the same thing the dnc did by the way in '07 and away. they did exactly this and more. [inaudible] >> guest: i think that can be something the campaign decides. >> host: six minutes left. >> what do you believe right now that president obama's biggest strengths are and will make the most difficult perhaps, what you believe his strongest suit is right now? and what i think he's good at giving a speech and good at raising money. other than that i think he is terrible at following through on promises. i think it's been awful for our economy. and i think that those issues are going to trump his ability to raise money. >> deeply his segway to the midterm election and cutting the deal on a stinky bush tax cuts with senate republicans, et cetera, that his tapping into the center is reminiscent of bill clinton's in the 1995 and end result could be the same? >> guest: i don't think so. i think what it was as the stainless and spending over $850 billion -- i think i was a transit but if you look at where americans are on obamacare, a government run health care, if you look at the

. >> she was greeted by the traditional values coalition -- "way to go, dnc. you found a candidate best fits your profile for chairman, a junk yard dog who is mean, nasty, able to speak at a moment's notice, and able to manipulate the facts and always uncompromising." >> strong press release to follow. >> was it noso long ago -- to be more strident of the big issue of the budget, and my fear is that that democrats will just demagogue and their way to the election. the democrats will not accuse republicans of -- will now accuse republicans -- old age in their playbook -- throwing granny in the snow. >> s itough, but this is kind of -- is the kind of reaction -- >> will they throw granny in the snow. >> dnc is saying that the ryan plan will kill granny. this will be one of the most demagogic campaigns we have ever seen it is irresponsible, but i think it will work. if you want to get reelected in 2012, as obama does, i predict he will sit back and ride that demagoguery into it election. >> demagogues have shown that they are capable and smart, and she will carry

the dnc. that is the same thing we have to do at the end -- at the rnc. >> so without that, you are at a deep disadvantage? >> people ask me all the time what was different about wisconsin? why was wisconsin doing better than the rest of the country? the reason is, during the last month of the campaign, there was not a state in the entire country and knocked on more doors, did more bone calls -- you cannot take the numbers. his there are real numbers. absentee ballots -- not a single state in the country did more than the state of wisconsin. you cannot win a campaign with an air force alone. we are the army. we are the boots on the ground. we left a few races on the table last time because we were not fully prepared. >> you cannot talk to a member of your party nowadays without hearing someone of a pining for someone else to get into the presidential race. do you want to see more candidates run in the presidential race and do you think you can win the presidency with the current crop of candid

now this is just some of the three events that the dnc is hoping to raise 2 1/2 to $3 million. here's what the president had to say earlier tonight. >> and that's what this campaign has to be about. about your jobs, about your families, about your hopes about your dreams, that's what we're fighting for. the president not done yet. he has a breakfast tomorrow morning. apparently all the events all three of the events were sold out. organizers are telling us they added an event, 20 people will meet the president before breakfast tomorrow. and they are paying 35,800 apiece to meet the president and have coffee and there's people lining up to be part of this. the dna saying the president will be back. >> i bet he will. thank you very much. >>> earlier the president held a town hall at facebook in palo alto. when he talked about reducing the deficit in part by raising taxes on the wealthy he looked at mark zuckerberg. >> let's take people like me and you mark, for paying more in taxes. >> i'm cool with that. i know you're okay with that. the billionaire tells the president he's cool

in addition, until this time we have not seen the dnc operating tanks. it is important to stress that our mission is to protect civilians and we will continue to fight forces that could potentially cause harm to the table of libya. i would like to conclude by an allegation made against unifi protector earlier in the week on wednesday. it was stated that nato aircraft had struck an oilfield and i assure you this is absolutely false. there was no need to strike in that area. i repeat, no nato aircraft struck in that area. what we do know is that government forces have attacked in the area in an attempt to disrupt the flow of oil to tabruk. it is a direct result of their aggressive action. i'm now happy to take questions from both here and in brussels. thank you. >> we will start with two questions from -- and then we will go to naples and then we can come back here. please introduce yourself. >> admiral, two questions. first, is it true that the rebels need to apologize for the incident which occurred in brega because apparently the communications between

>> i will ask you to take those questions for now to the dnc and then shortly i believe to what willbe a campaign headquarters in chicago, but i don't have any comment on that from here. >> let's look at prospects for a political support to be launched by the president's former press secretary. mr. obama sharply criticized. will he give this group its lesson? >> again, i don't have anything for you. first of july don't know any specifics of where you are talking about, but i would urge you to take those questions to the dmz and once it is stood up to the campaign. >> is this going to be your response to all the campaign related questions? >> i'm not drawing lines in the sand by just saying at this point the answers to those questions could be found there and also the president is focused on his work for the american people that he was elected to do and that's what he does every day and that is what the staff here is doing and he set up this structure or is setting up the structure in chicago precisely or in part to allow him to focus on the work he needs to do from the white house to

i was monitoring a panel this week, and howard dean said if he were at the dnc right now, putting his old chairman's had on, he would be quietly rooting for a government shutdown. he said he thinks republicans would get blamed and if he were a democrat, he would want to root for a shutdown. >> this is the worst possible outcome. here we are in two wars and a very major involvement in libya. our intelligence community, all of these people will be adversely affected. troops in the field will not get paid. how can we possibly do this in the middle of all this military controversial -- we have the troops deployed. i think it would be the height of their responsibility not to -- to continue to keep the government funded. >> speaking of libya and financing it, have you gotten any word at all, any indication that a supplemental might be needed for this will all be done within the confines of the existing allocations of the been done? >> it appears to be that there is an argument about this. normally the white house and omb wins these arguments, but what we have been told is that they want to

debbie wasserman schultz would be the first woman elected to chair the dnc. she is expected to play a key role in the president's re-election campaign. >>> and another woman is moving to the forefront of leadership in las vegas. carolyn goodman won the 65% of vote in the primary. she is running to replace her husband, oscar, who held that job for three terms. mrs. goodman faces an election against the number two candidate. that comes up in june. >>> a west virginia mining community is coming together, 1 year after an explosion killed 29 miners. family, friends and elected officials gathered in a school gymnasium last night. in front of the stage, 29 hardhats and photos of the miners rested on white crosses. other memorials were held during the day. >>> a line of violent storms that hammered 18 states may be the worst severe weather outbreak on record. at least nine people were killed, including a georgia man and his 3-year-old son, found huddled together after a tree fell on their house. fierce winds and as many as 38 tornadoes swept in from texas to florida

then the interim dnc chairman talks about how political parties are working to attract minorities to vote in next year's elections. later, a look at the differences between president obama's budget plan and the house republican proposal. a deal was struck between the house and senate leaders on friday for a one week extension of federal spending. the house gavels in tonight at 11:00 eastern to begin work on the agreement. the chamber returns tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 eastern for legislative business with those postponed until 6:30. they will continue debate on 2011 spending. they plan to take up the gop spending proposal for 2012 later this week. follow the house live here on c- span. >> on april 12, 1861, confederate forces attacked fort sumter in south carolina, igniting the civil war. the nation commemorate the 150th anniversary of the bombardment. next week, we bring you the sights and sounds from fort sumter and charleston with a special look at wartime life in the 1860's as well as interviews with scholars and reactors from the north and south. you can have our schedules email

. >> in about two hours the president will speak at another dnc fundraiser at the masonic auditorium. >> as usual the president will spend the evening sportsneting with the rich and powerful. but tonight's guest list including some unlikely names. as joe vasquez reports, many are not even old enough to vote. >> how about ask me if i look into the schools. >> reporter: if you had the chance, what would you ask him? >> i would probably ask him what is it that you are willing to bring back to your own community or the communities that are suffering now today? >> reporter: tonight about three dozen kids with the san francisco boys and girls clubs may have their opportunity to cross paths with the president. as we speak, they are inside the funds raiseer at the masonic auditorium on knob hill waiting for obama to arrive. not the traditional attend's they are from some of the most challenging. the boys and girls club is their path towards getting away from the poverty. here they learn how to set higher goals for themselves s how did they get in? lorne in a a board member of the club and her

they've done some of those things throughout the course of time from the dnc and even from the whitebut it's different when you're trying to get people motivated around an idea or policy idea than when you're trying to galvanize support and get people motivated for a candidate in an election. >> can we have talk about women here, pivotal group? this has been an issue, on the front burner. i talked to mike pence who said we want to pull all funding from planned parenthood. women's issues, is that enough to get women involved? >> it might be. women, that's another bloc that's very important in the elections both to democrats and republicans. democrats have been losing ground with women voters. and it's not -- the planned parenthood debate i think really shocked a lot of women across the country. democrats, republicans, independents. as you pointed out in that interview with pence, it's not just about abortion services but basic health care services that really shock so many women. i think between that and some of the other extreme measures -- >> arizona. >> arizona where we saw a measu

what is happening to the dnc? guest: early on, ted strickland, the highly-regarded former governor of ohio, who appealed to the rural voters, the middle midwest, seemed like a pretty safe pick a couple of weeks ago. we've been hearing that debbie wasserman schultz, a somewhat younger, more energetic, fund- raising powerhouse from miami really came to the forefront. at the moment, they are the two top candidates. then we learned, in the course of reporting this story, my colleague and myself, that the white house, including messina and the president himself, have sort of asked to cast a slightly wider net. they want to see if they can come up with any out of the box candidates. it is a mystery third candidate. we were not able to determine who that is. it is part -- pretty tightly held. we're quite likely to have a tim kaine announcement without having a real idea of who the dnc chair person will be. host: glenn thrush, covering politics and the white house. the story is available at political talk, -- politico.com

guest: let me make it clear i am not on the dnc table. i do not speak for anybody but myself. true that we have taken 40% of income earners of the tax payrolls. that partly in response to the massive growth of inequality in the labour market. i still think the incentives are there for people to work and strive whenever possible. the incentives do not come from the tax system, but from the wages and benefits. if anything, the inequality has grown so extreme in america of relative to any other industrial country in the world, that when the waiter returns become too low, that's when it starts to limit the incentives of a lot of those low-wage workers to stay in the market. it's not that they pay too little in taxes. is that their wage process is too low for them to reattached to the labour market. host: on twitter -- living wages versus prices means a real wage would be at least $20 to $25 per hour. guest: in reality, a lot of households have multiple earners. it makes sense in some cases, but not in all cases. host: what cases? guest: if you are talking about a single worker fee

the same thing the dnc did by the way in '07 and away. they did exactly this and more. [inaudible] >> guest: i think that can be something the campaign decides. >> host: six minutes left. >> what do you believe right now that president obama's biggest strengths are and will make the most difficult perhaps, what you believe his strongest suit is right now? and what i think he's good at giving a speech and good at raising money. other than that i think he is terrible at following through on promises. i think it's been awful for our economy. and i think that those issues are going to trump his ability to raise money. >> deeply his segway to the midterm election and cutting the deal on a stinky bush tax cuts with senate republicans, et cetera, that his tapping into the center is reminiscent of bill clinton's in the 1995 and end result could be the same? >> guest: i don't think so. i think what it was as the stainless and spending over $850 billion -- i think i was a transit but if you look at where americans are on obamacare, a government run health care, if you look at the

>> wendell, i will ask you to take those questions, for now, to the dnc, and then shortly to what will be the head can-week campaign headquarters in chicago. i do not have an answer for you. -- the campaign headquarters in chicago. i do not have an answer for you. >> if he is sharply criticized for this move, would he learned his lesson? his lesson? >> aitaof ackley or your a -- i do not know specifically what you're referring to. i would refer you to the campaign. >> is this going to be your response for everything? >> the answers to those questions can be found there. the president is focused on his work for the american people that he was elected to do and that is what he does every day and that is what his staff here is doing. the structure that is being set up for him in chicago is precisely to allow him to focus on the work that he is doing for the american people. there is a lot of work on his plate. and what is on his plate is also on our plate. >> is that why he announced today, a month earlier than his predecessor announced his reelection intentions? >> the timing of setting

separately, chris stevens, our envoy to the dnc -- tnc has had discussions with that body on the opposition at large. the first meeting of the contact group was held in doha on april 13. the contact group came away unified in its commitment to a set of core principles for the path forward in libya. first and foremost, gaddafi and his mission -- his regime have lost legitimacy, leaving the libyan people free to determine their future. he must put it stopped to the -- his attacks onis that ta civilians. and reestablish water, electricity, and gas supplies. finally, the participants reiterated that a political solution would be the only way to bring lasting peace to libya and reaffirm their commitment to the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity and national liberty of libya. that meeting reinforced the nato led coalitions' doors months of the principles set forth in doha and the commitment to sing those principals realized. the berlin meeting resulted in agreement on a clear set of objectives for operation unify protector. specifically, an end to attacks against civilians, worth --

. >> does the dnc pick up the cost for that trip? >> i don't know the answer to that. >> will the first lady becoming to chicago also? >> i do not know. >> what kind of strategy -- how do you think he will approach this in terms of getting an agreement? what is the endgame as far as getting something from congress? >> it is precisely his desire to reach a result that prohibits me from laying out our strategy of from the podium before he has even given his speech. he will speak to this on wednesday, and obviously we will continue to fill in details in terms of how we are approaching it and how we believe the process should work in the days going forward. >> when the president talked to at ban ki-moon, did they talk about events leading up to -- >> i will have to get back to you about conversations about the ivory coast. the president has engaged on this virtually every day during this time. you know about the video that he taped and the calls we have made and the engagement we have with the united nations which has a security presence

wasserman shultz to ascension as the head of the dnc. we are falling for the looking glass again and we do this on every single amendment. devastating cuts, shameful, killing jobs. what if i were to tell the committee that there are no cuts to the nih in this budget? that is right. the decreases are in the budget function 550. any cuts that amount for a specific program will be carried out through the appropriations process which is exactly where the arguments that you made right now belonged, in the appropriations process. i can tell you the his bid -- the importance of funding and research at the nih without a doubt, the cdc, and on and on. if one were to believe the other side, this is what the chart with look-alike with money going down and down for nih. mr. chairman, this is the chart for the funding for nih going from $11 billion in 1995 to $30 billion in 2010. that does not even count the $10 billion increase from stimulus. $40 billion for nih? if money were to solve all of these things, then we should spend an unlimited amount to