firefighters say they hope the fund will financially support allyson for years to come. an extension cord sparked that deadly fire last month. >> as long as we tried, there's nothing we could do to change the outcome on the night of the fire. but today we hope to begin healing as we step back into allyson's life to make sure she has a chance with all of us by her side. >> reporter: the little girl is from el salvador and is currently in foster care. >>> a dispensary will meet with state officials to dispute a $6 million tax bill. a representative for berkeley patients group told us today that cannabis collective sells medicine which is not taxable. but the board of equalization contends that the dispensary owes taxes from july of 2004 to june of 2007. the dispensary says the tax laws at the time were unclear. >>> dawn is about to break in egypt at this hour on the day protesters have set as a deadline for egyptian president hosni mubarak to step down. massive protests are set after the morning prayers which take place at sun down. president mubarak has said that he wants

host: we are with allyson schwartz.e is what the president had to say about the 2012 proposal. -- what paul ryan had to say about the president's 2012 proposal. >> none of the spending caps that were cut are in there. in the metrics that were used that the president gave, are not in this budget. host: the chairman there said the president punted on leadership. that is a phrase used in the editorial pages this morning. the "washington post" says the same thing. the "washington journal >> says how serious is this budget? the savings are so far off in the out years, that you can barely see them from here. guest: as you know, the president inherited and we are now at a very serious national debt and deficit problem. the problem has taken it very seriously in his proposal. it will take a while to get out of. we are recovering from a recession that was deep and broad. it hurt federal revenues, and a lot of families across america. we have to climb out of this, and we are. the president has said he will do that. we will work o

dave skidmore, allyson fitzgerald, she is with bloomberg. she is vice chair of the npc speaker committee. beckner.ve that is our head table and you can give some applause. [applause] it has been quite a journey for our guest speaker today. the middle-class son of a pharmacist and schoolteacher, he has been an economics professor, the head of the council of economic advisers under president bush, and now our nation's chief central banker. he became a chair in 2006 just in time for the great recession. he was letter reads as nominated by president obama to serve another four-year term. reflecting his stewardship in crisis, he was named time magazine's man of the year in 2009. this journey started south of washington d.c.. you can't help but notice a -- a colorful billboards as you approach the border between north and south carolina, hawking south of the border. he waited tables after graduating from high school. he got his bachelor's in economics from harvard and a ph.d. from mit and taught at princeton and stanford as well as nyu and mit. ch

republican representative jack kingston, a member of the appropriations committee, and representative allyson schwartz, and it is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. during the briefing on next year's proposed budget, defense secretary robert gates said temporary spending measures for this fiscal year are hurting the military. he also told reporters about the pentagon's plan to cut $78 billion from the 2012 budget. [no audio] these budget decisions took place in the context of the nearly two-year effort by this department to reduce overhead, cull troubled programs, and rein in personnel and contractor costs, all for the purpose of preserving the fighting strength of america's military at a time of fiscal stress. the goal is not only to generate savings that could be applied to new capabilities and programs, but for our defense institutions to become more agile and effective organizations as a result. in all these budget requests, if enacted by congress, we will continue our efforts to reform the way the department does business, fund modernization programs needed to prepare for fut

cranford , republican representative jack kingston, a member of the appropriations committee, and allyson schwartz, and it is live on c-span every day at 7:00 a.m. eastern. during the briefing on next year's proposed budget, defense secretary robert gates said temporary spending measures for this fiscal year are hurting the military. he also told reporters about the pentagon's plan to cut $78 billion from the 2012 budget. these budget decisions took place in the context of the nearly two-year effort by this department to reduce overhead, cull troubled programs, and rein in personnel and contractor costs, all for the purpose of preserving the fighting strength of america's military at a time of fiscal stress. the goal is not only to generate savings that could be applied to new capabilities and programs, but for our defense institutions to become more agile and effective organizations as a result. in all these budget requests, if enacted by congress, we will continue our efforts to reform the way the department does business, fund modernization programs needed to prepare for future conflic

allyson fitzgerald, a reporter with bloomberg. she's also a vice chairman of the npc committee. during the hirsh, nightly business report. and steve betner with market news international. that's our head table and you can give some applause. [applause] >> it has been quite a journey for our guest speaker today. the middle class some of the pharmacist and schoolteacher, he has been an economics professor, the head of the council of economic advisers under president bush, and now our nation's chief central banker. he became the chair in 2006, just in time for the great recession. he was leader renominated by president obama to serve another four year term as chairman. reflecting his stewardship in the face of crisis, he was named time magazine's man of the year and 2,000 lung. but the journey started well south of washington, d.c.. if you ever driven south on i-95 you can't help but notice the billboards and screening letters as you approach the border between north and south carolina, talking in unusual roadside enterprise known as quote kosoff of the border." that is where our g

allyson fitzgerald, a reporter with bloomberg. she's also a vice chairman of the npc committee. during the hirsh, nightly business report. and steve betner with market news international. that's our head table and you can give some applause. [applause] >> it has been quite a journey for our guest speaker today. the middle class some of the pharmacist and schoolteacher, he has been an economics professor, the head of the council of economic advisers under president bush, and now our nation's chief central banker. he became the chair in 2006, just in time for the great recession. he was leader renominated by president obama to serve another four year term as chairman. reflecting his stewardship in the face of crisis, he was named time magazine's man of the year and 2,000 lung. but the journey started well south of washington, d.c.. if you ever driven south on i-95 you can't help but notice the billboards and screening letters as you approach the border between north and south carolina, talking in unusual roadside enterprise known as quote kosoff of the border." that is where our g