it is been over a year since artistic director kwame kwei- armah made his mark in baltimore.s us to talk about the road ahead for centerstage. dystany spurlock is taking the racing industry by storm, breaking records and making history. she joins us today to tell us all about her journey into motorsports. later, soulful symphony has captivated thousands of audiences with nontraditional orchestra. the founder darin atwater is here to tell us more. i'm sarah caldwell, all this and more on tv 11 hill. ♪ centerstage artistic director is re-energizing baltimore's theater scene and connecting to communities to live theater arts. we want to welcome him back. thanks for being with us. nice to see you again, it is bit about months since he came from london. how has the last year been? >> per 2 billion, in fact. steep learning curve. i knew baltimore before, but you never quite know it is much

esther armah, rob frankin, and robert costa, washington editor at the "national review."'s day. esther, i'm going to start with you. republicans continue to hammer on the changing of the talking points with regard to the benghazi attack. this is darrell issa on "meet the press" this morning. let's take a listen and talk about it on the other side. here it is. >> was the response correct? could it have been better? why weren't things at least tried or revved up to be tried? those are important questions. and then, afterwards, how could you change talking points 12 times from what seems to be relatively right to what seems to be completely wrong? >> is this, esther, a beltway conversation, or is this something that john q. six-pack really cares about sitting at his house in kansas? >> i think it's absolutely about a question. i think there's different realities going on. i think there's always a separation between the issues that politicians are obsessing over in order to score political points, party against party, versus what the majority of american people can care about