>> i know it's a serious issue but some of those tweets were funny. they are not terrorists. that's ridiculous. okay now we have a whole another hour for you guys. and guess what, mitt romney talking about how he's a southerner trying to appeal to the southern votes. >> good morning y'all. >> please, don't do it, stop, stop. but in fact, we're going to show you how if he's running the campaign like a business, he's a loser. and conservatives, the sharks are in the water and they're talking about sarah palin. maybe as bad as rush limbaugh. do you know who is saying that? sarah palin. >> have you ever gotten an apology from bill maher. >> no, and i don't ever want to speak to bill maher. >> wow, you got him sarah. but we're going to have a real debate as to what bill maher

said. was it as bad as what rush limbaugh said? also, now conservatives are talking elizabeth warren because she's popular in hollywood. >> hollywood has a new "it" girl. hollywood has followed elizabeth warren big time 12,347 how about scott brown. why don't we look into his finances. do you know where he gets his money? from texas oil guys and wall street bankers. that's a lot worse. we've got that story for you as well. it's showtime. ♪ >> all right the primary fight turns to kansas on saturday and on tuesday we go down south alabama, and mississippi. so mitt romney has got to try to reach out to those southern voters. he has a funny way of doing it. >> not turning me, into an

unofficial southerner and i'm learn to go say y'all, and i like grits and strange things are happening to me. >> good morning, y'all. >> mitt, don't do it. don't even try. at least he's not pretending to do it for real. he said i'm trying to do it. i'll give him a pass on that one and he has collected all those endorsements in mississippi and alabama because they love mitt romney. what is interestinged is who mitt romney loves. apparently he looks up to the chinese. watch. >> the olympics games in china. how quickly they built things. how productive they are as a society. we should see their airports compared to our airports. their train systems they're moving partly because their regulators see their jobs as encouraging. >> what kind of stuff is this

guy. praising communists. can you imagine if president obama did that. oh, the chinese are awesome. i would love to emulate the chinese. sean hannity would do 28 shows in a row. oh, we told you he was a communist. i guess mitt romney wants to turn the country over to the chinese communist. if that's his big strategy, at least the american people know it. but his overall strategy in this primary system has been abysmal. a fascinating way to look at this is how much money he has spent for how many votes he has got. look at these numbers. they're stunning. he pent $55 million overall in the primaries and he has gotten 3.2 million votes. it's a stunningly high $17.14. that's not a very good return on investment. as a comparison let's show you rick santorum.

he spent $5 million overall. he got 2 million votes and that cost him $2.54 per vote. so wait a minute. i thought you were a great businessman? what happened, mitt romney. all of a sudden it turns out you have to spend so much more money than rick santorum to get his votes. what happened to the business generous? can you imagine if rick santorum and mitt romney had the same amount of money. he might be kicking his ass to the north south east and west. i don't know what he's going to do if he doesn't have the money advantage against problem well, i do know. probably lose. we have numbers. in alabama romney still hanging on to a little bit of a lead, 36.3% to 24% for gingrich. do you see how gingrich is above santorum at 22.7%. but three days is a lifetime.

god knows what will happen by tuesday. and in mississippi romney has a larger lead, 35% 27% 27% and ron paul mysteriously still in the race for reasons we can't figure out. so when you look at those numbers, you know what, hey mitt romney is still leading but, god it's costing him a ton of money to do so. i'm going to bring in our very own epic politics man michael shure. ♪ >> well, there you have it. >> there it is. >> michael, talk to me about this amount of money spent. is that a good way of seeing whether he's an effective candidate or not? >> it's certainly an interesting way of seeing it. especially when you talk about the climate of money that gets us so upset at "the young turks" but has poisoned the system. you see mitt romney being able to spend this much per vote and

not do that well which shows more about mitt romney than the process. clearly santorum is overperforming. it dawned on me today that mitt romney is selling himself as the economy--the business in this race. if bain capital bought the romney campaign, they'd fire romney. >> i love that. >> it's really true. >> let's talk more nuance here. when you total up the votes for santorum and newt gringrich they actually have more votes than mitt romney. now the reason why that might be relevant, if they manage to collect more delegates than mitt romney, is there a chance as they go to the conference, santorum and gingrich go, let's shake on it, me, you vp and president we get rid of romney. >> the convention would never allow the person leading in

delegates to have nothing to do with the tickets this wouldn't happen, first of all if you think of a romney campaign would be bad a gingrich-santorum campaign would be disastrous. >> i know. it would be awesome. now if gingrich says if i don't win alabama his spokesperson is saying he is likely to drop out. or if they both say in and collect delegates. >> i think they do more damage together still running for president against mitt romney than they do if there's just one of them. i think rick santorum for example, running as a sing candidate against mitt romney gets annihilated after all while. >> i think rick santorum gets annihilated. the only campaign that would be worse is, you're right santorum and gingrich. obama, i don't think anybody has suggested that before. >> no, they haven't, and there's a reason. >> i would like to take credit

for a theory that probably will not happen. if the obama white house is watching the show, and i know they are someone is saying oh my god that would be awesome. >> or they're saying what is this cenk guy is smoking. >> saturday kansas and then those two big states on tuesday and i know you'll be in alabama covering it for us. who do you think comes out the victor? is it gingrich or santorum? >> there have been no less reliable polling than polling in alabama and mississippi. i know gingrich has pulled out of kansas. it will be rick santorum. and then going to the south gingrich is a southerner. he does speak that language there, and if he's able to get

people behind him yeah, he could have a stand. people are having fun with this election too. so i think people want to vote for newt gringrich just for that to see it keep going. it will keep going. i don't see for a way for mitt romney to lock this up before june. >> i like that it has become an amuse of the ride, and voters areinalabama are saying let's see how it goes. >> but truthfully, just finally think the people in alabama want anyone but romney. i think that in the fall they want anyone but-- >> on an unrelighted note you found something about healthcare that i thought was fascinating. tell me about that. >> it turns out that the lead plaintiff in the case against the affordable care act has filed for bankruptcy because of high medical bills. >> come on, you cannot--i love that. that's the funniest thing i've

heard in a long, long time. michael shure, thank you for joining us. we really appreciate it. now when we come back very serious issue that is iran. there has been a tremendous amount of war propaganda in the u.s. to get us into a war with iran. you know who is doing a great job fighting back? it turns out its president obama. we'll tell but that when we come back. >> if some of these folks think that it's time to launch a war they should say so. what's up? >>hi! >>how ya doing? >>good. >>what you got there? >>a u.v. light lunch box. >>wow! how does it work? >>you put the fruit in, you turn it on, you wait for ten seconds, you take it out. it's a healthy apple to eat. >>that's big. if you sell as manny of those as we sold records, one day i'm going to be going to your house. >>got a cool idea of your own? enter it now at wouldntitbecoolif.com. four finalist will have the chance to pitch their idea to will.i.am. one winner may see their invention idea brought to life. [ laura ] maine is known for its

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>>the blood is in the water and the sharks are bipartisan. >>you got a bone to pick with that? ♪ >> we are back on "the young turks." now on this program we've been covering the propaganda for a war with iran that you see all over the mainstream media.

and i was a little concerned that president obama's position was a little too right winged. after he spoke at apac some of the conservatives in israel said he sounded like a member of the right wing party in israel. and "the new york times" had an article about how president obama didn't sunday that much different. when you look at the actual policy not the rhetoric. but now we have news that president obama behind the scenes has been doing brilliant diplomacy, and may have them on theonthe run and may avoid a war. >> what is said on the campaign trail, those folks don't have a lot of responsibilityies. they're not command centerer in chief. when i see the casualness in which some of these folks talk about war i'm reminded of the

costs involved in war. if some of these folks think that it's time to launch a war they should say so. they should explain to the american people exactly why they would do that and what the consequences would be. >> when i saw the president say that i thought there we go, that was great. because he talked about oh, they seem so casual. you want to talk about the costs. i'm the president of the united states of america. i know the cost when you send our kids into war. what are these rookies talking about? they don't know what they're talking about. you want war? say it. i dare you, say it. you know why the american people would have no interest in that war. i love the turn that he made there. that was out in public. a lot of people have rallied to the causes of not fighting that war in iran, including the current masaud chiefs saying that would be a bad idea. one of the former masaud chiefs

went on 60 minutes and this is what he had to say. >> do you think ahmadinejad is rational. >> yes. >> do you think they're rational enough that they're capable of backing down from this? >> no doubt that the iranian regime maybe not exactly rationale based on what i call western thinking, but they're considering all the implications of the direction. >> basically saying, hey look, this idea that the leadership of iran is all insane and that the minute they have a nuclear weapon, if they ever get a nuclear weapon however many years later that they'll immediately us it on israel, he's calling bs on it as our military leader have. he said stumbling into this war

is a bad idea. guess what, after all this pressure, prime minister benjamin netanyahu was talking with president obama. >> i'm not standing with a stop watch in hand. it is not a matter of days and weeks but also not a matter of years. everybody understands. >> all of a sudden the guy who said we got to go right away, is now saying it could be in a couple of years. that's as soft as netanyahu gets. every other quote is, we got to attack. but they asked him recently, don't you have to work with the united states? the critical reason why there was a poll in israel where they asked israelis, if they do not have u.s. support should israel attack? only 19% said yes. he's saying, ultimately our responsibility is to ensure that we do not get to a situation where we contradict what president obama said. really? he continues, we must not get to

a state where israel does not have the ability to defend itself by itself against any threat. it's interesting that all of a sudden the guy who kept saying, blah-blah-blah it would be nice to have them on our side, wouldn't it. well played by president obama. well gary is one of the founders of salon.com. he has written about this. great to have you on the program. now tell me how president obama manages this feat? >> well, he is sort of political judo. he went in front of apac and did what he had to do. he took quite a hard line but he was there saying there were lines that he was not going to cross that netanyahu wanted him to cross. even at apac he refused to cross

that line. he said all the right things, and then said we got your back and he performed this ritual genu-flecting that he needed to do. but as you pointed out then he really walked a lot of it back in an adroit way without taking it back. for example, he said, when i said we've got your back, that doesn't mean that i'm telling you that you can bomb. then he said there has been too much loose talk about war and the drums of war and those statement applied to not only the g.o.p. warmongers who were loosely vying with each other who could be the quickest to nuke tehran, but they applied to netanyahu who has been talking loosely about war. obama got a two-fer. there. he was able to adroitly school

his domestic g.o.p. opponents and he was able to do that because he knows the american people are not behind a disastrous middle east war but he was able to subtly shoot a shot across netanyahus bow. and it's imperative that they see the necessity of defending themselves, and that's why there is allll this misguidgu t tk aut attatainin in. buthe alsove more imimrtantly as a strategic trump card for israel to preserve the special relationship with the united states. obama is doing everything short of explicitly calling on them not to talk iran to make clear that united states does not want israel to attack iran. >> so gary, in your article obama's apac trifecta there is interesting interplay. on one hand you have netanyahu

coming here and getting standing ovations in congress, and apac so powerful, and unfortunately right wing. there are groups in favor of israel in this country that are more moderate, but apac happens to be more right wing. but then president obama seems to have funneled the power of democracy. in fact, the american people don't want to go to war, and it turns out the israeli people don't want to go to war. tell me about those two forces. >> yeah, i think apac and certainly they overplayed their hand. they felt their leadership has become increasingly right wing and increasingly associated with a far right-wing party. this is a mistake for them. in the case of iran, this threat has made people in the apac

orbit come in and be more voiceferious because i think it's for some misguided jew who is say if iran has a bomb, that is the end of israel. for a variety of reasons they're filled with puberous huberous. they have this mom and pop apple pie we must attack iran, but then they say they didn't have a choice in this matter. but when the g.o.p. candidates came up thundering warmongering talk it put obama in position where he could play the ultimate card which is the american people's lack of desire to have a war. and so apac left obama no

choice. they're not going to go to war with iran. gas prices are money day and no one brings up. the sanctions that u.s. has placed on iran, those sanctions are responsible for an unprecedented 13% rise in gas prices, the highest in history of this time of year. americans do not like that, and many have figured out that the reason why their gas is so high is because of the attention on iran. apac has put themselves in position that they're going up against american's pocketbooks and those issues are killers. obama played it the way he had to, but he did it very adroitly. he was not going to cross those red lines. obama does not want to have $5 a gallon gas. he does not want to have a war before the election. it would be disastrous.

and it would destabilize the whole region. >> plus it's a horrible idea because of the human cost. >> it's a horrible idea, yes. >> gary, co-founder of salon.com. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> thank you cenk. i appreciate it. >> now when we come back, well, bill maher is now under attack by fox news sarah palin etc. for saying some, well, pretty bad stuff about sarah palin. can it be compared to what rush limbaugh said? we'll have a discussion and debate about that when we return. >> sarah palin finally heard what happened in japan. [laughter] and she's demanding that

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supreme court where we take up cover questions. today bill maher versus rush limbaugh. everybody remembers rush limbaugh called sandra fluke horrible names and lost 50 advertisers lost two radio stations as well. now the conservatives are counterattacking saying that bill maher has said terrible things about sarah palin among others. let's watch bill maher. >> i loved it. it's bachmann and palin get into it. two bimbos. sarah palin finally heard what happened in japan. [laughter] and she's demanding that we invade tsunami. i mean she said, these tsunamiens will not get away with this. [laughter] oh speaking of dumb [bleep] >> that word we can't say on air. it's one of the "t" words.

it's hard to figure out which one it is. in my opinion it was not that bad, but there is a stand up routine in dallas, not on the show but he did say it that reportedly he called her the "c" word and said that was the only word for her. sarah palin has had reaction to this. this is what she has had to say. >> i don't know how anyone can sit in the audience of a commentator like bill maher and chuckle and laugh and think that's entertaining. it's disgusting and dirty money that he has provided barack obama's campaign. i don't know how barack obama can sleep at night when he thinks of his daughters and the treatment of women and accept that dirty money. >> this is how i would sleep at night. anyway we'll get to that discussion. white house now under pressure. look they got $1 million from bill maher in the super pac. should they renounce it.

>> we are not and cannot be the arbitrator of every statement that everybody makes in the policy and political arena. as a general matter obviously language that denigrates women is inappropriate. >> all right, now let's open it up to the supreme court here. we'll start with ana logically. all of these are directed against women. you're a woman. the "c" word is really, really bad. what are your thoughts. >> the "c" word is really bad. as with everything, context really parties matters. >> the other "c" word, context. >> when you look at rush limbaugh. he was not doing a comedy routine. he called somebody a and prostitute and meant it. but with bill maher it was harsh but in the middle of a comedy routine. he was doing his monologue.

i give him a pass for it. >> okay now jimmy you're a key mediancomedian. >> some people would say that. >> you claim to be. should comedians get a broader area to pray to play in. >> i'll tell you the difference. here's the problem when they try to equate what bill maher did with what rush limbaugh did. when you are ridiculing someone in power that's called comedy. when you're ridiculing someone who is powerless. that's bullying. sarah palin had power. she was governor. she was running to be the most second powerful person in the country. she's wide open to ridicule. he doesn't have power over her bill maher. rush limbaugh is very powerful. he was trying to intimidate not only that woman but all women from speaking up for women's reproductive health. >> i hear all of you i'm not

sure if it's out of bounds on a comedy routine. if he said it on a tv show-- >> i don't think jimmy is very funny. i didn't laugh once during that whole thing. listen here's the thing. i think that if--it's okay for them to say well, if rush limbaugh had to apologize some of these people have to apologize. i say it because i would be saying the same thing. if it was only conservatives doing it and a liberal oh, the conservatives had to apologize also. i don't want to be a hypocrite tall. but there is a difference in the arena, and context that does matter. >> ajesus, you're offer voice of reason. can people drop the "c" word left and right? >> definitely i don't think it's okay. they'll always have that umbrella saying that i'm in a comedy show to cover themselves

with. i think it's harder to be so easy to throw that around. >> that's interesting. what if rush limbaugh stood up and said, everybody the "c" word. >> but bill maher and rush limbaugh, and rush limbaugh, the way it hit me, as ana said, his comments could cause more hard or take a conversation in a different conversation. >> ishconversation. >> i hear you on that. >> he has people out there to spread his gospel. >> a lot of people like bill maher. >> i don't disagree with that, but it's not like there are mahr heads. >> and rush limbaugh has been pushing this anti-woman ideology for such a long time for decades. that's why word fem-nazi is very common on people who want to hit on women. >> i agree. i hear you on that, but at the

same time it's not like bill maher--let's put it this way and i love bill maher i yes with him on 98% of the stuff. but if someone were to charge bill maher on misogyny they would not be out of bounds. >> that probably was not a good choice if he's trying to insinuate himself in political discussion, which he's trying to do. it was stupid. it's not equivalent. but a three-day attack on a person who was not a public person, who has no power, and he calls her those names. he was not saying that about her sexuality. rush limbaugh was. >> i hear you on that. that's a fair point. and i want everyone to understand i'm not on the side that they're equivalent. you're 100% right on the context. but president obama, look at these comments that are harmful to women. give the money back. is that a fair ploy?

should he give the money back? >> i don't think he should give the money back because bill maher gave money to a pac. the ills that have gone on in republican hands and those who give republicans their money are far worse than the utterance of bill maher. the actual hurtful things that are done. i'm not demeaning what bill maher said, and it's hard to defend sarah palin but i can understand why she would be upset about it. >> the family research has been considered a hate group and the guy who runs the thing is on msnbc every day and chris matthews calls him his 'ol buddy. >> and republicans kiss his ass daily. those are all validations. if i was obama, i would say super pac i don't coordinate with my super pac at all. can i get one last thing.

you're saying it's not the same. don't give the money back. that's how the court is ruling, but i think mahr should consider apologizing for using the "c" w0rd. what do you think about that? ana? >> he should consider it. [laughter] >> yes, he should consider it. >> michael? >> actually, i agree. it's a joke answer, but he should consider it. but it's fine if he doesn't because he's a comedian. >> i don't think he should because then it does give the appearance that he agrees that it's equivalent. >> i hear you guys. i think he should consider it, but i'm not the boss of bill maher. god knows he ain't going to listen to me or anybody else. he'll do what he does. good rulings and when we come back you know who else the conservatives are attacking? elizabeth warren, and that is not the right way to go. we fight back when we return. >> she has been to hollywood before but this is the big coming out party.

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♪ >> we are back on "the young turks"." we did a supreme court on whether bill maher was as offensive as rush limbaugh. there is one other court the court of public opinion. we asked what you at www.currenttv.com/youngturks with a you thought, and the answer was overwhelming. only 12.73% said yes. if our current viewers view it that way, that must be the case. we go on to elizabeth warren. the republicans have been attacking her saying she has been getting money from hollywood. >> scott brown puts out this ad. >> how old has a new "it" girl. >> this is per debutante ball in

how old. >> elizabeth warren is taking credit for the occupied wall street demonstrations stretching from coast to coast. >> in an interview with the occupy movement, warren said, i created much of the intellectual foundation for what they do. i support what they do. >> tonight, norman lear is hosting a fundraising dinner for elizabeth warren at his estate in los angeles which is co-hosted by barbra streisand. >> i love the irony of scott brown's campaign doing an ad that is so hollywood. saying can you believe how hollywood elizabeth warren is? that's rich. okay now first of all elizabeth warren has collected more money than scott brown. $5.7 million to $3.2 million for scott brown in that race in massachusetts. for the senate seat, of course.

now where is the money coming from? that's what scott brown is complaining about. elizabeth warren has raised 39% from massachusetts. 18% in california. that's the source of the complaints and 43% elsewhere. when go to scout brown in this race he has raised 65% from massachusetts, not much from california because no one in l.a. likes this guy. but get a load of this hypocrisy. when he won his senate seat in 2010, do you know how much of his money came from outside sources? 70% came from outside of massachusetts. what's the matter, i'm a massachusetts boy. you got to get your money from massachusetts. when you won you got it from guys in texas and wall street and then you turn that favor over to wall street which is much more important. we reached out to elizabeth warren's office and this is what she told us.

elizabeth went from being a maintain glance man's daughter to a fancy pants law professor through hard work and determination. she has made it her life's work understanding the pressures facing families like the one she grew up in standing up to the big banks and credit card companies so middle class families have a fighting chance. i thought republicans were in favor of people who pulled themselves up from the bootstraps. all of a sudden in now that she has made it she's a bad guy? it doesn't seem very just. it doesn't seem very republican. if they were true to their principles. of course they're not. now what are they explaining so much about elizabeth warren in the first place? because she actually struck a cord. whether it's the hollywood people giving her money or the average person donating to her campaign. do you know why? because of statements like this. >> i hear all this class warfare--no. there is nobody in this country who got rich on his own.

nobody. you built a factory and it turned into something terrific or a great idea, god bless. keep a big hunk of it, but part of the underlying social contract, you take that and you pay it forward to the next kid who comes along. >> i love that. a lot of people did that's why she's getting money from all across the country. oh, my god it's a actual progressive in government. we're starving for it. now, ted johnson is aolumnist riritt h heen l.a. d,irst ofllll talk too me about theononibutions.ns who iswhtist comg g om inn t ts tyty w ell, you have a lot of people throughout many industries in l.a. the people who stand out, barbra streisand tom hanks these are all hollywood names that have resonance that really means something.

that's probably why there are is so much about it. scott brown's campaign can get attention by putting some of those people on the screen. and the republican party in massachusetts can get attention by saying, hey listen, she's an elitist. she may be standing up for the middle class but look who is donating to her campaign. it's trying to get this message that there is an air of hypocrisy. however, we've seen this over and over again from republicans in particular. they go after democratic candidates for the amount of money that they collect from the entertainment industry. >> here is the hypocrisy that i care a lot more about. when they talk about hollywood elitist, can you believe barbra streisand and cher, when it comes to liberal stars or when it comes to jon veto or chuck norris and they go after ronald reagan, they go crazy.

can you make if they said let's run barbra streisand for president? the guy is an actor. >> the best example is al in minnesota. he raised money from hollywood but my god he played down the entertainment connection. he barely was in the national media. he was very much like i'm the local boy running for senate, and we might see elizabeth warren do some of that as well. the reason why she has had to turn to the entertainment business is because she has never run for public office again. a sure way of getting a lot of money quickly is to tap hollywood donors, the day she announced she was on the phone with fundraisers out hear saying can you raise money for me? and in just a couple of weeks she had norman lear, the fundraiser last week, and hollywood is you know, certainly gets a lot of attention. but it's also an easier way for candidates to raise money because it's a tight-knit

community. the infrastructure is already in place and candidates can swoop in and raise money quickly and raise a lot of money quickly. >> i once ran into an unnamed senator. off the record. i won't say who he is. he was here in l.a. i said, senator what brings you here. he said, what do you think brings me. that's right. ted, i would much rather, whether conservative or liberal someone get money from the guys in hollywood who care about ideology and principles and etc. i don't think chuck norris on the conservative side is looking for a tax break. he's mainly conservative and he supports conservative politician. i think it's more dangerous to get money from rich people who want something back in return whether its tax cuts or the guys on wall street. isn't that a much larger problem? >> yes and industry donors, the people like barbra streisand the people like norman lear,

they pride themselves on the idea that they're giving for alternate reasons than has to do with the industry's self interest. chris dodd the chairman of the mpa would like to see them give more and connect that. but that's just not the way people give. elizabeth warren's appeal was that video that you just saw. she kind of gave voice to the disappointment that some of these donors had in president obama that he wasn't able to convey the message for the buffet rule or the message during the whole showdown in quite the same way that she was able to. she has an authenticity and empathy that they aren't seeing from a lot of applications that come through town. >> yes, there is no question about that. look, nobody knows progressives more than i do. i'm connected to all these guys. i worked with them for the last ten years. i've had them all on my show. and everybody got a huge buzz

through elizabeth warren when she actually defended her principles. to me i would much rather have barbra streisand not listen to chris dodd, because chris dodd for the motion picture association of america pushes things i'm not in favor of, it should be i want to donate because this person is doing the right thing. not because i want to donate because the movie industry is favored over the online industry. isn't that what we're supposed to be donating for. >> that's the argument. and luckily a lot of people in the industry who are on thing weresive side that's the majority of how people give. you have a difference on the studio level. elizabeth warren, she really kind of came in amidst a lot of candidates in the senate who really want to raise money but she really has stood out and you kind of knew this right when she entered the race.

she had name recognition and a certain star power. what is telling is this evening in bel air a studio chief is having a big fundraiser for nine senate candidates, elizabeth warren is not among them, one of the reasons probably is she's able to raise money on her own she's able to get donors on her own. she doesn't need that other support. >> you know, they're apparently doing that in bel air today and i didn't get an invite. i'm feeling sad. ted johnson from variety. we appreciate it. by the way scott brown personally was responsible since he was the 60s vote, for getting $11 billion from taxpayers to the bank. that's where scott brown gets the money from. speaking of wall street guys when we come back, an outrageous case of bonuses news that came out today.

it's stunning. i can't believe they're going to do this. we'll talk about it when we return.

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money. it's outrageous. if you put your money in that company you would be lived over it right? what have the regulators done in their unending brilliance? they retained three of the top officers the chief financial officer, the operating officer their top legal counsel and retained three other top officer officer. neil wolcott said that was a shocking conflict of interest. these are the guys who might have screwed up the company in the first place. why are you retaining them. it was announced that those guys are going to get hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses. why! why are you giving them bonuses! they crashed their company. they bankrupt--they may be responsible for that. what are they doing there in the first place? to give you one example and there are so many of these. let's go to lori ferber with a

salary of $350,000. her bonus was $850,000. she had stock options of $1.1 million. okay. now her salary--do you understand, it has increased! it has gone from $350,000 to $500,000 and the bonuses are to be determined. there are no stock options any more because she helped to bankrupt the company and they all owe $1.6 billion to their customers, right? but why is she getting paid more and why is she getting a bonus? it's crazy. i'm not the only guy who thinks that. todd theilmann said it's unthat the amible to me that an employee everyone's getting

paid except for the customers and employees. and here is a future commissions regulator. he said futures customers have been suspended in excruciateing limbo wondering when they'll receive their funds. this situation is intolerable and unacceptable! look, this is what drives us crazy about the financial try. they claim to be geniuses. but if you were such geniuses why did you bankrupt the company? why can't you find the $1.6 million. it drives mucase about our regulators. what are you doing hiring those guys and giving hundreds of thousands of dollars in bonuses to them. you should be looking out for customers and employees. i hope they get it right at some point. thank