the treasury department has a huge chunk of citigroup but we re not making legal findings. feinberg stopped short of that. given there s nothing legally action able, nothing will come of it. pandit was at the signing of the financial regular bill. if i m obama, i would pick up the phone and say give the money back. i think what washington s going to focus on is trying to say what can we do to protect ourselves in the event that we get another kind of financial collapse. and it s a legit risk. look at the way the guys of compensated today, the pay packages, incent short term, risky bets. gregg: the banks say they were signed compensation
accident had happened, as if this accident happened on land. we could see a vote in the house possibly tonight, maybe tomorrow. we did also speak with transocean today, a representative there, telling us, suzanne, that they are trying to work out compensation packages with these families. that s good to hear. it was heart breaking and emotional and beautiful, her testimony. thank you, for bringing that to us. now to the unfolding story. an alleged russian spy ring. we are getting a provocative new glimpse of the woman emerging as the femme fatale of this saga. i want to go straight to deborah feyerick in new york. anna chapman one of the alleged spies did an interview not long before she was arrested. tell us what we know about her. what did we learn from that interview, deb? reporter: what is so interesting about this new interview is this accused spy, anna chapman, is 28 years old, a real estate entrepreneur. she comes across as very engaging, ambitious, coy, and at times flirt
and try to sync up so the compensation packages reflect the performance, which was dismal. it seems it s always important to look at why people are doing things. we know that the general public has been, to put it mildly, angry with the big institutions. is this more pr? no, i think there s something substantive taking place. there s a pr element, the obama administration trying to show that it there s more than rhetoric at work, but they genuinely want to create an environment where it seems as though people are being paid for exactly what kind of performance they were able to wring out of their company rather than paying them for something that s out of scale for what they did. shepard: sounds like the kind of thing in recent months, at least, against which the banks would push back. i suspect they will. it s a delicate balance for the banks because on one hand they
can t seem to be champenning their right to pay executives whatever they want. that seems as though they re being mercenary. so they have a difficult task ahead but this is not shall with mr. feinburg s authorization to go after the 419 banks, he can t force them to do anything about the compensation packages. he could only use his office as the bully pulpit to convince them it s in their best interesting from the perception is the banks get richer and bigger and the little guy who puts money in the bank gets the shaft. real or not, that s the perception. there s validity to that. consumer credit is not as available as in 2006 and 2007 so the banks received the benefits of a taxpayer bailout but haven t in turn helped to nurture the economic recovery
lets people rise. the point is millions of americans can t afford the medicine while the drug companies are making incredible profits and paying ceos obscene compensation packages. in terms of denmark and finland and sweden, if you think they re terrible, i think they do okay. i choose to live in america. senator sanders, america and affordable care act. throughout the campaign said the taxes should go up on the rich and not middle class but millions of americans who chose not to get tax care are paying a tax penalty. families of four paying for failing to purchase coverage. many saying can t afford the premiums so cheaper to pay the penalties.