mr. greenburg and the shareholders. >> rose: you come back to what mr. denser said who is the government's lawyer. he said it's like they've said thanks for the life boats, but they're just not comfortable enough. in his opening argument. >> in some ways aig's interests are aligned with the government here. because as we have reported in a story at the "the wall street journal," there are some indemnification provisions in the credit facility that is at the heart of this case. so if, if mr. greenburg wins this case, if star wins this case and there is some big award, the government could turn to aig and say well, we like your help paying for this. there are some good reasons why aig could get, you know, arguably could get out of that indim anyification agreement. but it's an interesting twist here. >> rose: aaron, how is aig doing now, some eight, nine years later? >> it's doing okay. that's part of what the government has been saying. is look, to get to the previous point about damages, where are the damages here? the aig shareholders might have obvious

mr. greenburg being the former ceo of aig. mr.s back for his third and what is expected to be his final day of testimony in the aig bailout trial. as he completes his testimony, former federal chairman ben bernanke is expected to take the stand. david boyce pressed geithner about comments he made saying forces or losses were forced on aig shareholders. geithner replying we forced losses on shareholders proportional to the mistakes of the firms. but then it got testy. boyce asking if shareholders of banks who also received government aid suffered losses similar to those of aig. geithner said yes in part because there was dilution to those who had to go out and raise capital. shareholders allege in this lawsuit that's seeking $50 billion worth of damages that they were treated unfairly in the government's $185 billion bailout. one in which the government took a 92% stake in the firm. geithner's testimony basically suggested along with former treasury secretary that aig had no other options at the time save for the government to resc