good evening. the largest bank in the country has lost $2 billion. the money is gone. it's the result of a bad bet, and while it's bank money, there's reason for americans to be concerned nonetheless. coming right off the era of bank failures and bank bailouts using taxpayer money. the bank in question is jpmorgan chase. the feds are taking a close look, as you might imagine. the ceo, jamie dimon, roundly considered the leader in the banking industry these days, has a lot to answer for. and in a moment, we'll have his comments from an exclusive interview conducted for this sunday's "meet the press." we want to begin with andrew ross sorkin. of cnbc and the "new york times." the man who happens to be the author of the best selling book "too big to fail" really about this very topic. andrew, welcome. >> thank you. brian, the revelation that america's largest bank, jpmorgan chase, lost $2 billion through a new risky trade has revived the debate, has anything really changed on wall street? jpmorgan's big trading loss is drawing attention on wall street and in washington because the bank's ceo, jamie dimon has been one of the most vocal critics at new regulations curbing risky trading. the irony is rich. of all of the banking heads, he's long been considered the best at managing risk. the s.e.c. is investigating the trading loss. last night in a conference call with investors and analysts, he apologized, calling the mistakes grievous and self-inflicted. >> it puts egg on our face and we deserve any criticism we get. so feel free to give ittuse, and we'll probably agree with you. >> concerns about jpmorgan's brazen $100 million bet by a trader nicknamed the london whale, were first raised a month ago. diamine then played it down, calling the media reports a tempest in a teapot. he now said, quote, there are many errors, sloppiness, and bad judgment. >> hey, hey, millionaires, pay your fair share. >> occupy wall street protesters have targeted dimon. several marched to his home. now the bank's admission is new ammunition for those in washington calling for stricter regulations on wall street. >> if they get away with this kind of bet, we're going to be right back in the soup again. we're going to end up facing economic disaster, a depression, or having to bail out banks again. we don't want to be put in that position. >> legislators and regulators have been pressing to separate the casino element of big banks gambling with share holder money from the more basic operations. jpmorgan's loss is renewing the calls to be brought up. >> i would like to see not only the organizational structures of the big banks simplified but the strategies and instruments they use simplified. >> the trading loss at jpmorgan won't put a big dent in the firm. analysts say it's still expected to make a profit of $4 billion the next quarter, but it's raising questions and anxiety over whether other banks are making bets that we don't know about and whether they could go wrong. bank stocks down the board were down on this news today. brian. >> andrew, let's put a finer point on this. this was bank money, a bank bet with its money. why should the american people sit up and take notice? >> it was bank money. it was share holder money, so investors need to worry about it, but the larger context is if jpmorgan can make a bad bet of this magnitude, could there be larger bets made on wall street that could take down a firm, and who would be holding the bag? perhaps the taxpayers. that is the underlying nervousness, the anxiety around what this story really means. >> we thought we were done with that era, perhaps. you might have noticed david gregory joins us in new york. the head of jpmorgan jamie dimon, has given exclusive comments on all of this to you for sunday morning's broadcast of "meet the press." >> i want to pick up on the washington element of this. they're investigating jpmorgan. the security and exchange commission is investigating jpmorgan. the question is how did it happen, when did it happen? did they ignore certain warnings? i asked jamie dimon whether any laws had been broken. >> we've had audit, legal, risk compliance, our best people looking over all that. we know we were sloppy. we know we were stupid. we know there was bad judgment. we don't know if any of that is true. regulators should look at this. that's their job. we're totally open to the regulators and they'll come to their own conclusions. we intend to fix it, learn from it, and be a better company when it's done. >> have you given regulators new ammunition? >> absolutely. this is a very unfortunate and inopportune time to have this mistake, yes. >> just to underscore the irony of the last question and his half-chuckle answer. this is a guy who has been fighting new regulation. what happened on his watch at the biggest bank in the country may lead to new regulation. >> he insists he is against certain regulation, not opposed dodd-frank, the big financial reform. is not even opposed to some of the regulations that would govern this kind of hedging, as they call it, but he thinks there's a cumulative effect. and that should be done thoughtfully. he understands there is new ammunition. this question of how banks operate, is it still too risky, is going to be front and center. >> how much more of this. could there be out there. how to know, andrew, you first, where this ends? >> that's the $2 billion question this evening, and it's solely because if it could happen at jpmorgan where jamie dimon is supposed to be the best risk manager in the business, it can happen anywhere. and could happen much worse. >> and the other issue is because they're exposed on this, they have taken some losses, their are still exposed so there will be more volatility ahead. that's something that jamie dimon underlines. >> david gregory, andrew ross sorkin. once again, the full interview with jamie dimon this sunday morning on "meet the press" here on this nbc station. on the presidential campaign trail tonight, president obama is coming off the single largest fund-raiser in presidential history. under a tent last night at george clooney's mansion in los angeles. the take was $15 million. many who couldn't pay the $40,000 price of admission settled for a glimpse of the motorcade as it went by. today, the president visited a middle class neighborhood in economically hard hit nevada, talking about help for homeowners facing foreclosure. >> in north carolina, mitt romney also tried to turn the focus back to the economy. and he appeared to tear up a bit at an event when he told an audience how an entire neighborhood came together to help his niece financially when her husband was called up to duty with the national guard. and one more note here tonight, the family of the alleged victim in the bullying story from romney's high school days in detroit has released a statement saying the way the young man was portrayed is incorrect and they're angry 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from the electorate. president woodrow wilson suffered a stroke. franklin roosevelt was stricken with polio, and john f. kennedy battled agonizing back pain, all kept secret from the public but in today's world of blogs and tweets, much has changed. >> i think public figures recognizing that are more willing to be open and get ahead of the curve by letting everybody know what is going on. >> for his constituents, a window into kirk's rehabilitation and his ultimate goal. >> to climb the 45 steps that my staff counted from the parking lot to the senate front door. >> making his way back to the capitol one difficult step at a time. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. and on capitol hill, there was an extraordinary late night exchange on the floor of the u.s. house of representatives earlier this week between two members of congress, both from the state of georgia. at issue, the voting rights act, a landmark law from 1965, to protect the rights of black voters. many southern states say they 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