[inaudible conversations] [applause] good evening everyone. Thank you all so much for coming out tonight. What an outstanding crowd. Im not surprised. You have picked a very good event to come to. I am with some muscatine one of the coowners of politics and prose and politics and prose and our staff and my coowner and husband brad graham and i welcome all of you to this evenings event. I think less of you know the drill but just in case you are new to our events, professor wills will speak for a bit and is happy to take questions. We have a microphone appear and we really would like it if he could make it to the mic if you have questions. We videotaped these offense and we also have cspan here tonight so its really helpful if the various audiences can hear what you have is a question. We will and in about an hour. If you dont have a copy of the book and would like one we have plenty upfront. Professor wills will be happy to sign at the end. He asks given the magnitude of this crowd if
This is the only thing weve ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. Make your mark with ink from chase. Id like to say theres a bull market somewhere. I promise to find it just for you. Right here on mad money. Im jim cramer. And i will see you tomorrow. Good evening, everyone. Im larry kudlow. This is the kudlow report. The holy father Pope Benedict xvi announced he will abdicate at the end of this month. Health concerns and his worry that he will not be able to adequately lead the worlds catholics are the main reasons why. Is this a lesson to the worlds politicians and ceos . I say you bet it is. Also tonight, president obamas state of the Union Address tomorrow night supposed to be about improving the economy and saving jobs. But im hearing tax increases. Do they have any faith in this white house . What are they worried about . And can the stock market rally continue if washington starts to meddle again too much . Well ask top names like bob lutz, obama supporter robert wolfe, an
Dick thornburg. From washington, it is february, 11, 2013, and we will go the rome for Pope Benedicts historic announce ment. Let me begin with the first read, and with the focus of gun violence in an inaugural address that laid out the case of progressive values and the push for a transformative next four years, president obama will pivot back to the economy in the state of the union address, and the president will outline initiatives on clean energy, Climate Change, and the usual laundry list that you would expect in a Democratic State of the union and it is focused on strengthening the middleclass and things that he previewed in a pep talk after he left last thursday. Our economy grows when everybodys getting a fair shot and everybody is getting a fair shake and everybody is playing by the same rules. President is also expected to cast secondterm agenda items from Immigration Reform to gun control and Climate Change in economic terms. White house says that every one of the president
John whats up with detroit . Can this happen to your town . Thats our show tonight. And now john stossel. John detroit was once the richest city in america. I was three years old and. That was the 1950s. Now its the biggest u. S. City ever to declare bankruptcy. So what happened . Our guestsonight have some clues. First, fox News Reporter works etroit and justrote, detroit, an american autopsy. An autopsy, one examines the dead body and tries to find out what killed him. Detroit isnt that exactly. What killed the trust . Would kill the charge, racial conflict of detroit. Slav kill detroit. Corruption children. It seems like that is what has become the american way because detroit is not alone. What is baltimore going to do, atlanta, l. A. John detroit is and worse shape. Worse politicians, more unions. The automaker collapsed. It was in the politicians fault. It was just the big three crashed. It was all of them. One industry town. We were rich. We thought it would never end. Everybody
John whats up with detroit . Can this happen to your town . Thats our show tonight. And now john stossel. John detroit was once the richest city in america. I was three years old and. Thatas the 1950s. Now its the biggest u. S. City ever to declare bankruptcy. So what happened . Our guests tonight have some clues. First, fox News Reporter works in detroit and just wrote, detroit, an american autopsy. An autopsy, one examines the dead body and tries to find out what killed him. Detroit isnt that exactly. What killed the trust . Would kill the charge, racial conflict of detroit. Slav kill detroit. Corruption children. It seems like that is what has become the american way because detroit is not alone. What is baltimore going to do, atlanta, l. A. John detroit is and worse shape. Worse politicians, more unions. The automaker collapsed. It was in the politicians fault. It was just the big three crashed. It was all of them. One industry town. We were rich. We thought it would never end. Eve