All this week we're telling the stories behind the unraveling of our financial system in two minutes or less. A year ago today talk began of a government bailout for the financial industry in the form of a sweeping 3-page memo that covered a $700 billon proposal. This segment contains excerpts from an interview we conducted in October of last year with New York Times reporter Leslie Wayne. You can hear the full interview here.

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