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From the government! remember three years ago a.i.g. got a federal bailout of $182 billion. did they say thank you? as pat of the deal the government got a huge stake in the company, but former a.i.g. c.e.o. is suing for damages calling the takeover "unconditional." and the treasury officials have responded saying the actions were necessary and legal and done to "prevent a meltdown of the entire global financial system." gerri is here with her two cents from the fox business network. what is behind the lawsuit? >>gerri: unbelievable. so he ran a.i.g. and kicked out of the company and now he ru...

Fallen even farther and more people would owe more than their homes are worth, shepard. >> shepard: wendell, two other bailed out agencies of that sort also came under fire today on capitol hill. >> fannie and freddie, the biggest. under fire for bonuses being paid to their top executives, tens of millions of dollars. basically of taxpayer money since the two organizations got $182 billion in taxpayer bailouts. now, the executives who made the bad calls that have got them in trouble are gone. some lawmakers want to put the new executives on a government pay scale. the conservativer says he wou...

Save money. live better. walmart. unemployment and the struggling economy are hot-button issues going into the 2012 election. and rolled up into that, the housing crisis. last week the senate approved a $182 billion spending bill, part of which will help fund housing subsidies. but nonetheless, housing prices continue to plummet. new construction slow, at best. sales of new homes at record lows. foreclosures near record highs. so what if anything, are the candidates saying about it? let's bring in cnbc's real estate correspondent diana olick. diana, the last month, the president announced an...

Some of us know how to negotiate hard, we've got to elect the right people. don't take away rights because we're worried about the substantive outcome the weak politicians are taking. >> i don't think you're incorrect in blaming weak poll tigs. however, at the same time, when you've got the politicians with their arms twisted behind their backs by these very powerful unions, they -- the unions should have been able to see just as the politicians did. they've got to accept responsibility, as well. you can't take, take, take, and then only when you've got a governor that says i'm going to crush ...

Somewhere down the line we're going to have a battle with inflation and some of these assets could be in trouble. >> julie: do you think we should move our stocks into bonds? >> you want to have some bonds, but i'm going to tell you, don't get a false sense of security. maybe not this year but some time down the line, bonds are going to face difficulties of their own. american stocks are tremendously undervalued. had there might be the greatest story there. this is huge trend, $182 billion into bond. -- >> and should we be nervous considering the trend of the stock market in the last two weeks...