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Im going to get a follow. thats messed up. >> that is messed up. weve been following -- we get all the feeds in the back, these tv screens back here. a.j.s girlfriend has been in the lower right screen for three hours. which means shes on the rotation. she must have been on all the other morning shows this morning but ours. its a shame. i wanted to ask her about pakistan. ill have to wait. >> what did you learn today? >> tomorrow matthew from downton abbey is coming. >> no way! >> disastrous boo...

Course? its very fancy, very pricey. in the fall of 2008, the monarch beach resort was chosen as the executive retreat for the top execs at a ginormous insurance company called aig. remember aig? in the process of just about sinking the american economy with its exponentially risky behavior, aig also just about sunk itself. and as part of trying to save the economy, aig got a mammoth bailout from u.s. taxpayers. $85 billion into that bailout, it was revealed that aig spent more than $440,000 on ...

Armed or well armed than they are. we are hearing from all of those people who are part of this conversation. we will see where it goes. thank you, karen, michael, and lynn. >> thank you. >> elizabeth warren joins a course of lawmakers and a lot of you at home, slamming aig as the insurer considers suing the government after the taxpayer bailout it received. warren said aig should not bite the hand that fed them. the big meeting that is happening right now. you can join our conversation on twitt...

Lets start, first of all, with aig. we bail out -- we have this corporate bailout for the worst actors on wall street. they get the money. and aig was one of the worst of the worst. >> they were. they were the absolute epicenter of the whole crisis. >> of the whole thing. and then theyre going to turn around, after making these exotic financial instruments that ended up, you know, still, still is making middle-class americans and working-class americans suffer today, five years later, theyre goi...

Ultimately, we dont think well join the suit but we have to look at it. >> lets talk about that aigs board of directors is supposed to be meeting today to decide whether they should do that. how much is public perception going to weigh in on how the board wants to rule on the likelihood they want to move ahead with this? >> i think public perception is going to be significant. again, the board has a fiduciary responsibility to face this. this is a board thats doing really pretty well. their prof...

St. regis monarch beach resort. see what, with the fancy golf course? its very fancy, very pricey. in the fall of 2008, the monarch beach resort was chosen as the executive retreat for the top execs at a ginormous insurance company called aig. remember aig? in the process of just about sinking the american economy with its exponentially risky behavior, aig also just about sunk itself. and as part of trying to save the economy, aig got a mammoth bailout from u.s. taxpayers. $85 billion into that ...

Stake in the insurance company last month. thank you, america. that ad has been running during college football games, during nfl playoff games, on news networks, even including this one. it is a two-week tv campaign for the insurance giant to not only show gratitude but maybe rebuild their image a bit, after one of the biggest and most wildly unpopular bailouts of all time. so how is it going so far? well, halfway into the public relations endeavor, indebted for us all for saving them from fina...

A clear preview of the case. both sides will present at trial. prosecutors are trying to show the depth of planning that went into the attack, while holmes attorneys are hinting even more openly that theyll use an insanity defense. the wife of a chicago lottery winner says she has no idea who asked police to take another look at her husbands death. authorities announced yesterday they plan to exhume khans body. khan died the day after his winnings were mailed in july. his wife says she cant be...

Headlines for something that had people rummaging around in the attic, looking for the old torches and pitchforks that they hadnt used in the streets since the last time a story like this broke about aig back in 2008. the difference today is that today there was a brand-newly minted united states senator on capitol hill enunciating our national disgust for that company in a way that was not only satisfying, but powerful. can you guess which new senator im talking about? would it help if i told y...

Making it very clear that they want to see immediate action and not for photo ops. chutzpah and outrage used by lawmakers to describe aig after announcing they might join a lawsuit against the u.s. government after its bailout. also saying it may also sue the government in which aig took $100 billion in taxpayer money. skwlorch bernstine is not only a contributor here at msnbc, also a senator for policy and budget. senator elizabeth warren is among those speaking out on this saying that aigs r...