david mason's campaign succeeded in increasing by six times the drug companies original offer to the parents i did pay a heavy price personally pots. if i hadn't paid that price the slit in my daughter's wouldn't have got the compensation when they got the compensation so i think it was worth. unlike louise mason who rarely saw her mother during childhood yeah i'm sure to hell and formed a close bond with his mother from birth and her unwavering support and encouragement were critical in his career decision she never lost hope sure she said cure everything you want to achieve in your life you're going to achieve it i have absolutely no doubt and when i when i turned up with their with the idea that . that i wanted to be a doctor everybody told me you should not it's not a very good idea you cannot do that you will have severe problems she said son do your own thing if that's what you want to do you're going to match yon is now an emergency room doctor in switzerland i don't consider my condition as a major issue i mean i'm not a little martin for a spot on the first but i'm a man i'm

for those we're going to ask david mason, a former treasury official and currently the ceo of ge financialervices and greg who is chief economic commentator with "wall street journal. david, we'll start with you. you were at treasury when all of this was happening you just kind of took some reflections and looked back at what happened at that time >> thanks for having me, becky i think we've come a long way. so, we've reflected at the brookings conference, it was great. and here's what we're thinking we're thinking the banking system is stronger and more stable than it has been in the ten years. we focus on you need to focus on what matters most. capital liquidity and supervision for banks and i think we're doing much better than we were in the past and a better position than we were ten years ago for sure >> greg, you have some concerns even though you think you're better off than we were and potential place you see bubbles. where are we >> i would agree with what david is saying. the banking system is a lot safer and a lot of products that got into trouble ten years ago, they're gone you

here with me at the table to share their reporting and insights, cnn's abby philip, jeff mason with reuters, david drucker, with the washington examiner, and cnn's manu raju. what have you been hearing? >> talking to senate democrats, they plan to hone in on four key areas in the questioning this week beginning on win. the four areas include untruthfulness, referring to specifically the 2004 and 2006 confirmation hearings when brett kavanaugh came before the senate judiciary committee. they believe he was not truthful in his testimony in some key areas, his involvement on some wire-tapping issues as well as detainee policy as well as three federal judgeships. they say he was more involved than he let on during that testimony. also the affordable care act. there's that very controversial texas case going through the courts right now. he may have a chance to rule on that, and that could ultimately undercut the aca, pre-existing conditions in particular. the democrats are concerned he may strike that down. also on executive powers, as joan just mentioned, how he views investigations of a sitting pres

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mason is a guy couple days ago. jason: exactly, is a tricky things. alix: is vice chair a real thing? david: it can be. maguire is a friend. he is wonderful. great relationships, a great banker. jason: pfister is one of these is one ofvice chair these things like, good for you, put up your feet, have lunch is. we will see what happens. it is largely up to the person a lot of times. most prominente wall street person in that role for many years. is important to have capital markets with the corporate bank, and that is making a big move in how you put those people together. you talk about cross-selling. alix: exactly. that is something goldman sachs wants to do. come back to this moment, almost exactly 10 years on from the start of the financial crisis. how do banks look now? how are they running business? where is the risk? how is it the managed? alix: talk about bitcoin risk. david's was loved story because he talks about that coin all the time. david: i was an early adopter. people were making fun of it. bad: cryptocurrencies had a drop for the second time in 24 hours. todman sachs has reported have p

mason along with michelle miller and dana jacobson. how about paul mccartney in grand central. can you imagine that? >> did you get an invite? >> no. i remember when he played outside davidetterman's marquee. but grand central? >> he's still got it. he's still got it. >>> we beginning this morning with a narrowing hunt for the writer of the op-ed in "the new york times." >> the white house has a short list of who it might be. this comes after president called on attorney general jeff sessions to launch an investigation. meanwhile "the new york times" is promising to keep the writer's identity a secret. >> the newspaper released a statement reading in part, quote, the president's threats both ubds score why we must safeguard the identity of the writer of the op-ed and seven as a reminder of the importance of a free and independent press to american democracy. mola lenghi joins us from the white house with more. good morning. >> good morning. as speculation swirls about who was behind the scathing piece, more than two dozen officials including the vice president have come out denying they wrote it. the president meanwhile has escalated his attacks on the writer and bob woo