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Unambiguously that nothing is too big to fail and if you fail, we'll put you to sleep. >> senator dodd, if the notion is that the government sees a firm taking excessive risks, they're looking through the window at how the business is being run. they may make comments, regulators saying that's excessive risk, systemic risk, we're going to move in, you pre funded a fund that can pay for that, that banks would pay for. there's still a lot of access to government cash the taxpayers paid for if they get in trouble and if they need more cash. >> first of all, even before that, the systemic risk cou...

19.6% among blacks. 13.3% among hispanics. this in the new national urban league state of black america survey that came out today. what's worrisome is this gap still very much exists. >> that's why the urban league, for 100 years, has been championing these issues and trying to close the economic gap, the housing gap, the health gap. there are so many gaps. roland has been a strong advocate these last couple of weeks in terms of pushing student aid and the pell grant funding. that's important. if we're going to close these gaps we need more federal assistance but i also want to echo what rola...

The d.o.t., but also unions. african-americans and hispanics are routinely shut out of those kinds of jobs. so here we have the department of transportation trying to push the money to the states. who doesn't get hireded? these are jobs providing benefits sending kids to school, so i challenge the same unions who want black and hispanic votes, how dare you lock people out of those particular jobs? it goes beyond government. it's also private industry playing a critical role in the numbers. >> take a look at these numbers behind you. you can see them. 25-year-olds with bachelor degrees. 32.6%. ...

Here's another health concern and it may send a shiver through young americans who plan to have families. according to a new report the rate of severe complications in pregnancies has taken an alarming jump. cnn senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen takes a closer look. >> reporter: it's rare to die from pregnancy or childbirth in the united states, but it does happen and the numbers are on the rise. let's take a look. in 1987 for every 100,000 births, 6.6 women died. in 2006 for every 100,000 births there were 13.3 deaths. that's a big difference and it far exceeds the goal that's been...

Kiran. when you look at death rates among white american women and african-american women, the differences are huge. let's look at the overall differences. overall in 1987 in this country for every 100,000 births, you had 6.6 deaths, maternal deaths. in 2006, that number jumped to 13.3. when you see the goal line down there, what that means is the united states government has the goal of four deaths per 100,000. so we are going in the wrong direction. you mention the disparities. when you look at white american women, you are looking at 9.5 deaths per 100,000 births. black women, 32.7. obvious...