she also led the prosecution against mob boss john gotti. she won the conviction that put him in prison for the rest of his life. several other prosecutors had tried to do that, but had failed to it. she did it. in 1996 she helped convict ramzi yousef for his attempt to assassinate the pope and blow up multiple planes in flight. he was the nephew of sheikh khalid mohammed. in 1991 she helped prosecute four-the men who helped orchestrate the embassy bombing in africa. president obama nominated mary jo white to be the what is essentially the top cop of wall street. >> as one former chairman said, mary jo does not intimidate easily, and that's important, because she has a big job ahead of her there is much more work to be done to complete the task of reforming watts to make sure american investors are better protected going forward. >> it's not the only thing you should know about her career given this nomination. it's also the matter of her decade as a defense attorney, not a prosecutor, but a defense attorney. when she left the prosecutor's o

. >> first, she helped put away john gotti. now, she has been chose ton make sure the top names in finance are following the rules -- chosen to make sure the stop names in finance are following the rules. more on that when fox 5 morning news continues.  >>> massachusetts senator john kerry is one step closer to becoming the county's next secretary of state. kerry had his nomination hearing before the senate foreign relations committee and addressed a number of issues. kerry had served on the foreign relations committee for nearly 30 years. he is expected to be easily confirmed by the full senate on tuesday. >>> president obama has nominated a tough former prosecutor to head the securities and exchange commission. he has picked mary jo white. she helped put away mafia crime boss john gotti and convicted the person responsible for the world trade center bombing in 1993. white's nomination now heads to the senate. >>> the vice president and top white house officials are heading to richmond this morning. joe biden a

. >> in the rly 1990's she brought down john gotti the head of the gambino crime syndicate, and broughtice the terrorists responsible for bombing a rough trip center and the american embassies in africa. i would say that is a pretty good run. if you do not want to mess with mary jo. >> mary jo white is the president's new twist to be the he of the sec. thprident also renominated forr a higher prosecutor richard cordray as the president of the consumer financial protection bureau. what is the message for wall street? >> it sends a message consistent withth the president has said, this is who i am, the the the ople that will best carry out the p policies in my judgment that i think are necessary to clean of this country and make sure we do not go tough it ain. challenging the senate to act and confirm richard cordray and mary jo white to dits constitutional duty. >> good choices, bad choioices colby, based on your banking experience? >> based on experience of my frie who was a former federal prosecutor in new york and those mary jo white, an excellent choice. she will faithfully enforced

. >> president obama chooses a former prosecutor >> she brought down john gotti, the head of the gambino crime syndicate and brought to justice the terrorists responsible for bombing the world trade center and embassies in africa. i would say that is a pretty good run. you do not want to mess with mary jo. >> mary jo white, the new selection for the head of the sec. president obama also nominated richard cordray to the head of the consumer protection financial bureau. >> this is a message consistent with what the president has said, this is who i am, these are the people who will best carry out policies in my judgment that i think is necessary to clean up this country and make sure that we do not go through it again. challenging the senate to act and accept or confirm richard cordray and mary jo white to do its constitutional duty. >> good choices, bad choices, colby, a senior banking experience? >> based on my experience as a friend who was a former prosecutor in new york and knows mary jo white, an excellent choice. she will faithfully fulfilled a lot. >> as far as i can tell, this wom

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she famously took down mob boss john gotti. "she's a bit of an unknown on wall street. we know she's a tough prosecutor and she's never been in any kind of financial services job. the sec is more than just prosecuting bad people, it's also a regulatory body, about writing regulations, so i think wall street is going to take a wait- and-see attitude." that was james bianco of bianco research. the president also wants richard cordray to continue his role in leading up the consumer financial protection bureau. legislation that would dramatically change america's gun laws is now on the table. lawmakers have unveiled the assault weapons ban of 2013, a bill that would prohibit assault weapons and high- capacity ammunition magazines. if passed, the bill would also require background checks for the purchase of firearms. 150 semiautomatic rifles and pistols would fall under the umbrella of banned firearms. 2,250 firearms would remain legal. the deep depression in spain is driving unemployment to a record high. the unemployment rate reached 26.02% in the 4th quarter, with 5.9 mil

>> in the early 1990's, she brought down john gotti, and she brought to justice the terrorists responsible for bombing the world trade center and the american embassies in africa. i would say that is a pretty good run. you do not want to mess with mary jo. >> mary jo white is the president's new twist to be the head of the sec. the president also renominated prosecutor richard cordray as the head of the consumer protection financial bureau. what is the message for wall street? >> it is a message that is consistent with what the president has said. this is who i am, these are the people who will best carry out the policies, in my judgment, that i think are necessary to clean up this country and make sure that we do not go through it again, challenging the senate to act and confirm richard cordray and mary jo white to do its constitutional duty. >> good choices, bad choices, colby, based under banking spirits? >> based on experience of my friend who is a former federal prosecutor in new york and knows very jo white, an excellent choice. she will faithfully enforced the law, you can bet on th

attorney in manhattan and she's famous for leading the successful promotion of john gotti. as head of the sec she says she'll work hard to protect investors and ensure transparency of capital markets. >>> next week, the senate foreign relations committee is expected to approve the nomination of senator john kerry. to be the next secretary of state. the committee held a confirmation hearing for president obama's nominee yesterday. the massachusetts democrat has served on the senate foreign relations committee for 28 years and was the chair until the nomination by the president. he said the country must get its fiscal house in order so that it can lead worldwide. >>> here's the other stories now. on monday the senate is going to vote whether or not to provide help financial help for victims of superstorm sandy. the bill is going to provide more than $50 billion in emergency relief and lawmakers in new york, new jersey and connecticut say that money is desperately needed right now to help rebuild the homes and the businesses that were devastated. fiscal conservatives though wa

toward delusional dictatorship starts with a sharp three pieces first you get a nice suit like john gotti was a mafia chieftain in new york i'm a slave look great had a great quad and while he was murdering people this guy sounds he's a as we said he's a no good neck and he gets a knighthood he gets a nice it eventually you move up the hierarchy of criminality and you get to where the crown hey i'm the number wasn't financial terrorist in the world i've got to look around ok but he's working his way up you get to be the knight then you get to be the bishop then you get to be the pope then you get to be the queen and you get to be the king but it all works up the hierarchy a fraud. and now the telegraph points out that there are two contradictions with his appointment as a knight how can the government strip fred goodwin of his knighthood and effectively hand it to the man whose organization failed to stop goodwin's catastrophic ambitions in the first place i like that they call it catastrophic ambitions you robbed a bank you defrauded a country oh there's a catastrophic ambition. well it

attorney for the southern district of new york, white led prosecution teams that convicted mob boss john gotti, a vicious mob killer who had escaped prosecution by tampering with juries. white kept her jury anonymous and sequestered. she built the best set of terrorism prosecutors in america, convicting the blind sheik for conspiracy to bomb the united nations and other new york landmarks. she also convicted ramsey youseff for the 1993 world trade center bombing. and she was on osama bin laden's trail before anyone, indicting the al qaeda leader for the deaths of 18 u.s. soldiers in somalia in 1993, charges that later included the 1998 bombings of u.s. embassie embassies in kenya and tanzania. >> so i'd say that's a pretty good run. you don't want to mess with mary jo. mary jo does not intimidate easily. and that's important. because she has a big job ahead of her. the s.e.c. played a critical role in protecting our financial system during the worst of the financial crisis but there's much more work to be done to complete the task of reforming wall street and making sure that american investor

like the successful prosecution of reputed mafia godfather john gotti.sident wants cordray to continue serving in the same capacity. republicans called for senate democrats to draft and pass a budget. >> the last time they passed a budget the ipad did not exist... >> the government has operated on a series of temporary resolutions authorizing spending. the current one expires in march >> the civil insurrection in syria is sending thousands of people across the border to jordan as refugees. more than six-thousand syrians have fled to jordan over the past two days -- and jordan's monarch is pleading for more international aid. meantime -- the syrian government is urging refugees to return to their homes. but that is being met with broad skepticism among anti- government activists. more than 30-thousand syrians reached the jordan refugee camp this month -- mostly families led by women. >> flames shot up in the sky after a natural gas pipeline was damaged in china. it happened yesterday afternoon. workers were able to close the valve after the accident. the

she put away crime boss john gotti and got convictions in the world trade bombing. president obama said, you do not want to miss with mary jo. president obama had an unwelcome visitor while announcing the information. >> this guy is bothering me here. >> secret service, take him down. >> this guy is bothering me. get out of here. >> it is 5:55 and 19 degrees outside. >> coming up, a look at what is hitting the big screen. arch campbell has a preview of quartets. [ male announcer ] now at your neighborhood subway: the big hot pastrami melt. we've perfected the pastrami sandwich -- filled with juicy pastrami pickles, yellow muststard and melted cheese. all piled-high on freshly baked bread. taste one at your local subway today! subway. eat fresh. >> and the movie hopes to make sweet music at the box office. >> arch campbell has a look at it. >> good morning. maggie smith does it again in herma new movie "quartet." it finds a retirement home for musicians in france where maggie smith comes to retire only to discover one of her many unhappy ex-husband in residence. an a

for example her team put john gotti, mobster, john gotti behind bars. prosecuted the 193 world trade center bombers. including the group's leader, ramzi yousef. she is now a white-collar criminal defense attorney. her notable clients have been ken lewis, former ceo of bank of america. she is expected, just, a few analysts i got notes from, she is expected to get senate confirmation from this job because she has a reputation for being very tough. the president as you said, renominate richard cordray to run the consumer financial protection bureau which was created under the dodd-frank legislation. he was, the president nominated him back in 2011 but republicans blocked that nomination. and so the president went on to recess appoint him a year ago. they want some restructuring in the cfpb we'll see if they have that fight again here. richard cordray up to bat again at the cfpb. tracy and ashley. ashley: second time around. tracy: good luck with that. peter barnes, thank you very much. >> okay. ashley: guess what? it is time to make money with charles payn

. >> in the early 1990s, she brought down john gotti, head of the gambino crime syndicate and broughtown the terrorists responsible for bombing the world trade center and the american embassies in africa. i'd say that's a good run. you don't want to mess with mary jo. >> the other nomination today was a re-nomination, richard cordray to run the consumer protection bureau, the consumer watchdog that came out of the dodd-frank financial reform legislation. as you recall, the president tried to get cordray confirmed by the senate in 20 # 11, but the nomination was blocked by republicans who opposed the structure of the cfpb. the president reappointedded him last january and trying to now make that a permanent assignment for him. we'll see if he gets it through this time. republicans appear to have the same issue with the structure. we'll see how it plays out. cheryl? cheryl: plan to report on that. peter, thank you. >> you bet. cheryl: closing bell will ring, 52 minutes to go. southwest airlines, quarterly earnings topping analysts' estimates. bookings not too shabby with a 52-week high.

. >> he called me the john gotti. >> the prisoner was worried sick. the prosecutor who had just convicted keen and put him behind bars suddenly wanted to talk. a top secret meeting, no less. what more could he do to jimmy? >> he was the last person i expected to hear from. he was my biggest fear. >> but keen's fears went off the charts when the prosecutor larry beaumont slid an accordian file in his direction. on top was a grisly photo of a dead girl. >> i flip the next page, and here's another mutilated dead girl. i'm thinking, whoa, wait a second. >> you're probably thinking that he is about to charge you with something else. >> i had been pretty rough on him in the initial prosecution. >> jimmy was in the dark. he had no idea the crazy scheme beaumont had in mind. >> he said, gem jimmy, listen, this is something we have another person on. he has killed many, many young women, and i personally think you're the one that can help us with this. >> this turned out to be an investigation to try and catch a suspected serial killer. beaumont, an outside th

attorney in manhattan and there she prosecuted john gotti also disciples of osama bin laden for the 1998 bombing of two u.s. embassies in africa. successfully oversaw the prosecution of yusef as well. he was the mastermind behind the 1993 world trade center bombing. now the attention to wall street in the wake of the 2008 meltdown and the sec has gotten bashed for missing bernard madoff's ponzi scheme and of course the stimtoms of a financial crisis. also been a heap of criticism that there's not been enough people going to jail for all that. but there's also a wrinkle as well. for the last decade she's been in private practice and she defended companies like jp morgan chase and morgan stanley and bank of america. still even those are saying her confirmation should be a relatively smooth one. she's going to have to recuse herself for two years for cases that would be related to the work that she's done and her husband also does legal work that could potentially be in conflict. it's a little complicated but it could probably wind up being pretty easy in the end. >> that's really interesti

that the president, the record the president was talking about there includes her team putting john gottiind bars for the very first time. it took the teflon off the teflon don. she also prosecuted the terrorist behind the 199 world trade center bombing, including the leader, ramsey juice seven. she, after leaving the u.s. attorneys off became a white-collar defense attorney and her clients included among others ken lewis, the former ceo of bank of america. also today the president renominating richard cordray. richard cordray to be the head of the consumer financial protection bureau. he is a former federal prosecutor as well, former attorney general of ohio and for the last year he has been running the cfpb in a recess appointment, a controversial one. the president tried to get him through the senate. nominated him in 2011. senate republicans blocked his nomination because they want changes in the structure of the cfpb but the president going forward again. republicans initial response is, we still don't want him. so look for a fight on that one. david and sandra. sandra: peter is it l

she helped put away john gotti and convicted the persons responsible for the world trade center bombing in 1983. white's nomination heads to the senate now. >>> it's a new congress and perhaps a new opportunity to achieve statehood for the district of columbia. delaware senator tom carper introduced a bill to make d.c. the 51st state. three fellow democrats co- sponsored the legislation, barbara boxer, richard durbin and petition murray. eleanor holmes norton has introduced a similar bill in the house. >>> trough has big plans for the future. the agency unveiled an expensive plan for new tunnels and stops across the area. we'll break it down coming up. also ahead. >> what i went through was real, the feelings, the pain, the sorrow. that was all real. >> manti te'o on the fake girl friend hoax and for the first time we're marrying the voice of the alleged prank -- hearing the voice of the alleged prankster. >> tonight on the news edge the consequence of cold weather, a heating related fire leaves a well known maryland woman in critical condition. >> keep it right here. fox 5 news at 10:0

in the early 1990s she brought down john gotti, head of the gambino crime sendcate and brought thoserought down the world trade center in 2007. as one form ear sec chairman said, mary jo does not intimidate easily and that's important because she has big job ahead of her. the sec played a critical role in protecting our financial system during the worst of the financial crisis. but there's much more work to be done to complete the task of reforming wall street and making sure that american ip vestoinve are better informed and protected. we need to be sure taxpayers do not pay the price. i'm absolutely confident mary jo has the experience and resolve to tackle these complex issues and protect the mer scan people in a way that is smart and in a way that is fair and i want it thank elise walters, who has done an outstanding job holding down the for the as chairwoman. and i expect the senate to confirm mary jo as soon as possible so she can get to work. my second nominee is a familiar face. a year and half ago i nominated richard to lead the watch dog agency we created to give americans

john gotti clearly prosecuted him. ramzi yousef. believe she was the lawyer for ken lewis. she wasn't defending the other guy. she defended ken lewis. the way that looks -- cheryl: i'm not old enough, i can still see. >> my mistake. cheryl: it's small print. >> that's right. that's some of the big cases. she's done a lot of others. but is that the person you want to run an agency that has to figure out the sort of crazy markets that we have which, you know, shapiro wouldn't do and needs to be done. a lot of people say no. but we will see. you know, she's a smart person. one thing i will tell you, there's going to be more -- cheryl: they are always late to the party, it never fails. >> then you have the market structure, average people, when you worry about the price of your stock, that's what it means. cheryl: do you wear glasses? >> i have reading glasses. cheryl: do you wear contacts? >> no. cheryl: you should try them. >> i have other things to worry about. cheryl: charlie, thank you very much. if you are one of bill gates' kids,

in the early 1990s, she brought down john gotti.ice the terrorists responsible for bombing the world trade center and the american embassies in africa. so, i'd say that's a good run. you don't want to mess with maryjo. as a former chairman said, she does not intimidate easily. and that's important because she has a big job ahead of her. the s.e.c. played a critical role protecting the financial system in the worst of the financial crisis but there's much more work to be done to complete the task of reforming wall street and making sure that american investors are better informed and better protected going forward and we need to keep going after irresponsible behavior in the financial industry so that taxpayers don't pay the price. i'm absolutely confident that mary jo can protect the american people in a way that's smart and fair. and i want to thank alese walters when's held down the fort as chairwoman and i expect the senate to confirm mary jo as soon as possible so she can get to work. my second nominee is a familiar face. a year

mad at one of my daughters because she went to school and told all her friends, my father's like john gotti told me that i was like what did you say? did you not know what you just said? she didn't understand. i got mad and punished her and everything for it. but later on i reflected back and was like, man, why did i even do that? you're trying to show them a different life and not thinking that they're smart enough to understand. because we think as adults we're smarter. but we're really not. >> remember? i was always talking about the devil this, the devil that and the devil the other. but that was the devil, man. the devil was all over me. i can laugh at it now. but it was a sad situation because i should have been showing you all the right way. >> you know they're a little older now, 19 and 20, and it's getting into a situation where they're experiencing the adult life, you know and i'm not there for them, you know, physically. i miss them. i miss them bad. >> i love you. bye. >> all right. i love you. >> i love you, papi. >> you all be good. >> you, too. >> anya and sianna find it pain

she led the successful prosecution of mafia boss john gotti. as head of the sec she says she will work hard to protect investors and ensure transparency of the market. >>> the senate will vote monday on whether to provide help to victims of superstorm sandy. that little about provide more than $50 billion in emergency relief. lawmakers from new york, new jersey and connecticut say the money is desperately needed to help rebuild homes and businesses. but fiscal conservatives want an equal amount of spending cuts to avoid adding to our national debt. >>> 6:10. the force is with a new "star wars" film that's coming out. the big name director that's jumping on board. >> and a teen's dramatic rescue from a deadly flash flood. the tense moments a worker nearly drowned trying to save him. >> and coordination is a must on every football field. some 49er players putting their fancy footwork to the test it. it coming up. >> and move over. it looks like aleah ward may be giving the 5-year-old rapper a run for her money being the cutest 49er fan. she is ro

in the 90s, she brought down john gotti, the head of the gambino crime system and brought to justicembing the world trade center and american embassies in africa. that's a pretty good run. you don't want to mess with mary jo. as one former chairman said, mary jo does not intimidate easily. that's important because she has a big job ahead of her. the sec played a in protecting our financial system in the worst of the financial crisis, but there is much more work to be done to cleat the task of reforming wall street and making sure that american investors are better informed and protected going forward. we need to keep going after irresponsible behavior in the financial industry so that taxpayers don't pay the price. i am confident mary jo has the experience and resolve to tackle these issues and protect the american people in a way that is smart and in a way that is fair. i want to thank elise walters who has done an outstanding job holding down the fort as chair woman. i expect the senate to confirm mary jo as soon as possible so she can get to work. my second nominee is a familiar f

in the early 1990's she brought down john gotti, the head of the gambino crime syndicate and broughtle for the bombing of the world trade center and those in africa, you don't want to mess with mary jo. as one former sec chairman said mary jo does not intimidate easily and that's important because she has a big job ahead of her. the sec played a critical role in protecting our financial system during the worst of the financial crisis. but there's much more work to be done to complete the task of performing wall street and making sure that american investors are better envelopinf and protected going forward and we need to keep track of irresponsible behavior in the financial industry so that taxpayers don't pay the price, i'm absolutely confident that mary jo has the experience and resolve to tackle these complex issue and protect the american people in a way that is smart and in a way that is fair. and i want to thank ellyse walters who has done an outstanding job holding down the fort as chairwoman. and i expect the senate to confirm mary jo as soon as possible so she can get to wor

she brought down john gotti, and she brought down the terrorists responsible for bombing the world trade center and the embassies and africa. that is a pretty good run. you don't want to mess with mary jo. mary jo does not intimidate easily, and that is important because she has a big job ahead of her. there is much more work to be done to complete the task of making sure that investors are better informed and better protected going forward. and we need to keep going after irresponsible behavior in the financial industry so that taxpayers don't pay the price. i am absolutely confident that mary jo has the confidence and resolve to tackle these issues in a way that is smart and fear, and i want to thank elisse walter, who has done an outstanding job of holding down the fort is chairman, and i expect the senate to confirm mary jo as soon as possible so she can get to work. my next nominee is a familiar face could a year ago i nominated richard cordray to help give americans the information they need to make a sound financial crisis and protect them from unscrupulous lenders. nobody questio

they were -- she did john gotti. she did the world trade center in 1993.taking on banking cases. and between her and her husband, they have made a fine art of going through the -- he also did. he worked at the s.e.c., started 2006, left right after the bank bailout. >> the one thing i'll say with that you want somebody in the s.e.c. who understands how all these things work. >> putting the fox in the hen house can be valuable. >> you want to make sure they understand how these things work. so i would rather see that than somebody who just came from a criminal -- >> she doesn't need to, you know, earn her chops here and then go to private -- >> my goal, my hope is that she actually is a great head of the s.e.c. also by the way, she doesn't have any expertise on the other side of the job. not just an enforcement job. they have a deputy who does that. >> we complain when people have only had public -- >> and we say they have no experience. >> right. >> and they've gone back and forth. >> it's a conundrum. but it's an interesting point. >> and i -- we haven't

the weig as an adult, she had a career the hardy boys could only dream of preachy brought down john gotti, and she brought down the terrorists responsible for bombing the world trade center and the embassies and africa. that is a pretty good run. you don't want to mess with mary jo. mary jo does not intimidate easily, and that is important because she has a big drop ahead ever did -- job ahead of her. there is much more work to be done to complete the task of making sure that investors are better informed and better protected going forward. and we need to keep going after irresponsible behavior in the financial industry so that taxpayers don't pay the price. i am absolutely confident that mary jo has the confidence and resolve to tackle these issues in a way that is smart and fear, and i want to thank e lisse walters, who has done an outstanding job of holding down the fort is chairman, and i expect the senate to confirm mary jo as soon as possible so she can get to work. my next nominee is a familiar face could a year ago i nominated richard cordray to help give americans the information