aig shares halted for news. aig halted up about 32 cents, just over a percent. when that news crosses, we will bring it to you first right here on cnbc. >>> a reversal of fortunes at knight capital as it looks like a white knight of sorts is riding to the rescue, for today at least. mary thompson is outside of knight capital hq with the very latest on that. >> reporter: on day three of the knight trading trauma, something to stop the heavy bleeding and freefall in the company talk. "the new york times" is reporting that r.j. o'brien is taking a look along with others about buying knight's newly acquired futures brokerage business. and then earlier this morning, there was a report from the "wall street journal" saying that the company has secured a credit line that will take it through day's end. when asked if that news prompted any cheers in the office, one employee told us, yeah, obviously. of course this morning earlier was a very different story as many employees walked by us stone-faced, declining to comment to cnbc. while others who did speak to us on camer

what can you tell us about growth at aig?will see our retirement and savings business grow, and some of the competitors are struggling with variable annuities. we didn't play with very aggressive features. we have grown again this quarter from last quarter and we expect to continue to grow. so, during the low interest rate environment we will not sell as much, but that's okay because when rates go back up again, we'll be in a position to do that again. on the property business, we'll see growth. we think our loss ratios will come down. keep in mind we're the largest insurance company in the world, so we're still number one, and we have the clout and the ability to continue to grow, and grow more. >> we had a debate earlier when interest rates might start going up. with the fed coming out and putting out expectations they will be there with stimulus and then they weren't, they keep saying rates be stay low for a long time, do you think we could see a scenario where we get to the election and the fiscal issues are not addressed

i have some breaking news about i guess the end of a chapter for the aig bailout. the new york federal reserve announcing that it is made a total profit of $6.6 billion on what was known as maiden lane 3. part of the set-up of the fed and the treasury combined set up in order to allow aig to survive during the financial crisis. when you take that in tandem with the $2.8 billion that the new york fed made on maiden lane i i and interest and fees of a loan to aig, the new york fed made $17.7 billion on the aid provided to aig during the financial crisis. in a statement the president of the new york fed said that the new york fed was able to achieve the principled goal to protect the u.s. economy from the potentially devastating affects of aig's failure while demonstrating sound stewardship of taxpayers' money. keep in mind the treasury continues the hold the stake in aig, a majority stake. 53%. right now that stake is in the money with the stock trading well above the 28 -- roughly $28.74 that the treasury needs to get in order to break even on that investment. >> th

this is the government's 4th round of aig stock sales.he government stepped in with $182 billion in 2008 to rescue aig from collapse. aig still owes taxpayers $30 billion. >>> the trade commission doesn't ask for money and tonight it's warning about a scam where criminals claim to be associated with them. he says he is with the ftc and they have won $250,000. as long as they first wire $2,000 in for taxes. the real ftc said there is no sweep stakes and this is a scam. they say if you fall victim here is the number to call. >> a county judge ordered lawyers in the case of an accused child molester arguing if the judge has the right to grant bail. at issue is whether it's still at the supervision of the napa state hospital where the doctor has been treated for dementia. is he accused of molesting seven boys during the 90s. the judge set a hearing october 2nd. >>> the family of joe paterno said it'll appeal the ncaa sanction against the university. they banned penn state from four bowl games and stripped it of scholarships. they said the nca

. >> 3 win favor -- >> i was in favor of keeping greenberg head of aig. he provided actual oversight and could have prevented $2.7 trillion -- >> seems to me -- >> overregulation of aig. >> will raising the capital gains tax make the capital markets operate better? >> no. >> will raising the dividend tax make the economy work better? will raising taxes on small business make the economy better? >> absolutely not. imposing a 3.2 at fa stacks on medical instruments -- >> okay. we were supposed to overcome all of these problems with wall street that we have been talking about with the dodd-frank bill. in your opinion does that bill accomplish what it was supposed to do or was it actually made wall street work place? >> makes incests legal. >> thank you very much. >> with time to spare. you guys took it on a road. that was like vaudeville. do you have any further witnesses? >> no. >> helped the defense. >> we are going to make the best case we can in some asian. >> thank you. >> i would like to take this right to the jury right now. i am just kidding. i would

cheryl: aig would be a controversial name. >> there was a point in time when aig was more controversialink best buy is a little more controversial today than aig and very current in the press in light of the battle being fought in the boardroom between the founder and and current chairman and the board. cheryl: what do you think about th that? >> it is too early to give any idea on the new ceo. cheryl: another one you brought up back in april when you were here, back when you picked this company, the stock since then has dropped about 13%, i'm curious if you still like this name despite the fact that it is down 13% since april. >> sure, if there's a business that we like, we tend to like businesses as they get cheaper, right, which is often again counterintuitive to how investors typically invest. they like their investments to go straight up. the reality is as an investor, we prefer once we identify a business that has the types of characteristics that we like, we like to be able to buy it less expensively. so while nobody likes to see their investments decline in value over the short-

. >>> the federal reserve bank of new york has sold the last securities of its aig rescue package.he risky bonds for insurance giant, american international group, were bought during the financial crisis four years ago. the sale netted taxpayers more than $6 billion. the treasury department still owns 53% of aig stock. >>> and there's a fresh sign that the housing market is slowly improving. the commerce department says new single family home sales rose more than 3.5% last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 372,000. that matches a two-year high set in may. still, the increase is well below what economists consider healthy. >>> microsoft brings fast change to technology but it is slow to change its logo. on thursday, the software giant unveiled its first new symbol in a quarter of a century. the redesign uses a lighter straight-typeface. the red, blue, yellow and green colors from the flag appear in a box instead of in a curvy template. microsoft debuted the fresh logo ahead of launches, including windows 8 and a tablet. >>> got to switch it up sometimes. er have a good w

well, aig is okay. reported earnings more than double what the street expected.axpayers still own most of aig. >>> apple's lawsuit against samsung over iphone and ipad technology has taken a new twist. apple now wants the judge to go around the jury and rule in its favor. this after samsung leaked confidential information to the media. and finally, were you worried "jersey shore's" pauly d. would be hard up for cash whenever he leaves seaside heights? you probably weren't worried, but in case you were, forbes reports his skills as a deejay net him $11 million a year. so, he'll be just fine. >>> well, coming up, red sox get hung up to dry, the giants fall hard and the padres see red. >>> plus, the rangers get off to a rocky start, but it's the angels who had their wings clipped. your first look at sports is straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the planet has an olympic dream. d

how big that number that the government invested in aig.er this transaction, it will be down to $24.2 billion. still a long way to go. i think a lot of people out there never thought we would get this far. >> i think you are right about that, brian. the stock moved up just a tad. it was already up. it's now up just under 3%. let's talk about that with bob. that and the market. significant because it's not been the easiest market to trade in. the easiest market to unload large positions in and the treasury is doing this. >> a big whale out there. 182 billion? and now down to 24 billion? so what? now 80% reduction here. you can say what you want about the wisdom of the government intervening or not. i think it was the right thing to do but sloerly but surely, the u.s. shareholders, taxpayers are being repaid. >> the claim to take them a long time to unwind that. if they ever could and the taxpayer left on the hook but interesting to see the markets reacting very nicely. holding on fine. >> we're sitting right near the highs of the day. $32 an

could you have some cash in there. >> you want to go aig. >> i want to go aig if i could.ight to someone who was at treasury on this. last week treasury sold a little bit more of its stake in aig and sold it supposedly for a marginal profit $30.50, the break-even, treasury said $28.72 is the profitable number. >> yep. >> the thorn in your side, a guy named neil barovsky. >> not my side. >> was a thorn in someone's side. >> he was doing his job. >> said the real price is $h $43.53, given the way the t.a.r.p. was structured with the fed we have to think about the break-even price totally differently. >> like a 90% difference. >> it's a huge difference, so i want to know from the man who actually worked on it, what is the real number and how do you get there? >> okay, so in its most simplified form, the treasury department got $1.6 billion, give or take aig shares against $48 billion of net investment, so you tell me. that works out to $28.72 a share. what neil says -- >> what is neil talking about? >> neil is doing a little nitpicking and he's entitled to do it if he wishes.

the work for replacing the building in kind are covered by the insurance carrier, aig lexington insurance. a check was delivered for the initial expenses for $2 million last week. the america's cup a village will have -- the america's cup will have activities located between piers 27 and 29. for the upcoming events, the america's cup event authority has requested scaffolding be installed to conceal the damage during their event. this will be installed next week along with a plywood barrier along the embarcadero. it will keep crowds safe from the damaged area and the construction work. future actions are moving rapidly with the integrated design approach with analysis of the upgrades, code, as well as energy upgrades. these are going to be covered by the insurance policy. i'm available to answer any questions. >> one of our earlier speaker said it best. thank you to all of you involved in getting this moving along so rapidly. it was very unfortunate circumstance, but a real tribute to everyone who was involved. i am pleased we have so much focus on the historic restoration. >> the temporar

the ceo of aig says it may be free of the government by the end of 2013. virgin america is kicking off nonstop service from reagan national to san francisco. they are launching a new service letting some guests registered to vote through the entertainment system in flight. gas prices on the rise. we will tell you how to get free gas, in the next hour. for now, ellen braitman reporting for abc 7 news. >> free gas is always appreciated. 4:37 right now. today marks one year since the devastating collapse in indianapolis. >> a strong wind gust blue down the stage last august, minutes before the country music group sugarland was set to perform at the state fair. the collapse killed seven and injured 58. a moment of silence will be held at 8:46 this morning to honor the victims. indiana state fair officials are trying to figure out what caused the a stagecoach to tip over. five people were injured in the incident during a show at the pepsi coliseum. 3000 people evacuated and the show was the late. >> we are looking at 69 degrees. >> bill pixar >> welcome back. t

historical moment about to take place in the massive bailout of aig.reporter steve least man joins us with details. steve, parting is such sweet sorrow, isn't it. >> sometimes, especially when you make money at t likely within the hour or early this afternoon, the new york federal reserve will hold an auction for the last remaining assets it owns of aig, ensuring at least the federal reserve will exit its part of this massive bailout with billions of dollars in profits. the new york fed set to auction $1.46 billion, the recently estimate value of remaining securities and those are in maiden lane three, an ebt at this created to old aig assets secured at original $24 billion loan. that loan part of a broader rescue package between the fed and the treasury, $182 billion which threaten to put together because the aig because of its business guaranteeing subprime and other derivative contracts. if the assets sell at the fair value prices assessed in june the fed will be guaranteed a $7 billion profitability, that part of the bailout, the fed earlier sold a

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action owners plus.com has aig. it's been a major league tear. ♪ hallelujah insurance, apple. i say that i haven't said already tonight? bank of america, i'll tell you this. it's a bank. scott's miracle-gro are on my bad list. they came on, blew up, blew uh up, blew up. i may have to switch who i use on my tomato plants. that said, it is a company involved with gardening. gardening, bank, retail, insurance, tech. if someone had another stuff to put on the tomato plants i would take it. that's the problem. in the end maybe i'm the only guy still using it. okay, there. we do that, bingo. now to tyson. no relation to tyson foods. tyson! >> caller: boo-yah, jimmy. uh i love you on the morning show "squawk on the street." >> what's not to like? i have pointers, too. that's what i call an ensemble. >> caller: i would love to be on the show someday. i bought your book "getting back to even." the only thing i don't have is a signed copy of the book. my five stocks are google, boeing, starbucks -- i love my lattes -- jpmorgan, and home improvement -- home depot. >> that's the despot. n

federal reserve spent $182 billion to bail out aig in 2008.is the fourth round of stock sales. aig owes taxpayers $30 billion. still ahead, the gay kiss-in at chick-fil-a. first, the-up tries to get stuff on syria. will it make any different? [ donovan ] i hit a wall. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. >> shannon: checking world headlines, commander of the elite revolutionary guard says the biggest flet to his country is soft war. that usually refers to economic sanctions, espionage and now days computer viruses. the u.n. has had its say on syria. the regime is said to beg russia for loans and oil products amid western sanctions. correspondent david lee miller has the story from the

the treasury department still owns more than half of aig's stock.l sell those shares over time. >>> more good news in the housing market this week. new home sales rose 3.6% in july, up 25% from the same time last year. soledad, we've had a couple of good housing reports this week. >> yes, we he. maybe that's a trend. how many do we need before we can call it officially a trend? >> we need it to double or triple from here to be healthy, but it is improve am. >>> our tough call this morning, who would you vote for? would you vote for tony danza? would you vote for alex baldwin? brooklyn's own tony danza tells the "wall street journal" he is thinking about running to be mayor of new york city. he says as he is getting older he sees more problems with the city, and in fact he could be the guy to fix them. he is now 61 years old. he lives in new york. starred in "taxi" obviously back in the '70s and '80s and "who's the boss." alec baldwin has also talked about it. anthony weiner, also the disgraced congressman who resigned after tweeting out -- >> starte

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wen dy: as a wiggiehere's always aig in the repertoire that we need to burn.hat would b yours. >> itasn't even aood wig. it was like a hollywood boulevard cheap costume wig. gotta love her. >> the next is "style steelers." the first one is jessica simpson and kim zolciak. >> robertocavalli. >> wdy: and they're both pregnant. who wearing it best? >> they look lovely, my probl with this ess is it's meant for a girl who is almost showing. you want to hide your pregnanty not -- this is too muc pregnancy like when beyonce wore that autiful gown. if she wasn't doing that we wouldn't knoshe was pregnant. this dresss for someone at's not quite showing i have to givet to kim because she's not showing. but when you're pregnant like that you want to define your breasts and show yr shape to show you're pregnant, otherwise you look like you ate toomuch. >> wendy: the next style steelers arekiki palmer and taylor swift. >> they' aring this printed dress from ted baker. this is kind of -- this is a tough one. i don't like the tigs with taylor's outfit. i think they're too da

they like an american company that sponsored manchester united was aig, so i rest my case. [laughter] >> you know what, brenda, per susan's point, why aren't they sponsoring a chinese sports team or something. and own peugot and-- >> and manchester united. >> we don't tell them how to advertise. we have a right-- >> and they got taxpayer money and-- >> it's football. >> that's got to be the last word, guys. thanks so much. and thanks to susan very much for joining us, we appreciate it. winning goals cost athletes serious grown from the irs. one golden name to help you pay for it and make you a winner in the market next. not in this economy. we also have zero free time, and my dad moving in. so we went to fidelity. we looked at our family's goals and some ways to help us get there. they helped me fix my economy, the one in my house. now they're managing my investments for me. and with fidelity, getting back on track was easier than i thought. call or come in today to take control of your personal economy. get one-on-one help from america's retirement leader. >> predictions a

aig had derivative data. well, name one headliner from aig. outside the wall street world, most american citizens couldn't. those were faceless corporations that have somehow brought us to the brink of financial meltdown. and then we have bernie, a phase, a family, someone to be the target of all of their free-floating rage and anger come of this fence being betrayed because that is what he did rudy betrayed people who trusted him. well, that is the wall street did. it betrayed people who trusted it. but he was a ham and they hurt and it then. and i think it was the mood of the country that made him so much a target of public rage, rather than anything unique about them. >> broods stood by him in a lifetime. and he and she is still standing by at ernie had better things change. can you talk about that? >> it has changed and i was able to interview with this file for an article in the times about her life since then. she realized that her loyalty to bernie was costing her her family. now, why did she stay with him? the one time madoff lost his

. >>> aig has reported gang buster profits. more than twice what wall street was expecting.n an exclusive interview with cnbc, aig said all four main businesses contributed to the profit. it ended the quarter with roughly 11.5 billion in parent company liquidity. >> later today, none other than warren buffett's berkshire hathaway will report earnings. the company expected to show a marginal increase with second quarter results but before those figures we have with us a man who knows all there is to know about buffet. jeff matthews, general partner at ram partners and author of the warren buffett. >> i don't think it will be gang busters like aig but continued steady growth on the industrial side of the business and housing side of the business and then insurance is always full of surprises. >> in terms of share performance, berkshire we know over the years those a shares hotly followed. where do you see this, that shaping up by the end the year? >> you know, i have no idea. i think as long as the economy remains in flux and as long as people remain concerned about the health

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. >>> and federal reserve is through with aig and has billions to show for it.own it has sold the last of its securities related to the insurance giant's bailout. all told it turned taxpayers a profit of nearly $18 billion. the treasury department still owns $29 billion in aig stock but it too expects to turn a profit when it's all said and done, so that is not bad at all. $18 billion going to the taxpayers. >> i just assumed all that money going to aig is lost to taxpayers. it's encouraging that they got it back, at least most of it. >> reporter: i know a lot of people at the time were saying that money is going out the door, we'll never see it again. treasury, though, still sdoes have that $29 billion. >> but once they get rid of that stock or whatever, they're going to make money as well. let's hope they do. taxpayers could really use it. let's hope for the best. thanks, lisa. >>> nearly half a million haitians still live in tents after a massive earthquake. now a tropical storm is bearing down on them bringing massive rain, flash floods and mudslides. we're

the city received money from the insurance company aig.here was about $2.4 million in damage and the check covers about $2 million of that amount. the building was vacant and being prepared for the america's cup race. >> justine: news organizations are pushing for more information on last month's movie theater shooting. james home to return to court yesterday and made several media outlets asked the judge to unskillful several orders in the case. both defense and prosecutors are arguing against the release of any more records and this could jeopardize the case and killed his opportunity to have a fair trial. the 24 year-old is charged with murder, attempted murder and two weapons charges it is unclear on whether not the judge will make his ruling. 12 people were killed and 58 people were wounded in the shooting. we have much more ahead on the kron4 morning news on this friday. is so good to say that as we take a live look outside at what is happening with traffic. the the forget it will be hot i have details on your forecast after this. u?

. >> aig? >> no. i was in favor of keeping greenberg ahead of aig for oversight to prevent the $2.7 trillion. that was over regulation. >> raising taxes and capital gains make the capital markets better? >> [laughter] no. [laughter] >> dividend tax? >> no. >> small businesses. >> of silly not opposing 3.2 excise tax on medical instruments? [laughter] >> last question. we were supposed to overcome these problems with wall street with my client with the dodd/frank bill. said that accomplish what it was supposed to do will? >> it makes incest legal. >> [laughter] and thank you very much. >> and time to spare. >> you should take that on the road. it was like what bill. [applause] citic day think he helped the defense? >> we will make the best case we can in summation. >> mr. moore? >> i want to take this to the jury right now. >> really? >> no. just joking. [laughter] buy call the honorable steve forbes. [applause] >> mr. "forbes." please be seated. i have a copy of how capitalism will save us by steve fo

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there is a bit of confusion because of the aig story, but aig had activities that had nothing to do with insurance, based on unregulated investment bank in london. the insurance activities of aig have continued unperturbed. so, insurance in itself, we are long-term investors, we are buy-and-hold investors, and actually, in terms of market turmoil, we contribute to reducing volatility, not increasing it. so, we don't believe that we are, if you wish, a systemic risk in the traditional sense of the term, and we don't believe that we should be classified as a systemic risk significant, but that discussion is ongoing. >> how much of a chance, then, is sovereignty, too at the moment? and are the proposals still being -- i mean, they're still being talked about. are they being changed? do you know what's going to happen? >> well, it's being changed. we, and i don't believe in the sovereignty regime. sovereignty is a bit like oxygen, it's only when you miss it that you realize it's important, so sovereignty only matters at times of stress. so the flow in the design of sovereignty is that it wor

that includes aig citigroup and boeing which paid it's ceo $18.4 million while enjoying $605 million the institute for policy studies say the high and low tax paid are related. so money gets deflected away from the government from benefits the environmental protection agency, from homeland security, and straight to executives' pockets. that's why the grips about corporate taxes are hard to stomach. this is good news. shareholders are tired of it. 53 executive numbers had their pay proposals voted down, includeing >>now let's get some real news. (vo) first, news and analysis with a washington perspective from an emmy winning insider. >>you couldn't say it any more powerfully than that. >> current tv, on the roll. (vo)followed by humor and politics with a west coast edge. >>ah, thank you. >>it really is incredible. (vo)bill press and stephanie miller, current's morning news block. weekdays six to noon. currenttv ♪ his court has proven to be the knowing, delighted accomplice in the billionaires' purchase of our nation. >> and you think it doesn't affect you? think again. of sununu, you'

all right she gave aig the hedge funds they reduced their bullish or bets for the first time in three ways that was before reports showing u.s. economic growth said its biggest gain since june so that's the market so we've got time for for now back in about fifteen minutes but with another run down for you thanks very much indeed for that update well shortly on t.v. one candid u.s. congressman says it's his country that's created a new economic monster china that's after the headlines in a moment stay with us for that. download the official ati application cellphone choose your language stream quality and enjoy your favorites from alzheimer's t.v. is not required to watch on t.v. all you need is your mobile device watch ati any time and. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. world of the future funny it's technology in. all the latest developments from around russia. secr

aig's bad bets played a major role in the 2008 financial crisis.ashington still owns $29 billion of aig common stock, though. >>> and two massachusetts men on a sight-seeing trip probably never saw this coming. take a look at that. a 150-pound boulder found from a canyon wall in arizona. as you can see, it smashed through the windshield of their suv. the boulder actually landed between the two men in the front seat. both of those men walked away with only minor cuts. oh, my gosh. that's incredible. >>> although we are excited about the upcoming political conventions, there are many who are not. they yearn for the days when political conventions used to be more than scripted infomercials. back in the day, george h.w. bush and the candidates before him used the convention to announce the vp candidate. you know, like right there. hello, dan quayle. to be fair, even today, conventions can create stars like ann richards, the keynote speaker at the democratic convention in 1988. she was the texas treasurer, and this delicious snarky comment netted her th

that means the economy gets distorted towards these speculative activities that led to the aig bail-outof $150 billion dollars. on the other hand, if you have a bankruptcy law that says student loans can't be discharged even in bankruptcy, even if the school doesn't give the education that was promised, then we're making life so much more difficult for those at the bottom, those who are striving to make their way in our rough society. so to me, what we need to do is to take an objective look at our laws and regulations and the way that they are not only advantaging the top, disadvantaging the bottom, but actually weakening our economy. tavis: finally here, i've argued that poverty -- an issue that you talk about in this text, "the price of inequality" -- i've argued that poverty threatens our very democracy long-term. is that too strong a claim? >> oh, i think you're absolutely right. i mean, if our society is gonna work, we're gonna have to work together and that means you cannot have the extremes, the extremes either at the top or the extremes at the bottom. of course, poverty is what

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