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eliot spitzer nemesis. that is a good point in your favor.international right now and also the author of a new book about aig. congratulations. >> thank you. >> long time in coming. it was seven years, if i remember when you started thinking about this. the aig story. it started essentially because you were ousted, forced out of aig, i believe unfairly by eliot spitzer over sort of mundane accounting issues and then, after that the company essentially blew up over very big issues. how much of this do you get into in the book? >> quite a bit. the book has two parts. charlie, the first part is the building of aig. >> right. >> that that's the reason i really wrote the book because there were some thousands of people who helped build aig. their story was important to be told. you know, it was, it was a national asset. aig was a very important company to the country. we were in 137 countries. >> right. >> we operated throughout the world. >> it had nothing to do with the risk-taking that eventually blew it up when you weren't there. >> nothing to

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and eliot spitzer is with us tonight which is historic because you know conan's not going on jay. today is the birthday of carl bernstein, florence henderson is 79. also the birthday of keller and somewhere, somehow jimmy hoffa is celebrating his 100th birthday. we celebrate valentine's day to publicly demonstrate your affection with crap. this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening, i'm john fuglesang. coming up, another state moves a big step closer to approving american equality and another conservative moves a big step closer to having a heart attack over it. bp pays billions in fines for the gulf oil spill then gets billions more in government contracts. lindsey graham announce he will continue to block lady gaga's tour until she provides more answers about benefit -- benghazi. >>> starting with the senate and majority leader harry reid. >> republicans have made an unfortunate choice to ratchet up the level of destruction here in washington. just when you thought things couldn't get worse it gets worse. >> john: because today senate republicans blocked former republican senato

he left, he was forced out by eliot spitzer. there were accounting irregularities. and so knowing that, big-time urban legend for years, he became governor and he resigned involved in a prostitution scandal. everybody thinks hank greenberg basically blew the whistle, hired a private investigator, and serious it is hard to get caught from hiring a hooker from the high up escort service. he got a good chuckle. it is all one the air, all on foxbusiness.com. the story goes on further it was hank and others, all of these people. or they were involved in it. a crazy interview with cnbc that i helped set up suggesting he knew about the hookers before hand. in any event, he says no way, jose. he thinks he was drawing money out of the bank in certain quantities. the cops looked at it and traced the money trail. it was some name like that. it made careers for ashley dupree. ashley: of course, household name. >> what i have read about her, she is happily married now. ashley: good for her. how much detail does hank give away now? charlie: i did not read the whole book. if you a

and eliot spitzer live here with us tonight. please stay with us. >>> last night on this show investigative agent michael isikoff broke a story about obama and its policies. he broke the story ahead of the president's announcement for new choice of cia director, john brennan. john brennan was once the deputy cia director. he is now president obama's counterterrorism director at the white house. but if he is to run the cia for president obama, john brennan is first going to have to face questions on thursday about some of what michael isikoff turned up here on this program last night. a justice department white paper elaborating the administration's reasoning for why it thinks it is legal to kill american citizens on the president's say so. or actually, on the say so of an informed high level official of the u.s. government. so maybe that's the president, but maybe that's somebody else. michael isikoff's scoop ended up at "the new york times" today and "the washington post" and "the hill" and slate and salon and ap to name a few.

not eliot spitzer money, visiting escorts, but a pretty fair amount of money. and the prostitute apparently charges lincoln five bucks. which was an enormous amount of money at the time. so lincoln says to her, ma'am, i have to tell you -- honest abe, right? he says, i can't afford it. i only have three. well, she knows speed, so there's a possibility that he could pay her when he gets the money. he doesn't have the money. what we know is either, a, because lincoln got embarrassed or, b, his honor got the best of him, but when she said to lincoln you can either pay me later, or maybe this one's on the house, lincoln ran out the door. so they say when you visit a prostitute there should be a happy ending -- this is not from perm experience, by the way -- but in this case it was not a happy ending, the it was a good ending. so what i thought i'd do for my main body of my remarks today is tell you just a couple of my favorite stories not just about mistresses in history, but more importantly about presidential character. but don't worry, there's some juicy stories

. >> bill: eliot spitzer joining us this morning.ll be talking to michael tomasky, from the daily beast. and angela kelly from the center for american progress, she is one of the leaders on shaping legislation reform on capitol hill. she'll let us know what we can expect from the senate and the white house. and i think it's what nine days now from sequester time. get ready. but first. ♪ >> the late king of pop, michael jackson's son started a new job last night. prince michael now 16 years old appeared on entertainment tonight where he is a special correspondent. he says he wants to become a well-rounded producer director screen writer and actor. just 16. >> this will end well. >> bill: isn't there some rule about child labor in hollywood? >> 16 you can work. >> it's just -- come on already. >> bill: go to college -- >> exactly. >> bill: i'm sure he got his job on merit as a reporter. and we know how these things work out when you take kids and shove them in front of the camera at young aims. >> another former obama advisor has taken

you have one of the prostitutes coming forward, not exactly reliable witness but ask eliot spitzer howfeels about this. >> unnamed sources as well. >> jon: moving on another new jersey political figure getting big coverage this week. governor chris christie made an appearance on the late show, david letterman and expected putting the focus on christie's weight. he played along with the jokes and the media took the concern. and former white house physician a doctor said i worry he may have a heart attack. he may have a stroke. i worry about this man dying in office. the governor reacted. >> my children saw that last night. she sat there on tv and said, i'm afraid he is going die in office. this is irresponsible stuff. people who have a medical license, the privilege of having a medical license should be more responsible than that. if she wants to get on plane in new jersey and wants me to examine me and review my medical history, i'll have a conversation about that. until that time she should shut up. >> jon: more blunt speak from the governor. >> he added what was essentially a snooze

eliot spitzer, we love talking to you on wednesday mornings? >> this rain is getting to me. >> bill: no jog today for eliot spitzer. ahead. we will be right back to you on the full court press. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] people call me about this every day. my dishwasher must be broken. you know, it's not always the machine. it may be the detergent. add finish power up to boost your detergent and you'll see a huge difference. watch what it can do. look at that sparkle! now that's clean! cloudiness! spots! tough stains! even dishwasher build-up! gone! just like that! so don't give up. add finish power up. wow! see the difference! it's a must have! i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. >> taking your e-mails on any topic at any time, this is "the bill press show," live on your radio and current tv. >> in the next hour, the reverend jim

. >> reporter: the attorney author spitzer is representing pierce in a lawsuit against the district. his treatment ran afoul of the americans with disabilities act which the jail and the privately ranked correctional facilty are bound by law to comply with. >> they provided at this facility but they didn't really provide it for him. >> reporter: according to the lawsuit, what pierce did get is solitary confinement, 23 hours a day in lockdown for two weeks and handcuffed during visits from his family. >> it would be the same as if they put a gag in the mouth of a ordinary hearing and speaking prisoner. >> reporter: the benefits of the ada are all around us every day. >> seventh street. walk sign is on. to cross seventh street. >> it's why we have these automobile crassing signals for folks who are visually impaired. it's why we have the cut aways in sidewalk for people who have mobility issues. according to the aclu, none of the adas provisions helped him while he was incarcerated despite repeated pleas from the attorney, caseworker and family. the lawsuit seeks damages, fees, and cha

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and eliot spitzer, arnold schwarzenegger, out these guys had nothing by alexander hamilton. we find is if you read, for example, letters written by it martha washington she was tough, like a soldier, did not complain about the weather, did not complain about the harsh conditions, but she did complain about one thing. there was a tomcat warm winter that was misbehaving with all the lady cats and it was noisy. she nickname the tomcat alexander hamilton. all the young roes that would come into town. a few years ago, life of the white house. the presidents at ease. hobbies. fears and hopes. fathers and husbands. another rate of assessing presidential character. we are also trying to figure out dick nixon. for example, i looked and said nixon liked to boulogne and some palms were blacks it to do it. here does this? so i guess all books in the being trilogies. here is the end. here is the trilogy. affairs of state to might try to take a different perspective. for example, we all love of george washington, but we started washington in yorktown. brilliance. we steady his courage and

the ceremony will be held at a synagogue that has members of joan rivers and spitzer. >> there will be a vote on the delay of gay marriage in britain, allowing same-sex marriage ceremonies. 70 percent support the bill as does the prime minister. however, cameron's conservative party is divide on it. many party members want to delay the vote until after the next election in 2015. >> president obama continue the tradition of taking part in a presuper bowl sunday interview and that is why he said women should be allowed in military combat role. >> women are in combat. they may not get treated as if they are but when they are in theater in places like iraq and afghanistan, they are vulnerable, they are wounded, and they have been killed. they have carried out their jobs with extraordinary patriotism and distinction. >> president obama's commends come after the pentagon announced last in they are opening up combat jobs to women. in the interview, the president said that gays should be allowed in the boy scouts, with the national executive board holding a meeting in texas to vote on lifting

joan rivers and elliott spitzer are members. they will announce a train station on lexington avenue will be renamed the mayor ed koch subway station. >> this remain on, the postal service will release a stamp offering rosa parks unveiled in detroit. today would be her 100th birthday. she was arrested in 1955 after refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person in alabama which was a symbol of the civil rights movement. >> mcdonald's is introducing the first new happy meal in a decade, and there is something fishy about it. the biggest burger change is rolling out fish mcbites, cod you can order for your kids or yourself in three sizes, like chicken nuggets but with fish, and is available through march but mcdonald's could bring them back if they prove popular. mcdonald's said kids like to dunk in sauces so mcbikes you -- mcbites you can do that. >> do i need to reel you in? >> you do. now a look outside to show you what is going on. 5:15 this morning, we are looking at the beautiful lights on the bay bridge this morning, as

ashley dupre, governor spitzer's call girl.been writing columns for the last three years in "the new york post." now they're putting all of the columns into a book called "tricks of the trade." you can find on your itunes and iphone. so there you go. >> she landed on her feet. >>> this mng o >>> this morning on "world news now," key evidence. what investigators in south africa discovered in oscar pistorius' murder case. >> the bloody bat, where it was found and what relatives are now saying about this very shocking crime. it is monday, february 18th. >> from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning, i'm diana perez. >> and i'm rob nelson. we'll take you to south africa for the latest on the olympic athlete in the middle of this murder investigation. really interesting developing information over the weekend. the family is speaking out. a lot of questions. >>> also shocking news in nashville. country music singer mindy mccready is found dead outside of her home. >>> and the disturbing case of flight rage. a mother acc

>> i felt the same way about eliot spitzer, though. this is not unique to fox. >> i would call it the former politicians full employment act, which is going to work for a cable channel or some place else. but in the case of herman cain and being serious about it it for a minute. what you look for when you bring somebody on board for a cuminitary. someone who has something interesting to say and different perspective on life and can bring something to the conversation. whether that's reality based or information based or real, we'll see. i kind of like herman cain. i kind of like the fact that he brings something unpredictable and real world to the conversation. >> i agree with that. i'm just mentioning the cloudy circumstances. >>> let me get a break. when we come back my fox news showdown with bill o'reilly. with a machine. what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. all right that's a fifth-

we have the cuomo, spitzer, bloomenthal model where you sued private industry.g the federal government's overreaching authority and making people see the incredible overreach the federal government can have into our personal liberties and pocket books. i think you're being humble about the fair tax county situation. what fairfax county was trying to do was to regulate runoff and rain waters from storm and he basically saved people there $300 million. tell bus the new model for attorneys general and why you think can you pull it off. >> in 2009 when i ran for attorney general, we talked about challenging the federal government if they overstepped these lines in the law or constitution. i didn't think i'd have so many opportunities to keep that campaign promise but we did and weep did keep it. and starting in 2010 you saw people all across the country on the republican side running with that as their motto, we're going to be the guardians on the wall against the federal government. because we're protecting liberty now from the federal government. it is a great thr

politico reports that former governor eliot spitzer will hold a fundraiser for ed markey next month,epublicans are using that against him, the republicans are calling for him to withdraw. and the big story continues to be the one that got away. the republican who decided not to run. perhaps the earliest indication that recently ousted senator scott brown was not going to run in that special election to try to return to the senate was a series of tweets he posted after midnight one weekend in january. misspelled and pugnacious little tweets, including this recent classic. which the scholars believe is pronounced? and he decided there after to not run for senate again, the tweets probably would have been just the last thing to have happened in the public eye considering scott brown. the problem is he believes he may run for something else. and in the local interview in which scott brown said he would run for governor of massachusetts, he also had to talk to? >> how about that tweeting thing? >> anybody ever hear of a pocket tweet, a dial, i mean it was pretty simple. i have an iphone 5

nixon, lewinski, blogo and spitzer and i had a minor scandal quote/unquote. >> no. >> that's how jeff smith and i became friends. we both write for a blog and covering a politician and bonded over the fact we endured political scandal in the congressional campaigns. mine ended in embarrassment. his led to a year in federal prison. jeff smith served a year for obstruction of justice after lying to the feds of campaign finance violations dating back to the 2004 congressional campaign. he served his time and now writes a political advice column entitled "do as i say." jeff is also an assistant professor at the new school. thank you so much for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> one of the things that always surprises me, i guess it shouldn't at this point, it seems like they handle it so poorly. why is it just so hard to be forthright, apologize and try to move on? >> i handled things poorly instead of fessing up. >> that's why i asked you. >> yeah. instead of fessing up to a minor violation i signed a false affidavit and of course ended up in prison. i think we all have a kne

first eliot spitzer went up against merrill lynch and then against the other research firms. >> do theyave the same kind of damaging e-mails at moody's that they have at s&p? >> presumably they have at least as many e-mails, whether they are damaging or not will be up to courts to decide. they were able to get into all of these. remember, back in 2008, a big congressional hearing with all three of these firms on the hot seat, and all of them responding to e-mails of the same kind that wound up in this civil complaint against s&p so you can presume, that yes, they have a fair amount of e-mails from moody's, a fair amount from fitch's, and the question is when and how will they use them? >> now, is there a danger of putting these firms out of business, scott? >> that's the issue. >> again, if you keep comparing this to the analyst scandals, south side research is nothing like it was, and can you argue that gave rise to a lot of other unintended consequences like a lot of insider trading, so if we get rid of these ratings firms and all the important functions that they have, what will that

. >> attorney author spitzer is representing him. he says pierce's treatment ran afile with the americans with disabilities act, and the jail is bound by law to comply with. >> they did not provide it for him. >> according to the lawsuit, what he did get was solitary confinement for two weeks and he was handcuffed during visits with his family. >> it would be the same if he put a gag in his mouth of an ordinary speaking and hearing prisoner. >> it's why we have the audible crossing signifies for folks visually impaired, and cutaways for people who have visual issues. but nothing helped pierce while he was in jail despite the please from his caseworker and family, and the lawsuit seeks fees for damages. >> they need to live up to their obligations. >> there was no comment from the agency on the pending lawsuit. >>> and reportedly turning to a political rookie to fill john kerry's vacant seat. an romney is on the list. scott brown who was expected to throw his hat in the rink announces he will not run in the upcoming election. romney h

. >> eliot spitzer came on viewpoint, which was historic, we talked about the fact that this guy's jobry good at it. his job is not to represent the n.r.a. members only the gun owners so more guns get sold. he's very effective. stephanie: more fridays with fugelsang on the "stephanie miller show." going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that viewers like about the young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. ♪ >> announcer: stephanie miller. >> when i laugh i pee a little. [ laughter ] stephanie: 34 minutes. [ laughter ] stephanie: after the hour. >> that's from an actual commercial. [ laughter ] >> great song, chris. >> thank you. stephanie: we have john fugelsang in the washington bureau. they have identified doren's remains. it is him. in t

spitzer and get all of these people together and we should make the calls because i want to see the bankersgetting blue candidates into the house seats and senate seats. especially as we gear up for 2014, start paying attention to these things. if you're in a safe, blue area, then donate to that other candidate. >> yes. i've done that before. i've donated to turner. i think she's a rock star. so i have done that. >> stephanie: not tina. >> caller: no, nina turner. both are great. you guys have a great day. >> only one of them is an american citizen anymore. >> stephanie: that's right. she moved to switzerland because she can't stand the rain here. >> she has to learn to speak the deutsch. >> stephanie: after talk next. 45 minutes after the hour. back with hal next. >> the only place in america where dissent is still allowed. it is "the stephanie miller show." >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the

president clinton, governor cuomo, pataki, spitzer, schumer, gillibrand, city and state, federal and irrational officials and dignitaries, friends, family, and fellow new yorkers, everyone is here today. the thing there is no doubt that it is looking down on all of us assembled here be amended think it is fitting that he picked this place just a few blocks from a certain east river span. before last year's state of the city speech if you remember we ran a video and included a shot of ed standing at the entrance ramp yelling to all the cars approached, look into muybridge, will look into muybridge. needless to say it brought down the house. but most people don't know is after the cameras stopped rolling end stayed out there in the freezing cold for another 20 minutes yelling welcome to muybridge. he loved it, and we loved him. now mayor, i think, as ever embody the spirit of new york city like he did commander don't think anyone ever will. toughens loud, brash and irreverent, full of humor. he was our cities quintessential mayor. more than anyone else, he knew the new york was more th

spitzer says that, you can think about this in two ways. the atf is limited both in terms of its budget and staffing, and in terms of its investigatory authority. so we can go into details, the specifics of each of those, but to address the budgetary implications of this, the atf is currently operating on a budget of about $ 1.15 billion. it has effectively the same number of agents to investigate gun crimes, 2500, as it did 40 years ago. the size of the atf special agent staff, 2500 agents, is about the same size as the harris county, texas, sheriffs department. harris county is one county. the atf has to deal with 50 states. atf is a regulatory agency that operates the licensed gun dealers, deals with manufacturers, and it also has a mandate to do with explosives, deals with terrorism, bombings, that sort of thing. but with gun dealers, effectively you have 300 full- time agents to examine the records of 60,000 licensed firearms dealers. that gives you an idea of the scale of the operation, both in terms of the money and the manpower. it

would have to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt, compare it to the analysts lawsuits that eliot spitzerstreet analysts were misrepresenting the securities in order to gain investment banking business. that's the allegation here. it certainly does not matter if it ever does get to a court and you can expect that s&p is not going to be the last company likely named in this type of action, they need to force some sort of a settlement. clearly s&p is fighting, they're not willing to settle yet. they haven't gotten terms they are willing to swallow. david was talking about a billion dollar pound of flesh that the government wanted to collect. what they're look at is if this whole rating system needs to be reformed and potentially what came out of the analysts crisis which could be a global settlement. >> did it feel to you, david, like it was the billion dollars, the admission of guilt? why so reluctant to reach a deal? >> mcgraw hill -- the admission of guilt could conceivably and scott knows more about this than i do, open them up to other potential lawsuits in a more significant way, they

. >> you talk about eliot spitzer.ernors that had issues, too. >> didn't work out. >> it didn't work out. >> and then you bring up william weld. this is the toughest job in the world. he was gone for a couple weeks and wouldn't even call in. >> if we're talking about senator -- >> senator, i'll see you in five years. >> we're talking, you know, new jersey, which has everything. we're talking about a guy 90 years old running for re-election. you can do it. you know, what does it take to be a senator? you just have to be presideent. >> what do you make of all the discussion all of a sudden about his weight and how he's handling it? >> he sort of did it. you go on letterman and eat a doughnut, that will start it off again. if he's running for governor, it is so totally not an issue. really, the governor's job is a job that, except for emergencies, obviously, like storms, you can pretty much put into it whatever you choose to put into it. it's not something that's going to kill you. >> but if you're running for president,