the marine corp. the mist of the review to determine the future size and capability of the forest. we'll talk to one of the generals who are in charge of that review. but first, a national security issue. splitting energy usage into two main categories. operation energy that includes what powers armored vehicles, trucking, planes, ships. and the others that power military installations worldwide. supplies troops with energy is a task that is expensive and often dangerous. getting a gallon of gas to afghanistan cost the pentagon about $400. each of the services have experimented with energy-saving technology, alternative fuels, but until now, the pentagon has lacked a coordinating office. that office was established in july. and our next guest is its director, sharon burke. welcome to the show. >> thank you, it's great to be here. >> let's start off with energy efficiency, as we discussed just a moment ago is just not in the u.s./military's dna. how do you change that dynamic over the long term? >> you

peace corps volunteers just assigned to sierra leone. a desperately poor nation, devastated by civil war and so dangerous, even the peace corps pulled out. 15 years later, the first american trainees are back. learning the local language, preparing to be teachers in schools so ravaged students often don't even have books or pencils. scott sawyer was a firefighter in northern california. >> when things are hard, they're good. and that's kind of what the peace corps is about. >> reporter: the most important step is learning to live like the people they're here to serve. >> i wanted to be in a situation where i could lend my skills to people who need it. there's no better place than here. >> reporter: no running water or electricity, just a few comforts of home. >> this is very basic, yeah. bare minimum, that's right. >> reporter: they first came together in washington this summer. recruits to a program of civilian ambassadors launched by president kennedy in the 1960s. the government here pushed hard to convince and encourage the peace cor

we've asked our viewers to submit ptos from their peace corps experiences. can see a gallery of the images. submit your own, that's nightly.msnbc.com. that's our broadcast for this wednesday night. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian lliams. we sure hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good nht. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

he is a former helicopter pilot and served as the deputy commander of the marine corps in okinawa from 2003 to 2005. he's currently the director of operations and logistics for the u.s. africa command. his nomination shows the u.s. is looking for an officer who's familiar with okinawa. the picking of glock comes as japan and the u.s. deal with relocation of the u.s. hamah reason corps air station in okinawa. >>> authorities in haiti suspect an outbreak of cholera has killed at least 135 people in recent days. the caribbean nation is still struggling to rebuild after a devastating earthquake earlier in the year. more than 1,000 people have flocked to hospital in the port city of st. mark 100 kilometers of the capital port-au-prince after developing high fevers and severe diarrhea. many have been treated outdoors because of a lack of proper care facilities. some of the patients are reportedly from an area near st. mark where thousands are still living in makeshift shelters. more than 200,000 people are believed to have been killed in the quake. over nine months later, delays in reconstru

they didn't like what the corps had predicted. the science fiction writer ray bradbury says the purpose of science fiction isn't to predict the future, it's to prevent the future that's described. i don't think the corps of engineers intended this report to fall into the category of great science fikds, but that's what happened. the present day bay looks more like this. bcdc was created to stop the uncontrolled filling of the bay and we've done that. in fact, we've reversed the shrinking of the bay. it's now 8,000 acres larger than it was 40 years ago and the conversion of salt ponds in the north and south bay to wetlands will make it another 26,000 acres larger. we are very proud of what we have accomplished. not all government agencies know what they are supposed to do. fewer even do it. we do. well, our smug self-aduration was interrupted last year in march when the california climate change center published a report titled, changing climate, assessing the risk to california. the report looked at 3 scenarios for cutting the amo

navy conducted a large-scale drill with the marine corps. both navy and marine corps officials see it as crucial to keeping china's military in check. in fact, the marine corps is planning to move 8,000 marinesf. the navy is planning an overhaul of its base on the island that's now used as their home port for some marines so that it can accommodate nuclear carriers as well. >> china, the challenges, the norms of behavior out here, and so it would not be helpful for us to diminish our presence out here. what helps support deterrents is presence. and by having a solid presence here in guam, that people know we're here, people see us operating here as we're doing right now. >> nhk's reporter who covered the story is here. seems like china's military presence is being watched in the region. is guam going to going a front line? >> during the cold war guam was an important strategic location as a former base to counter possession by the former soviet union. as the cold war ended military units on guam were reduced. when the u.s. department felt th

and the comandant of the marine corp says don't change "don't ask, don't tell." live from washington, this is "special report." i'm shannon bream in for bret baier. we begin with the economy and eye-popping numbers on the federal deficit. i turns out the government had to borrow 37 cents for every dollar spent in the last fiscal year. white house correspondent wendell goler reports that added up in a hurry. >> reporter: the president's aides announced a $1.29 trillion budget deficit for fiscal 2010, second only to the $1.4 trillion deficit that covered most of his first year in office. but it was better than the congressional budget office that the white house predicted thanks to less than expected spending on tarp and mortgage giant fannie. they say the fed is ready to buy treasury bonds to pump up the economy but he wasn't optimistic about jobs. >> growth next year seems unlikely to be above the long-term trend. if so, net job creation may not exceed by much increase in the size of the labor force. >> bernanke says officials are more worried about prices fallin

marine corps. investigators believe that latest shooting happened overnight.ll fo targeted military buildings in the washington d.c. area. the first shooting left bullet holes in the museum back in october 17th. two days later shots were fired at the pentagon and then a marine corps recruiting station was shot at late monday or early tuesday. in each case investigators believe a high-powered rifle was used. fortunately nobody has been injured. now to switchgears d on to the world series. the superars san francisco giants are on their way to texas on a roll two down and two to go in their battle for the world series. they left a short time ago on the team bulls f the airport. the first game in arlington, texas, is tomoow afternoon. jenelle wang joins us from san francisco international. the exce, fans are saying the "s" word. yes, the "s" word is sweep! the giants are on their way to texas to play game three and four and five if necessary. they just took off from the airport about 20 minutes ago and only we got their exclusive sendoff. the san francisco fire de

news corp. chairman rupert murdoch spent much of today fielding questions in what he thought would be a secret meeting. it turns out it wasn't just a million dollars to the u.s. chamber of commerce from fox's parent news company. there was another donation of $250,000 more. you will hear murdoch on tape defending these actions to his shareholders later in this hour. but despite the republican claim, this story does not matter, karl rove's group sent reporters an e-mail blast playing defense, trying focus attention on democrats who previously worked for groups that did not disclose their donors. and what to make of claims they are benefitting from the scrutiny because it's prompting new do nations? politico saying rove's group got more than $100,000 since the president began to criticize them, and they will use the money to pump $2 million into eight more house races today. how does $100,000 to get them to $2 million? a separate story in politico reports $13 million raised in the same time period

thnext day is the marine corps marathon.ine corps has contracted 750 toilets for their event, which means colbert and stewart are having trouble finding port port-a-pot port-a-potties. >> colbert should be able to find the had you more inthat. >> the national park service is considering a request by colbert and stewart for joint usage. >> for every 300 people -- thank goodness it wasn't for every 400 people. >> you have overanalyzed. we talked about the details and numbers on this earlier. >> i tell you, a great week. and things that go on behind the scenes. a great day out there tomorrow. an even better weekend, and right on through the middle part of next week as well. we're in for one of the nicer stretches of weather we've had the last couple of weeks. outhere, a very nice night. the past couple of nights, into the 50s, but right now, in the 60s after a high today of 77 degrees. and that was actually the warmest temperature so far this month, but i think we're going to get a lot warmer. look at numbers outside. 65 degree

navy conducted a large-scale drill with the marine corps. both navy and marine corps officials see it as crucial to keeping china's military in check. in fact, the marine corps is planning to move 8,000 marines from okinawa to guam. the navy is planning an overhaul of its base on the island that's now used as their home port f some marines so that it can accommodate nuclear carriers as well. >> china, the challenges, the norms of behavior out here, and so it would not be helpful for us to diminish our presence out here. what helps support deterrents is presence. and by having a solid presence here in guam, that people know we're here, people see us operating here as we're doing right now. >> nhk's reporter who covered the story is here. seems like china's military presence is being watched in the region. is guam going to going a front line? >> during the cold war guam was an important strategic location as a former base to counter possession by the former soviet union. as the cold war ended military units on guam were reduced. when the u.s.

cablevision says news corp is greedy for wanting to double the fee to carry fox channels. news corp says cablevision won't negotiate in good faith. >> tom: a deal reached today has taxpayers footing the bill to clean up dozens of old general motors plants. the treasury will use roughly $0.75 billion set aside to wind down the automaker's bad assets. many of those former plants contain hazardous waste. more than half are in michigan. the deal must still be approved by the judge overseeing the old g.m.'s liquidation. >> susie: we're just days away from the mid-term election and a potential shift in power on capitol hill. many candidates are campaigning against big government and deficit spending. but as tonight's commentator explains, there's a dirty little secret about election politics and budget deficits. he's allan sloan, senior editor at large at "fortune." >> talk about role reversal. a few years ago, when republicans were in power, democrats were complaining about federal budget deficits, and the republicans didn't care about them. these days, with the democrats in po

and the marine corps. as i said, it was an amazing turn now. all the marinas and yacht clubs along the bay were completely sold out. there was a terrific collection of vessels out along the bay. most of the tugboats that i could see, a plethora of sailboats, hijackers -- you name it, people showed up. -- kayakers, you name it, people showed up. of course, we could not have made it possible without the dedication of some tremendous city and port staff. the city staff was led by marc cohen and matthew godot -- martha cohen and matthew godot. as you may know, this past thursday, when the uss macon island was here, part of the commitment to fleet week was to get all of us first responders together aboard the ship, and we have all of the major generals -- general hon from the navy, admiral brown from the u.s. coast guard mason brown. we had a general from the marine corps as well as their deputies. we had region 94 -- 9 for fema. we have the heads of departments of emergency services at the state and local level, and it was an incredible gathering o

that's what i really like. >> writers corps has the story of academic success of 16 years.tudents are given an opportunity to open up creatively to use their imagination. >> we come in and provide them that safe space to express themselves creativity and their critical thinking skills in order to write. >> students in libraries or schools weekly. writers corps has become life-changing. >> i can say what i want to say when i want to say it. the paper is my best friend. it doesn't get mad at me when i wrinkle it up and throw it away. >> and without wings to help me wings to carry me. i flew higher with my eyes closed. >> all of a sudden they've got a voice to express. they're creative, talented and ability an amazing confidence. >> to be ableto get up in public and read their works like this. the library and arts commission work together to keep it going. >> everyone pitches in and does it on a shoestring. we continue. hopefully something like this recognition will help. this national recognition for the writers corps program means a new awareness and should lead to an increa

army corps of engineers. >> is this an overreaction to "katrina"? >> i think so.ineers was really pummeled in the "katrina" and new orleans situation. they want to cover their backside, fine, okay. but it doesn't make sense here in california. >> in 2005 after hurricane "katrina" there were levee failures. engineers determined the river banks that compromised the levy. there are 100 miles of levee that would be impacted including the returning and nap that rivers and coyote creek in the south bay. removing the vegetation will destroy the habitat and threaten fish and engangered species. >> the stated purpose is increase protection. however we don't necessarily agree with that. there are studies that show that vegetation and especially in california, actually improve the safety of the levees. and we cut trees from here down to the lookout at the end. >> wildcat creek in north ridge is a prime example how the clear cutting would affect the local environment. in july county crews mistakenly cleared 25 trees from the banks of the creek. another thousand would be remov

it's one of the pieces of this i find hardest to accept after his death the marine corps would claim there had been no warning signs chris was suffering as a cottage break or was in danger yet when his mother received a copy of the eulogy delivered aboard the ship it was clear his condition was known good afternoon is with a sad and heavy heart that i speak with you today as the commanding officer of india company i would like to thank those of you outside the company for joining us on our official day of mourning for lieutenant chris shays. we are not here today to memorialize or condone the way lieutenant shea took his life rather we are here to memorialize the man we knew and worked with this last year i would ask that you not judge second lieutenant shays final act and act so completely uncharacteristic of the man we knew i feel confident the pending investigations into his death will reveal that some chemical imbalance in lieutenant shea took over his mind and caused him to make the ultimate irrational decision a decision that has left all of us who knew him stunned the highest

maureen palmer son christopher sherry a lieutenant in the united states marine corps and a member of its elite special forces committed suicide aboard a navy transport ship he was returning home after an eight month the point to the middle east his mother's investigation into his death including an autopsy and other testing would lead to a finding that chris had been suffering from lariam toxicity but six years ago when i sent my son to the marine corps an event that would never been possible was that he would take his life and so in answer to your question it continues to be a huge open. wound in my life. an intellectual level i understand what happened to christopher that he had evolved because the drug wasn't psychotic state he and psychotic break he was not in possession of his good mind when he took his life. but there is a part of me that as his mother of twenty eight years still doesn't understand how such a sound stable. vital happy young man could have devolved that fast and that far three days before his death chris quit bathing stop shaving and his behavior became erratic

the arts commission and library operate writer's corps on a shoestring budget. teachers say that young people in the program become more confident and more self-assured. >> like i can say what i want to say when i want to say it and the paper to me now is like my best friend and it doesn't get mad at me when i wrinkle it up and throw it away and get mad. >> the award comes with this plaque and a $10,000 check. more than 16,000 high school students participated in writer's corps in the past 16 years. congratulations. awesome. >> that's fantastic. >>> spencer is back. he has font's accuweather forecast. >> and an intensifying forecast. >> getting wetter and wetter. by tomorrow we will see activity picking up a little bit late tomorrow and then sunday the main event comes in. a real soaking storm. a live view from the high teff knicks camera atop mount tam. high clouds and low clouds rushing through and that is the picture around the bay area right now. cloudy skies and area of scattered showers. here is live doppler 7 hd again. show you up in the north bay. moving

>>reporter: writers corps has a story of academic suck if he is for 16 years.pportunity to open up creatively. to use their imagination. >> we come in there and we provide them that safe space to express themselves and to tap into the creativity and critical thinking skills. >>reporter: students are met in lay pwraer or ask weekly. writer corps is life changing. >> i could say what i want to say when i want to say it and the paper to me now is like my best frenl. like my supervisorer man and doesn't get mad when i brink it up and throw it away and i flew hair with my eyes closed. >> all of a sudden they have got a voice to express. very creative. talented. and it builds an amazing confidence. >>reporter: to be able to get up in public and read the work is like this. library and the art commission work together to keep it going. >> everyone sort of pitches in and does it on a shoe string so we continue. hopefully something like this recognition will help. >>reporter: this recognition for the writer corps program means a new awareness and should lead to increase

well, just under the m appears to be a marine corps logo and when you zoom in, you can kind of see what's going on there. well, people started to ask "time" magazine about that. and here's what they had to say about it. >> "time"'s cover photo is a member of the ohio defense force, a private militia that features heavily in the story in a summer training exercise in his own uniform. the story is an investigation into the extreme world or the world of extreme militias and no

writer's corps has received an award at the white house. sanchez explains, this program is changing lives. >> the next national arts and humanity award goes to san francisco writers corps. >> doesn't get much bigger than this, an honor at the white house. first lady with one of 15 winners of the arts and humanity youth corps award. >> it was super-down-to-earth. that's what i like. >> academic success of 16 years. young students are given an opportunity to open up creatively, use their imaginations. >> we provide them a safe space to express themselves, tap into their creativity and critical thinking skills in order to write. >> they meet in schools weekly. writers corps has become life-changing. >> i can say what i want to say when i want to say it. the paper now is my best friend. doesn't get mad at me. wrinkle it up and three it away. >> without winds to carry me, i move higher with my eyes closed. >> all of a sudden they've got a voice to express. they're very creative, talented and it built an amazing confidence. >> to be able to get u

news corp pulled programming friday night, leaving 3 million

and news corp has similar fights with a cable carrier time warner. this happened last year, but it was resolved before any channels were pulled. thomas, what we don't know is when this standoff is going to end. there are reports saying the two sides aren't even talking. no meetings have been scheduled. and a lot of people are getting involved. there's a house lawmaker asking the fcc to intervene in this dispute. >> no "glee"? >> i'll give them a call and let them know thomas roberts is upset about this. >> if it was the orioles in the playoffs you would catch my attention, but you got me at "glee." >> you bring up the orioles and everybody is going to laugh. thank you so much. >>> so in chile most of the 33 miners trapped for more than two months underground are home with their families this morning. two miners are still recovering from the agonizing ordeal remaining in the hospital. meanwhile, the men are staying unified as they look to rake in big bucks for their story. one family member says the miners agreed to sell their story together for $20 m

a gift from rupert murdoch at news corp.mmigration hypocrisy from another politician. why not? >>> we begin with news corp, parent company of fox news opening its wallet for a group closely allied with the gop. gave a million bucks to the commerce, $7 million to republican senate candidates so far this year. this summer news corp gave a million dollars to the republican governor's association, usually corporations like to hedge bets and grease the palms of politicians in both parties, but do one sided donations like that by news organizations in general not just news corp, but ge, don't kid yourself, throws plenty of money at washington, d.c., does that sort of behavior cross the line? let's mix it up with our panel. ari, correspondent can "the nation" magazine, alex, republican strategist. i'm assuming -- we all agree it crosses the line. an i wrong in thinking that? have i jumped to a conclusion? >> i don't have a problem with it. it's a corporation, it's a business. it's a for-profit entity. of course it wants a pro-busin

. >> corps of engineers stuck 50 years ago. >>reporter: he joins with local leaders in bay area flood protection agencies to oppose the stipulated enforcement of national clear cutting policy by the u.s. army corps of engineers. >> sort of over reaction to katrina 8. i think so. i think the army corps of engineers was really pummelled in the katrina and the new orleans situation. they wanted to could have their back side. fine. okay. but doesn't make any sense. doesn't make sense here in california. >>reporter: in 2005 after hurricane katrina there were catastrophic levee failure. engineers determined the uprooted tree along the river bank compromise the levee. in the bay area 100 males of levee that would be impacted. including this is along the russian and napa rivers and creek from san pablo to coyote creek in the south bay. removing the vegetation will did east industry the habitat here and threaten fish and endangered species. >> stated purpose is to increase protection however we don't necessarily agree with that. there a

marine corps and the afghan forces. the sacrifices that they make said the context for the challenges we have. -- set the context for the challenges we have. i have a team of about 100 military and civilian staff as part of a broader team of about 300 if you include the support 300 if you include the support teams and the u.s. civil teams both here and the provincial center and in the district's to deliver very much in support of the governor and his provincial district government. i thought i would set the context by describing what it first look like when i visited for the first time in june of 2006. it was a very sleepy and credit world area broken by years of fighting, and most recently, taliban occupation. they are associated with the drug trade, and people that lead for a riot in this insurgency's support for the -- led to a riot and insurgency support for the taliban. it was a much less isolated area. we saw the opening of the first civilian airport, it only cost $60 to fly, and a significantly increased number o

the quality of the teacher corps was subsidized by discrimination in the u.s. those days are gone.e need to pay up in exchange for reform -- >> is anybody out there carrying this message, this notion of a grand bargain, money for fundamental reform? >> michelle rea was the closest of anyone to putting these issues on the table. some people think she's been an imperfect messenger for this because she can be somewhat abrasive. but she does it because she says, this is in the about the adults, this is about the kids. >> thank you so much, matt. we appreciate you coming. >> thanks for having me. >>> we'll be right back. hey, did you ever finish last month's invoices? sadly, no. oh. but i did pick up your dry cleaning and had your shoes shined. well, i made you a reservation at the sushi place around the corner. well, in that case, i better get back to these invoices... which i'll do right after making your favorite pancakes. you know what? i'm going to tidy up your side of the office. i can't hear you because i'm also making you a smoothie. [ male announcer ] marriott hotels & resorts

sorprendida que todo esto es para nosotros, bien agradecida ella forma parte del programa writers corps celebraron el galardon que dicho programa recibio esta semana de la primera dama de la nacion michelle obama..... obama.....michelle obama es bien bien buena onda, bien simpatica, bien alta pero bien simpatica dentro de mas de 500 programas, writers corps fue elegido como uno de los 15 mejores y mas efectivos en el pais , para promover el arte y las humanidades entre los jovenes....nicole fue seleccionada para recibir el premio a nombre de los 600 estudiantes que como ella, actualmente participan de el en san francisco. francisco. les ayuda mucho sobre todo porque se sienten mas seguros, porque pueden desarrollar mas su personalidad este programa ubica escritores profesionales en grupos de jovenes para que les ensenen a escribir creativamente...para nicole es claro que esto la ha ayudado, no solo a mejorar en la escuela. escuela....no me expresaba muy bien en frente de la gente, siempre estaba asi como timida pero ahora 44 44 puedo hablar en publico muy bien la sociedad a veces no rec

army corps of engineers. >> is there an overreaction to "katrina"? >> i think so.hink the army corps of engineers was really pummeled in the "katrina" and the new orleans situation. they wanted to cover their backside, fine. that doesn't make sense. doesn't makes sense here in california. >> in 2005 after hurricane "katrina" there were catastrophic failures. they compromised the levees. in the bay area there are 100 miles of levees that would be impacted including those along the napa rivers and creeks from coyote creek. >> we don't necessarily agree with that. there are studies that show vegetation especially in california actually improved the safety of the levees. and we've cut trees from here down to the lookout at the end. >> wildcat creek in north richmond is a prime example of how the clear cutting would affect a local environment. in july county crews mistakenly cleared 25 trees from the banks of the creek. another thousand would be removed as the county complies with the federal mandate. >> we call collectively on the army corps of engineers to change its

can you tell about whether that is for attracting people to a business like bloomberg or news corp. or a city like houston, how this environment that is not welcoming. people will stay in other countries and help them be successful. >> there's a great danger that we will lose the reputation as the land of the free and the home of the braves. congressman sanchez, let me say something. you spoke about. the birth about you are going in the right direction, but slightly the wrong number. look at the rate of kids going through the public school system that have the skills. whether we have the bodies is not the issue. we need ones with skills. that is the other parts. congressman is right that we are not as attractive to a lot of people. they are afraid to come here. they are afraid that if they are illegal, someone will look at the color of their skin or the language they speak and go after them just because they are different. america is a land that people have given up their language, adopted english, adopted american customs. . we it takes a generation to do it. we are desperate in th

i think the army corps was really pummeled. and in this hurricane katrina and new orleans situation. they want to cover their back side. fine. okay. doesn't make sense here in california. >> in 2005, after hurricane katrina there were catastrophic levy failures. engineers determining the trees long the riverbanks compromised levies. in the bay area there are 100 miles of levies impacted including those along creeks from san pablo to coyote creek. removing vegetation will threaten fish and endangered species. >> the stated purpose is to enr increase flood protection. however, we don't necessarily agree with that. there are studies showing vegetation in california improves the safety of the levies. and we cut trees down from here down the lookout. >> this wild cat treek is a prime example. and this is in another thousand remove ntd county complies. >> and this is is all rej vegetation that will be destroyed. >>> a spokesperson told us this afternoon the agency is in the middle of a two year study to determine the impact of vegeta

. >> tonight's program award goes to san francisco writers corps. >> it doesn't get bigger than this. an honor at the white house. michelle obama saluting the writers corps as one of the winners. >> they have a story of academic success for 16 years. young students are given an opportunity to open up creatively and to use their imagination. >> we come in there and we provide that safe space for their creativity and critical thinking skills in order to write. >> teachers meet students weekly. it's become life changing. >> like i can say what i want to say. the paper to me is my best. >> wings to carry me shall with my eyes closed. >> all of a sudden they have a voice to express. they are very creative and talented and builds confidence. >> to be able to get up this public and read their works. >> everybody sort of pitches in and we continue, hopefully something like this, recognition will help. >> this national recognition for the writers corps program means a new awareness and should lead to an increase in grants and contributions. >> after all how many programs in the country that co

marine corps.tigators believe the person responsible must take issue with the institution of the marines but not those serving in uniform. they say he's gone to great lengths to make sure no one has been hurt. shots were fired at the museum in trying go virginia overnight and it's the second time in less than two weeks that someone i shot at the museum. and pfizer is recalling 38,000 bottles of its best-selling product cholesterol drug look toward. the recall is due to reports of a musty or moldy odor. it was triggered by consumer complaints about the smell of liberty or bottles made by third-party in pr. if >> i live look outside from our mount tam cam you could see the cloudy conditions remained reports to the bay area which will continue over night. all have those details in just a bit over night. all have those details in just a bit what did you lie about when you were governor? it's all a lie. what did you lie about? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i

the equivalent for the bit business media what the iraq war was from that for the washington press corps is the national story of the last seventy years so the parallel is fair you could further extend the analogy a little bit to think about the idea this concept of being embedded that the press corps itself was sort of embedded within a particular narrative. that has its origins on wall street i don't think that analogy is is out of whack at all. there was one more factor this few in the media covered because it was about the media about the infusion of nearly three billion dollars in advertising revenues from dodgy lenders and credit card companies between two thousand and two when the housing bubble took off until its crash in two thousand and seven. benchley an entire industry became predatory predatory like criminal. yet deceptive marketing and mass as a as a function of corporate it started in america and is now everywhere some say the united states has infected the world with a kind of financial aids. the people who these mortgages was sold to. a large majority of these people who