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Something together for the good of the country. this is something they ought to do. republicans ought to get off their high horse. i know senator dodd has taken a lot of ideas and put it in the bill. lets do this for the country just ones, guys, just once. >> governor ed rendell, great to have your thoughts today. thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> there you see senator carl levin. were keeping our eye on the hearing. executives on the hot seat about the profits they made in the housing m...

Substance of those there. was a computer glitch apparently that made some of this stuff unwittingly public -- the media found it. so, -- >> greta: you see that still as part of the seal? >> it is still part of seal. get what is the bredth of the gag order what can you or cant talk about? >> i cant talk about the evidence that we have and we know that is currently under seal which is as far as i know everything. i can tell you independently what i recollect. >> greta: can you tell me independentl...

Substance of those there. was a computer glitch apparently that made some of this stuff unwittingly public -- the media found it. so, -- >> greta: you see that still as part of the seal? >> it is still part of seal. get what is the bredth of the gag order what can you or cant talk about? >> i cant talk about the evidence that we have and we know that is currently under seal which is as far as i know everything. i can tell you independently what i recollect. >> greta: can you tell me independentl...

District in the country that voted for john kerry in 2004 and john mccain in 08. republican congressional campaign committee has been pouring money into the race so far. $480,000 and the d.c. cc has spent $298,000. both candidates are running on jack murthas record. heres an ad from democrat mark kriz, murthas long time stafferer running to replace him. >> born in westmoreland county, mark critz went on to become murthas economic development director. tim burns support outsourcing. burns own com...

What im interested in is for the truth to come out neither did i do anything wrong, president obama didnt do anything wrong. the senators that i talked to didnt do anything wrong either. they should come into court and tell the truth as they know it. swear on the holy bible as im looking forward to do -- >> greta: i got that the judge is going to say how is president obama going to help your case? tell me how. >> again, a lot of evidence and information that im prohibited by court order, because...

And the republicans, every single one of them have voted to say no, we dont even want to proceed. thats unbelievable to me. >> i spoke with senator bunning a moment ago. ive talked in the past few days with senator coburn, who are the two senators ive had a chance to speak with on the republican side. both fairly aggressive in their rhetoric to break up the banks ordeal with too big to fail in some fashion. what is your view of the kaufmann-brown amendment, the safe banking act as a mechanism to...

Members of the republican party and since the 08 election, the tea party movement. he says its the false allegations against him that are keeping him off the campus, the university says its not about free speech, its about the safety six its students. -- safety of its students. ill give you the last word. >> perhaps its about safety. bill ayres is a liar and hes been called out for being a liar by the nation magazine, which is a very radical left wing magazine. this isnt just republicans who are...

Framed it is whether the democratic bill will prevent more bailouts as the democrats claim or whether it will enable more bailouts as you claim. senator, isnt the $50 billion fund that you criticized and i must say that was part of the washington post story, too, isnt that intended to liquidityate failing firms, not to prop them up? >> on that issue as to whether or not it is a good idea to raise the money and stick that fund in there, the presidents own secretary of the treasury agrees with me....

That. >> can you do that without addressing the structure of connectiveness and size and six banks controlling two-thirds of the assets in this country and last time that folks said let them fail on the republican side in 08, that was all talk as reality of loss pensions collapse in ge, jpmorgan, et cetera, let to the huge payoffs. do you think a change in political tone is sufficient or is there a structural change needed here? >> theres clearly structural changes. the largest bank in the count...

Framed it is whether the democratic bill will prevent more bailouts as the democrats claim or whether it will enable more bailouts as you claim. senator, isnt the $50 billion fund that you criticized and i must say that was part of the washington post story, too, isnt that intended to liquidityate failing firms, not to prop them up? >> on that issue as to whether or not it is a good idea to raise the money and stick that fund in there, the presidents own secretary of the treasury agrees with me....