have our home, a jewish home, and our kids educated in chicago without my work in any way challenging that. >> and you had to throw that over. and not only that, you walked into an unholy mess. >> not only did i have to walk away from that, i had to leave my family behind. >> let me take you back to those first months, because what i remember -- >> must we? >> abject fear. you were very much in the hub of the financial discussions. how close were we to the collapse of the financial system and the second great depression? >> we were in a small "d" depression. what we had to do was both, obviously, get resources into the economy and then also restore confidence in both the government and the economy. and what -- and i take everybody back. one, we're -- because you are interviewing me just in the shadows of president bush laying