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For a second. 49% of whites, aerd doing to "the washington post," kazer family foundation and harvard university, 40% of whites hold stocks, bonds or mutual funds. one half of that proportion, 25% of blacks, 16% of hispanics do. chris, you're a stockbroker. you wanted to be a stockbroker. this is what you got into. what does that statistic say to you? >> that says to me that african-americans are the minorities and just all americans right now, all americans, this is a time for all of us to become a lot more engaged in our own financial literacy, our own role in preparing for our retirements, ...

Literacy, our own role in preparing for our retirements, and becoming a lot more active in, engaged in, and own being the responsibility of knowing. what that means is, especially in some communities, the discussion of the stock market, the discussion of the economy has got to be dinner table conversation. and i'm telling you, i believe this is going to happen. >> if is probably in our families, but christine, i interrupted you because you were talking about wealth building. there's a whole segment of american society that is not engaged in wealth building. >> right. and when you look at the t...

Monday monoco. >> thank you for that. it's good to be back. >> good to have you back. >> thanks for taking me to los angeles again! good way to start the week. >> david ignatius is talking about the mosque. >> that is a fascinating issue. we talked about it over the weekend and certainly on vacation it was much the dinner table conversation. i think the president did the right thing by saying what he said. >> the president is getting pounded. i have a quote i'm reading a little bit when david is here. from newt gingrich, a guy i know and worked it and i consider to be one of the brighter guys,...

>> it's fair to note that lori david came out and adamantly denied and said she had a very good relationship with tipper and al gore. but what's interesting is that you didn't hear anything from the gore camp. she came out quickly, they did not. it underscored that you never know what anyone's relationship is and speculating about it is, you know -- dinner table conversation. >> it's a sad story in the end. >> at the end of the day, it's between him and his wife. you know, if -- if he betrayed his wife, that's something that he will have to answer to her to, and not to us, quite frankly. >> an...

>> what's it like when you guys smoke pot together? >> my mom is so funny. it's like a light switches on. >> they say marijuana helps them deal with pain and depression. they have become advocates of what they call the cause of legalizing pot. >> there are so many people afraid to talk about it, and if it's in the closet, you can't really get anywhere with it, you know? you've got to put it on the table. i think it should be a dinner table conversation. >> i felt really good about coming out of the closet, the illegal cannabis closet. i feel like we've set a good model and we're working really...