aig's bob benmosche, my co-host for the hour, weighing in here. bob, the government is stepping up the scrutiny. first off, what's your take on that? and what do you see as the biggest regulatory hurdle you face? i know what you're going to say, because we talked about this a lot. you always ask me about hurdles. let's talk about the positives of this story. right? >> that's what i usually talk about, the positives. if you want to -- what's clear is -- look, when i became ceo of metlife, it was 1998. and one of the greatest concerns was what was going to happen with deregulation of the financial system. and glass steagall failed, and we had a new law, and everyone wondered what would happen with the insurance companies, investment houses and banks. of course, you remember sandy had actually started the ball rolling with the citibank-travelers. >> yeah, basically did it before the law was law. >> absolutely. he was the forerunner of that. and so, what's happened over the period of time until now is we've really not figured out how to regulate those

bob benmosche from a id and all the other people and other financial services as being the neo feudal lords as erecting chains across the river to prevent people from crossing to where they used to be able to cross it freely and they're just putting up chains and charging people they're intermediating between something that was previously free commerce was flowing tray and then they just intrude there they look for ways to rent seek and one of the ways that the chains are being manifested in the public domain is to higher inflation when people end up paying more for food more for gas more for health more for education that is the result of the cost of these changes being artificially implemented so that access to capital is. room is constrained to only people who know bob benmosche and his financial terrorism scheme and his look at me please lynch me haha you won't slap in the face. and then so with this we're going to move on to where are these this new a feudal system that robert shiller is talking about and our best and brightest going into that we have are also not so best and bri

bob benmosche from a id and all the other people and other financial services as being the neo feudal lords as erecting chains across the river to prevent people from crossing to where they used to be able to cross it freely and then just putting up chains and charging people their intermediating between something that was previously free commerce was flowing free and then they just intrude there they look for ways to rent seek and one of the ways that the chains are being manifested in the public domain is to higher inflation when people end up paying more for food more for gas more for health more for education that is the result of the cost of these changes being artificially implemented so that access to capital is a. is constrained to only people who know by benmosche and his financial terrorism scheme and his look at me please lynch me haha you won't slap in the face and then so with this we're going to move on to where these this new a feudal system that robert shiller is talking about in our best and brightest going into that we have are also not so best and brightest also see

anyway, we're going to talk to bob benmosche. it's not really, i'm kidding. just a minute. headlines. >>> in our headlines this morning, vladimir putin is taking his case for syria directly to the american people. he wrote an op-ed titled a plea for caution from russia. putin warns that a potential strike from the united states and syria could unleash a new wave of terrorism. increased violence and further destabilize the middle east and africa. he also took issue with president obama's remarks about american exceptionalism on tuesday night. he writes it is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional whatever the motivation. we are all different. but when we ask for the lord's blessings, we must not forget that god created us equal. he's creating quite a controversy. people are looking at research if you remembers showing a majority of americans say you shouldn't trust the russians. that's from last year. >>> also on today's agenda, weekly jobless claims and import prices released at 8:30 eastern time. and this afternoon, the treasury will be au

you want to pay close attention to bob benmosche with maria.nues now. >>> it's 4:00 on wall street. do you know where your money is? hi, everybody. welcome back to the "closing bell." i'm maria bartiromo. the stocks gained ground for the fourth time in the last five trading sessions. investors are keeping a close eye today on syria once again. take a look at how we're settling out on wall street. the dow jones industrials average is shy of the high of the afternoon with a gain on the day of 98 points, 14,931. last trade there. nasdaq composite picks up 36.5 at 3,649. and the s&p 500 tonight up 13.3 points, about 1%, at 1,653.

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