a year ago and i told him explicitly that these criminal acts were taking place and of course david mitchell and the rest of the panel on the show who's been indoctrinated in this notion that bankers are gods and we can't possibly question what they're doing you see the response is pathetic well let's turn to a clip of that max because here david mitchell is asked you whether reforms will help. answer a spankers in the system corrupting the system you've got to get rid of this case and what this banking these banking reforms how is that address that and how is it failed to address that it doesn't matter what the reform is because you've got no regulatory agency who is willing to put anyone in jail during the last major scandal decibel crisis the united states eighteen hundred bankers went to jail this time they got none except me ok so there's nothing said enough to research prosecution there to ensure our strong. feeling money you know just talking a lot then the point i make is that there are no money in there. or agencies to effectuate reform by design because there is a collusion between

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we were managed by david geffen, and they had joni mitchell, neil young, jackson browne, so we said,rite some good songs, and we had better write them a pretty quick or they will not want us around with these other people who are so talented, so don henley and i decided we would try to write songs together, and this is when i discovered what a poet he was. the first time we wrote desperado and tequila sunrise. the first week. something clicked, and we have been able to write songs ever since. i felt comfortable with him. he is very bright. he wants to get it right. we will work on two or three lines for a month or two to try to get more meaning, to try to get the lines right. he is very tenacious, and you have to be comfortable with somebody you are writing the songs with. i felt it was a good thing. if you are writing songs by yourself, who is going to tell you if it is good or not? i immediately started to trust him, and i think he trusted me, too. now if he said, i do not want that, i was never offended. he would say carmine -- he would say maybe we should work on this a little mo

david and steve. this is all for now. see you back here tomorrow at noon. "andrea mitchell reports" is next.ext, the accused killer in the colorado shooting in court today. the politics of gun control in an election year. unprecedented penalties against penn state. and i go one-on-one with elton john before his big speech today, keynoting the international aids conference. he shares his personal crusade, how it started next right here on "andrea mitchell reports." >> airport delays are very likely during the late afternoon hours, especially up through new england, all the way back down to philadelphia, baltimore, washington, d.c. everyone has a chance of seeing thunderstorms at one portion of the day. also, back into the central plains, very hot conditions continue today. it looks like our heat wave will continue early this week. i take insulin, so i test... a lot. do you test with this? freestyle lite test strips? i don't see... beep! wow! that didn't take much blood. yeah, and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. so easy. yep. freestyle lite needs just a third the blood

mitchell and casey hunt for a great round table. now for a look at what's coming up on "meet the press," here's david gregory. >> thanks.the battle over bane and the battle to define mitt romney. president obama is on the offensive. the romney campaign responds. i'll talk to senior adviser ed gillespie. and then the battle over the bush era tax cuts. with me is senator durbin and senator kyl of arizona. we'll break up on the politics and a few minutes with bob costas as we talk about the fallout from that damaging penn state report this week. it's all this morning on "meet the press." be sure to stay tuned after the program for a special press pass conference with actress sigourney weaver on her new miniseries. only here on nbc4. >>> despite met ro's computers this weekend, they're looking for singers and dancers and poets to perform at the metro stations. they will hold the auditions for the metro performs talent programs. it will happen tuesday night from 5:00 to 7:00. selected artists will perform for free from july through september. they'll get invited to perform as part of the music on the mall program. maybe we n

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wenzel memorial post office honors the life and service of gregg david wenzel who was from monroe and he is the son of gladys and mitchell winslow who still live in monroe. gregg graduated from monroe high school and the state university of new york at binghamton. he received his jures doctorate degree from binghamton. he received his jures doctorate degree from the university of miami school of law and served as a public defender in florida before beginning his career with the c.i.a. he did so because in his own words he wished to live for a greater purpose than himself. he was a member of the first post-september 11 training class and he was distinguished for his enthusiasm and leadership. he was assigned to addis ababa, eethyobea in -- ethiopia in 2002, losing his life there on july 9, 2003. dwreg's c.i.a. affiliation was not revealed publicly for six years. in june, 2009, it was finally revealed when he was honored with a star on the memorial wall in the c.i.a. headquarters. then c.i.a. director leon panetta noted that, quote, we find some measure of solace in noting that gregg achieve what had he set out to do. he l

mitchell reports" is next. good morning, andrea. >> good morning to you. >>> coming up, tax or penalty? mitt romney's attempts to clear up the confusion. we'll talk to chuck todd and chris alyssa. >>> davidasser are joining us with negotiations going next and pakistan. >>> and 70-year-old dorothy flood. she's granted a wish of a lifetime. she'll be joining us along with olympian jeremy bloom, the man who made it all happen. that next and a lot more on "andrea mitchell reports." to a little girl who saw flames reach her home as her family pulled out of the driveway, this isn't just a teddy bear. it's a step towards normal. it's why allstate catastrophe teams didn't just arrive at these fires with cold water and checks to help the grown-ups start the rebuilding... they also brought thousands of these teddy bears for kids. people come first. everything else is second. [ female announcer ] allstate customers affected by the recent wildfires call 1-800-547-8676. visit a mobile claims office, your agent or allstate.com call 1-800-547-8676. ♪ hello...rings ♪ what the... what the... what the... ♪ are you seein' this? ♪ ♪ uh-huh... uh-huh... uh-huh... ♪ ♪ it kinda makes me miss the days when we ♪

david and nicholas. that is all for us here. see you back here tomorrow at noon eastern, 9:00 a.m. pacific when i am joined by kurt anderson and steve kornacki. find us at facebook. "andrea mitchellorts" is next. [ man ] ever year, sophia and i use the points we earn with our citi thankyou card for a relaxing vacation. ♪ sometimes, we go for a ride in the park. maybe do a little sightseeing. or, get some fresh air. but this summer, we used our thank youpoints to just hang out with a few friends in london. [ male announcer ] the citi thankyou visa card. redeem the points you've earned to travel with no restrictions. rewarding you, every step of the way. constipated? phillips' caplets use magnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally with your colon than stimulant laxatives, for effective relief of constipation without cramps. thanks. good morning, students. today we're gonna continue... >>> right now on "andrea mitchell reports," the tax tug-of-war. president obama proposes extending the bush tax cuts for middle income americans. >> it's time to let the tax cuts for the wealthiest americans, folks like myself, to expire. >> republicans, though, call it a tax increase for ever

working with people like bill bradley from new jersey and david boren from oklahoma, and joe biden, now the vice president, obviously, and george mitchell the former majority leader and senator from maine, all of whom were dedicated to trying to take the big money out of politics and replace it with a public match for senate and for house races. fundamentally, the status quo won. the status quo stopped us, and the status quo is winning today. after the soft money scandals -- people have forgotten, we had our scandals in the 1990's, and so we finally passed the mccain-feingold bill in response to that. modest as it was because all it did was limit -- put a ban on soft money, the soft money, which is the big amounts of money that get poured into the political system. and that ban had the unintended consequence of pushing everybody to look for the biggest loophole that they could find and they found a loophole, and the 527 groups as we knew griew to know them and the debate was again taken away from the candidates and given to outside groups that had huge amounts of money. a lot of americans aren't aware of that. the candidate can be runni

andrea mitchell is still with us and joining the table columnist for "the new york times" thomas friedman and columnist for "the washington post" davidrfect panel to have for our top story this morning. new clashes erupted overnight in syria following a brazen bomb attack that infiltrated president bashar al assad's inner circle and struck at the heart of his regime. the explosion happened yesterday inside the national security building in damascus killing three top officials including syria defense minister and as d assad's brother-in-law. the syrian government won't say whether assad was also in the room during the attack. rebel commanders describe it as an inside job. meanwhile, president obama and russian president vladimir putin spoke over the phone after the bombing and agreed on the need to stop the violence, but apparently disagreed on how to move forward. >> tom friedman, for assad this is not your father's opposition. they're not going to let you level their town and then meekly go away. looks like the opposition is there to stay and assad won't say his days are numbered but it's hard to see how he gets out of this. >> one