no, they'll probably find a way to ignore enron by then, but... you know, it's just non-news. it's not news. i want to ask you one final question about one of your less-well-known movies. you've had a good career in film and television, steal this movie was not a huge box office success. no, it was not. and you play anita hoffman, the wife of abbie. and you were quoted at the time as saying that "this is a film i'm doing in part because i'm liberal. you're not going to see me in the charlton heston story." uh-huh. was that a good experience, and did you get to know anita? i did; i did get to know anita a little bit. she passed away shortly after i met her. she was very wonderful. i got to do--i'm not really an actor who tends to do roles that require a lot of research, back story, interviews, things of that nature. this was a movie that did. i was very pleased to do a lot of reading, research, interviews, meeting of people at the time, you know, who were significant in her life, meeting anita a number of times, talking to her, meeting abbie hoffman's children, friends of abbie

profits now and deferring losses for eternity that is based on hollywood accounting before there was enron accounting there was hollywood accounting hollywood invented the cook books accounting that ate wall street and ate the american economy so it's important to follow the trends are and the box office futures contracts that i invented that cantor tried to do and failed that would put another arrow in the quiver of those feudal lords out there that's why i don't support it in america maybe outside of america but not in america well speaking of a feudal lords and a feudal lords a media fox and funs news corps donates one million dollars to republican governors association so this is rupert murdoch and he. you know now that the supreme court has ruled that corporations in america which are ruled previously as human beings basically they have the rights of human rights now they have the exception of being able to donate unlimited amounts to to any political party so news corps has donated one million dollars and they say that it's because they believe in the power of free markets rupert mur

enron, aig, j.p. morgan, country wide fan and he freddie were no accidents. based on good faith, they were not accountable. it was just a effort prone to fail. board members in 2003 bruce shaller, the now president of the taxi and limo commission in new york city was hired by the taxi commission and recommended a customer survey be done. in 2006 they produced one. in 2007 the taxi commission produced one which was generated by 42 responses. they refused the taxi commission's offer to do another survey. hardly that is what was recommended, a 42-response survey. i know the response rate and margin of error is far better than the barts, but i am sorry i am not a team player. you know, maybe you think you need a college degree to produce a valid survey. but they don't teach taxi driving in college. they don't teach common sense. i have known a few graduates from college that do not seem to have it. it is just like muni. you have a mandate on time. where is it? >> good afternoon directors. i was waiting to speak about the taxi advisory committee. drivers could not

. >> tom: thanks to the accounting scandals at enron and worldcom, and the risky trades that brought down bear stearns and lehman brothers, a set of common practices for boards of directors has evolved. they include requiring directors to regularly attend board meetings and own stock in the company-- and some independent board members, meaning they haven't worked for the firm or done any business with it. still, jeffrey sonnenfeld from the yale school of management has found the makeup of a board is more important than any regulations or rules a board puts in place. >> we create these checklists which give people a false sense of comfort. much more important than this is look at the social process, the social dynamic. what's happening there? how do we confront one another constructively? how do we get the skill mixes in there? sonnenfeld suggests shareholders look at where board members have previously served. what happened at those companies during their tenure? he also says shareholders should ask the company what the firm requires of its directors, and you can learn a lot by how m

. >> reporter: as the flooding continues to worsen, the enron sisters are calling on everyone in the bay area, pakistani or not to help bring relief to the millions suffering half a world away. in san jose, julie watts, cbs 5. >>> and if you want to help, we put more information on how to donate on our web site, cbs5.com. >>> it is one of the largest egg recalls ever. who some experts blame for the salmonella outbreak. >>> lots of new moms talk about how to prevent the baby blues without a prescription. >>> hi, i'm meteorologist lawrence karnow in the cbs 5 weather center. sure, it was cool around the bay area again today. but we've got some heat coming in our direction. ,,,,,,,, [ horn honks, indistinct conversations ] nobody does pan pizza like your mom. [ male announcer ] red baron pan pizza and pan pasta. pizza with a thick crust that's golden crisp on the outside and light on the inside. red baron. bring home that pizzeria taste. california banks. the f-d-i-c took over sonoma valley >>> federal regulators have shut the doors at four more california banks. the fdic took over snow

hayward's and robert dudley a meeting also on the hudson all of the russian oil giant such as while enron staff and the media just like to be very interesting due to the fact that robert dudley is his first visit to russia up to two years of absence up to he escaped prashar are to the dispute with the russian billionaires and also the stakeholder seem to keep neat but probably done their work in russia for a long time so you know those are all the main players of the whole industry very well done so it might be a new beginning for robert dudley and also an interesting hugo she should say oh for the russian side due to the fact that saying k b b o this third largest oil company in russia and also the border of the old the pieces are oh grizel sold the beans. assets are so please no and very important will need to back the team g.b. now is the main cause gringo told me and b.p. is looking to over raise you know some thirty billion dollars in order to cover the consequences of the spill so these negotiations are very important for both sides another topic of the discussion is likely to be th

. >> larry: wgn's julie enron joins us, and was in the courtroom throughout the trial and was there toy for the verdict. surprised? >> i think everyone was a little surprised, larry. you know there have been so many months we followed the case. they said they had the strong case based on secretly recorded fbi tapes then slowly through deliberations we were getting hints that the jury though they may have been playing nice with one another, was not necessarily getting to the root of the issues and not able to come to a consensus on much at all. late last week they agreed on two charges of all 24 against the ex-governor and his brother. and today, only one. >> larry: what happened to the second one? >> the -- the second one, which second one are you referring to? one was lying to the fbi. >> larry: there was one, supposed to be two results, right? >> well, he actually was just found guilty on lying to the fbi and really there is two parts to it. if that is what you are referring to. excuse me. one part was there a fire wall between politics and fund-raising. the other was he keeping trac

host: 83 here from the viewer who asks, why did the sec catch my employer, and ron, -- enron, before i lost the value of my 401k? guest: the reason the sec did not catch and run is because they were not even looking at the time. the sec had gone to congress for a number of years under chairman arthur levin and had asked for additional resources. in fact, during this timeframe, the sec did not even have any staff to look at those companies going public for the first time, let alone of thousands upon thousands of companies that were already public. they did not have the staff to do it. many of these filings are sick and they did not have the number to watch than. the accounts that were trying to overlook these was something like 80 accounts grand total. -- 80 accountants grant soetoro- ng. -- 80 accountants grand total. again, you can deregulate by changing laws or regulations, but you can also does not give the regulatory manpower that the body needs to do the job, which was very much the case during enron. host: joe, democratic line, good morning. caller: good morning. we have money

case. -- jeffrey skilling off the hook in the enron case. all nine of us to the position that congress had written a statute -- took the position that congress had written a statute that made it a crime to not deliver on the services. all nine of us agreed you could not make that an offense. i do not regard myself as pro- business or anti-business. i just call them as ithey come, as best i can. >> here is another statistic i am delighted to share with you. you are the most restrained justice, justice ginsburg, if restraint is the spine in the traditional way of -- is defined in the traditional way of just striking down laws. you are the least likely to strike down federal, state, or local laws. isn't it that the restraint has been redefined and you are an activist if you do not strike down health care or campaign finance reform? >> you could see that some of the senators were begging for the court to relieve them of their own folly. [laughter] the label "activist," what does it mean? on that kind of score, who has voted to strike down more s

as far as ted stevens, mom was wondering if it is a deal like the guy from enron -- right before the of his trial, he mysteriously died. these billionaires have so much money that they can die on paper and in the news and just go away somewhere and hide. host: in the gulf oil spill, the front page of "financial times" this morning that the bp oil spill will be heard in new orleans. host: o'fallon, missouri, cindy on the line for republicans. good morning. caller: good morning. i was very active in getting proposition c to the ballot. when it was passed, it was because people did understand i t. i have it in front of me. it's a grand total of 46 words. can i read it? host: give us the most salient point. caller: they wrote this into the bill because they knew the secretary of state might try to twist the language. they broke this, and this is what was passed and voted on. "shall the statute be amended to deny the government authority to penalize the defendant for refusing to purchase private health insurance, or in french on the rights to offer or accept direct payments for lawful hea

of crystal enron nascent that mean and cocaine.cked up our arms in cash it happened yesterday in gilroy the estimated street value is $100 million. the bus happened to the house the drugs are stashed in coolers and been through the house. it's believed the operation is tied to a mexican drug cartel. half are going to show you some pictures of the three mexican nationals were arrested at the house. they are fat beyond the 20 years old, hector's 43 and sergio is 35 years of age. there is in a clear county jail this morning they will be transported and held in sacramento county. off >> discovery of suspected drug dealers in your midst of reawakening for resonance of the acquired neighborhood characters with some of them had to say. >> it was surprising, and glad they got caught to. i wish people didn't use the drugs then there would be a demand for it they wouldn't be here. half a neighborhood >> is pretty p.o. because we have kids according to i heard in the news the amount of chemicals could a blown up the whole block. >> and just g