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They dropped the kindle to $139. so will e-reader competitors follow? how low will prices go? joining me now, evelyn rusli. good morning to you. >> good morning from san francisco, alex. >> right, youre a bit further away than usual. lets get to the amazon price. is that going to infecaffect thd sales? >> i dont think so. ipad is going for people that can spend a little extra, get $139 for a kindle and also the long form reader, someone who wants the best in reading and spend several hours a day...

They dont say that. >> thats marketing, though. >> but its a promise to a reader. its a promise to an audience. so no other magazine -- "vogue" doesnt say theyre white. theyre not a white magazine. however, all those titles that i have said dont -- theres not one fashion director that -- >> would it be okay for -- i dont know what the stats for "town & country," magazine but that used to be a magazine geared toward like new york society, which is probably overwhelmingly white. would it be okay f...

>> you incentivize the money. if things go this way, if we have these benchmarks made -- if you meet these benchmarks you get the money. giving people an award for performance. you have to do it that way. secondly regarding afghanistan, right now we have insinuated ourself between the people of afghanistan and two bodies. the taliban and the karzai regime. theres a great article out a few days ago in readers di jekt talking about the fact that people in kandahar are going to the taliban for just...

Kendall and the ipad. why buy them? >> they are different experiences and different people are looking for different ways to ex interact with their immediate na. >> on one hand, you have the ipad. it is more than just an e reader. if you are a person that wants to do light brousing, send e-mail and applications and read e-mail, you want to look at something like an ipad. its a better option than carrying a net book or a small laptop with you. if you really want a stand alone device that reads bo...

Ministers residence. >> translator: i think she is just being honest says this reader who believes an honest telling will help the prime minister. japans voters also adore the former first lady the quirky mrs. hatoyama who was also a writer and she wrote that she flew in a ufo to venus and knew actor tom cruise in a former life. and in this moment told a talk show host she gets energy by eating the sun. mrs. kans book promises to be a best seller. the publisher says they are already rushing out ...

Gas prices are on the rise after nearly a month of declines due to a spike in crude oil prices. and amazon says ebook sales are now out pacing print sales in the wake of a price cut on its kindle reader. now back to "hardball." welcome back to "hardball." whats the republican plan if they take back power in congress? do they have any real plans to cut spending? indiana congressman mike pence is the republican conference chairman. the number three leader in the house of representatives. congr...

Myself. if i ran into a 19-year-old version of myself, id just tell her to live full out. i might also tell her, go ahead and have a few babies and not worry about the timing of it. but mostly id tell her that shes stronger than she thinks. and she shouldnt doubt herself on her path. id say, dana, do you know who you are? guess who you get to be. and guess what, you even get to lose weight. no, no, no, youre good. just keep doing your thing. and i say the same thing to you, celebra celebrate. ma...

Been questioned since 2007. our next guest in that year authored a study finding avandia could increase the risk of heart attacks. dr. steven nissen is chairman of cardiovascular medicine at the cleveland clinic, hell testify at todays hearings and joins us this morning from maryland. dr. nissen, thanks for being with us. >> my pleasure. >> im sure youve reader this morning in the "new york times," theyre reporting the makers of avandia found their drug to increase heart problems all the way bac...

Greater the readers relief is. this is serious. now j christian adams is under attack. his critics are saying he is a conservative an has written pieces that are an attack on the obama administration. >> since left office. megyn: a course close to the case say he didnt like the job he was give up and hes making willful misstatements. >> everybody at the justice department have political opinions. chris coates as far as i know is no hard core conservative. he has an impeccable civil rights backgr...

At just that in a new special, called... appropriately enough... what is great about america. one quality that is undeniably great about our country, our freedom of speech and all you have to do is look to our neighbor the north to see what could happen, without those protections, watch: >> reporter: he knows all about canadian speech prosecution because he was the editor of the little magazine, which reported on those mohammed cartoons that led to riots around the world. >> we wanted to show ou...