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d by enron. put me in enron. again in that soft and calm ande resolute voice he would refuse.d he did not put his clients in in anything he didn't invest in himself and he was investing in enron.it wasetting buyers were getting old. children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.en of the did not see the future when itee was staring him in the face. he was mired in the past. too damned old fashioned. by it, they said. thank you. now i'd like to introduce my great partner. [applauding] >> i do appreciate all of you coming out on this pre-holidayja weekend. a handful of remarks about my, l of writienron but also the process of writingng the book ad what our goals were in doing tht book. i had heen first off i had been at enron not quite eight years when i,ent changed jobs and went back to ay work in the summer of 2001. i was doing a really simple job called commercial support work so that i could getpo homeo be to bewi with my two year-old daughter. my travel was not outrageous. my job was simply to prioritize
d by enron. put me in enron. again in that soft and calm ande resolute voice he would refuse.d he did not put his clients in in anything he didn't invest in himself and he was investing in enron.it wasetting buyers were getting old. children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.en of the did not see the future when itee was staring him in the face. he was mired in the past. too damned old fashioned. by it, they said. thank you. now i'd like to introduce my great partner. [applauding]...
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they were wrong about enron and in the wake of enron theres with a flurries of congress and what to do about the rating agencies and nothing happened and they went on to be at the heart of the financial crisis and the story is human nature. in the end the enron story is a story about people and a story about the complex mingling of this self-delusion and corruption and the story we tell is about a cast of characters and a range of fatal flaws. >> charlie: the flaw of greed or more? >> it's a mixture. it's a flaw of greed. it's a flaw of self-delusion and flaw of sometimes outright greed. everybody's incentive was to get paid. >> charlie: but greed not illlegal. >> no, it's not. >> and why you haven't seen many prosecutions coming out of the financial crisis. there is a difference between what most of us perceive as ethically wrong, greed, self delusion and criminality. >> charlie: point out what was wrong. >> i think it was ethically wrong of wall street to buy up mortgages, package them off and sell them to investors saying they were doing due diligence and investing the mortgages the
they were wrong about enron and in the wake of enron theres with a flurries of congress and what to do about the rating agencies and nothing happened and they went on to be at the heart of the financial crisis and the story is human nature. in the end the enron story is a story about people and a story about the complex mingling of this self-delusion and corruption and the story we tell is about a cast of characters and a range of fatal flaws. >> charlie: the flaw of greed or more?...
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he was actually the prosecutor on the enron team. he was the lead enron prosecutor and we were both divorced at the time we met. lo and behold, i guess people meet in all sorts of strange places and life takes some very strange twists. if you had asked me when i lived in new york if i would ever leave "fortune" or ever leave new york, i would have said certainly not, and here i am. >> why "fortune" to "vanity fair"? >> in a way it is not so different, and i loved "fortune" and i am very grateful to the magazine for the freedom i got when i was there. "vanity fair" is one of the few magazines that runs very long investigative pieces. even "fortune" only rarely does that. there is a little more freedom of subject matter at "vanity fair," although right after i got there the financial crisis was in full force so i found myself doing the same sort of stories i worked on at "fortune." i spent 13 years there and my entire career as a journalist and that was all i knew. you learn something about yourself by moving to a different place. some
he was actually the prosecutor on the enron team. he was the lead enron prosecutor and we were both divorced at the time we met. lo and behold, i guess people meet in all sorts of strange places and life takes some very strange twists. if you had asked me when i lived in new york if i would ever leave "fortune" or ever leave new york, i would have said certainly not, and here i am. >> why "fortune" to "vanity fair"? >> in a way it is not so different,...
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he was actually the prosecutor of -- on the enron team. he was the lean enron prosecutor and we were both divorced at the time we met and lo and behold, strange -- i guess people meet in all sorts of strange places and life takes some very strange twists, because if you had asked me when i lived in new york and worked for fortune if would ever leave fortune or ever leave new york, i would have said absolutely not and here i am. >> and why going from fortune to vanity fair? what's -- what do you do with vanity fair now? >> you know in a way it's not so different and i loved fortune and am extraordinarily grateful to the magazine for the -- for the freedom i got when i was there. vanity fair is one of the few magazines that routinely runs very long investigative pieces you know 7, 8, 9000 words and even fortune only rarely does that. and so there's a little more freedom of subject matter at vanity fair, although right after i got there the financial crisis really hit in full force, so i found myself doing just the same sort of stories i prob
he was actually the prosecutor of -- on the enron team. he was the lean enron prosecutor and we were both divorced at the time we met and lo and behold, strange -- i guess people meet in all sorts of strange places and life takes some very strange twists, because if you had asked me when i lived in new york and worked for fortune if would ever leave fortune or ever leave new york, i would have said absolutely not and here i am. >> and why going from fortune to vanity fair? what's -- what...
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accounting, such a role in enron's collapse and such a role at the near collapse of citigroup.e all knew there was a problem, outcry, what are we going to do about the both rating agencies, nobody did anything. to the story of human nature of enron and financial crisis this is less encouraging in the sense it is a story of self-dell delusion and it is hard to prosecute. >> if you were to look at how deeply this whole sort of mythology has penetrated our country, the world's richest man, your good old uncle warren was out today with a letter in the "new york times" thanking uncle sam for helping us out. warren didn't mention that he has a huge position in goldman and ge, two of the biggest beneficiaries of the bailout or more importantly's source of capital for moody's, ratings agencies, correct me if i am wrong, exquisitely central to perpetrating this entire fraud, correct? >> absolutely. >> i didn't have the time to write the counterletter to buffet today but barry riddles did, entitled it dear uncle sucker, give you the buffet rebuttal letter. dear uncle sucker, i siddenly r
accounting, such a role in enron's collapse and such a role at the near collapse of citigroup.e all knew there was a problem, outcry, what are we going to do about the both rating agencies, nobody did anything. to the story of human nature of enron and financial crisis this is less encouraging in the sense it is a story of self-dell delusion and it is hard to prosecute. >> if you were to look at how deeply this whole sort of mythology has penetrated our country, the world's richest man,...
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this is looki at eay h worlconomic enronment and hothat mht h n te fu. th is n conom envient tat i bedon wod mkets divg econ e next onesb on l tese ving he economy. the nt onis ne of local to egnaeno ad t g reduced ght iseytng diven sicallo t bsif environmt protection. our feelg the moment s th 's the second ofthe at is the most lik ha is nationanterpri model. and we can see as we look at that that there's going to be very substantial increase in flooding in the future and within that, that the biggest increase is likeliest to occur within our urban environments. so although we will see a very significant increase in flooding due to river flooding and flooding due to coastal impacts, the biggest cause or biggest increase in flooding in the future is likely to be within the urban area. what we've been wrestling with is how might restart to adapt to that? how might we cope with that future? this one shows the number of properties affected. what's interesting about this one is there isn't the same differential between the future assumptions that irrespectiv
this is looki at eay h worlconomic enronment and hothat mht h n te fu. th is n conom envient tat i bedon wod mkets divg econ e next onesb on l tese ving he economy. the nt onis ne of local to egnaeno ad t g reduced ght iseytng diven sicallo t bsif environmt protection. our feelg the moment s th 's the second ofthe at is the most lik ha is nationanterpri model. and we can see as we look at that that there's going to be very substantial increase in flooding in the future and within that, that the...
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yamaha rider led for the best time one minute and thirty two seconds from forty eight laps his former enron. meanwhile not winning is something tiger woods has had to get used to this year the former world number one is without a tournament victory since returning to the golf course following revelations about his private life however. you know as a chance to put that right the wild number two begins the defense of his australian masters title on thursday he has a stunning eighty two trophies to his name which has never gone a whole year without winning a single event so this tournament in melbourne is important for him although he struggled to get back to where he was woods admits he still relishes playing the game you know this year i think. i've always loved what other products are in front of the car so i get better. one of the cool things obvious a lot is preparing for venice and then trying to get to where i think peak four times a year. for the four major shifts it's a fun challenge or i'll shoot it was a very successful life this year and that's all the sports news for this relisten
yamaha rider led for the best time one minute and thirty two seconds from forty eight laps his former enron. meanwhile not winning is something tiger woods has had to get used to this year the former world number one is without a tournament victory since returning to the golf course following revelations about his private life however. you know as a chance to put that right the wild number two begins the defense of his australian masters title on thursday he has a stunning eighty two trophies...
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there was enron and worldcom and all of these companies were being blown up. >> reporter: their father's insistence on teaching the kids about business is helping them grow the business. they're rolling out new products, like the kids drink pro-bugs, and kefir snack bars. the company recently opened two frozen kefir stores in chicago called star fruit. plans are in the works to franchise the concept. experts say the smolyansky kids' ability to step in and successfully run their father's firm isn't unusual. john ward from northwestern university's center for family enterprises says children often have very keen insight into their parents companies. >> what is the attitude towards the employees? what is the focus on the customer? so, they just pick up so much that is so valuable, so precious. >> reporter: the siblings call lifeway their father's lasting legacy. it's a legacy they hope to pass along to julie's 15-month-old daughter, leah. >> tom: only a small minority of family businesses survive for several generations. so how do those lucky few achieve lasting success? joining me now are
there was enron and worldcom and all of these companies were being blown up. >> reporter: their father's insistence on teaching the kids about business is helping them grow the business. they're rolling out new products, like the kids drink pro-bugs, and kefir snack bars. the company recently opened two frozen kefir stores in chicago called star fruit. plans are in the works to franchise the concept. experts say the smolyansky kids' ability to step in and successfully run their father's...
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and for enron executive director of the british american security information council says although there are a balmy facing an uphill battle in the senate the ratification of the new start treaty is a question of when and not if this this treaty is good for european for america and for russian security it's the logical extension from the original start treaty that lapsed last december and there is now no official clear verification treaty between the two countries so this this this treaty maintains takes on arms control for one foot. and takes the first step in a very long road to around obama's vision so he's certainly not about trying to score political points he's exposed himself to some extent to two opponents who do seem to be trying to use this treaty themselves to score political points against him very very difficult political situation but i have to say if that treaty comes up for us for cation on the floor of the senate will pass the debate is when it comes up for votes and the objections are largely about not having enough time to properly scrutinize the treaty senators have h
and for enron executive director of the british american security information council says although there are a balmy facing an uphill battle in the senate the ratification of the new start treaty is a question of when and not if this this treaty is good for european for america and for russian security it's the logical extension from the original start treaty that lapsed last december and there is now no official clear verification treaty between the two countries so this this this treaty...
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this is enron. this is what happens when a company is in collapse. this is a desperate cry.soros to turn and and look at a guy at 5:00, this is coming undone. do your homework and verify yourself. go to original sources and verify yourself and spread it. light is the only thing -- he can't stand the light. he has to hide behind a mask. but watch. their corporate film. don't listen to that guy at 5:00. really, i'm a good guy. >> over the past three decades, george soros, the founder and chairman of the open society foundation has spent more than $8 billion to transform the lives of the world's most oppressed and ignored people, from helping those with hiv and t.b. in africa to righting century of wrongs against the largest epic minority. soros championed open society issues around the globe. >> what is it that i really care about? democracy. market. these are the institutions that we need for people to be able to improve their position in life. >> his experiences as a child in world war ii, fuelled his drive to combat totalitariantism. in the 1980s, his foundation strengthene
this is enron. this is what happens when a company is in collapse. this is a desperate cry.soros to turn and and look at a guy at 5:00, this is coming undone. do your homework and verify yourself. go to original sources and verify yourself and spread it. light is the only thing -- he can't stand the light. he has to hide behind a mask. but watch. their corporate film. don't listen to that guy at 5:00. really, i'm a good guy. >> over the past three decades, george soros, the founder and...
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the preoccupation with governance, we think it came from scandals and so on--enron and things like thatbut i wonder, because 2001 is before... just after the dot-com bubble burst... why has governance become so important, in your view? - i assume that... ...beyond the fact that, yes, scandals and all of these kinds of things brought many roles for us to govern companies, i think that, at the same time, board members realized that we can be a little more than rubber stamps. we can bring value to the company that we govern. and i think that all of this happened at the same time, and we tried to find ways to bring values, to bring our own expertise, because when you choose your board properly, there is a tremendous amount of expertise around the table, and expertise in different fields. - but the funny thing, the paradox, is--i've had many people explain this to me, who sit on these worldwide boards, as you do: yes, the expertise is there, but it's such a sedate, nice meeting. you know, it's usually in a nice city, and there's nice meals, and everybody's in a good mood. the expertise doesn
the preoccupation with governance, we think it came from scandals and so on--enron and things like thatbut i wonder, because 2001 is before... just after the dot-com bubble burst... why has governance become so important, in your view? - i assume that... ...beyond the fact that, yes, scandals and all of these kinds of things brought many roles for us to govern companies, i think that, at the same time, board members realized that we can be a little more than rubber stamps. we can bring value to...
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. >> in 2002 bethany wrote about enron. this week, the current financial crisis and the economy in "all the devils are here" sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> richard rhodes, winner of the pulitzer prison in "twilight of the bombs" richard rhodes realistically speaking is there a prospect for no nuclear weapons on the planet? >> i think so. it cost us $50 billion a year. president obama has aknowned it's official u.s. policy that we move towards zero. it's a matter of working out some of the security relationships standing in the way. >> with regard to working out the relationships, will we be able to come to an agreement with countries like north korea and iran who seem to be on the path to making their own nuclear weapons. >> they do. partly because that's the only way they feel they can defend themselves against the major nuclear powers like the united states. but each of them has security needs. if we can find a way to satisfy those, north korea would like to be an ally of the united states. they have been
. >> in 2002 bethany wrote about enron. this week, the current financial crisis and the economy in "all the devils are here" sunday night at 8 eastern on c-span's q & a. >> richard rhodes, winner of the pulitzer prison in "twilight of the bombs" richard rhodes realistically speaking is there a prospect for no nuclear weapons on the planet? >> i think so. it cost us $50 billion a year. president obama has aknowned it's official u.s. policy that we move...
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bethany wrote an article about the coming collapse of enron. she blew the whistle on that early.'re familiar with trying to get to the bottom of complicated things. i read your book. is the cause of what we went through pure old-fashioned greed? is it the fact there hasn't been enough regulation of the financial industry? or is it just a basic thing about how you used to go to your bank to get a mortgage, they knew who you were and now that's not the case. >> all of the above. i think one of the things that has happened in the wake of the financial crisis is we've all been looking for a villain. so the debate's become very polarized, sometimes along political lines, sometimes along, oh, those greedy jerks who wrecked our political system. and we titled the book "all the devils are here" in an attempt to get at the complexity of this. it spans many decades and a whole cast of characters. >> it's a little weird in that some of the obvious villains are less villainous in your book and there are less obvious villains who might have been trying to get home ownership to more people and
bethany wrote an article about the coming collapse of enron. she blew the whistle on that early.'re familiar with trying to get to the bottom of complicated things. i read your book. is the cause of what we went through pure old-fashioned greed? is it the fact there hasn't been enough regulation of the financial industry? or is it just a basic thing about how you used to go to your bank to get a mortgage, they knew who you were and now that's not the case. >> all of the above. i think one...
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bethany wrote an article about the coming collapse of enron. she blew the whistle on that early.get to the bottom of coming things. i read your book. is the cause of what we went through pure old-fashioned greed? is it the fact there hasn't been enough regulation of the financial industry? or is it just a basic thing about how you used to go to your bank to get a mortgage, they knew who you were and now that's not the case. >> all of the above. i think one of the things that's happened in the wake of the financial crisis, we've been looking for a villain. it's become polarized, sometime greedy jerks who wrecked our system. we titled it "all the devil, here." it spans many decades and a cast of characters. >> weird. 1346 the obvious villains are less villainous an a lot of less obvious villains who might have actually been trying to get home ownership to more people and trying to keep mortgages accessible to more people, and they have ended up really messing up the system? >> one of the constant stories of wall street is good things taken to extreme become very bad things. the not
bethany wrote an article about the coming collapse of enron. she blew the whistle on that early.get to the bottom of coming things. i read your book. is the cause of what we went through pure old-fashioned greed? is it the fact there hasn't been enough regulation of the financial industry? or is it just a basic thing about how you used to go to your bank to get a mortgage, they knew who you were and now that's not the case. >> all of the above. i think one of the things that's happened in...
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in effect an enron around the standard protocols of international economics. the u.s.mply trying to make its exports cheaper so people overseas will buy our goods and their goods in turn more expensive coming here. the united states has a $700 billion trade deficit. runs every year, contessa. many suspect the white house or at least the united states government in the form of the federal reserve is sort of making an end run here without the consideration or cooperation among many other governments or central banks around the world. that's the controversy that president obama faces when he gets up this morning in seoul. >> that's a happy welcome. isn't it? mike viqueira, thank you. >>> the handshake seen around the world. first lady michelle obama's handshake with the information minister upon her arrival in jakarta yesterday. it's landed him in the crip of controversy, criticized by fellow conservative muslims because the strict form of muslim he practices and dictates he avoid any physical contact with women who aren't related to him. the minister insists he tried to
in effect an enron around the standard protocols of international economics. the u.s.mply trying to make its exports cheaper so people overseas will buy our goods and their goods in turn more expensive coming here. the united states has a $700 billion trade deficit. runs every year, contessa. many suspect the white house or at least the united states government in the form of the federal reserve is sort of making an end run here without the consideration or cooperation among many other...
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. >> so enron melted down, worldcom had an accounting scandal, adelphia, you know, the ceo has gone to jail, i think. >> bp, in this case, just grows beyond its management ability to watch everything they need to watch when they need to watch it. >> delegation, of course, comes with limits. >> browne has shown himself as having an ability to get deals done, understanding how to negotiate complex deals. >> it's about integration, too, and i'll come back to that. >> but while they were successful in expanding commercially, they were less successful in instituting a sense of operational excellence within the organization. >> you must be very clear as a leader who it is you are delegating authority to. >> narrator: in an interview that year, browne acknowledged that the real measure of his new company lay ahead. >> and the real quality of a company is, of course, the test on how well things are going when things go well, but the real test is, how do we respond when things go wrong? >> narrator: things went wrong on march 23, 2005, as workers at the texas city plant were starting up the iso
. >> so enron melted down, worldcom had an accounting scandal, adelphia, you know, the ceo has gone to jail, i think. >> bp, in this case, just grows beyond its management ability to watch everything they need to watch when they need to watch it. >> delegation, of course, comes with limits. >> browne has shown himself as having an ability to get deals done, understanding how to negotiate complex deals. >> it's about integration, too, and i'll come back to that....
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bethany mclean, famous for breaking the enron story, is a contributing editor of "vanity fair" magazine; joe nocera, a columnist for the "new york times." bethany mclean, joe nocera, welcome! >> thank you. >> thank you. >> reporter: you framed this book as a look back at the whole financial crisis, so i thought i would frame this interview as: who is the biggest culprit? >> i certainly would put the rating agencies right at the top of my list of bad guys, or my list of devils. a place like moody's took a culture that had a reputation for some integrity, and completely corrupted it in a drive for market share and profits. >> reporter: so biggest culprit, ratings agencies, you agree? >> i do agree. if they hadn't taken subprime mortgages and rated enormous quantities of them triple "a", meaning they gave those bonds the same credit rating as the u.s. government debt has, this whole thing couldn't have happened because debt that is rated triple "a" is precisely the debt that is snapped up by the largest quantity of buyers all around the world, buyers who are not capable of doing the detail
bethany mclean, famous for breaking the enron story, is a contributing editor of "vanity fair" magazine; joe nocera, a columnist for the "new york times." bethany mclean, joe nocera, welcome! >> thank you. >> thank you. >> reporter: you framed this book as a look back at the whole financial crisis, so i thought i would frame this interview as: who is the biggest culprit? >> i certainly would put the rating agencies right at the top of my list of bad...
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. >> rose: are these the same kind of things that people who worked at enron went to jail for? >> they're very similar and as a practical matter i am absolutely certain that these things could not have been done for as long as they were, as successfully as they were on the scale they were without people committing massive criminal fraud. >> rose: do you expect that there will be prosecutions for criminal wrongdoing coming out of what what we now know and what you point out in your book... in your film and people have pointed out in all the books written about that crisis which now must be numbering up close to 50? >> we, many, many. whether will there will be or not unfortunately i have to give this quite depressing answer is a function of political pressure. because it is unfortunately, disastrously, tragically clear that the obama administration has no interest in doing anything about it. >> rose: and the reason is? >> that's a very good question. i'd like to be president obama's psychoanalyst also. and, again, there's a menu of answers ranging from he's personally very confl
. >> rose: are these the same kind of things that people who worked at enron went to jail for? >> they're very similar and as a practical matter i am absolutely certain that these things could not have been done for as long as they were, as successfully as they were on the scale they were without people committing massive criminal fraud. >> rose: do you expect that there will be prosecutions for criminal wrongdoing coming out of what what we now know and what you point out in...
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. >> in 2003 she wrote about enron and the smartest guys in the room. this week she will talk about the current financial crisis and future of the american economy in "all the devils are here."
. >> in 2003 she wrote about enron and the smartest guys in the room. this week she will talk about the current financial crisis and future of the american economy in "all the devils are here."
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. >> in 2003 bethany wrote about enron. this week she talks about the current financing crisis and the future in the american economy in all the devils are here sunday night 8:00 eastern on a q&a. >> book tv this weekend. in one of the first live tv appearances since the publication. george w. bush on his memoir, decision points as he discusses the critical decisions of his administration and his perform life. that live from miami-dade college sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on c-span 2. host: for those who may not know what is alter net t is a website founded abo founded about 14 years ago by my executive editor and co-edor on my recent book. it about the tea party movement. we cover all kinds of things, everything from what is going on in terms of popular culture and mitts. we are an aggregator of something that began as a syndicator of progressive news media material to go out to progressive media. we are now doing it the other way where we are assimilating what we call the best of the progressive web but we have a full staf
. >> in 2003 bethany wrote about enron. this week she talks about the current financing crisis and the future in the american economy in all the devils are here sunday night 8:00 eastern on a q&a. >> book tv this weekend. in one of the first live tv appearances since the publication. george w. bush on his memoir, decision points as he discusses the critical decisions of his administration and his perform life. that live from miami-dade college sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern on...
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. >> in 2003, she wrote about enron in "the smartest guys in the room." now she will talk about her new book, "all the devils are here." >> now discussion on the impact of the tea party on the 112th congress. from today's "washington journal," this is 45 minutes. host: for those who may not know what is alter net t is a website founded abo founded about 14 years ago by my executive editor and co-edor on my recent book. it about the teaarty movement. we cover all kinds of things, everything from what is going on in terms of popular culture and mitts. we are an aggregator of something that began as a syndicator of progressive news media material to go out to progressive media. we are now doing it the other way where we are assimilating what we call the best of the progressive web but we have a full staff of editors and writers who produce original material. host: since you write about the tea party we will focus on that. what do you think their role will be in the 112th congress if what will their role be to them and those like yourself how do you see them
. >> in 2003, she wrote about enron in "the smartest guys in the room." now she will talk about her new book, "all the devils are here." >> now discussion on the impact of the tea party on the 112th congress. from today's "washington journal," this is 45 minutes. host: for those who may not know what is alter net t is a website founded abo founded about 14 years ago by my executive editor and co-edor on my recent book. it about the teaarty movement. we...
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i had to deal with qwest, enron, worldcom. >> reporter: that's who you were dealing with? >> yes.u're picking grapes. >> now, i'm picking grapes. >> reporter: i wanted to see what makes mark so happy. he gets involved in everything here, starting with picking the grapes. >> the idea is to get the best group you can. put your knife on there. >> reporter: he gave me a special, yellow work shirt, a special curved knife. and we went in and worked on the vines. do you have all your fingers? >> 9 1/2. >> reporter: 9 1/2? >> yeah. i lost this. >> reporter: oh, wow. >> this is probably about a b bottle. >> reporter: three pounds grapes. that's what it takes to produce one bottle of wine. >> this is uh what it is to take a bath, napa valley style. >> reporter: once the soup is stirred, the grape skins need to be pulled out of the tank. this is actually harder than it looks. as you see, mark, the formerly mean guy, is a jolly guy. his boss, and the owner of von strasser, says that's why he hired him. >> he is contagious. and enthusiasm for his job and the way he treats people. >> reporter:
i had to deal with qwest, enron, worldcom. >> reporter: that's who you were dealing with? >> yes.u're picking grapes. >> now, i'm picking grapes. >> reporter: i wanted to see what makes mark so happy. he gets involved in everything here, starting with picking the grapes. >> the idea is to get the best group you can. put your knife on there. >> reporter: he gave me a special, yellow work shirt, a special curved knife. and we went in and worked on the vines. do...
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. >> in 2003, she wrote about enron.his week she will talk about the current finaial crisis in "all the doublesr hear." back to sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> as the country march veterans day, the more about the holiday and the men and women who have served in the military. oral histories, authors of the nation's wars, and veterans day commemorations through the years. all searchable, all free on your computer any time. military memorial at arlington national cemetery held a veterans day ceremony. this is 50 minutes. >> general bought, thank you for your warm veteran. at the veterans day to you all and thank you for your service. i want to thank the women's memorial for this opportunity to participate in honoring our veterans from all services. it was a veteran and his wife and to influence me to join the army in 1988. i was led to join the army in 1988. my grandfather was a world war ii veteran. he served in the battle of the bulge. he made a lifelong impression on me with the sacrifices and service to our natio
. >> in 2003, she wrote about enron.his week she will talk about the current finaial crisis in "all the doublesr hear." back to sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> as the country march veterans day, the more about the holiday and the men and women who have served in the military. oral histories, authors of the nation's wars, and veterans day commemorations through the years. all searchable, all free on your computer any time. military memorial at arlington national...
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. >> she wrote about enron. she will talk about the feature of the economy. did future the economy. quite as they marked veterans days, learn more about the holiday and the men and women that served in the military. all are searchable and free on your computer any time. >> nancy pelosi and veteran affairs secretary broke ground on a new washington, d.c. memorial for veterans. this is an hour. >> please, writes for the presentation -- and singing of our national anthem. our national anthem.
. >> she wrote about enron. she will talk about the feature of the economy. did future the economy. quite as they marked veterans days, learn more about the holiday and the men and women that served in the military. all are searchable and free on your computer any time. >> nancy pelosi and veteran affairs secretary broke ground on a new washington, d.c. memorial for veterans. this is an hour. >> please, writes for the presentation -- and singing of our national anthem. our...
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. >> bethany mclean wrote about enron. now she will talk about the future of the american economy.hat is sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." >> next, a discussion on the impact of the midterm election on governors' seats around the country. up to that, a look at the influence of the tea party on the next session of congress. then, a discussion of salaries of federal employees. see what people are watching on the c-span video library with the most recent videos and those shared. it is on our home page. you can click our special 2010 analysis tab to view our continuing coverage of elections. watch what you want, when you want. republicans picked up a net gain of five governorships in the recent elections and now hold the majority of the state houses in the nation. these results were discussed on thursday in a forum in washington, d.c. later, you will hear analysis from the races from chris salizza. dutko worldwide hosted this event. >> i appreciate it, especially on veterans day. let's all remember it is veterans day. my commute was fantastic this morning. thanks very much fo
. >> bethany mclean wrote about enron. now she will talk about the future of the american economy.hat is sunday night at 8:00 p.m. eastern on "q&a." >> next, a discussion on the impact of the midterm election on governors' seats around the country. up to that, a look at the influence of the tea party on the next session of congress. then, a discussion of salaries of federal employees. see what people are watching on the c-span video library with the most recent videos...
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he created the enron scam with kenny boy. host care to respond? guest: you are kind of a non- kind person and i feel bad for the people who have to live with you every day. phil gramm is a wonderful person and his wife as well. they are both, i uerstand, quite happy in private life. if you had a chance to sit down with them and talk about their happiness, one of the things that would say that one of things that is so wonderful about bein of three citizen in private life is that i don't have to listen to barbsrom people who got a mean, nasty attitude i bet they are enjoying the fact that they did not watch the show this morning. host: we will go to the republican line, wyoming. caller: thanks for taking my call. i have watched for years the stock market going up and down. and social security being talked about. it is goingo be insolvent. i am getting close to the age when i am going to be looking adt it, hopefully 10 years. i am really concerned that we need to do something so that we do not give it to the pirates out there on wall street what do w
he created the enron scam with kenny boy. host care to respond? guest: you are kind of a non- kind person and i feel bad for the people who have to live with you every day. phil gramm is a wonderful person and his wife as well. they are both, i uerstand, quite happy in private life. if you had a chance to sit down with them and talk about their happiness, one of the things that would say that one of things that is so wonderful about bein of three citizen in private life is that i don't have to...
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. >> in 2003, bethany mclean wrote enron in "the smartest guys in the room." she will talk about the economy. >> the former pakistan president, pervez mharraf, criticized u.s. foreign policy in southern asia at this event hosted by the atlantic council in washington, d.c. he talked about support for the comet karzai government in afghanistan and obama's decision not to visit pakistan during his current trip. pervez musharraf announced he intends to form a new political party in pakistan and run for office again in 2013. this is an hour and a half. this is an hour and a half. >> thank you all, and welcome to the atlantic council. i am pervez musharraf. -- i am frederick kempe. pervez musharraf, it is a pleasure to see you again. before i left "the wall street journal," where i was editor for the middle east, to run the atlantic council, was in january, 2006. i will give a couple of lines from this interview to illustrate how much we have changed, and how little can change in eight. of time. -- in a period of time. what had not made the news was a gas pipeline t
. >> in 2003, bethany mclean wrote enron in "the smartest guys in the room." she will talk about the economy. >> the former pakistan president, pervez mharraf, criticized u.s. foreign policy in southern asia at this event hosted by the atlantic council in washington, d.c. he talked about support for the comet karzai government in afghanistan and obama's decision not to visit pakistan during his current trip. pervez musharraf announced he intends to form a new political...
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but we need to create an enronment in which jobs can be created.order to do that we need a tax and ituri environment that is conducive to the creation of jobs. -- we need a tax and regulatory environment that is conducive to the creation of jobs. we have one of the highest tax rates in the world, so that makes it easy for companies to locate elsewhere. 20 to make sure we have a good tax and regulatory -- we need to make sure we have a good tax and regulatory environment. pretty oregon congressman argues the tax cuts should be extended. then lorraine miller discusses the economy. >> the house ethics subcommittee found charles rangel guilty of 11 counts of breaking ethics rules. the full ethics committee will hold a sanctions hearing on thursday. we will get an update next. for the first time since the vietnam war, america's highest military honor has been awarded to a living service member. president obama today awarded the medal of honor to a soldier who put himself in a line of fire to save two fellow soldiers. defense secretary gates talks about
but we need to create an enronment in which jobs can be created.order to do that we need a tax and ituri environment that is conducive to the creation of jobs. -- we need a tax and regulatory environment that is conducive to the creation of jobs. we have one of the highest tax rates in the world, so that makes it easy for companies to locate elsewhere. 20 to make sure we have a good tax and regulatory -- we need to make sure we have a good tax and regulatory environment. pretty oregon...
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he created the enron scam with key boy. host: care to respond? guest: you are kind of a non- kind person and i feel bad for the people who have toive with you every day. phil gramm is a wonderful person and his wife as well. they are both, i understand, quite happy in private life. if you had a chance to sit down with them and talk about their happiness, one of the tngs that would say that one of things that is so wonderful about being of three citizen in private life is that i don't have to listen to barbs from people who got a mean, nasty attitude i bet they are enjoying the fact that they did not watch the show this morning. host: we will go to the republican line, wyoming. caller: thanks for taking my call. i have watched for years the stock market going up and down. and social security being talked about. it is going to be insolvent. i am getting close to the age when i am going to be looking adt it, hopefully 10 years. i am really concerned that we need to do something so that we do not give it to the pirates out there on wall street what d
he created the enron scam with key boy. host: care to respond? guest: you are kind of a non- kind person and i feel bad for the people who have toive with you every day. phil gramm is a wonderful person and his wife as well. they are both, i understand, quite happy in private life. if you had a chance to sit down with them and talk about their happiness, one of the tngs that would say that one of things that is so wonderful about being of three citizen in private life is that i don't have to...
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. >> in 2003 bethany mclean wrote about enron and the smartest guys in the room.nday night, 8:00 eastern, on c-span's "q & a." >> saturday's landmark cases in the supreme court. >> there is nothing in the constitution about birth, death, and abortion. >> argued on in 1973, roe v. wade is still considered one of the court's most controversial decisions. for the next two days, listen to the argument in washington, d.c. at 90.1 f.m., nationwide, and online at c-span radio.org. >> our coverage continues now from the national transportation safety board conference on aging drivers. this is a part of a two-day conference here in washington. it is nearly -- in this nearly two-hour portion, researchers explain their findings that while older drivers are having accidents, fatal accidents involving older drivers are decreasing. >> welcome back. >> dr., wang, would you please begin your introduction to this -- occupant panel. elderly individuals are more frail in that they experience a worse outcome, they do poorly. what is for the, is that there is a difference in individua
. >> in 2003 bethany mclean wrote about enron and the smartest guys in the room.nday night, 8:00 eastern, on c-span's "q & a." >> saturday's landmark cases in the supreme court. >> there is nothing in the constitution about birth, death, and abortion. >> argued on in 1973, roe v. wade is still considered one of the court's most controversial decisions. for the next two days, listen to the argument in washington, d.c. at 90.1 f.m., nationwide, and online at...
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i want you to write a column on what happened to the nra employees, the people who were retired -- enron employees win monday 401k was worth 400,000 and next was zero. what were they living on? fast forward to today. the supposedly evil nancy pelosi pushed through the house against a republican in transit since a bill that would have made it more difficult for american corporations to send american jobs overseas. it would have madit more beneficial for them to bring jobs back. the bill went to the senate and the republicans killed it in the senate. there is in the evil nancy pelosi, supposedly evil. right wing free-market capitalists that got us into this economic tsunami we are in today. and it was clanton and phil gramm and the white house at the time -- clinton and phil gramm. what they are able to do, the evil free-market capitalists, they are able to convince the completely of this rusticated american public to build a gallows that the capitalists used to hang them. all you have to do is look at pennlvania today. what did they do? it put in the senate a u.s. senator for six years th
i want you to write a column on what happened to the nra employees, the people who were retired -- enron employees win monday 401k was worth 400,000 and next was zero. what were they living on? fast forward to today. the supposedly evil nancy pelosi pushed through the house against a republican in transit since a bill that would have made it more difficult for american corporations to send american jobs overseas. it would have madit more beneficial for them to bring jobs back. the bill went to...