under jim johnson, the amount of money that went into the executive coffers rose dramatically. so it's a man who understand that he had a golden goose that was laying golden eggs and he uld wrap it in the flag of homeownership, allow the thing to grow. he was adept-- very adept-- at manipulating congress, making sure that he had friends in congress to protect the government subsidies, to protect the government relationship. also extremely good... >> rose: but everyone does that. >> everyone does thatow, charlie. i think this was a person who really had created the blueprint for this kind of a model. >> re: but remember who this person was. he was the person who was first asked by... a great friend of john kerry when he ran for prident. was a friend of president obama. president obama wagoing to make him heaof the transition team. >> he was a man who was... who was veing obama's vice presidential potential caidat. >> rose: and then was also chairman of the kennedy center. >> yes. this is a very powerful man. >> rose: mr. establishment in washington. hugely respected by all. >> y

jim johnson went on to head the brookings institution.was very much involved in john kerry's bid for the presidency. here is what you white. -- what you write -- so the role of these organizations is what? >> i think it is a power base. the world of washington is of course about power. unlike wall street where it is about money. the more of these institutions that people are members of, the more they mix with others and power. it does create this idea that there is this group who is making all of the major decisions in the world, and they are all members of the state organizations. the point of describing jim johnson's affiliation was to describe what kind of -- this man spans the private sector in public sector. he was very much involved with the company, which of course was involved in the mortgage markets during the boom. he was also in the public sector. the brookings institute, think tanks. this was just a person who was really around wall street and washington and illustrative of the revolving door. >> next call is for it -- from to

. >>> jim riggleman quit yesterday. daviy johnson named new manager in washington.ame home today after winning one an losing two. guess who is going home too? the team which knock off cal. virginia. they could not score with a bases loaded in the 12th inning. they could have won it. then here in the 13th. bases loaded. and boom, it gets away. and here we go. south carolina converts, virginia doesn't in extra innings with the bases loaded. 3-2. south carolina will play florida for the national baseball championship. season ends for virginia. yesterday he signed a new contract saying he wanted to retire a san jose shark. 18 hours later devin setoguchi traded to minnesota for somebody named brent burns. do you know brent burns, jackie? >> all-star. >> even i knew that. i read it off the thing. >> have you heard of him? >> no. >> anyway he is only 24. burns is a 26-year-old defenseman. 17 goals last season. but what makes this a good story. paying him $9 million. gets to keep his contract if minnesota will pay it. just yesterday they were hugging. then they say get out.

the chopper by then for--the chopper's course, now yesterday's call jim walked out with a contract dispute. davey johnsoncollege world series, cal is home, but we throw this into the comprehensive and show that we are not poor sports. cal is out, but we see virginia, bases loaded, a little help from the defense, south carolina turns out the double play. 2-2 in the 13th. bases loaded, a another double play and virginia cannot believe it. they bounced in a couple of double plays and at a matthews, 2-2 matthews scored with the racing winning run. south carolina wins, they will face of florida. madam and we just can't get over the major reasons, the top american drawled, i say this every time we could beat mcenroe accuracy, but no, he is 29 years of age from spain, and maybe this is not going to happen. every year he gets a lower seat. in the is giving it a go, but for a guy that is supposed to beat the big dream tennis player it is not working out. a big racing began in sonoma, let them go around track once and then i am going home. joey captures the first poll on sunday, this is one of the top stops as you