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The flotilla was going on, i spoke about in the defense of israel and the defense of jews having the right to live. i did two shows on it. got a lot of heat, but somebody, he was writing on a by graph of a guy, detrek bonhoffer. he is a hero on the left. but they look at his politics. i look at his character. this guy, he sent me a box and i hopped it up. it now sits in my office. i brought it into the studio. you need to read about this guy. he is up believable. it was a lutheran minister in ge...

All on purpose. moving on, 65 years after his death, we are learning more after president franklin roosevelt thanks to documents made public this week. >> its an interesting and detailed new look at one of americas most celebrated presidents. letss turn to our favorite fdr biographer and author of "team of rivals." doris, you must be like a kid in a candy store today with the release of all of these letters. i dont know where to begin but start with the teaser. tell us about the mussolini lett...

Your gold for a banking crisis or other purposes. quoting here, all persons are hereby required to deliver honor by may 1, 1933, to a federal reserve bank, all gold coin, gold bullion, gold certificates now owned by them or coming in to ownership on or before april 28, 1933. wow! seems pretty ambiguous, i know. i cant figure that one out. maybe captain weiner will fly in with his cape. captain weiner here to save you! there are a couple of exceptions. small amount for gold or art, collectibles o...

Orders. thats great! but what could they possibly do to you if you were caught with a gold coin? nothing serious, right, captain weiner? whoever willfully violates provision of the executive ord toer may be fined not more than $10,000. if a natural person may be imprisoned for not more than ten years or both. wow! ten years, 10k! and you thought they were serious! by the way, $10,000 in 1933 is over $167,000 in todays money. this was all done essentially with a flick of the wrist of the presiden...

Get paid once a month. thats kind of -- it kind of hurt my pocket real bad. youre taking their word theyre going to give you the best deal possible. you know. it seemed to me like he was just trying to make the best deal possible for him and not me. >> reporter: the push to get consumers to buy gold coins, instead of pure cold bullion, is at the heart of goldlines schemes, according to new york democratic congressman anthony wiener who plans to hold congressional hearings on the issue. >> once t...

Get paid once a month. thats kind of -- it kind of hurt my pocket real bad. youre taking their word theyre going to give you the best deal possible. you know. it seemed to me like he was just trying to make the best deal possible for him and not me. >> reporter: the push to get consumers to buy gold coins, instead of pure cold bullion, is at the heart of goldlines alleged schemes. according to new york democratic congressman anthony weiner who plans to hold congressional hearings on the issue. >...

Credit, seven steps to a great credit rating. could i could use your help. and the consumer program director at research group. this new wall street reform bill actually helps people access their credit scores more easily. how much does it help consumers and in what other ways? >> the bill is first of all a landmark reform because it creates a new consumer financial refo reform since 1933. getting access to your scores is part of it, but the bureau is an entire new protection machine that will h...

The daily flashback. on this date in 1933 that the first major league baseball all-star game was played at chicagos comisky park and meaningless and for some reason the all-star game stopping becoming meaningless and yet i dont know why. i hate the fact that the winner -- the league that wins gets home field in the world series. stupid, stupid rule. >> okay. >> i know you dont care. >> i dont. in just over an hour, president obama welcomes israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the white...

A bipartisan push for a measure that would chop congressional pay by 5%. it would be the first pay cut since the great depression. my next guest is leading the charge. democratic congresswoman anna kilpatrick of arizona. why a 5% acut? >> this bill is not dead. im asking for it to be put in the appropriation bill. take a 5% pay cut, first time since 1933 during the great depression. i dont know anyone who hasnt had a pay cut in 77 years. >> are you showing coll date -- solidarity with everybody ...

Slaves to the government. and then we have images of concentration camps. did he defend this to you either as an ad or just in terms of a, you know, the continuity of the theme here? >> yeah, he defended it pretty instantly. he stands by this. and the way he put it to me that people like him because hes not politically correct. and other candidates are not going to explain to americans how close we are to tyranny. the way he defended the imagery of world war ii is that, look, the germans in 1933...