commissioner caen: john white was involved with this. he worked with julianne. -- julia. >> the contractor was aware of our position. if they want to pursue this issue further, they will need to call our office and file a formal request. commissioner torres: do we have a case where the contractor is not as cooperative as this one allegedly is? >> that would be more of a department question. >> if he said jubilation was that it was a -- if the situation was that it was a change in conditions, it could be argued that it was different then the conditions within the contract. it could be talked about, ok, that is a change. we will pay for that. they are the supplier of the machine, so it is their responsibility. however, if we were to purchase the machine and use it, that would be best, because they could not complain that you broke it. commissioner torres: i understand now. one last question. when you are looking at this process and how we got to this point -- which is very important. the nature of so many of these contracts, it is prospect

> reporter: the white house says the president is still deeply frustrated by the lack of progress up on capitol hill, and that's why he's invited senate leader harry reid and speaker john boehner to come here to the white house later this evening for one more chance to try to forge a deal. harry. >> smith: chip reid at the white house, thanks. cbs news political analyst john dickerson is in our washington bureau tonight. john, who has the most to lose politically if the government does shut down, the republicans or the democrats? >> reporter: well, the polls show that people are ready to blame both congressional republicans and the president equally if there's a shutdown. and the problem for the president is that if there is a shutdown, he loses, as chip said, on the economy. the republicans in the house, they worry, of course, in the mid-90s, that they lost this argument, and the problem for republicans now is that this is the first big test of their leadership, what they're saying privately to their members is if we've come to washington and said we're the adults we have to show the minimum level of adulthood and keep things open. so for the white house tonight, they

>> i think his problem is independents and frankly white voters, john. it's a real problem.y really diminished and he's got to get back some of them. initially michelle obama during the campaign came off because of a couple statements as pretty militant and i think since she's been the first lady, she's done an outstanding job and joe biden has only been a pose administration but not as well-known as the wife of dick cheney. but i think they're both assets for the obama administration. and the more you get them out on the road and get them visible, there's no negatives attached right now. i think either of them -- lot of positives. >> suburban women have soured on president obama. why? >> well, i mean, i think the whole array of issues starting with obama care, socialized medicine, first and moe foremost. >> what about the economy? >> yes, women have born the brunt to a large extent. and pat is absolutely right, especially when it comes to the white folk. but white women now are slipping away. so it's interesting to see michelle obama and jill biden side by side. they have b

white house. we also look at the constitutional effects of the presidential election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and johndams. white house prefers discuss what it is like to document the life of a president -- white house photographers and discuss what it is like to document the life of a president. he says, today, the ipod mini is no more. no! ve!'t take it away, ste what are you doing? i give you the ipod nano. [laughter] >> mike daisey comments on the world as he sees it. his latest, the agony and ecstasy of steve jobs. >> my monologue comes out of my obsession. >> find out more tonight on c- span's "q&a." . you can download podcasts of "q&a"' online. >> may 1, "indepth," your questions for tibor machan, whose books include "the promise of liberty." he will take your calls, e- mails, and tweets live on may 1. >> "washington journal" continues. host: adam serwer with the "american prospect" magazine. what is your perspective of obama as an international leader? guest: i think the president has done a pretty good job of juggling an extremely difficult set of circumstances. the upheaval in the arab world

maybe don't learn english but the younger generations do some have done better than white american u.s.- born. >> john mccain was pro amnesty, pro-immigration, anything you can name. he got 31 or 32% of the hispanic vote. >> question -- >> he walked way from all those views! >> will the growing hispanic population assimilate as readily into the american melting pot as earlier immigrant ways like the irish and the italians did? yes or no? >> took the irish almost a hundred years to do it, john. i think it's going to be more slowly because the culture -- >> do you? >> much more different. yes i do the even though the united states is -- >> the united states -- people are moving into enclaves, john, by race and ethnicity, all over this country. >> irish need not apply was the sign in the window when this date nation was dominantly what, uk settled? >> no, this was dominantly british. >> right. >> but it took generations before the irish were -- >> because of the set into which they came! this setting today is different. >> john, take a look -- >> it's multi-cultural! it's multilingual. >> john, you got a

tom, there's even a meeting tonight at the white house. with john boehner and harry reid. >> tom: susie, that's because there's been no sign today that republicans and democrats making compromises on their differences and no consensus over how many billions of dollars to cut from the 2011 budget. >> susie: president obama and other white house officials warned today about the impact of a government shutdown and how cutbacks in services could impact the nation. darren gersh reports. >> it is the peak tourist season in washington, a time when the nation's capitol puts on a show. but there will be no national cherry blossom festival parade if the government shuts down. and there will be more disruptions, according to senior government officials. roughly 800,000 federal employees will be furloughed. the i.r.s. will stop processing paper returns, which could delay tax refunds for one in three taxpayers. e-filers will be okay. the federal housing administration will stop issuing loans, and that could have a big impact. the f.h.a. now issues one out of eve

spooking them and that was always something that was really pushing the white house to get involved here. and as we said, with john boehner, too, nobody wanted to be stuck with that. gwen: did the white house get effectively involved? >> they certainly were involved more so than it appeared. obama himself was not sitting at the white house. but his own director, jack lou, was definitely in the meetings and in close contact with the senior aides who were negotiating on behalf of the congressional leaders. and so the white house was as involved in all the details. and then there were times when the congressional leadership actually said, look, we just want to talk with each other. would you all please go down the street and go have lunch. so it definitely was involved. i think when you mentioned the differences with 1995 and today, a couple of other big ones, the wars. we were not in wars in 1995. so this late pressure that came on congress about the payments to soldiers was a really powerful point. gwen: and newt gingrich and john boehner are just not the same. >> very different people. gwen: and a lot of what happ

harry reid and his chief of staff, david grow, john boehner, and that the head of legislative affairs in the whitese. if need be, obama, owner, and harry reid got in a room to hash out the rest of the issues. talking about policy writers, this is interesting. john boehner did not exactly did everything that he wanted. as a matter of fact, he got very few things that he wanted. two things that he got, prohibiting washington, d.c. from spending money on abortions and providing money for a scholarship program in washington, d.c. to give money to kids that want to go to charter schools. an issue that is near and dear to john boehner's heart. a bit of a legislative win for him. host: tom, and calls reid wilson for the j a called reid wilson are for. go ahead. caller: in the 1940's, the bolivar tacked 40%. i cannot criticize anybody for that, but where are the american companies? this is what it comes down to. i work for multinational company. we are just an american company by name. there are no american companies anymore. i actually do not think they think about america. in chief -- every place spirit

john boehner. we know when you have a deal, it's a deal for all of it. we just think that we all agree we're pretty close on the number, we're just working out the details. the white house doesn't want to throw john boehner under the bus publicly, do they? >> he's their negotiating partner. boehner has been in private in these talks from all reports pretty reasonable. he recognizes that he has a balancing act to do. he must get support from some republicans, but in the end, this deal is likely to be like the tax deal they passed during the lame duck session and like the last cr was. this is likely to be a deal that gets passed only because it gets sufficient votes from both republicans and democrats, the kind of bipartisan compromise that the president said he would put through on a range of issues as president. this is a challenge for john boehner more than anyone else, but it's clear he knows from the comments he made today, he can't deliver what the tea party wants, even if he was willing to take the political risks richard was talking about, he can't deliver that because it can't pass the senate. >> mark halperin, very quickly, do you imagine a deal where john

for example, we know at least five of the carpenters who built the inside of the white house -- tom, harry, john, paul, we have their names -- were black. and they were enslaved. now, there was probably free black labor that was involved and, of course, white labor. but black labor, it was loved in washington d.c. and in the capitol and in the white house. and they were burnt down in 1814, and it took three years to rebuild. again, they relied on slave labor to do that construction. now, meanwhile, in this ten-year process while they're building the nation's capitol, the issue is where will the president and the rest of the government be? and for a short period they were in new york, but eventually then they all moved to philadelphia. so washington and his entire household, including his black slaves, all moved to philadelphia. now, he had two problems in philadelphia. one was that it was the center of the abolitionist movement in the country. this is where you had the most number of free blacks. this is where you had the quakers, and they were on it. and they had set up the underground railroad

john r. -- i saw an article about him in the times in the '70s and he was this white guy who sounded black and loved black music and black culture. and i think many of us would have been shocked in the '50s and '60s to know that john r. was this white, southern, mountain guy who was in love with black culture. but he played both gospel music and soul, rhythm and blues, and blues, and that was my first encounter with black music on a national scale, as it were. but i have been surprised by how many people throughout the south -- but you're from the midwest -- who depended upon john r. and "randy's record shop" for their nightly infusions of black culture. you certainly weren't getting it through wkyr or whatever it was called in keyser, west virginia. i mean, basically, i was raised with country music, hillbilly music. c-span: when i grew up in indiana, we used to listen to "ernie's, buckley's, randy's record shop," and they had these disc jockeys that talked the -- you know, it was the talk of the day and all that. and i just wondered how we both came to that radio station, what influence i

flexible we know at least five who built inside of the white house, tom, harry, john, paul, we have their names and now there's probably three black labor involved and of course white labor. but black labor, black sleeve labor in bodies in the structure of washington, d.c.. in the capitol and in the white house. and when they were predominating 14 and it took three years to rebuild again the rely on slave labor to do that construction. meanwhile in the process while they are building the nation's capital, the issue is where will the president and the rest of the government be. and for a short period in new york eventually they all moved to philadelphia. so, washington and his entire household including his black slaves moved to philadelphia. he had to problems in philadelphia. one is a was the center of the abolition movement in the country. one the and the number of the free blacks, this is where you had the quakers and they were on that and they would set up the underground railroad, during petitions and lobbying, they were fighting to get rid of slavery. this is what george washington

john mccain was there and he is urging the white house to increase u.s. support for the rebels. mccain said the first step would be to declare them libya's official government. but the white house said it is up to libyans to decide who their leaders are. >>> a lot more to bring you this friday night. an overdue honor for one man's sacrifice. a world war ii veteran has finally been laid to rest. >> and the elaborate tatoo that helped solve a cold case murder in southern california. >> and why this teenager faked a pregnancy for months with her mother and principal's approval. that's coming up. and then on "nightline." >> i'm terry moran. coming um next on "nightline" how expensive gasoline jacks up prices right across the border. we'll look at why those extra cents at the pump create a crunch everywhere. plus celebrities who officiate at weddings. what a star has injod let no >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >>> a petaluma soldier was buried with full military honors. what makes this story so unusual is he died in world war ii. abc7's vic lee report

to keep the pressure on, president obama has called speaker john boehner and senator reid back to the white house tonight. "nightly news" with brian williams will have much more on the budget battle at the bottom of the hour. >>> okay. on a much happier note now if you're a giants fan. the world champions, who will be making their regular season debut tomorrow, their home depew at at&t park. >> the sellout crowd will see the giants and of course help celebrate their success as the team will raise its championship flag for the first time. >> it's part of a lengthy pregame ceremony. now, businesses close to the ballpark are also getting ready. you know the story here. pete's tavern, a popular hangout right across the street. it was a little empty today, but managers there are expecting a packed house before, during, and after tomorrow afternoon's game. doors will open three hours early at pete's tavern to accommodate the fans who want to begin celebrating in the morning hours. >> we've been gearing up and planning for a while now. i mean, it's -- basically since the season ended last year, we

and, of course, john podesta at the white house and with incredible that leadership at the center for american progress. it's about to be with you. our national economic and environmental security obviously deeply depends on the energy resources that power econ and our own forces. and as we are all aware and as deputy secretary live has made very clear in his opening remarks, our economy and our military are deeply dependent on petroleum and petroleum derivative product making our country vulnerable, to vulnerable to price spikes in the global oil market. the crisis in libya is only the latest of a series of reminders that offer a vivid picture of how our own energy security can be affected by political events and forces outside of our control. and while as the president has made very clear, there is no silver bullet to free ourselves from excessive oil dependence or even to bring down the cost and the short term. there are a number of important steps that we can take that we must take, indeed that we are already taking that will help protect our armed forces, help protect america's f

the one potential candidate the white house is keeping their eye on is john huntsman. he comes back from china in a couple of months. gwen: he's the president's ambassador to china. a republican former governor of utah. >> they'll smother him with love. they'll see how that works. but they are agitated by him and i would say the white house is slightly preoccupied by him. gwen: somebody happened to leak some conservative online publications that he'd written all these nice letters about the president saying he was a remarkable leader, whichic i guess is what you say about your boss. >> the president could smother mitt romney with love on health care too. mitt romney signed the massachusetts health care bill that has some resemblances to the president's. gwen: from the democrats' point of view, not only in the white house but those who are not necessarily yolked to this president, is the idea of compromise good or dangerous for them? >> i think it's dangerous in terms of disspiriting the base. you didn't see nancy pelosi anywhere about the budget talks. i think the comp

white house. pepperdine university professor looks at the constitutional effects of the election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and john adams. and white house photographers on what it is like to document the life of a president. for schedules, due to c- span.org/history. >> now, former defense secretary donald rumsfeld talks about his book, "known and unknown -- a more." it focuses on the years he ran the defense department, including the 911 attacks and the u.s. strategy for the war on terrorism. panelists include peter pace and scooter libby. this discussion is almost two hours. >> secretary rumsfeld has been a friend of the hudson institute for almost four decades. he has been the recipient of our award for extraordinary contributions to american national security. it is an honor to welcome you back. this year, has been institute celebrates a half century of forward-looking policy research. the hudson institute was founded in 1961 because there is a need for a publicly engaged think tank. they envisioned a organization that would think creatively about how to achieve a better future while avoiding "unthinkable thre

john hendren is joining us from washington with white house plans to slash the deficit. john?and peggy. in strikingly strong language, president obama outlined his plan for curbing the nation's debt and the contrast of the republican plan could have not been starker. it had the combative ring of a campaign speech. >> we'll all need to make sacrifices. but we do not have to sacrifice the america that we believe in, and as long as i'm president we won't. >> reporter: the president's critics call it a budget redo. two month after offering his plan for next year's budget the president offered a plan to cut the deficit. >> all of things that the government does for us, it will have to do a lot less of. our lives will be significantly diminished. >> reporter: the president's plan includes keeping domestic spending low. cutting the pentagon budget by $400 billion. finding savings in medicare and medicaid that are so far largely unspecified and tax reform including boosting taxes on the wealthy. >> those who benefited most from our way of life can afford to give back a little bit more

and they were not as young as young caroline he was only three when her parents into the white house, and john junior had just been born between the election and inauguration at the time that's ever happened in the history of the presidency and the first ladies. this picture was taken about 1962. can you even imagine mamie eisenhower our best to it on a horse? one of the reasons i can't imagine that is like my own grandmothers who are of that generation, i never saw my grandmothers wear trousers. my grandmothers always wore dresses. even just to see a first lady in writing close and to be as athletic as she was an excellent writer and a question, to be up on horseback was just different certainly again from the three predecessor. this was by the way was given to her by the president of pakistan when she made a trip there in 1962. she made a semi-official trip. some of you might recall to pakistan and india in 1962. she was a huge hit there. she love this sort. many of the photographs you see of her from that time on to reboot time the white house and out on her farm that she rented, and then b

was the problem of the archives, the earliest new york archives was established by john petard, very well-known white elite man. in 1804 the new york historical society. black new yorkers had to wait until the 1920's for arturo schaumburg to establish the center. yet basically the archives were ultimately my only resource. it was the only place i had to get to since my family had given me so little. so, what i do in the book, and i do want to point this out. the book is on two levels. on one level it is the story of my search, how i went to the archives looking for material, finding, not finding, how to put them together. the second level, of course, it is the story itself. so i started out in schaumburg and was really lucky to find it very early on to scrapbook pages in an archival collection. and in them i found the obituary pasted on the scrapbook of my great-grandfather and then migrate great-grandfather. so, this is the first scrap book page. it is my great-grandfather. of course the name was bill by the justice white. i recognized him immediately. to give you a really quick thumbnail sketch, he

white house. we're just getting word that an aide from speaker john boehner's office says he has no meetings scheduled at the white house with the president today and the president later this afternoon is headed to philadelphia and new york so we'll have to watch for more developments on that. bottom line here, they have yet to come up with a budget deal for this year. the president visibly frustrated after yesterday's meeting when he called democrats and republicans together saying that americans want you to act like grown-ups and no attitudes of my way or the highway. the sticking point seems to be how much and what they're going to cut from this current year's budget. democrats have reported low agreed to $73 billion, that according to the president, but the sticking point is where are those cuts coming from. the tea party pushing their mainstream republican leaders not to bend, not to cave in to fewer cuts than they originally passed in the house. at this point house democratic leader reid says they're bending over backwards to be fair but unclear if they'll be able to come up with something to pr

white house. pepperdine university professor looks at the presidential election of 1800 between thomas jefferson and johnms and white house photographer on what it is like to document the life of a president and the president's a great get the complete we can schedule at c- span.org/history. >> [inaudible] today the ipod mini is no more. i give you the ipod nazno. [laughter] >> in his monologues, mike dayzey comments on the world as he sees it. he talks about steve jobs and americans' love of technology. >> all my monologues, out of my obsession. they spring out of the obsessions' i haven't collision with one another. >> find out more sunday night on c-span "q &a." this is one of our many signature interview programs available online at c-span.org/ podcast. >> "washington journal"continues . host: we will talk about how globalization affects the american economy and manufacturing base. our guest is a research fellow and a contributor to "the washington times." we want to take a look at some of the numbers, talking about u.s. trade in february, 2011, exports are at $164 billion, imports, $210 billion. thi

this after the president met with house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid at the white house tonight. boehner says the meeting was "productive conversation that resulted in progress being made." now without a budget, nonessential parts of the government will shut down friday at midnight. eight years in the making, 2 1/2 weeks of testimony, and now the barry bonds trial could end as early as tomorrow. today, bonds' team of attorneys made a bold move. they rested their case without calling a single witness. also today, the prosecution dropped one of the five counts against the former giants star. here is the bottom line. final arguments tomorrow, and then the jury possibly will get the case. >>> they came from alabama, texas, even great britain to learn how to surf from local surf legends. as nbc bay area's vicky win shows us, british and american soldiers wounded in war in a project designed to heal their minds and bodies. >> reporter: day breaks on the fourth and final day of surf lessons for these beginners. for some, this week was the first time they have touched the

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president has asked the senate majority leader harry reid and the speeger of the house john boehner to come to the white house this evening to talk about the situation and see what compromises might be reached. we'll be in washington tomorrow to talk more about this story. tonight, one of the leading bankers in the world, bob diamond, talks about financial reform and the economy. >> why is barclays large, global interconnected and complex? charlie, it's because our client are big, global, interconnected. most of the corporates we do business with do business in multiple countries around the world. they manufacture in multiple countries. the u.s. treasury were number one in issuing and trading government debt in the u.k.next, the u.s., around the world. >> rose: we continue with golf this evening, the masters tournament begins on thursday at the augusta national golf course in georgia we talk to jim nantz and sir nick faldo. >> i would take phil mickelson. he shot 63, 65 over the weekend. he hasn't been playing super until last week, peeking at the right time just as he did a year ago. he had no record i

the earliest new york archive was established by john pintard, a very well known, white elite man. but black new yorkers had to wait until the 1920s to arturo shone berg to -- schaumberg to establish the schaumberg center. and yet, basically, the archives were, ultimately, my only resource. it's the only place i had to go to since my family had given me so little and half of a story. so what i do in the book, and i do want to point this out, is the book unfolds on two level t. own within -- levels. on one level it's the story of my search, how i went through the archives looking for material, finding, not finding, how i put them together. and on the second level, of course, it is the story it. so i started out in the schaumberg, and i was really lucky, lucky to find very early on two scrapbook pages in an archival collection. and in them i found the obituary pasted on the scrapbook of my great grandfather and then my great, great grandfather. so this is the first scrapbook page. it is my great grandfather. and, of course, the name was with phillip augustus white, so i recognized hi

. >> reporter: the president has summoned house speaker, john boehner, and democratic leaders to the white house this morning to try to break the budget impasse. last night, house republicans left the late-night strategy session and said talks with democrats have stalled. >> we may get progress saturday, come sunday, things just stop. >> republican leaders accuse democrats of gimmicks and phony accounting full of smoke and mirrors on monday after they said democrats refused to discuss republican priorities like cutting funding for the ep a and for the president's health care law. democrats say the talks are progressing forward and the republicans are putting on a show for the budget cuts. >> the tea party republicans refuse to recognize that the budget is appalling. >> the $33 billion in cuts they are debating for 2011 is nothing compared to the cuts republicans will propose today for 2012. in a new op-ed, budget committee chairman said his plan would slash $6.5 trillion from the president's budget over the next ten years. he does that by cutting in every area of government. but the propos

president barack obama checked in separately by phone with house speaker john painter, and harry reid and then invited the two men to the whiteing meeting. this is taking place right now. what house officials remain optimistic that an agreement will be reached. checking traffic in san francisco, the 80-11 split the top of your screen as traffic on 80 headed toward the lower deck barely moving there. southbound 101 crawling along as well. it we'll be back more news after the break. [ male announcer ] for 5 bucks, you can get a sub. or...you can get all this. kfc's $5 everyday meals. 5 meals, 5 bucks. choose from one of the colonel's favorites, like two pieces of original recipe. your choice of sides, biscuit and a medium drink, just 5 bucks. 5 freshly made today. 5 for 5 bucks every day. so why get a sub, when you can get a whole meal -- any day? today is a kfc day. and today tastes so good. >>grant: live in the news room, governor jerry brown is asking president barack obama for some help. he has requested a major disaster declaration for california. take a look at some of the images. he said the state's coastline including t

there was the problem of the archives, the earliest new york archive established by john pain tired, a very well known white elite man in 1804 the new york historical society. a black new yorkers had to wait until the 19 twentieths for arturo schomburg to establish the schomburg center. and yet basically the archives were often my only resource, the only place i had to go to since my family had given me so little in the story. so what i do in the book and i do want to point this out is the book unfolds on two levels. on one it is the story of my search, however to the archives looking for material, finding that finding how to put them together and on the second level of course it is the story itself. so i started out in schomburg can really lucky to find very early on to scrapbook pages in an archival collection in and then i found the obituary pasted on the scrapbook of my great-grandfather and then my great, great grandfather. so this is the first scrapbook page. it is my great-grandfather and of course the name is phillipa custis weight, so i recognized him immediately. to give you a really quick thumbna

john boehner has said we can't impose our will on democrats and the white house. is that a hint they are thinking about compromising the $61 billion in cuts they've been trying to get out of this federal budget? boehner denies his party has scaled back on those cuts by half. the demands to cut the budget by half. but he did not say that it's nonnegotiable. in fact, he said the goal here is to get a budget, not to shut down the government. the republicans and congress has been under pressure by tea party members demonstrating here, saying they were sent to washington not to compromise, not to back down, but to make some significant cuts in the budget. a budget we don't have in place this year. the new deadline, april 9th, when the current continuing resolution, the temporary spending will run out. members of congress hoping to work on something more permanent that will last through the end of september. veronica. >> tracie pots in washington, thank you. >>> now here's a look at other stories making news early today in america. a line of severe weather swept across

as all of the backdrop, the president has called a meeting at the white house tonight with majority leader harry reid and speaker john boehner. brian? >> kelly o'donnell on the hill. i don't know if i envy your beat on a day like this or not. kelly, thanks. >>> so how are the american people feeling about all of this? that's just one of the questions we asked in our brand new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll. our chief white house correspondent and political director chuck todd with us here in the studio tonight with the numbers. and here's a hint. they also contain a big surprise about a potential gop candidate in 2012. chuck? >> hey there, brian. yes, they do. a lot in this poll. let's start with the shutdown and try to explain the politics of this and why is it that the president and speaker boehner are so far apart. a majority of republicans are telling republican leaders in our poll, 56%, stick to your positions. don't make compromises. this includes 68% of tea party supporters. among democrats, democrats are saying congressional democratic leaders should make compromises. 68%. this includes 76% of political

but speaker of the house, john boehner and majority leader, harry reid, you see them there. met late last night at the whitede progress. but there is still no deal. and as you know, juju, even once those guys come up with a deal, they have to get it passed before the house and senate. >> all right, jon. we know you'll be following every twist and turn. thanks for that update. >>> we're following breaking news out of brazil. a shooting at a school in rio de janeiro. 13 people have been killed including 12 children between the ages of 9 and 14. the shooter is also dead. unclear if he shot himself or was killed by police. we're told he was a former student. >>> also this morning, a strong earthquake in mexico. the 6.5 strong quake, buildings swayed for several seconds. no initial reports of any major damage. >>> and we're also just getting reports of another massive 7.4 magnitude earthquake off the coast of japan this morning. a tsunami alert has been issued for the same stretch of coastline hit a month ago. 26-year-old monty dickson was teaching english and was washed out to sa. we'll follow throughout the da

white house every day until an agreement is reached, but time is running out. if a budget's not passed by midnight friday, the federal government will be forced to shut down. house speaker john boehner says both sides are still far apart. >> we're not going to allow the senate nor the white house to put us in a box where we have to make a choice between two bad options. >> reporter: democrats agreed on $33 billion in cuts, that's a little more than half of what the gop was asking for but republicans say it's still not enough. >> they talk about compromise, but their goal is to shrink government up so small, they can drown it in a bathtub. >> reporter: the gop floated the idea of another short term extension to keep the government running, but the white house rejected it. if the government does shut down, not everyone stays home. most of the nation's 4.4 million federal employees are considered essential, and will continue to work, but hundreds of thousands of non-essential workers will stay home. social security checks will still be mailed but federal tax refunds could be delayed, and the pentagon says it hasn't figured out how paychecks would be affected for u.s. troops, in

john in the white shirt -- gentleman in the white shirt. there you go. >> i am a student here at nova. i am concerned about the clean energy solution. with the deficit we have, most of those solutions and alternatives are far more expensive than the things we have in place now. how are we going to reduce the deficit and develop clean energy alternatives? >> it is a great question. [applause] then start with gas prices because -- let me start with gas prices. you can sit down. i will admit to you in has been awhile since i've filled up at filled up at the pump. secret service does not let me drive anymore. thatt wasn't that long ago i did have to fill up my gas tank. if you got a limited budget and you just watch that hard earned money going away, the oil companies will once again probably make record profits this quarter. it is pretty frustrating. if you're driving out of necessity to work and you cannot afford to buy some fancy new hybrid car and you're stuck with the old beater that is giving you 8 miles a gallon, that is pretty frustrati

what, quickly we can -- senator collins and i were talking, we can address a letter to the white house but john brennan. >> ask what is going on here. i don't think there is any policy or ideological opposition to the board. i suppose it's always possible that there are elements within the intelligence community the don't like the idea, but i have not heard that either. i don't know. it just could be that it's down at the bottom of somebody's in box. they never quite get to it. okay. we will address a letter right away. >> thank you very much. >> next is senator corporate. >> thank you. we have gathered before they number two of my favorite people a great governor of our neighbor. lee hamilton, vice president of one of my, i'm privileged to think of him as one of my mentors. still active and vibrant and contributing. about once a month and asked what is wrong in washington. one of the things i always talk about is a lack of trust, sometimes between parties, sometimes executive and legislative branches, sometimes committee chairs and ranking members. this committee is an example of what you can

john boehner also weighing in on the president's speech. he will be at the whiteouse later this morning. because any tax increase, from a tweet sent out overnight -- next is jake joining us from providence, rhode island. on the democrats' line. caller: they are questioning about not reelecting him. let me remind them, a republican president will not be sympathetic to our cause. obama is pretty good because he is fighting against these idiot republicans who are trying to somehow say you want to balance the deficit by simply cutting spending, without trying to raise taxes on the top 2%. regards, even if you go with the paul ryan. , he wants to slash health-care. that does not help the budget. obama is doing a great job. and at the end of the day, the democrats will vote for obama whether they like, not. fight the devil republicans. host: thank you for your calls and your comments. obamget no still open, torture prosecutions. the house and the senate will take up the budget for the current fiscal year which expires in september. the house of representatives will move