>> tonight on c-span, q&a with sheila bair, followed by british prime minister david cameron. later, officials swearing in ceremonies around washington. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> this week on "q&a," sheila bair discusses her book, titled, "bull by the horns: fighting to save main street from wall street and wall street from itself." >> sheila bair, former federal deposit insurance corporation chairman, why did you write a book? >> it is an important time in history. there had been others who had not been completely accurate, especially in terms of what we and i did. i thought i would give them our perspective. currently, for people to understand there were different policies, a different policy options, disagreements. if we want to prevent this crisis from happening again, i felt the public itself needed to engage more on financial reform to take an interest in it, educate themselves better for it i try hard to make the book the festival. i have policy recommendations. >> where did it all

sheila bair will grab the subject of the new treasury secretary by the horns.isse analyst downgrading bank of america. that, and more, in the next hour. >> in the meantime, jim's here with "six in sixty." >> bank of america, bill mcdermott, i believe in this company. >> lululemon? >> people feel it's lost its momentum. a call says, listen, numbers much better than expected. >> citi price target. >> number one housing play. i think the stock could go to 34, no problem. >> raymond james on mcdonald's. >> they're saying the innovation wings, maybe not hot enough. the numbers under pressure. wells fargo says expansion. >> apollo group. >> oh, my. profit for profit education, schools starting to look like nonprofits. you want to invest, invest in yale. i like cornell here. >> goldman says nice things about both mastercard and visa. >> paper versus plastic. we're sticking with these biotechs. this is a company that helps people with ms walk. jim foster, he has brought down the cost of bringing new drugs to the market. i think this conference is about why you need to

this time, with former fdic share sheila bair.ussions are beginning to realize this may -- america may be the most optimistic launching geography anywhere in the world. one of the reasons for that is because there's a lack of supply. if you're in the game you don't need to worry about the cycle because the financing was so crushed in 2008 and 2009. that's why when sheila pare, former head of the fdic, gives her lecture or keynote speech later on, she will be talking about lessons that need to be learned from where we have gone. good morning. >> exactly. >> what would you say to them? >> well, i think hopefully i won't bore them to tears but i want to talk about bank and capital requirements. one of the reasons there was such a credit contraction during the crisis, too many banks had too much leverage. they weren't sure they had enough capital from all the bad mortgage loans they made. we were trying to get the capital levels raised and include something called the capital conservation buffer. when we get into a down turn, they can

chance to vote on the bill and sheila bair, former chair of the fdic. >> i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. >> and i'm ali velshi. the fiscal cliff edition of "starting point" begins right now. >> our "starting point" this morning is breaking news. the senate strikes a deal on the fiscal cliff, but not before we've officially fallen off the cliff. we are off it right now. here is where things stand right now. a bill crafted by vice president joe biden and minority leader mitch mcconnell passed in the senate by a margin of 89-8. happened just after 2:00 in the morning. the republican controlled house has agreed to consider this later this morning. but anyone's guess how this will turn out. if the house votes yes, the measure would generate 600 billion in revenues over the next ten years. how things are sized up overnight. >> i've said all along, our most important priority is protecting middle class families. this legislation does this. >> this shouldn't be the model of how we do things around here. but i think we can sigh we've done some good for the country. >> if it passes the hou

. >> the former head of the federal deposit insurance corp., sheila bair. her book is "bull by the horns." sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's q&a. >> in 2009, president obama attended a service at st. john's applicable church from across the white house. and they went to the capital for the health and inaugural address. here is a look from the activities of 2009 carried . [applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] [cheers and applause] >> ladies and gentlemen. the chief justice of the united states and the associate justices of the supreme court of the united states. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. william m daley, mr. john w rogers junior, mr. patrick g ryan -- cochairs of the 56th presidential inaugural committee. and the executive director of the 56 presidential inaugural committee. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, the president elect cabinet. >> you are my hero. >> thank you. >> inks for taking care of those people from indiana. -- thanks for taking care of .hose people from indiana >> ladies and gentlemen, please ♪ >> ladies an

. >> sheila bair on the government's role in that worst financial crisis. sunday night at 8 p.m. on c- span's "q&a." >> kent conrad and judd gregg talked about ways to balance the federal budget. they spoke for just under an hour at this event hosted by the u.s. chamber of commerce. [applause] >> first senator gregg. >> thank you, marc. i appreciate that. that was quite an introduction. it is free to be here -- great to be here. they have been a wonderful firm to have represent me. it's also a wonderful to be here with kent conrad, who was a close friend, and i am glad his dog made it through so he could be here. he is a deficit hawk. more important than that he is a thoughtful and conscious -- voice of a conscious for the senate throughout his term on fiscal responsibility. we worked together in a very effective way to try to bring some sort of bipartisan effort into the requirement that we do something about the debt. it was really, as was mentioned, an idea that we came up with on a long plane ride i think to central america to put together a commission that then threw into th

. >> sheila bair on the government's role turn the country's worst financial crisis since the recession, send tonight at 8:00 p.m. -- sunday night at 8:00 p.m. >> the greatest honor history can bestow is the title of peacemaker. this honor now beckons america the chance to help lead the world at last out of the valley of turmoil and onto that high ground of peace that man has dreamed of since the dawn of civilization. >> we must embark on a bold, new program, while making the benefits of our scientific advances and industrial progress available for the improvement and growth of underdeveloped areas. >> this weekend on american history tv, public radio's back story with the american history guide. peter onuf, ed ayers, and brian balogh explore the history and traditions of presidential inaugurations, live saturday morning at 11:00 eastern, part of three days of american history tv, right through inauguration day, on c- span3. >> "washington journal" continues. host: joining us now is jon lowy from the brady center legal action. this morning we have been talking with gun owners. what do y

. >> sheila bair on the government's role during the country's worst financial crisis since the depression. her book is "bull by the horns." sunday night at 8 on c-span's "q&a." >> next, a discussion on the debt ceiling and deficit reduction debate. this was part of a brookings institution forum on jobs and the economy. this panel is an hour or and 20 minutes -- an hour and 20 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> all right. should we get started again? um, i'm either using that vision, or that clock is way off. but i'll use my watch. okay. so if everybody could come in from coffee and sit down, we'll get started on our second panel. and we're delighted to welcome a really terrific set of panelists, lew kaden, vice chair of citi, maya macguineas who is now involved in or leading the fix the debt campaign. bob mcdonald who is the ceo and president of procter & gamble, and ralph schlosstein who's the ceo of ever corp.. so really a terrific group. let me just give a little bit of context, at least while everyone's filing into the room. i'm martin baily with the economic studies program at bro

. >> far ahead of the federal insurance corp., sheila bair on the role during the worst financial crisis since the depression. her book is "bull by the horns." sunday night at 8:00 on c-span's "q&a." >> the greatest honor history can bestow the title of peacemaker. based on our now beckons americana. the chance to help lead the world that last half of the turmoil and onto the high ground of peace that man has streamed out of since the dawn of civilization. >> we must embark on a new program with the benefits of art assigned specific advances in industrial projects available for the improvement of underdeveloped areas. >> now, knocking on preparations for president about his inauguration on monday. representatives of the inaugural committee, u.s. capitol police and military spoke with reporters for a little less than an hour. we'll watch this until our live coverage of nevada governor, brian sandoval. >> okay, thank you very much. thank you to the press club for hosting us today. to warn you, this'll be a bit of a dance as they try to read through this chronologically. as you can imagine,

sheila bair, who leads the fdic and others, they warned the bankers and wall streeters that they were taking too much risk. naturally, they were not listened to. a bunch of white males. there is a difference between house, between men and women. you are much more risk averse. you look at the picture, women do. you compromise. and in the business world, there are very few women who sit on the board of directors of these corporations. that is a glass ceiling that has not been broken yet. i would like your comments. guest: i'm glad you mentioned the corporate boardrooms. there is much research done about corporations. when they get three or more women on their boards, they actually see their profits increase. there is a liberal research that shows you do better when you have a closer to equal number of men and women at the table, not just in government but in corporations. that makes sense to me. it seems logical to me. people think differently. not all women are the same and not all men are the same. but we all know that women and men are different. i think we need both views to move th

. >> sheila bair on the worst financial crisis since the depression. >> the greatest honor history can be stow is the title of peacemaker. this honor now beckons america, the chance to help lead the world at last out of the valley of turmoil and on to the high ground of peace that man has dreamed of since the dawn of civilization. >> we must embark on a bold new program marking -- making industrial progress available for undeveloped areas. >> this weekend, we explore the history and traditions of presidential inaugurations. that is live later today at 11:00 eastern. >> "washington journal" continues. host: our guest is john lott. welcome. what did you think about the call for the reinstatement of the assault weapons ban? guest: a was not surprised. i was were disappointed by the tone of what he said. people disagree on a lot of things. he said it is because they are trying to scare people or because people wanted to leave money off of the death of kids. i thought that was a little strong, over the top with the language. we all care about the same thing, what we can do to save lives. wi

stephanie, sheila bair. head of the fdic, and the head of the commodities future trading, they won -- the bankers and wall streeters and subprime people that they were taking too many chances and too much risk. narl will you they weren't listened to. mostly white males. larry summers had a conversation with -- and insulted her. so there is a difference between men and women. you're much more averse to risk. you look at the bigger picture, women do they're more willing to compromise, and i think, steph niksch in the -- stephanie, in the business world, very few ceos, big corporations, very few women on the boards of directors of these corporations, so that's the grass ceiling that has not been broken yet. >> guest: i'm really glad you mentioned the corporate boardrooms. there's been a number of research done, including at the harvard business review, but many other piece office research, about corporations, and when they get more women on their boards, three or more women on the boards, they actually see if t

. >> the former head of the fdic, sheila bair on the government's role during the country's worst financial crisis since the depression. her book is "bull by the horns." sunday night at eight on c-span's q&a. >> next comic kansas governor sam brownback delivers his third state of the state address. in his remarks before the joint session of the house and senate, he gave his plans for balancing the state budget which faces a projected shortfall of $267 million for the fiscal year beginning july 1. this event in topeka is 25 minutes. >> good evening. mr. speaker, madam president, -- [applause] you jumped my laundry now going to have to repeat. you will have to do that again, i hope. i was just looking at her thinking there's a lot of new faces here. welcome. good to have you in the legislature. it's going to be a great you and they do have before i get started one quick big announcement. next year at this time the capital renovation will be complete. [cheers and applause] finished. that's been about a decade in coming, but it does look beautiful. legislators, justices of the kansas supreme co

. >> the former head of the federal insurance deposit organization sheila bair. her book is "the bull by the horns." sunday night at 8 on c-span sunday nightn's -- at 8:00 p.m. on c-span's "q&a." >> christine the guard held a press conference earlier. i was trying to think of how to encapsulate how to perceive 2013. my sense is that we stop the collapse. we should avoid relaxed. and it is not time to relax. i think it encapsulates what we're trying to say. clearly, the collapse has been avoided in many corners of the world due to policies quite often put through by central bankers and eventually by government authorities, particularly the dance economies. whether you look at the you -- the eurozone or the united states of america -- although often at the last hour -- the right decisions have been made. and as a result, the collapse has been avoided. there's still a lot of work to be done. that is why we should avoid the relapse and make sure that none of the decision makers and none of the authorities actually relax. assuming there is a little bit of recovery in

. >> the former head of the fdic, sheila bair on the worst financial crisis since the great depression. &a."y night on c-span's "q the american bankers association predicts weak growth and the prospect of a prolonged fight over raising the debt ceiling. the economic advisory committee chairman discuss their predictions at this news meeting. >> thank you, jim. good morning and thank you for coming. we had some interesting discussions over the last two days. i think the major take away from those discussions is that it is the view of the committee that the fiscal cliff agreement has created new headwinds for the u.s. economy in 2013. real gdp growth in the nine states in the first half of 2013 will be below 2% before accelerating to 2.6% in the fourth quarter. the committee believes that the combination of tax hikes, a prolonged fight over the debt ceiling, and the possibility of severe spending cuts in 2013 have the potential to really stop this recovery in its tracks. one thing you will notice from our forecast table is that the recession probabilities from the committee are higher tha

sheila bair, who leads the fdic and others, they want the bankers -- they warned the bankers and wall streeters that they were taking too much risk. naturally, they were not listened to. a bunch of white males. there is a difference between house, between men and women. you are much more risk averse. you look at the picture, women do. you compromise. and in the business were world's -- in the business world, there are very few women who sit on the board of directors of these corporations. that is a glass ceiling that has not been broken yet. i would like your comments. guest: i'm glad you mentioned the corporate boardrooms. there are none -- there is much research done about corporations. when they get three or more women on their boards, they actually see their profits increase. there is a liberal research that shows you do better when you have a closer to equal number of men and women at the table, not just in government but in corporations. that makes sense to me. it seems logical to me. people think differently. not all women are the same and not all men are the same. but we all k