over seventy billion dollars when their stock price was down to zero now hank greenberg on monday last week filed a twenty five billion dollar lawsuit against the u.s. claiming that the government takeover of the insured was unconstitutional claiming that he was not given just compensation well i mean this is the problem is that because the crisis stage it was deemed that we couldn't possibly put any of these guys in jail we need to look forward remember this is barack obama saying we've got . go forward well of course the risk is that these criminals will just come back to the trough again and ask for more money as this guy great green bird is doing i remember max last week we covered the story of the chinese thief who broke into a woman's house and then yelled at her for not keeping him enough money that she was not working hard enough to have something worth stealing and this is what these guys who ripped us off the first go round never coming back saying we want more you didn't pay us enough for our crying. parts all right stacy ever thanks so much for being on the kaiser of work t

. >>> elsewhere, former aig ceo hank greenberg is suing the government for $25 billion, calling the 2008 federal takeover of aig unconstitutional. brazil slapped chevron with a $28 million fine for an oil spill off the country's coast, a penalty that could rise. finally, don't want to be alone for the holidays? a 28-year-old ad exec in san francisco may have a solution. he's posted an ad on craigslist for a holiday girlfriend. someone to snuggle by the fire with and go to dinner at each other's parents house. one important note, offer only good through new year's. and you're on your own. >>> coming up, a tiger wins another major. and sid the kid comes back like he never left. plus, the new england patriots' sleepy office suddenly roerz back to life. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> in weather the forecast is about the busy travel days ahead. that's coming up. you're watching "early today." >>> good morning. if you're just waking up, this is "early today." in sports, hockey's greatest player made his long-awaited return to the ice monday night and what a return

elsewhere, former aig ceo hank greenberg is suing the government for $25 billion calling the 2008 federalakeover of aig unconstitutional. brazil slapped chevron with a $28 million fine for an oil spill off the coast. a penalty that could rise. finally, don't want to be alone for the holidays? a 28-year-old ad exec in san francisco may have a solution. he posted an ad on craigslist for a holiday girlfriend. that's right. someone who snuggle by the fire or just go to dinner at each other's parents' house. the offer is only good through new year's. then you're back on the street on your own. not sure about this guy. >>> coming up, a tiger wins another major and sid the kid comes back like he never left. the new england patriots, sleepy offense, suddenly roars back to life. we'll have your first look at sports straight ahead. you're watching "first look" on msnbc. roc® multi-correxion 4 zone moisturizer with roc®retinol and antioxidants. lines, wrinkles, and sun damage will fade. roc multi-correxion. correct what ages you. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd yo

chairman hank greenberg today sued the u.s. treasury and the federal reserve bank of new york for $25 billion. the suit comes three years after the government rescued the struggling insurance company with a takeover and bailout. greenberg argues the government action was unconstitutional because the fifth amendment says private property can not be taken for "public use without just compensation." >> tom: the more the trustee overseeing the winddown of m.f. global digs through the books, the worse it looks for the firm's customers. the trustee now says more than $1.2 billion in customer funds could be missing. the original shortfall was half that. regulators are investigating whether client money was used to cover bad bets by the company. the broker-dealer firm run by former new jersey governor and goldman sachs c.e.o. jon corzine filed for bankruptcy on halloween. >> susie: back now to our top story, the failure of congress' supercommittee. douglas holtz-eakin looks at the lessons learned from the supercommittee's efforts. he's