cesar zamudio and we want to thankcesar zamudio of columbia university. when we come back, we look at another of president-elect , stevennominees mnuchin, to head the treasury department, a new revelation. stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with juan gonzalez. juan: we turn now to trump's pick for treasury secretary, steven mnuchin, who faces scrutiny for his role at onewest, a bank which has been called a foreclosure machine that profited from the collapse of the housing market. on tuesday, the intercept reported on a newly obtained memo that reveals mnuchin may have engaged in widespread misconduct while foreclosing on homeowners. the memo argued onewest was guilty of a host of infractions, including backdating mortgage documents to speed up foreclosures and manipulating the results of home auctions, and it urged top california's attorney general to sue. amy: mnuchin's hedge fund bought out the failing california bank indymac in 2008, renaming it onewest. under his owner