i just sat down with the chairman and zoe of bank of america brian moynihan. asked him if he was pleased to have that first quarter behind him. >> we are please zzed to have i. we made money. the company made progress. we continued on the responsible growth. with each quarter, you feel good behind you because there's success. last quarter, the markets made it interesting. >> in terms of 2016, you said on the call a couple months ago that march showed improvement col paired to the debts, the lows in january and february. has that continued for april and may? >> what they are doing out there, it's the strongest margin and continue to improve. if you think about investment banking, some of the deals aren't getting done. it takes longer to restart the engi engine. >> another high profile deal this week with the authorities of home depot and staples, do you think this inherent opposition from the current administration against them? >> i wouldn't -- i think these things -- oddly enough, if you read the papers, this deal was proposesed 20 years ago and didt go throu

brian moynihan sitting with me yesterday. we talked about stuff.n particular if the positivity we saw in march compared to january and february had continued into april and may. >> if you think about it from markets activity, trading activity what these guys out there are doing, it is as trong as march and continue to improve. some deals aren't getting done some stuff and it is coming along but it just takes longer to restart the engine. >> -- crucial issue in the first quarter i asked had that spread. >> the activity in our commercial portfolios is still strong. from the a credit quality is still strong and oil and gas frankly is mitigated because top obvious issue of prices have changed and you are working through things. very strong and continues to remain so. >> resounding answer i think on asset quality. and if you rewind back to february how much that was front and center for the banks just four months an, he was very relaxed. >> so things have really called down. >>> shake shack rising on better than expected report. >> after the strong resu

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you've seen everyone from bank of america, brian moynihan going in and speaking with the governor.ou saw it in indiana where you saw a major employer in the state go in and evangelize on behalf of the employees and you even saw in it georgia where you saw great company like home depot get in there with their ceo and evangelize their cause. in each and every case, these are sales force customers who are really joining customers in evangelizing on behalf of their employees and customers. look. we're on the right side of history here. we're just trying to do what's right for our customers and employees. >> okay. it is january 20 of 2017. and president trump, let's say, has taken the white house. you have a lot of federal contracts. are you not at risk of losing those federal contracts if trump wins the presidency? >> i can't operate in hypotheticals but i can tell you that we always do what's right on behalf of our customers. that's why we have a great quarter and that's why we'll lead the industry. not just in technology but also the social issues. >> so in other words you're telling

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brian: you don't say much about it. isn't dennis moynihan your husband? amy: no, he is married. he lives in denver. brian: i wonder why is that stated somewhere on the internet. amy: somewhere on the internet. i said universities and colleges in particular, you have got to double, triple and quadruple check everything that you see on the internet. david is my brother, a great journalist, he lives in vermont. dennis is my colleague at "democracy now" who's been there since 2000. he lives in denver, colorado, with his wife and he has really helped to build "democracy now" to what it is now. we're about to embark on a 100-city tour. we'll be doing the broadcast from wherever we are. we'll start in ithaca, new york, and move on to ohio state university. then we're moving to st. louis and kansas city and we'll be in los angeles at the los angeles times book festival. c-span covers these festivals so well. we'll be doing fundraisers. we'll be moving on to san francisco to the san francisco city arts and lecture series. going on to washington state, new mexico, houston, texas, louisiana

moynihan. thank you very much for coming. guest: thank you so much, brian. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program visit us at q & a.org. the programs are also available s c-span podcasts. >> tonight on the communicators tim winter president of the parent television council on their recent report on the 20 ars of the tv content rating system. according to the report the system intended to protect children from violence, sex, and profanity on tv has failed. he is joined by the reporter for thompson reuters. >> there is actually no show on broadcast television, no series on broadcast television today that is rated appropriate for anything older than children. tv 14 is the oldest rating. even the most explicit content on primetime broadcast tv is rated appropriate for children to watch. we learned that the tv net works themselves rate the shows and we've learned that the tv advertisers who pay the bills for the networks rely on the ratings just like parents do. and so there is a conflict of interest in terms of rating content acc