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Pike county where fast-moving waters washed away homes and knocked out power to thousands. and the government wash dog says the treasury department failed to consider the economic fallout when it told general motors and chrysler to shutter dealerships as part of last years government-backed bail yut. a special report of the t.a.r.p. program said it may have contributed to the closing of small businesses. >> boy, the car dealerships just always have a way of pushing back against the government....

The belief that the tea party is racist, because of the -- >> the entire tea party? >> not the entire tea party. but there are racial undertones. in fact, one of the things i did is gave the history of the tea party and how it came to be and how it was virtually unknown until another network started picking it up and making an issue out of it. then you see factions of the kkk, and you start seeing these different things come out that literally, theyre coming out because the president is black. n...

Crunched for time, one more question. does it bother you fannie mae and freddie mac were not involved in the financial regulation reform. >> well, we did have a huge amount of reform -- >> that is -- >> what we passed as hugely significant. you had the fox guarding the hen house and institutions that were so big, that you couldnt afford for them to fail and a t.a.r.p. program that righted the ship and paid back the government with interest, and, we -- >> would you have liked -- >> significant re...

This dependence of foreign oil. its the most important thing i think we face domestically. >> chuck, it is so good of you could join me. we talked on earth day a couple years ago and i appreciate your time, your perspective. i know a lot of passion goes into this for you. thank you. >> thank you so much. all this week we take a look at the ways we can end our dependence on oil, reducing or eliminating all together the need for offshore drilling. join us every day for the special series "the se...

>> tracking human smuggling, home invasions, murder. >> were outmanned. of all the illegals in america, more than half come through arizona. >> have we got the right plan? >> the plans perfect. you bring troops, state, local and county law enforcement together. >> and complete the danged fence. >> it will work this time. senator, youre one of us. >> im john mccain, and i approve this message. >> thank you, sheriff vader. miss bendy straws says she misses president bush. she says she hates the t....

The former ceo of clayco and author. crystal and contributor at the daily beast. and also author "house of cards." the three women on wall street, sheila baird, and elizabeth warren heading up the t.a.r.p. program, are women becoming the new watchdogs on wall street? >> well, its certainly the case that we see women strong. something quite interesting in some of the industries that avoided a meltdown, we had women in powerful regulatory rules, our own canada, julie dixon, probably the best regul...

Primary. bennett was challenged by tim bridgewater and attorney mike lee. the latter pair courted tea partiers attacking bennett from the right for the vote on the t.a.r.p. program and the health care bill he co-sponsored with democrat ron wyden. he received an endorsement from freedomworks and when it was announced bennett finished third, the lee crowd unfurled multiple "dont tread on me" flags. an independent bid is not possible. he missed the filing date for that. after defeat he spoke to rep...

Bridgewater and attorney mike lee. the latter pair courted tea partiers attacking bennett from the right for the vote on the t.a.r.p. program and the health care bill. he received an endorsement from freedomworks and when it was announced bennett finished third, the lee crowd unfurled multiple dont tread on me flags. an independent bid is not possible. he missed the filing date for that. after defeat he spoke to reporters. >> the political atmosphere obviously has been toxic, and its very clear ...

Particular, weight on greece, they are effectively preventing a run on these countries. >> help us out. analysts are concerned some will see this as a free pass to continue their free spending ways. where is the learning curve. in grmds they work long hours, long days, in greece, southern europe, they are living the life. >> they have have great islands. but we have the same problems in the united states, right, with the t.a.r.p. program. effectively were bailing out people who probably shouldnt...

Points. >> we all remember it. >> related to a variety of things. the primary driver behind that aside from some computer glitches which we can talk about, too. >> right. >> was the fact that investors were really worried about europe. in other words if this is going on in greece and greece cant access the debt markets because things are so bad there, whats it going to mean for portugal and spain? whats it then eventually going to mean for germany and therefore what does it mean for the entire w...