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Elizabeth crankshaw. joining me from birmingham, alabama. elizabeth, good to see you. thanks for taking the time and making the trip. its good to have you here. how long now have you been living your wife as a woman? >> five years now. >> five years. if you would, describe your journey. when did you begin to feel conflicted about your gender identity and how did that conflict sort of manifest itself in your life? >> i grew up in california and i really didnt notice that much variation between bo...

>> be here now. >> helen miren blames her husband for her late start. >> its my husband who keeps me waiting in the end. today, he couldnt find his bow tie. >> in every group, theres always a couple of divas. >> so nosey. >> i dont know. >> my hair is always exactly the same. theres very little variation. >> well, its a tiny bit weirder looking but its pretty much exactly like this every day of my life. >> about 17 hours i -- just nails alone 17 hours. >> some made their post show plans ooch pla...

Wavelength, makes the wave steeper and starts to break. the rogue waves, not that there are more rogue waves there, there are more breaking waves in these areas. >> we also saw i guess it was a rogue wave or big waves in san francisco just i think it was last month. you had people riding these 50-foot waves and some spectators were hurt when a big wave came ashore, unexpectedly, knocked a lot of people down. do rogue waves ever reach the land? >> they do. theres a variation of wave size. if you ...

The form of white water and hits the boat, sets it back and can literal literally situation it, break it. >> if the boat is to the side of a breaking wave then it can be broken? >> thats right. a swell, its no problem. so waves break. when waves break depends on their steepness. thats effected by a current. if waves are going into an oncoming current it shortens the wavelength, makes the wave steeper and starts to break. the rogue waves, not that there are more rogue waves there, there are more ...

For $20,000, $25,000 or more, for a few thousand dollar tax credit? >> because if you are thinking of hiring, this may speed it up one or two months. thats all you got to do. a little bit. >> neil: none of it worked already. we tried variation of that and it hasnt worked. >> yes, it has. you have to accept the fact, it has worked. >> neil: i just told you that millions of -- i know, sir. the pace improved. >> i agree. >> neil: were down all the millions of jobs. you can argue its all that stimul...

That went on for decades, and nobody caught him. he just blew up on his own. inspires confidence, right? why would anybody invest in the united states if this is the kind of policing that we do against theft, fraud, even the most basic con artists schemes that have been around for generations? the interview tonight is with a man who figured out madoffs scheme ten years ago, who went to the s.e.c. five separate times with the evidence of what mr. madoff was doing only to be ignored by the people ...

Harassment and try to bypass the legal structure as lori just described, when it suits their profitable interests? >> well, dylan, i think as in any industry, theres variation here. the big concern is that people can get in over their heads. whether it happens the way that shes describing or not, you can have -- this is why there are attempts to rein in -- you know, put a cap on the interest rate or reduce the number of loans that somebody with go for, so they dont end up, as one attorney genera...

45-degree angle without variation. markets go up and down. he only went up. >> so that was not exactly high level math. it was just, this is too good to be true. >> impossible. clearly impossible. >> i can understand how individual investors, individual families could get hoodwinked by the sorts of false statements, false paperwork he put out. the other things that madoff did to make himself seem legit but how did wall street firms get hooked? i mean, funds investing billions of dollars with him...

Youre not whistle blower in the traditional sense in a whistle blower usually works at the company and reveals something. in enrons case, we had a few of those. youre technically a competitor. maybe the argument when you first approached the s.e.c. this is just a guy with sour grapes against a guy getting it done. >> im sure they thought that. i know they thought that in new york. they said this guy doesnt have a tape with madoff confession on so he cant be a whistle blower. he didnt work for ma...

Im on cloud nine right now. its the best redemption i could ask for. >> you did it in style. you were in fifth place and decided to pull the move called the hurricane. its been described as, its the biggest, busiest, toughest trick there is. tell us about the hurricane. >> its a trick that ive always tried to push our sport with. its something i want everybody to know that im not going to walk away easily. i want everybody to try their best. itis what the olympics are to me. it doesnt have to do...