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Empower people who are not directly responsible to the people. martha: go ahead, peter, respond. >> there's a lot there. first of all, this happened in 2007-2008, when the previous administration was in power. i don't think it has anything to do with -- >> and you guys were in control of the house and senate. >> it doesn't matter, the fact of the matter is the cops -- we have to put the cops on wall street, which president obama said yesterday, which is what this financial reform bill will do, yes, the sec is a disaster, we can both agree on that, they need to be more aggressive in bringing ca...

Held at sea, and we have crews and producer in norfolk for the arraignment today but don't expect to see arrives an departures, tight security and there will be a courtroom artist and press conference later today. bill: i have yet to meet a smart one, thanks, brian, brian wilson in washington. martha: the $13 trillion that this nation owes to other folks. okay? it is all -- we have been watching it closely and the president refuses to take the value added tax, a national sales tax off the table and there were mixed messages coming out of the administration on that one, so what do you oink that...

Economic climate? >> that's why i think we're going to have a group together to be able to defeat the efforts to put a tax on this, but they're always looking for ways to raise taxes and spend more money, and that's what i'm opposed to. i think we need to really focus on making the investment in the technology, that we can use here in the united states but also around the world to reduce emissions and make the entire global environment better. bill: that is a bit of a preview for what we expect monday. we'll get the other side then. seb -- senator john barrasso, thank you for coming in today, ...

Martha: blagojevich says he is totally innocent and he believes having the president testify about what he may or may not have known about the filling of the seat, will exonerate him. i assume and let's look at what is in here. because, keep in mind, everybody, at home, rod blagojevich said all along, there was nothing that was illegal about the back and forth, this is politics and just the way stuff is done and may be. so, let's look at some of what is in here, this is a piece of it and this full screen i'm about to show you is 6 pages long and it is number 9 of a list of interactions that cl...

Will not be paying taxes because you have to do that and have that level and the other piece of the puzzle, you will wipe out several things, as an unintended consequence, charitable giving is gone and taxable investments that have been out there, estate planning, completely wiped off, and you've got a whole infrastructure or ecosystem of things are wrapped around the tax policies we have now that go away and that is something you have to think about before you make a massive change. bill: you have a lot of knowledge, thank you and for enlightening us today, art hogan. thanks. >> take care, bi...