the may 31 swap involved five guantÁnamo bay detainees.sergeant bergdahl was captured in june 2009 but some fellow soldiers accused him of deserting his unit first. representative buck mckeon chairs the committee. this portion is one hour 25 minutes. >> meeting will come to order. 20. >> at the start of this hearing i'm pleased to welcome members of the public who have such an interest in these proceedings. we intend to conduct this hearing in an orderly and efficient manner to ensure all the members have an opportunity to ask questions and to witnesses have the opportunity to be heard. to that end please be advised i will not tolerate disturbances with these proceedings, including verbal destructions, photography, standing or holding signs. i thank you all for your cooperation. i want to thank secretary hagel and mr. preston for testifying before the committee today on the may 31 transfer of five senior taliban detainees from detention at guantÁnamo bay to the government of qatar. the matter before this is deeply troubling. the committee

any effort to try to close guantÁnamo overlooks the fact we are in a very difficult situation.large part because a lot of the people were captured in the first place without an understanding of how or why without a plan to try again and now we have them. we will hold them without charge and process. one of the interesting questions that raised is that it's been argued that these five that were captured would have to have been released in the hostilities in afghanistan. it's not my understanding that is actually the status we have given them. they are not being treated clearly as prisoners of war. it was unlawful enemy combatants is the phrase used to them so if they were not being held as prisoners of war is that the administration position that at the end of our full involvement in afghanistan we would have to release them? i don't delete it is. that really needs to be clarified first of all with regard to the size and the second of all how many more inmates are there in afghanistan that might be put into that category but at the end of 2014 we would feel like we have to relea

to close guantanamo prison. the closing of guantanamo the first major pledge from the man who received the nobel peace prize a couple of weeks after entering the white house. even with all the efforts of his team obama never managed to obtain a trial for the prisoners so that they can be found guilty or innocent and sentenced or sent home. they remain locked up in the judicial limbo of the american enclave in cuba. it's fascinating to me that when i first brought a lawsuit read through other lawyers in america against one time a we were told by the right wing you know this is absurd you should have legal rights for terrorists and if you insist on legal rights road just kill them and i thought that was all for then but one of the ironies and it's a very sad irony. when he opposed one ton of and he was right to oppose it of course is that he's replaced detention without trial with execution without trial and he just kills people know and the idea that the intelligence that america has before they kill someone is b

. >> hace 20 aÑos en guantanamo cuba. >> sabia que un dÍa tendria l e libertad. >> conocimos a lizbethra enseÑar a e leer es un recuerdo constante e del precio por el sueÑo. >> la travesia me hizo crecer mÁs rapÁpido. >> este mes se cumplenb dos de a decadas del llamado exodo del 94 cuando miles abandonaron el paÍs en balsas. >> el gobierno decidiÓ no con o controlar las salidas y permitir la salida, pero estados unidos n no aceptÓ esos miles de cubanos. >> alexis tenÍa 24 cuando la a guardia costera lo rescatÓ de despuÉs de 4 dÍas de tormentas e en el martes. >> la experiencia de como salÍ me hicieron una mejor persona. >> hoy empresario, pasÓ mÁs de un aÑo en guantanamo, fue uno de los ultiÚltimos en salir. lizbeth y sus padres estuvieron 5 meses. >> todos querian hacerlo. >> despuÉs de un aÑo y medio los centros de detenciÓn cerraron y la mayoria de los cubanos lle r llegaron a usa. >> la lecciÓn mÁs importante de salir asÍ de cuba es nunca darse por vencido. >> no importa cuan lejano o di i difiÍcil parezcan los sueÑos. whistorias del exilio cubano. al regresar, uno de los nuestros

igual como guantÁnamo. >> ellos tienen toda la fuerza del gobierno. contra estas mujeres y niÑos. se alimentan de jugo y leche. niÑos recogen basura alrededor de los edificios a cambio de dulces, los que limpian los baÑos reciben frutas. >> en Último parrafo la carta indica: aquÍ sÓlo es apariencia. cuando viene visita nos dicen que arreglemos porque vendrÁ gente importancia. muestran una cosa y por detrÁs nos tratan como objectos de burla. la carta concluye diciendo. no firmamos por miedo a que tomen represalias. pedro ultrera univisiÓn. >> univisiÓn contactó las autoridades migratorias. pero no se recibiÓ respuesta tras estas denuncias. >> problemas regales arruinarÍas las aspiraciones polÍticas del gobernador de texas. >> julian dejarÍa su largo refugio en la sede diplomÁtica ecuador. volvemos. hay una ley no escrita: si ves un lago en tu camino, tienes que saltar ...y si no lo ves, también. ♪ ♪ >> regresando la historia del dÍa tras 9 días de revueltas, autopsis, se conociÓ la versión del agente desde una de sus amigas. la mujer asegura que le contÓ cÓmo sucedieron los hechos.

i know this in my experience as an attorney representing guantÁnamo detainees and later representingcriminal suspects in the united states. never -- had you asked me five or seven years ago if i thought my expertise in national security or in guantÁnamo would make me suitable or be the value added to joining a case where i represent a journalist -- just think about that. i get calls from journalists that want me to represent them because i represented guantÁnamo prisoners. that is perspective. [laughter] >> i've got another question for james -- i know you don't want to take any more questions -- questions, but could you talk about the harassment you faced under the bush administration for your national security reporting and the fact that this subpoena was dropped by the bush administration and has been renewed under the obama administration. >> you are going to get me in trouble with my lawyers. first of all, the subpoena was not dropped under the bush administration. it expired. the first one expired in 2009. it was after the bush administration left and then it was renewed by the

fÍsicamente el territorio de estados unidos, perecieron interceptados en alta mar, los enviaban a guantÁnamo a pisar suelo norteamericano. >> la mayorÍa de los refugiados llegaron en el 95', a estados unidos. maÑana van a recrear el campamento que tenÍan en maÑana van a recrear el campamento que tenÍan en guantÁnamo. >> los torrenciales aguaceros en arizona, continÚan empeorando la situaciÓn en la ciudad. una mujer quedÓ atrapada dentro de su furgoneta, pueden ver las imÁgenes. quedaron en medio de una potente corriente, y pudieron sacarla en esta casa que parece flotar en medio del lago, sus ocupantes tendrÁn que ser rescatados. no sÓlo las lluvias, crean caos sino tambiÉn los incendios forestales. y hablamos con jackie, para saber mÁs del tiempo. >> las llamas han devorado mÁs de 1000 acres de terreno. 13.000 personas tendrÁn que abandonar sus hogares, mientras los bomberos luchan por sofocar las llamas. no tengo buenas noticias son menos en california de que se pronostique precipitaciones. como quisiÉramos que lo que estÁn sintiendo en phoenix, arizona, y sobre denver, pudieran sentirse y

maÑana van a recrear el campamento que tenÍan en guantÁnamo. >> los torrenciales aguaceros en arizonaos con jackie, para saber mÁs del tiempo. >> las llamas han devorado mÁs de 1000 acres de terreno. 13.000 personas tendrÁn que abandonar sus hogares, mientras los bomberos luchan por sofocar las llamas. no tengo buenas noticias son menos en california de que se pronostique precipitaciones. como quisiÉramos que lo que estÁn sintiendo en phoenix, arizona, y sobre denver, pudieran sentirse y reportarse para nosotros en california. continuamos con condiciones secas en california, y avisos y alertas de posibles inundaciones sobre las cuatro esquinas. tambiÉn en chicago, indianÁpolis, cincinnati con condiciones muy severas, se le suman posibles inundaciones y vientos de rÁfagas. temperaturas cÁlidas en san antonio, miami, y grandes posibilidades de descargas elÉctricas. mucha humedad, algo muy tÍpico para esta Época del aÑo. saliÓ el sol en los angeles, pero tambiÉn tenemos abundante calor. maÑana los angeles vamos a experimentar temperaturas mÁs frescas pero continuÓ el calor en el centro d

the torture bush initiated, obama's refused to prosecute the torturers, guantanamo guantanamo, the utes of drones. >> drones, yes? >> standards. the nsa's extensive over surveillance of the private communications. a series of things done in the name of protecting us that are actually violating all of our rights. >> in the case of privacy, government we hear it more and more, saying we need to do these things to protect you and what's your response to that? >> you have to push a little. >> that's true. >> you know, one of the claims was that the so-called meta data, not the content of your e-mail but to whom you sent the e-mail, you know, basically all of the details around it, including, you know, where you were with your mobile phone. where you traveled, who you called on the phone. all of these elements of your life, none of them are private because you shared them with the phone company. right. >> their argument. for just, you know, swooping this all up. they said we need to do this to protect you. you are pushing them and saying give us a terrorist plot that would not have been brok

abogados de activistas lo comparan como el guantÁnamo de las madres centroamericanas. >> casi nadie enarta tambiÉn seÑala que los niÑos estÁn enfermando y que de medicina sÓlo le dan agua, cuenta que se alimentan de jugo y leche, algunos niÑos recogen basura a cambio de dulces y los que limpian los baÑos reciban frutas como recompensa. >> en el Último pÁrrafo se indica que aquÍ es solo apariencia, cuando viene gente importante nos dicen que mostremos una cosa y por detrÁs nos tratan como si fuÉramos objeto de burla. la carta concluye diciendo " no firmamos por miedo a que tomen represalias. atentamente las familias detenidas". >> univisiÓn contactó a las arterias migratorias de nuevo mÉxico para conocer su respuesta a estas denuncias pero no ha recibido respuestas. >> problemas legales podrÍan arruinar las aspiraciones polÍticas del gobernador de texas rick perry. >> juliÁn asange dejarÍa su refugio en la sede de ecuador. hay una ley no escrita: si ves un lago en tu camino, tienes que saltar ...y si no lo ves, también. ♪ ♪ >> regresando la historia del dÍa tras 9 días de revueltas, aut

i know this in my experience as an attorney representing guantÁnamo detainees and later representingiminal suspects in the united states. had you asked me five or seven years ago if i thought my expertise in national security or in guantÁnamo would make me suitable or be the value added to joining a case where i represent a journalist -- just think about that. i get calls from journalists that want me to represent them because i represented guantÁnamo prisoners. that is perspective. [laughter] >> i've got another question for james -- i know you don't want to take any more questions, but could you talk about the harassment you faced under the bush administration for your national security reporting and the fact that this subpoena was dropped by the bush administration and has been renewed under the obama administration. >> you are going to get me in trouble with my lawyers. first of all, the subpoena was not dropped under the bush administration. it expired. the first one expired in 2009. it was after the bush administration left and then it was renewed by the obama administration, a

that is the outfit of prisoners at guantanamo. now the symbol for it as well internationally. do any reporting on jihadi social media or talk with people who study jihadists full time, you know they talk about guantanamo all the time. now, isis clearly doesn't need any american excuse for acting monstrously. but it is a fact that guantanamo is in the words of our own president in 2009, a, "rallying cry for our enemies." well, it is 2014 and it is long, long past time to take that rallying cry away. ups is a global company, but most of our employees live in the same communities that we serve. people here know that our operations have an impact locally. we're using more natural gas vehicles than ever before. the trucks are reliable, that's good for business. but they also reduce emissions, and that's good for everyone. it makes me feel very good about the future of our company. ♪ it's been that way since the day you met. but your erectile dysfunction - it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be m

guantanamo presents the worst that a country - some of the worst that a country can do in the midst of fear. voices that promote fear have had a bigger platform than voices who promote an appeal to our integrity as americans. >> earlier this year, spaulding met with members of a progressive caucus, and the obama administration. the representative tells al jazeera that her briefing was perswasive. she hopes her video inspires people to call their electorates. >> i think what we are missing is that justice is not being served. however you want to slice it. spaulding know there's no solution. the political will can be generated on both sides of the aisle. >> you have to ask the question. what in the name does freedom many. to those that think she's optimistic. it's part of her identity. her name does mean hope in spanish. >> stevie wonder and harry bella fonte join spaulding in her "we are america" video. >>> stay tuned because why the game of golf has taken off in china. >> first i thought someone had hold of me. i don't know what happened. >> how quick thinking saved this boy from the j

in guantanamo bay they're obviously maintaining destruction now in defiance of the geneva conventions polls have closed in abkhazians the nation chooses a new leader who will inherit a legacy of years of rampant corruption that's brought the country to the brink there are reports from the scene for r.t. this election is seen as a race between two main contenders on the one hand there's the opposition leader and then the protests the spring while on the other there's the former loyal soldier of the old president and seen as his successor the security services minister they both look very similar programs that both promised to lift the country out of poverty to utilize its tremendous resources and to secure more international recognition for this tiny caucasian state as you can see the ballot boxes being empty behind me. they will be counted long into the night the turnout has been in this polling station the seventh you said the bridge the building and dogs it was across the country more than fifty percent turns out so this election by the country's laws is considered legitimate now it

date tds in their habeas corpus proceedings. -- guantÁnamo detainees in their habeas corpus proceedings >> good afternoon. it is an honor to be here today, not only because i admire mr. eisen's journalism, but what rings is together transcends the freedom of the press foundation, it transcends the impressive roster of supporters that have spoken and written in encouragement. it brings us together today -- what brings us together today is the first amendment of the constitution, specifically the portion of that amendment guaranteeing the freedom of the press without persecution or unnecessary prosecution. thomas jefferson once claimed a democracy cannot be both ignorant and free. the framers of the constitution believed if u.s. citizens failed to shareare information completely amongst themselves, they would be worse off than they had been as subjects of the british monarchy. end, we recognize freem is much the luxury, but a necessity. to allow a government to function and can tune you to exist, the people must be informed. it's a simple mantra for a great nation. the core of our free so

close the secretary defense and defense department are committed to the president's goal of closing guantanamo bay. why are there so many legal roadblocks for the remaining. states constitution doesn't apply to these proceedings the government has demonstrated that they have no respect for the attorney client relationship no you can't look inside that board no you can't see the place which is adjacent to the client so you probably know what actually happened that had to be wrong there are a lot of issues that are being handled that are higher above all join us as we seek answers to those issues and much more this is abby martin. on. the scene. welcome back to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter lavelle true mind you were discussing the civil war in ukraine. ok i'd like to go back to atlanta jim i looked at very carefully at the the summit in minsk where the presidents of russia and ukraine met and looked at the transcript of the q. and a president putin had later did it like at two o'clock in the morning what's really quite interesting is that to really resolve the civil war in uk

one of the and result was an american control of guantanamo bay. to roosevelt and his like minded cronies, the most important objective of all the 1898 theuvers was possession of strategic ports like guantanamo and halloween no -- and hollow -- and honolulu. all they ever wanted was a close the -- a cozy little island with part in a fleet of battleships. that is how i ended up getting interested in hawaii. the monument in the harbor bridge is above the oily, watery grave of the 1100 77 sailors who died on the ship that day. flip-flop wearers on my flight to honolulu, i did not come here for direct sunlight or fun. i came to hawaii because it has been attacked. after i checked it off my to-do list i still had some time to kill. i swung by the palace downtown, curious to take a look at the victorian buildings my guy but don't as "the only palace in the united states." businessmanwhite and sugar planters that have staged a coup d'etat against queen liluokalani in 1893. whiled away on the second floor of the palace, sewing a colorful quilt that is s on

the secretary of defense and defense department are committed to the president's goal of closing guantanamo bay. why are there so many legal roadblocks for the remaining. states constitution doesn't apply to these proceedings the government has demonstrated that they have no respect for the attorney client relationship no you can't look inside that board no you can't see the police which is adjacent to the client so if the public what actually happened that heads would roll there are a lot of issues that are being handled at a higher above will join us as we seek answers to those issues and much more this is abby martin breaking the set a long time to go back. and i know. out. like. crap. like. i've been aren't. great by a bus. like. as in this morning and just see what. i'm directing and i'm fighting here going forward. and. i would rather as questions to keep building positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on our t.v. question. with this news like the controversy in ferguson missouri we've seen an increase in th

the president, and you ran into this yourself on the advice on guantanamo.sident would have liked to close guantanamo. one of his highest priorities. he still hasn't closed guantanamo because in our system there are larger realities that shape this thing. this president's worst issue is immigration. if he comes around labor day with some grand scheme by executive order the right thing for republicans to do is pass a bill saying it's wrong in the house, taunt the senate democrats who are up for re-election to get the bill through senate and say to the american people do you want to stick with the venezuelan style anything i want a president or do you want to go back to the constitution, these are the two parties in november and then in january the republican senate and republican house just cuts off the money. you don't have to impeach a president to control him. you can just cut off the money. >> let me say on this, aren't we at a point in our politics and the argument will go both ways, who has contributed more, republicans or democrats, efforts to delegiti

he still hasn't closed guantanamo.n our system there are larger realities that shape these things. this president's worst issue is immigration. he's at 68% disapproval. if he comes in around labor day with some grand scheme by executive order, the right thing for republicans to do is pass a bill in the house, taunt to get through the senate, say to american people you want to stick with venezuelan style anything i want as presidency, or two back to the constitution, then in january go back to the senate and republican house just cuts off the money. you don't have to impeach a president to control him, just cut off the money. >> aren't we at a point in politics, the argument will go both ways, who contributed more republicans or democrats, efforts to devittize presidents that go back in recent times, certainly happened to ushb colin, president obama, that impeachment is discussed more as a means of recall than it is the legal action it was intended to be. >> i disagree with you. i think impeachment provisions in the con

they exchanged him for five members of the taliban being held in guantanamo bay.soldiers branded him a deserter. they will look closely at his departure from his post and why he apparently just walked away. kenneth dahl in houston down in afghanistan. >> he deaf litany looks healthy. >>> time to look who's talking. doesn't think we are going to hear much from bergdahl. >> i don't see any incentive for him to cooperate, participate. i expect him to be like lois lerner take the 5th. he is the worst witness against himself. if he doesn't say anything he remains on active duty good standingable to get a pension. >> if he is not convicted. >> if he is not convicted. >> what questions bdo you want bergdahl to answer. you can weigh in on the topic at #keep talking. >> another fox news alert the deadly ebola virus is spreading as cases are report ted in nigeria. the airlines are stepping up screening. a flight was held after a passenger fell ill. cdc officials quickly ruling out ebola. here in the united states the second american infected with the deadly virus is under g

it was a cruise missile aimed at guantÁnamo. invaded, guantanamo synonym for her roche of today.there -- a synonym for hiroshima. that kennedy and khrushchev made a secret deal was not the public perception. the public perception was that testosterone won. they back down. the same thing was being applied to hanoi. what is fascinating now that we can look through the historian'' work, the inside historians' work, at the national security agency who pursued the story, had access. d the basic fundamental work that intelligence analysts should have done at the time, which was to put all of the intercepts in one pile. and go through them and see what did they say? where did they contradict each other? and especially where did they contradict this highly selective chronology of have become the internal secret official story? wrote at historian highly classified article, because it is full of intercepted singles --signals intelligence that showed the capabilities of u.s. government to listen to the north vietnamese as they are ordering their boats around off the coast. we can look throu

close the secretary defense and defense department are committed to the president's goal of closing guantanamo bay. why are there so many legal row blocks for the remaining. states constitution doesn't apply to these proceedings the government has demonstrated that they have no respect for the attorney client really no you can't look inside that board you know you can't see the police which is adjacent to the client so if the public what actually happened that heads would roll there are a lot of issues that are being handled by the ira by will join us as we seek answers to those issues and much more this is abby martin breaking the set on the back. hello there i'm marinated this is boom bust and these are some of the stories that we're tracking for you today. first up the f.c.c. is looking into mutual funds that look like hedge funds and call themselves all funds so what so what are these funds going to look into it ourselves coming up right out and then the latest addition to the boom bust team at the onset for she is on the show today she's bringing us home report from the black cat cyber se

. >> una mujer comparÓ, las instalaciones con guantÁnamo.rmales, y sin el debido proceso. mientras tanto el presidente barak obama se encuentra con problemas en el seno de su partido, mientras encuentra con enfrentamientos con los republicanos, por las polÍticas imigratorias. a semanas de la votaciÓn de noviembre se podrÍa ver el problema de las inmigraciones, y el uso de las prerrogativas. >> julio cesar ortiz nos cuenta en quÉ consiste. >> lo conocimos hace tres aÑos sufriendo una separaciÓn, entre una barra fronteriza, y una familia, esperando el perdÓn que llegÓ desde estados unidos. >> me sentido triste, me sentido mal. >> la espera fue eterna, el tener que esperar de uno a 10 aÑos por una respuesta era intolerable. su hijo le daba aliento, de Éste lado un abogado luchaba por las leyes que impartiera justicia. >> los hijos no tenÍan buenas calificaciones de las escuelas, el consulado puede tomar eso en cuenta. >>las misma mano que acomodaban ropa y objetos usados en tijuana para ganarse dinero, son las mismas que empacan libros para gan

muÑoz comparÓ este centro de artesia con el de guantÁnamo. una llamada por dÍa. >> este grupo de abogados tambiÉn denuncia que se les estÁ dando Únicamente dos dÍas para reunir sus documentos, mucho tiene que ser pedidos a los paÍses de origen y vienen en espaÑol y no es suficiente traductores para traducirlos al inglÉs. >> los abogados denunciaron tambiÉn que muchas de las detenidos les fijan fianza de 20 30.000 $, que para ellos son imposibles de pagar. el servicio de aduanas no se ha pronunciado sobre estas denuncias. >> pronunciamiento de que estaremos pendiente, muchas gracias. la comisiÓn Ética de la sÁnchez aprobÓ y recomendar al cabildo que considere la posibilidad de ofrecer premios econÓmicos para atraer a la gente las elecciones. la iniciativa surgiÓ despuÉs de que sÓlo 23 porciento de los votantes participar en las Últimas elecciones para elegir alcalde el aÑo pasado. funcionarios de esa comisiÓn dijeron que los premios se ofrecerÍan mediante una loterÍa, pero no menciona la cantidad que se entregarÍa cada persona. encuentra culpa

one of the end results of that conquest was american control of guantanamo bay. to roosevelt and his like-minded cronies in the government and military the most objective of all of the 1898 maneuvers for strategic ports like guantanamo and pearl harbor. all they ever wanted was a cozy empire with a few highlands here and there with a few battleships. sank four of those battleships on december 7th, 1941, that's how i got interested in hawaii in the first place a few years back, the purpose of my initial visit was a quick jaunt to see the uss arizona memorial. the monument in the harbor perched above the oily watery grave of the 177 sailors who died on the ship that day. i didn't come here for direct sunlight or fun. i came to hawaii because it has been attacked. after i checked the arizona off my to do list, i still had time to kill i swung by the palace downtown. my guidebook billed as the only palace in the united states. the white men and sugar planters had staged against her in 1893 locked her up for treason. lilly liluokalani her imprisonment in a room in the

he was released in may in exchange of five guantanamo detainees held in guantanamo bay prison. >>> in six cases lower courts affirmed gay rights by striking down state bans or forcing states to recognize the rights of gay couples married in states where same-sex marriage is legal. people are watching these cases closely because federal courts play a key role in flagging cases that may head to the supreme court. jurors began deliberating in the trial of a detroit man charged with second-degree murder. he shot and killed a woman who showed up drunk on his porch. he was told he should have stayed inside in he was scared. >>> the largest drugstore chain purchased the remaining part of alliance boot. this allows a company to move its headquarters overseas to avoid paying more taxes. >> today i had a discussion with walgreen's. i congratulated him on this decision. to stay in america and stay in illinois. we talked about the pressure that he faces for a short-term gains, stock prices and the like, and we talked about the long term for businesses like walgreen's. >> michael: walgreen's said

from guantanamo for sergeant bergdahl serving in afghanistan. jon: the government accountability office said congress must be notified about such a deal in advance. james rosen has more on this. >> reporter: good morning a group of republican senators back in june tasked the government accountability office with determining the lawfulness of the bergdahl prisoner swap and that watchdog agency concludes in its final report that the exchange violated two laws. first, failing as required under the national defense authorization act, ndaa, notify congress with 30 days of notice and utessing appropriated fund for the swap when no fund were appropriated for it. senior u.s. officials defended the lie galty of the bergdahl swap at the time. >> we believe that the president united states as commander in chief has the power and authority to make the decision he did under article 26 the constitution. >> there was determination made that given these unique circumstances such a transfer should go forward notwithstanding the notice requirement of the ndaa. >>

guantanamo, i feel like -- i am very interested in guantÁnamo, but there is a class of things where weall know where we stand. and i think as journalists it is hard to know how to actually bring up the subject in a way that you can even make somebody want to listen or watch for a few minutes. and it takes such cunning, i find. and often, we will totally disguise what the stories are about. for a really long time. because, like, let us get some characters going. i feel like understanding narrative, like understanding plot, understanding characters, is just such an enormous tool to try to bypass that problem. i have been working on the news, "all things considered" and "morning edition," applying the tools of journalism to things that were so small and personal that the journalists would never touch them. gradually, i and the entire staff came back to actual, let's take on the deficit, the housing crisis, mortgage backed securities, but in our style, and find characters and scenes that could hold people in the way somebody like michael lewis can in one of his books, where you are looking