. >> on september 1, he turned over the ceo role to his chosen successor, peter hancock.andover was smooth, quiet, hardly noted. a vast difference from the days when he took over. is there some sort of secret you can dispel to somebody who gets a diagnosis like that, but still is able to turn around a multibillion-dollar company? how do you do that when you are faced with a diagnosis like that? >> you have to focus on living. believe me, there are times in my life that, had the diagnosis come and the consequences of death came, it would be devastating. had it happened in the middle of getting aig to the point that we completed the restructuring. completed the 92% ownership of shares to the u.s. government. that would have been devastating. it would have been devastating in 2005, when i was still getting this house finished and ready for my retirement. so, when you think about your death, think about what you have accomplished. if there's things that are worrying you about the legacy you leave behind, my father left behind a wife with four children, no will, $250,000 in de

benmosche,t from bob the last ceo before peter hancock, we talked a lot about the bailout in that moment in time. this is what he says about aig now. i want both of you to listen. >> i don't think another aig will happen. >> we will not see another energy crisis again? >> know, and i think we have been in this position for over two years. i don't think you will see a bank failure. i don't think you will see a securities industry failure like lehman right now. >> so you give a thumbs-up to the regulators? >> for getting the job done, but i give them a thumbs-down for being afraid to tell the public. >> do you think during the trial dowe heard from geithner -- you think during the trial we onl hear more from geithner the bailout? >> i would not expect that. david boies is too focused and too talented, that this is a backward looking event, as bill cohan has talked about. we'll hear about what happened 2008. you will not hear much prospect of a. without giving a whole lot of attention, you had president obama in the white house meeting with top financial regulators, talking about these very