Tonight. Fraud and potential criminal conduct were at the heart of the financial crisis. More than four years later. No one going to jail, no individual is being held accountable. Th is totally about what went on on wall street. Frontline investigates why no wall street executives have gone to jail. The fbi wasnt aiming high enough. There was a definite sense that justice backed off. Did the government fail . Martin smith a number of people told us that you didnt make this a top priority. Well, im sorry if they think that, because i made it an incredibly top priority. So youre telling me that not one executive on wall street committed provable fraud . I mean, i just dont believe that. Tonight ofrontline, the untouchables. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdan
The bars even give out plastic to go cups so you can sip and stroll. A 9ers super bowl win could make the bay area the center of the sports universe and San Francisco city leaders are looking at taking full advantage of that. Cbs 5 Political Insider Phil Angelides at insider phil matier reports. Reporter first we had to get the bet out of the way. Heres the mayor and well take it from there. We havent gotten all the details. But mayor of baltimore is a real bright lady. I really like her. Stephanie rawlings blake. And we know we both have crab. She has the blue crab and i have the dungeness crab here so we already have part of the bet. The loser has to fly to the winning city put on the bib and go down to their favorite place and crack the crab in front of all the cameras. Reporter while the super bowl is getting all the attention, for mayor lee its just the start. It is i think going to be a great kickoff but i still think theres more to come. Reporter it could be one of the biggest s
Additional boost to talk about which well talk about now. Yeah, certainly did. Joining us now to help break down the day is mark travis from Intrepid Capital fun, steve grasso will join us, and Rick Santelli is with us as well. Mark, begin with you. Nice to see you. Glad to be here, scott. This whole day into perspective and what youre thinking about the market, given everything thats out there, syria, taper, you name it. Well, i think that the market has decided maybe syrias not going to happen after all. If it is, it will be kind of a pinprick. And the jobs report on friday, let the air out of the taper bubble . Yeah. Taper talk . And so, you know, youve got a relief rally at this point that, you know, makes us feel better. Im not sure were not just spinning in place, which has been my point of view really since may when rates started to rise. So youre cautious now still . Because an hour ago we had a panel on. They were 100 bullish. Biggest bull market in our lifetime or our careers
Incredibly top priority. So youre telling me that not one executive on wall street committed provable fraud . I mean, i just dont believe that. Tonight ofrontline, the untouchables. Frontlinis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. And by the frontline journalism fund, supporting investigative reporting and enterprise journalism. Although this downturn started in the housing sector and in the financial sector, youre seeing a lot of things being hit. Todays numbers suggest job losses are accelerating. Thats the biggest loss since 1974. The unemployment rate. Narrator in 2009, wall street b
1974. The unemployment rate. Narrator in 2009, wall street bankers were on the defensive. The Great American mortgage bubble had burst. This is a huge amount of money. Narrator the economy was in ruins and wall street bankers were being blamed. Bankers admitted they had miscalculated. But they were also worried that they could be held criminally liable for fraud. He and president obama will continue to work on. Narrator with a new administration arriving in washington, bankers and their attorneys expected investigations and at least some prosecutions. 150 billion in mortgagebacked securities. Smith was there a sense that there were going to be prosecutions of alleged fraud related to the mortgage crisis . I think there was that expectation. I think people had seen the financial crisis. There was obviously a lot of conduct that had gone on that was improper. And i think people were expecting to see some substantial prosecutions. The men and women who duped wouldbe homeowners, who defrau