jon: she was andrea schneiderman's boss.tly they established some kind of a romantic liaison. he gets convicted of shooting her husband to death outside of a day-care center. >> right. jon: he was found guilty but mentally ill. >> right. jon: yet sentenced to prison for life. let's talk about that. >> under georgia law is a little bit different than most other states on this if you're found guilty but insane then usually you go to a mental hospital or something like that you don't serve prison time. in georgia if you're found guilty but insane, you just, you get the same sentence. you get the sentence. you don't go to a mental hospital. >> by the way very interesting point. as trial lawyers we often debate what jurors should or should not be told. in georgia jurors are not told if they find somebody guilty but mentally ill they're going to pet the same sentence. if they were told that you would see more verdicts like that. i looked a the statute. very confusing to be found guilty but insane and get the same exact sentence, t

it's illegal to raise -- just now new york attorney general arab schneiderman fired this warning shotanyone trying to swrak up prices during the storm. "new york state law prohibits excessive increases in essentials like food water, gas, generators batteries, flashlights, hotels, and transportation." sue. >> that pretty much covers the whole gambit. let's get you up-to-date on the markets before we hand it over to street signs. the dow jones industrial average is fractionally higher on a percentage basis. the s&p is up about a quarter of a percent, and the nasdaq composite is up better than a quarter of a percent. we'll see whether or not they hold that all going into the afternoon session. kind of thin trading, we expect as the storm progresses. >> be interesting to see whether the new york stock exchange has a delayed opening like a lot of schools. we should see. >> we will. we'll be following all of that for you. >> all right. thanks for watching. stay with us all afternoon. that's it for power lunch. >> street signs starts now. >>> welcome to "street signs." today not one, but thr

eric schneiderman unveiled the settlement last november. >> not only will chase have to pay the largestettlement ever levied against the financial institution, but they have admitted in our statement of facts that their own employees employees of bear stearns and washington mutual made material misrepresentations to the investing public about oh large number of organs backed securities that they issued prior to the crash in 2008. this settlement is a major victory in the fight to hold accountable those who were responsible for the crash. >> soon after the deal was reached, u.s. attorney general eric holder discussed the banks misdeeds during an interview with pete williams. >> they package loans that they knew did not pass their own stated due diligence tests. we had a whistleblower who indicated that she expressed concerns about what the strength of these mortgage backed securities were and they put the elements out to the market and said that they were perfectly fine when they were, in fact not. >> to be clear, you are saying that the conduct contributed to the housing collapse? is no

we have tom sullivan and shane schneiderman from bay ridge financial. thanks for joining us. what do you think about this, the president coming out of the gate spending? i love it. >> only 74 billion right? melissa: almost nothing. >> in context of the trillions. listen i think what it shows you have have a president, once again, kind of same narrative. he is recalcitrant, will not deal with the country moving to the right while he is still firmly on the left. there will not be in i compromise on your show while i was in davos told you met with eric cantor, former majority leader of the house. he said point-blank to me. i met him in davos. listen, if you state of the union address there was no room for compromise. nothing is going to happen. back and forth. melissa: working through sequestration. i feel like roadrunner and wiley coyote and setting a trap for republicans to run into. won't raise taxes on the wealthy. want to spend and help economy. >> played that card in the november elections saying these are my policies. it did not work. it really comes down, he will play th

. >> attorney general eric schneiderman. [applause] >> it's a pleasure to be with you.rence leader dean skelos, to a good year dean. [applause] >> assembly speaker sheldon silver, it's a pleasure to be with you mr. speaker. to the independent democratic conference leader jeff klein. it's a pleasure jeff, thanks for being here. to senate minority leader andrea stewart-cousins, it is a pleasure to be with you andrea. to assembly minority leader brian kolb. thank you brian. [applause] >> we have the members of our fine court of appeals. it's an honor to be with you. thank you judge. [applause] >> to our host mayor kathy sheehan, thank you very much. to the very tired mayor of the [applause] city of new york who went to paris and back in one day, a pleasure to be with you mayor. [applause] >> to all the elected officials who are here today, my colleagues, to our friends thank you all very much for being here today. [applause] >> let me begin by thanking the senate and assembly leaders for their accommodation for my father's passing. the state of the state address was moved

[applause] attorney general eric shied nearerman -- schneiderman pleasure to be with you general. dean skellos. to a good year dean. [applause] assembly speaker sheldon silver, pleasure to be with you, mr. speaker. [applause] independent conference leader jeff klein, pleasure jeff. thank you for being here. [applause] to senate minority leader andrea stewart cousins pleasure to be with you andrea are. [applause] assembly minority leader brian cole. thank you, brian. [applause] we have the members of our fine court of appeals. it's an honor to be with you. thank you, judge. [applause] to our host mayor kathy sheehan, thank you very much. [applause] to the very tired mayor of the the i of new york -- may year of new york who went to paris and back in one day, pleasure to be with you, mayor. [applause] to all the elected officials who are here today, to my colleagues to our friends thank you all very much for being here today. let me begin by thanking the senate leader and the assembly leader for their aecom caution for my -- accommodation for my father's passing. the state of the st

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