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About the transition to a biden presidency. This is live coverage on cspan2. Political aspects that are still unfolding but were facing a lot of challenges that require that the kind of continuity that a country is known for, one government can hand over to another government, the landscape in the tools that are necessary to do with these issues especially in the middle of the pandemic and our hearts go out to all those who are affected around the world by the pandemic and we hope the 2021 would be a brighter year. Thank you for joining us and i will turn it over to toni. [inaudible] as we wait for toni i will just say that all the presenters that i have described have deep reservoir of experience on the legislative side of the aisle. Theres toni right there. Welcome. Shes actually at reading right and were delighted to have you join us. So over to. Thank you. Thank you, stewart. I really appreciate its an honor and privilege to be here. Meridian has been very much a part of my persona ....
Distinguished group of panelists today who are both friends and colleagues and i think that group is very much representative of the things that you just laid out. And theyre the themes of this great democratic experience that we here in america undertake and have undertaken for the last 240 years. But it is a Bipartisan Group and if i can just add a p. S. On my personal bio, as everyone who knows me well, not only do i do National Security and Foreign Policy, but having served and worked on the hill, and i have a very much, in my d. N. A. , the essence of bipartisanship. For me, looking at this biden transition and where were going with that transition, its very much anchored in the clarity of what i call roles and responsibilities. And those roles and responsibilities are on behalf of all of us. As americans. And ....
What had happened. Reporter Linda Thomsen arrived this morning to union citys school for independent study to hear the worst possible news. One of her students, 17yearold brianna ore ing at the Brianna Ortega was killed in the horrific crash. She just saw brianna friday ands the teen was working toward getting her diploma. I feel blessed i had a chance to say goodbye, get a good hug for her and know she had a definite goal in mind. She was very sweet, kind, and she just always just had a spirit like nobody else. She was always there for you. Reporter ortega was one of 7 people in the fullsize pickup that flipped multiple times on alameda park street. Witnesses say the truck was going 50 to 60 miles per hour, clipped another car and went airborne. He loved football. Reporter 17yearold simon was also killed. He was a sophomore at james logan high school. He played football with ....
Now expected to return to private corporate practice, one more government appointee spinning through the lucrative revolving door between washington and wall street. That door could be a big reason why government treats the banks with kid gloves. A man who once worked for citigroup, jack lew, the president s chief of staff, has been picked to be the new treasury secretary. And Mary Jo White, the newly named head of the securities and exchange commission, is a chief litigator at a top law firm representing big investment banks like morgan stanley. With all this happening, its time to talk with journalist matt taibbi. Youve seen him on our broadcast before. A contributing editor at rolling stone, hes been tracking the high crimes and misdemeanors of wall street and washington for years. Welcome back to the show. Thanks for having me. Youre working on a story right now thatll come out in a couple of weeks on the hsbc settlement. Tell ....