jack described himself as a pro-life, pro-gun democrat. + mark crist took the same position. so the real difference here is that mark focused on the economy and jobs and the republican candidate had nothing to offer there except the same kind of economic agenda that got us into the mess to begin with. and i think that's what we're gining to find in these elokeses is that when voters say, what are you going to do about the economy? all they've got to offer is the same old economic policies they created the mess to begin with. nothing more. they've been standing on the sidelines for 18 months while we've been working hard to get economy out of the ditch. and people aren't going to want to go back to the policies that created that mess to begin with. >> one thing that did seem to come clear through tuesday and in democratic primaries as well is that there is a feeling in pennsylvania in particular, you had jose sestak, a 58-year-old challenger to articlen spector, an 80--year-old incumbent. and people seemed to go with this ew generation of leadership message that sestak was pro

of the interior and thad allen, the coast guard commandant live only on fox news sunday and charlie crist, then... >> i'm running as a republican... >> chris: and now. >> my decision to run for the united states senate. and they -- as a candidate without party affiliation. >> chris: what is the fallout in 2010's most closely watched senate race? we'll ask marco rubio, florida's republican candidate and also with reaction, building to arizona's tough im grace law, we'll ask our sunday regulars, how this will play out in november. and, our power player of the week. reach for the stars, and now, is helping young women blaze new trails. all, right now, on fox news sunday. >> chris: hello from fox news in washington. we're following two big stories, at this hour. last night in times square, new york city police defused a bomb starting to detonate in a parked suv. it was described as amateurish and powerful and streets and hotels were evacuated ten hours and we'll have more in a moment. along the gulf coast there is growing concern about the massive oil spill, that threatened the entire region,

after that governor crist called that idea cruel and unfair to seniors living on fixed next. do you stand by that? will you consider benefit cuts to social security for people who are now under age 55? >> i think the systems have to change and i don't think any serious osher of the process believes we can get away without doing that. social security, medicare, medicaid, are programs that will bankrupt themselves and our country. and, people of my generation, folks under 55, i think are starting to grow -- growing in their understanding, unless we reform the changes, with serious proposals to reform them, not the status quo, they will bankrupt our country. these have to be dealt with and i stand by it squarely and almost any serious observer, of what is happening in this country and the growing debt, maple leafs that as well. >> chris: mr. rubio, thank you, thank you for joining us today and we'll be watching the race right into november. >> thank you. >> chris: coming up, arizona's new immigration law has been amended, sued, praised and bashed in the last few days, our panel'

that is where crist's real problems lie.is embrace of the stimulus package and the hug with obama, he has never been able to get past that with the republican voters. independents feel the same way so he's in a little trouble. >> brian: it seems to me as casual observer of the situation there, if crist does well handling the slick disaster headed toward his state as well, that could help him in the coming election. >> it could. probably. look, charlie crist has always been as i said, his approval ratings have been fairly high until recently. he's always been seen as competent in that regard. but, you know, he has done some things. this veto of the merit pay bill he did a couple weeks ago alienated a bunch of folks. so i'm not sure. even if he does a good job with the slick, i don't know if it changes the political calculus for november. >> brian: the other side of the occasion, if things don't go well with the state response he could take a hit. tom beven, good to see you. thank you. >> all right, thanks. >> brian: is the ca

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>> crist in florida is gonna look for people. >> quickly. we've got to get out. we're over time. i'm interrupting because we're out of time. >> you asked whether this was obama's katrina. it is not there yet. this well is exploding oil thousands of barrels into the ocean. >> yeah. >> every single day. >> quickly. >> it explodes and could be. >> is it his katrina? >> it is not. this is a whole different -- maybe, but we don't know enough about the end of sea bed drilling. >>> we'll be right back with predictions. when planning for retirement these days, the forecast is full of ifs. if i'm too exposed to downturns. if i'll go through my savings too fast. to help you feel more confident consider putting a portion of your savings in a metlife variable annuity. when the market goes up, it gives your assets a potential to grow. while protecting you if the market goes down with a steady stream of income. let america's number one annuity provider help you stay on course with guarantees for the if in life. get answers about annuities at metlife.com. i think you might have hooked it up wro

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also, governor charlie crist, running out of an independent for the senate seat in florida.his week, jake tupper will speak with guests including napolitano, and slazar, and abp president. on the fox news sunday, secretaries napolitano, slazar, and rubio. you your bob schieffer with mary landrieu the democratic senator been also the floor debt senator, ill. a senator, and the senate candidate. on cnn, the guests will include a common security secretary napolitano, slazaro, rubio, crist. you can listen to all five talk shows beginning at noon. you can also listen to was on the web. follow us on facebook and on twitter. >> what a think is vital is that americans agree to talk to the taliban and leadership. >> in 2000,. the author wrote about the taliban. with the 10th anniversary of his book he looks at what is next. it is tonight. >> today, tv analyst, author, columnist, and three-time presidential candidate, pat buchanan on conservative ideologies. >> president ahmadinejad is scheduled to speak on monday at the un. one key moments from his past speeches online at the c-span

. >>> miami herald shows charlie crist surveying the oil spill above the coast of louisiana. >>> theensacola journal -- florida will soon be receiving $25 million from bp to help the state prepare for possible effects to its beaches and waters. right for you the spill is more than 60 miles from my hometown, pensacola beach. so, pensacola and ft. walton, destin, panama city, all of -- they all have a little time to prepare. >> those really are the most beautiful beaches. it would be a shame if something happened to them. >> it's the whitest of the whitest -- >> it's the whitest beaches in the world. that's why they're going to do everything they can. jonathan, you should go. you've never been to pensacola. >> i've never been. >> it's hot. oh, my gosh. >> is it hot and muggy hot or -- >> no. it's this kind -- >> hold on a second. hold on. >> what? >> it's not hot. mika went out after a book signing in july last year -- >> but i've run in the deserts -- >> it was 98 degrees, a hot day. i said, don't do it. because i played football in this weather and i'm telling you, you don't do it. >

unique on the power of the tea party movement, with rand paul run and -- rand paul one and charlie crist itv republican party in florida. it is driving the eventual republican nominee for their and further to the right. in areas other mainstream and centrist, is going to present a challenge for republicans. the election that was on the ballot last tuesday, where you had a republican matched up against a democrat, it was a special alexian in pennsylvania. the republicans did a test drive of their november strategy and it did crash. what happened was, republicans tried to make president obama and the speaker of the house and to a bogyman. the democratic candidate focused on economic issues, jobs, and focused on what people are thinking in caring about in their daily lives. at the end of the day, people said they want somebody to move forward on the positive job agenda. >> the democrat who won, the seat that john murtha held for many years, and a district john mccain carried over barack obama, a very interesting district. but he did run against some of the things your account -- or incumben

we're going to have to wait and see how much support charlie crist can again up as an independent. it remains unclear how much support he can get at this point, i think. host: and in the kentucky race, the one person we've not talked about, jack conway, defeating the lieutenant governor by one percentage point last week. guest: and conway a strong candidate, although i think this race more about rand paul in this one-week-old general election. that was a tough primary that conway survived. and we're going to have to see what kind of a general election candidate he is. host: alex of politico, thanks >> tomorrow on "washington journal," of washington post reporter talking about the rate of foreclosures and delinquencies for u.s. report -- u.s. citizens. the military situation and pakistan, and someone from the center for budget priorities and the heritage foundation look at the u.s. welfare system and the temporary assistance for needy families. "washington journal" live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. u.s. senate returns tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. eastern to work on the 2010 spending bil

. >>> today the goes to the church of crist. founded as an evangelical truth, it has had three homes. the church has provided five pastors to the faith. the most notable being -- one of the centuries greatest theologians. hour thanks to merita schneider. >> our second church is marking 150 years of service. their current church home is a much improved third building, rededicated in 1997. they are celebration will be june 6th. their number is -- the pastor is jack cunningham. our congratulations to both churches. we would like to learn about your home church as well. stay was. the mail bag is next. daddy...yeah, buddy? how many nickels are in a dollar? there are 20 nickels in a dollar. look! how do birds fly? does milk really make my bones stronger? yeah, yeah! daddy...when we die will we go to heaven? do you have the answer to life's biggest question? watch the 700 >>> closed captioning is brought to you by optimum brand. >>> time now for weekly look inside the old farm report mail bag. my comment last week about the myth that t

there haven't been people that are moren welcome at a party than charlie crist. unfortunately, john mccain couldn't make it. recently he claimed that he has never identified himself as a maverick. and we all know what happens in arizona when you don't have i.d. adios amigos! look, i feel for john. you know, we were on the road together and obviously had a hard fought battle, and you learn, politics is neither. this year i've experienced my share of disappointments. for example, i had my heart set on the nobel prize for physics. but you can't been them all. speaking of this, a few weeks ago, i was able to throw out the first pitch at the nationals game. and i don't know if you saw it, but i threw it a little high and a little outside. this is how fox news covered it. president panders to extreme left wing of batter's box. on the other hand, msnbc had a different take. president pitches no-hitter. and then cnn want a different way altogether. >> he was just asking, how can you get a volcano in iceland? isn't it -- when you think of the volcano, you think of like ha

but if crist pulls it out, i think it says there is some hope in november for democrats. that seat, i think it really spells this will be a very tough year. we know it will be a tough year, but it will become very tough. >> jamie: the former murtha staffer, if he doesn't win, then, jason, is this really a or binger of what's to come in terms of people voting for change, for a different strategy, even if they're not sure what that strategy in particular might be? >> i think it's important for republicans not to take -- read too much into the outcomes of what happens this week. at the end of the day, there is not a growing love affair with the republicans. there is growing discontent, i don't know if it can grow much more than it is with the democratic agenda in washington. we have six months until the november election. so there is a lot that could happen. but there is two important points here. the mood of the country is first anti--incumbent as we saw in the senator bennett, utah and hollohan in west virginia, republican and a democrat. so first this anger is directed at

the late john murtha's house seat and bill clinton was in pennsylvania today campaigning for mark crist and scott brown putting his name behind the businessman tim burns. >> and special interest should stay away and let tim and his opponent go toe to toe and let the best person win. >> reporter: let me ask you something, forget about politics. >> think about decisions you made in your life when you were really mad. >> it's about 80% chance you made a mistake. >> reporter: but getting mad can motivate people to vote and in arkansas, another key state to watch on tuesday, incumbent democrat senator blanch lincoln faces anger from the left and right about the vote for the health care bill and lincoln needs to get more than 50% of the vote to avoid a runoff, she may not be able to do that tuesday and in pennsylvania, five term senator arlen specter faces a challenge from congressman and retired admiral sestak who is essentially calling specter a fake democrat for switching parties and sestak has momentum, but specter says today he's still confident he can win and specter is endorsed by pres

we're in the chasing out charlie crist or chasing out bob bennett. people who don't believe with one or two issues. our party broadened and getting broader. the other party is getting narrower. >> he forgets the member from alabama that joined us last fall. did you chase him out, the congressman out or did he voluntarily leave? >> chris: all right, gentlemen. on that rhetorical question we'll leave it there. chairman steele and chairman kaine, thank you for coming in. we'll check back with both of you as we get closer to november. up next, strong comments from the mexican president stoked the debate over illegal immigration. our sunday panel weighs in when we come right back. hey what's going on? doing the shipping. man, it would be a lot easier if we didn't have to weigh 'em all. if those boxes are under 70 lbs. you don't have to weigh 'em. with these priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. no weigh? nope. no way. yeah. no weigh? sure. no way! uh-uh. no way. yes way, no

host: kendrick me, marco real, or charlie crist? -- mariko rubio or charlie crist? caller: right now i do not like any of them. that is from the "new york times." steve from new york, on the republican line, you are up next. what do you think about the you could program? caller: the republican choice represented by erick kanter, it gives a very small cut. steny hoyer did come with a multibillion-dollar program for a high-speed rail line in washington d.c. to cut, but that is not available. that is a republican program, the richmond to washington d.c. high-speed rail. erick kanter said it will make 165,000 jobs. the democrats need to step up and include a bunch of cuts like steny hoyer suggested. you know, cut that high-speed rail. the republicans want to cut the democratic programs. the democrats have to come up with some cuts in the republican programs. that is the only way it works. host: let's cut all of our foreign aid until the money is back. this is the front page of the wall street journal this morning. plymouth, mass., chuck on the independent line. chuck, w

>> right and the knee jerk reaction of not just the administration but also even governor charlie cristtimately at the end of the day very safe off-shore oil drilling. people do it all over the world. this is a huge, huge disaster. and it has to be taken care of. but what's our alternative is to get more oil from other places like the middle east or other places. >> or some other -- >> and venezuela. we should be trying to get our own energy here and harnessing it. look at how much is down there, if it was safe and able to harness it. >> let's talk about what was going on at the hilton down in washington on saturday night. here's the president of the united states. it's one of the few times during the year where he is comedian-in-chief. here are some of mr. obama's jokes. >> the jonas brothers are here. they're somewhere. sasha and melia are huge fans. but boys, don't get any ideas. i have two words for you. predator drones. speaking of tween heartthrobs, scott brown is here. unfortunately, john mccain couldn't make it recently claimed that he had never identified himself as a maverick.

we're going to have to wait and see how much support charlie crist can again up as an independent.t remains unclear how much support he can get at this point, i think. host: and in the kentucky race, the one person we've not talked about, jack conway, defeating the lieutenant governor by one percentage point last week. guest: and conway a strong candidate, although i think this race more about rand paul in this one-week-old general election. that was a tough primary that conway survived. and we're going to have to see what kind of a general election candidate he is. host: alex of politico, thanks for joining us. and our audience can log on to politico.com to read more of our guest's work. and of course we'll continue to follow the races and debates and post all of it on line at c-span.org. we're going to turn our attention to the issue of immigration and the situation in north korea and south korea and a spark that could cause more concern in the diplomatic community. but first, some concerns as viewed by cartoonists around the country. host: good morning. guest: good morning. host

>> senator crist the call asleyr ranking member grassley, let men put that statement in exchange d 2ith your staff in the context from 2006 until now, as indicated in response to the committee's in questionnaire, we employ six people in the household of three of them were providing housecleaning services part-time three days a week. the other three persons who worked in our household were college students who were from tie local college in san diegoh who drove from time to time our children since my wife and i both worked, drove them to appointments and required school or sporting events.rly they were paid on an hourly basis and they were -- as i say they used their own automobile to drive our children. of those six employees my wife and i treated them the same because inconsistent with what i said in the two decades we looked to assure they weret theg eligible to work in the united states. we verified their eligibility and the second is we paid their, taxes. it was only after thecotio confirmation process or thevetto setting process the distinctiona was made that suggested that the col

[laughter] >> there haven't been people more unwelcome at a party since charlie crist.hter] >> unfortunately john mccain couldn't make it. recently he claimed he never identified himself as a maverick. and we all know what happens in arizona when you don't have i.d. adios amigos! [laughter] >> i feel for john. we were on the road together and obviously had a hard-fought battle and you learn that politics isn't easy. this year, i have experienced my share of disappointments. for example, i had my heart set on the nobel prize for psychics. but hey, you can't win them all. [laughter] >> speaking of undeserved honors, a few weeks ago, i was able to throw out the first pitch at the nationals game. and i don't know if you saw it, but i threw it a little high and a little outside. this is how fox news covered it. "president panders to extreme left wing of batter box." . msnbc had a different take. president pitches no-hitter. [laughter] and then cnn went a different way all together. >> how can you get a volcano in iceland. when you think of volcano, you think of hawaii. you d

tight and bill clinton is in southwest pennsylvania, right now, he is campaigning for democrat mark cristis running against republican businessman tim burns in the race to fill john murtha's seat and there are three close senate races to watch in pennsylvania, kentucky, and arkansas. and in pennsylvania, five-term senator arlen specter faces the big challenge from democratic congressman joe sestak. today, he says specter who switched parties, becoming a democrat is a poster child for what is wrong with washington. and, arkansas, democratic senator blanche lincoln is spend the day before the election telling voters she built up clout in washington and that is a good thing and lincoln is getting heat for her vote, for the health care bill. for challenger democratic lieutenant governor bill halter, says lincoln represents the status quo and, in kentucky, it is republicans fighting it out in a split between tea party conservatives and establishment republicans, kentucky's secretary of state tray grayson is backed by mitch mcconnell, but rand paul, senate libertari libertarian, leading by doub

florida governor charlie crist just is declaring a new state of emergency involving a massive stretch of florida coastline. 200,000-gallons a day are believed to be leaking making their way through florida, louisiana, mississippi and alabama and that may not be all. the coast guard says it will take up to three months to effectively stop the oil from leaking and the department of defense authorizing 6,000 national guard troops to help with the cleanup efforts. we are waiting for news from the white house right now, a briefing is about to start as we get word from the ceo of bp that he will meet with cabinet officials in a little more than 90 minutes. and here is the big story shaping up right now. we are getting word this hour that this oil threat could extend far beyond the gulf of mexico. powerful currents could carry this mess up the east coast. and that is where we start this hour, a huge disaster that is threatening to get bigger. we've had a scientist who knows the currents to explain it to us. joe joins us from the accu weather studios in pennsylvania. we see this graphic down

florida governor, charlie crist, who was previously supportive of offshore drilling now said it's, quoteuote. and calf governor, arnold schwarzenegger, has withdrawn his support for a plan that would have expanded offshore drill off the coast of california. here's the question, what should u.s. policy come when it comes to offshore oil drilling? go to cnn.com/caffertyfile. post a comment on my blog. when these things happen, they're potentially disastrous and are -- the effects are felt for a very long time. "exxon valdez." but when you look at over the years, the number of wells, the amount of oil we've pumped out of the ground, these things don't come along very often. >> look what three-mile island did for nuclear reactors for 30 years. >> stopped it dead in its tracks and we still haven't gotten it started again. >> jack, thank you. >>> all eyes and hopes are on a giant concrete and steel dome designed to cap the leak from a sunken rig that's spewing some 200,000 gallons of crude each day. cnn's brooke baldwin is on the coast watching it all unfold for us. brooke, what is this contai

cleanup of the oil push good -- gusher in the gulf of mexico, this coming in from governor charlie crist, he's extending the state of emergency, 13 more counties in this state due to this oil situation, a total of 19 counties in florida now. we'll be talking with alabama senator richard shelby in a couple of minutes about what he wants the government, the oil company to do to lessen the economic and environmental impact of all of this. >>> we've also got new developments coming up in the shooting of a police deputy in arizona, potential suspects, are they in custody? custody? we'll have the very latest.ands. soak our yards in color. get our hands a little busier. r dollars a little stronger. and our thinking a little greener. let's grab all the bags and all the plants and all the latest tools out there. so we can turn all these savings into moreolorful shades of doing. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. get mom the colors of spng with great hanging baskets and container plants at our everyday low prices. you must be looking for motorcycle insurance. you're good.

the two party has split the republican electorate in to come a dividing voters between charlie crist. the tea party approved a far right platform full of conservative myths and conspiracy theories in maine. in arizona, senator john mccain has had to reverse course on lifelong political positions and fend off a primary challenger from the tea party wing of the party. let ms. tests have been the norm. in order to satisfy activists, republicans are running to the right and the party is becoming narrower and less welcoming. if these moderates are eliminated, the republican party will become less appealing to independent and other voters. as we move from the primary season to the general election, i suspect some things will change. the economy will continue to improve. i expect employers will continue to add jobs and we will see those jobs reports rolling in month after month. americans will choose the democratic party. the party that took action to jump-start the economy. we have seen some significant movement showing a desire for a democratic congress that is working to solve problems ra

the white house is facing crist the president will get a daily ú%iefing and a call with gulf coast goverroosls say it's bp that is responsible. >> do i have confidence that3 they know what they're doing? nono, not completely. i promised that we will keep our boot on bp's neck nd within the last few weeks we are doing that. >> reporter: bp vows to do anythhng they can. >> there'ssnobody that is more devastated by what hhs happened and nobody that wants to shut it down more than we want. we want to clean up the spill as fast as we can and we will make good on our promise. >> reporter: a top hill which is plug up the leaa with mud. now if that doesn't work, there are other iddas on the table. but a final permanent solution could until august. endo, patrice, back to you. >>> what are some of the other options, because it seems like they try one thing after the other that hasn't worked yet. >> reporter: that's right. and according to the bp officials, early this morninn saying that he is only 50/50% confident that thhs top hill even work. so plab b, another plaa b this time around will be the jun

proposals for establishing the national infrastructure backed by representative rosa delauro and senator cristdog and i noticed you mentioned the folks have gotten behind it add me to that because it is one of the many tools we need right now to make e kind of investments of infrastructure that will have the economic benefits online. likewise we've noted the president's fiscal 2011 budget proposal to establish a national infrastructure innovation and finance fund designed to assist major investments of national regional significance. each of these programs would substantially expand federal lending capacity beyond the existence of the levels. we support in the approach that can provide lendable funds of the same rate of a flexible terms asthe existing tipia program. we also believe there is a special opportunity through in infrastructure precourt fondital allocate new congressional the authorized tax preferred bonding authorities for transit investments much as the denver schools. we ought to do it for transportation as well. together an expanded tipia stifel critical demand targeted specified

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i think to switch out of persal ambition is wrong, just like what i think charlie crist and where is doing is wrong. and it is good the people in pennsylvania said know. i think rand paul does represent an insurgency against the establishment and i think you will see more of that. i am a little bit like reagan -- reagan was president for eight years. he spent one out of the eight years at the ranch. and i think he never once was inside washington in his head. i think he was always leading the country from the white use, but going to georgetown was never part of his life. and i would say i have been actively studying government and national security and politics since between my freshman and sophomore years in gh school when my dad was serving in the army in europe and the french fourth republic died when we were living in france and i became startled by the fact that really badeadership can destroy a country. so i have been doing this since august of 1958. and in that sense, you would have to say that i'm part of the system, but i think i have pretty consistently been a part of the i

linkages, to the financial community and that you would play a special role in the monitoring system cristnfected had undertaken efforts of respect to cleaning up the backlog and trade confirmations in the otc derivatives market. one of the things i noted in preparing the last month for our look at the shadow bank system and that in the period of 2004, 2005, 2006 you actually made a number of speeches about risks that were expanded under the sand contagions, shadow banking. i will notice you made to different speeches on the same day. may 19th must have been a busy day talking about risk. about concentration risk posed by the cbo's and creditor of this and leverage in the system. and it seems to me that you were in a place where you had extraordinary access to information not just market data that primary dealers are telling you information on the repo market so this is a pretty fundamental question i have particularly as we look forward trying to assess the impact what didn't you know. and this doesn't need to just be at home and in but what did you and other key policymakers know and hav

i think to switch out of personal ambition is wrong, just like what i think charlie crist and where is doing is wrong. and it is good the people in pennsylvania said know. i think rand paul does represent an insurgency against the establishment and i think you will see more of that. i am a little bit like reagan -- reagan was president for eight years. he spent one out of the eight years at the ranch. and i think he never once was inside washington in his head. i think he was always leading the country from the white house, but going to georgetown was never part of his life. and i would say i have been actively studying government and national security and politics since between my freshman and sophomore years in high school when my dad was serving in the army in europe and the french fourth republic died when we were living in france and i became startled by the fact that really bad leadership can destroy a country. so i have been doing this since august of 1958. and in that sense, you would have to say that i'm part of the system, but i think i have pretty consistently been a part of

what does specter do, becoming a guy trying to run as an independent, like bob bennett and charlie cristment guys are being kicked out. >> and rick is right. we talked about, is a third party imminent, and not really, the two parties are against it but the voters are looking for a centrist alternative, for sure. >> dave: is arlen specter the guy, the anti-incumbent movement, is it worse for the republicans or democrats. >> it is both. come on and with specter. he changed parties. we don't know what his principles are and the voters want to see consistency and accountability and what the person stands for and that is clear with expect. >> in november, it will be clear it is bad to be a democratic incumbent, whole the white house and the congress and that is where incumbency will hurt. >> dave: all eyes on pennsylvania for tuesday and you'll all stick around, coming up on the show, should attorney eric holder, attorney general, resign? critics say he's not doing enough to keep americans safe from terror threats like the one in times square. our panel weighs in, next. and then, jersey shore

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linkages, to the financial community and that you would play a special role in the monitoring system crist infected had undertaken efforts of respect to cleaning up the backlog and trade confirmations in the otc derivatives market. one of the things i noted in preparing the last month for our look at the shadow bank system and that in the period of 2004, 2005, 2006 you actually made a number of speeches about risks that were expanded under the sand contagions, shadow banking. i will notice you made to different speeches on the same day. may 19th must have been a busy day talking about risk. about concentration risk posed by the cbo's and creditor of this and leverage in the system. and it seems to me that you were in a place where you had extraordinary aess to information not just market data that primary dealers are telling you information on the repo mark so this is a pretty fundamental question i have partic as we look forward trying to assess the impact what didn't you know. and this doesn't need to just be at home and in but what did you and other key policymakers know and have before