and 50% off brake pads and shoes. my money. my choice. my meineke. new york congressman charlie rangel fighting for his political life. the former leader of the house ways and means committee committee now charged with 13 violations of house ethics rules. looming now, a long drawnout trial. brianna keilar is on capitol hill. this is serious stuff. can he do anything to avoid this public fight? reporter: there are certainly some indications he s trying to that he s trying to work out, still, even though this hearing, this public airing of these violations has already passed, that he s trying to come to an agreement with the ethics committee that would help him avoid this spectacle that wouldn t be good for him, obviously or for democrats in the election year. we know the ethics committee is
people s emotional attachment to their property is melting into the air. secretary paulson, what happens if housing prices go down again when you ve already got this kind of precarious situation? it clearly wouldn t be good. i m not predicting that. but what i think this issue is a critically important one, because it s very difficult for governments to design a program that is going to be effective and fair to taxpayers. a program to keep people in their homes if they don t want to stay in their homes. so a big part of what we focused on was bringing the private sector together to keep those into their homes that can afford to stay in the homes and wanted to stay there. now, when you look at the crisis, i think part of the reason that so many experts, so many people didn t foresee housing as being the cause, and
their property is melting into the air. secretary paulson, what happens if housing prices go down again when you ve already got this kind of precarious situation? it clearly wouldn t be good. i m not predicting that. but what i think this issue is a critically important one, because it s very difficult for governments to design a program that is going to be effective and fair to taxpayers. a program to keep people in their homes if they don t want to stay in their homes. so a big part of what we focused on was bringing the private sector together to keep those into their homes that can afford to stay in the homes and wanted to stay there. now, when you look at the crisis, i think part of the reason that so many experts, so many people didn t foresee housing as being the cause, and
about people under water in their mortgages. the number of americans, the paper reported, who owed more than their homes was worth was virtually nil when the real estate collapse began in 2006, but the third quarter 2009 an estimated 4.5 million homeowners have reached the critical threshold with their home s value dropping below 75% of the hort gage balance. we are now at the paint of maximum vulnerability said sam khate re.. people s emotional attachment to their property is melting into the air. secretary paulson, what happens if housing prices go down again when you ve already got this kind of precarious situation? it clearly wouldn t be good. i m knottnot predicting that, b think this issue is a critically important one because it s very difficult for governments to design a program that is going
love with her and say she s the hottest thin in the world and we lost half of our studio crew because they collapsed when they saw the photos of her. the real deal, you have to put up or shut up, right? because now you put up the video. absolutely. she s going with you and now you have to prove you re a worthy date. any plans for that? oh, i can t reveal too much, it s more of a secret strategy, but i got some moves planned out. i ve got my i m going to get this done, trust me. now, connor, it will us. rewind the tape and tell us what did you think when she posted her own video in response to you? what did it say and what did you think? i think my heart stopped for a second, honestly. but it was pretty shockingment i was like, wow, she actually kind of knows my name, that s pretty cool and it s crazy, crazy, crazy. you know, i was totally dumbfounded by that and