. >> former nixon speechwriter ben stein is making excuses for the guy. >> jon: ben stein? from win ben stein's money? ferris bueller? the commercials for beach ball moisturizer? >> stein writes prosecutors say that mr. strauss-kahn forced the complainant to have oral and other sex with him. how did he have a gun? did he have a knife? he's a short, fat, old man. >> jon: yes k he's not merely in the kind of raping shape he used to be in. i mean 15 years ago this guy was a raping machine. that is a terrible defense. (laughter) >> jon: got something worse? >> and can anyone tell me any economists who have been convicted of violent sex crimes? (laughter) >> jon: anyone, anyone? anyone? bumer-- buhler? buhler? so not being able to identify any economists who have sexually assaulted people is evidence of strauss-kahn's evidence. of course that would mean on the flip side a laundry list of economists who committed sect all crimes would be ipso facto evidence of his gill. if it pleases the court, richard nywanga economics professor in straussberg university convicted of section ass

stein should and it's disgusting quite frankly and it's weak minded and i think that you know the other interesting thing here is that another pattern that we often see in these situations is that once one woman is brave enough or one person stands up others often come out here and so in this instance i think this is also a prime example of how the union protection not just union members but all workers and all people and that the broader culture of what is appropriate at work and a safe work environment and you know the weekend and the five ten work week that we all benefit from came from unions the fact that there's a journalist in france who didn't feel that she had enough power and support who then suddenly felt the courage to come out because of the hotel workers union in new york speaks to turn this around about what unions to level the playing field for everybody plus their democracy in the workplace which is this little island of democracy and what normally or kingdoms are going to be thanks so much for being with us absolutely very great to hear your perspective and see. sex sc

ben stein is going out saying, i've had housekeepers, some of them were good, some of them were bad. as if for some reason that she should be put on trial, even the barriers coming forward in this country are great. it's a global problem. >> behind the headlines: redefining motherhood. deeper bond than that between some experts say there is no deeper bond than that between mother and child. but what happens when a working mom becomes overwhelmed by her home and family duties? one woman's choice to give up full-time parenting in order to reclaim her own identity contravenes society's view that family comes first. "to the contrary" spoke with author, rahna reiko rizzuto about her decision to leave her husband and two young sons. >> there are people who didn't want to be a mother say, well you're saying you don't love your children. and they do know they are loved. they are very deeply loved. they know it was a role i didn't want to play and they understand i am really there for them in their lives, and they are seeing i'm trying to make my life the best it can really be, for me and my

contributor ben stein to tell us what he thinks. >> now i'm going to tell you the truth about the so-called arab spring and about the middle east generally. >> we'll get our freedom. >> it's like a dream. >> reporter: first, the arab spring as a force for democracy, human rights and peace in egypt seems to me to be a fraud. the dictator and his entourage were kicked out of egypt were pro west, a bit restrained on israel, open to free enterprise and resistant to iranian-sponsored terror. egypt is now rapidly becoming anti-israel, pro iran, pro the iranian terrorist group hamas and very far from pro human rights. just for the crime of being successful. they arrested mubarak's son and said they plan to try mubarak. the most potent political force in egypt the muslim brotherhood hates the u.s., loaths israel, condemns the killing of bin laden and they've been weded to terror for their entire existence. p.s., they are closely connected with adolph hitler. they'll probably take over completely sooner or later. as a terrorist government of syria cracks down violently on its own people the u.n. sec