gregg: the u.s. army private accused of sending private documents to wikileaks appearing in a courtroom, focusing on bradley manning s pretrial confinement and defense team is conditions over that period were so punishing the case against him should be entirely dismissed. joining us now bob massi and lis wiehl. let me start with you. manning doesn t like to be locked up and cried one day. i ll quote, when the guards seem angry and made me nervous. so lis, on that basis he should be let go? no, absolutely not. gregg: if that was a legal standard, all prison cells would be empty? now he is complaining to his lawyers action that was done to him after he committed the crime.
need to say it again. here we go for the 18th time, it s having a big impact, not only does wall street hate uncertainty but major tax increases that could impact stocks. capital gains, dividends so a lot of investors are say why not sell now when taxes are lower in case they don t come up with a deal. we could see selling pressure on stocks. in addition to to uncertainty which is enough. gregg: i talked to a couple brokers, they can t keep up the phone calls. what do we do? do we take a dividend. companies are sending out dividends. cash in on capital gains? it s a hard thing to know. if you are in the market for anything less than five years, you ny, then you shouldn t be in it. this is an important time. if you do think there is not going to be deal, but who knows and who can say.
gregg: could i, please. speaking of the effects of hurricane sandy or super storm sandy, depending on what cuomo says, the statue of liberty will remain closed indefinitely, with crews having to work to repair the heavy damage from the super storm and lady liberty recently undergoing the $30 million refur beneficiarying just rebeing office the storm. word of continued closing is a major blow to businesses linked to the tourist attraction and they have already laid off 100 employees for the statue cruises. and talks over a fiscal cliff could be at an standstill. our political insiders are here to tell us about that.
come out here, but we will play the game. i think they shouldn t have layed it today, they shut have waited until monday or even tuesday to play it because everyone is still in sadness and feeling bad about what happened over the past weekend. people will be down, but, altogether, we will pull together because we are kansas city, that is what we do. we are a family. gregg: friends and teammates say they never saw any sign of trouble in his personal life. heather: serious concerns after a freight train carrying highly toxic contempts derails in new jersey, investigators are interviewing the crew, and they are looking into signal problems and possibly track defects as a possible cause. our team is going to be working to identify the point of derailment and they will work to coordinate the bridge, signal,
gregg: different this year. heather: why the market is in the doldrums. business correspondent joins us next. gregg: we ll talk to brenda about that. and accused of leaving thousands of classified secret documents in the hands of the enemy? now saying he has been punished enough because his cell was really small. our legal panel weighs in. [ male announcer ] red lobster s hitting the streets to tell real people about our new 15 under $15 menu. oh my goodness! oh my gosh, this looks amazing! [ male announcer ] our new maine stays! 15entrees under $15, seafood, chicken and more! oothe tilapiawith roastedegetab! i m actually looking at the wo grilled chicken with portobello wine sauce. at pork chop was great! no more fast food friday s! we re going to go to red lobster. yep. [ male announcer ] come try our new menu and sea food differently and introducing 7 lunch choices for just $7.99. salad, sandwiches, and more.