from -- and hln analyst mike brooks. jose, starting with you, first inciden incident, when, december 31st, what happened? >> yes. good afternoon. >> hey. >> what happened, somebody at the gang task force building redirected a natural gas line and the gas poured inside the building, two officers arrived in the morning for their regular shift, smelled the gas and backed off. they called the fire department thinking it was a regular gas leak and what eed up happening while they were investigating they noticed that the pipe had been redirected into the building. and if anything had sparked the gas, there would have been quite an sploegs. >> -- explosion. >>> they boop bee trby trapped a fence. march 6th, thankfully the police officer was vigilant. and mar har 20th a threat to blow up cop cars in 48 hours. jose who do we believe is responsible for this? >> right now the investigators are being very tight lipped but obviously, there were some discussion of the motorcycle gang the day before a press conference the other day, th

>> guest: brooke vosberg is a -- is -- was lee's personal assistant. she came to that job just before -- or at -- at the beginning of his -- his term as chairman of the republican national committee. previous to that, she'd been in the white house. she had been donald regan's personal assistant. she had assisted regan in his year of writing his book. and she'd worked for various other politicians in the -- on the washington scene. and she became a -- an intimate of -- of lee's so much so that he pretty much turned a lot of his personal life over to her in the last year of his life. and there was a certain amount of confusion in the household as a result of that, and it's -- it's something that i -- i chronicle in the -- in the context of that last year. c-span: but what kind of -- i mean, explain what you're talking about, confusion in the household. >> guest: well, lee had, of course, a longstanding marriage with sally and they had three children, three little girls. in fact, sally was pregnant with their third child when lee was struck with a -- a br

>> that's right, brooke.t of questions here at the chile desk about what happened in haiti in comparison to chile, and we started asking some questions and trying to find out some facts about comparing the two. what i can tell you at this time is that based on what we've seen, chile is a very different country from haiti. it's a wealthier country. much better prepared with strict building codes and emergency crews trained for exactly this kind of catastrophe. the buildings there are built to ride out earthquakes with steel skeletons designed to sway with seismic waves rather than resist them. also, analysts say chile has more world renounced seismologists and earthquake engineers per capita than anywhere else in the world. now, let me bring your attention to the following graphic, which is going to show you the difference in terms of intensity. this is what the u.s. geological survey calls a shake map of chile. saturday's quake was centered offshore, under ground, in a relatively unpopulated area. as a result

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we'll have the latest on the brooks laich injury. an explosive situation between wizards head coach flip saunders and his best player, andray blatche. we have an update. >>> and mike shanahan w >> announcer: you're watching nshgs "news4 at 6." >>> this is in fact the game we expect to see in several weeks. >> oh, yeah, could be certainly a playoff preview. they're both so good, it could be which in the latter stages of the ploffs. the caps and penguins tonight. the teams don't like each other. pittsburgh has what the caps want, which is the stanley cup, and after tonight, there are only nine regular games in the playoff season. and then lindsay czarniak down at verizon. brooks laich takes a puck to the face. he won't be on the ice tonight. what is the latest on his situation? >> reporter: we were ableo talk to bruce boudreau before ey took the ice, he says the good news is brooks will be able to practice on friday. he did, though, say, it could be possible that brooks would have to wear a visor, which i know for a lot of these player

joining me to talk about this our law enforcement analyst mike brooks. the way we understand it, okay, mom and her husband go to paris for vacation and leave the kid with neighbors. he goes to check on the house. one friend is playing basketball and says, come on, throw a party so four car loads of kids come over and we believe he knows them but someone put on facebook there's a party and this alleged homewrecker crew end up talking their way into the house and we end up with $45,000 in damages urine all over the place, blood, what's up with this? >> law enforcement may need to look at this website because, mike, they are saying, even though there are four arrests, three adults, one juvenile, they are saying, you know, it's not out of the realm of possibility there could be more arrests. if that's part of the investigation, they need to contact facebook, get a subpoena and find out who owns that site. >> here's a great facebook from deborah writing i'd make them clean the entire house inside and out with a toothbrush! that's justice. we'd like to see --

a brookings 2009 constitution report -- institution report estimates that 10 civilians doo you for every militant kill -- for every militant killed. an artist -- article published, called "america's secret presence reveals the seek rel detention facilities." i ask unanimous consent to submitt that. the bombings must stop, the alleged torture of afghans captured in such night raids and the slaughter of innocent civilians only serve to embolden -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. berman. mr. berman: thank you, madam chair. i would like to yield an additional two minutes of our time to the ranking member to be added on to herr time and subtracted from our time -- to her time and subtracted from our time and now i'd like to yield three minutes to the asia pacific and global environment subcommittee, the delegate from american samoa, mr. eni faleomavaega. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, and the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. faleomavaega: i thank the distinguished gentleman of our com

mike brooks is with us as we talk about putting this guy away. call in 1-877-tell-hln. >>> a monster, that's all this person is, is a monster. somer was such a bright star that never got her chance to shine. >> that's somer thompson's mom diena thompson talking about the arrest of jarred harrell and talking about the arrest and assault of 7-year-old somer thompson. ryan duffy, reporter, did we get specifics what may have happened to somer in her last moments? >> well, a few more details on that. the sheriff rick bezeler giving us more details about what went from jarred harrell going from a person of interest to now being charged with murder. i can tell you he was in custody in clay county since last month charged with possessing child pornography. that came about because of an incident that happened here last summer when some roommates he lived with here in these apartments found it on his computer and turned him in. as far as we know, that's when he moved over to somer thompson's neighborhood and, in fact, lived right there on the street where

they have been through brooke army medical. there are soldiers that have not had the benefit of world- class plastic surgery. the army is second to none at saving lives, but they are not very good at reconstructive surgery. in fact, dr. miller told us that the first operation he does when he gets a patient is to undo what was done by the reconstructive surgeons at brooke army medical. >> what is their reaction? >> i do not know. they know what the standards are in the united states. they know that they are not up to that standard. there are programs that will go down to brooke army medical for a month at a time. >> a philanthropist is paying for this? >> if anybody spent money better, i do not know who it would be. he made his fortune in the credit-card business. i think that when you swipe your credit card, he makes money. >> how much does it cost per patient? >> that can take about a million dollars. 20% of that is likely to be covered by various forms of government health insurance. >> how do we do as a country when it comes

claire horry and state representative michelle brooks, donna and kathy. i am proud that so many women represent pennsylvania in harrisburg from western pennsylvania, and it's my hope that women in pennsylvania and across this country will be inspired to seek office at the local, state and federal level and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. smith: to address the house for one minute and to revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. smith: mr. speaker, here are the results of a new investors business daily public opinion poll about health care, and if you look at the chart right here you'll see those results. asked if congress should pass the current health care bill or start over, respondents said start fresh by a 2-1 ratio by 61% to 32% start over. for independents, the split was 65% to only 24%. on using the budget reconciliation process to

he was at the brookings institution for 45 minutes. >> welcome to brookings, by m. ron haskins.ing steny hoyer, it in his 15th term in congress. since 2006, he has been the majority leader. majority leader of the house of representatives. he seeks bipartisan solutions, an approach that is being discarded in these unfortunate times. he will soon get the opportunity to test his skills as he never has before. our program has been engaging in an outrageous acts of fiscal pleading and cutting spending and increasing taxes for seven years now, steny hoyer's the second most politician -- second most important politician in washington. he is a voice for saturday. he has broken with many of his colleagues in publicly showing his willingness to put everything on the table and entertain strong measures to move the federal government to balance. i believe he was the first leader to publicly declare his support for a bipartisan budget commission. he said," i would like to believe that the congress could address these issues through the regular bread legislative process. this suggests this is

today he is speaking at the brookings and -- brookings institution. live on c-span2 at 10:30 a.m. eastern. and later today, a group critical of the obama administration's immigration policy -- firm, fair immigration reform movement, will have a news conference at noon eastern and that will also be live on c- span2. >> "washington journal" continues. host: we welcome bill galston, senior fellow at the brookings institution. he had an opinion piece -- in that opinion piece you quoted numbers from "the new york times the tier a recent survey. it said 70% of those they polled were dissatisfied with washington, 81% believe members of congress don't deserve reelection and the president obama's approval rating is at 46%, according to this poll done in mid february. how, according to your view, can political leaders restore trust in government? guest: the first thing to understand is this is not a new phenomenon with the obama administration. there has been a long period of declining trust in government, really since the middle of the 1960's. many factors contributed to this long term dec

there are programs that will go down to brooke army medical 4 a month at a time -- for a month at a time. >> a philanthropist is paying for this? >> if anybody spent money better, i do not know who would be. >he made his fortune in the credit-card business. i think that when use what your credit card, he makes money. it has to do -- use white -- you swipe your credit card, he makes money. >> hamas does it cost per patient? >> that can take about a million dollars. it up 20% of that is likely to be covered by very -- of various forms of government health insurance. >> how do we do as a country when it comes to soldiers that have been injured in war? >> as individuals, we do pretty well. there are a number of organizations. at the wounded warriors fund is one that comes to mind. the system is just such a huge bureaucracy. it is so difficult for a huge bureaucracy to get soldiers to special care that they need. particularly when all of these alternative forms of treatment are now available. bba needs to see hard proof that the treatment works. -- the va needs to see hard proof that the trea

a big night for houston point guard aaron brooks.memphis led early, including a big one-handed slam by rudy gay in the second quarter. but brooks came on strong, including a long three-pointer in the third quarter. and he just kept sinking the outside shot scoring seven triples without a miss and a career-high 31 points in all. the rockets won it 107-94. >>> in orlando, san antonio's tim duncan had the worst game of his nba career. dominated on the boards by the magic's dwight howard, duncan wound up scoring just five points while vince carter was the top magician with 24. orlando won it 110-84. >>> in utah, visiting minnesota was strong early, but the jazz hit the high notes in the second half including a huge one-handed jam by williams in the third quarter. utah won it 122-100. >>> and a final nba note. michael jordan has won approval to buy the charlotte bobcats for $275 million. he's the first ex-player ever to become a majority owner of an nba team. >>> and a reminder, the ncaa basketball tournament kicks off today. you can catc

northbound you need to watch for crews between 370 and middle brook.eastbound is smooth sailing from gainesville to centreville and through the beltway. on the map, 495 in virginia, nice green cars. problem free from 95 to 66. andrea? >>> some of dc's best and brightest high school students learned that hard work really does pay off. nine students from eight different schools received full four-year scholarships to george washington university. audrey barnes has more ♪ [ music ] ♪ >> reporter: it had the feel of a ballou high school pep rally but what thissed you was celebrating is dreams come true. >> hailing from my alma mater, nicholas kelly. >> they were doll out to the district's top students to attend one of the district's best universities, george washington. >> i was born at gw -- he was born at gw hospital and he will be there again. give it up for him. >> they went crazy when isaiah west got a full ride scholarship. he would like to be a surgeon. >> it can happen. all you have to do is work hard and believe in yourself and surround yourself w

. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the democrats final push toward a health care bill. >> brown: then, we have a debate on turning the student loan program over to the federal government with congressman george miller and sallie mae executive, renee mang. >> lehrer: margaret warner previews her upcoming series of reports from yemen. >> brown: and paul solman examines big science on a very small scale. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: >> lehrer: the head-counting in the house was in high gear today, 48 hours before a sunday showdown on health care reform. newshour congressional correspondent kwame holman has our report. >> holman: democratic leaders sounded full of enthusiasm as they began the day. house majority whip jim clyburn, the party's chief vote-counter, said he's confident of getting a majority of 216 votes to pass the health care legislation. >> i feel very sure that we'll vote sometime after 2:00 sunday and the bill will pass. >> holman: at a briefing later, speaker nancy pelosi echoed

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welcome to brookings. welcome to spring in washington. i'm ready for that.specially to the washington diplomatic corps, which is particularly well represented here today. and i might add that the athens diplomatic corps is pretty well represented, too. by dan specker, united states ambassador to greece, a very dear friend and former colleague of mine and several other people in the room. this is going to be an especially timely event. and it features an especially distinguished guest of honor. americans like to think of their country as the world's oldest modern democracy. going back all the way to george washington. well, the george who is with us today traces his political heritage back. prime minister papandreou is a leader not just of his own country but a leader of europe. he is a champion for everything that's everything that's good, everything that's best about the idea and the institutions of the international community. he's also a great friend of the united states of america. he has many personal friends in this country, in this town, and the white

the best is your and my favorite program is brooks & shields program which is done under british rules. >> i don't know if it's british rules or not, paul, but it certainly is. and unlike a lot of other television programs where they have people with opposing points of view and all they do is shout at each other and you really can't understand their points of view, with brooks & shields and everything that's on "the newshour" it's done with a certain intelligence and civility where people really can understand the variety of points of view around a particular issue. >> yeah. absolutely. programs like "the newshour" reflect the values that weta holds in high esteem. programs like this are honest and of high quality. programs like this enrich lives. and programs like this elevate the impact television can have in our communities. programs like this can provide and re-enforce the value of lifelong learning. if a community resource like public television fits in with your values, then help make sure that it continues to grow and thrive. you can do that by dialing the number on your screen

. >> lehrer: and mark shields and david brooks offer analysis of the big week for health care reform. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: president obama and russian president medvedev finalized an agreement today to slash nuclear arsenals by a third. mr. obama called the pact a step towards "a world without nuclear weapons." >> after a year of intense negotiations, the united states and russia have agreed to the most comprehensive arms control agreement in nearly two decades. >> woodruff: the president sealed the landmark deal with a phone call to his russian counterpart this morning. >> we have turned words into action. we have made progress that is clear and concrete. and we have demonstrated the importance of american leadership and american partnership on behalf of our own security

live on capitol hill i'm brooke hart. back to you. >> today when you're out on the roads you won't see construction underway on the 9th street or humpback bridge on the gw parkway. the furloughs continue at the department of transportation. the shut down was caused by kentucky senator jim bunning. he blocked a bill that would continue funding construction projects. >> we cannot keep adding to the debt. we don't need lectures here on debt. what we need is to recognize that there are poor people all over america who are desperate today. >> bunning says the bill would add $10 billion to the national debt. instead he suggests using stimulus money to fund the projects. democrats have rejected that suggestion. >> commuters in prince william county may have to deal with crowded or late bus tomorrow if they take omni ride or metro direct to work. bus drivers for the potomac and rappahannock transit commission are threatening to strike tomorrow if they cannot reach a new contract by midnight tonight. they say it is making continge

"showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson spoke with guests to discuss how this could affect his image. >> sandra bullock i brand. women love her, men love her. and most people feel betrayed for her. and i think that -- i think people would be surprised, frankly, if she stayed, given the magnitude of what's happened and the way it's played out in the public. i think it would hurt her from a business standpoint. but i don't really believe that that's the sole reason she would use for leaving. i think the humiliation, the anger, the betrayal would all be really first and foremost in her mind. >> bullock and james have been married for five years and the oscar winning actress has reportedly moved out of the home they shared. but today, on "showbiz tonight," jesse james' sex rehab shocker. is he really being treated for sex addiction? could the surprising move be enough to save his marriage? brand new drama now live at 5:00 p.m. eastern and still tv's most provocative entertainment news show at 11:00 p.m. eastern and pacific. three times a day now. go ahead and check it out on hln. >>> tiger w

you can see the brook line heights -- brooke line heights lieutenant, give the teen one push of the shoulderefore he is hit and flipped over the guardrail. >> that is probably what saved me. if not, i wouldn't have seen the car at all. >> reporter: troscheck was knocked out. but his only are other injury was a scratch to the wrist. the same was not true for lambert. lieutenant lambert would live, with several broken bones in his face and his pelvis. and tonight, he has something to say to that lieutenant. >> thank you, from my heart. it's amazing that you could think of someone else in that split instinct. >> unbelievable. officer lambert could face a year of rehabitation. but colleagues say he is in good spirits. >>> we have positive news from wall street today. >> reporter: dow was up for most of the day before trailing off in the final hours. nasdaq up 7. all single digits today. let's go to new york right now, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> reporter: toyota's recalls and east coast snow storms slowed autosales in february. but gm, ford, and chrysler,

brooks licht out for taking a puck to the face. and jose theonen hasn't lost a game since january. when it comes right down to it, the biggest story is the teams. it's just the caps and penguins. lindsay czarniak at verizon. did the coach shed any light on some of the things i mentioned? >> well, he's wearing a brand-new blue tie. he's pumped up for the matchup. this is the kind of game he lives for. sidney crosby/alex ovechkin, it doesn't get better than that. when you talk to the players, the players say this isn't that much different than any other game. they're looking at it very methodically, especially since they're ten games left to the playoffs. the one thing with this team before is the fact they don't have to answer any more questions. what i'm referring to is when investigators showed up yesterday at practice, to talk to a handful of players, as well as bruce boudreau, about any possible involvement with a chiropractor who has been expected with performance-enhancing drugs. they did the questioning and just doing what they can to help with the case. here's what bruce bou

brooks.iately my position as a resident fellow at the american enterprise int tut is terminated. i do regret this abrupt and unexpected conclusion of our relationship. what might be different after frum's seven-year relationship at aei? frum wrote an opinion piece for cnn in which he concluded that the waterloo for president obama predicted by jim demint had indeed arrived for the republican party, and frum repeated that charge on this network. >> in this debate republicans have listened to the most radical voices in the party. no compromise, hand the president his waterloo. if this turns out to be our waterloo today, then there has to be an accountability moment for that. this will be a much worse outcome than we could have got than if we had negotiated early. that was shouted down, we went the radical way looking for waterloo and we arrived at waterloo. >> and listen to what he said. >> republicans originally thought that fox worked for us, and now we're discovering we work for fox. and tha

. >>> nbc's brooke hart joins us live this morning with the latest developments. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. this all happened an hour or so ago. they will take this up again today, but after striking down a number of gop amendments to this fixes package, this is phase two of the health care reform legislation, the republicans did succeed in scoring a minor victory as you said. they succeeded in having the parliamentarian strike out two provisions of the student loan program are part of the democrats' fixes packages, and by striking out anything, making any change to this fixes measure, that means that the whole piece of legislation has to go back to the house for another contentious vote. now democrats in the house, aides are saying it's not likely to affect the ultimate outcome of this, that the measure is likely to pass the senate and the house, but it does throw in some uncertainty. the democrats wanted to avoid another house vote, but that looks likely to happen. nancy pelosi is keeping her members in town through friday just in case. >>>

in fact, in the brookings, we do not speak with one voice.eople that are strongly in favor of the iraq war, making that argument the best they can. people strongly opposed to it, making their argument the best they could. it is a mistake to think of the think tanks as monolithic or part of the government. we are part of the dialogue of democracy, as are you. it is from this dialogue that public opinion is formed and public policy emerges. you regret what i say and stand for, and the feelings are mutual, but we are both citizens, we both had a chance to speak. that i is the way it should >> here is what is coming up. next, president obama stopped just outside philadelphia to talk about health insurance. the homeland security secretary announces president obama's choice to have the -- had the tsa. >> almost 40 years ago, as lead engineer at motorola, martin cooper led the team that developed the first hand-held mobile phone. a look at the history and future of the wireless industry on "the key indicators." >> over 1000 high-school students ente

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welcome to brookings. welcome to spring in washington. i'm ready for that. welcome especially to the washington diplomatic corps, which is particularly well represented here today. and i might add that the athens diplomatic corps is pretty well represented, too. by dan specker, united states ambassador to greece, a very dear friend and former colleague of mine and several other people in the room. this is going to be an especially timely event. and it features an especially distinguished guest of honor. americans like to think of their country as the world's oldest modern democracy. going back all the way to george washington. well, the george who is with us today traces his political heritage back. prime minister papandreou is a leader not just of his own country but a leader of europe. he is a champion for everything that's everything that's good, everything that's best about the idea and the institutions of the international community. he's also a great friend of the united states of america. he has many personal friends in this country, in this town, and

if you go to arthur brooks and he goes on about free enterprise, et cetera, et cetera we have to makeno you are not getting any more of our money. pretty simple. >> if you can't afford the house, don't buy it. you have to be told at some point. if you don't have a credit rating that can buy the car you don't buy the car. it's not nice. it's not politically corrected. it doesn't feel good. but it's the right thing to do. >> it's funny, when i grew up i didn't grow up -- when i started my adult life i had to drop out of college three times i couldn't afford to pay for it. i was doing construction painting houses laying tile doing everything i could do to get my next batch of money. i drove 2 and $300 cars i painted my landlord's apartment. what ever happened to that attitude? i never expected the rich to give me money i expected to go out and michigan own moy -- mak. >> one of the problems we have here and arthur brooks get to is all of the easy choices are in back of us all of the simple solutions are years and years ago. all we have in front of us today is hard choices but even worse

on monday, he stopped at the brookings institution to talk about his relationship with europe and the is an hour and 15 minutes. >> a good morning to all of you. welcome to spring in washington. we are ready for that. and welcome, especially to the washington diplomatic corps which is particularly well represented today. i might add that the athens diplomatic corps is pretty well represented, too. the united states ambassador to greece, a very dear friend and former colleague of mine and several other people in the room. this is going to be an especially timely event, and it features an especially distinguished guest of honor. americans like to think of their country as a world's oldest modern democracy going all the way back to george washington. will the george who is with us today traces his political heritage back to pericles. the prime minister is a leader not just of his own country, but a leader of europe. he is a champion for everything that is good, everything that is best about the idea and the institutions of the international community. he is also a great friend of the uni

on your screen is michael o'hanlon at the brookings institute discussing the future of nuclear weapons, arms control. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] . . steve will talk about we have seen in europe involvement moscow and washington with regard to the new tree. let me say a brief word relative to current events. our hearts go out to our friends in russia. this is a sobering reminder of the stakes of terrorism and many other issues nuclear weapons at some future date. there is news about iran developing nuclear weapons. these are relevant things to the question of nuclear weapons and we can do about it. many say something else about our panel. this has been a wonderful group to work with. we have enjoyed the participation of other people in lockheed martin and from other think tanks and regional experts, and nuclear arms control experts. we have tried to have a real conversation among different interest groups, different points of view on this question. we hope you feel this diversity. tom donnelly has had

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brooke hart has more now from capitol hill. >> reporter: opponents of health care reform are turning anger in action, targ effoeting democs like bart stupak for his yes vote for president obama to reinforce the federal ban on abortion funding. now he gets death threats and profani profanity-laced threats. vandalism, too. offices of two female democrats had windows shattered by bricks and by a pellet gun. the fbi and capitol police met with lawmakers. top democrats acknowledged some are getting extra protection. >> i don't have a number for you, but a significant number, meaning over ten. >> reporter: virginia republican eric cantor called the threats reprehensible, but democrats say gop critics of reform leading weekend rallies are fueling rage. sarah palin, for one, twittered, "don't retreat, reload." >> they have condoned putting hitler mustaches on pictures of president obama. >> just stand up and say this is wrong and we do not want you to do it, and we repudiate it. >> reporter: president obama heads to iowa, looking to win over skeptics of reform as senate backers wrap up debat

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if you go to arthur brooks and he goes on about free enterprise, et cetera, we have to make hard decisionsand tell people no, you are not getting any more of our money, pretty simple. >> if you can't afford the house, don't buy it. you have to be told no at some point. if you don't have a credit rating that can buy the car, you done buy the car. it's not nice. it is not politically correct, it doesn't feel good, but it's the right thing to do. >> when i grew up, when i started my adult life to dropout of college three times i couldn't afford to pay for. i was doing construction painting houses, laying tile and doing anything to get my next batch of money. i drove two and three hundred dollar cars. i pained my land lord's apartment. i never expected the rich to give me money. i expected to earn money. >> different time, different promised so much. one of the problems we have is that all the easy choices are in back of us. all the simple solutions are years ago. all we have in of us today if you play this out is hard choices. even worse, they are all going to be unpopular. party is saying. w

brooks lichtwith the puck. holds onto it. shoots.ps but alexander semin is there to put in the rebound. goal number 33 on the year for semin. capitals win it, 2-1. next up the penguins on wednesday. >>> things went about as well as possibly could be expected for maryland in their first-round matchup against houston. maryland wins by 12. they had balance scoring and they got a yeoman's effort from their freshman, big man jordan williams. now the focus solely on their next opponent. it's the terps and michigan state tomorrow afternoon. the winner advances to the sweet 16 in st. louis. the terps would love to see more from the -- of the sfram their big man jordan williams the freshman, big was great. 21 points and 17 rebounds in the first round. seniors who combined for 56 points. now maryland focused on michigan state. a team they know very well. >> we know their system and they know our system. i mean all i have to say, it's going to be a great game. two great coaches and it's going to be you know one of those games that you can't rea

and the argument comes from the brookings institution. he writes -- guest: he is right when he says this is not the silver bullet. it is a combination of a number of things. having patients involved in wellness is good. people in wyoming can go to get a blood test it, cholesterol, diabetes, it is all aimed at helping people stay more healthy and keeping down the cost of their care. in wyoming, the state government will pay for that for state employees. medicaid will pay for that four people in medicaid. medicare will not. they have done a terrible done with prevention and promotion. i was shocked to see that medicare will not pay for a blood test because they call it a screening. if someone says that they are light headed, they will spend thousands of dollars for cats can but they will not pay for preventive screening. we need to focus on prevention. this health care bill does not focus on that. there is a section that deals with prevention, but it talks about building sidewalks and the jungle gyms. it does not give any incentives to the

. >> reporter: i'm "showbiz tonight's" brooke anderson. and it is oscars, oscars, oscars in hollywood. the preparations are under way for the 82nd academy awards, march 7th. big showdowns this year. especially "avatar" versus "the hurt locker." "showbiz tonight" will be live on oscar night, 7:00 p.m. on cnn and 11:00 p.m. on hln. hey, and you may also want to check out johnny depp's "alice in wonderland." it's out on friday. >> all right. thank you very much, everyone. hey, let's turn now to see what's going to happen here at our domestic desk. so what do you have for us, chris friedman? i know that secretary hillary clinton's taking a trip to chill yes, right? >> that's right. it was a replanned trip. she's on her way as we speak. she'll be in uruguay tomorrow, santiago on tuesday to get a firsthand look at the quake damage on tuesday. >> more news about toyota? >> another toyota recall hearing also on tuesday. last week the chairman faced the congressional questioning from the house side. on tuesday three more top chairmen or executives

david brooks is off tonight. what do you make of these rahm emmanuel stories? these pro emmanuel stories. >> jim, in 45 years in washington i have never seen anything like it. it is inconceivable that a president whose's engaged in the biggest fight of his presidency, that is passage of the health care, his defining issue, the storys are copping out, rahm emmanuel, according to the reporters, did not talk to the reporters. but the people who did talk to the reporters are known allies and friendly to rahm emmanuel, that if the president-- had followed his advice, if he had followed his slis he would be better off now. substitute bill mowers for lyndon johnson, lyndon johnson picked up the paper and read that bill mowers was reported in the paper, his press secretary, as having given him best advice and lyndon johnson would be a lot better off politically, if he had followed it, bill moyers would be packing that afternoon. he would be lucky to get out with his body intact. >> lehrer: you have rent experience of the gorjs w bush white house. what do you think happ

this is what david brooks writes on friday.he democrats and republicans of the summit neglected to mention the fact they gutted the long term revenue source for their package, the excise tax. that tax is diluted and postponed until 2018. there is no way members of the congress eight years from now are going to asaid to a $1 trillion tax increase to pay for a measure that the 2010 congress wasn't brave enough to pay for itself. >> by the way, that tax, that fee on high cost insurance plans was designed to bring down pressure in the long term and it does that. and that's why the economists across the spectrum who looked at it say that's something they wants in this bill and glad that it's remained. >> it's pushed back. >> it is one of the republican ideas. >> 2018. >> it is but it was improved to make sure it does -- >> the question, you think congress down the road is going to pay for a tax increase that this congress wasn't brave enough to pass now? >> yes, i do because this president has -- is paying for reform unlike similar

. >> by the way, brooks like will not go for the caps tonight.nterman got busted up when a puck hit him in the face yesterday. stitches for him. no broken bones, but apparently he is a swollen mess and needs to rest a little bit. the wizards almost snapped their 11 game losing streak last night. they took charlotte to overtime, perhaps, if andre played more than the first seven minutes, they may have won. but apparently andre did not want to play. andre got subbed out after seven minutes and when the head coach went to talk to him about playing a little better defense, he became defiant and would not listen to the coach. so flip refused to put him back in the game. and after the game was over, the coach went mid evil on his starting center. >> we had coaches go three different times. 15 years, never seen anything like it. he could be mad at me or whatever, but you never leave your teammates hanging out to dry like that no matter what. when a coach wants to teach you something and you think you are above that because you played 16 games. that's ri

watch for crews between 370 and middle brook. back to you. >> thank you, angie. >>> a couple of minor glitches is all that's holding up final action on the health care reform package before they send it back to their colleagues on the other side of the capitol. tara mergener has more. >> having voted in the affirmative, the motion is not agreed to. >> reporter: the health care fix it bill will go back to the house, despite furious efforts by democrats to keep that from happening. a spokesman for harry reed says two minor problems with the measure were discovered but once they are removed he believes it won't affect the overall bill and the house will quickly pass it. the news came after senate members stayed up in to the early-morning hours voting on amendments. >> we have had more amendment votes today than the entire month of december. >> reporter: they will continue the rigorous debate this morning as president obama hits the road again in iowa to drum up support for the new law. and house democrats are still dealing with the

brooks laich was hit in the face with a puck. it ended his consecutive games played at 257. >>> duke was taking on purdue. nolan smith scores just to beat the buzzer. blue devils took the lead 24-23 at the half and never reling wished it. sing letter gives to john shire who leads the break, passes out to nolan smith who buries a 3. he had 15 points. duke over purdue. 70-57. baylor in the elite eight. a win would put duke in the final four for the first time since 2004. >>> the midwest regional in northern iowa taking on michigan state. final seconds, quanzo -- i can't even say it. hits the jumper. northern iowa in control. michigan state clinging to a 2-point lead. corey lushes gets a big jumper there. michigan state ends northern iowa's dream. 59-52. next up for the spartans, tennessee in the elite eight. thank goodness iowa is out. i'll never have to say that name again. d.c. united against the kansas city wizards. >>> let's talk about this weather one last time before we go. >> cold overnight and as we get into the day tomorro

the brook that's called the $3 trillion war. it is a book written by the economist, joe stiglick, he says in the book to take care of the wounded from afghanistan and iraq for the next 25 years, a minimum cost of $2 trillion. i want to lead in with this story. three years ago, three years ago congress and gene taylor, walter jones, and myself went to walter reed to visit the wounded as many members of congress in both parties do. we go into a room where a young man, 19, had been shot in the neck sitting in a wheelchair, will never walk again. and as gene and i speak to him and tell him we thank him so much for his service, his mom comes in and she looks at us like a deer in headlights scared. she should be scared. she doesn't know what the future is for her son. and then she said to gene taylor and myself, after we introduce ourselves, can you guarantee me that this government will take care of my son 40 years from now? he's 19 years old. one of us said to her, this country should take care of your son 40 years from now. but you