susie: ben bernanke tells lawmakers if the fed only regulates big banks, it s not getting the whole picture. it makes us essentially the too big to fail regulator, and we don t want that responsibility. we want to have a connection to main street as well as wall street. tom: former fed chairman paul volcker joined bernanke, calling a proposal to take small bank regulation away from the fed arbitrary. you re watching nightly business report for wednesday, march 17. 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. ben bernanke said today it s important for the federal reserve to regulate all banks, not just the big ones. tom, the fed chairman was on capitol hill testifying before lawmakers who are rewriting the nation s financial regulations. tom: susie, bernanke made a