On a yellow pad the early outlines of what financial reform would look like xgt ever since he worked tirelessly to make it real. he has one of the smallest budgets in charge of protecting consumers but done as much as anybody to implement financial reform. under his watch, the cftc transformed what was a secretive and shadowy derivatives market by bringing large parts of it on to exchanges to transparent trading. and cftc is working hand in hand with other agencies to protect consumers by implementing the rule which is called on regulators to kpleetd by the end of the year. they successfully imposed nearly $1.8 billion in penalties against financial firms that engaged in rate fixing schemes. they worked to make sure that irresponsible few can t hurt consumers by illegally manipulating or raiding energy
congressman arthur davis says he s voting for mitt romney this time around. he s going to tell us why. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. the cold war is long over, but a chill has settled in in the relations right now. the key shoous, moscow s support in the regime for syria. it may help fuel a brutal crackdown. president obama is addressing that issue headon at the g-20 summit in mexico. dan lothian is joining us right now. dan, what s the latest on this tension between the u.s. and russia? the two leaders met for about two hours. president obama saying the meeting was candid and thorough. i have to tell you, you take a look at the body language, and it gives you a sense of what the meeting was like. they did not sit close together. president obama was leaning towards president putin. president putin was leaning away. you didn t see any smiles at the end of the remarks. they had a quick handshake. sort of half a smile. president obama patting him briefly on