Under very adverse circumstances that prevented a disaster. Something tantamount to the Great Depression. Rose we continue the story of Henry Paulson five years after and the Bloomberg Business documentary with josh tyrangiel, the editor of Bloomberg Businessweek and Joe Berlinger the filmmaker and hank paulson stays with me. So i entered it with healthy skepticism, got to know hank, read the book, dug in, and i did a complete 180 and i became convinced and you see hit in the film. I became convinced that hank was the right guy in the right place who did some amazing things, got congress to act twice on some huge moves and so for me it was a fascinating experience. I went in thinking one thing and came out on the other end. Rose hank paulson and josh tyrangiel, the editor of Bloomberg Business week and the film maker who made hank five years from the brink. Next. We begin tonight with hank paulson. Five years ago this month the world was gripped by the worst financial crisis since the
Steve meanwhile Vice President mike pence assuring the American People the president s Decisive Action will keep americans safe. Ainsley Aishah Hasnie joins us more from the newsroom with the latest casey cases from california. A little scary. It is. 8400 people right now in california are being watched for symptoms of this virus. This as President Trump may use special war powers to fast track the production of face masks. The u. S. Actually needs 300 million specialized masks but only has around 12 million. Reuters is reporting this morning that the president plans to invoke the defense production act to call on american factories to quickly produce these masks. Meantime the cdc is expected to send more test kits to california which only has about 200 of them left. This is crucial. As the Northern California woman who mysteriously got the virus without ever going to china wasnt tested for it for four days despite requests from hospital staff. California is also at the center of a whi
We start with the trump transition, the president elect defending his choice of industry, insiders, generals, mill theirionaires and billionas he narrows his candidates for secretary of state. Kasie hunt and Peter Alexander. The senate coming back into session this hour, working to avoid a government shutdown. Peter, what are we hearing now from the Transition Team when it comes to that most high profile position, secretary of state . Still romney . Reporter well, i think thats a good question right now. We heard from kellyanne conway, transition advisor, former Campaign Manager for donald trump saying the answer to this question could come within the next few weeks. We heard initial indications it could come as soon as next week. Msnbc heard from sources inside trump tower close to donald trump familiar with his thinking that at the top of the list remains mitt romney and the exxon Ceo Rex Tillerson saying trump viewed the visit with mitt romney last week, their dinner together as a g