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both the driver and abdul were pronounced dead ' this scene. >> definitely everyone is there for each other and actually being here at the site there's so many people here and everyone is taking time out of their day to go around giving people hugs who need them and just helping each other out. >> right now everyone is trying to figure out what happened. but there is a lot of grief trying to understand why the tragedy happened. more on the story at 10:00. >> we will see you tonight. thank you. >>> testimony on troubling glances and odd behavior in the
both the driver and abdul were pronounced dead ' this scene. >> definitely everyone is there for each other and actually being here at the site there's so many people here and everyone is taking time out of their day to go around giving people hugs who need them and just helping each other out. >> right now everyone is trying to figure out what happened. but there is a lot of grief trying to understand why the tragedy happened. more on the story at 10:00. >> we will see you...
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the wrestling coach said abdul was riding his bike with a close friend. they were on a trail between route 29 and forum drive in fairfax. that's where he was hit and his coach says everyone is still in shock. >> abdul will be missed by a lot of people. and i just want everybody to know that he was loved and that i will hold a special place in my heart for abdul and you know, he is lost, but he won't be forgotten. >> the driver in this case, gary anthony thorn also died at the crash. police say his car continued on and hit some trees. now police tell us that they don't know why that happened and they are waiting for some results from an autopsy. reporting live, i'm lindsey, 9news now. >> thank you lindsey for that update. a motorcade made its way through southeast washington to call attention to gun violence in our area and across the country. landmarks along the route were somber ones. the sites where area youth were killed by gunfire. one of the organizers of today's event lost her daughter to a drive by shooting in that infamous blood bath, killing four
the wrestling coach said abdul was riding his bike with a close friend. they were on a trail between route 29 and forum drive in fairfax. that's where he was hit and his coach says everyone is still in shock. >> abdul will be missed by a lot of people. and i just want everybody to know that he was loved and that i will hold a special place in my heart for abdul and you know, he is lost, but he won't be forgotten. >> the driver in this case, gary anthony thorn also died at the crash....
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that is where 18-year-old abdul chadl ee was killed on his bike next to his friend. >> it happened so. >> reporter: a memorial marks the spot where two highways were lost. 18-year-old abdul chadlee was enjoying the afternoon with friends, including emma duke. >> it was awful and both heard a big boom. the car was coming at us. >> reporter: the authorities say an suv driven by 31-year- old gary thorne for some reason, crossed several lanes of traffic here on lowe highway and heading straight for abdul and emma. >> he yelled at me to move out of the way. i turned to the right and the car hit the back. and then it hit him straight on. it was in -- [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: tonight, the chadly family invited us into their home. abdul's father mohammad said after graduation that he pland to the attend george mason university, where he wanted to become a veterinarian. >> the landscape, the brother -- . [ indiscernible ] next to his friends as you so and his neighbors everywhere. >> reporter: while at fairfax high school, abdul had many friends and we're told that his skills on the wres
that is where 18-year-old abdul chadl ee was killed on his bike next to his friend. >> it happened so. >> reporter: a memorial marks the spot where two highways were lost. 18-year-old abdul chadlee was enjoying the afternoon with friends, including emma duke. >> it was awful and both heard a big boom. the car was coming at us. >> reporter: the authorities say an suv driven by 31-year- old gary thorne for some reason, crossed several lanes of traffic here on lowe highway...
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chadli was killed by a suv. >> they have been coming all day long to pay respects to abdul. he touched a lost lives in the community and the school before his life came to a tragic end. with heavy hearts and tears in their eyes, family friends, and classmates gather where 18-year-old abdul chadli was tragically killed. >> our son, he was humble, decent, nice boy. he's very popular. >> right now it feels like he's gone for a week and he'll be back but in reality he's gone foster. >> reporter: chadli was a star wrestler at fairfax high school. he was getting ready to attend george mason fall. >> he was in my first period, weight training and when somebody was having a bad day he would cheer you up. >> reporter: friday abdul was riding his bike on this bike path on forum drive with his friend. for some reason an suv driven by 31-year-old gary thorn of manassas crossed over several lanes of traffic into the bike pachlth chadli pushed his friend out of the way. the suv hit him and crashed into a tree. >> our son died as a hero. he saved his friend's life to face. he was brave. he
chadli was killed by a suv. >> they have been coming all day long to pay respects to abdul. he touched a lost lives in the community and the school before his life came to a tragic end. with heavy hearts and tears in their eyes, family friends, and classmates gather where 18-year-old abdul chadli was tragically killed. >> our son, he was humble, decent, nice boy. he's very popular. >> right now it feels like he's gone for a week and he'll be back but in reality he's gone...
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abdul was the oldest of four sons. >> he's a good kid. he goes -- everybody knows him around. his coaches and the fathers of the parents, they come to visit because they loved him so much. we have a strong faith. when it happened, it happened -- >> reporter: and the father tells me he had done to the school to pick up his son early from school yesterday because he had a migraine headache and his son had come home and was laying down for a while. the father also was taking a nap because he worked is evening shift and he said the next thing he knows a son brings the phone to him and someone on the other end of the line breaks the news about this tragic accident. police continue the investigation. at this point they're not sure what caused accident and they're trying to figure out if the driver humid a medical emergency or something else. they're hoping an autopsy will shed some light on this investigation. reporting live from fairfax, darcy spencer, news4. >> all right, darcy, thank you. >>> let's turn to the weather. in case you haven't looked outside in a while the skies are d
abdul was the oldest of four sons. >> he's a good kid. he goes -- everybody knows him around. his coaches and the fathers of the parents, they come to visit because they loved him so much. we have a strong faith. when it happened, it happened -- >> reporter: and the father tells me he had done to the school to pick up his son early from school yesterday because he had a migraine headache and his son had come home and was laying down for a while. the father also was taking a nap...
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week withly says abdul will join cbs tv show got to dance u.s. version of u k reality dance contest. rumors also place paula on simon cowell's new show the x pashth. has that show premiers in 2011. you can watch "american idol" finale tuesday and wednesday right here on fox 45. and fox 45 will bring you live coverage all week long candace dole will be in hollywood starting this sunday night only on fox 45 news at 10. >> thousands of baltimore respects used pedal power to get to office today. all part of a national bike to workday. the event encourages people all across the country to give their cars a rest and bike to work instead. >> it is important because we're not only talking about getting a healthy commute to work we're also talking about reducing your carbon footprint reducing traffic congestion. so many benefits to riding your bike to work making that pprt of your daily activity. they also wrapped up bike to work week and is one of several events mrapd for national bike month. >> very grateful i didn't kill anybody or seriously damage any
week withly says abdul will join cbs tv show got to dance u.s. version of u k reality dance contest. rumors also place paula on simon cowell's new show the x pashth. has that show premiers in 2011. you can watch "american idol" finale tuesday and wednesday right here on fox 45. and fox 45 will bring you live coverage all week long candace dole will be in hollywood starting this sunday night only on fox 45 news at 10. >> thousands of baltimore respects used pedal power to get to...
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both the driver and abdul were pronounced dead ' this scene. >> definitely everyone is there for each other and actually being here at the site there's so many people here and everyone is taking time out of their day to go around giving people hugs who need them and just helping each other out. >> right now everyone is trying to figure out what happened. but there is a lot of grief trying to understand why the tragedy happened. more on the story at 10:00. >> we will see you tonight. thank you. >>> testimony on troubling glances and odd behavior in the swan street case. fox 5's paul wagner is live outside of the courthouse tonight with details. good evening, will. sergeant patrick is the second police officer to testify in this trial about. two officers noticed strange glances between joe price and dylan ward. >> sergeant patrick said he arrived at 1509 swan street as paramedics were taking wone's body from the house. patrick testified he appeared to be dead. his color was blue. as he stepped inside the house, sergeant patrick noticed joe price appeared to visually scold ward for talki
both the driver and abdul were pronounced dead ' this scene. >> definitely everyone is there for each other and actually being here at the site there's so many people here and everyone is taking time out of their day to go around giving people hugs who need them and just helping each other out. >> right now everyone is trying to figure out what happened. but there is a lot of grief trying to understand why the tragedy happened. more on the story at 10:00. >> we will see you...
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juice it was 4:00 on friday, police say thorn's durango crossed a mediaen and traffic before striking abdull before smashing into a tree 50 feet away. >> we have no idea what was going on. we pretty sure there was no alcohol involved if i'm wrong, i'm wrong, but we're pretty sure. >> reporter: students wept as they visited the memorial. the teen was set to graduate from fairfax high school in one week. hes and a popular member of the school wrestling team, teammate aaron fink placed his wrestling shirt at the memorial site. >> a great wrestler. great friend. teammate. a great person in general, can make you smile, no matter what. >> reporter: one family grieving loss of a teenage son who planned to attend george mason university. the other grieving the loss office the oldest of seven children and the father i've 10-year-old girl. >> let her know that her dad loves her and he'll always love her, don't forget it. >> reporter: schadly buried saturday. thorn members are in the process of making funeral arrangements. >> university of ra virginia virginia's graduate all pause totsds remember yeard
juice it was 4:00 on friday, police say thorn's durango crossed a mediaen and traffic before striking abdull before smashing into a tree 50 feet away. >> we have no idea what was going on. we pretty sure there was no alcohol involved if i'm wrong, i'm wrong, but we're pretty sure. >> reporter: students wept as they visited the memorial. the teen was set to graduate from fairfax high school in one week. hes and a popular member of the school wrestling team, teammate aaron fink placed...
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. >> reporter: 17-year-old abdul shadily just one week away from graduating from fairfax high school was struck and killed while riding his bike friday afternoon. >> it was a big hit really. so dealing with it, we have strong faith. with happen, it happened. that everybody must go through. >> reporter: was a member of the school wrestling team, and had plans to attend george mason university in the fall. >> he was a good kid. his wrestling, he's very famous, very popular. >> reporter: he was struck by an out-of-control suv in a bike path about 4:00 friday. behind the wheel of that dodged durango gary thorne the father of a 10-year-old girl, he would have turned 32 today. for reasons still unknown, police say thorne crossed the center median and six lanes of traffic before striking shadly into a bike path and smacking into a tree. both were pronounced dead on the scene. >> he was a hard worker and did everything for anyone. he was always a great friend to everyone and he always had a smile on his face. >> reporter: at the scene where they lost their lives, classmates of the popular st
. >> reporter: 17-year-old abdul shadily just one week away from graduating from fairfax high school was struck and killed while riding his bike friday afternoon. >> it was a big hit really. so dealing with it, we have strong faith. with happen, it happened. that everybody must go through. >> reporter: was a member of the school wrestling team, and had plans to attend george mason university in the fall. >> he was a good kid. his wrestling, he's very famous, very...
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dozens stopped at the intersection of route 29 and forum drive to remember abdul chadli. he was riding his bike on a path when an suv ran off the road and hit him. 32-year-old gary thorne was also killed. >>> federal prosecutors in maryland have charged a school bus driver with making pornographic videos of himself and an elementary school student. the case coming to light tonight out of prince georges county. fox 5's bob barnard is live in clinton to pick up the story now. >> reporter: we are at a 7-eleven store near andrews air force base where federal investigators say that school bus driver who was using his cell phone camera to make pornographic videos with this young boy accidentally left his cell phone camera's memory card in the store back in march. now, two months later, that accident has landed the guy behind bars. this suspect was arrested last friday at this prince georges county bus depot in brandywine. he's 17-year-old scott smallwood, a school bus driver for the past five years. federal investigators say smallwood used his cell phone camera to videotape him
dozens stopped at the intersection of route 29 and forum drive to remember abdul chadli. he was riding his bike on a path when an suv ran off the road and hit him. 32-year-old gary thorne was also killed. >>> federal prosecutors in maryland have charged a school bus driver with making pornographic videos of himself and an elementary school student. the case coming to light tonight out of prince georges county. fox 5's bob barnard is live in clinton to pick up the story now. >>...
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. >> if you had a bad day, you wanted to smile you go talk to abdul because he could put a smile on your face. >> reporter: thorne stepfather says their family is overwhelmed. he leaves behind a 10-year-old daughter. >> she is playing softball this year. he got to see her play and practice. >> reporter: the factors that caused the crash are still trying to be determined. in woodbridge, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> police tell us they are hoping to have more answers next week after an autopsy is completed. thorne stepfather said he had no known medical condition. >>> more on the growing oil spill in the gulf of mexico. scientists say much of the oil washing into the marshes along the gulf coast might be impossible to remove. officials are considering drastic measures including set the wetlands on fire or flooding areas in hopes of floating out the oil. meantime president obama has named a democrat and republican to head the presidential commission investigating the disaster. >> the purpose of this commission is to consider both the root causes of the disaster and our options on what
. >> if you had a bad day, you wanted to smile you go talk to abdul because he could put a smile on your face. >> reporter: thorne stepfather says their family is overwhelmed. he leaves behind a 10-year-old daughter. >> she is playing softball this year. he got to see her play and practice. >> reporter: the factors that caused the crash are still trying to be determined. in woodbridge, i'm lindsey mastis, 9news now. >> police tell us they are hoping to have more...
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. >>> 17-year-old abdul shadily, one week away from graduating from fairfax high school, was struck and killed friday afternoon. >> it was a big hit really. we have strong faith. when it happened, it happened. it's something everybody must go through. >> he was a member of the school wrestling team and had plans to attend george mason university in the fall. >> he was a good kid. wrestling, very famous, very popular. >> he was struck by an out of control suv on lee highway about 4:00. behind the wheel, gary thorn, the father of a 10-year-old girl. he would have turned 32 today. for reasons still unknown, thorn crossed the center median and six lanes of traffic before striking the boy on the bike path. both were pronounced dead at the scene. >> he was a hard worker and did anything for anyone. he was a great friend and always had a smile on his face. >> reporter: at the scene, classmates of the popular student placed flowers, notes, and balloons. >> my boyfriend wrestled with him, and i had a class with him, he was a goof ball, happiest guy i ever met. >> reporter: friends pointed to thi
. >>> 17-year-old abdul shadily, one week away from graduating from fairfax high school, was struck and killed friday afternoon. >> it was a big hit really. we have strong faith. when it happened, it happened. it's something everybody must go through. >> he was a member of the school wrestling team and had plans to attend george mason university in the fall. >> he was a good kid. wrestling, very famous, very popular. >> he was struck by an out of control suv on...
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in other important reality show news, paula abdul has a new job. be depressing if you're among the unemployed. the mentor, creative partner, coach, lover, on got to dance, a show on cbs. finally a dance competition show on television. this one has hit written all over it. >> if you like "so you think you can dance" "dancing with the stars," "dancing in the usa" and "american idol" you'll love it. >> i want to squish you, squeeze your head off and dangle you from my rearview mirror. >> or what she meant when she said it. followed by stand up and sing and we'll tell you you suck. only on cbs. >> jimmy: that looks good. is shamelessness in this land. >>> the morning, the early show had a concert with the back street boys. they were like a team of matching justin beeshs. it makes me happy to see they still bring so much excitement to their fans. >> that's our crowd the morning, lining up early to see the backstreet boys. >> jimmy: well, hello, there. the guys at the fire house are going to be so jealous he got -- he made the right move by running. he w
in other important reality show news, paula abdul has a new job. be depressing if you're among the unemployed. the mentor, creative partner, coach, lover, on got to dance, a show on cbs. finally a dance competition show on television. this one has hit written all over it. >> if you like "so you think you can dance" "dancing with the stars," "dancing in the usa" and "american idol" you'll love it. >> i want to squish you, squeeze your head off...
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. >> reporter: 17-year-old abdul chadli was struck and killed while riding his bike friday afternoon.ust one week away from graduating fredericksburg high school. >> we have strong faith when it happened it happened. it is something we must go through. >> reporter: chadli a member of the school rescue team and had plans to attend george mason university in the fall. >> a good kid. >> reporter: and chadli was hit by an out of control suv at 4:00 on friday. behind the wheel of the dodge durango was gary thorne who would have turned 32 today. for reasons unknown, thorne crossed the center median and six lanes of traffic before striking chadli on the bike path. bout both pronounced dead on the scene. >> he was a hard worker and did everything for anyone. he was always a great friend to everyone, and he always had a smile on his face. >> reporter: at the scene where chadli and thorne lost their lives, classmates placed flowers, notes, and balloons. >> he was such a goofball. >> i've been reading reports -- >> reporter: friends point to this youtube video where chadli pretends to be a news
. >> reporter: 17-year-old abdul chadli was struck and killed while riding his bike friday afternoon.ust one week away from graduating fredericksburg high school. >> we have strong faith when it happened it happened. it is something we must go through. >> reporter: chadli a member of the school rescue team and had plans to attend george mason university in the fall. >> a good kid. >> reporter: and chadli was hit by an out of control suv at 4:00 on friday. behind...
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kareem abdul-jabbar. moses malone. magic johnson. larry bird. michael jordan. jim duncan.t valuable player award presented by kia motors lebron james! [ cheers and applause ] >> tell them how i feel? oh, man. first of all, i want to say thank you. to everyone that's here and present. thank you. i mean this city of akron means so much to me. you probably heard this story before. ever since i was a kid i always said i was going to find a way to put this city on the map, and i'm going to continue to do that. to be presented most valuable player award means a lot. i'm not going to sit up here and say it doesn't mean anything to me because it means a lot. the individual work that i put in to every offseason to come in to full season to be great pays off. but there's a lot of credit that i give due to the ones that helped me along the line, and that's the coaching staff that we have over there, the training staff that we have over there, the front office, and most of all my teammates. [ cheers and applause ] because one thing i learned at an early age, that the game of basketbal
kareem abdul-jabbar. moses malone. magic johnson. larry bird. michael jordan. jim duncan.t valuable player award presented by kia motors lebron james! [ cheers and applause ] >> tell them how i feel? oh, man. first of all, i want to say thank you. to everyone that's here and present. thank you. i mean this city of akron means so much to me. you probably heard this story before. ever since i was a kid i always said i was going to find a way to put this city on the map, and i'm going to...
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i have great respect for president karzai for the defense minister, abdul warnock, i have faith in ambassador michael berry and certainly general mcchrystal and general petraeus. so i feel like we have an extraordinary team of people there. firsthand, my former national guard unit, serve for a year in afghanistan, led by general bob livingston, and i visited with the troops from south carolina every three months. and i found out that there was an extraordinary relationsrelationship between american forces and the people of afghanistan to the point where they identified each other as brothers, american and afghan brothers. so i'm hopeful, perfect, no. but i'm very hopeful. with that, the ever-changing situation, what is the status of cross-border collaboration between afghanistan and pakistan? and have there been significant changes in the past year? >> thank you, mr. wilson. we were here with the committee last week and talked a little bit about pakistan, and there have been positive engagement and positive changes on both sides of the border within the last year. and this includes a master l
i have great respect for president karzai for the defense minister, abdul warnock, i have faith in ambassador michael berry and certainly general mcchrystal and general petraeus. so i feel like we have an extraordinary team of people there. firsthand, my former national guard unit, serve for a year in afghanistan, led by general bob livingston, and i visited with the troops from south carolina every three months. and i found out that there was an extraordinary relationsrelationship between...
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james becomes the second youngest player behind only queem -- kareem abdul-jabbar to win back-to-back m.v.p. awards. he averaged just under 30 points per game. just the third player with those numbers in a single season. joining jim brown as the only cleveland athlete to win multiple m.v.p. honors. >>> stunning first place mets off their 9-1 home stand taking on the phillies. jerry manuel. david price off kyle hendrick. fourth of the year. setting the tone. two batters later, jeff francoeur showing off his blast. into the seats. it's francoeur's fourth home run of the year. bottom second. nobody on. raul ibanez. francoeur, he used to play football. that helps. he into the wall, makes the catch. meanwhile, wow -- rod bra jas -- barajas adds to the punishment against the phils. six in 21 at-bats against his former team. mets have won eight in a row. they've taken it to another level during this win streak. the teamer has allowed homers at a noticeably decreased rate though seven of the eight games have been at citi field where like three people hilt home runs. >>> braves-astros. atlanta
james becomes the second youngest player behind only queem -- kareem abdul-jabbar to win back-to-back m.v.p. awards. he averaged just under 30 points per game. just the third player with those numbers in a single season. joining jim brown as the only cleveland athlete to win multiple m.v.p. honors. >>> stunning first place mets off their 9-1 home stand taking on the phillies. jerry manuel. david price off kyle hendrick. fourth of the year. setting the tone. two batters later, jeff...
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intelligence committee issued a port -- a report that pointed out 14 intelligence failures that led to a abdulutallab being able to get on that airplane and almost killing all the passengers on board. it was specifically critical of dennis blair and the director of national intelligence and the national counter-terrorism center, which admiral blair is the supervisor of. ultimately, this was a long time coming. he has lost turf battles when it comes to the cia. he has not emerged as the face of leading the charge on reforming intelligence. it came to a head today. >> one of the issues that was supposed to change after 9/11 was the sharing of information. it was going to be seamless between the agencies and the intelligence community. there was an admission from dennis blair that that still is not happening. why? >> these are 16 entrenched bureaucracies, each of them with their own players and sources and each of them battling within the political world. without question, according to officials, things have gotten better than they were on 9/11, but they are not where they need to be. admiral bla
intelligence committee issued a port -- a report that pointed out 14 intelligence failures that led to a abdulutallab being able to get on that airplane and almost killing all the passengers on board. it was specifically critical of dennis blair and the director of national intelligence and the national counter-terrorism center, which admiral blair is the supervisor of. ultimately, this was a long time coming. he has lost turf battles when it comes to the cia. he has not emerged as the face of...
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the senate intelligence report that pointed out 14 intelligence failures that led to a abdul mutallab being able to get on that airplane and almost killing all the passengers on board. it was specifically critical of dennis blair and the director of national intelligence and the national counter-terrorism center, which admiral blair is the supervisor of. ultimately, this was a long time coming. he has lost turf battles when it comes to the cia. he has not emerged as the face of leading the charge on reforming intelligence. it came to a head today. >> one of the issues that was supposed to change after 9/11 was the sharing of information. it was going to be seamless between the agencies and the intelligence community. there was an admission from dennis blair that that still is not happening. why? >> these are 16 entrenched bureaucracies, each of them with their own players and sources and each of them battling within the political world. without question, according to officials, things have gotten better than they were on 9/11, but they are not where they need to be. admiral blair admi
the senate intelligence report that pointed out 14 intelligence failures that led to a abdul mutallab being able to get on that airplane and almost killing all the passengers on board. it was specifically critical of dennis blair and the director of national intelligence and the national counter-terrorism center, which admiral blair is the supervisor of. ultimately, this was a long time coming. he has lost turf battles when it comes to the cia. he has not emerged as the face of leading the...
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can you just tell us exactly what the flaws were in the gse business abdul and why they were waitingn? >> i'm sure you can predict this disaster happened the way it did here at so i'll tell you that. that was a phrase, you know, that i used without -- that turned out to be prophetic. but i didn't see it quite as clearly as it came about. in terms of the structure, that first of all there with ambiguities. okay, there was the implicit government charter and then private capital and private profits and the shareholders and the compensation models. so there was a contradiction there. and secondly, and this is a situation where congress presumed to be the regulator. they do find capital. you know, legislatively defined capital. not only to the level of capital, but what could count as capital. and some things that i considered bs capital, intangibles were defined as capital. and so, the regulator was set up to be weak, not saying anything negative about the people who hold that job, but they were not given the authorities that a normal regulators have been, a safety of some regulator to
can you just tell us exactly what the flaws were in the gse business abdul and why they were waitingn? >> i'm sure you can predict this disaster happened the way it did here at so i'll tell you that. that was a phrase, you know, that i used without -- that turned out to be prophetic. but i didn't see it quite as clearly as it came about. in terms of the structure, that first of all there with ambiguities. okay, there was the implicit government charter and then private capital and private...