This week on q a, pulitzer prizewinning author and columnist, gretchen morganson discusses her new book with Joshua Rosner titled Reckless Endangerment. Cspan gretchen morganson, in your book, Reckless Endangerment, next to the picture of James Johnson county rate this the calculating political operative, johnson was an ominous architect of the homeownership rate that almost destroyed the economy in 2008. Why so much on his shoulders . Guest brian, we have to go back in time. A crisis doesnt happen overnight and if you want to understand what happened to create this mortgage bubble and the ensuing crisis, you have to go back to the early 90s when fannie mae and freddie mac were under a little bit of pressure from congress because the the s l crisis. Congress was concerned maybe there were losses sitting in these Mortgage Finance giants that were caused by public, was a pirate. The republican at the government had started them, that they had private shareholders, said they were operatin
A massive brawl at a house party, after they showed up in a stretch hummer. One witness saying it was like an episode of Jerry Springer. Her kids throwing punches. What sparked this rumble in the tundra . And good morning, america. Happy friday, robin on assignment this morning. So nice to have this guy, rob marciano is with us. The new guy. Great to be here. I just want to say, our chief meteorologist, ginger, is taking a nice long weekend. Whats your title . Senior. A welldeserved time off for her. Welcome. Thank you. Glad to be here. Lots of weather to talk about, and fun stuff too. Welcome aboard, rob. We want to get right to the breaking news of Oscar Pistorius, the former olympian convicted of culpable homicide. And we are in the courtroom, matt, this verdict has shocked so many. Reporter absolutely, george. When Oscar Pistorius walked into the courtroom yesterday, he faced life in prison. But that culpable homicide conviction may be a victory for him. Hes already out on bail and
A brawl at a house party. It was like an episode of Jerry Springer. Her kids throwing punches. What sparked this rumble in the tundra. And good morning, america. Happy friday, robin on assignment this morning. So nice to have this guy, rob march see ya know is with us. The new guy. Great to be here. Our chief meteorologist, ginger, taking a long weekend. Whats your title . Senor. A welldeserved time off for her. Welcome. Nice to be here. Lots of weather to talk about, and fun stuff too. Welcome aboard, rob. And Oscar Pistorius, the former olympian convicted of culpable homicide. And we are in the courtroom, matt, this verdict has shocked so many. Reporter absolutely, george. When Oscar Pistorius walked into the courtroom yesterday, he faced life in prison. If the conviction for manslaughter, its possible he may never have to spend a single night in prison for killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, and this headline may say all. Oscars great escape. Mr. Pistorius, please stand up. Rep
A brawl at a house party. It was like an episode of Jerry Springer. Her kids throwing punches. What sparked this rumble in the tundra. And good morning, america. Happy friday, robin on assignment this morning. So nice to have this guy, rob march see ya know is with us. The new guy. Great to be here. Our chief meteorologist, ginger, taking a long weekend. Whats your title . Senor. A welldeserved time off for her. Welcome. Nice to be here. Lots of weather to talk about, and fun stuff too. Welcome aboard, rob. And Oscar Pistorius, the former olympian convicted of culpable homicide. And we are in the courtroom, matt, this verdict has shocked so many. Reporter absolutely, george. When Oscar Pistorius walked into the courtroom yesterday, he faced life in prison. If the conviction for manslaughter, its possible he may never have to spend a single night in prison for killing his girlfriend, reeva steenkamp, and this headline may say all. Oscars great escape. Mr. Pistorius, please stand up. Rep
Spoke about the report they offered on september 11 attack in benghazi, libya to cut u. S. Ambassador christina and three other americans. The report cited systemic failures, leadership and management efficiencies and Inadequate Security at the conflict facility. Three state Department Officials including eric boswell, assistant secretary of state in Diplomatic Security have resigned in the wake of the report. Next, senators on the Foreign Relations committee who received the report speak to reporters. How not [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible] my understanding is that the standard with which the accountability board looks at people is a very High Standard called breach of duty. But theres no question that there were people within the state department that were missed and did not execute in an appropriate way. There is also some cultural issues and i mean, there were no doubt a number of problems. I would just say to that end, i know that secretary clinton