coming today, all three will be posting results before the opening bell. also this morning some jpmorgan news. jpmorgan disclosing possible miscondoubt federal authorities. they did that last thursday, the day before reporting earnings. the bank reportedly told feds an internal investigation they found evidence that three london traders may have tried to hide loss in some of their positions. late thursday night jpm decided to restate its first quarter earning results as a result and ceo jamie dimon did not learn about the potential misconduct by some employees until early last week. bank analysts and former cni analyst brad hintz will join us. alcatel warns on profit. shares dropping more than 15% in early european trading. mr. kernen? mood chip s is warning investors to see big banks as riskier than the first flames of the financial crisis five years ago and they probably always will be. the firm says risk premiums for bank debt are highly unlikely ever to return to their
that has basically been my life. tavis: how can you not end on that note. wow. the new book from pam grier, is appropriately called foxy: my life in three acts . i have just scratched the surface on a whole bunch of wonderful stories. we ll have a part two. there is a part two coming. i can see it in your eyes. by the way, what happens when what happened with your when you kissed richard pryor. look at you blushing. tavis: as long as you re pam grier there is going to be a part two, part three. you come back on this show any time you want. we got to do a part two. there are some really big issues i think you will just love. tavis: i enjoyed the reading. that s our show for tonight. access me through our pod cast at pbs.org. for more information on today s show, visit tavis smiley on pbs.org. tavis: hi, i m tavis smiley. join me next time with science writer rebecca skloot. that s next time. we ll see you then. there are so many things that wal-mart is looking for
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening, everyone. another jittery day for investors, on word more big banks are under investigation. susie, the wall street journal reported federal prosecutors and the securities and exchange commission are probing six firms. susie: tom, the investigation reportedly centers on whether the firms misled investors on mortgage bond deals. that news rattled wall street; all the major stock averages fell today. tom: so, could alleged wrong- doing at the banks be more widespread? and how does all this affect investor confidence? erika miller reports. reporter: if individual investors did not have enough worries, here s another one. the wall street journal quotes sources as saying j.p. morgan, citigroup, deutsche bank, u.b.s., morgan stanley, and goldman sachs are now all under preliminary investigation for criminal wrongdoing. the
make it fly. they won t tell me how much money they re willing to spend to buy ad time for this, except that it s significant. you wonder if you could put her in an ad and have her fly. reporter: or have her wear the winkers jeans. her and the winkers jeans. jane, i just want to say when i looked at the pictures of the winkers jeans, i know you were not the one in white. reporter: thank you. thank you. i wasn t actually in any of them. i did kind of like the one that said action, had a little action sign. that wasn t me either. i bet if you were wearing the winkers jeans, they would not wink. you re wrong about that, but thank you very much for the compliment. oh, there s so many things to say here, jane, and i know we re tired at the end of the week, for once i m trying to shut my mouth. jane wells, thank you very much. have a wonderful weekend. go to her blog, funny business on the cnbc website. we tried to keep our mouth shut on that ad. as we go into the fi