guys that ran goldman sachs and bet the bank on aig-are still there if they was indonesia or korea or mexico, they would have been removed. >> i agree with almost everything you said. let me take the parts i don't agree with. first of all, as i -- a previous questioner asked, the mortgages that the banks were holding -- the mortgages -- were not mark to market. were not mark to market for that reason. basically everything else you said was correct, and the thing i would like to add -- especially the fact that this crisis could have been avoided. i don't think it's because of the regulators forcing things to be mark to market. it was because of some of the other things, the mistrust, the lack of transparency, who can you trust to deal with? the inconsistency of the treatment of bear stearns and then lehman brothers which threw the market for a loop, what are the rules? the important part you omitted but i don't think you'll disagree -- on top of the trim -- trillion or so of dubious mortgages -- probably less than a trillion -- was built by wall street an inverted pyramid of cdos and cdfs and

finding a peace process or peace agreement while continuing to take into consideration the concerns of both sides. he also spoke with his counter parts in japan, south korea canada and mexicod" reporting this morning that mitt romney's eldest son tagg, may be considering a run for kerry's former seat in the senate. with the special election in massachusetts set for june 250th, that gives whoever decides to run about five months to ramp up and the "boston herald" is reporting that party republicans are urging the eldest romney to run because he has statewide name recognition and now that scott brown is out he may have the best shot. we'll see what happens. we're back with more after the break. compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> announcer: ladies and gentlemen, it's "the stephanie miller show." ♪ i'm walkin' on sunshine ♪ ♪ i'm wal