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. >>> maryland congressman roscoe bartlett said he's running for re-election. the 85-year-old says he hopes to fix the economy by cutting spending and reducing taxes. bartlett is a republican in his 10th term. he represents maryland's sixth district. that district includes western maryland, frederick and carroll counties and the northern baltimore suburbs. >>> read more about the primary challenge congressman bartlett is facing by going to wusa9.com. the story is in our where you live section on the frederick county page. >>> right now, the family of a laurel, maryland, woman is coming to grips with her murder. investigators in macon, georgia, says a dismembered body found near an apartment is 27-year-old laura griding. right now, a person of interest is in custody. however, police have not yet charged steven mcdaniels with murder. giddings just graduated from law school and was studying to take her bar exam. >>> many across the country are in disbelief over the not guilty verdict in the casey anthony trial. the jury determined she did not kill her 2-year-old d

bartlett is a republican in his tenth term. he represents maryland's sixth district.includes western maryland, frederick and carroll counties and the northern baltimore suburbs. >>> you can read more about the primary challenge congressman bartlett is facing by going to wusa9.com. the story is in our where you live section on the frederick county page. >>> at 6:35, jessica doyle is watching your money. >> she's looking at just how much we've spent on space. >> the tab seems astronomical. $196 billion, almost hard to wrap your brain around. that's the amount of money taxpayers spent during the lifetime of the space shuttle program now ending but let's put this in perspective. $196 billion is equal to the amount of money the federal government spends in general in just three weeks. medicare spends that much in five months. $196 billion is slightly more than the $182 billion bailout of aig but it is also a lot more than the $50 billion bailout of g.m. and $12.5 billion for chrysler. >>> employee shoplifting appears to be on the rise. here is a weird twist. experts say th

bruce bartlett, former senior policy analyst in the white house, now a columnist for "the fiscal times." thank you for joining me tonight, bruce. >> happy to be here. >>> coming up -- former president bill clinton praises michele bachmann and says he's not surprised she's a 2012 front-runner for the republican nomination. republican governors as usual disagree with bill clinton. we'll show you who's behind the republican stop bachmann movement. >>> and stephen colbert proudly follows in the footsteps of karl rove. verizon claims its 4g lte is twice as fast as at&t. we're putting them to the test against the speed of a rescue unit. go ! they're downloading a music album. the first network to finish gets rescued. does your phone know that we're racing ? done ! verizon's done ! i've got seven left ! the fastest network in america. verizon. built so you can rule the air. now powering the lg revolution. >>> coming up -- bill clinton praises michele bachmann, while a republican governor compares her to barack obama, which is not exactly a compliment in republican circles. >>> and jimmy kimme

joining me now is bruce bartlett, senior policy analyst in the reagan white house and a columnist now for the fiscal times. thanks for joining me tonight, bruce. >> happy to be here. >> bruce, it is a difficult time to be a thoughtful republican. you and i have chatted about this a bit. david brooks is not alone in his feelings about this, is he? >> no, he's not, but the number of people who are willing to speak out publicly as i and a few others have is still painfully small, i'm afraid. >> we can report that the cut, cap, and balance bill has passed the republican-controlled house now, 134 to 12 republicans against. 9, 9 republicans voting against it. there's hope for nine republicans now working in the house of representatives. they always have, ever since you left office in your party, bruce, pointed to ronald reagan as the great man, the man who was right about absolutely everything. i want you to listen to what he had to say about the debt ceiling. >> congress consistently brings the government to the edge of default before facing its responsibility. this brink manship threatens

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bruce bartlett. you use tougher words than i use. i just say a zoo. >>> the leadership has turned into a movie about, "the town" to help rally the rank and file for john boehner's debt plan. let's see what ben affleck thinks of his movie being used this way. that's next on "hardball." esurance instantly compares our car insurance rates with other top companies. with an esurance quote, you know you're getting a great deal. you can thank our tech team for that. sure, i'll let them know. bye-bye. aha! anything you want to share? with the tech team? oh, i'm dating that girl in accounting. seriously? yeah, we're pretty serious. [ female announcer ] know if you're getting a great deal. see for yourself at esurance. technology when you want it. people when you don't. see for yourself at esurance. and when it does,t can turn romantic anytime. men with erectile dysfunction can be more confident in their ability to be ready with cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day so you can be r

former reagan adviser, bruce bartlett doesn't think boehner can get it done. >> i think at this pointhere's nothing that could pass the house of representatives. i think the boehner plan -- >> because it's too much of a zoo? >> yeah bs i think a good chunk of the republican caucus is either stupid, ignorant crazy or desperately afraid of the tea party people. and rightly so. >> that leaves the president with very few options. the house leadership wants president obama to use the 14th amendment. >> we have to have a fail safe mechanism. we believe that fail safe mechanism is the 14th amendment and the president of the united states. >> i'm convinced that whatever discussions about the legality of that can continue. but i believe that something like this will bring calm to the american people and will bring ç needed stability to our financial markets. >> that is a big statement. house democratic leadership team coming out saying that. the house has rejected the 14th amendment solution. but we're still six days out. for leaders like mr. clyburn to go down that road gives the president so

in the third, jason bartlett from second. he will score. 4-0 pads. batters later, orlando hudson not known for his power. takes zito out of the yard. 8 earned runs in three plus for barry. paydays is 1, giants 3. a's hosting the angels today. the first scheduled double-header since 2003. m.c. hammer bobble head day is tomorrow. you are look at him right there. find your old parachute pants, people and put them on. the handshake of the season. this is the best they could come up with? wow. angels leading 3-1. weeks singles. jackson scores. a one run game. they get no closer. 9th inning bobby abreu with his second rbi single of the game. angles take the opener 4-2. cahill takes the loss. now, 8-8. the a's winless in the last four double dips. could they avoid making it five? >> two out rebound single that drops in right. josh willingham scores to tie it up. a's leading 3-2. wells. deep to left. it is gone, second deck. solo shot. we are tied at three. two on and two out in the 10th. scott sizemore. drop, baby. it does. game winning base hit. in comes c

. >>> last night on "the last word with lawrence o'donnell" lawrence asked bruce bartlett if his interpretation of the 14th amendment to the constitution which says that authorized u.s. debt incurred for payment of pension shall not be called into question means that congressional is not actually required to raise the debt ceiling. >> i think a broad reading of that provision of the constitution is justified. especially the part about the pensions. because that implies a symmetry, to things such assess which one can argue is a debt that is owed to the people who pay the taxes and the expectation of getting a benefit. that would be true of medicare benefits, and, of course, a lot of what the government pays for is vendors who provide goods and services to the government, especially the department of defense. it seems to me all of those things can be legitimately considered debts that cannot be questioned. the term cannot be questioned is about the broadest, strongest constitutional language you can find in the constitution. >> lean forward with the last word weeknights at 8:00 p.m. only on msnbc

that scores jason bartlett, 2-0 padres, lincecum four innings. pablo sandoval, a two-run shot. extends his hitting streak to 15 games. top of the ninth, padres get some insurance. marin county's venable takes guillermo. giants just 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position. >> i don't know, things weren't going right. i don't -- i used this all the time as an excuse. i didn't feel like i had a good rhythm, good energy. so i just felt like i was battling through every pitch, instead of just cruising. >> a's hosting the mariners, brandon mccarthy making his first start since may 18th for the athletics, he got some early help from kurt suzuki. bottom of the second his two-out single scores. the a's lead it by a score of 1-0. move to the top of the 7th, we're tied at 1. and justin smoke doubles, right field corner. brendan ryan comes in to score all the way to first. a's manage just three hits and fall 2-1. >> don't change anything about the way i throw. 15-1 or 1-0. it's simply executing pitches, if i throw a shutout, we have a better shot. i don't think about the offense, what's g

bartlett scores. headley on his heels. play at the plate. he's in there. 4-1 game in the fourth.fifth of the year makes it 4-3. he wasn't ton. pablo sandoval riding a 16 game hit streak. coming in to make it 17. torres scores. crawford behind him. ties the game at five in the 8th. see you. game winner! his first career walkoff homer. first career two-run home game. had two rbi. g-men win it. that is what you call a full plate of torture. >>> a's and mariners. big day for scott sizemore. jason, vis thir his third of t. geguillermo perhaps the best ge of h his career. 7 shutout innings, 5 ks. seattle hitters baffled all afternoon. comes through again. base hit to center. scores pennington. high heat to end the 7th and fired up. combines with joey devine and andrew bailey to shut out seattle. 2-0 your final. >>> women's world cup soccer action today. usa versus sweden. the loser gets the always dangerous brazil in the quarters. face painters out in force. 35th minute. sweden, lead, 1-0. sweden in front 2-0. bad luck for usa. usa makes it a game in the 67th minute. corner kick from l

bartlett, who servedt in the continental congress. but the past for their review can be a long and surprising review. >> we get collections from donors, very often they are stored in attics or basements or even barnes. >> in this room there are delivered and put out on tables or collections. if they are not born here, there midwifed year and eventually available to the reading public. >> there have been some odd revolvers andred, revival pieces of wedding cake and all kinds of things where people clear out their filing cabinets, closets. >> for example, the papers of air force general bernard, responsible for the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile, or icbm. >> he would note on airplane napkins, and then i guess he needed more paper because he used to airsickness bags to continue his notes. these are the kind of odd things we deal with in the course of processing. >> it can be like looking for a needle in a haystack, not saving it for what is in your room, but protecting and processing the items to be saved in a libr

. >> bruce bartlett, you worked for ronald reagan. how did he handle the situation? >> the debt limit problems? well, he had a big problem, as you just saw, and he also wrote a letter that democrats are using in 1983, begging the congress to raise the debt limit. every president has had this problem. it's often referred to as a tax on the party that happens to control the white house. it's just something you have to suck it up and do. >> did it work for reagan? >> yes. well, the debt limit has always been increased. we've increased it something like 100 times since 1917. >> was it a pay off for the economy that was positive? >> there's not a negative. if we don't raise the debt lip it we have very serious problems, and it's absolutely essential that we raise it promptly. >> by 1987 ronald reagan had engineered a robust economic recovery that had generated 8% gdp growth and up to 400,000 new jobs a month. obama, in contrast, has barely achieved 2% gdp growth this year. new jobs range from 2,000 to 18,000 a month. when it comes to handling the economy does president ob

if single to center and bartlett score for paid lead. tim gave up 7 hits in 5 innings. sixth and ross a little fly ball and calling ate mild strain hamstring. in the sixth. sandoval launches one. returns to earth it lands in the cove. 2 run shot. first splash hit for the giants. eighth of the year and then the fun in the water. race for the pwawchlt i can't get there t.the kayaker. he just mows him over. afterwards he says let me take your picture. the 58 goes yes, i have your cheese rate hear. all right back to the game. 9th inning. north bay pl product. deep to right. pl see you. san rafael high alum bounces off the landing that finds the cove. 2 splash hit in 1 game. 5-3 the final. padres on top. that's the bad news. good news is of course l 4 all star from the giants on the all star team. meanwhile after inner league action the a's back in divisional play host the mariners for 3 games. burger fourth of july. tailgate at the game american as it gets with service member honored today in oakland. strike out former a in the second. at the bottom kurt massivep of late. s

that's what matthew bartlett is now enjoying. >> thank you. >>> a vacation to a north carolina beach turned into a neat mayor for a 10-year-old girl after she was attacked by shark. cassidy cartwright said she was standing in three feet of murky water when a shark bit into her leg, not once, but twice. >> i felt something pulling on my leg. it didn't hurt at first. it pulled me down and it hurt. >> when he pulled her out of the water, her leg was wide open, a lot of blood. >> the girl suffered several torn tendons but the doctors were able to save her leg. she's from pennsylvania. she's keeping a tooth from the shark as a souvenir. >>> stanford scientists believe they are close to discovering the colors of distinct birds. the feathers are embedded in dinosaur rocks from chase -- china. they said it could be used to mark dinosaurs and birds. >>> we're all set for the 4th of july. steve will have the forecast. we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back. >>> how's traffic. >>> traffic is doing okay around the bay area. the bay bridge is not what it's usually like, which is heavy. tod

roscoe bartlett is planning to file for reelection in the sixth congressional limit. he hopes to win an 11th term representing western and north central maryland. another has filed for the seat . no word on how that seat will be affected by redistricting. the murder trial of casey anthony ends. >> a massive sandstorm in arizona. we have more on the damage it caused. >> u.s. 50 at 97. there are a few roads to avoid this morning. >> welcome back. beautiful shot of the downtown area. 79 degrees at the maryland science center. it is a muggy start on this wednesday morning. this afternoon, we could see a few thunderstorms pop up. to 9 in taneytown. 76 in annapolis. a slight chance for a shower this morning. scattered thunderstorms will develop this ever to go. high temperature expected around 91. we will check the seven-day forecast coming up in just a few minutes. stay tuned for that. >> the federal trial of roger clemens will begin today in washington, d.c. he's charged with perjury and obstruction of congress for saying he never used program -- performance-enhancing dru

bartlett, he is spending the holiday weekend in jail.s to be his birthday he'll be spending in jail. he was born on the fourth of july. i don't know if there are any more surprises, possibly, but let's hope not. holly hughs, always good to have you. >> thanks so much. >> we'll be talking to her again, i'm sure, tomorrow. >>> going on today, in monaco, the second big royal wedding of the year. grace kelly's son, prince albert, is finally getting married. after the break, why some media outlets say his bride tried to bail. start with soup then have salad and biscuits followed by 1 of 7 delicious entrees and finish with something sweet all for just $15. right now at red lobster. that's how it is with alzheimer's disease. she needs help from me. and her medication. the exelon patch -- it releases medication continuously for twenty-four hours. she uses one exelon patch daily for the treatment of mild to moderate alzheimer's symptoms. [ female announcer ] it cannot change the course of the disease. hospitalization and rarely death have been re

singles to left in the third, jason bartlett comes from around from second. orlando hudson not known for his power, he takes zito out of the yard, another 3-1 shot. padres 11, giants 3. >> it's '80s weekend and m.c. hammer. a's and angels playing their first doubleheader. gonzalez and with the goof ball handshake of the season. this is the best they can come up with? come on guys. angels leading it's a one-run game. ninth inning, bobby hits one, 4-2. a's winless in the last four games. >> bottom of the four, 2-1 angels. a two r.b.i. single that drops in right. one scores to tie it up. move to the sixth, a's leading 3-2. vernon wells on rich harden second deck, a solo shot. game is tied at 3, two on and two out. scott sizemore, game winner and in comes pennington. 4-3 to final. >> to soccer, earthquake in columbus to meet the crew. mendoza, john with the kick save but second straight game. earthquakes involving in a scoreless draw. >> at&t park converted from a field to a pitch, mexico's club of america facing manchester city in a world challenge. here is a be

bartlett is a waiter at tgi fridays where he's not going to be serving cocktails tonight. behind bars, and more than 600 bucks in fines. martha: all right. demanding answers from the agency in charge of america's airport security, this story is unbelievable. a stowaway was able to sneak through security, not once, but twice, a nigerian man with no valid passport, and get this, an expired boarding pass, made it through a tsa checkpoint at new york's kennedy airport last week. then he boarded a flight with an expired boarding pass that had somebody else's name on it, he flew to los angeles, spent a few days in the fun, then got back through security at lax and took a flight to atlanta! he only got caught after being busted with another bogus boarding pass, so that's three. i believe he had ten of these on him. new york republican peter king, chairman of the house homeland security committee, joins me now, he's calling for an official probe of this breach. congressman king, welcome. we have you on the phone this morning, thank you for being here. >> you're very welcome, thank

president jed bartlett is going to be appearing, appealing for drug courts, he's made no secrets thatblems he has had a young man. michael vick is here to appear with the humane society, they're going to be talking about criminalizing bringing children to dog fights. one finds hard to believe that there isn't a law yet meaning that you can't do that. he's still trying to make friends for people after spending time in prison. >> all right, tim v a good day. good show. tim farley is the host of morning briefly on sirius xm radio >>> for a woman who likes to tell a few jokes of her own, betty white is turning down an invitation to a military ball. ryan lewis called the 9-year-old actress as an all-around woman. white said that while deeply flat ered. she'll be taping an episode of hot in cleveland. >>> first today is national day of flitch, a side of bacon. it originated in england centuries ago. when a flitch was given to given married couples. also get a free flight. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. it comes with a hat. you see, airline credit cards promise flight

bartlett scores. headley on his heels. going to be a play at the plate. he's safe. 2-0 padres. sitting on a 3-1 fastball deep to right. off the fair ball. even the camera lost it in the fading sun light. makes it 4-3. in the sixth, johnson so center off baumgartner. not gook looking good. sandoval riding a 16 game hit streak. coming in. make it 17. he thought it was gone. torres scores and crawford behind him to tie the game at five. that is the score right now, in the 10th inning. complete highlights tonight at 11:00. >>> the a's salvage the finale of a three game-set with seattle, finally getting a couple of hits even though it was from one guy. sizemore takes vargas out of the yard. third of the season she. a 1-0 lead. guillermo maybe the best game of his career. 7 shutout innings and five ks. gives up just two hits. seattle hitters baffled all afternoon. pennington grounds one up the middle. pennington ends up at second on the error. two batters later sizemore comes through again. base hit to center. scores pennington. 2-0 oakland. back to high heat in the 7th and fired up.

>> reporter: in a show of strength of judge sentenced 28-year-old trial watcher matthew bartlett to sixg an obscene gesture at the assistant state attorney. >> your actions may have jeopardized or could have jeopardized all of the work that the attorneys have done in this particular case. >> reporter: before the defense rested, they questioned casey's father george one more time, suggesting the way the anthony family had buried its family pets resembled the way 2-year-old caylee was found. their theory is george disposed of little caylee's body after she accidentally drowned. >> was it also wrapped in duct tape? >> sir, i have no idea. you're going back almost 30 years s re, sir. >> reporter: earlier george anthony's alleged mistress crystal holloway was on the stand. she recalled when he painfully raised the issue of caylee's death. >> he had said it was an accident that snowballed out of control. but i was in shock. by the time i looked up, his eyes were filled, tears. >> reporter: judge belvin perry told the jury to expect to get the case on saturday after closing arguments. peggy an

if it's stockman, bartlett, lots of these people who are saying what is has happened to the party thati knew? where are these republicans nowadays? >> piers: you are a democrat? >> no. >> piers: how would you describe yourself? >> i'm certainly more in line with their thinking. they disappoint me so much. if i was a democrat, i would be resigning every week. >> piers: do you vote? >> of course. >> piers: democrat? >> i volted for bob dole in '76 because both of my parents were in world war ii. if it was a close election, i would have voted for clinton. >> piers: when we come back, i want to talk to you not about about the -- >> if you can look at a crime ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. our girl's an architect. our boy's a genius. we are awesome parents! biddly-boop. [ male announcer ] if you find a lower rate on a room you've booked, we won't just match it. we'll give you $50 towards your next trip. [ gnome ] it's go time. we'll give you $50 towards your next trip. luck? i don't trade on luck. i trade on fundamentals. analysis. information. i trade

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jason bartlett comes around to score. 4-1, pades.nd another three run shot, 8 earned runs in three plus for zito. padres 11, giants 3. it's 80s weekend in oakland. the bobblehead weekend is today. find your 80s pants, people. playing the first regular schedule doubleheader in the majors since 2003. this is the handshake of the season. this is the best they could come up with? 1 come on, guys. we pick up game one in the seventh. angels leading 3-1. the single and connor jackson scores. the one-run game. a's get no closer. ninth inning bobby abreu, his second rbi single of the game. angels take the opener, 4-2. trevor take hill takes the loss. he's 8-8. a's winless in their last four double-dip. could they not make it five? the two-out rbi single that dropped in right. josh will ham scores to tie it up. move to the sixth. a's leading 3-2. vernon wells deep to left on rich harden. second deck. solo shot. game tied at 3. extra innings we go. two on, two out. scott sizemore, game winner. in comes cliff pennington and a's finally get a dou

. >> you believe with bruce bartlett, nothing's going to pass the house?i don't think anything is going to pass the house. i think boehner has a hard time. i think the 14th amendment, which i wrote about july 5th in "the washington post." it was a small discussion then, president clinton then last week went out and talked about it. i have no evidence, but it's hard for me to believe there wasn't talked about with the white house to bring the 14th amendment into the discussion. i think it's a doomsday scenario when that has to be brought ç forward. debt ceiling is unconstituti unconstitutional. the validity of the debt shall not be questioned. the republican party has made americans hostage and put us in a position -- it's complicated, executive power is complicated, but it could be used. >> what do you make of jim clyburn coming out today, you mentioned bill clinton. >> and john larson -- >> and then you have mr. clyburn coming out today. it seems rare that a member of the democratic leadership team, and he normally does -- jim clyburn is a well thought o

the judge says though antics could have affected the jury's impartiality and accused matthew bartlett in contempt of court. he'll spend the next six days in jail. >>> today the nfl is not only professional sports team that's embroiled in a lockout. at a minute after midnight, the nba locked out its player. they're proposing a salary cap, which players have said is a nonstarter. some owners say they've lost millions in the past few seasons because of the current agreement and that a new deal must be made to ensure teams can profit. the last nba lockout in 1998 shortened the season to 50 games. >>> 11:39 now, 82 degrees. coming up, we have your business report, plus, looking younger and ageless. many are turning to the off-label drugs instead of going under the knife. >>> having a barbecue this weekend to celebrate the fourth may take the place of gas as a pain in your wallet. the cost of cooking out is up 12% from last year, and it's not just the food. charcoal, lighter fluid, and even beer prices are all higher. that's in part because of fuel prices and bad weather in germany that's c

bruce bartlett, a former reagan administration economic official looked at this, and let's say he wasessed. it is quote quite possibly the stupidest constitutional amendment i think i have ever seen. he wrote. it looks like it was draft bade couple of interns on the back of a napkin. now, this amendment is so radical that even paul ryan's budget would be rendered unconstitutional and every year of ronald reagan's presidency unconstitutionality and george bush's presidency, unconstitutional and the spending levels are so low that we have not seen anything like it since the '60s. so there is a new graph comparing then to now. back then our population was under 200 million and now it is above 300 million and back then life expectancy was 70 years and now it is 79 years -- and all of the figures adjust for inflation. the average person spent $1,500 on elt cahealth care and now it more than $8,000, and back then social security checks were $740 and now they are more than $1,800 and as a report says, we can't put a 1966 transition into a 2012 mustang. the gop knows that, and that is why whe

all the way back to josiah bartlett who served in the continental congress. the contents of all these collections have a -- had a life before coming to the library of congress but once they arrive, the path to being ready for public view can be a long and sometimes surprising road. >> this is behind the scenes. we get collections from donors, very often the collections are stored in attics or basements or sometimes even barns. >> in this room, they are delivered and put out on tables and in a sense, the collections, if they're not born here, they're mid wifed here and eventually they're made available to the reading public. >> there's been some odd things uncovered. pieces of wedding cake and just all kinds of things that people clear out their file cabinet or their closets. >> for example, the papers of air force general bernard shrever arrived here. he was responsible for the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile. >> it appear he is use this folder on airplanes because he continues his notes on airplane nap kins and i guess he needed more pa

i mean bruce bartlett, republican or maybe now ex-communicated republican just said basically obama is a moderate conservative. he's basically governing to the right of richard nixon. but what happened is the that the repuican party have gone so far off into an extreme, extreme right wing position that we have gridlock because basically one party cannot say yes. they cannot say yes to anything that might be coming from thother party. and in a basic sense they don't accept legitimacy of government by theth oer party. >> to be fair to them they would say hey, we've had government at a certain level of gdp for decade after decade and roughly the same. over the last couple of years it has leapt up signifantly. so if we want to bring it back to that level to the 2008 level, that is the argument. >> all of that is the recession. all of that is that the ratio of government to gdp is liar because gdp is down. and safety net programs unemployment insurance, and medicaid and a f other programs that respond to hard times are up. if you take that out, there has been no increase in the size of gove

all the way back to decide a bartlett who served in the continental congress. -- josiah bartlett whoved in the tunnel congress. once the collections arrive, the path to being ready for public view can be a long and sometimes surprising road. >> this is behind the scenes. we get collections from donors, very often the collections stored in attics or basements or even barnes. -- barns. >> they are delivered and put out on tables. they are officially made available to the reading public spirit >> revolvers, piecing of wedding cake, all kinds of things that people clear out of their file cabinets or their closets. >> the papers of the air force general and a large river are right here. he was responsible for the development of the intercontinental ballistic missile. to did it appears that he use this folder when he was on airplanes, because he continued his notes on airplane napkins' and then he needed more paper, because then he used an air sickness bag to continue business. these are the kind of oddities that we deal with in the course of processing. >> it could be looking look for a n

. >> reporter: i have 19 polls that bartlett put out. he worked for george w. bush, and reagan.y say people are willing to see increase in taxes on the wealthy. you can go down the lis of polls, almost every american in every poll 19 polls this year americans believe in order to balance the budget we have to move toward getting revenue from the rich. gretchen: increasing taxes. do you believe that is why the president has been so staunch in his position because he's looking at the poll polls you're looking at? >> reporter: not only that. he's already compromised. the sunset was supposed to end at the end of last year, he agreed to keep the bush cuts for the wealthy. that upset some people on the left. this guy has compromised repeatedly. you have republicans walking out of meetings. they walk out of a free trade meeting yesterday. gretchen: that could be looked at like a flip-flop. while he did increase or extend the bush tax cuts then he came out and said, i'm in the in favor of those tax cuts any more. some independents may not like that. >> reporter: he's not going to please

this is the same judge that sentenced matthew bartlett, the young man who flipped the bird at the prosecutor in this case, to six days in county jail. even on his birthday. and so i would imagine after having listened to this entire case and the recommendations of both parties, this judge could very well sentence her to four years in prison. that still leaves her maybe a year in prison. so we may not see her go free tomorrow. >> i guess if she's free, she's free. do we know anything about where she would go? >> well, we know from her attorney, cheney play son that she will not be going home. to the anthony home. we have a statement that usually they would release a jury-ry quitted inmate from the courthouse under normal circumstances. we see that a lot in movies. people are just let free and they walk down the courthouse steps. but in this case, they say because of the high profile nature in this case and intention emotional interest by the public, in a way that's stort of secretive to preserve the safety of casey anthony and the public. if she is released tomorrow, we won't know where she's

he said and i quote, "-- this is bruce bartlett a former reagan administration top economic adviseor. and i quote him. "i have previously explained the idiocy of right-wing advocates of a balanced budget amendment. however, the new republican balanced budget proposal is especially dimwitted. in short, this is quite possibly the stupidest constitutional amendment i think i have ever seen. it looks like it was drafted by a couple of interns on the back of a napkin. every senator co-sponsoring this balanced budget amendment should be ashamed of themselves." that is from a former top economic advisor to ronald reagan. is anybody listening? is anybody paying attention to how far off base things have slipped in the other body, to send us at this moment, at this critical juncture a plan that has absolutely no chance of passing in this body, and should not? mr. president, what is so deeply flawed? in addition to the other points i've made, the balanced budget amendment that the house republicans cept us earlier -- sent us earlier set a spending cap of 18% of g.d.p. well, let's add up what tha