madoff is serving a 150 year prison term in north carolina. he began the ponzi scheme as far back as 1970. all told, 15 people, including madoff's brother have been convicted of fraud, a fraud which cost investors $17 billion in losses. mary snow, aljazeera. >> so far 10 and a half billion dollars has been recovered by the trustee working to reclaim pun for madoff's victims, but that trustee, baccard, may get back less than he hoped. baccard could not recoup some payments that madoff made to customers two years before he was arrested. diane francis, the author of several books about white collar crime, and she also appears in aljazeera's documentary, in god we trust, about the made off saga. in case you missed it, it airs again. bernie madoff's perm secretary of 25 years. it's an inside look that you will never get. and diane francis wrote a piece about her crimes. she joins me now, and what did she say to you? >> well, she said i'm working on this documentary. i was right in the middle of this crime, and i didn't know anything about it. which

madoff was clearly a criminal, a career master mind. everybody in the organization was bear and the judge made it clear this individual may not have been aware of this other criminal activity and she shouldn't be punished for the wrongdoings of other people even though i have great sympathy for other people. >> this struck me. the she is only 4'6" inches tall of 66 years old. in her sentencing, the associate press wrote the judge noticed her lack of height and age as she ignored federal sentencing guidelines. her height and her age? is that a reason to give her a lighter sentence? >> this judge went out of her way to show leniency to this particular defendant shelf included a number of factors including that she didn't think she would essentially fare well. however there are a lot of people who lost their life savings, people who went brumt because of the number of people who tlookd other way when bernie madoff was doing ponzi scheme. >> let move from millions of dollars to lael fight over $4. ben edelman is an associate professor at ha

a lawyer for more than 30 of madoff's victims said it's outrageous: madoff is serving 150 years for the largest case of individual fraud in u.s. history, leading to tens of billions in losses. he was arrested 6 years ago. his former secretary looks back trust". >> the phones were going crazy, and the fax machines, i remember a woman called in sobbing. she didn't know how she was going to pay her bills and didn't know what to do. there's just so many people. and they all left feeling victimized and ashamed, especially older people. all they wanted to know is what should they do: so you tried to do what you could, and it pretty much was not much. >> the second and find part of "in god we trust" premiers here on al jazeera. eleanor joins us here. you have been through hell and back yourself. it began september 11th six years ago when fbi agents came into your office. what was it look on that day? not some were you a victim yourself, you invested with him, and you worked for him, you had to deal with all the victims who started calling you to say "what is going on?" >> it was six years late

. >>> an inside look at the bernie madoff as told by his former secretary. welcome to "consider this." those stories and much more straight ahead. >>> americans upset that a new york city police officer was not garner. >> it deserves to end. >> an american citizen kidnapped a year ago in yemen may have days to live. >> we are aware of the video showing luke somers held hostage. >> police in abu dabi, a suspect plans to plant a bomb in front of an american home. >> not only are they spending a lot of money to inflew ince the political process. much is in correct secret. >> parts of the chechan capitol. >> bernie madoff's company was handling almost 10% of the stock traded every day on the new york stock exchange. >> bernie was stealing every nickel. >> we begin with large growing protests across the country and calls for police reform following the grand jury decision not to charge a new york sister police officer in the death of eric garner. >> i can't with breathe. >> new york city bill diblasio, the entire new york city police force will be retrained to im

>> we did things violeting who we are. >> my name is eleanor, for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> people look crime. >> 20% of people buying ivory elephants. >> we begin with an intelligence . >> the report released examines the c.i.a.'s secret overseas detention of at least 119 individuals. and the use of coercive interrogation techniques. torture. >> the report says the c.i.a. misled the public about the enhanced interrogation techniques, which were more brutal than previously believed. one detainee who was chained in a frigid cell died of hypothermia. some were starved of food. others kept away for seven days at a time. the report argues that the methods did not lead to life-saving intelligence. new information shows the 9/11 mastermind was waterboarded 183 times, and he and top leader nearly drowned to death. zubaydah lost his left eye whilst in custody. the report says the c.i.a. repeatedly provided false information to congress and the president. integrators in the field that tried to stop the brutal investigations were overruled. the c.i.a. issued a statement

madoff is serving 150 year term. the money is nowhere near from being fully recovered, and victims are still suffering. those who knew may dove may continue to search for answers. >> you have a chance to right some of the wrong you've done. i can't help but feel some sense of responsibility. berni, i'm asking you to come forward and cooperate. eleanor. >> in god we trust is airing on al jazeera america. joining us now is a writer, producer and director of the film. victor, you spent a lot of time with eleanor. she was with madoff for 25 yea years. did they find any answers that she has been looking for? >> i think she has found some of the answers she was looking for. she has brought a lot of information forward over the years. >> both of madoff's sonses died. you met with andrew, what did he know about his father's schemes, and what was his mindset? >> he always maintained that he and his brother did not know what his father was up to, and they were just as shocked and surprised as the rest of the world. i did have

for the last 25 years, i was bernie madoff's secretary. i felt there was more to the man and crime than i could ever have imagined. playing out 15 feet from my desk. >> the morning after the arrest i had come into work. the phones were going crazy, and the fax machines, a woman called in. she was sobbing. she didn't know how she was going to pay the bills or what she was going to do. there are so many people, leaving feeling vic simized and -- victimized and ashamed. all they wanted to know was what do they do. you tried to do what you could. pretty much it was not much. >> why did you do it? anything to say to your victims? >> i was going to do something about it. i didn't know what. i was going to do everything i could to help the authorities. i knew i was the person that worked for him. i knew in my file there had to be stuff that would be helpful. >> eleanor is the ultimate pot of gold. she's honest. she knows all the players. she can basically teach you as an investigator the landscape of this business. they would create a phoney spre

the madoff ponzi scheme. madoff himself serving 150-year prison sentence in a north carolina prison for bilking investors of nearly $20 billion. he won't ever participant in the last hour -- participate in the last hour of trade, but you will. let's start the "countdown." ♪ ♪ liz: okay. i am watching oil at this very second. it is now in the after market down a full four percentage points. it is our top story. just a few months ago the thought of this price of oil, around $60 a barrel, seemed absolutely nuts. but today we see oil sliding to a five-year low of $62.78 a barrel. it's come up off that low at the moment. it's at $63.16, but let's get our experts in on this today. are investors foolish to try to pick a bottom here when oil plummets and affects stocks? is there still room to drop? let's get right to the floor show. traders at the new york stock exchange, cme group and the nymex. scott, i want to begin with you. earlier you tweeted this out: oil still trending lower in the down trend of 2014. it's go

we now have a personal assistant of bernie madoff who's taken six years in the slammer. the computer specialist who worked with bernie made off is going to get two and a half years. this all the relates to how much they did or didn't know about the ponzi scheme. so this story continues to run and we are still seeing people very much affected by what bernie madoff did. >> thank you >>> yesterday we told you about the eight finalists for times person of the people. the ferguson protesters, ebola care gives, vladimir putin, taylor swift, tim koocook. roger goodell. who do you think should be their person of the year and why. tweets us your answers at way too early. we're going to read some of your best reasons why later in the show. still ahead here on way too early one of the nfl's top quarterbacks suffered a broken back in a north carolina car crash. we're going to bring you an update on the status of cam newton. s the something that millions of us do every day, but who among us are the most annoying at it. we're talking about fliers and bad airplane etiquette. >>> i woul

bernie had of's secretary of 25 years -- madoff's secretary of 25 years joins us >>> and elephants threatened with extinction. how terrorist groups may be benefitting. i'm antonio mora welcome to "consider this", those stories and more straight ahead. . >> this particular relief serve no purpose. >> i think it's a terrible piece of work. seems it's deeply flawed. >> we did things violeting who we are. >> my name is eleanor, for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> people look at white collar crime. >> 20% of people buying ivory don't realise it's come from elephants. >> we begin with an intelligence committee report on the c.i.a. . >> the report released examines the c.i.a.'s secret overseas detention of at least 119 individuals. and the use of coercive interrogation techniques. in some cases amounting to torture. >> the report says the c.i.a. misled the public about the enhanced interrogation techniques, which were more brutal than previously believed. one detainee who was chained in a frigid cell died of hypothermia. some were starved of food. others kept away for seven day

no one was fired as a result of the madoff ponzi scheme. sure everyone is doing their job and that you don't have the week. on a case. you have a situation like made madoff, where the investigators were not experienced and did not really understand his ponzi scheme or trading, and it caused a huge scandal at the sec. you can have a lot of good people, but if you also have weak people, he may run into trouble. >> there is no shortage of criticism for the sec for some it's the nature of the job. it is what mary jo white has to deal with. criticismsard some in particular that i want to share with you. i know you've heard them as well . i want to see what you think. the first criticism is that mary jo white is overly focused on itemizing, or at least quantifying the number of enforcement cases it brings and the amount of money it collects in fines, penalties, and disgorgement. what we heard from the now retired assistant -- excuse me, trial attorney who worked at the sec and on his labrador said the sec is "an agency that polices broken windows

on theng up, the latest bernie madoff fraud case.enate report on the cia use of torture could be made public this week. --e rogers weighs in on what whether the report should be released. ♪ >> welcome back, streaming on your tablet and phone and bloomberg.com, bernie madoff has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. was the first of five colleagues to be sentenced for the ponzi scheme. sheila cole handcart joins me now with more. you have been covering this story from the beginning. talk to me about who these colleagues were. >> these were the people who did all of the bernie madoff dirty business. they sent out account statements to investors that were fraudulent. they sent out findings to regulators filled with misrepresentations. they basically did all the kind of dirty paperwork that you need to do to run a ponzi scheme that ends up defrauding investors of $17.5 billion. it was quite a significant amount of work. >> why are such lengthy sentences being considered? >> there was controversy, they had been asking for 20 years, but th

it's judgment time for five former employees of bernie madoff. they will find out today how long they will spend behind bars for helping steal $17 billion from investors. all five were convicted in march for aiding and hiding the fraud. as many as 50 victims will have a chance to ask the judge for tougher penalties. prison sentences could range from 8 to 20 years. rosemary, back to you. >> all right, landon dowdy with cnbc, thanks for that. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather. >> it's a cold monday morning. the temperatures have dropped into the 20s. it feels like it's in the teens. and they've got snow on the ground in camelback and in blue mountain. live view from blue mountain, where it's nicely groomed. they're waiting for mother nature to bring some snow. we've got a nor'easter on the way, and that's a real possibility for the mountains. 26 degrees here at nbc 10 at 5:25. christine maddela in the traffic center. good morning, christine. >> good morning! taking a live look at the ben franklin bridge right now. this is the view from the ca

the bernie madoff documentary, in god we trust, ask coming up next. we'll see you later tonight.

madoff's secretary received 62 years in prison.udge cited her age and 4'6"-inch height as handing down that sentence. >>> the controversial official of abercrombie has retired. he wanted it to be an exclusive brand for cool and attractive teens but the company was underperforming. news pushed stocks up 8%. >> and the 89th floor penthouse sold for $17 million. the unfurnished apartment is five bedrooms and a 360-degree view of the city. he plans to use it as a second residence and his family. he paid for the penthouse in cash. >> that's his second residence? plan b? i can't imagine what his primary residence looks like. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. thanks a lot. >>> a top executive at korean air has resigned in an incident some would call nut rage. the vice president ordered the plane to return to the gate because she was served a bag of macadamia nuts add opposed to nuts on a plate. she's the daughter of the chairman. the airline has apologized. >>> and a southwest airline jet got a new customer during a flight. the

five of madoff's former employees will be sentenced.secutors are soaking 20 years in prison. 15 people were convicted in the fraud that can costed invest offers $15 billion. >> marcus karmais accused of homicide of the 15 year old exchange student he found in the garage. he said he feared for his life and didn't know whether the intruder was armed. here is your attorneys, ladies, so much more to the story, apparently the homeowner according to the accounts of several people in his life and at work and at home said he was worried because of the rash of burglaries. he had a gun and standing by and setting up motion detectors, heathers what does that suggest about the shooting. >> given the state of the law at the time, the castle doctorin was very strong. if he believed that the man came in to do a forceable felony under the law he has the right to shoot to kill. i think they will come into play and he will probably get off. >> there was a suggestion he left a garage door open and a purse sat there deliberately. people would argue he was

that brings the total return so far to more than $7 billion out of the $20 billion madoff stole. >>> in the u.s. are still falling. continuing a trend, shipments of beer were down to 211 million bottles last year. according to beer makers sales of seven major brands including budweiser declined more than 20% between 2008 and 2013. anne-marie. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thank you, jill. >>> straight ahead your weather. and in sports the "monday night football" game of season was not a good one for peyton manning. with aches, fever and chills- there's no such thing as a little flu. so why treat it like it's a little cold? there's something that works differently than over-the-counter remedies. attack the flu virus at its source with prescription tamiflu. and call your doctor right away. tamiflu is fda approved to treat the flu in people 2 weeks and older whose flu symptoms started within the last two days. before taking tamiflu tell your doctor if you're pregnant, nursing, have serious health conditions, or take other medicines. if you develop an allergic reaction,

this is to journalism whatf sa bernie madoff was to investment. told his customers what they wanted to hear, by the time they learned truth their money was gone. bill o'reilly interviewed koppel about his complaints. >> you think that we've corrupted the sanctity of fair news coverage? >> i think it has made it difficult, if not impossible for decente men and women in congress, on capitol hill, to reach across the aisle and find compromise. >> somein people may not think e stalemate is bad thing. john: i don't think we libertarians want them to stalemate. we have difference. >> the problem is, people think this creates an echo chamber where you have lots of people only reading the news they want to read. and that is a problem but -- john: that is his bernie madoff point, telling people what they want to hear. >> even in that come parti mentallization, even in that you get good reporting. you can trust somebody like glen greenwald, an out and out civil libertarian. makes his opinions very known but his reporting won him a pulitzer. john: coming up,

bernie madoff pleaded guilty to fraud in 2009. is serving a 150 year sentence. >> we have just learned that six people have died whether an executive jet crashed into a home in maryland. the crash set the home and two other houses on fire. witnesses say the plane had been circulating overhead for some time before it went down. in florida three people are dead and eight injured after a driver struck and killed a black bear. several people pulled over to help on the remote road in the everglades area and minutes later another car crashed into the crowd of good samaritans. los angeles fire officials said it looked like a bomb had exploded after a fire schooled two-thirds of an apartment building. it started about 1:00 a.m. and damaged an area the size of a city block. parts of two major highways had to be shut down. fire department put out most of the flames within 90 minutes. >> these wood flame fires are extremely hot. and talking to the firefighters from fire station 3, when they opened the doors they immediately saw the glow of t

. >> this week, several former employees of bernie madoff were sentenced to jail. daniel bonventure received the longest sentence, ten years. personal assistant tells her story in the al jazeera documentary, in god we trust. >> you know we're not one of the big guise that lost all that money. we lost our life savings so. >> we have lost everything. i have lost everything. and you have lost everything. >> people have killed themselves. people have lost their health. >> $50 billion. >> $50 billion gone, vanished and there are allegations that this long running business was in fact a giant ponzi scheme. >> thanks to all over the world they all put money with ber berd madoff they thought he was a good man but he wasn't. >> elie weisel, the nobel laureate, he had stolen all his mondays. >> they are juice they're christians, they're muslims, they are hindus. >> my name is eleanor and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. i discovered there was more to the man and the crime than i could have ever imagined. playing out just 15 feet from my desk. the mornin

o four other madoff employees are expected to be sentenced later this week. >>> it's december. that means it's flu soeb and the centers for disease control warns that it could be a bad one. more people taking sick days and while increased worker absences and decreased productivity hurt some businesses others benefit. bett bertha coombs has more. >> r early but the cdc is worried this flu season could be a bad one. >> from what we know about the viruses we're seeing, we're concerned it could be a severe year this year particularly for people in the older age groups as well as for young children. >> reporter: the most prevalent influenza train this year is the h3n2 the same one that made for a severe season two years ago. problem is vaccines are developed well in advance and this year's formula is not well matched to that strain. >> that may mean the vaccine won't protect as well against severe outcomes such as hospitalizations or deaths. we don't know that. and so we still think that vaccination is the best first line of defense for people. >> reporter: two years ago the severe

thank you >>> when bernie madoff's ponzi scheme was exposed, it was apparent he was not acting alone. the woman who was his secretary says she was in the dark. in the documentary "in god we trust", airing this weekend on al jazeera america, she details how little she knew about the scam. >> we are not one of the big guys that lost all the money, we lost our life savings, so. >> we have lost everything. i have lost everything, and you have lost everything. >> people have killed themselves. people have lost their health. >> $50 billion. >> $50 billion gone, vanished. there are allegations that this long-running business was a giant ponzi scheme. >> bangs all over the world -- banks all over the world put money with madoff, and he seemed like a good guy. except he wasn't. >> when it came out he screwed ever ellie wisel, that's the one that got to me, a nobel laureate who survived the hollow caused and this man stole all this man's money. >> this man stole the life of the hard work of so many people. people who were immigrants. they are jews, christians, muslims, hindus. >> my name is ele

two more bernie madoff association have been sentenced to prison for his role in his man's i have ponzi scheme. madoff's secretary of 40 years annette was sentenced to six years in prison even though federal guidelines called for a light sentence. the judge site had her age, and her 4-foot 6-inch height as reasons for handing down the the reduced sentence. programers harris was sentenced to two and a half years behind bars. >>> amazon announced a new make an offer function. the customers can communicate with sellers to negotiate the the price of the item that they with like to buy. right now customers can make an offer on more than 150,000 items that are price add above $100. >>> for all of the holiday shopping procrastinators out there, kohl's has announce that had most of its stores will stay opened for 100 straight hours starting december 19th, through 6:00 p.m. on christmas eve. this is the second year in the row that kohl's is having a prechristmas shopping marathon and ukee and erika, something tells me christmas eve 6:00 p.m. people will still be there. >> without a doubt, withou

. >>> when bernie madoff's 50 million upon si scheme -- ponzi scheme was found out he was not alone. but hits secretary in a report no al jazeera america details how little she now about the scam and how she is trying to make things right. >> we are not one of the big guys that lost all that money, we lost our life savings. >> we have loft everything, i have lost everything, and you have lost everything. >> people have killed themselves, they have lost their health. >> $50 billion. >> $50 billion gone, vanished. there's allegations that this long-running business was a giant ponzi scheme. >> banks all over the world put money with bernard madoff, and he seemed like a good guys, but he wasn't. >> when it came out that he screwed over ellie wizel, a nobel laureate who survived the hollow caused, and this man had stolen all of this man's money. >> this man has stolen the life of the hard work of so many people, people who are immigrants, jews, christians, hind hindus. it's across the board. >> my name is eleanor, for the last 25 years, i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> i discovered th

daniel bonventre was madoff's associate. the fraud cost invest or thes hundreds of millions of dollars. bonventre was ordered to serve ten years in prison. the skies of los angeles lit up overnight, illuminated by two massive fires. this one caused heavy damage to a building underdoing renovation. a few hours earlier fire swept through a block long apartment complex that was under construction. it burned hot enough to crack nearby windows. both fires are being investigated as possible arsons. we saw new evidence today that water once flowed in abundance on mars. another reason to imagine that it could have supported life. nasa's curiosity rover is exploring a 96-mile wide crater and sent images that show ripples in layers of rock, suggesting that the crater was once a lake, a mountain in the center of the crater was likely formed by water-born sediment over millions of years. and we got a rare look inside a mummy's coffin. scientists at chicago's field museum popped the lid, exposing the remains of a 14-year-old egyptian boy

. >>> investors burned by bernie madoff could be getting back more of their money. more than $300 million. that would bring the total returned to more than $7 billion, or half of what madoff lost. some investors will be getting back everything they invested with madoff. >>> no one could interpret a song like the british rocker joe cocker. he's remembered for his raspy voice, body contortions and making any song his own. cocker was 70 when he died of lung cancer in colorado yesterday. abc's john donvan has our tribute. >> reporter: a voice that could do this with words -- ♪ what would you do >> reporter: joe cocker lasted through transformation. he was woodstock, a little help from my friends. ♪ lend me your ear and i'll sing you a song ♪ ♪ i will try not to sing out of key ♪ >> reporter: a generation later, listen. "the wonder years." same voice. ♪ a little help from my friends ♪ >> reporter: in between the rocker in joe cocker receded a little bit. somewhat of a balladeer emerged. ♪ you are so beautiful >> reporter: one thing stayed there always. the grind around t

. >> my name is elenor and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> an unimaginable story of betrayal. >> they lived this incredible life. it just never occurred to me that they were living on the dime of the clients. >> greed... >> bernie was stealing every nickel but he wasn't trading anything. >> ... and entitlement. >> you took my grandchildren's future away from them. since ferguson, and the fury ignited by the police shooting we have marry in cities both large and small. right now, of course, the anger is centered in new york after eric garner's death and the decision not to indict the officer. and it may ignite in cleveland, where 12-year-old was gunned down by an officer too, in a community not far from new orleans, the death of a teenager who answered a door and faced officers drawn and firing america tonight found a different outcome. >> we have braking news where a teenager was shot and killed by a sheriffs deputy tonight. >> september 23rd, 2014. >> the encounter leading up to this shooting are -- that's still under investigation at this hour. >> six week

he is the first of five former madoff aides to be sentenced in the coming days. to our lead, new details surrounding sony pictures massive cyber attack, hackers claiming to be behind the attack are releasing new data and demanding that sony not air the seth rogen comedy attempting to assassinate kim jong-un. they named sony pictures film head and the studio's tv director as the next possible targets. it's the first time hackers have demanded that the studio halt the release of the sbuff which has drawn scorn from the north korean officials. they deny involvement but call it a righteous deed. it is slated for release on december 25, so what do we know about who may have launched this attack. i sat down with jordan roberts and jason glassburg as well as our editor at large cory johnson, take a listen. shows i think that it the global nation of this attack and whoever did it was clearly sophisticated to target sony and embarrass them. i don't think we have ever seen this before. this is new unchartered ground. >> what do you make of the fact that the north crean gov

. >> my name is elenor and for the last 25 years i was bernie madoff's secretary. >> an unimaginabletory of betrayal. >> they lived this incredible life. it just never occurred to me that they were living on the dime of the clients. >> greed... >> bernie was stealing every nickel but he wasn't trading anything. >> ... and entitlement. >> you took my grandchildren's future away from them. >> tuesday, the landmark series concludes. >> i'm on a mission that i have to keep this business going. >> an intimate look at middle class families. >> i panicked because, how we gonna pay that? >> the issues we face. >> there's no way to pay for it. >> fighting to survive. >> she's like my role model... as in perseverance. >> building a better future. >> it's coming together little by little. >> real life solutions you can't afford to miss. >> we're making it the best that we can. >> "america's middle class - rebuilding the dream". >> tuesday. >> 7:00 eastern. >> only on al jazeera america. >>> this c.i.a. director's extraordinary mood to dispute the senate report on the c.i.a. and torture. bernie

. >>> this is a big week for those who worked with bernie madoff. today former director of operations got ten years in prison. and daniel bon venture is just the first to go beyond the judge. four others will learn their fate. they were convicted of help to go steal $17 billion from investors and hiding the fraud sentences could range from 8 to 20 years. madoff is searching 150 years in prison for his part in what is the biggest fraud scheme in u.s. history. >>> 38 people have died and 51 others have been hurt in crashes involving faulty ignition switches in cars in general motors. that's according to a lawyer hired by gm to compensate vehicvicti victi victims. so far only 89d clai claims hav eligible for compensation. the company knew about the problem for more than a decade. >>> a chain reaction crash caused by a bear leaves three people dead and several more hurt. police say it started when a driver hit a bear on a road in florida's broward county. a second driver stopped to help people in the first car and then a third hit the crowd in the road.

history, in time bernie madoff pled guilty and was sentenced to 150 years in prison, but the details behind the con of the century, were never fully revealed until she unearthed the truth. for more than three years film makers chronicled what she learned. nobody seems to know how much money was involved or where it might be, maybe if i go back to the beginning it will help me figure this out. and so i went to speak with aaron, she wrote the first story about bernie in 2001. aaron, i just want to thank you for coming in and taking the time to answer my questions. because this' a lot of stuff that i still don't understand. >> my pleasure. >> i had written a story about bernie may doff back in 2001. the article raised questions about his return, how he was able to do it, achieve 10% every year, even when the market went down. the story came out in may of 2001, and there was total silence. i didn't hear from anyone, really. so i thought i was either wrong, or crazy, or both he ran his scam from what is known in new york as the lipstick building on the 17th floor this is where he took in

. >>> when bernie madoff's $50 million ponzi scheme was exposed it was apparent he was not acting alone. the woman that was his secretary for 40 years said she was in the dark. she details how little she knew about the scam and how she's trying to make it right. >> we are not one of the big guys that lost all the money. we lost our life savings, so. >> we have lost everything. i have lost everything, and you have lost everything. people have killed themselves, lost their health. >> 50 billion gone and challenge there's allegations that this was a scint upon city scheme. >> they put money with bernie madoff. when it aim out that he screwed over ellie wisel. that was the one that god to me. this nobel laureate who had zoiffed the holocaust. and this man had stolen all this man's money. this man has stone the life and the hard work of so many people, people who were immigrants, jews, cyst jans, muslim, across the board, it's a make cos. of america. my name is elan or, for the last 35 years i was the secretary. >> there was more to the man and the crime. playing out 15 feet from my desk. >>