Wall Street Gets a Grilling; LA Responds to the Earthquake in Haiti

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LA firefighters are ready to leave for Haiti to provide earthquake relief as LA's Haitian community waits for word on families and friends back home. Plus, we ask a private art dealer if he'll have conflicts of interest as director of LA's Museum of Contemporary Art. On our rebroadcast of To the Point, commissioners investigating the cause of the Great Recession got tough today with four Wall Street bankers, including the head of Goldman Sachs.

The Los Angeles County Fire Department will be in the vanguard of US aid to Haiti. While LA's Haitian community is waiting for word, LA wonders about an earthquake here. Plus, the art world wonders about the new director chosen for LA's Museum of Contemporary Art. We talk with Jefferey Deitch. On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, commissioners investigating the cause of the Great Recession got tough today with four Wall Street bankers, including Lloyd Blankfein, the head of Goldman Sachs. Are the commissioners asking the right questions?  Can they help prevent another financial disaster?

Banner image: LA County Fire Department urban search-and-rescue dog Baxter and handler Gary Durian prepare for deployment as other team members load US AID supplies to be flown to Haiti in the aftermath of yesterday's magnitude-7.0 earthquake. Photo: David McNew/Getty Images

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Andrea Brody, Katie Cooper