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>> moenchlgts of hose responsible important the 2008 economic meltdown have gotten away with their crimes except for one. bernie madoff. after his $65 billion ponzi scam. they dissect the tale in "the wizard of lies." we spoke recently. diana, thank you so much for joining me. you spent more time with bernie madoff than any other journalist. first question has to be has he come to grips emotionally with the magnitude of what he did? swamps every other ponzi scheme in history. does he realize tha...

Somewhere. >> which raises then -- you mentioned his wife, rest of the family. the question thats been -- so many of us have been asking, did the other members of his family know about this? >> i started out from the position of -- lets see if there is any evidence. honestly i could not find any evidence. not just any credible evidence. could not find any evidence that they knew and there were very compelling reasons to think that they did not know. >> there were other guilty parties. bernie mad...

We have to do those for the -- for our state. with regard to medicare, we have -- i think -- he has a plan we have to review. our -- senior citizens care about making sure they have health care for the rest of their life. they paid into this program. so i think it is very important to have this debate. and make sure we fix it long term. not short term. >> because your formerly in the health care industry and know a lot more about this than most people. i guess the question is how much would a $6...

Has not been committed? i do not know. you do not know. "the new york post" does not know. the judge is not "the new york post." the grand jury is not the daily news. they are not alone to make -- to pronounce, to tell what is right, fair, or not. they are not the judge. >> you have said that dominique strass-kahn was a womanizer. he does not deny that himself. is it possible in your understanding of him that he misunderstood the issue of consent? somehow he does got -- got lost and did not real...

>> the peace based on illusions will crash on the rocks of the middle eastern reality. and the only -- only peace that will endure is one thats based on reality. on -- unshakable facts. >> a peace based on illusions. strong words indeed. i will be asking exactly what that meant and i will be asking true insider. i will have an exclusive interview with israels ambassador to the united states mi the end of the world. >> if we dont act now it will be too late. >> some people are sure it i...

at the peace plan obama laid out in his speech yesterday. >> the peace based on illusions will crash on the rocks of the middle eastern reality. and the only -- only peace that will endure is one thats based on reality. on -- unshakable facts. >> a peace based on illusions. strong words indeed. i will be asking exactly what that meant and i will be asking true insider. i will have an exclusive interview with israels ambassador to the united states mi the end of the world. >> if we dont...

President. indiana governor mitch daniels who hasnt said what he is going to do and chris christie. chris christie has said repeatedly that hes not getting into the race. so, joining me now, my favorites to talk about this and the rest of the world of power of politics maria cardona in washington for us and republican strategist lenny mccallister in chicago. guys, good to see you, as always. as we always do here, first question first. maria, what was your political headline of the week? >> where...

Through theca carolinas. saturday is probably your dry day. sunday well see heavier rains move in through your region. especially northern fenew engla. they could get drenched. thats a look at your weekend forecast. back to you, alex. >> bill, thank you for that. also more details on historic flooding this hour. for the latest news and updates, vis visit weather.com. an iranian woman blinded by an exlover was scheduled to get her revenge today. she was supposed to be allowed to pour acid into ...

theyre going to have to sacrifice some homes and businesses in order to save many, many more. the army corps expected to open louisianas huge morganza spillway when the river flow hits 1.5 million cubic feet per second. what does that mean? all you need to know is that rate continues to go up and getting closer and closer to that point. the spillway was last opened in 1973, but we are expecting it today and maybe in the next few hours. now, doing that, what does that do? it takes the p...

Katharine -- catherine herridge pointed out, we dont know what stage this plan was in so we cant speculate if it was actually a go. catherine described it as aspirational but it does raise the question how safe the nations rails are now and here to talk about it, member of the national association of railroad safety consultants. kevin, how safe are the rails? >> good morning, jenna. the overall rail system is reasonably safe, but we have a great deal of exposure, and if you consider the potentia...