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Derivatives, of aig, of all of these terrible things that went unregulated. and the republicans unfortunately because they control the house, they bargained with the senate, the senate tried to give them an increase. the republicans wanted to cut them. they wound up being level funded. so i was very torn on that bill. and the problem was yes, i did vote for it in the end because there were some things in there that were very important in terms of some housing matters for public housing and elsew...

>> the episode is uncomfortable for the obama administration. which has been critical of bonuses for private sector executives. so much, that chairman issa played the remarks about aig which gave out the bonuses while it too was being bailed out. >> report of massive profit and obscene bonuses as the firms that own existence to the american people. >> its somewhat strange to me that in an area he could exert influence he has chosen not to. >> the president said only companies that pay company ba...

Independent. therefore they are independent decisions. white house is not involved. >> chairman issa played in the hearing, president obama with words about aig bonuses back when they happen. back with the panel. juan, how does it play out and does it hurt the administration in any way? >> i think it hurts the administration from the conservative perspective when you say hey, you are hammering wall street over the bonuses. over their excesses. why arent you paying attention to this government co...

>> the episode is uncomfortable for the obama administration. which has been critical of bonuses for private sector executives. so much, that chairman issa played the remarks about aig which gave out the bonuses while it too was being bailed out. >> report of massive profit and obscene bonuses as the firms that own existence to the american people. >> its somewhat strange to me that in an area he could exert influence he has chosen not to. >> the president said only companies that pay company ba...

Independent. therefore they are independent decisions. white house is not involved. >> chairman issa played in the hearing, president obama with words about aig bonuses back when they happen. back with the panel. juan, how does it play out and does it hurt the administration in any way? >> i think it hurts the administration from the conservative perspective when you say hey, you are hammering wall street over the bonuses. over their excesses. why arent you paying attention to this government co...

That has fired people up. the million of dollars of bonuses. >> you remember the great aig row of 2009 when the administration rightly got upset that aig was handing out millions in bonuses to a company we bailed out. these are the government entities wholly owned by the taxpayers unfortunately. they are paying out actually an average of more than the aig bonuses were. silence from the administration. aig bonuses were $165 million for 400 employees. half a million each. these are $12.79 million ...

>> couple of quick headlines. aig trying to make a comeback quietly resuming security trading three years after it was bailed out by the u.s. taxpayer, you and me. it was poised to collapse after the subprime mortgage crisis, the government company just reported third quarter losses of $4 billion and i think they still owe us $50 billion and political rivals joe biden and eric cantor breaking bread at dinner with their wives. the vice president and house majority leader became friendly during th...

murray is up to a jury. corporations raking in millions in profits and not paying taxes. sometimes the government is paying them. thats triggering outrage on this "american morning". good morning, everyone. it is friday, my very favorite day of the week besides saturday and sunday. happy friday. its november 4th. welcome to "american morning". >> im christine romans. ali is on assignment. hes still in caane. herman cain still defiant this morning. the republican front-runner push...

this. good morning and happy friday. it is november 4th. this is your manhatt"a.m. wake- call," im carol costello. one of the women accusing the republican presidential candidate of sexual harassment may issue a statement later today. her lawyer says she would rebut cains denials of any sexual advances when the woman worked for cain at the national restaurant association in the late 90s. shes one of three women who have accused cain of inappropriate behavior. cain repeatedly denied t...

To lay off people is not -- is not the right thing to do. >> if people want to go catch up to you now that the barricades are down, you dont have to be carl lewis to hurdle over them to get into your place, if we want to go to the milk street cafe, where do we go? >> go to the corner of wall and broad. we have the most amazing food. we have the executive chef who was the executive chef for aig so he was feeding the 1% and now hes making food for the 99% that are walking down the street. monica b...