Your new book is called living in plain sight what really caused the financial crisis and why it could happen again. You were a member of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission investigating the causes of the 2007 in 2008 financial crisis. You said that only democrats on the committee but the republican appointees what did you see they didnt . Looking at the housing system in the United States with dodd frank and fannie mae and freddie mac for quite a while before i got on the commission so i had a lot of background of what was happening in the housing sector. I was looking for the commission to look into what happened with fannie mae and freddie mac and the role they played in the housing crisis and ultimately the financial crisis and i found the commission was not interested in they would not look at it. s. Host that i was outside i thought, the partisan differences between the republicans and democrats and and am afraid that the republicans felt that they just would not agree with
Leaders failed to act when they should have in the wake of the tragedy hard questions must always be asked here in the United States of america one of the most important questions begging begging to be asked of our great elected officials from donald trump to nancy pelosi to Mitch Mcconnell is why did you allow this to happen why did over 12000. 00 americans die on your watch especially when you spend 1. 00 trillion dollars of our tax dollars on National Security this year alone the trumpet administration secured a near record 750000000000. 00 in defense spending but what kind of security are you buying us one a simple virus can crush our economy and Health Care Infrastructure in just a few short weeks naturally the most common answers we have citizens get in return when we ask these questions is either a litany. Spoiled toddler like finger pointing like the kind we witnessed this week when u. S. President donald trump tried to claim his an adequate season failures were all the fault o
Im told me a logical welcome to the program britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved to intensive care in a hospital in london after his coronavirus symptoms worse and johnson tested positive 10 days ago and was taken to hospital at the weekend because his symptoms were not going away he tweeted that he was in good spirits and remained in touch with his team but at the hospital in Central London his condition deteriorated johnson is said to be conscious and receiving some oxygen support. Earlier i asked our london correspondent shallow pots what more she could tell us about the Prime Ministers condition Boris Johnson was taken to the hospital on sunday evening as a precautionary measure as he is said to have for some routine testing after self isolating for 10 days and downing street. But the symptoms got was somewhat persistent high fever and to cuff and during the day he still tweeted today that he was in good spirits but apparently afterwards got much worse in the aftern
Johnsons condition. For the latest. Pandemic is the biggest test that has ever faced but she promises to do all she can. From the crisis. Welcome to the program god knows george pell has walked free from prison after australias highest court overturned his convictions for child sex abuse the Senior Church figure was serving a 6 year but had maintained his innocence the now 70 of them felt was the highest ranked catholic cleric to have been convicted for sex abuse when he was jailed just over a year ago. Correspondent rather may not joins us from sydney for more on this rather good to see you what did the judges have to say in todays decision was certainly this was a list important and controversial judgment by the Australian High Court judge is found unanimously in code to expose favor they found that it was reasonable doubt reasonable doubt built and it was therefore a significant possibility that an innocent person had being convicted the evidence did not establish guilt rick was it
Did you allow this to happen why did over 12000. 00 americans die on your watch especially when you spend 1. 00 trillion dollars of our tax dollars on National Security this year alone the trumpet ministration secured a near record 750000000000. 00 in defense spending. But what kind of security are you buying us one a simple virus can crush our economy and Health Care Infrastructure in just a few short weeks naturally the most common answers we have citizens get in return when we ask these questions is either a litany of spoiled toddler like finger pointing like the kind we witnessed this week when us President Donald Trump tried to claim his inadequacies and failures were all the fault of the World Health Organization or or the other excuse one of my own personal favorites in political excuse making the a big protests we just didnt see this coming. Which which might be true appear in every average every day jane and john q citizen but when you were the House Speaker when you were the