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Rangel. first, the money. the committee says that rangel didnt report more than $600,000 on financial disclosure forms. remember this is the guy who oversee it is committee dealing with taxes. and then theres this. this is the future home of rangel center for public service at the city college of new york. yes. it is named after him and the committee says rangel violated house rules you about pressuring lobbyists and companies to donate money. one company hit up was aig. which was lobbying the h...

Violated house rules by pressuring lobbyists and companies to donate money to build the rangel center. one company hit up was aig which was lobbying the house at the time. contributors donated $8 million to the building where rangel was supposed to have a very nice, well-furnished office. allegations he used an apartment here in new york city as a campaign office. its a rent-subsidized apartment which means its supposed to be for people on low income and only for people who actually live in it. ...

21 months, involved 41 witnesses and more than 28,000 pages of documents. here are some of them. lets go over to the wall. i want to show you in detail what is in some of these papers and the accusations against rangel. first of all, the money. the committee says that rangel didnt report more than $600,000 on financial disclosure forms, this from the guy overseeing the committee thats supposed to be dealing with taxes. then theres this. take a look. this building, this is the future home of the ...

Companies to donate money to build the rangel center. aig was hit up, lobbying the house at the time. contributors donated $8 million to the building where rangel was supposed to have a very nice, furnished office. and an apartment here in new york city used as an office, its supposed to be for people on low income and only for people who actually live in it. rangel didnt live there. it was allegedly an office. then this. this photo, this is charlie rangel sleeping outside his villa in the domin...

Who are watching our shows all day who are not able to get a job. >> reporter: right and just as you say, unless and until theres significant job creation, until that unemployment rate starts ticking down, people are never going to respond favorably to a question like that. right until the jobs come back, theyre not going to be satisfied that the president is doing enough. >> also in this poll it says 46% of americans find the presidents handling of the economy unsatisfactory. very interesting a...

Organizations have told us the same thing, they get hit up, or theyre forced to put something in customs storage for weeks at a time, and get thousands of dollars in bills they have to pay in order to get those items back out. keeping them honest, we talked about that, and a lot of other issues, former president bill clinton chairs an organization that will be designating where a lot of this money goes. ive heard people say, theres a lack of leadership on the ground on the part of the haitian go...

Its provided water and food for people. all in all, 60 nations have pledged more than $5 billion over the next 18 months to help haiti dig out and start rebuilding. removing rubble, stuff like that. the sad fact is, only three countries have actually come through on their promises, brazil, norway and australia. as weve been hearing tonight, the problems go beyond just money. we were hit up as we came in to the airport. we brought in some relief supplies. we had $5,000 in heavy equipment for reli...

Through on their promises, brazil, norway and australia. weve been hearing tonight the problems go just beyond money. western hit up as we came into the airport. we brought in some relief supplies. were charged $1,000 for customs officials, they said there was a 20% tax on emergency supplies on relief items, and a lot of ngos, nongovernmental organizations have told us the same thing, they get hit up, or theyre forced to put something in customs storage for weeks at a time, and get thousands of ...

And they get fringe benefits. part of the fringe benefits things go bad, they get bailed out? >> truly the party of incumbents. they want to support -- look the corporationsuzunget hit up for donations from the politicians and the politicians come back and say what can we do for you? >> sean: is it is the political system that is more corrupt? i believe capitalism works. capitalism is the answer they create the jobs. >> capitol hill is the problem not wall street. >> i think linked network betwe...

And they get fringe benefits. part of the fringe benefits things go bad, they get bailed out? >> truly the party of incumbents. they want to support -- look the corporationsuzunget hit up for donations from the politicians and the politicians come back and say what can we do for you? >> sean: is it is the political system that is more corrupt? i believe capitalism works. capitalism is the answer they create the jobs. >> capitol hill is the problem not wall street. >> i think linked network betwe...