-- rod blagojevich. finally, the 83rd scripps national spelling bee is being held in washington. spellers around the world are vying for the winner's trophy and a cash prize. a 14-year-old from alabama started things off this morning by correctly spelling " serendipity." those are the latest headlines on c-span radio. >> we have a three nude c-span books for you, "abraham lincoln -- three new c-span books for you, "abraham lincoln," "the supreme court," and "who is buried in grant's tomb?" each one is also a great gift idea for father's day. >> "washington journal" continues. host: let me introduce you to the president of the national education association, dennis van roekel. he began his teaching career as a high school math teacher at paradise valley high school in phoenix, arizona. welcome to the program. guest: thank you. host: let me start with your reaction to the governors and state school chiefs' blueprint for what might be a national syllabus on english and math standards. guest: we think is imp

blagojevich arrived this morning at the chicago courthouse with his wife, patti.hey stopped briefly before a phalanx of cameras. defense attorney sheldon sorosky said he will call white house chief of staff rahm emanuel, among others, as witnesses. >> i don't know if they're all going to testify. i don't know who the government is going to call. they certainly haven't told us yet. but they would all acknowledge the governor didn't do anything wrong. >> holman: blagojevich faces 24 counts, including racketeering and bribery. jury selection is expected to take up to four days. maytag is recalling more than a million and a half dishwashers because of a fire hazard. the consumer product safety commission announced the recall today. it said there've been 12 reports of fires caused by electrical failures in the dishwasher heating elements. the recall includes dishwashers with the maytag, amana, jenn-air, admiral, magic chef, performa and crosley name tags. wall street had a relatively quiet day-- a day ahead of the latest report on unemployment. the dow jones industrial

a federal prosecutor alleged blagojevich was part of a series of illegal shakedowns. he has pleaded not guilty to trying to profit from his right to pick someone to fill president obama's former senate seat. blagojevich arrivedate the courthouse in chicago smiling and joking with journalists. he told them the government has lied to the media and the public about the case. general motors announced it's recalling a million-and-a-half vehicles worldwide because of the potential for fires. the recall affects several pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles and passenger cars from the 2006 to 2009 model years. gp plans to disable a heated washer fluid system module that could lead to fires. nearly all of the vehicles affected were sold in the u.s. it was a mixed day on wall street today. the dow jones industrial average gained 123 points to close at 9940. the nasdaq fell three points to close above 2170. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to judy. >> woodruff: it's been almost three months since the president signed a new health care reform law. today he was

right now in chicago former governor blagojevich is on trial and this honest services fraud is one of the charges against him. the health south c.e.o., richard s krushy and a former governor have been convicted and part of their conviction rests on honest services fraud. all those cases-- and i'm sure there are many others-- will have to be reexamined. >> brown: and advocate groups for good governance in public and private sector, they're already sending... we got many press releases today saying this will make it much harder to go after officials. >> absolutely, jeff. because it was a widely used and very successful tool in white-collar crime and public corruption cases. >> brown: before we, go we're near the end of the tomorrow, right? >> monday. four more decisions are expected to come down and right after that will be the start of the senate hearings on elena kagan's nomination. >> brown: marcia coyle, we'll turn back to you on monday. marcia coyle of the "national law journal." thanks again. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: the longest tennis match in history concluded today at wimbl

numbers to challenge economics that only work for a few progressives virtually invented the rod blagojevichere that challenged the right and the mainstream -- invented the bloggers fear that challahs the right and the mainstream media. our success inspired the young senator from illinois to run for the presidency. he in turn inspired us to help turn out voters in record numbers. we are the change. [applause] this president was elected with a mandate in a press kidding -- in a casket and crisis that requires fundamental change. much of the progressive community has thrown itself into the efforts of the reform agenda. we have had and considerable success. we had the first comprehensive health care reform since medicare. we have the largest increase in student aid since the g.i. bill at the end of world war two. the most extensive welfare reform since the great depression. this has been the greatest flurry of reform in over 50 years. yet, through it, we have grown more dissatisfied. for good reason. the catastrophe that was inherited was far greater than any fear. reforms were insufficient to