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the banks announced huge profits today, for the first three months of this year. just as the president prepares his trip to wall street on thursday. he wants congress to take on the banks, the financial risk and secrecy. the banks say the economy will pay a price. tonight, we re going to bring you both sides of this duel, beginning with jake tapper at the white house. he covers the president. jake? reporter: good evening, diane. finance shl regulatory reform is an incredibly complicated, in the wields debate, but president obama talks about it in stark terms, almost as if he sees himself as a sheriff in the wild west, trying to clean up a criminal casino. painting a picture of some of these unregulated financial markets, president uses words such as gamble and bet. the chips are the economy. we can t allow financial institutions. the same recklessness that nearly brought down our entire economy. using money and connections to stack the deck. reporter: and in this good g