and then eliot spitzer. >> seth: yeah. >> right, eliot spitzer when he was leaving. everybody goes "hey oh, dude, i remember that." [ laughter ] it was eliot spitzer, and i speech where he was resigning and you standing next to me and you're like, "you get to do your first cold open." >> seth: yeah. >> i was like, "oh, no." >> seth: poor samberg. nobody ever looked like him. >> no one was ever just like a goofy-looking -- yeah. >> seth: yeah, there was never a --. >> there was no shporgiborg didn't -- [ light laughter ] no swedish chef. >> seth: governor glorbididork. [ laughter ] >> oh god, i don't know what's happening. >> seth: hey andy, i think you're going to play that guy. >> "why me? [ laughter ] that's how andy samberg is in real life. >> seth: in real life. >> on camera it's like, "wow, that guy is kind of, like, suave." and then you cut and he's like "heeey! [ laughter ] where are my gumdrops?" [ light laughter ] >> seth: for real though, samberg was -- like late at night at "snl" he would be the guy who would just crack your door open and just like put his

the business equivalent is on, i'm talking spitzer, greenberg, after this. one in the 2014 to years 2017. . neil: all right, ali-frazier, could get ready for spitzer-greenberg, could be heading to trial. charlie gasparino on all of this. >> spitzer brought the case against hank greenberg against alleged sham transactions in 2005. i was a reporter at news week magazine. neil: with the hard copy? >> we barely did anything on web at that point. and the case since then has lingered around, whittled down to a few counts that haven't been dropped or thrown out by the courts but two counts left, and the new attorney general eric schneiderman is going to try the case. we'll see probably hank greenberg on the case. this is when hank greenberg was head of aig. he allegedly did sham transactions which had nothing to do with aig's failure. these are sham transactions that spitzer went after him on when he was the sheriff on wall street before he was the guy caught with his black socks on with a prostitute. you remember that part, right? you make it like you don't know.

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reporter: when you talk about political, it was originally brought by eliot spitzer. long gone. we have had two attorney general's since then. why has the office cap that up? what have they told you? there has been a tendency to go after businesses, the attorney general's office keep describing him as a rich and powerful businessman. i never thought it was illegal to be rich or even to be powerful. invitation to go after people simply because rich , it is very dangerous. businessmen should not be immune from the law. but in a financial crisis, a lot of the people responsible were singled out. aig,eople that took over when he was forced to re they engaged in very risky actions that brought down the aig stocks. they -- there is a lot of anger out there. to distinguish between executives who have knowledge and participate in the wrongdoing and those who are at the scene of the action. can't know what everybody in the company is doing. >> it is very disheartening when your own government destroys the greatest insurance company in history. for what purpose? do we benefit f

it's not about eliot spitzer at all. i think how you come into a show and this pilot was written with paul and he co-created a house about a maverick guy in the community and rodrigo garcia directed the pilot for hbo and -- >> what did you learn about phil trying to do this role? >> what i learned is that there is an -- i have been through therapy myself. i'm on my second marriage. and i've learned that -- >> how is it going? >> phil is a guy who gets human behavior. and while he does distill it and crystallize it and make it simple to understand, human beings, you wouldn't have a new show every morning if we were simple. so trying to crystallize that and make it comfortable to listen to or understand is phil's area of expertise. >> he created a job where there really wasn't a job. >> oh, yeah. as you can imagine, he is a little p.t. barnum and flimflam. >> your character or dr. phil? i'm really good at war. i love war in a certain way. including with nukes, yes including with nukes. i know more about isis than the gener

rick spitzer with this shot from last night. smoke around here spreading from that fire. the beaver creek fire going on. some sections of northern and central colorado with light smoke over us today. we have weeds going crazy th a lot of allergy sufferers are feeling that as well. dense fog advisory continues until 9:00 this morning along and east of the border, with kansas and nebraska. we have had some areas, especially around burlington with less than a quarter mile visibility. sunshine for us early in the day. wind kicks up late this afternoon as temperatures hold in the 70s. it was almost 90 yesterday. >> it was hot. >> yeah, it was a warm one. >>> thanks much. wells fargo apologizing after nobody gave them permission to do that. double check to make sure you are not a victim. if you are, we have to tell you what wells fargo is saying about it, and that is coming up. but first. >>> i was opposed to the war from the beginning. >> unpatriotic, and insulting. >> both candidates taking jabs at each other as their argument at the commander in chief forum, center of conver

that's how they trace on a small scale, trace elliott spitzer's payment to a whore house because he did it through checks and through money orders and through systems that can be traced. whenever you start dealing in cash, i don't tear who you are, it starts raising alarm bells. you have to ask yourself, how did they get caught? that was by happen stance. kind of a witness. >> someone had video of it. >> that's what i mean. that not -- if they didn't have video, we wouldn't know, and you wouldn't know how that money was going to be disbursed. >> thank you very much. appreciate that. charlie gasperino. now to mark warner. good to have you. do you get a sense that's weird? >> let me say one thing. one, it's great to have you back. >> thank you. >> i know you went through enormous surgery and. we through some pain but you actually helped make -- i've had a lot of democrats over the years say, you know, that neil cavuto doesn't even have a heart. after his surgery, i've got proof now you got a heart. >> all right. what's your second point? >> my second point is that it's great to have you b

i just want to add, i did not say that it should be done, but i certainly recognize why governor spitzerying to do it. we have failed. >> no, no, no. you said yes, you thought it made sense to do. >> no, i didn't chris. the point is what are we going to do with all these illegal immigrants. >> is it healthy for a democracy to have a two-family political dynasty. >> i thought bill was a pretty good president. you talked about ronald reagan being a transformative political leader. i did not mention his name. >> your husband it. >> i am here. he is not. >> i can't tell who i am running against. >> well, i think that, if your candidacy is going to be about words, then they should be your own words. that's i think a very simple proposition. and, you know, lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in. it's change you can xerox. i am just reacting to the fact, yes, they did have ideas and they were bad ideas. bad for america, and i was fighting against those ideas when you were practicing law and representing your contributor, resco, in his slum landlord

. >> when you talk about elliott spitzer is long gone is point.s attorney general's consent. what have they told you? then -- a tendency to go at your. attorney general's office, why they have to go after him, they describe him as a rich and business man. i never thought it was illegal to be rich or a businessman or even power. indication to evils play because they are successful at business, that is very dangerous. frompeople are not immune the law. a lot of things people are upset about, a lot of the people , the people who took over it when he was forced 2005, the-- resign in aople he helped put it off, very risky, he brought down aig's stock, terrible [indiscernible] . so i think there is a lot of anger out there. it is important to distinguish between the executives who have knowledge to participate in -- nooing, and those who ceo of a multibillion-dollar operation can ensure he is taken care of when everybody in the company is doing it. >> it is disheartening that your own government, the greatest insurance company in his great off or what p

david: it was originally brought by eliot spitzer.one at we have had a two attorney general's since then. >> there has been a tendency to -- theyusinesses described hank as rich and powerful. i've never thought it was illegal to be rich or powerful. the inclination to go after they aremply because rich or successful in business is a very dangerous approach. -- inssmen should not be the financial crisis, a lot of responsibleere stayed out. they engaged in risky transactions that brought down aig stock. practice, including by hank himself. what's important is to distinguish between executives who have knowledge or participate in wrongdoing and executives who at the scene of because no ceo can ensure that he is taking care of what everyone in the company is doing. it is knowledge and participation. hank: it is very disheartening when your own government destroys the biggest insurance company in history, for what purpose? please to employ 100,000 people. -- we used to employ 100,000 people. now, it's close to 60,000. is that the right rol

remember elliot spitzer when he was attorney general?ng this thing through and will not give anything up. the basic claim is that there were some accounting misdeeds back when hank was running aig, back in 2001 comes in big reinsurance deals. tom: we are finally there or that is all there is to it. him,: i am going to ask where is the line between honest mistakes and stepping over the line? when we hold people accountable. om: on "bloomberg ." we look forward to that. steven wieting from citigroup, usually looking at the u.s. beu.s. reports, there will -- and then there is mexico. -- mexican peso, dollar-peso there it goes. and up toout of 2014 a 20 level. we extrapolate out from a weaker 19. rebecca: that is the dollar -- steven: that is the dollar strengthening. tom: what is your backstory on this important move? seen,: this year we have as commodities have found a ,ottom, particularly petroleum as the federal reserve has backed off a full normal cycle, american commodities have strengthened. they have strengthened the lot. weaken

it was originally brought by eliot spitzer. he is long gone at this point. the attorney general's office kept this up. ? tendency to been a go after business leaders. the attorney general describes him as a rich and powerful as this man. it was illegal to be rich or a businessman or even powerful. i think the invitation to go after people simply because they are rich or in business, it was very dangerous. businessmen should not be immune from the law. a lot of things that people are upset about. a financial crisis. a lot of people responsible for that state it out. d becauses hank ma the people that took over aig and he was forced to resign helped put in office at aig engage in very risky action that brought down aig stock. did terrible damage to shareholders. so i think there's a lot of anger out there. i think what's important is to distinguish between executives who have knowledge or andicipate in wrongdoing executives who are to some extent at the scene of the because no ceo of a multibillion dollar corporation can ensure that he is taking care of what e

. >> i had -- picked up where spitzer left off. >> one scariest words in language i am from governmentre to help. >> a host things politically motivated. >> i am glad you mentioned hank greenberg disgusting fighting same fight decade later 11 years, headed of fbi in hot seat on capitol hill over hillary clinton's e-mail scandal jim comey congress not finished grill director comey over decision not to prosecute former secretary of state. >> how company is turning to technology as it looks to revamp theme parks. back in a minute. ♪ opportunities aren't always obvious. sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. upgrade your phone system and learn how you could save at vonage.com/business maria: good he wednesday morning welcome back i am maria bartiromo. it is wednesday, september 28, your top stories right now 8:30 a.m. on the east coast, battleground donald trump hillary clinton focusing on key swing states this week us

it's hard not to see that as indicative by eliot spitzer when he and warren buffett were accused of thethings. one selectively gets prosecuted and the whole thing was nonsense. it was judicial overreach of this crazy thing in washington and new york. >> we have to run. have you seen the commercial where the couple was actually interviewing mortgage lenders and they got a whole -- that's what we're going to do with my daughter and son. so if you would like to send a yale representative along with all the harvard -- we have 10 or 12 coming. make the case to us, we're willing to consider maybe one of your schools. >> we'll certainly start the bidding war. you know, will rogers complained that a congressman stands up and a congressman says nothing, no one listens and everybody disagrees. our goal is to get people to listen to each other. and your daughter should be coming to these events. >> just think about it. would you be the representative or have someone higher up that we should -- >> i'm not sure i'm high enough up on the food chain to close the deal. >> anyway, thank you. thank you,