the main coalition partners in the federal government the senate bracing that outright when enron collapse in it and 3rd place in bottom. with an eye on germany's autumn federal elections to get from by divine both results give a clear indication that a governing coalition could be formed in germany without the c.d.u. this gives momentum for the federal election and potentially for getting into the chancellor's office and national government without medical c.d.u. would be a massive political shift the party was already under pressure following a corruption scandal involving conservative politicians profiting from face must be cumin deals merkel has said she will stand down at the end of her current term popularity has helped the c.d.u. wind power in the last 4 federal elections but the conservatives have yet to decide on who will be their candidate for chancellor in september as catch up on some of the other stories making headlines today people in the netherlands are voting in 3 days of general elections which are seen as a test of the country's coronavirus as a nation is under tight res

stolen experts say the real amount could soar right above $100 billion bigger than the scandal of enron. >> the pandemic assistance program allowing you if you are self-employed or sharing app, you can get $20,000 in a debit card there is no other crimes that's like that. >> reporter: the senate debating the third round of unemployment relief, a warning of fraudsters' next move. >> they already have the next scheme and we don't see it coming >> who ultimately is paying for all this >> reporter: it falls on the taxpayers. a lot of this money disappeared to offshore accounts and it will be hard to get it back this is taxpayers' money meant to unemployment workers. lester >> we are all taking a hit, thank you. >>> prince phillip is recovering after a successful procedure after a pre-heart condition. the 99-years-old have been hospitalized for more than two weeks. >>> meghan markle is accusing the palace spreading lies as an investigation launched whether she bullied staffers more from keir simmons in london. >> reporter: the queen ordered an investigation into bullying all out war at the p

i think a good analogy here is to enron.iewers who may remember it, obviously that was a huge, huge financial scandal. this could be that big. in the enron scandal, their cfo, andy fasto, was charged with fraud and conspiracy. he did cooperate with prosecutors. he still did six years in prison. but he did cooperate with prosecutors. he did flip. but the cfo in an organization that's committing rampant fraud, that cfo is almost certainly going to be personally implicated. >> this is heavily tbc, to be continued. >> of course. >> we do know this, weisselberg was heavily mentioned by cohen in knowing everything that they did in the payoffs with "the inquirer" and all that stuff and he escaped scrutiny, supposedly, working with them. what will he do this time because it's exponentially more important. tristan snell, thank you very much, we look back to having you back on when we learn more. be well and thank you for being here on a friday night. >> thanks, chris. >>> back by popular demand, ahead, a new installment of right and

also changed dramatically the vaccinations has started enron top. >> you can see that they really want to be out to undergo upcoming side enjoy it. and the like. finally, we're banking side again. you know everything is changing for the better. >> here's what the intersection of market and montgomery looks like a small business owner here says she has seen some improvement in foot traffic. but it's still only about 20% of what used to be prepandemic. there are still plenty a for lease signs and some shuttered windows. the san francisco chamber of commerce says about 50% of small businesses have closed since the spring of 2019. will some of the big businesses have said their employees can work remotely for ever. the san francisco chamber says others are looking at coming back eventually at least partially we do have a poll out currently to our members asking when you're coming back. if you're coming back going to be a flexible schedule, you know, going 3 days on 2 days off. >> full time. i have out staff. i do think each company is going to be unique, which is also exciting to see diffe

consuming dangerous and untested either way this has never happened in the history of shipping before enron current odds are. up to 5000 venezuelans of sought refuge in neighboring colombia because the fighting between the military and the illegal armed groups hundreds of refugees arriving each day in the town of our own peter as well as other border towns now some of the people arriving have accused the venezuelan military of abuses including extrajudicial killings they say the military is targeting members of the band that far rebel group which was previously engaged in an armed conflict with the colombian government let's cross live now to al-jazeera sunroom pity was that a shelter for displaced venezuelans another key thing colombia which is on the border of the countries lots of people behind you there on the sound there are some tense as well what are they telling you. yes barbara we're in one of 18 shelters that have been set up to receive the people fleeing from venezuela and most of them are telling horror stories of the violence they had to endure from the venezuelan government du

wished for different and better results in the body but i'm right in the states elections coverage to enron and that's an at home of the code 19 vaccine development by in tech the governing sense in left s.p.d. retains the lead with more than a 3rd of the votes in the medical c.d.u. ranks 2nd with over a cool but down 4 percent on the last election and regional partners the greens have just under 10 percent. budden vuitton bag best known for comic is porsche and miss avies sees the greens the main governing party increase their vote share to just under a 3rd their coalition partners the c.d.u. again lose votes but retain nearly a quarter share. so it was a good night for the greens. this is true and this is a super start to this major election year and we will hopefully be able to capitalize on this momentum going forward of. the s.p.d. the main coalition partners in the federal government the senate bracing that outright win in rhineland pellets in it and 3rd place in bottom. with an eye on germany's autumn federal elections to get from biden via her through south's give a clear indication

also changed dramatically the vaccinations has started enron top. >> you can see that they really want to be out to undergo upcoming side enjoy it. and the like. finally, we're banking side again. you know everything is changing for thete

calls are we have 2 different dispatches so we have police dispatchers who will take the calls from enron and the information and give it or give it out to the officers over the radio and we have fire dispatchers who and then do that specifically for the fire department so we're kind of 4 different aspects to your job right correct what you just described 1st one to us for the 1st 1900 call taking again where the citizens would call and giving their emergencies we help with prioritizing those or getting them to. not emergencies lines we then have fire dispatch where those dispatchers specific resigned over fire regs to fires or medical runs channels that they would view where the logging or off duty officers. children boards or and it's called that information channel because it it is a lot of information questions happen and that our police dispatcher where we take those calls from a line and then send them out to the officers they stuff a priority so a lot of people think of it just matters if you call from somebody and then just calling a police officer or a single going to call them m

the bigger issue is enron.nd pushed to build more and more enrichment, higher enrichment facilities and get uranium to the point that its nuclear weapons grade. it's a task of biden. biden wants to go back and the disastrous iran nuclear deal. iran is reading that is weakness and so they are pushing. >> shannon: i was going to say this is a kind of stuff the write about, your new book "the beirut protocol." we have talked about the fact even for people so they understand the nuance of what's happening. they are entertained. i can attest to that. you have been gracious enough to read my new book. i think about queen esther and the story of her stepping up, defending the nation of israel. she is one of the women i wanted to highlight. she was somebody who led to where israel is today is its own nation and she was critical in that moment. >> your right and i am so thrilled that you've written this book, "the women of the bible speak." too often in our culture much less in ancient cultures women were not given an o

so, for instance, in enron, andy fastow was critical to being able to go up to chain to see if skillingminal liability. so focusing on weisselberg makes complete sense. we will either be defendant and fall guy or a cooperator, one or the other. >> and he did cooperate with the federal investigation of what was the initial spark for the cy vance investigation, the payoff to stormy daniels that sent michael cohen to prison. >> i think the jury is out on that, just how much he cooperated on that. i think that remains to be seen just how much he was integral to that. and i say that because if he was really fully on board at that time, i think the investigation would be a lot further along, and there wouldn't be this focus on needing to flip him, meaning to have him be completely truthful about what he knows and doesn't know. so i think a critical thing now, and i think the main pressure on weisselberg is that president trump is no longer in office, so he has a lot less power, and he certainly has no ability to pardon weisselberg because he's no longer in office and a federal pardon wouldn't

experts say the real amount could soar well above $100 billion, bigger than the bernie madoff scandal or enron>> the unemployment assistance program allows you to basically take any identity and self-assert you're a driver or that you're self-employed and you can get $20,000 in and a debit card. there literally is no other prize like that for organized crime. >> reporter: and as the senate debates a third round of unemployment relief, a warning about fraudsters next move. >> they have their next scheme about how to rip us off already in place and we don't even see it coming. >> as i said, tough to hear but we all need to hear it with our thanks to jo ling kent for that report from the west coast. >>> coming up, republicans are saying biden's being mean, and notably they're managing to say it with a straight face. notably they're managing to say it with a straight face. never holds you back don't settle for silver #1 for diabetic dry skin* #1 for psoriasis symptom relief* and #1 for eczema symptom relief* gold bond champion your skin don't settle for products that give you a sort of white smile

want to start with you and i will begin just by thanking you for the work to clean up the mess that enron gave us. but i ask what policies you think would be wise to accelerate the deployment of the storage that you mentioned on the grid in texas and nation nagly. >> i think a diversity of the supply chain, we're definite on china and a few other countries for the current technologies, there are a lot of things other lithium ions, but that's what is in all of the ev's, but the cost up stream, if there could be north american spliets for that, the policies make it as easy to interconnect the battery as we have made it for gas plants. it is not easy learning to get these done one by one. i think we have that box checked. >> so it is important? >> yes. >> so i'm going to skip over the pricing issue. but i think it is pretty obviously that one of the channels is i want to put aside for just a moment the desire by texas, by ercot not to have direct ferc oversight, but would it have been helpful for texas to be able to import power from the east or the west in this episode? i noticed that el pa

also changed dramatically the vaccinations has started enron top. >> you can see that they really wanto be out to undergo upcoming side enjoy it. and the like. finally, we're banking side again. you know everything is changing for the better. >> here's what the intersection of market and montgomery looks like a small business owner here says she has seen some improvement in foot traffic. but it's still only about 20% of what used to be prepandemic. there are still plenty a por lease signs and some shuttered windows. the san francisco chamber of commerce says about 50% of small businesses have closed since the spring of 2019. will some of the big businesses have said their employees can work remotely for ever. the san francisco chamber says others are looking at coming back eventually at least partially we do have a poll out currently to our members asking when you're coming back. if you're coming back going to be a flexible schedule, you know, going 3 days on 2 days off. >> full time. have out staff. i do think each company is going to be unique, which is also exciting to see different

it reminds me, during the enron investigation, we were confronted with a somewhat similar situation wheniminality. but they're husband and wife. they had young children, and you know, it just feels uncomfortable to pit one against the other. but on the other hand, if they've both engaged in criminality that would normally be prosecuted, you have a job to do, so i think the main thing is you have to make sure that people are actually guilty, that you're confident in the proof that people aren't flipping just to get out of a jam but actually, you know, are actually admitting things that are truthful. but it is uncomfortable. when you have family members. >> what is your sense, based on this reporting and everything you see, of where this investigation is right now? i now? i mean, jane also has some of that analysis in this piece as well. >> well, as many people have said, you do not bring in these outside experts, whether it's fti, which is an accounting firm, mark pomeranz who left a wonderful law practice to go join this investigation that's been going on for many, many months, if you do

with you and i will begin just by thanking you for the work that you did to clean up the mess that enron gave us. i think the work that you did on the ferc was incredibly important. i would ask what policies you thought would be wise to accelerate the deployment of the storage that you mentioned on the grid both in texas and nationally >> i think getting a diversity of the supply chain we clearly are dependent on china and a few other countries in east asia for the current technologies that i think mr. shellenberger pointed out correctly, that there are a lot of things other than lithium-ion's but those are water in all the evs and certainly all the storage technology so the cost upstream if there could be some american or at least north american europeans applies to that, the policies in the u.s. that make it easy, make it as easy to interconnect the battery as we've made it to connect, gas plants and windmills. we are course version one point no talking with our utilities, we haven't out before but it's not easy, learning to get things done one by one, i think the market policies in mo

. >> right they shorted enron they shorted baldwin united.henos got -- some the past, the shorts got some of's i don't know, maybe it will come out in the wash eventually but they were ahead of the game in exposing some of those thing. >> it's not to say they're right all the time they've been wrong -- you know, tesla, they've been wrong the whole time >> herbalife threw in the towel. lu lucid, did you see this behind me, lucid motors touring with the electric car, it goes very fast, zero to 60 in a blink of an eye last night, peter raw lynnson spoke to jim cramer. >> it's a market evs will penetrate and fill that world market for cars. i welcome the competition for a company like apple, ultimately, you know, this is a technology race tesla recognizes that. >> this company going public, with black check company virtual capital 5, looking at that stock since a potential deal with lucid was first reported in early january. the runup back down -- now actually under 30. bec. >> well, you mentioned tesla, and we will, too elon musk is backing out

public accounting oversight boards covered audit, regime, and, that was basically as a result of enron'sll the monday you want united states, and you don't have to submit yourselves your companies to the same audits that u.s. companies do, i think that was asinine, negotiable our government regulatory bodies allow chinese companies to raise monday from u.s. investors in the u.s. and not adhere to the same rules that u.s. companies do. so, you know we saw that law passed, at the back end of the last administration, maria, and, now the sec is beginning to complement it, god forbid we hold them to same standards we hold our own companies to i applaud sec for moving forward. >> yeah, um-hmm great to talk this morning thanks so much. >> thank you. maria: we will see you soon, kyle bass, much more ahead vice president kamala harris over seeing the border crisis utah congressman burgess owens here to take become that as more migrants flood southern border former speaker of the house newt gingrich in the house looking ahead to president biden's first news conference what we can spep joining the

you have received the attorney generals award for exceptional service for your work on the enron taskyou help and director bob mueller transform the fbi after 9/11. and as assistant attorney generals for natural security you let the department's efforts to integrate intelligence with law enforcement. so what will be your priorities as a deputy attorney general? >> thank you, senator, and thank you for your leadership and the time we spent previously in your chairmanship of intelligence committee. my priorities, senator, i will want to talk with judge garland of course, but here's how i would approach it. first and foremost, reaffirming the values of the department of justice, it's independence, it's focus in mission on enforcement of the federal law without fear or favor. secondly, focusing on protecting the american people from a range of threats. unfortunately, we find ourselves not only battling of course a once in a center pandemic, but facing the metastasizing threat of domestic terrorism. we cannot stop being vigilant with respect to foreign terrorism, cyber threats, the challen

you have received the attorney generals award for exceptional service for your work on the enron task force. you help and director bob mueller transform the fbi after 9/11. and as assistant attorney generals for natural security you let the department's efforts to integrate intelligence with law enforcement. so what will be your priorities as a deputy attorney general? >> thank you, senator, and thank you for your leadership and the time we spent previously in your chairmanship of intelligence committee. my priorities, senator, i will want to talk with judge garland of course, but here's how i would approach it. first and foremost, reaffirming the values of the department of justice, it's independence, it's focus in mission on enforcement of the federal law without fear or favor. secondly, focusing on protecting the american people from a range of threats. unfortunately, we find ourselves not only battling of course a once in a center pandemic, but facing the metastasizing threat of domestic terrorism. we cannot stop being vigilant with respect to foreign terrorism, cyber threats, the

is not all-knowing, and we could see -- from the private sector poker you mention company is like enron and worldcom, the recession, the housing crisis. the issue of subsidies i wish we had more accurate descriptions of how taxpayer subsidized private sector, and what we get to be weekly agnostic with those returned people. in this instance again as a former retailer one of the great strengths of postal service is the retail aspect of people liking their delivery person. the letter carriers out there every day again having been on right along with postal workers, my success when those in the private sector was directly related always to my employees and relationship i have with management even though i often wasn't physically there, although it was a large corporation like the current postmaster general background, i think to destroy that being in the way has been a great disservice to the american taxpayer. specifically, having these standards i look i look s legislation and having a real discussion focus on performance standards, background of instilling that and getting reward from i