captioning sponsored by wpbt we acted because the consequences of a.i.g. failing would have been catastrophic. tom: treasury secretary timothy geithner defends his role in the a.i.g. bailout. susie: he tells angry lawmakers he made deals to keep the economy from collapsing. but not everyone agrees with his actions. you re watching nightly business report for wednesday, january 27. this is nightly business report with susie gharib and tom hudson. nightly business report is made possible by: this program was made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. susie: good evening everyone. federal reserve policymakers, except for one, voted today to keep a key interest rate at 0%. tom hoenig, the president of the kansas city federal reserve bank, was the lone dissenter. he believes it s time to raise interest rates because the economy is doing better. so who s right? let s check in with our experts: julia coronado, economist at b.n.