the consumer protection agency officially opens for business on thursday. republicans have long said now they'd oppose not only elizabeth warren running that agency, but they would oppose anybody running that agency because they don't want that agency to exist, because they think consumer financial protection is some sort of anti-banking scheme and they are with the bankers. so this is going to be a fight. this is always going to be a fight, but now we know thanks to how far the republicans are pushing things in washington right now, now we know this is going to be a fight on a high wire over an abyss. elizabeth warren writing today on the white house blog, quote, "we got this agency by fighting, we stood it up by fighting, and if it takes more fighting to keep it strong and independent, then we can do it." joining us tonight for the interview is elizabeth warren, recognized at the architect of the consumer protection bureau. she's been serving as an assistant to the president and special advisory to the