i am sorry to have missed raven brooks. once again, i think that r, d, an i will disappear when it comes to lock historic places. host: from the "free press," mayor tries to get back on crack. he announced the hiring of a new chief of staff and place to show his administration is focused on city business after chaos triggered by a whistleblower lawsuit. the focuses on what i have done and will continue to do to address the challenges facing our city. during a brief news conference, he declined answer reporters' questions. he will remain focused on the task hand and remain focused on reaching a budget compromise. that is what residents expect and deserve. that is from this morning's "detroit free press." baltimore, maryland, you are on the line for "washington journal." caller: i tire of hearing the republican party line. if you just go back over a month, every republican you have has come out with the same stuff. cut, raise taxes, cut, cut. but cutting is not how we will get out of this mess that the republicans got us into

will also speak to raven brooks. then, the attorney for the association of credit and collection professionals. then, a look back at the watergate scandal. washington journal begins live at 7:00 a.m. eastern time on c- span. today, our live coverage of the 2011 republican leadership congress -- republican leadership conference. that is live at 12:50 p.m. eastern here on c-span. >> blackberry users, that you can access our programming any kind which the c-span radio application with audio strains of our programming. all commercial free. you can also listen to our signature interview programs each week. it is available around the clock where you are. dell lowered its free from blackberry app world. >> next, a couple of republican candidate speeches. first you will hear from herman cain. after that, representative ron paul. this is about one hour. wow. thank you, thank you, thank you. my, my, my. my, my, my. it sounds like y'all ready to have a party in here. shucky-ducky, now. one of my heroes, the late dr. and benjami