get elected i certainly will do everything i can to help him in that effort and you know if he if he were to get elected if he were to invite me to washington to do it i'd probably i probably call him but you know there's a lot of ifs and there are so first let's see it if you can get the republican nomination which is no small task well peter said that's all the time for we have this week but thanks so much again for being on the kaiser report sure max all right not going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with me max kaiser and stacy herbert howard tha

welcome back to the kaiser report oh boy this is going to be a tree time data go to westport connecticut talk with peter schiff c.e.o. of europe a civic capital author of crash proof and how an economy grows and why it crashes peter schiff welcome back to the kaiser report but thanks for having me on again max all right you were extremely accurate in your forecast for housing prices in your book crash proof talked about fannie mae and freddie mac. collapsing all that turned out to be true we're at a point the cycle for housing now people are questioning how we had a bottom in housing i saw something on business insider today alluding to that but there is some dissenting views on housing housing of course is a key part of this crisis today and going forward what are your thoughts on housing peter schiff well i still think the prices are being artificially propped up by government supports in the form of very low interest rates from the fed and guarantees from the government both fannie and freddie and the f.h.a. i was to well say prices are higher than they would be in a free market but u

some bunker somewhere or what's going on max tell you to do is read the strap and see that i was in connecticut you had a strap and. listen when you talk about silver we're going to talk about commodities and inflation in general today the first headline max is starbucks chief howard schultz attacks coffee speculators so howard schultz the president of starbucks the world's largest coffee chain has attacked speculators for pushing up the price of coffee to a thirty four year high he said quote through financial speculation hedge funds index funds and other ways to manipulate the market the commodities market is in a very unfortunate position this has resulted in every coffee company having to pay extraordinary high prices for coffee ourselves if you want to stop the price of coffee from going on there don't let any of your customers use credit cards every time a customer goes into a store and uses a credit card they're creating fear debt and of zero out of nothing that's why the price of coffee futures is higher if you knew anything about economics you would know that but instead you're blaming

ben a big supporter of ron paul of course he ran for senate in connecticut during the last election cycle ron paul is i believe he's announced he's going to run for points wahls he's got a lot of support is growing support if he makes it to the white house would there be a role in his administration for peter seth well i guess it's a bit presumptuous when i say i was i was with ron paul last night we spoke at an event in new york city it was very well attended a lot of young people were there. yeah i mean first let's see a crime to get elected i certainly will do everything i can to help him in that effort and you know if he if he were to get elected if he were to invite me to washington to do it i'd probably i probably call him but you know there's a lot of ifs in there so first let's see if if you can get the republican nomination which is no small task well that's all the time for we have this week but thanks so much again for being on the kaiser report share max all right now going to do it for this edition of the kaiser report with a nice kaiser and. stacy arbor hours i guess the pre