knowing that people were there and that the companies were there, we didn't have milstein ratings. it was difficult for companies to make decisions as to what they would do and what they could function. >> we had our season ticket holder step up and we were sold out before the start of that next season. that was the one fact we could say 72,000 peoples are planning to be there for 10 home games. x better be ready. >> right. we did everything we could to be ambassadors to our community. we are happy and we are home where we are. the hornets -- we didn't own the team at the time. there are some familiar faces in that room. we all consistently are committed and determined to help support. it is a great cultural city. >> one of the great stories. looking for to see what happens on their. a pleasure to talk to both of you. i hope to see you at a game. >> absolutely. >> thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you so much. >> we have a parting gift really quick. [laughter] [applause] >> that's awesome. wow. >> now you have to visit. >> thank you. >> thank you. [captioning performed by th

i would sit down for breakfast and milstein was, i have -- we have to talk sdi. i would sit down and he was there. when we left, if i could read this, when we left, i was asked by the team to put together the final remarks that we made. i have never shared these with many people but let me see them i can put it together and stumble through it and share it with you. these are the remarks that i made. let me see if i can get through. these are remarks. i would like to respond to general milstein's concern yesterday that i provided little, if any rationale to support my statement that sdi was a stabilizing factor, not a destabilizing factor as suggested by -- as was suggested. general milstein was corrected asking for such rationale and i would be remiss if i did not provide it. it is a well-known misconception that marines are shy and retiring. i hope to correct this misconception today. i said, from inception, our president who is also by our constitution our commander-in-chief, has correctly felt that any sovereign nation has the right and responsibility to prote

because i spend a lot of time with jim milstein.as the restructuring executive who was handling this for the u.s. treasury. and i spend a lot of time with sarah dahlgren, who was also handling it for the new york fed. they told me about the financials. i questioned them about the financials. and my assumption was that they did their due diligence. >> when they briefed you on what was going on at aig and what they knew, were they better or worse than you thought? >> in line. the world thought they were worse than they were. >> you did not? >> i didn't think it was that bad. but it is a question of, if the outside world thinks it is that bad, i have to get you to stop talking about how bad it is. >> and bad it was. aig was expected to be broken up and it's best parts sold off. in 2009, then treasury secretary tim geithner told meet the press that he wanted aig just successful enough so the taxpayer can get out. benmosche had different plans. he was going to revive the company and pay the taxpayer back. did you ever think you might not

for other secular resources this jesuit priest partnered up with a real estate mogul named connie milstein. >> he is the jesuit father and i am the jewish godmother. ( laughter ). >> axelrod: both wanted to help disabled veterans coming home from iraq and afghanistan ease into the next chapter of their lives. >> that's chocolate pistachio biscotti. >> fabulous. >> axelrod: so they opened the dog tag to make sure the vets would have marketable skills. >> i was trained as a baker as a very young jesuit. and thought i'm going to teach them how to bake. >> axelrod: here, fellows, as they're called, like this retired army sergeant, learned not just how to bake but how to run the business of a bakery. >> dog tag was my first major step back into the working mindset. before the program, i didn't have the confidence.ve t i didn't feel like i had the ability. >> axelrod: and now? >> now, i'm confident in myself, you know. >> in world things, the disabled veterans can't be hired. and that's absolutely absurd. we're here to prove them wrong. >> reporter: father rick knows a little something about pro