also a foreign policy adviser to joe biden s campaign. thank you for being with us. drew s story was really interesting on many levels. there is the money level, which is that rudy giuliani is making a lot of money going around the world forming contracts with foreign countries and he s advertising himself as the president s lawyer or he is being billed as the president s lawyer, is there anything inherently problematic with that? well, john, previous presidents have used private citizens as presidential emissaries. the problem here is that rudy giuliani describes himself consistently as the president s private attorney and yet, he s doing the publics business of the united states. the example of ukraine i think is the most vivid here because rudy giuliani effectively pushed aside the secretary of state mike pompeo had ambassador maria yovanovitch fired, convinced the president to do that and engineered this dramatic turn in american policy towards ukraine
informed putin the referendum was a clear violation of the law and the white house is imposing sanctions, some who had top advis advisors to putin, and those who interfere with ukraine affairs and the united states is prepared to do more in cooperation with their european allies depending on what russia does next. reaction from kt mcfarland. what do you think about what he said? i don t think anybody cares. if this is their dire consequences, they have a another thing coming. a lot of senior people have removed billions in the banks and the ones with money level there, putin is going to say i told you to get it out of there
regulators in this country have done virtually nothing but occasionally slap on the wrist some of the worst, egregious wrong-doers we have seen in almost a century. and finally, it looks like at least there is going to be some amount of accountability at the money level. so keep in mind, $13 billion sounds like a lot of money for a settlement. but not when jpmorgan s revenue last year was $97 billion. not when they have $23 billion in reserves today, and not when you look at the amount of damage and recklessness that they have caused. keeping in mind that some of this is from their acquisition at bear stearns and wamu but not a lot of it. so really what has to happen here, just like on main street, people on wall street, real people, executives, officers, directors, supervisors, have to be held accountable. they should be criminally prosecuted. they should be personally fined
lawyers, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies or pacs. that s who gives all this money. washington, d.c. is a boomtown and the rest of america is hurting. i wonder why? we are going to lower the money level. invite anybody to give us $100 or $10, $50, they can be a lobbyist, special interest, farmer, they can be plain people that s who needs to run this country. i m going to prove it can be done. greta: if you were elected the president the first three months what would be the most reasonable, practical best thing could you accomplish? within reason. attitude, can do. i would meet with the congress. i was a member of congress. i understand their power and the need for them to have more power in balance with the president. i would offer a balanced budget over a reasonable period of time and show them how to get there. i would revise the tax code. it takes a philadelphia lawyer
lawyers, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies or pacs. that s who gives all this money. washington, d.c. is a boomtown and the rest of america is hurting. i wonder why? we are going to lower the money level. invite anybody to give us $100 or $10, $50, they can be a lobbyist, special interest, farmer, they can be plain people that s who needs to run this country. i m going to prove it can be done. greta: if you were elected the president the first three months what would be the most reasonable, practical best thing could you accomplish? within reason. attitude, can do. i would meet with the congress. i was a member of congress. i understand their power and the need for them to have more power in balance with the president. i would offer a balanced budget over a reasonable period of time and show them how to get there. i would revise the tax code. it takes a philadelphia lawyer