>> steve feinberg -- hold on a second.teve feinberg is not a military professional who spent time in afghanistan. >> let me finish. we have -- we have eight years of listening to wonks, okay? the wonks that brought the disastrous decisions to pull out of iraq, to say that we're winning, al qaeda is on the ropes. that's a fantasy land. that's alice in wonderland. we don't listen to the wonkery of the bubble anymore. we listen to practitioners and people who -- >> and how is steve feinberg a practitioner of military leadership in afghanistan? >> we listen to practitioners and we listen to people who have alternative suggestions to replace the disastrous policies of the obama administration that helped to create isis, the most dangerous jihadi group of the modern era. so if you'd like us to sit here and close the doors to the world, we're not going to do it because that would be irresponsible. >> well, given the geopolitical climate, we need lots of help. i don't think it is fair to say -- >> we're doing just fine. >> -- the

prosecutor feinberg was finally mi case that could be solved.w set of eyes, it had somebody that could put the case together, connect all of the dots. >> what requests did you make of them? >> we wanted to know more about every piece of evidence, every -- we have to rule out every piece of dna in that house. so it was closing doors, it was excluding other people. >> reporter: so, that's what these three did, as a large photo of tara kept watch. but, again, there was no dna to help them. all they had really were lingering suspicions about the workmen who went to tara's house the day she vanished. phil barr, the guy who owned the septic tank business, his helper that day, dave mcmannis, and their buddy "peewee" st. john, but nothing in this huge trove of investigative material proved anything. >> kurt, we call him "the scribe." way that it was easier to understand. >> what had been difficult to understand? >> it was confusing to the point where you didn't know what we were gonna be able to get into court. >> the context was in there. yocou dnul fi

prosecutor feinberg had no choice, he said. he couldn't tell her. >> the frustration was clear.t on her face. you could hear it in her voice. the family was devastated and they wanted answers. and i can understand that. you can't as a prosecutor and you can't as a detective give all those answers. you can't put that information out there. >> reporter: still, sharon continued to ferret out what she could. >> we just never gave up. there was no stopping. >> reporter: as did her attorney. >> she would hear a piece of information from a neighbor or a news source or a detective that wasn't supposed to tell her. and then she would confirm it, run with it, call me. she fought and fought and fought for justice. justice for tara. and as sharon would say, "my tara." she's always said, "my tara." >> reporter: but none of these efforts turned up anything useful. and the sheriff's case wasn't going anywhere either. there was no getting around it. justice for tara just was not happening. in fact, the case was growing cold. stone cold. eventually mike gandy retired, as did these two cops, way

[cheers and applause] you, ken feinberg. -- i hate tothe interrupt that. [laughter] and may i say how great it is to be here tonight. wifeeinsberg introduced my kim. she will be out shortly in a second. oh. .ake off my hat she will be out shortly. we're starting without her. owen young, ladies and gentlemen, from the boston symphony. [cheers and applause] himself a pillar of that institution. may i say what a delight it is and an honor and frankly a great relief to be in the presence of again.mas [laughter] [cheers and applause] in my mind there's a connection between the administration of j. ..k. and that of barack obama basically is that both of these great men summoned in us and brought out in the nation the very best of us, the our spirit, of our generosity, of our courage, and our progressive spirit. man, i'm honored to be here tonight. start with an old in thene that i learned mountains of north carolina. ♪ water is wide can't cross over and neither have i widths -- wings to fly build me a boat tot can carry and boats shall row love and i seasils the

"the new yk times" is reporting eric grants of blkwater and billionaire stephen feinberg, owner of the military contractor dyncorp, developed proposals for the trump administration to use more private military contractors in afghanistan rather than deploy thousands more u.s. troops as the pentagon has requested. prince, the brother of education secretary betsy devos and feinberg, developed it at the request of jared kushner and stephenhief strategist bannon. a represents an obvious conflict of interest given both print and feinberg profit off the use of private military contractors in u.s. wars. the state department has already paid dyncorp $2.5 billion for its military contract work in afghanistan. in financial news, the consumer financial protection bureau has moved to bar wall street banks and other financial firms from forcing people into arbitration, and instead allow people to file class-action lawsuits that could cost the banks billions of dollars. currently, people who are trying to dispute banks over credit card accounts or student or payday loans are forced into mandatory arb

ira. >> hi, i'm ira feinberg, i clerkd for justice marshall in the 1973 term. and that of course was the year of watergate and the last case of my term was a case called united states versus richard nixon which led to the resignation of the president. but the story i wanted to tell had to do with your question, paul, about surprising views of the justice. each sitting of the court, the clerk's office would roll in all of the briefs, cart full of all of the briefs for the upcoming sitting and the law clerks took turns choosing which case they wanted to work on thinking they were going to take the big case that justice marshall would clearly be interested in writing on. in my case the big case was a case that most people had never maerd heard of. it involved the issue of reverse discrimination coming to the supreme court for the first time by a white student who had been denied admission to the washington university law school and claimed that he had been discriminated against because of an affirmative action program that the school had. at the end of the day the

i want to thank ken feinberg for his service as chairman of the john f.e past 12 years. he also rendered outstanding service to my administration when we were dealing with the bp oil spill, 9/11. he has rendered public service again and again and again. we're very grateful for him. [applause] pres. obama: it is wonderful to see senators markey and -- and his lovely wife diane. governors and members of congress. cardinal o'malley. one of the finest secretaries of state ever to represent america around the world, john kerry. and theresa. presidentest vice this country has ever known, mr. joe biden. applause] also want toi for --ichelle obama after the presidency -- sticking with me. [laughter] pres. obama: because i think she felt an obligation to the country to stay on. at, once her official duties were over it was not clear. [laughter] pres. obama: i love my wife. and, i am grateful for her. it wasdo believe that america's great good fortune to have her as first lady. ] heers and applause pres. obama: so i am humbled by this evening and to be honored by a

congress to establish the victim compensation fund at the department of justice, which my friend ken feinberg has been overseeing as a special master where they distribute moneys to people who have gone to court, gotten these moneys, but have never collected. callsing money from what i that actors, it is not taxpayer money. it is money paid from international companies from europe, asia, who have pled guilty in our courts to a criminal violation of sanctions programs. telecoms and the banks. we just have the first fairly decent payments out of that. i would like to see more of that institutionalized. i think it is warfare and predictable. our republican friends in congress were much more in a brick that for that reason. that is one thing that comes to mind. [indiscernible] >> [indiscernible] mr. newberger: that is correct. one fund, they just paid out approximately 1.1 billion dollars. a lot of our clients from our firm who have judgments against iran for the embassy bombings in beirut and embassy bombings in other places, other folks, the coach of the golden state warriors is a client. his f