host: our guest is ian katz from bloomberg news. the book is titled "stress test," out this week by tim geithner. thank you for being with us. we are going to get your calls and comments. our phone lines are open. the lines are -- chris is on the phone from the walkie, our line for independents. good morning to you. , our line forkee independents. good morning to you. caller: the government and administrators were sent to jail for their role in it. we could have paid off all the mortgages for these poor people who lost their homes who have and weate mortgages would have been further ahead. they lost their homes because they lost their jobs because of the economic downturn. these weren't people who could afford a home at a time. guest: one of the things that lingers on for the crisis that is a major point of criticism about the handling of the crisis and the bailouts is that there are people in jail, there aren't big shots or pigheadedness -- big shots or big heads contributed in a big way to what was called the great recession. in j

. >> on the next "washington aboutl," ian katz talks the new book by treasury secretary geithner, "stress test." then the career and legacy of secretary geithner with this -- dennis ke3lleher and stephen moore. and reports the syrian government recently used chemical weapons against its people, and as always, we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i wrote something one time, and it stated that in the south, he was looked at as a hero. when you had any kind of

host: our guest is ian katz from bloomberg news.he book is titled "stress test," out this week by tim geithner. thank you for being with us. we are going to get your calls and comments. our phone lines are open. the lines are -- chris is on the phone from the walkie, our line for independents. good morning to you. , our line forkee independents. good morning to you. caller: the government and administrators were sent to jail for their role in it. we could have paid off all the mortgages for these poor people who lost their homes who have and weate mortgages would have been further ahead. they lost their homes because they lost their jobs because of the economic downturn. these weren't people who could afford a home at a time. guest: one of the things that lingers on for the crisis that is a major point of criticism about the handling of the crisis and the bailouts is that there are people in jail, there aren't big shots or pigheadedness -- big shots or big heads contributed in a big way to what was called the great recession. in jai

. >> on the next "washington journal," bloomberg news reporter ian katz talks about the legacy of treasury. hen a discussion with dennis kelleher and stephen moore. djerjian on ed card a discussion of syria and chemical weapons. "washington journal," live at :00 a.m. >> can you recall who encouraged you to just think about government? father. my mother and i put it in a book called 17 traditions, how they raised people. it was conversation around the dinner table. there was no looking at tv or listening to radio or looking like this. we talked. and they challenged us in a nice way and asked us questions and needled us and joked with us. and the bottom line was, freedom requires civic responsibility. you can't just say that doesn't mean they are free. and that is it. you have to engage in democracy. if you don't use your rights you will lose your rights. discusses immelman his recent travels where public spaces have become the site of mass protests and activists movements. this is an hour and 20 minutes.

>> on the next "washington aboutl," ian katz talks the new book by treasury secretary geithner, "stress test." then the career and legacy of secretary geithner with this -- dennis ke3lleher and stephen moore. and reports the syrian government recently used chemical weapons against its people, and as always, we will take your calls, and you can join the conversation at facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> i wrote something one time, and it stated that in the south, he was looked at as a hero. when you had any kind of crisis, people were always looking for someone they could look up to. you had a person here who escaped a blockade. he devastated union commerce. in the free world or other parts of the world -- understand, commerce back then was ships. no planes, stuff like this. highat he did it on the seas, he captured the imagination of people in england, france, everywhere. people were constantly writing about him. up north, were from you hated him. just like anybody, you were going to label him if you hate him, the lowest names that you ca

bloomberg news reporter ian katz will talk about the new book by former treasury secretary geisinger and his -- geithner and his legacy. more on secretary geithner. and a former ambassador talks about reports the syrian government recently used chemical weapons against its own people. as always, we will take also and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. "washington journal," live tomorrow morning and every morning at 10:00 a.m. these are in on -- eastern on c-span. >> a lot of times you would say, look, this is not for attribution. this is for background. you can attribute it to a white house source. you cannot do that with live cameras. you cannot say, i am just giving you this for background. this is not for publication. >> did you brief on background from the podium at the white house? >> sure. not all the briefing, but -- let me give you something on background so you will know it is coming, something like that. >> so quite. -- quaint. [laughter] i the fatal mistake i made, did not put the restriction we had. it was not available for a live broadcast. it was ava

on the next washington journal, ian katz talks about the new book by timothy geithner.scussion on the career and legacy of secretary geithner with dennis kelleher and stephen moore. a former ambassador discuss reports the syrian government used government -- chemical weapons against its people. we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. washington journal, live at 7 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> can you remember who first influenced you to just think about issues? think about government? >> my father and mother. i was so impressed by it i put it in a book called 17 traditions. how to raise the four children in a factory town in new england. it was conversation around the dinner table. there was a looking at tv or listening to radio or looking like this. we talked and they challenged us in a nice way. asked us questions and joked with us. the bottom line was freedom requires civic responsibility. you cannot just say you want freedom because most people think they are freebie does they are personally free. they can buy their own clothe