tonight, a look at the goldman sachs settlement and what it all means with andrew ross sorkin of "the new york times," roben farzad of bs week and william cohan. joining me is peter burr rose of bloomberg news. we conclude with "new york times" and mort zuckerman, of "u.s. news and world report." when we come back. funding for "charlie rose" was provided by the following. ♪ captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: goldman sachs, the giant wall street firm has agreed to pay $550 million in a settlement with the sec, the penalty to the firm worth only 1% of its net revenues of $45.2 billion last year. news of the settlement came on the same day the senate approved a major financial regulatory reform package which president obama is expected to quickly sign into law. goldman shares up 0.66% as trading closed today. joining me to talk about these developments andrew ross sorkin of "the new york times," roben farzad of bs week and william cohan contributing editor of "fortune" magazine. what does this settlement mean?