it started with sidney weinberg and fdr. >> we're going to take a break and come back to this discussion then speak with the vermont congressman peter welch. he wants to expose the budget of the 16 intelligence agencies. when we come back, nomi prins will talk about her favorite story in the book, "all the presidents' bankers: the hidden alliances that drive american power." stay with us. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman with aaron matÉ. in a moment, we will be speaking with vermont congress member peter welch. right now we are continuing with nomi prins, the author of, "all the presidents' bankers: the hidden alliances that drive american power." she's a former managing director at bear stearns and goldman sachs, and previously an analyst at lehman brothers and other places. we want to go to a clip of president obama in 2009 on "60 minutes." >> i did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of fat cat bankers on wall street. the only ones that will be paying out these fat bonuses are the ones that have now paid ba