the pbgc is there. the same congress that keeps our premiums to lowe says you can not pay more than a certain amount. your fellow pilots from delta are getting benefits from pbgc but they are not getting the benefits that they counted on. the tools that we have are limited. think of us as an insurance company. when a company gets in trouble, we take over their plan and we pay the benefits. we take -- we get a piece of the company. we get shares of stock in delta air lines or a note from delta airlines but it is never 100 cents on the dollar. our tools in the situation are limited. once the company gets out of bankruptcy, we're just like anybody else. if a company like delta acquires another company, what they do is not something that the federal government will be able to handle -- at least the pbgc. you have pointed out the reason why i think it is important that we push companies as hard as possible. northwest went into bankruptcy, too. we pushed north west not to terminate their pension plans, and th

forced to take over the american airlines pension, it would represent the largest ever single claim on pbgc fund. largest previous claim came when the agency -- the pension plans for american airlines, in 2005. from the chicago tribune this morning, house ethics committee announced that it would extend it's investigation of representative jesse jackson, jr., his part in the rod blagojevich scandal -- jackson, 46, denies the wrongdoing, being examined for two alleged violations. one on whether a-- at least $1.5 million in campaign cash reportedly offered. reported use of two most senior staffers and office resources paid with tax dollars, one staffer termed a very aggressive -- >> caribou, maine, hello, jim. >> good morning, how are you? >> well, thank you. between romney and gingrich, neither would be my answer. >> because? >> with mitt romney, in 2007, last election cycle, i was watching a debate in michigan, cnbc today about the economy, and mitt romney -- all stood up there and told the american public that the economy was robust. to me he did not have the foresight to see this coming do